He said he was going to the restroom, but that was just an excuse for him to go out.
Did he go to see his uncle?
Qiao Xi couldn't help but feel curious and wanted to find out more.
She had only taken a few steps outside when she bumped into someone coming from the opposite direction. Qiao Xi recognized her at a glance, "Ninth Master?"
"What are you doing here?" Qiao Xi blurted out.
Jun Jiuge asked casually, seemingly a little hastily, "Aren't you here too?"
"I..." Qiao Xi had only uttered one word when suddenly another group of people came running towards them, shouting, "Third Miss."
Before Qiao Xi could see who it was, Jun Jiuge suddenly grabbed her wrist and ran away.
"Where are we going?" Qiao Xi stumbled and almost fell while being pulled along, but she was still pulled along and ran, while the group of people behind them chased after them relentlessly.
Because she was wearing high heels, Qiao Xi almost fell several times, but Jun Jiuge caught her each time.
After turning the corner, Jun Jiuge saw that the door to a room was not closed. Without thinking much, she pulled Qiao Xi and hid in that room.
There was no one in the room, and after they went in, Jun Jiuge locked the door immediately.
She pressed her ear against the door, listening to the sounds outside. Only when there was no more noise did she feel relieved.
Qiao Xi, disregarding her image, took off her high heels and asked her somewhat disheveledly, "What's going on? Are you being chased again?"
"Why are you here?" Jun Jiuge asked her again.
Qiao Xi opened her mouth slightly. She was the one who asked first, and not only did she not answer, but she also had to ask her first.
However, after spending the last few days together, she had gotten used to it and replied generously, "To be honest, I'm here to attend the auction."
"What is your relationship with Qi Jincheng?" Jun Jiuge asked suddenly.
Qiao Xi was taken aback for a moment, and asked in surprise, "How did you know about me and him..."
Before she could finish speaking, Jun Jiuge continued, "Are you really the heir of the Jinghua family, and Qi Jincheng's wife?"
"How did you know?" Qiao Xi really wanted to know the answer, after all, she had never told her, much less mentioned it in front of her.
Jun Jiuge simply said three words, "I saw it."
Qiao Xi's eyes widened suddenly. "When?"
"When he came to pick you up from school that day," Jun Jiuge said without the slightest hesitation or doubt.
"Which day?" Qiao Xi frowned, trying hard to recall the time when Qi Jincheng picked her up from school. The key was that she could only think of one or two times.
And then Jun Jiuge happened to see it?
She's gone to such lengths; she couldn't possibly be lying to her.
As for which time it was, Qiao Xi really didn't know, and she didn't intend to ask any further questions.
Although Jun Jiuge knew about this, she didn't tell anyone at school, and presumably she didn't mention it to anyone outside of school either. She probably didn't care about it at all, but today just happened...
Could it be that they saw her and Qi Jincheng here again, which is why they asked that question?
Qiao Xi didn't care about any of that anymore; she was more interested in what was happening to Jun Jiuge. "And what's going on with you?"
“It’s none of your business,” Jun Jiuge replied coldly.
Qiao Xi didn't mince words with her, "Why did you drag me along if it's unrelated?"
"You can leave now." Jun Jiuge gestured towards the door.
"No." Qiao Xi didn't want to leave without explanation this time. "I don't know the way, you have to take me back."
Jun Jiuge, expressionless, guided her with directions from memory: "Go out and turn left, then turn right at the end of the road."
After saying that, she waited a moment and, finding that Qiao Xi hadn't left yet, urged her again, "Why aren't you leaving?"
"Who exactly are you?"
Qiao Xi had refrained from asking the questions a few times before, but now that they had run into each other here, it would be unreasonable not to ask clearly.
Qiao Xi remembered that the people who had just been pursuing her called her 'Third Miss'?
"They seemed to have just called you Third Miss?"
"This is none of your business." Jun Jiuge's expression changed instantly, and she directly shooed her away, "Get out of here."
Without giving Qiao Xi time to object, she opened the door and tried to shoo her out, but as soon as the door opened, a group of people suddenly appeared, led by a woman with exquisite features and impeccable attire.
She glanced at Qiao Xi and then immediately turned her gaze to Jun Jiuge, "Jiuge."
Jun Jiuge saw her brows furrow instantly, her face filled with dislike.
The woman's gaze immediately returned to Qiao Xi. Judging from her clothes and appearance, she was no ordinary person, and she was also with Jun Jiuge.
She couldn't help but ask, "Who are you...?"
"Mrs. Qi?" The man following behind the woman recognized Qiao Xi.
He is the manager of Tianfu No. 1, and he and the person in charge just received her and Qi Jincheng.
The woman looked at Qiao Xi with slight surprise and asked the manager, "Is this Mrs. Qi?"
"Yes," the manager replied affirmatively.
The woman wasn't doubting Qiao Xi's identity; quite the opposite, she felt the identity suited her perfectly, only her age seemed a bit off...
"Mrs. Qi, my apologies." The woman gave Qiao Xi a slight bow, then asked, "Do you know Jiu Ge?"
Qiao Xi glanced at Jun Jiuge, and judging from her expression... it seemed she didn't really want to deny the relationship between them.
“Yes, we are… friends,” Qiao Xi replied after a slight hesitation.
The woman asked incredulously, "You and Jiuge are friends?"
Qiao Xi nodded and said, "Yes, very good friends."
The woman said to Jun Jiuge with a slightly reproachful tone, "Jiuge, why didn't you tell me that you and Mrs. Qi are friends?"
“I’m not familiar with her,” Jun Jiuge replied coldly.
Qiao Xi could already guess her answer; that stubborn tsundere.
The woman clearly didn't believe Jun Jiuge's answer, and Qiao Xi was also very interested in her identity, asking, "May I ask how I should address you?"
“My name is Jun Shu,” the woman replied cheerfully.
The shared surname prompted Qiao Xi to ask without thinking, "Are you sisters?"
"Yes," Jun Shu said with a gentle smile to Qiao Xi, "I am her older sister."
Speaking of the surname 'Jun', Qiao Xi suddenly thought of something and boldly asked, "You wouldn't happen to be from the Jun family...?"
The manager smiled knowingly and introduced Qiao Xi, "That's right, this is Miss Jun."
As she had guessed correctly, her gaze immediately shifted to Jun Jiuge, and she confirmed it by analogy: "Then... Jiuge is also from the Jun family..."
Jun Shu nodded and said, "Yes, Jiu Ge is the third child. I also have a younger brother, who is also Jiu Ge's older brother, Jun Lin."
Qiao Xi suddenly realized, "I see."
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