Chapter 23
The main reason for coming to Beicheng was to deal with company matters. After the matter was resolved, the three of them prepared to set off back to Hai. Yang Mingzhou also planned to go back in the next few days. If he stayed in Beicheng for a few more days to wait for his mother to come back, he would really not be able to leave. Yan Qing didn't care. The weather forecast said it would start raining in a few days, and she hated rainy days.
So the three of them bought tickets together, and Yang Mingzhou asked Yan Qing to create a group chat.
He originally went to Mingxu, but Mingxu disagreed. Unexpectedly, Yan Qing did not refuse and got the matter done in front of him.
The balance in Yang Mingzhou's heart began to tilt, and Mingxu deserved it for having his wife out of reach.
As soon as it was dawn, Yang Mingzhou began to urge the two to get up. Yan Qing looked at the message on the phone and yawned. If he slept now, he might miss the bus.
After thinking about it all night last night, she didn't reject it, but it was still difficult to move on to the next stage.
But Mingxu acted as if nothing had happened today, and spoke to her as usual, with no sign of any different emotions.
This made Yan Qing a little confused, because he was the one who took this step in the first place.
Seeing Yan Qing in a daze, Yang Mingzhou thought about what happened last night, opened his phone and fiddled with it, and raised an eyebrow at Mingxu again. Seeing Yang Mingzhou's little action, Mingxu was not surprised, just thought he was a tantrum.
Half an hour later, the next stop arrived and the train stopped briefly. Yan Qing looked at the people coming and going outside the train and thought about the past.
With a "click", my thoughts were pulled back.
Looking at the takeout bag on the small table, Yan Qing looked up: "Where did it come from?"
Yang Mingzhou was very proud: "Mingxu just ordered it. I don't know what you like to drink, so I ordered a few signature dishes. You choose first, and we'll drink the rest." He also thoughtfully put all the food out.
Looking over, Ming Xu was taking a nap with his eyes closed. Yan Qing was a little at a loss as to where to start. Why were all three cups full of sugar? Fortunately, they were not hot.
"I'll drink this." Yan Qing picked a cup that didn't look that sweet.
Yang Mingzhou was casual about the remaining two cups. He didn't ask Mingxu's opinion and just gave him one cup since he didn't like to drink anyway.
The three of them didn't communicate much along the way. Yan Qing was looking out the window, Ming Xu was sleeping, and Yang Mingzhou was more lively and even talked on the phone for a while.
Zhou Mingshu always appears when Yan Qing needs her the most.
[Zhou Mingshu]: You guys are going back to Haicheng so soon? I thought he was going to take you to an amusement park or something.
[Yan Qing]: He probably isn’t someone who likes amusement parks.
Yan Qing had never been to an amusement park, nor did she enjoy going there. When she was little, her parents weren't around, and the elderly didn't have the energy to take her everywhere. As she grew older, she no longer wanted to go; she lost interest.
Zhou Mingshu loves to play. After they met, he asked Yan Qing to go to the amusement park many times, but she refused every time.
This guy is so stupid. Zhou Mingshu hit the person next to him. Fan Zhuoyi felt pain and looked at his girlfriend aggrievedly, but saw her fingers moving quickly on the screen.
[Zhou Mingshu]: What's wrong with not wanting to go? Isn't this the kind of place you're supposed to go to when you're in love? Were we each writing our own plans in the office, him with the spreadsheets, you with the papers? In the 1950s and 1960s, dating wasn't about earning work points.
[Zhou Mingshu]: Or maybe his ex loved to go there, and after they broke up, he was afraid of being reminded of her by seeing the things there, so he lied to you and said that he didn’t like going to those places.
That made sense. Yan Qing turned his head and glanced at the person next to him, and their eyes met.
When did she wake up? She turned around in panic, the tips of her ears slightly red. But she felt that she hadn't done anything, so she seemed a little guilty.
[Zhou Mingshu]: Don’t leave any regrets for yourself, otherwise when you are old and traveling around, you will be so angry that you will die when you think about this.
[Yan Qing]: Got it. Have fun.
Zhou Mingshu didn't know whether she understood it or not. There were many things she couldn't interfere with.
The most important thing now is to comfort my boyfriend who I have neglected.
Fan Zhuoyi pursed his lips, turned his body to the side and faced away from her, not saying a word. They had some unpleasantness last night and made up this morning, but Zhou Mingshu was still cold to him.
"Are you angry?"
Fan Zhuoyi: "Just focus on your own things, don't worry about me."
Zhou Mingshu moved closer and held his face: "Really?"
After turning off the phone, Yan Qing pretended nothing had happened. He glanced around and met Ming Xu's eyes again.
Is this person not always looking at me?
Yan Qing no longer had the panic he felt the first time, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Hearing the two talking, Yang Mingzhou in front of him poked his head out and said, "I'm almost bored to death. What are you two talking about? Take me with you."
Mingxu looked at him meaningfully and said nothing.
Rejected, Yang Mingzhou snorted and immediately put on an indifferent expression. He rolled his eyes at him and muttered, "Who wants to know? When I get back to Haicheng, I definitely won't play with you two anymore. You're not a good person if you're plotting against me."
After saying that, he began to blame Yan Qing again.
"Yan Qing, how could you be in cahoots with him? If you had told me last night, I wouldn't have gone."
Talking about the plot against Yang Mingzhou last night, Yan Qing expressed her innocence. She wanted to save him, but she was powerless: "I only found out after you got off the bus."
"Is that so? Then I forgive you. We are still good friends."
Hearing this, Ming Xu looked at Yang Mingzhou, then at Yan Qing, his eyes clearly saying: When did you two become good friends?
No one paid any attention to him.
As they were almost at Haicheng, Yan Qing sat up straight, stretched, and sent a message to his parents to let them know he was safe.
When we arrived in Haicheng, Mingxu arranged a car to pick us up. Yan Qing had seen the driver before; he worked for the B&B.
Finally, they were able to get rid of the two of them temporarily. Yang Mingzhou said that he didn't need to send them off at all, and he called a taxi and ran away. Yan Qing and Ming Xu went straight back to the B&B.
As soon as the two entered the hall, they heard someone calling Ming Xu's name behind them. Yan Qing turned around and saw a girl in a professional suit. The two looked at each other, and the girl nodded. Yan Qing took her things and got into the elevator.
Su Yu walked closer: "Did you go out to play?"
Mingxu didn't want to pay attention to her: "What are you doing here?"
"Talk to you about work."
The two people's careers did not overlap, and Mingxu subconsciously felt that she had other intentions, so he took a step back and kept his distance.
Su Yu took out a document and handed it to him.
Ming Xu flipped through a few pages, his face solemn: "Let's go to the office and talk."
Yan Qing had seen Su Yu several times. In her memory, it was always her who came to see Ming Xu. It seemed that they had a very close relationship. For someone like Ming Xu, if he didn't like her, how could he allow someone to get close to him again and again.
But she didn't look like she was here for a date. She was dressed in a business suit and looked tired, perhaps she had just got off work.
She shook her head and stopped thinking about it. The relationship between the two was not important to her.
This short trip to the three cities was of great help to her new book. After changing her clothes, Yan Qing turned on the computer and started working.
She planned to start writing during the National Day holiday, which was more than a month away, so she didn't have much time left. She put her romantic life aside for now, as nothing else was more important than her work at this moment.
Su Yu came to see Ming Xu not entirely because of work.
Seeing the people who were still in the office, Ming Xu said to them, "You can leave now."
Su Yu glanced at her watch and said, "Okay, I won't delay the young master's love life."
"Don't talk nonsense."
In order to prevent Su Yu from meeting Yan Qing in the lobby, Ming Xu sent her out. Just as he worried, Yan Qing saw two people walking side by side as soon as she got out of the elevator. Su Yu smiled and gestured, but Yan Qing looked indifferent and walked out quickly.
Su Yu, who saw the good show, teased: "She seems to have misunderstood. If you had sent me out, this wouldn't have happened."
Ming Xu didn't want to talk to her much, and when he didn't see Yan Qing outside the door, he went back to the office.
After thinking for a moment, he sent a message to Yan Qing.
[Ming Xu]: Where have you been?
[Yan Qing]: Buying things.
Are we so unfamiliar now? Ming Xu felt a little frustrated, thinking about how to explain so that Yan Qing could dispel her misunderstanding of him.
Mingxu's mind went blank.
[Ming Xu]: She is a friend who encountered some trouble at work.
There was no reply from the other side.
The screen went black and then bright, bright and then black again. Ming Xu sat in front of the window, watching the people coming and going on the beach not far away, and made a phone call.
Yan Qing was trying on clothes when she saw Ming Xu's message. She was about to get busy as she had to attend a wedding in October. Today she had some time so she thought of buying new clothes. This was also Zhou Mingshu's order.
Is he explaining?
Yan Qing didn't reply.
Soon, the phone rang. Looking at the note on the screen, Yan Qing subconsciously hung up first.
After leaving the clothing store, the phone rang for the second time. She gathered the bags in her hand, answered it, and said nothing.
"Where are you? I'll pick you up."
Yan Qing subconsciously refused: "No, I'll go back after dinner."
She had selfish motives. When Yan Qing saw Ming Xu and his friends today, she still felt a little uncomfortable. People on the Internet said that this was a sign of jealousy.
She doesn't believe it.
But I still want to keep some distance from Mingxu.
Ming Xu: "I'll pick you up and have dinner together."
The atmosphere between the two was a bit strange. Yan Qing didn't want to see him: "No need." After saying that, he hung up the phone.
Ming Xu kept talking on the phone, stunned in the car. He thought Yan Qing had misunderstood him, but he didn't know how to explain it.
There was no reply to the message sent. After thinking for a moment, Mingxu started the car.
Yan Qing hung up the phone and took a deep breath. It was better for the two of them not to meet at this time. She was afraid that Ming Xu would say something she didn't dare to hear, so she decided to calm down first.
Yan Qing went to a random restaurant and only noticed the menu when she saw it was a Spanish restaurant. She looked at the name of the restaurant, which she had never seen before. Fortunately, it wasn't his. She didn't know Ming Xu, and Ming Xu didn't know him. The fragmentary understanding between the two of them wasn't enough to sustain them in the end, which was what Yan Qing was worried about.
Ming Xu's sudden return home scared his parents. Ming's father was a little disgusted: "Why are you back?" As soon as his son came back, his wife's heart was no longer with him.
There was no response. Ming Xu went upstairs as soon as he got home without saying hello to anyone.
Mingli was about to go downstairs when he saw his brother at the stairs. He was a little surprised: "Why are you back?"
The father and son sympathized with each other.
"Your brother is heartbroken?"
Looking at the empty refrigerator, Mingli stared at his father and his voice became louder: "Dad! Can you fill it up next time after you finish drinking Coke?"
Ming's father, who was caught, had no time to care about his youngest son and fled in panic.
Ming's mother's voice came from the room: "Ming Weixian, Ming Li, both of you be quiet."
After returning to the room, Mingxu turned on the old computer and clicked on a file inside.
When he opened it, a picture appeared on the screen. It was a photo of a girl, which he had left behind out of selfish motives.
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