Chapter 198 A First Time with a Scheme
Ao Cang had some understanding of Xu Wenfeng from Qiao Mei's experience.
Knowing that he genuinely cares for Xu Hui and Qiao Mei, it would be too hasty for him to register his marriage with Qiao Mei. If Xu Wenfeng found out, it might really make him angry.
In the end, he had no choice but to give up the idea, nodding somewhat listlessly and making a compromise.
"Alright then, let's ask your grandfather what he thinks first."
"Um."
Qiao Mei knew Ao Cang would be so obedient. After agreeing, she looked at Xu Hui and her husband, who were already getting their marriage certificate, and told Ao Cang to get ready. She planned to take him inside to buy wedding gifts for Xu Hui and her husband.
Ao Cang asked, puzzled, "Didn't I say we didn't need to buy any? My support staff here..."
"Of course we have to buy them!" Qiao Mei interrupted him, her red eyes filled with helplessness. "As for the gifts you mentioned, you're not my mother's father, so why are you giving such expensive things? It would be more appropriate if you were giving these to us as wedding gifts, but to my mother and the others, it's a bit too inappropriate."
Ao Cang didn't know much about human rules.
After hearing what Qiao Mei said, he could only temporarily give up the idea and obediently followed her into the jewelry store to buy some jewelry.
One is a pair of rings, and the other is a pair of bracelets; both are couple's items.
Xu Hui and Li Chonghua dawdled for almost half an hour before they finished all the formalities and came out, just as Qiao Mei and the others arrived at the entrance of the marriage registration office and were waiting.
Seeing them come out, she handed the gifts that she and Ao Cang had bought in advance to them and Li Chonghua, and said with a smile, "Mother, this is a wedding gift that Cangcang and I prepared for you and Uncle Li."
It was quite unexpected for Xu Hui that Qiao Mei would bring Ao Cang here.
Looking at the gift handed to her, her nose tingled and her eyes welled up with tears.
However, she concealed these emotions well and accepted the gift.
Then, quite naturally, he placed it in Li Chonghua's hand and nudged him with his right elbow.
"What are you all standing there for? The children are all here, don't you even say a word?"
Li Chonghua had been worried that Qiao Mei would be unhappy with his marriage to Xu Hui, but seeing her smiling radiantly, she didn't seem to disapprove. He finally felt relieved and started chatting with Qiao Mei.
Qiao Mei's main purpose was to see if Xu Hui and Li Chonghua's marriage registration would proceed smoothly, and also to deliver a gift to them with Ao Cang.
Having achieved their goal, and seeing that Li Chonghua and his group probably had other things to do, they wisely said goodbye to Xu Hui and left.
She also had to help Ao Cang choose the clothes he should wear to see Xu Wenfeng tonight.
The prices at the Imperial Star Mall are not low, but she had a mall card that Xu Hui had given her before. She said that Xu Hui had been shopping there since she was young, and each person had a fixed amount of free coupons and free shopping credits that would be automatically cleared if not used. So she was asked to use it directly this time.
Otherwise, Qiao Mei wouldn't really want to rely on Xu Hui's father.
Upon arrival, after the sales assistant's introduction, she realized that no matter what the style of the clothes was or how good-looking they were, as long as they were worn by Ao Cang, they would inevitably only look good.
By the end, they had gone so far as to use up all the free coupons and free order quotas that Xu Hui had given them.
Even so, she still felt it wasn't enough and wanted to use her own savings to buy clothes for Ao Cang.
Ao Cang felt she had bought far too much, enough to wear a different outfit every day of the week, and stopped her from buying any more.
"For tonight, wear the outfit we bought on the third floor. It's silver-white with gold dragon and auspicious cloud embroidery. It suits you very well."
Ao Cang didn't care much about what he wore, and he nodded obediently upon hearing this, cooperating fully.
"And also..."
"bite!"
Before Qiao Mei could finish speaking, the light ladder in front of her arrived.
The light staircase door opened, and a person appeared before her that was somewhat unexpected.
The young man standing in the elevator was wearing blue overalls and an apricot-colored plaid shirt with contrasting floral patterns. He looked refreshing and handsome, but there was a hint of melancholy in his eyes. His blue eyes were fixed on the quantum computer bracelet on his wrist, and it was unclear what he was thinking.
When he came out, he noticed the gaze directed at him by Qiao Mei, and also noticed that she was holding hands with a strange young man.
He stared blankly as he raised his deep blue eyes and carefully examined Ao Cang.
The boy has striking features, and his dark-colored pomegranate short-sleeved shirt and black pants create a strong visual impact when combined.
Although his unusually long silver hair was tied into a small braid and placed behind his head, it didn't make him look feminine at all.
Instead, it added a unique aesthetic to him.
Those golden eyes... why do they look so familiar to him?
"Xu Heyu, what a coincidence, you're here to buy things too?" Qiao Mei didn't miss Xu Heyu's scrutiny of Ao Cang, and took a step forward, protecting Ao Cang behind her like a mother hen protecting her chicks.
At the same time, the hands that were originally just clasped together with Ao Cang's palms turned into a cross-shaped arrangement of ten fingers.
Xu Heyu saw Qiao Mei's subtle movements and felt a dull pain spreading through his chest, but he didn't show it on his face. Instead, he left the light staircase first.
"It's quite a coincidence, but he is..."
Qiao Mei moved the body that was blocking Ao Cang a little to the side and introduced, "This is my boyfriend and fiancé, Cang Ao."
"This is my cousin and senior from school, Xu Heyu."
Ao Cang had known Xu Heyu for a long time, but he still cooperated with Qiao Mei, pretending to be meeting him for the first time, and called him "cousin".
Qiao Mei rarely calls Xu Heyu "cousin," but now Ao Cang is calling him that.
Immediately, the already heavy feeling of resentment between his brows and eyes intensified, and he said in a somewhat cold and hard voice, "No need to be so polite. Just call me by my name, just like Little Rose. We're only a year apart in age."
Ao Cang sensed Xu Heyu's hostility and, recalling some of the things he had seen from Qiao Yingying before, looked at Qiao Mei with a somewhat bewildered expression.
His eyes seemed to be asking whether he should do it.
It would have been better if he hadn't acted this way. Because of this, Qiao Mei felt that Xu Heyu was bullying Ao Cang right in front of her.
A hint of coldness flashed in her red eyes, and as if to soothe him, she tightened her grip on his large hand.
"Then shout like me."
After saying that, she looked at Xu Heyu, whose face was impossible to feign in a gentle manner, and her tone turned cold: "I still have to take him back to prepare for meeting my grandfather tonight, so I won't talk any longer. We'll talk again next time we meet."
After that, without giving Xu Heyu a chance to say anything more, he pulled Ao Cang up the light ladder that had been rotated up again.
Xu Heyu left behind, staring at the two figures obscured by the light ladder door. He then reopened his light brain bracelet, opened the photos he had secretly taken, and sent them to someone.
Please look him up for me. His name is Cang Ao.
Ao Cang: What's wrong with being a little cunning?
Qiao Mei: Either way is fine!
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