Chapter 13: Can you just say you don't want it anymore?
Xiao Song looked in the rearview mirror and saw the dog running around happily and the boss almost crying.
Isn't this dog the one in Sister Xu's WeChat Moments?
How did Mr. Xu manage to take it away?
"Mr. Xu, did you steal Sister Xu's dog?"
"Shut up and go home."
Xu Si'an was both angry and in pain. It was clearly her who dumped him without any explanation, and it was her who secretly went back to the apartment to take the dog away.
It was also because she was so intimate with other men.
After venting her emotions, Qiao Xu felt the house was empty, so she simply opened the refrigerator, grabbed a bottle of ice-cold beer, and gulped down several mouthfuls.
Meng Zhe called: "Xiao Xu, how is it? Did he give you any trouble?"
Qiao Xu sniffed, trying to make her voice sound as normal as possible: "No, I gave the dog back to him."
"That's fine. It's just a dog, no problem. I'll buy you an exact replica."
Qiao Xu knew that Meng Zhe was trying to comfort her, but she wasn't comforted at all.
"No need, bro, I don't want to keep a dog for now."
"I'm hanging up now if there's nothing else."
Qiao Xu drew the blackout curtains in her home, sat on the carpet with her knees bent, and buried her face in her knees.
"There's nothing left."
When Qiao Xu went to work on Monday, she had already regained the composure that a working person should have.
Xu Si'an tried to find an opportunity to explain to her.
But Qiao Xu always acted like it was business.
"Mr. Xu, this is the schedule for today and tomorrow. If you have nothing else to do, I'll head out now."
"etc."
Xu Si'an had a terrible headache; he couldn't handle her when they were dating.
"Mr. Xu has other matters to attend to."
Qiao Xu's voice was flat, as if they weren't the ones who went to the police station over the weekend because of a dog.
"Could you please unblock me on WeChat? It's for work..."
"Mr. Xu, the secretary and the president's office have a work group. Any work-related matters can be communicated in the group, not in private."
"Personally, I don't think it's necessary for me to have private contact with Mr. Xu."
As Qiao Xu turned to leave, she heard him say, "You've raised Cherry for four years, are you just going to throw her away like that?"
“That’s the dog you bought. I stole it four years ago.”
As soon as the person disappeared from his sight, Xu Si'an slammed his fist on the desk.
Damn it, his temper is even worse than it was four years ago.
When Qiao Xu was leaving get off work, she was standing in front of the company building when Xu Si'an's car drove up from the underground parking lot and she saw a white Jeep Wrangler parked in front of her.
It was the man who picked him up yesterday.
Qiao Xu opened the passenger door and got into the car.
The car drove away from Xu Si'an.
"What's the urgent matter that you need me for?"
Meng Zhe, driving with one hand, said lazily, "I just saw you were unhappy because your dog is gone, so I'm taking you out for some fun."
Qiao Xu picked up her phone and replied to Ye Yurou and Fang Kexin's messages in the group chat.
"No need, you can take me home."
She's not in the mood to go out and have fun right now.
"By the way, bro, could you buy me another Wuling electric scooter? I want a black one."
Meng Zhe owns a car repair shop and is considered an expert, so you won't get ripped off when buying a car from him.
"Okay, isn't next month your birthday? I'll give it to you."
Qiao Xu hummed in agreement.
Seeing that she was in a bad mood, Meng Zhe did not force her to go out.
I dropped her off at the entrance of her residential compound, rolled down the car window, and said to her, "I'll be going now. Call me if you want to come over later."
Qiao Xu waved to him and said, "Okay, drive carefully."
She stood by the roadside waiting for Meng Zhe's car to leave before taking out a cigarette from her bag, lighting it, and pulling it out.
The man in the driver's seat of the black Maybach not far away had a cold expression, but his dark eyes were filled with heartache.
The person who used to never kiss after smoking a cigarette now lights one with such practiced ease.
He picked up his phone and dialed He Yanxun's number: "Check Qiao Xu's romantic history over the past four years."
He Yanxun muttered under his breath, "Xu Si'an, do you have to be so outrageous? Who said they had given up? Who said they didn't know her?"
"You keep asking about my ex, do you really think I'm a paparazzi?"
He ripped off his tie and threw it on the passenger seat, then unbuttoned the top two buttons of his shirt.
"Name your terms, no matter how small."
He Yanxun on the other end of the phone was silent for a few seconds: "Investigate my ass, didn't they already announce it on WeChat Moments?"
Xu Si'an lit a cigarette: "Just investigate when I tell you to, stop talking nonsense."
When Xu Si'an returned home, he found the dog drooping at the door. He squatted down and patted its head: "What's wrong, Cherry? Are you unhappy?"
"But there's no way to give you back to her now."
"She must hate us to death."
On Friday, Xu Si'an told Qiao Xu, who was reporting on the schedule for the following week, "The schedule for next week is canceled. I'm going to headquarters for a week-long meeting starting tomorrow."
"Okay, Mr. Xu."
"Qiao Xu".
"Is there anything else you need, Mr. Xu?"
Xu Si'an held back her temper. It had been a week, and she had been talking to him like this, without any joy, anger, sorrow or happiness.
“I’m away on a business trip for a week, and there’s no one to take care of my dog. This is my address. Could you come over and walk my dog for me after you leave work an hour early every day?”
"If it's convenient, you can take it back to your home."
Qiao Xu took the note that Xu Si'an handed her, which had an address written on it.
[Building 4, Yuemao Mansion]
"Okay, Mr. Xu."
Qiao Xu felt she should refuse, but she hadn't seen the dog for a week, and it would be a lie to say she didn't want to.
Cherry wasn't around, and she hadn't slept well for a week straight.
I keep falling asleep but then I'm startled awake, dreaming of the scene from four years ago when I argued and broke up with Xu Si'an.
In fact, she only said one sentence at the time, but that sentence wounded Xu Si'an deeply.
She said, "Xu Si'an, it's me who doesn't love you anymore."
Qiao Xu booked Xu Si'an's business trip ticket. Qiao Xu only washed up, changed clothes, and took a taxi to Yue Mao Mansion after confirming that Xu Si'an had boarded the plane and that the plane had already taken off.
Taxis are not allowed in the villa area, but shuttle buses are available.
Perhaps Xu Si'an had given prior instructions, because when Qiao Xu mentioned going to Building 4, someone brought a shuttle bus to take her there.
At the entrance of the four villas, the iron gate was closed, and Cherry ran freely in the yard.
Qiao Xu stood at the door for a while, just as she was thinking about trying the password from her old apartment, an aunt came out of the house.
"Are you Miss Qiao?"
"Hello, Auntie, I'm Qiao Xu."
The aunt opened the door with an electronic key: "Hello, Miss Qiao. Mr. Xu instructed that you would come to visit Cherry this week."
Qiao Xu didn't quite understand Xu Si'an's actions. His family already had a housekeeper walking the dog, so why did he need her to come?
When Cherry saw her mother, her short legs ran very fast and kept jumping around her feet.
Qiao Xu missed it too, so she bent down and hugged the dog in her arms: "Does Cherry miss me?"
Cherry kept rubbing against Qiao Xu's chin.
"Did Miss Qiao know Cherry before? When Mr. Xu first brought it home a while ago, it was shy and always threw tantrums, only calming down when Mr. Xu was around."
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