Yang Qiaoqiao looked up at Huo Beixiao's indifferent face and frowned, becoming wary. "Huo Beixiao, what are you doing blocking my door so early in the morning? If the person in your room finds out, they'll think you still have feelings for me!"
Huo Beixiao stared intently at her with his deep eyes, his brows furrowing. "Did we have feelings for each other?"
Yang Qiaoqiao gave a cold laugh. "No, I was just joking."
She considers herself to have been bitten by a dog these past two years, and that her sincerity over the past two years was wasted on the dog.
A hint of inquiry appeared in Huo Beixiao's deep eyes.
He didn't know why, but even though he didn't want to have ever had feelings for a shameless and unscrupulous woman like Yang Qiaoqiao, he still felt a tightness in his chest when he heard Yang Qiaoqiao say that she didn't.
"Are you going back today?" Huo Beixiao cut to the chase without further ado. "I have some things to take care of and will be gone for a few days. I've said it before, you can't have the child after the divorce. You'd better not try anything funny while I'm gone, or you'll regret it."
Yang Qiaoqiao found Huo Beixiao's threatening words somewhat amusing.
She gave a cold, mocking laugh.
Not wanting to say anything more to the man, she simply pushed him away, saying, "A good dog doesn't block the way, so please, Mr. Huo, don't block my path!"
Huo Beixiao watched her retreating figure, which showed no sign of lingering, and his brows furrowed tightly.
As that petite and beautiful figure walked out of his sight step by step, he felt inexplicably empty inside.
"Qiaoqiao!"
As soon as Yang Qiaoqiao arrived in the hotel lobby, she heard Qiao Haifan's voice calling to her.
She hadn't expected Qiao Haifan to come today.
Putting all the unpleasantness from Huo Beixiao behind her back, she smiled and walked towards Qiao Haifan, "Hafan, thank you for taking me home so early."
Qiao Haifan smiled gently, "Qiao Qiao, you're being too polite. Aren't we friends? Friends should help each other."
I'll help you with your luggage, let's get in the car.
Upon arriving at the dock, Yang Qiaoqiao got out of the car and was about to pick up her luggage.
But then they saw that Qiao Haifan had taken out an extra suitcase from the trunk.
She looked at Qiao Haifan with some surprise. Qiao Haifan smiled and said, "Qiao Qiao, I didn't tell you before, but I'm also taking this boat back to Haicheng."
Yang Qiaoqiao: ...
These past few days she has actually been trying to ignore Qiao Haifan's feelings for her and only treat him as an ordinary friend.
But Qiao Haifan is like this now...
Before she could speak, Qiao Haifan casually remarked, "The mainland market has just opened up, and everything is in need of development. There are also many more opportunities than in Hong Kong."
So my business is now mainly in Haicheng. I only came back to Gangcheng this time because there are some documents that I have to handle in person.
"Qiaoqiao, I didn't go back for you, okay? Please don't overthink it."
Yang Qiaoqiao smiled somewhat awkwardly.
Qiao Haifan has already said so much; if she were to say anything more, she would only be presumptuous.
Qiao Haifan's room on the ship was right next to Yang Qiaoqiao's.
However, during the three days at sea, Yang Qiaoqiao hardly went out to avoid suspicion.
It wasn't until the last afternoon, when the ship was almost at Haicheng, that she felt so stifled in her room that she decided to go out onto the deck for some fresh air.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she got to the deck, she saw Qiao Haifan taking pictures with his camera.
Qiao Haifan waved to her, "Qiao Qiao, come and see, the sunset is so beautiful today!"
If she were to turn back at this point, it would be too obvious that she was trying to avoid suspicion, and it would even be somewhat impolite.
She could only smile and walk past.
With both hands on the railing, I watched the setting sun, half of which had already sunk below the horizon, casting a golden glow across the boundless sea.
Qiao Haifan walked to her side, found the right angle, focused, and snapped a picture of the sunset.
He smiled and said to her, "Today's sunset is just as beautiful as the one we first met, isn't it?"
Yang Qiaoqiao's memory was suddenly pulled back to the day she met Qiao Haifan on the ship when she went to the port city.
The sunset was indeed beautiful back then.
She was talking to Qiao Haifan, who was showing her the photos he had taken of her.
They agreed that after the photos were developed, Qiao Haifan would keep only one as a souvenir, and send the rest to her along with the negatives.
At that time, Huo Beixiao was worried that she would catch a cold on the deck, so he went back to his room to get her a coat.
When he took out the coat, he saw her talking to Qiao Haifan. The man became extremely possessive and was immediately consumed by jealousy.
Even now, she still hasn't received the photos and negatives that Qiao Haifan took for her that day, and the sunset over the sea is still just as beautiful.
But that man had already changed.
Indeed, men are the most unreliable people in the world.
Looking at Yang Qiaoqiao's expression, Qiao Haifan remembered the photos from last time and quickly rummaged through his bag to find the photos and negatives wrapped in kraft paper. "By the way, Qiaoqiao, these are the photos and negatives I took for you last time."
Yang Qiaoqiao flipped through her photos one by one.
Qiao Haifan's technique is quite good; every photo is perfect in terms of composition and exposure. She felt that she looked even better in Qiao Haifan's photos than in real life.
She put away the photos and looked at Qiao Haifan, "Haifan, take a few more pictures of me!"
After saying that, she stood on the deck, striking various poses. Qiao Haifan searched for the right angle and exposure, and with each press of the shutter, he couldn't help but exclaim, "Qiao Qiao, you're so beautiful, you have such a great sense of the camera..."
After taking the photos, Yang Qiaoqiao and Qiao Haifan went to a restaurant for dinner.
Yang Qiaoqiao remembered that Qiao Haifan had been praising her for her good camera presence, and for the first time, she became curious about Qiao Haifan's career.
When Qiao Haifan heard Yang Qiaoqiao ask him what kind of business his company was in, his smiling eyes lit up even more.
"Qiaoqiao, to be honest, my company is still in the preparation stage. I studied directing in college."
I plan to establish a film company in mainland China and produce films.
Yang Qiaoqiao always thought that Qiao Haifan was also doing business in the mainland. After all, the mainland has a large population, cheap labor, and scarce resources. Doing labor-intensive business is like being in the right place at the right time. It would be hard not to succeed.
The entertainment industry in mainland China is still in its infancy, and film studios are state-owned. In contrast, the 1990s were the golden age of the entertainment industry in Hong Kong.
From a businessman's perspective, it was not a wise move for Qiao Haifan to go to the mainland to work in the entertainment industry and abandon the Hong Kong market at this time.
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