Chapter 175 She will only help protect him
Cong Lie shifted his gaze from Teng Ying with a hint of embarrassment, and said awkwardly, "What could it mean? It just means exactly what it says. Let's spend the Dragon Boat Festival together this year."
"Together...?"
Happiness came so suddenly that Teng Ying could hardly believe it.
"Then, I'll go back and pack my clothes now, I..."
Cong Lie interrupted her, took out a Star Card from his smart bracelet, and handed it to her: "No need. Those clothes are what you brought from the 'Drunken Dream' place. You're no longer the young lady there, and it's time for you to have a new life. I'll take you to change into some new clothes."
Teng Ying took the Star Card, still a little confused.
It wasn't until Cong Lie grabbed her sleeve and led her outside that she felt a little more real and followed him outside.
"My aircraft is just ahead. We'll go to the mall to buy some clothes first, and then go back to my home. I didn't bring many zongzi, but you can eat some when you get on the aircraft."
Teng Ying nodded obediently. Only after she followed Cong Lie onto the aircraft did she belatedly realize and ask him why he suddenly wanted to spend the Dragon Boat Festival with her.
"Are you free at the black market? Will I... will I be a burden to you in any way?"
Teng Ying is not a stutterer, but for some reason, she can't help but stutter whenever she talks to Cong Lie.
Cong Lie had gotten used to this.
Hearing this, she pursed her lips and replied, "Of course I'm busy, but no matter how busy I am, I still have to live my own life. As for delays, that's not the case. The gambling house isn't just me. When I'm not around, someone will temporarily take over for me."
Teng Ying felt a little relieved and opened the rice dumpling that Cong Lie had brought, wanting to taste it.
Upon opening it, she found that the zongzi was warm, presumably warmed up by Cong Lie before she arrived.
Realizing this, Teng Ying felt a warm glow in her heart, and when she ate the savory rice dumplings next time, she could even taste a hint of sweetness in them.
I don't know if it's because the rice dumplings are sweet, or because of something else.
...
When Qiao Mei was leading Ao Cang home, Ao Cang saw that they were less than ten minutes away from home, so he poked Qiao Mei's arm with his dragon claw again.
"An'an, there's something I might have done that was too impulsive and wrong. I want to apologize to you."
"What is it?" Qiao Mei raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised that Ao Cang would take the initiative to confess to her, pretending that she did not know about this matter.
Ao Cang lowered his head and revealed that he had secretly turned on her smart bracelet, replied to her messages without her permission, and deleted her chat history with Xu Heyu.
"I don't know why, I just did it on a whim. An'an, if Xu Heyu comes to you and asks why, just blame it on me. I did it..."
Qiao Mei activated the autopilot mode of the aircraft, interrupting him: "You did a good job. Xu Heyu's actions do seem to have some ulterior motives. It's good that you refused."
However, if she can get Ao Cang to refuse, it's unlikely that she can do the same to Xu Hui.
Ao Cang was stunned: "Aren't you angry with me?"
Qiao Mei glanced at him, somewhat puzzled: "Why would I blame you? Didn't I tell you that no one is more important than you? You did this without asking for my opinion beforehand. Although it was wrong, it's not a big deal."
The implication was that even if he caused a huge disaster, she wouldn't scold him, but would instead help protect him.
As soon as she finished speaking, Qiao Mei received a voice call from Xu Heyu on her smart bracelet. After touching Ao Cang's dragon head and having it wrap around her neck, she answered the call.
"Hey, Xu Heyu, what's wrong?"
"Little Rose, did you see the message I sent you before? Did you reply?"
Xu Heyu was initially disappointed when she saw Qiao Mei's rejection.
But thinking back, he realized that when he chatted with Qiao Mei using the personal terminal before, he had never seen her speak to him in such a cold and hard tone.
So I sent her many more messages afterward, testing her.
I don't know why, but she didn't reply.
Qiao Mei glanced at the guilty-looking little black dragon and cleaned up his mess: "I saw it, it was me who replied, what's wrong?"
"Did you really reply?" Xu Heyu still found it strange, but since she had already said so, he couldn't ask any further questions. He could only change the subject and talk about Xu Hui's invitation for him to spend the Dragon Boat Festival at Qiao Mei's house.
"Where are you spending the Dragon Boat Festival? If it's in the villa area, I'll go and trouble you. If it's at the Xu family's main residence, then forget it."
At the Xu family's main residence, they would gather some of the more favored children from both the direct and collateral branches to celebrate holidays and festivals.
This year is unlikely to be any different.
After listening to what Xu Heyu said, Qiao Mei told him to wait while she asked Xu Hui first.
Having more people in the family celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival doesn't affect her much, but it makes Ao Cang unhappy and causes him to overthink things.
So, in her heart, she wanted to go back to the Xu family's main residence.
Just then, Xu Hui's personal computer rang.
This saved her the trouble of calling back.
“Xiao Mei, your maternal grandfather said that we should go back to the Xu family's main residence for the Dragon Boat Festival this year. He said it would be a good opportunity to reintroduce us to the outside world. What do you think? Just tell your mother. If you don't want to go back, your mother will refuse your maternal grandfather.”
This chapter is not finished, please click the next page to continue reading!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
