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"What is Yingying doing here?" Xu Liang was puzzled. If it was for Grandma Zhang's physical examination, she would have asked on her phone just now.
Qi Yu deliberately kept the secret, saying that everyone would know when they arrived.
Xu Liang glanced at him sideways, still reluctant, but still took the thing he handed over.
Two figures walked side by side on the shore, and apart from the sound of cutting vegetables in their hands, there was no communication between the two.
Only the sound of shallow and slow breathing lingered in my ears, and the subtle warmth of the person next to me came over from time to time, slightly disrupting my regular heartbeat.
Xu Liang quickened his movements, just wanting to finish quickly and get out.
This atmosphere is too strange.
The person next to him suddenly said, "Be careful not to cut your hand."
Xu Liang calmed his mind and continued with his work, not wanting to be disturbed by him. "Boss Qi, just take care of yourself. If you worry about your competitors, you might end up losing miserably."
She knew him. Usually at this time he would either fight back or shut up. She was already thinking of ways to fight back, but Qi Yu did not play by his usual routine.
He arranged the cut vegetables delicately on the plate and chuckled, "Could we be partners?"
After a pause, he corrected himself, "To be precise, we can be considered partners now, right? We signed a contract for the last puzzle game."
Xu Liang was speechless for a moment, and his momentum also weakened.
Just as I was thinking about the words and about to retort, the doorbell suddenly rang.
The curve of Qi Yu's lips had not yet calmed down. He turned his head and looked towards the door: "Song Ying should be here. I'll go open the door."
“…”
When he reached the edge, Xu Liang couldn't finish his words. He sighed angrily and muttered softly, "What a freak!"
Xu Liang heard a loud noise at the door and just turned around to see Song Ying standing in front of him.
Xu Liang subconsciously shrank back and put down the knife in his hand. "Yingying, why did you come here so suddenly?"
Song Ying narrowed his eyes, moved closer to her, and said with a slightly dissatisfied tone: "Of course I came here specifically to see you."
Blinking his eyelashes hesitantly, Xu Kyung asked doubtfully, "What's going on?"
Song Ying glanced back again and saw Qi Yu standing behind him as if nothing had happened, very calm.
Xu Liang glanced over, but still didn't understand what Song Ying wanted to say.
In the end, she pulled me directly to the balcony and closed the door.
Through two glass doors, Xu Liang accidentally saw the person in the kitchen looking over here, smiling meaningfully, and then quickly turned around.
Xu Ying frowned slightly, pursed her lips in even greater confusion, turned around, and was about to speak when Song Ying's question stopped her.
"You've been hiding a lot from me lately."
His fingertips gently stroked the rose petals. Hearing this, Xu Liang paused.
Looking sideways, Song Ying's expression remained unchanged, his eyes still narrowed.
But Xu Liang felt that something was wrong.
My brain thought quickly, but I couldn't remember what I had hidden. "What did I hide from you?"
Xu Liang's tone was completely confused, but Song Ying was so sure that she felt inexplicably guilty.
"The matter between you and Qi Yu."
When this was mentioned, Xu Jing's first reaction was to deny it: "What is going on between him and me?"
Song Ying directly took out the evidence: "Don't try to hide it from me, Qi Yu has already sent me a message."
"What news?"
Xu Liang's mind went blank, he was dazed for a moment, and his movements slowed down a few beats.
Song Ying put the phone in her palm and looked at it carefully. It was the chat history between the two of them not long ago.
"Qi Yu: Xu Liang has been avoiding me these past two days. I asked her directly but she didn't answer me. What do you usually do in this situation?"
"Song Ying: Did you two have a fight?"
"Qi Yu: Of course not. It's just that after I changed her name to Xiao Liang, she started avoiding me. Last night she hugged me and cried, but when she woke up this morning she suddenly changed her behavior. I was wondering if she was in a bad mood. It's not good to hold it in. After all, she is still in my body now."
"Song Ying: What?! Xiaojing is crying? Wait, I'll come to your place after get off work!"
“…”
Xu Liang realized later that when Qi Yu was fiddling with her phone in the car, he was texting Song Ying.
Two fine lines appeared on his forehead without him noticing, and Xu Liang couldn't withdraw his attention for a while.
Looking at these messages, I feel mixed emotions.
There was a sudden lump in my throat, and a fresh, hot curse rolled around on the tip of my tongue.
Before Xu Liang could even open her mouth, Song Ying spoke before her: "How did Qi Yu offend you? Why are you crying? And you were crying while hugging him? Are you two really together?"
Faced with Song Ying's questioning, Xu Liang's brain short-circuited for a moment. He clenched his teeth with great difficulty and crushed the stinger that was about to come out of his mouth to attack Qi Yu between his teeth.
She immediately retorted, "He's talking nonsense! I was crying because I dreamed about my grandparents. What do you mean they're together? We just hugged for a while. What's the big deal?"
Xu Liang was still staring at the words Qi Yufa sent.
The words he swallowed were swirling in his mind, and his mind was already wanting to knock him down with a punch.
This guy actually used a dirty trick? And these words were completely unlike his style, it was obvious that he did it on purpose!
Where did he learn all this?
Just through the screen, she could smell the fragrance of tea.
Is there such a function for soul swapping? Why is there nothing for her?
"Then you hide from him?" Song Ying still refused to believe it.
She had seen it that day when they were having dinner at the club. Xu Liang's face was so red, and Qi Yu kept staring at her.
Xu Liang paused for a moment, returned the phone to Song Ying, and went back to her roses, explaining guiltily, "Who...who said I was avoiding him? Is it okay if I don't want to talk to him?"
The cold wind blowing in on his cheeks made his muscles slightly tense, and Xu Liang's hand movements became disrupted.
Song Ying saw through her immediately and forcefully straightened her body. "Just keep talking tough, but I think you still have feelings for him."
"I didn't!" Xu Liang refused to admit it.
To prove himself, Xu Liang even opened the door and wanted to confront him face to face: "I'm going to tell him clearly right now that we are definitely not what you think!"
However, just as she rushed to Qi Yu, Xu Liang slipped and nearly fell. Fortunately, Qi Yu reacted quickly and quickly hugged her waist.
Qi Yu quickly turned off the fire and helped the man steady himself.
"Don't run so fast."
His steps were unsteady, his momentum was broken, and Xu Liang was completely embarrassed. However, he remained stubborn and regained his balance. He said with a stiff upper lip, "I'm not hiding from you, nor am I holding it in. I just don't want to talk too much. Don't overthink it, and don't say anything more!"
Song Ying watched from the side, waiting for Qi Yu's reaction.
Qi Yu seemed to have anticipated that Xu Liang would come to confront him, and he said "Oh" with a hint of deep meaning, with a long tail tone.
Then he followed her meaning and said, "It seems that I misunderstood. In that case, I will get straight to the point. I gave it to Mr. Xu last night. Shouldn't I be compensated today?"
He artificially rubbed the shoulder where she had leaned for two hours last night.
“…”
Xu Liang secretly swore: I will never cry in front of him again!
As expected, embarrassing yourself in front of Qi Yu is like having a criminal record, and he will definitely use it to whip you!
"Can you please speak properly?" Xu Kyung practically gritted his teeth and said, "What do you mean by 'use'? At most, I'm just borrowing your shoulder. To be more precise, it's still my own shoulder!"
"But now I am indeed in this body." The man was still pretentious and his tone was a bit awkward.
Song Ying was a little stunned watching from the side.
She had never thought that Qi Yu had another side before.
She didn't spoil the atmosphere and continued watching the show.
Xu Liang thought Qi Yu was trying to take advantage of her, so to prevent him from spreading false information, she quickly compromised: "You just want to make me a condition, right? You're really willing to risk everything for your technological retirement? Tell me, or I'll think you've really changed."
Seeing the obvious change in the man's expression, Xu Liang thought he had guessed it right. He subconsciously connected his abnormal behavior in the past few days, and felt a sense of understanding but also a hint of disappointment.
It wasn't until Qi Yu spoke again that her logic was shattered.
"I do have a condition, but now is not the time to state it. It has nothing to do with technology-based retirement, it only has to do with you. How about you agree to it first?"
Xu Liang instinctively looked at Song Ying, giving her a puzzled look. His heart felt inexplicably noisy, and he was even more hesitant about the answer to the question.
Song Ying had a knowing smile on her face, but she didn't get involved. This was a matter between the two of them, and Xu Jing had to make the decision himself.
Xu Liang didn't understand what Song Ying meant, and looked back at Qi Yu blankly, the aroma coming from the pot still wafting through his nostrils.
She suddenly felt hungry, and her mind recalled the taste of the dishes made by Qi Yu, and she wanted to eat quickly.
The hand holding the chess piece instantly changed direction, and there was a pause before he knew whether to put it down completely. His mouth was already one step faster: "Okay, I promise."
As long as Qi Yu stops talking nonsense, he can make conditions. Even if he is targeting her, she has not been afraid of him in the past few years.
Qi Yu's eyes lit up, as if afraid that Xu Ying would go back on his word, and asked Song Ying to be a witness again.
Xu Liang didn't mind at all, and patted his chest to ensure that he would do what he said. Finally, he urged Qi Yu to cook and closed the kitchen glass door again.
She spread her hands towards Song Ying again and continued to prove herself: "I've made it clear, he did it on purpose, and I have absolutely no feelings for him!"
This time Song Ying said nothing more and maintained the same expression as before. Xu Liang was afraid that she didn't believe him, so he repeated it several times.
Song Ying finally said, "Now I finally know why Qi Yu sent me a message."
"Right? He went through so much trouble to set me up and give me conditions. Tell me, isn't he treacherous and insidious?"
Xu Liang thought Song Ying was complaining about Qi Yu with him, completely unaware that they were not talking about the same thing.
…
After finishing her meal, Song Ying didn't rush to leave. She stayed in the room with Xu Liang for a while. Song Ying had already made an appointment with Grandma Zhang in advance. She would also be at work tomorrow, so she asked Xu Liang to take Grandma Zhang directly to see her.
Noticing the fluffy doll on her bed, Song Ying asked in surprise, "Did you buy this? It doesn't look like something you would do."
Xu Liang has always looked down on these ugly things.
"Of course I didn't buy it, Qi Yu gave it to me." Although he still disliked it, Xu Liang had already accepted it.
"You can tolerate this?" Song Ying was still surprised.
Xu Liang pouted and patted the bed sheet. "Looking at this pig every day will make me desensitized. It can't be helped. I'm living under someone else's roof."
The topic didn't stop for long before the two of them talked about recent events. When they got to the topic, Xu Liang wanted to lean against Song Ying, but he was restrained by this body and could only keep a certain distance from her.
She lay helplessly on the bed and wailed, "Please, please let me and Qi Yu switch back!"
"Since you can't get the kiss back, haven't you thought of other ways?" Song Ying also missed the real Xu Liang. Although she knew that it was her best friend in this body, it was actually a bit awkward for a man and a woman to be alone in the room.
Xu Liang was also helpless. She had thought that she could change back quickly, so she confidently brought only a small suitcase of clothes. But who would have thought that she couldn't change back at all.
"The only thing I can think of now is a rainy day, but it hasn't rained heavily recently."
"Is it only on rainy days? Didn't you say you could still hear the bell? Where did the bell sound come from last time when you and Qi Yu almost got swapped back?" Song Ying asked again.
Heo Kyung wasn't entirely sure: "I don't know if I was dreaming, but there wasn't anything in the parking lot that could ring a bell."
As she spoke, she reached for the pocket watch she had brought back from the car that afternoon and said, "It can't be the sound of my pocket watch, right?"
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