Chapter 14: Fateful Fate Luo Miao stood by, waiting for Xu...
Luo Miao stayed on the spot and waited for a long time before their Third Master spoke slowly in a hoarse voice.
"Don't disturb her, call Qin Fei over."
Qingqing is not attracted to him yet, it’s not the right time.
If she saw his weakness too many times, she would probably
The dislike is greater than the heartache.
Qi Hanmu walked slowly towards a private room, his handmade leather shoes making almost no sound on the carpet.
He walked towards the darkness, resolutely, but he only hoped that his little girl would stay in the light forever.
It was enough for her to just glance at him from time to time.
He is just a nameless person beside her now, so she shouldn't expect too much from him.
Although he thought clearly, the dark storm in Qi Hanmu's eyes could not dissipate.
If you can't get something by soft means, you can take it by force. This is a truth he has understood since he was a child.
Luo Miao saw their Third Master looking back and tilted his head in confusion. Was the Third Master reluctant to leave his wife?
It can be seen that the Third Master turned around and strode forward again. Luo Miao bit his lip, a little confused. Is the Third Master hoping that the Madam will look at him? But, if the Third Master doesn't let him say it, how can the Madam know?
Do you want to help the Third Master?
Luo Miao stopped walking deliberately, wanting to ask someone to invite his wife when Qi Hanmu wasn't paying attention, but he heard a majestic voice saying "Luo Miao" from the front.
Raising his head, Luo Miao had no choice but to accept the death stare from his Third Master. He swallowed his saliva hurriedly, his voice trembling and his hands shaking, "Third Master, no, I, that's not what I meant."
Qi Hanmu's eyes were calm, and there was a gloom in his phoenix eyes as dark as the night. It was an expression that Luo Miao could not understand, but Luo Miao could feel that their Third Master seemed unhappy.
Seeing that the Third Master didn't say anything for a long time, Luo Miao lowered his head, cold sweat pouring down his face. He felt like he was about to see his grandmother. "Third Master, I was wrong. I shouldn't have asked someone to invite the Madam. She hasn't been invited yet. Please be magnanimous and forgive me this time."
The manager was loading wood in the distance. He wanted to leave, but the boss insisted that he stay, saying that he was afraid that he could not take good care of the guests and that the third master would blame them later, and they would all be in trouble①.
Seeing that his grandfather didn't move, Luo Miao glanced at the manager who was peeking stealthily in the distance, raised his finger slightly, and asked the manager to come over.
"Well, go ahead."
This time the manager was like a piece of wood with legs growing out of it. He ran over in small steps, but his legs seemed to have just grown out and were not very useful. He almost tripped over the other and was about to fall. Fortunately, the manager made circles with his hands and managed to keep his balance.
His face flushed, he shrank his head and looked up, only to find that Mr. Qi San didn't even pay attention to him.
While feeling relieved, the manager felt a sense of emptiness in his heart for no reason. "Third Master, what do you want?"
Luo Miao continued, "Open a private room, it's right next to this one," he pointed to the room where Xia Yiqing was.
"Okay, okay," the manager straightened his back as the work came to him. You know, this is for Mr. Qi San, so he has to be very careful. "Please wait a moment."
Soon, the manager personally led the way and respectfully invited Mr. Qi Sanye and his party into the box. He was sharp-eyed and noticed that there was an extra person wearing gold-rimmed glasses and carrying a medical box.
The manager opened the door, then lowered his head and pretended not to see it. After all, there were some things that could not be asked.
Many people who come here have secrets, and the reason why Denghuolanshan has been able to remain popular is not only because of its attentive service, but also because it keeps its mouths shut.
Qin Fei wanted to sigh whenever she saw Qi Hanmu. She didn't know if it was for him or for herself. "Hey, Third Master, how did you torture yourself again?"
Qi Hanmu definitely wouldn't tell it, so Luo Miao did it for him.
But Luo Miao was not of the same species as the roundworm after all, and he could not guess what his master was thinking, so he could only tell the truth and talk about all the details he knew and could say, from the first time he saw Mr. Qi Sanye not long ago to the present.
"...Are you having a conflict with Xia Yiqing again?" Qin Fei asked for no reason.
Qi Hanmu let him give acupuncture to his right hand, while his fair and slender left hand rested on his forehead, covering his eyebrows and eyes.
From Qin Fei's perspective, all she could see was their Third Master's pale face and tight lips.
Seeing Third Master like this, Qin Fei could only sigh again and mutter, "What a bad fate."
Qi Hanmu got an injection and leaned back on the sofa with his eyes closed to rest. In the box where Xia Yiqing was, a cheerful love song was playing.
Unlike the bitterness of the previous song, this time the lyrics are bright and the melody is fresh. When singing it, it seems as if the air is filled with the sour smell of love, which is trying to pull people back to the time of first love.
First love...
The microphone in Xia Yiqing's hand was a little wet. She had been threatened by her parents since she was a child, saying that the family business needed her help, she couldn't fall in love too early, and her future marriage could only be useful to the Xia family.
If she married the poor boy without his permission, it would be a huge sin.
This also led to Xia Yiqing not daring to have any contact with the boys in the class for a long time.
Even though her beauty was recognized and she was named the school belle many times, Xia Yiqing never accepted any boy's advances. Even when a boy expressed his affection, she would calmly let the teacher handle it. The most excessive one was that Xia Yiqing took the initiative to talk to his parents and made it clear that she did not like him. Only then did his parents blush and take the boy back.
Being noticed by others will inevitably lead to jealousy.
When Xia Yiqing was in school, many girls said behind her back that she was hypocritical and that she was just saying that she didn't want to have a boyfriend, but she was actually having a lot of fun behind the scenes.
Xia Yiqing tried to stop these remarks, but it was of little use. She could only endure it and pretend not to care, because she knew that her parents would definitely not take her side. They would only think that she had caused trouble to the family, caused the Xia family's stock to fall again, and left a scandal.
The girls behind saw that Xia Yiqing was easy to bully and started to touch her. Fortunately, Su Huanhuan came to help and the two girls escaped together.
However, that was a long time ago.
As the song came to an end, Xia Yiqing softly sang the last line and found that her own voice was the only voice left in the box. In the huge box, she felt inexplicably empty.
She was just wondering, and when she turned around, she found that Su Huanhuan was not sitting next to her.
Looking again, Su Huanhuan was standing at the door, arguing loudly with someone.
Xia Yiqing walked over and saw a heavily made-up woman standing opposite Su Huanhuan. She was wearing a light green cheongsam, but because it did not match the color, it looked dark and cheap. Behind her, there were seven or eight women.
It looks like he is here to cause trouble.
As Xia Yiqing walked over, she heard the heavily made-up woman laughing and shouting.
"Hey, isn't this Sister Qingqing? Why are you drinking here alone? Aren't you afraid that your husband will find out and punish you?"
Not knowing why the flames of war had spread to her, Xia Yiqing frowned almost imperceptibly, "Do we know each other?"
The heavily made-up woman's expression changed, and her tone became more gritted, "I'm your cousin!"
Looking at the face that looked almost nothing like her own, Xia Yiqing took a step back.
"Anyone can be my cousin?"
The cheongsam woman across from her stamped her feet fiercely, then mentioned the names of Xia Yiqing's father, Xia Shengguo, and Xia Yiqing's uncle, Xia Shengye. Then she put her hands on her hips and said, "Now you admit it, don't you?"
Staring at the face covered by thick foundation, Xia Yiqing slowly gained some impression.
Isn't this Xia Jie, who used to fight with her for everything when she was a child, and pretended to be pitiful, so that her parents treated her to many meals of stir-fried bamboo shoots with meat?
When I grew up, I didn't have many memories of my cousin Xia Yiqing. I only knew that her academic performance was not very good. She went abroad to study before finishing high school. She might have taken a preparatory class abroad and then studied for an undergraduate degree.
Unexpectedly, she is back now, and has transformed into a turtle, giving herself a layer of gilding.
"Oh," Xia Yiqing crossed her arms, stood still, and looked up calmly.
"So, you're here to make friends with me?"
In an instant, the atmosphere at the scene froze, and Su Huanhuan clapped her hands and laughed.
"Well done! This woman is so weird, she said she's your cousin and wants to come into the private room to play, and she brought someone with her. Really, don't you know that the dimly lit private room is very expensive, or it's a membership system,
"I, the eldest daughter of the Su family, can only have a gold card and use the lowest-end private room. How could she, a member of the Xia family's side branch, possibly afford a private room? Could it be that she brought her friends here to play and found that there were no private rooms, so she was embarrassed and wanted to use our room for free?"
The people behind Xia Jie were talking in low voices, glancing at Xia Yiqing and Su Huanhuan from time to time, seemingly with unpleasant looks.
Xia Jie was a little embarrassed, her face turning blue and red, her high heels clattering on the ground, "What are you so proud of? Didn't you just rely on that face to marry a good husband? Without Master Qi, you're nothing!"
Perhaps it was because the aqua-green cheongsam was so funny that Xia Yiqing's shoulders trembled, and she felt like the corners of her mouth were about to fall.
Although it must be said that Qi Hanmu has directly raised her net worth by several levels, but now there is no relationship between her and Qi Hanmu. If Xia Jie knew that she had taken the initiative to cancel the marriage agreement, I wonder what she would think.
But Xia Yiqing was too lazy to tell outsiders about this matter, perhaps to save face for the Third Master.
She shrugged. "I don't care what you think. But if you think these words can hurt me, you are too naive."
Xia Jie's eyes widened in disbelief. "How is that possible? Didn't you care most about your position as one of the Four Great Ladies of Jiangcheng? If you weren't the leader of the Four Great Ladies of Jiangcheng, how could the Third Master have set his sights on you? Now I'm going to spread the news about you in the bar and tell everyone that you're a scumbag. Let's see if the Third Master will still want you!"
As she spoke, Xia Jie's face became even more determined. "You really thought the Third Master had some feelings for you," she curled her lips, raised her eyebrows, and her bright red eyeshadow became more prominent. "You're overthinking it. The Third Master is just used to eating delicacies from land and sea, and occasionally uses your wild vegetables to whet his appetite. You really think you're the Third Master's wife."
"Okay," Xia Yiqing's face was calm, her eyes were not fluctuating at all. She stood there, her brows calm, and a faint fragrance wafted from her side, like a silver osmanthus swaying in the wind, cold and noble.
"You tell me, let's see which news agencies dare to report it."
In Jiangcheng, Master Qi Sanye is the sky. No one dares to talk business with Master Qi Sanye in Jiangcheng because the sky belongs to Master Qi Sanye.
Similarly, Mr. Qi Sanye has always been vindictive and very capable. No news agency dares to gossip about him unless they don't want to stay in Jiangcheng anymore.
Xia Jie took a step back, breathing rapidly. How could this happen? When she was a child, Xia Yiqing was definitely not like this. She pushed her and snatched her toys, but she always accepted it submissively and didn't even dare to argue for herself in front of her second uncle.
How come everything changed when she grew up and married Mr. Qi Sanye?
"So, if you have anything else to say, or if you don't want to say anything, just go out and turn right. I'll see you."
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Quoted from:
1. Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin, Qing Dynasty
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