Tao An didn't care much about it. Anyway, he had had the scar as long as he could remember. "My uncle didn't know. I had this scar when he took me away. He said that the scar was very deep at the time and he was worried that it couldn't be removed, so he bought a lot of burn cream. Maybe my fear of fire has something to do with this scar."
This was the first time that Tao An mentioned anyone other than the Yun family.
Qin Yan poured him a drink and said, "The uncle you are talking about, is he from the orphanage?"
Tao An said, "No, I have never been to an orphanage."
Yun Ri looked at Qin Yan in surprise and asked curiously, "Why, you don't know? Maybe we didn't mention it, Tao An is also a member of the Tang family's adoption, but he didn't grow up in an orphanage, he was raised by a retired employee of the orphanage."
"After Gu Yan's incident, Dean Bai recommended Tao An to grandma."
"Then my father brought Tao An home and made him my grandmother's heir."
This was the first time Qin Hongfei had heard of this. She was surprised and asked, "My teacher recommended it?"
Jun Zining nodded, "Yes."
Qin Yan asked in confusion, "How could Dean Bai be connected to the people at Tangqi Orphanage?"
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Qin Hongfei didn't know either. She had never heard the teacher mention it. Could it be that before her, the teacher had also thought of choosing an heir from Tang Qi?
She didn't know.
The phone rings——
Qin Hongfei took it out of her pocket and answered, "Hello."
Ms. Xia asked, "Fei Fei, where are you?"
Qin Hongfei said, "I came out to drink tea with Yun Ri, Zi Ning and Tao An. What's going on?"
Xia Lu said that it was nothing, "I just want to tell you that someone from the Decision-making Office came to see me and asked about the blueprints."
Qin Hongfei asked in confusion what the drawings were.
Xia Lu said, "As for the half of the blueprint your father left behind, they brought me a blueprint to check how it compares to your father's. I compared them and found some discrepancies. Then they left without saying anything. I thought they wouldn't bring this to me to check if something had happened for no reason."
"Something happened." Qin Hongfei did not hide it from Ms. Xia, "But it's hard to say right now."
A "clang" sound suddenly rang out, and Qin Hongfei looked over quickly.
Tao An quickly left his position, his hand was hit on his sleeve, his face was filled with fear, and there was a flame on his sleeve. Qin Yan quickly stood up and helped him put out the fire, but even so, Tao An was still shaking with fear. The waiter who made a mistake in igniting the alcohol was so scared that he quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
Cold sweat broke out on Tao An's forehead.
Jun Zining hurriedly asked him, "Are you okay?"
Tao An's teeth were chattering but he didn't answer and was still shaking.
Qin Hongfei recalled the previous car accident when Tao An was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat. Her eyes fell on the stove and she reached out to turn off the fire.
As soon as the flame disappeared, Tao An felt his body relax, his breathing gradually returned, and he looked at Qin Hongfei with gratitude.
Xia Lu heard the noise over there and asked, "Fei Fei, what's wrong?"
Qin Hongfei hurriedly said, "Mom, tell me later."
Ms. Xia simply said, "Okay, go and get busy first."
After hanging up the phone, Qin Hongfei quickly stood up and walked around to Tao An. Jun Zining had already checked him to see if he was burned, but was frightened by his condition. Qin Hongfei said, "He is afraid of fire. Is he okay?" The last sentence was asked to Tao An.
Tao An slowly calmed his breathing. Some images emerged in his mind. He kept restraining himself, and his pale face slowly recovered a little. "It's okay, thank you, senior sister."
Qin Hongfei frowned.
Qin Yan said, "Phobia?"
Jun Zining said in annoyance, "I didn't know. If I had known, we would have gone to another place and not brought you to the barbecue restaurant."
Tao An had recovered by then, and he kept drinking water to calm down. "It's okay, I just can't touch the fire. If I don't touch the fire, I'll be fine. Let the waiter light it again."
While they were talking, the store manager knew about the accident and came up to express his condolences. He offered a 20% discount and asked if they needed to be sent to the hospital. After confirming again and again that there was no problem, he asked the waiter to light the stove again so that they could continue eating.
Yunri asked, "Do you want to change stores?"
Tao An hurriedly shook his head, "No, I just can't touch fire. I'll be fine without it."
Qin Yan sat back down with relief and said, "Qi Wu also has pyrophobia, but he just doesn't dare to use a lighter, not as serious as you." He was sweating and trembling, as if he was about to faint. "Is it related to the injury on your hand?"
Tao An said honestly, "I don't know either. I have been afraid of fire since I can remember. Every time I see fire, I always hear some noises in my head."
Several people looked at him curiously.
Tao An frowned and said distressedly, "It sounded like an explosion. I felt like I was in the fire. Then a pair of hands picked me up and said in my ear, 'It's okay, it's okay.'" He tried hard to recall, but only the voice remained in his mind. "I was probably too young at that time, so I don't have any memory of it."
It may be related to his background.
Qin Hongfei and the others made their judgement and did not ask any further questions. After confirming that he was fine, they continued to eat and drink.
Meanwhile, outside the store.
Yu Chi was standing outside the store when his cell phone suddenly rang. He answered it, "Hello, Tu'an'er..." After hearing what was said on the other end, he frowned, "Are you sure? Okay, I got it."
After hanging up the phone, he looked back at the store.
Yu Shuang, who was following Qin Yan, asked him, "What's wrong?"
Yu Chidao, "No..."
More than two hours later, Qin Hongfei walked out of the barbecue restaurant and got into her respective cars with Jun Zining and Yunri. As soon as they got in, Yu Chi told her, "Tang Qi just received news that the blueprints were found in Dean Li's home."
Without waiting for Qin Hongfei to ask, Yu Chi continued, "These are the drawings left by Mr. Jiang Ke."
Qin Hongfei paused, then fastened her seat belt and looked up and said, "Ms. Xia just said that the Decision-making Office went to my house and asked her about the fake half of the drawing. It should be the one that was found." I just don't know if this fake one was drawn by Li Jiantian or not.
Yu Chidao: "Is there really something wrong with Dean Li?"
Qin Hongfei said, "If there is no blueprint, I am not sure. If there is this blueprint, then it is very likely that someone has tampered with Teacher Li and slandered him."
Yu Chi's eyes revealed why he said this.
Qin Hongfei grabbed the safety belt and said calmly, "You forgot, when I got my father's half of the drawing, I helped Teacher Li study it. If he wants to keep it and study it, he can just copy it. Why bother drawing a new one himself?" After a pause, she continued, "And the half of the drawing I gave was from Bai Qishi. Even if Teacher Li wants to study it, he will study the other half instead of this one. Of course, he and I are the only ones who know about this."
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