Chapter 37 Chen Qing's Financial Backer (30 Diamonds + More)
It was almost eleven o'clock when Chen Qing returned to the dormitory.
She tiptoed to open the door and saw that her roommates were still awake and sitting at the table.
One of them glanced at her with a meaningful look.
The things left in the piano room were piled on the table. She checked the piano case and prepared to go wash up.
Yuan Hui opened the bed curtains, "Chen Qing?"
"Well, you haven't slept yet."
"It's the weekend, who would go to bed so early?" She climbed out of bed swiftly. "I'm going to the bathroom too. Let's go."
As soon as they went out, Yuan Hui pulled Chen Qing to the corner and asked, "Where have you been?"
Chen Qing pursed her lips, "I have something to do."
"They said your sponsor came to pick you up from school. Is that true?"
"Financial sponsor?"
"Yeah! I went to the piano room this afternoon, and the people there said, 'You saw Bentley a few days ago, but the person you met today is worth more, and the license plate is scary! I know Bentley is Mr. Yan, but who is that person today?'"
Chen Qing squeezed the toothpaste and lowered his eyelids to hide his panic. "No one, they saw it wrong."
She was vague, and Yuan Hui didn't ask any further questions. She was just annoyed, "Those two in the dormitory are even worse. Their mouths are almost growing on the people next door! They were making fun of me before, and now it's your turn..."
Chen Qing was completely distracted and didn't hear anything Yuan Hui said next.
After class at noon the next day, she thought about it and decided that she had to tell Jiang Jingyan.
To be on the safe side, Chen Qing called Lian Zhuo, but it wasn't him who answered the phone.
"What's up?"
The man's voice was uniquely sharp, penetrating the receiver and grating her ears.
"There's a charity concert at the end of the month to celebrate Minister Tao's birthday." Chen Qing paused, "The school specifically asked me to attend."
There was the sound of a lighter over there, and Jiang Jingyan asked her, "Don't you want to go?"
“…I’m afraid of meeting Miss Tao.”
"I'll arrange it."
"No." She refused hastily.
There are already rumors in the school. At this moment, the scope is still small and it is only spread within the department. If Jiang Jingyan comes forward, it may spread outside the school.
Mrs. Chiang was very sensitive and could not handle any disturbance.
"What do you want to say?"
Chen Qing rolled up a corner of the music sheet and said in a muffled voice, "When the time comes, don't look for me."
The Jiang family will definitely be there. She's afraid Jiang Jingyan will act recklessly, like last time...
"Anything else?"
“No more.”
He hung up.
Chen Qing's thoughts were wandering. Last night in the hotel, she was happy to learn that Jiang Jingyan was single.
But after being happy, I couldn't help but think more.
Even if Miss Tao was not the one he had chosen, Mrs. Jiang's attitude and the Jiang family's attitude were enough to suppress his likes and dislikes.
In such a powerful family, marriage cannot be arranged according to one's true wishes.
What's more, it is still unknown who Jiang Jingyan's true heart belongs to.
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The preparations for the concert went very smoothly. On the weekend before the birthday, the school gathered the participating students together for a mobilization meeting.
Coming out of the auditorium, Yuan Hui came to Chen Qing excitedly and asked, "Are you free tonight?"
"I have to practice the piano."
"Oh, stop practicing! You've already got muscle memory, and you're still practicing!" Yuan Hui patted her head. "You haven't rested for two weeks straight. You've become stupid."
"Then I'll be studying for level four in the dormitory."
"There's still a month left, what are you preparing for? Our group is getting together, so let's go together."
Yuan Hui pulled her back to the dormitory without saying anything to put her things.
She is open-minded. In her freshman year, she was mocked by her classmates for her baby voice. After a big fight, she actually developed a sympathy for several classmates.
Chen Qing's interactions with everyone are as dull as water. They meet and chat when there is something to talk about, and go about their own business when there is nothing to talk about.
If it weren't for Yuan Hui, she would probably have become separated from the group.
The party venue was set at a bar in the university town. We originally wanted to go a little further away, but there were two class leaders among the people who went. We were afraid that if they played too much, something might happen and affect the concert, so we strictly controlled the pace.
"Boring." Yuan Hui complained while holding her wine glass. "What's there to do around school?"
This was Chen Qing's first time attending such an occasion. He looked around curiously and said, "I think it's quite interesting."
"That's right, who are you, the little white flower of the folk music department? Look at the way your class monitor is staring at you, as if he's afraid that someone will eat you alive!"
The class monitor was a boy from the south. He looked gentle and was usually polite to Chen Qing.
She smiled back, squeezing out a voice through her teeth, "Stop trying to match me up. Isn't Qi Kai enough?"
"Yeah! I would have forgotten if you hadn't mentioned it. Qi Kai, you bastard, do you know the bet he made with those boys?"
Chen Qing was confused. "What bet?"
Yuan Hui put down her wine glass, sat up straighter, and swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue. "Anyway, it's not a good thing. Fortunately, you are not with him, otherwise you would have suffered a great loss!"
When people around heard the name, they came over and started gossiping.
Chen Qing was confused. He listened here and there, and finally he understood.
She took the lemon from the rim of her glass, bit it in her mouth, and said nothing.
Yuan Hui noticed her emotions and signaled the students around her to change the subject with her eyes.
"Hey, you're not really stuck in this, are you?"
"No." Chen Qing squinted his eyes sourly, blocking the rising moisture, "I just feel...I feel stupid."
Yuan Hui curled her lips, "Don't try that, if you're really in love, drink till you're drunk, and if you're sad, just hold up your glass!"
Chen Qing was amused by her rhyme and joined the drinking game.
The bar wasn't big, and they were the majority of the people there, with almost no outsiders.
Chen Qing was tricked by Yuan Hui into drinking a few glasses of wine and became dizzy.
She couldn't drink much, and the wine in the bar was strong in fruity and sweet taste. She didn't pay attention and got drunk.
I got a big adventure mission for no apparent reason.
"Call the first man you spoke to recently. If he tells you something important, and asks you what it is, you sing 'I am not talented enough to win your favor, sir'."
The person who spoke was the cellist in the group, who sang the last line in a strange voice.
Chen Qing giggled, took out her cell phone, swiped to the call list, and after pressing her thumb, she suddenly woke up with a fright and hung up in a hurry.
"Hey!" The people around him slammed their hands on the table. "You're cheating!"
Her face flushed. "No, no, this really won't do."
"Then drink, three cups are required!"
Chen Qing nodded hurriedly. As long as he didn't make that call, everything would be fine.
After three glasses of wine, I felt even more dizzy.
Yuan Hui sat next to her, her arm pressed against hers and she felt the vibration. "Chen Qing, your phone is ringing."
Chen Qing took it out, but his eyes couldn't focus and identify it.
Answer the call subconsciously.
"Hello." She spoke slurredly but remained polite. "Who is this?"
There was no sound from the other end, and the resident singer in the bar started singing.
Chen Qing covered one ear and raised his voice, "What?"
"Where is it?"
“Next to the school.”
"The specific address."
She pulled Yuan Hui over and asked, "Where are we?"
Yuan Hui danced to the music and loudly called out the name of the store.
When Chen Qing looked at the screen again, the call had been hung up.
Half an hour later, the bar door was pushed open.
Lian Zhuo, dressed in black, looked around and found Chen Qing in the corner.
"Ms. Chen?"
Chen Qing tilted his head and stared at him without saying a word.
Seeing this, Lian Zhuo put her arm on his shoulder and nodded to the girl next to him, "Excuse me, help me."
Yuan Hui was a little confused about the situation, but still obeyed.
Outside the store, a car was parked at the door.
She stared with wide eyes, watching the man stuff Chen Qing in.
The car drove away in a cloud of dust.
Chen Qing was not unconscious, but he was completely drunk.
In a daze, someone unbuttoned her collar and wiped her neck and cheeks with a cool tissue.
She shrank from the cold and moaned in resistance.
"Don't move."
Chen Qing shuddered and opened his eyes.
Jiang Jingyan controlled her waist and held it firmly at her hips.
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