23. Chapter XXII
Six days later, at noon, I was packing up at home when I received a strange phone call.
On the other side of the phone was Qin Yan's secretary, and he said to me: "Miss Li, that's right, Xiao Qin's general plan is to come back by high-speed train early tomorrow morning, and I was going to arrange a car to pick him up, but he said let me contact you to see if you want to pick him up when you arrive." β
I counted the contents of my suitcase at the list, was silent for a few seconds, and said, "Why didn't he ask me himself, what was he up to?" β
Secretary Lin paused: "Hmm...... Mr. Xiao Qin's schedule these days is relatively tight. He smiled again, "After all, there is an engagement ceremony for the two of you next week, and he must take care of everything before then, right?" β
I was silent for a while, then took the passport holder at hand and the itinerary that Xiao Nan helped me sort out, and said, "Oh, that's the case...... But I have something to do tomorrow and can't pick him up, Secretary Lin, you can arrange it. β
He seemed a little surprised, and paused for two seconds before saying, "Well, that's good, I'll report to Mr. Xiao Qin." β
Before he could say goodbye, I pressed the phone.
Less than five minutes later, another call came in, I took a look, this time it was Liao Xiaofei, and picked it up
I said, "Oh, I got it on the day I went yesterday, and your family relationship is really hard enough, thank you." β
She was stunned for two seconds: "You say thank you to me, Ah Li, you are not sick today, right?" β
I smiled and didn't say anything, she said again: "But if you go on your honeymoon, don't your Qin Yan have to sign?" Or did he become a foreign citizen? β
I paused for a moment, and smiled a little dumbly: "I really don't know what nationality he is from." I walked to the chaise longue and sat down, was silent for a few seconds, and sighed softly: "I may have to go out for a longer time this time, Xiao Fei, if you have time, come to my house occasionally to see my dad." β
She immediately said unacceptably: "You have it, I'm afraid of your father." Besides, you said this as if you were going to go out for a year and a half, your family Qin Yan is so busy, is it possible that he can accompany you to travel around the world? β
I was silent for a while and said, "He won't come with me." β
She was stunned: "Ah, why? β
I looked out the window and was quiet for a long time, even my best friend didn't know what to say, and I muttered, "Hmm...... Do you remember telling me a story? said that Sima Xiangru was favored by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wanted to marry his princess to him, so Zhuo Wenjun wrote him a poem, do you remember how the poem was read? β
Liao Xiaofei said: "Of course I remember, isn't it "Baitou Yin", you don't doubt my professionalism too much, right?" Listen to me and carry it for you: it is as white as snow on the mountain, and as bright as the moon among the clouds. Wen Jun has two intentions, so he decided to break up. Today's wine ......" suddenly paused, "Hey, why don't I seem to understand what you mean?" Do you mean that you have to break with Qin Yan...... No way! What does this mean, what kind of god development is this? Could it be that his ex-girlfriend is back, and Qin Yan is going to break up with you?! β¦β¦ Feed? Alley, what the fuck are you talking...... Ah Li, you have to calm down, you heard it, you must not be impulsive! β
I listened to her shouting, leaning back on the couch with little strength. After a while, he rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand, and laughed helplessly: "I don't want to, but I've tried everything, and I don't know what else to do...... I don't want to hear him tell me about breaking up. β
She was yelling at something over there, and I felt a little pain in my head, so I coughed and said, "Let's do it first, I'll pack up my things, and I'll talk to you later." β
After hanging up the phone, I flipped through a few new mobile phone text messages, all of which were boring advertisements, and then swiped down, but accidentally saw the message that Li Xiao sent me that day.
In the Western restaurant that day, only five minutes after Qin Yan left the table, Li Xiao sent me this sentence: "He asked me, and I also sued him." β
After returning home that night, she vividly described the scene to me: "Li Qiao, let me tell you, I acted very well, and there was absolutely no flaw at all." Your fiancΓ© came to me and asked, "What is the name and where is the person you just said taught you to dance?" I looked at him very vigilantly, and I said why should I sue you, who are you, you don't want to harass people, right? He said that I am the eldest young master of the Qin clan you just mentioned. I said, haha, you just brag, you say yes, then I also say I'm David Beckham's wife. So he gave me a business card, and I looked at it and said, "Oops! It turns out that you are really the eldest of the Qin family, oh, no wonder you look so handsome, can you sign my name? Oh, mom, why is it so coincidental, I'm almost speechless......" Seeing that my face was wrong, I coughed and said, "...... Anyway, I just told him that the girl's name was Cen Jia, and now she teaches dance at the Ai Lian Dance School in Y City. β
When Qin Yan returned to the dining table that day, his expression was not abnormal. However, the next day, he suddenly told me that he was going on a business trip, and then I casually asked Secretary Lin about his itinerary, and Secretary Lin checked and told me in detail that Qin Yan first went to City C, flew from City C to City Y four days later, and then came back.
Today is his second day in Y City.
Putting my phone down, I went to the drawer to find my medicine box, and when I went out, I always had to stock up on some of my usual medicines.
When everything is gone, it's just a 32-inch suitcase. I looked at the time, and I still felt that I had to leave early, otherwise my family would see me dragging my suitcase out when they came back, and I was afraid that it would be difficult to explain.
After leaving the house, I went to the studio, packed a drawing box, and packed a sketchbook into my bag.
Then I called Zhao Yi and asked him to meet him at the teahouse downstairs in the community.
When Zhao Yi saw me, I happened to be making the third cup of tea.
He sat down, and I poured tea into the teacup in front of him, but he didn't drink it, just looked at me and said, "Miss Li has the leisure to invite me to tea, I really can't believe it." β
I said to him: "You are so unbelievable, is it because you came to the door to persecute me, and then went to Cen Jia to spread rumors that Qin Yan was in bad spirits in order to find her, and asked her to write a tear-jerking and touching letter to Qin Yan, so you are afraid that I will poison your tea?" β
His expression suddenly became very vigilant, and I looked at him a little helplessly: "Just kidding, can't you be a little entertaining?" After a pause, he sighed again: "Take it easy, I came to you today because I want to do business with you." β
He narrowed his eyes, but still didn't respond, and I continued to tempt him, "The chip is that I leave Qin Yan." β
He was silent for two seconds, and finally spoke: "What do you want to exchange?" β
I lowered my eyes, blew the tea in my hand and said, "I heard that you have been classmates with Qin Yan from middle school to college, and I want to hear about his previous affairs." After a pause, he raised his eyes and added, "But it doesn't include Cen Jia." β
Zhao Yi was silent for a while: "What are you calculating?" β
I took a slow sip of tea and said, "Haven't you heard that phrase?" I have not been involved in your past, and I will accompany you in the future. I won't accompany him in the future, so I have to let me know something about the past as compensation, right? β
He added, "Then why did you suddenly make such a decision?" β
I took it for granted and said, "Didn't you educate me to say that people should have some dignity." I've thought about it, you're right, besides, a lady like me, who has been pampered since childhood, how can she stand this kind of anger? If he doesn't want me, I'll quit, and it's not a big deal. β
Zhao Yi looked at me for a few seconds, seemed to be very satisfied with my enlightenment, picked up the tea, took two sips, pondered for a few seconds, and said, "Qin Yan...... There's nothing else but being good-looking and smart, and he's been quite cold since he was a child, and I don't understand why you little girls like him. β
I originally wanted to refute him, saying that in fact, Qin Yan also had very gentle times, but you didn't know it, but after all, he didn't speak.
In the next hour, I heard Zhao Yi talk a lot about Qin Yan's past, for example, when he was admitted to university, he was actually escorted, because he won the gold medal in the national physics competition, for example, he could write "Isawtheeweep" on paper casually, that Byron's love poem, for example, he would not only study "Quantum Mechanics", but also read Nabokov's book that was once banned. The book's "Lolita", for example, he took the taekwondo black belt exam in his junior year of high school, and was invited by the club to be a coach when he was in college, but there were so many girls in the club that he couldn't stand in the venue that year, Qin Yan felt troublesome and quit the club soon after.
These little things, Qin Yan will never be interested in telling me, but I think they are very precious. I thought about it for a while, and felt that although I wanted to leave him, it was not too much of a loss to know so many secrets from his past, and I was suddenly relieved.
Later, I went to the parking lot with Zhao Yi, and his car happened to be parked not far from me. When I put the case in the trunk, he saw the suitcase in my trunk and paused and asked, "What, you're getting out of here?" β
I turned my head and looked at him warily, "Are you going to ask me to stay here and watch them get back together?" β
Zhao Yi was silent for a few seconds, and suddenly said, "Miss Li, thank you for your concession." β
I also was silent for a while, sighed and said, "You misunderstood, I didn't let anyone, and I chose to quit definitely not because of Cen Jia, I was for Qin Yan, I just hoped that he could be happy and get what he really wanted." β
He looked at me steadfastly, "You will get your wish." β
I lowered my eyes: "That's good." I didn't want to say anything more to him, so I closed the trunk and turned around and got into the car.