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Outside the window, the snow was getting heavier and heavier.
After I don't know how long, a piece of wood in the fireplace made a burning crunch, and in a daze, Qiao Shanquan felt a hand gently touch her eyebrows, and she immediately sat up straight and met a pair of beautiful brown eyes.
"Oh, hi, you're awake." Qiao Shan smiled and leaned next to him, her fingertips ruffling his brown curls, "How do you feel?" We didn't dare touch your wounds, only cursoryly stopped the bleeding and bandaged it. The rest, wait for Dr. Horsen to come. β
Nodding, Ferry signaled that he understood.
The two men looked at each other quietly for a moment.
Moving his neck with difficulty, Ferry frowned in pain: "What's that sound?" β
Qiao Shanquan gently pressed him: "Don't move, watch your shoulder." Turning her head to look out the window, she lowered her voice worriedly, "That's the sound of the wind." I doubt that in such bad weather, the car will not be able to drive far before it breaks down. They're sending someone to town, but I don't think there's any news until the snow stops. β
Ferry understood, and he moved his dry lips: "Is there any water?" β
Turning around and taking the water glass, Qiao Shanquan wanted to feed him, staring at the dazzling white gauze on his bare shoulders, she lowered her head and took a sip of water, and kissed it.
The lips and tongue entangle, and the cool liquid is passed.
After a long while, the two of them parted in a hurry, Qiao Shanquan blushed, and raised her hand to block his hot gaze: "I, I'm just afraid of getting your wounds...... By the way, what the hell is going on? How could you get hurt all of a sudden? β
Sinking his face, Ferry said coldly: "Someone attacked me." β
When Dr. Howson arrived at the manor overnight in the snowstorm and took apart the gauze to retreat the wound, he held the tweezers and looked at the metal piece that had been clamped out of the wound to the light, and stared at Ferry with a solemn expression.
"For the puncture wound, fortunately, the shrapnel did not cut the artery and did not get stuck in the bone. Fortune for you, Mr. Ferry. β
Not daring to look at the blood gushing out of his wound again, Qiao Shanquan forced herself to calm down.
"Guns? Can you tell what type of gun or bullet it is? When the snow stopped, I immediately notified the police. β
Waving his hand, Ferry stopped her: "No, Qiaoqi, you wait, listen to me." In our case, if we go to the police to deal with everything, I'm afraid that the bones will rot and nothing will come of it. The man's eyes were fierce and he snorted heavily, "I will find them in my own way, and pay them with blood." β
Ferry then ordered that no one in the manor should talk about it, and every day the door was closed, and Dr. Howson stayed as a guest, and three times a day he was invited to "examine his injuries."
Every time Madame Maxim and Dr. Horsen came out of the room, they looked at each other in the corridor with sorrowful faces and sighed.
Within two days, news spread in the manor that the owner had been attacked and was seriously injured and dying.
If it weren't for the wind and snow that hindered people's footsteps, I'm afraid all the nearby manors would have sent people to see what was going on.
After playing a literacy game with Juan, Josan gave him to Madame Maxim and took him downstairs to lunch. She walked over to the edge of the bed and sat down, touching the man's slightly longer brown hair.
"What are you going to do, Ferry?" She knew what he had planned, and she had been staying in front of the bed all these days, and she could guess the rumors outside.
Unexpectedly, Fei Li looked at the sky outside the window after the snow for a while, turned his head, smiled at her, and whispered: "Let's go back to New York, Qiaoqi, you go and prepare things, and we will leave in the afternoon." β
Jumping on the delivery truck to the supermarket in the city, Qiao Shanquan hugged Juan in her arms and glanced at the man who was leaning on the car with his eyes closed and did not speak: "Bearded, I smell the smell of conspiracy." β
The corners of his mouth curled upward, and Ferry didn't speak, letting her kick eighteen times in a row, and refusing to confide half a word. In the end, he hugged her leg tightly in front of him, and Qiao Shanquan struggled a few times, worried about the injury on his shoulder, and followed him with a slight red face.
Pouting, Qiao Shanquan secretly slandered herself: The beard without a beard still looks very annoying, and his hands are itchy and want to pluck his hair......
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The afternoon sun is just right in New York.
Juan obediently carried his small school bag, loosely grasped the man's intact other hand, and sometimes raised his head to look at his father, his eyes full of admiration.
Qiao Shanquan followed behind slowly, she was in a hurry on this trip, fortunately the work was not delayed, the photos that should have been taken have been taken, and she only needs to retouch the pictures, and when the beard's injury improves, she will make a promotional video and post it on the website, this first shot will be fired.
Rubbing her eyebrows, Qiao Shanquan thought to herself, the most headache is the media, AJ Group has always had a good relationship with several major fashion magazines, Jaylent released her words, she is not convinced, and she will definitely be jointly banned.
Lacking media publicity and guidance, Qiao Shanquan was worried about whether the brand strategy would work.
Relying on interesting website marketing and niche folk display, the effect on brand promotion is limited, and it will not be able to enter the mainstream market after all.
Sighing, the three of them turned around the corner, a silver-gray Aston Martin was quietly parked downstairs, Ben Robert got out of the car, came to Qiao Shanquan, looked at her deeply, and the blue-gray eyes flashed with a faint joy.
"Qiaoqi, you've finally appeared."
Stepping forward and hugging Qiao Shanquan, Ben Robert eagerly tightened his arms, and after reluctantly letting go, he still held her shoulders, and turned his head to look at the father and son who were dressed up in hostility.
The same soft brown curls and deep brown eyes, one with beautiful features, the other with a certain uninhibited masculinity, their similar eyes at the same time fixed on this strange man who suddenly appeared.
"Qiaoqi, who is he?"
When she came back to her senses, Qiao Shanquan remained silent, and a flash of interest flashed in her eyes.
Is this scene in front of you a reversal of position?
The ex-boyfriend looked like a jealous adulterer and questioned the identity of the man next to her. And her legal husband and stepson are looking at her with a blank eye.
Pushing open the rusty iron door of the studio, Qiao Shanquan glanced at the man in a suit and leather shoes who followed behind him, raised his hand to block the door, and pointed at the other party's Nunu chin: "What do you have to do with me, just finish it here." β
The studio is her turf, and the attic above is her home.
Qiao Shanquan has no extra mood and does not plan to let outsiders easily step into her own world.
Ben Robert watched as the father and son took the keys she had thrown away, went into the house on their own, put down their backpacks, and turned away from the figures, only to hear their muffled conversations in the distance.
A flash of anxiety flashed in the handsome man's eyes.
Ben Robert felt uneasy, and this uneasiness was fermented in these days of waiting and searching, and reached its climax at the moment of seeing her.
He had a lot of words to ask, but the good education he received since he was a child made him just put down the rest for the time being, took Qiao Shanquan's hand, pressed it on his left chest, lowered his head affectionately, and approached her: "Qiao Qi, I miss you very much." I've been looking for you everywhere these days and your phone won't get through, which worries me, you know? β
Avoiding his talking fingers, Qiao Shanquan lowered her eyes, and the sunlight shone through the door, blurring her face.
"Ben, I thought we had already talked about some issues the last time we met, didn't we?"
"That's what you think, and I didn't agree."
After thinking about it, Qiao Shanquan tugged at the corners of her lips, it was really like this. She thought they were better friends, but the man in front of her left a meaningful hint and diverted the conversation to lightly expose sensitive topics.
Time has passed, and Qiao Shanquan's mood is different now.
She had just left the manor and returned to New York, full of fighting spirit, sad and stubborn, unable to mention emotional matters anymore. The most unsuccessful investment is the worst investment.
Like an injured hedgehog, Qiao Shanquan just wanted to take revenge at that time, and the reason why she didn't attack Ban at that time was very simple, because she completely let go, and she didn't care what Ban would think. Since Ben shows that he owes her a debt, she takes the opportunity to use his resources to borrow money from banks or meet European investors.
From a certain point of view, Qiao Shanquan felt that she was quite scummy, seeing the affection in Ban's eyes, she smiled casually and lazily, the more businesslike, the more it made a man's heart itch.
What is not obtained is always the best, and what is lost is more likely to provoke a man's inferiority to prove ownershipβno matter who is at fault first, the spoils of war can still only belong to him.
In the cramped corridor, Qiao Shan felt sorry for her former boyfriend Sean for the first time.
He has seen so many β‘β‘ red men and green women in the fashion circle, how can he still believe the sweet words in the mouth of this handsome man with a good background in front of him?
Ben Robert, who came from an old European family, owned a bank, and was working in private equity, could never have put the heavy shackles of homosexuality on his back and discredited his family.
Raising her eyes, Qiao Shanquan carefully examined the face in front of her. She is a very fussy person, extremely controlling, she likes the bridge of the ancient Greek nose very much, and even now, she still admires this beautiful face like a work of art, but ......
"You know what? Ben, I don't care what you say. Shrugging her shoulders, Qiao Shanquan smiled openly, with a narrow smile hidden in her eyes, "I don't care how hard you try to find me, and I don't care if you worry about me." Because we are no longer 'boyfriend and girlfriend' in relationships. β
Ben's pupils constricted, and he stopped her: "Qiaoqi, hey...... You listen to me, yes, I regret the mistakes I once made, and I owe you a formal apology. Is it okay to hear me out? I'm ...... with Sean Well, I'm just a bit of a ghost, you know. You have always been cold to me, and even if I kiss you on the cheek, you will turn your head away with patience. I don't understand why this is happening, doubt my charm and get drunk in the bar. It was Sean who met me and took me back to the hotel. Afterward...... Probably it was the effect of alcohol, combined with some strange hormones, that caused me to have something with him that shouldn't have happened. β
After listening to him mockingly, Qiao Shanquan nodded and said quietly: "Finished?" Okay, you're good to go. β
"Nope! I'm not done yet. β
For Ben Robert, it was one of his rare bows to bow his head and give in to such words, and he felt a little humiliated, but when he saw the woman in front of him with a ruddy complexion, and a light nude makeup that made her bright features even more attractive, he knew how arrogant and unapproachable she was, and if he missed this time, and did not try to catch her at the low point of her life, she would soon flutter her wings and fly away, and raise her head proudly, without a trace of affection.
"My affair with Sean was a complete mistake, you know, he is your friend, he met me through you, he knew that he could get more resources through me, know more useful people, so he deliberately approached me...... I've been completely cut off from Sean since you left New York, so trust me, Georgie. β
Looking at Ban's blue-gray eyes, Qiao Shanquan really wanted to use something to record his "heartfelt words" and then play it to his ex-boyfriend Sean, it would be very interesting.
But...... She now has more important people and things to devote her attention to, and she has no interest in stepping on an old enemy who has been defeated.
"So what?"
"I hope you'll give me another chance, Georgie. I'm sure I'm not going to make another mistake this time, you don't understand how much you mean to me, dear Georgie......"
"Understand what?" A childish question interrupted their conversation.
Lowering her head, Qiao Shanquan's smile really reached the bottom of her eyes.
Juan was wearing the same denim bib pants as his father, one strap was unfastened, hanging loosely on his chest, and a diagonal opening in the center of the strap was ingenious, revealing the gentle sky blue water soul T-shirt collar inside, the trouser leg was pulled up, and he made a cropped style, and a pair of beautiful suede riding boots were pedaled on his feet, and the little guy's eyes widened, hugging Qiao Shanquan's thighs and not letting go.
"Georgie is mine." Juan glared angrily at this well-dressed uncle, he didn't like this guy, it was like his territory had been invaded, which made him very irritable and couldn't sit still.
Qiao Shanquan was amused: "Yes, you heard it. I'm not lonely now, Ben, this is my new love. You're late, sorry. She blinked, picked up Juan and walked through the door.
Ben Robert raised his hand in surprise, intending to grab her arm: "Georgie, wait a minute, you can't do this to me-"
Holding on to the door, Qiao Shanquan smiled brightly: "After you broke my heart hard, I can use this attitude to talk to you, you should be grateful." Please leave, Mr. Robert, and I'm going to go upstairs with my new love to take a hot shower now. β
Slamming the door on, Qiao Shanquan suddenly felt a burst of lightness.
Turn around and crash into a wall of flesh.
Ferry took his son in one hand, tossed him aside, and raised his hand to grab a woman who was about to sneak away.
"Hot bath, huh?"
Seeing a wicked smile slowly appearing on his serious face, Qiao Shanquan's heart beat a few beats faster, and grabbed his big hand in turn: "Yes, do you want to be together?" β
Touching his chin, Ferry was dragged towards the attic by her, and his tone was hesitant: "I don't really need ...... But since you said it, I shouldn't say no. By the way, you can also shave a beard, what do you think? β
Juan sat on the carpet with his head tilted, his head full of question marks.
It turns out that adults are all shaving while taking a shower?
Just why did they go for so long? Still vaguely hear Qiaoqi's voice that sounds like crying? 166 Reading Network