Chapter 49 What Happened Back Then
Xu Qingmin looked around the house, touching this and that.
The deliveryman she called arrived quickly, she packed her things in a hurry, and the real estate agent arrived as well.
"Ms. Song, how much are you planning to rent this apartment for?"
What's the current market price?
"It's around 2000."
"Then let's rent it for 2000 a month."
I guess I won't have a chance to live in this house anymore, and I won't be able to sell it for a good price. I'll leave it to Bai Guanqun as her dowry, as a gift from her father.
"We're done with work, let's go."
Xu Qingmin turned back and took one last deep look at the house before leaving with Song Yilin.
"You've lived here for so many years, have all five of you lived here?"
"yes."
Xu Qingmin suddenly hugged her.
"You've worked hard."
Song Yilin thought Xu Qingmin would mind the place she and Bai Ye had lived in, but it turned out he was just feeling sorry for her family of five crammed into that place.
It was already very late when I finished cleaning up.
She couldn't possibly let Xu Qingmin stay at her home in Yishi. In fact, she didn't want to either. The house had been unoccupied for a long time, and cleaning it every time someone stayed for one night was more worthwhile than staying in a hotel.
"Um, Mr. Xu, let's go find a place to stay now. It's too late for us to drive all night, it's not safe."
Let's go.
Xu Qingmin checked nearby hotels on his phone and then set off.
"I've lived in Yishi for over ten years, and you didn't even ask me? You just checked my phone yourself. Don't you really trust my taste?"
"No, I was just checking the chain of star-rated hotels near my friend's house."
"Gu Sinan's?"
"Um."
Gu Sinan is a strange person. If he wanted to marry Wang Jingjing for true love, he shouldn't have gotten involved with Wang Qianqian. If it was for a marriage alliance, Wang Qianqian's family is only a little rich, which is not on the same level as the Gu family, a member of high society, and it doesn't qualify as a marriage alliance.
However, due to the large gap between their family backgrounds, Wang Jingjing and her mother must be doing everything they can to preserve this marriage. If Gu Sinan really divorces her one day, it will definitely cost the mother and daughter their lives.
In Yishi, Gu Sinan only has one seven-star hotel, which is famous locally for its all-inclusive dining, accommodation, and entertainment. Song Yilin has brought her family here before, but she never knew that Gu's hotel had this type of room.
Fortunately, she hadn't booked a hotel; the hotels that Young Master Xu stayed in when he traveled were all quite prestigious.
"I don't think this room is for sale to the public, is it?"
"No, it's a private presidential villa, where the Gu family, close friends, or business partners stay."
The three-story villa has a 24-hour private butler on the basement level, a chef and waiters on the first floor, and the bedrooms on the second floor.
The master bedroom has an ocean view and offers exclusive access to a beach, lawn, and swimming pool.
Poverty truly limited Song Yilin's imagination.
As soon as they arrived, the chef prepared dinner for them.
After the chef finished preparing the dishes, Xu Qingmin signaled to the staff to leave.
Song Yilin felt uncomfortable eating with so many people watching: "You rich people really know how to enjoy yourselves. No wonder Gu Sinan is such a pervert."
Xu Qingmin poured Song Yilin a glass of red wine and asked, puzzled, "Why do you say that?"
"You guys are extremely satisfied with your material needs, so you always like to try something different. So far, we know that Gu Sinan likes to eat wildflowers. Mr. Xu, what do you like to do?"
Xu Qingmin wiped his mouth with a napkin, swirling a glass of red wine in his hand, his eyes like a river of water: "The one I like is in front of me, but she doesn't seem to like me that much."
Song Yilin suddenly lost the taste of the food she was chewing and swallowed it whole.
"Mr. Xu is really joking."
"Then let me make another joke. Before we left, Gu Sinan said that there was a hidden reason why you left me back then. Can I know that?"
Song Yilin's hand froze for a moment: "President Gu's joke is not funny at all."
Xu Qingmin's eyes were gloomy. He pressed the internal call bell to ask the waiter to come up and pack his things, and then took the red wine upstairs to the second floor.
Song Yilin put down her knife and fork, went into the bathroom, and took a thorough shower.
Spray on perfume and apply lotion all over your body.
Her pajamas were quite casual, and Song Yilin went upstairs in her hotel pajamas.
Xu Qingmin was drinking on the second-floor balcony.
His eyes were a little bloodshot, and seeing Song Yilin's outfit, he paused in his movements.
Song Yilin picked up the wine glass from Xu Qingmin's hand and drank it all in one gulp.
He leaned against Xu Qingmin, his fingers moving from Xu Qingmin's chest down to his cheek, tracing circles on Xu Qingmin's ear.
Xu Qingmin's body tensed up, but he still spoke calmly: "Aren't you supposed to have a high alcohol tolerance? How come you're drunk now?"
"Mr. Xu has made me drunk."
Xu Qingmin grabbed Song Yilin's hand: "Song Yilin, what do you want to do?"
"Does Mr. Xu want people to be so blunt? You're the one who said I don't like you, and I want you to see whether I like you or not."
Xu Qingmin had a mouthful of wine in his mouth when he kissed Song Yilin. His mouth was filled with the mellow aroma of the wine, stimulating his senses of touch and taste to the fullest extent.
Xu Qingmin danced with Song Yilin's tongue in her mouth.
Xu Qingmin only released Song Yilin when she collapsed into his arms.
“Song Yilin, in your eyes and in your body, there is only lust, not love.”
He pushed Song Yilin away and left the balcony.
Song Yilin was left alone on the balcony to drink.
With a gentle sea breeze, Song Yilin drank one cup after another. It wasn't that she disliked Xu Qingmin, but rather that she reserved more of her love for herself.
When you get to a certain age, it's really hard to love someone wholeheartedly anymore, but Xu Qingmin wanted all of her love.
The heat emanating from Xu Qingmin's body hadn't subsided after that initial teasing.
I decided to go to the bathroom and take a cold shower.
After coming out, Song Yilin was still drinking on the balcony.
"Song Yilin, I know you can hold your liquor well, but the way you drink is bad for your health. Go inside and get some sleep."
"If you don't drink like this, you can't tell the story of what happened back then."
Xu Qingmin clenched his fingers slightly, seemingly casually sat down next to Song Yilin, and silently poured her a glass of wine.
"I was just asking casually. You don't have to answer if you don't want to."
“It’s not that I didn’t want to talk about it, it’s just that there was never the right opportunity. The day we went hiking together, there was a fire in our neighborhood. Bai Ye’s father died trying to save me. Bai Ye’s mother and grandmother have always been in poor health. Originally, Uncle Bai was there to share the burden of the family, but now that Uncle Bai is gone, the huge burden is on Bai Ye’s shoulders. That’s why his fiancé ran away. Uncle Bai gave me a life, and I will repay Uncle Bai with a daughter-in-law.”
Xu Qingmin stood up, his eyes red-rimmed, his voice barely audible through clenched teeth: "Then why didn't you tell me the truth back then? I could have helped you, why did you have to risk your entire life?"
"Uncle Bai sacrificed his life to save me. You don't need to think I made a big sacrifice from my perspective. No matter how big my sacrifice was, at least I'm still alive, so it doesn't count as a sacrifice. I've already explained why I'm not looking for you. I want a relationship where we're evenly matched. If I were to look for you, you would definitely spend money to help me settle things."
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