Chapter 35: Competing for Favor
As soon as Qiao Le heard the familiar voice, he smiled happily, sat down on the sofa, and did not notice that there was a person standing at the door, and said in the same fluent English: "Jennifer! I miss you so much! ”
"You haven't contacted me for so long! Hmph, you must not love me anymore. Jennifer said coquettishly on the phone.
Qiao Le smiled even more happily and responded to him: "How come! I'm not just busy, but I still love you. ”
"Then I'll tell you now, I'm back home!"
"Returning home? When did you come back? How long does it take to come back? ”
Jennifer was a little noisy and there were people talking to him, and she didn't seem to hear Qiao Le's voice clearly, so she hurriedly dropped a sentence that she was busy with something, and hung up the phone.
Qiao Le didn't care about these, Jennifer's return made her very happy, Yixi remembered that when she first went abroad, she was helpless and English generally became a problem to communicate with people, and it was at this time that she met Jennifer, took good care of her, helped her find a job and made up her English, and was close to Jennifer like a friend and family.
As soon as she thought that she could come back, Qiao Le was so happy that she got up and was about to change her clothes and go out, but when she turned her head and saw Mu Qing with a calm face, she was startled, "You...... When did you come? Do you walk without a sound? ”
"Who's that man?"
"Huh? Which man? Qiao Le was stunned for two seconds and came back to his senses, and guessed who he was talking about, "You mean Jennifer, he is my good friend abroad, we have a good relationship, I am really happy that he can return to China." ”
Seeing her mention that other men were happy from the bottom of her heart, Mu Qing became more and more angry, and grabbed her wrist and went to the empty room inside.
"Hey...... What are you doing? You let go of ......"
"If you want people to hear it, you can be louder!"
Qiao Le realized that this was in the gym, and there were guests and coaches next to him, and asked him in a low voice, "What the hell are you going to do!" ”
"Don't make love to other men!"
"When did I make love to another man? And what does this have to do with you? Why do you care about me? ”
"Isn't that guy on the phone a man?" The most infuriating thing is that she even said to him that she loves you?
"He's my good friend, what kind of nerves are you! You let go of me! ”
Qiao Le was pushed into the corner by him and couldn't move, and he didn't react when he pushed him.
"Did you hear what I just said?"
"Nope! You let me out! Qiao Le pounded his chest hard, but Mu Qing stood there without moving, and in a hurry, Qiao Le wanted to step on his feet.
Mu Qing couldn't stand it anymore, lowered his head and kissed her fiercely, priing her lips open......
Qiao Le was stunned, her body stiffened and stood there, staring at Mu Qing who was so close to her face with wide eyes, he was very engaged with his eyes closed, and felt the dexterous tongue in his mouth swimming, she forgot to resist, and there was still a trace of enjoyment.
Mu Qing was very satisfied with her actions, and finally didn't refuse again, but he didn't dare to go too deep, for fear that he wouldn't be able to stand it.
Finally, Mu Qing let go of her, and didn't forget to wipe the corners of her mouth, because after kissing, Qiao Le's lips were slightly red, and the blush on her face made her look even more delicate and cute, and she really wanted to eat her at this time.
"You...... You ......" Qiao Le wanted to say something, but she didn't know what to say, why didn't she push him away just now? Is it crazy?
"What am I?"
"You bastard!"
Qiao Le held back these words, pushed him away violently and ran out, and Mu Qing's low chuckle came from behind her, which made her even more embarrassed.
In the bathroom, Qiao Le looked at himself with red cheeks and red lips, his heart was beating hard, and he touched his lips, this was the second time they kissed, it was completely different from the last time, and there was still his taste in his mouth, and his gentle appearance just now made her forget that this person was Mu Qing.
"Oops! Qiao Le, what are you thinking about with a pig's head! Qiao Le patted her head hard to dispel that thought, she can't be tempted or think about anything else, the most important thing now is to work and live well, don't think about emotional matters!
After hypnotizing himself, he came out of the bathroom and bumped into Mu Qing, glared at him and ignored him.
Mu Qing doesn't care, what's he afraid of when he tastes the sweetness anyway?
In the afternoon, Mu Qing stayed in her gym to work, and An Tong saw Qiao Le inside after a few times, pointed to the hall, and asked, "What's the situation?" Bodyguard? ”
"Who knows what nerves he has? There are large ready-made companies that don't go, but they have to rely on me and don't go. ”
"What kind of brain do you say! Isn't it obvious that he's there? It's not you! An Tong patted her on the door of the head, normal people could see that Mu Qing was good to Qiao Le, this busy person could come over as soon as Qiao Le made a phone call, and every time he encountered something, he would be the first to come out, it was obvious that he was interested in Qiao Le.
"What are you hitting me for? I don't want to be emotionally involved right now. ”
"Actually, I think Mr. Mu is very good, except for having a child, everything else is very good, you think about it! And Ruibao likes you very much, and he will definitely accept that you really become his stepmother. ”
Qiao Le shook his head, "Forget it, I still don't want to." ”
She understands what An Tong said, but she ...... After experiencing some things, she really didn't dare to think much about emotional matters, the childhood sweethearts who had been devoted to her since childhood could betray her to be with others, and now this Mu Qing who suddenly appeared, Qiao Le really didn't dare to be attentive or serious.
In the evening, a red Ferrari parked in front of the gym, and a man got out of the car, first wiped his hands with a tissue, and then carried a small bag inside.
"Where's my Le Baby?"
Qiao Le happened to be registering things at the front desk, and when he heard a familiar voice, he looked up and saw Jennifer, and happily ran over and hugged him, "Honey, long time no see!" ”
"Le Baby! I've finally seen you! ”
The two hugged tightly, kissed the cheek, and greeted each other with Western etiquette.
However, all this was seen by Mu Qing, who was sitting on the side, the fire in her heart was burning, and the words she said to Qiao Le in the afternoon were like wind in her ears, didn't she take it to heart?
He grabbed Qiao Le's arm and separated them, blocking them in front of Qiao Le.
"Baby, who is this man?" Jennifer looked at him vigilantly, with malice in her eyes, and the two just looked at each other.
"He's ......"
"I'm her husband." Mu Qing preemptively spoke out.
Qiao Le hurriedly waved his hand in the back, but Jennifer didn't see it, looked at them in surprise, and screamed, "Oh my God! Baby, did you abandon me and marry another man? ”
"I didn't! Mu Qing, stop talking! Qiao Le explained, for fear that Jennifer would misunderstand, so he walked to the front and said, "He's talking nonsense, I'm not married!" It's a bit complicated to say, can I explain it slowly? ”
"Baby, you've abandoned me, you're not mine anymore, I'm angry!" Jennifer turned her face away from her displeasure.
"Jennifer, there's a misunderstanding here, I'm not really married, I'm just ...... There are relationships that require him to ...... In short, it's complicated. ”
"I am!" Mu Qing interjected.
Qiao Le glared at him and told him not to speak, Jennifer was a very important person to her, and she didn't want to lose him.
"Look at him, this man with facial paralysis! He snatched my baby! ”
"I'm yours, how can someone snatch it? I'll show you around my gym......" Qiao Le had no choice but to take him away.
Mu Qing stood at the door with a cold face, he was clearly left out in the cold......
"Baby, tell me clearly, what is your relationship with him?" Once inside, Jennifer questioned her as if she were interrogating a prisoner.
"This ...... Actually, it doesn't matter, it's just that something happened when I came back, and he helped me solve it, and he is not a bad person, so ......" Qiao Le didn't say anything later, but Jennifer also understood, just like in those years abroad, he also did a lot for Qiao Le, as long as he was good to her.
"I'm worried about you, you see you said you'd come back, there's no news, I'm worried about your family's ......" Jennifer knows a little about Qiao Le's affairs, and it's not good.
Qiao Le smiled indifferently, she was used to it.
"Don't worry, I'll fix it."
"That's good."
"I'll show you my good friend."
When they came out of it, they discussed where to eat, and found that Mu Qing was still waiting there.
"Let's go to dinner, do you want to come along?" Qiao Le asked symbolically.
Mu Qing nodded without hesitation, they went to eat, why didn't he go?
At the door, Qiao Le saw Jennifer's car and ran over in surprise, "You brought your car here too?" How long is this going to be? ”
"Originally, I only came back for work reasons, but since you're back, then I'll stay for a while." With that, he opened the car door and let her get in.
"Sit on mine." Mu Qing took her other hand.
This...... Qiao Le was embarrassed, whose car was she going to ride?
"No, my baby has to get in my car, get out of the way!" Jennifer said.
"She's mine."
"Wait!" Seeing that they were about to quarrel, Qiao Le broke free of their hands, pulled An Tong and said, "Let's take a taxi, you can drive yourself." ”
"I'm going to take a taxi too!" It's rare for the two to be so consistent.
Qiao Le and An Tong glanced at each other, helplessly spreading their hands, what else could she say?
When they arrived at the hotel box, Qiao Le sat down inside, and Jennifer and Mu Qing sat down one by one as if they had discussed.
"Actually...... You don't have to be like this, sit ...... at will" Qiao Le looked at the two empty seats in front of him, and An Tong sat there alone, very helpless.
"Jennifer, what exactly are you doing when you come back this time?"
"There's a fashion design contest here in Anseong, and I was invited to be a judge, so I came." Jennifer drank a glass of water, he is an internationally famous fashion designer, and it takes a lot of effort for some people to invite him, he can completely refuse, just because Qiao Le is also in Anseong, thinking that he can just meet her when he comes back.
"The sponsor of the contest Jennifer said was my company." Mu Qing interjected coldly.
Jole and Jennifer looked at him at the same time, and the sponsor was him...... Is it such a coincidence?
"If I knew it was you, I wouldn't have come back, wasn't it because I was happy baby?"
"She's my wife, pay attention to your words!"
"I'm happy, I'll call her Le Baby! Le Baby......" Jennifer cried like a child.
Qiao Le saw that Mu Qing's face was getting worse and worse, and he didn't know what to do to solve it, Mu Qing's mobile phone rang, it was a video call from Ruibao.
"Daddy! I want to see my sister! As soon as he connected, Ruibao shouted on the phone.
Ruibao didn't see Qiao Le yesterday, and he finally went to the gym today, but it was closed, so he didn't see it, so he was really unhappy.
Mu Qing gave the phone to Qiao Le, and Ruibao was happy to see her.
"You're really with my dad, you don't want me anymore......"
"Well, Ruibao, why would I not want you? I'm eating, can I accompany you after dinner? Qiao Le coaxed him.
Jennifer next to her came over to look, Rui Bao saw that the stranger pursed his mouth and stopped talking, and Qiao Le took the phone to the side again.
"You're with the other uncles."
"He's a good friend of my sister, you eat obediently, I'll call you when I'm done, okay?"
"I don't want it, I want you to accompany me." Ruibao began to be coquettish.
Qiao Le couldn't stand the child's coquettishness the most, so he hurriedly agreed, chatted for a while and finally hung up the phone.
Mu Qing was quite satisfied with Ruibao's words and looked at Jennifer proudly.
"Who's that little bun?"
"My son."
"You have a son? Then what are you pestering my Knorr baby for? ”
"My son likes her, and so do I."
Qiao Le looked at Mu Qing in surprise, what he said ...... Is it true or false?
Jennifer turned her head angrily and didn't talk to him, in fact, he didn't mind whether he had children or not, this kind of thing was normal abroad, but he didn't know much about Mu Qing, and he didn't worry about handing Qiao Le over to him, and he was even more reluctant to let him go through the experience of parting with Qiao Le as soon as he returned to China.
Soon, the dishes came up, Qiao Le sat between the two, one by one for her to pick up the dishes, she didn't need to do it herself, seeing the dishes in the bowl piling higher and higher, Qiao Le finally couldn't help but tell them to stop.
"I have my own hands, I will pick up the vegetables myself, you eat yours!"
The two finally quieted down, and the meal was over for almost two hours.
After the meal, Jennifer drove back and asked where Jole was staying and he dropped her off.
"She lives with me."
"Le baby, do you really live with him?"
"Don't listen to his nonsense, I have my own house, and my grandmother is still with me!" Qiao Le explained, feeling that as long as the two of them met, there would definitely be a big fight.
"Grandma was picked up by me."
On the way to eat, Mu Qing called Yuan Jing and asked him to take charge of taking the old lady to the Qingshuiwan Villa, first of all, Qiao Le's place was too small, so it was not a long-term solution for her to squeeze together with the old lady, and with the arrival of Jennifer, he had to take the old lady over.
"When?"
"About two hours ago."
"Won't you even say a word to me?"
"Grandma herself is willing, and I have someone there to take care of her, isn't it convenient?"
Qiao Le is right to think about it carefully, she is usually not at home during the day, and the old lady always has to be taken care of when she is old, in case she bumps into it.
"Alright then, I'll go to you."
Mu Qing smiled with satisfaction, opened the car door and let her get into the car.
Jennifer has something to do tomorrow morning, so she didn't care about it anymore and drove An Tong back.
On the way, Jennifer asked An Tong, "What's going on with that Mu Qing?" How did you meet Qiao Le? ”
"I don't know how I met, anyway, Mu Qing was very good to Qiao Le, the last time Qiao Le had an accident, Mu Qing went to save her, and helped her settle a lot of things, it's not bad, I don't know the specifics." An Tong had a good impression of Mu Qing and told the truth.
Jennifer looked at the road ahead, couldn't see her expression clearly, and thought about this man who suddenly appeared in front of Qiao Le, when she was abroad before, it was not a man who didn't have a mind for Qiao Le, but those people were not so good under Jennifer's test, and she didn't know what kind of goods this Mu Qing was.
"I see, thank you for taking care of Qiao Le."
"She and I have been good friends for so many years, and we can't talk about taking care of her."
Jennifer smiled and didn't speak.
When I arrived at Clear Water Bay, I heard laughter from the living room before I entered the door, and it seemed to be very pleasant, Qiao Le went in and saw the old lady holding Ruibao and telling a story, and the two laughed very happily.
"Grandma, Ruibao."
"Coming back?"
"Sister!" Rui Bao rushed over to hug her, Qiao Le rubbed his head, not to mention that he really missed him after not seeing him for two days.
"It's not early, let's take the child to bed." The old lady got up and went back to her room by herself.
There is also a vacant room on the first floor, thinking that it is inconvenient for people to get old and have inconvenient legs, so it was specially arranged, and Mu Qing also put a lot of thought into it.
Qiao Le took Ruibao to take a shower and change clothes, and told him a story before going to bed.
Somehow, Qiao Le was also sleepy after telling the story, so he fell asleep by relying on Ruibao.
Mu Qing waited left and right in the room and didn't see Qiao Le come back, he couldn't bear it, went to Ruibao's room, and saw a big and a small two people sleeping sweetly.
"I slept here."
Mu Qing went over, helped Ruibao cover the quilt, and got up with Qiao Le in his arms.
Qiao Le slept very deeply, and felt in a daze that someone was holding her, subconsciously raised her hand around his neck, shrunk into his arms, and chirped, which was no different from a child.
Holding her back to the room and putting it away, Mu Qing was about to go to sleep, but Qiao Le's hand never let go, and the two of them watched in this position.
After falling asleep, Qiao Le was very quiet, his eyes were closed, and the slight breathing sound was tickling on Mu Qing's face.
Mu Qing only felt a burst of heat in his lower abdomen, Qiao Le's restless legs were moving, and he didn't forget to seduce him after falling asleep, Mu Qing finally had no choice, so he broke free of her hand and took a cold shower.
……
Ancheng's clothing design competition, Qiao Feifei's studio also participated, she has been busy with this matter for a while now, and she has also heard the rumors, and the famous foreign designer Jennifer is also here, which makes her even more surging, but the studio still needs a lot of resources and materials to buy clothing if she wants to participate, she is not rich in hand, and she still needs some funds, so she went home that night and waited for Qiao Zhenhua to come back.
Liu Xiufang worked cautiously for two days in a row, and felt that Qiao Zhenhua did not notice the matter of funds, because Qiao Zhenhua also knew about her investment and financial management.
"Dad! Are you back? Qiao Feifei saw Qiao Zhenhua who had just entered the door at a glance, and went up to help him take off his coat and briefcase.
"What's wrong?" Qiao Zhenhua knows his daughter very well, as long as he is short of money, he will be very attentive, "Do you want pocket money again?" ”
"Hey, Dad, you know me too well, I'm going to participate in a fashion design competition, but you know, I need to compete in a very high-quality fabric, and I've been ...... money lately."
Qiao Zhenhua pointed at Liu Xiufang, "Isn't your mother rich?" Ask your mom for it. ”
"Mom doesn't have any money, that's why I asked you for it."
"How can there be no money? She didn't invest in any products, and she had tens of thousands of dollars a month. ”
Speaking of this, Liu Xiufang's body was stunned, and she hurriedly said: "Zhenhua, the one I invested...... The money hasn't arrived this month yet, so you can get some from the company and give it to Fei Fei first. ”
Qiao's company has been going downhill, and has been negotiating orders recently, but there is no result, all the funds are operating in the company, and there is no money at all.
"Don't you know the company's situation? The pocket money given to you every month is also a lot, and you pay for this money. ”
"I ......" Liu Xiufang couldn't hide it, so she simply explained the matter clearly, Qiao Zhenhua's face became worse and worse, and he slapped the table and stood up angrily.
"You!"
"Zhenhua, I really don't know, after that day, everyone's funds are gone, not just me, I have reported the case and there is no progress,"
Qiao Zhenhua didn't know what to say, he gave Liu Xiufang money every month, so that the company could not support it one day and could take it out for urgent use, but he didn't expect to be defeated by her.
Liu Xiufang always gave money to her brother who was not angry, Qiao Zhenhua already knew, but he just turned a blind eye, after all, he would also help the old lady.
"The money is gone, what should the company do if it wants to use the money?"
"I ...... Doesn't the company still have orders? I believe that after a long time, this money will be earned, and it will not work again......" Liu Xiufang rolled her eyes and thought of a solution, "Qiao Le opened a gym, I think she should have it, you just said that the company needs an emergency, after all, she is also your daughter, and she will not die without help!" ”
Qiao Zhenhua also thought about looking for Qiao Le, but Qiao Le was lukewarm every time he saw him, and he couldn't help it.
Liu Xiufang's words made Qiao Zhenhua moved, in the end, he and Qiao Le are biological father and daughter, and they will not die if they want to come, and the most important thing is the relationship between Qiao Le and Mu Qing, if she says a few good words, Mu Qing can still give him a few orders, and the company will be able to come back to life at that time.
The next day, Qiao Zhenhua arrived at the Letong Fitness Club with a lot of gifts.
Seeing Qiao Le busy at the front desk, he smiled and said, "Lele, are you busy?" ”
Qiao Le looked up and saw that it was Qiao Zhenhua, his face turned cold, "What are you doing here with me?" ”
"What's wrong with being a father looking at where my daughter works?" Qiao Zhenhua looked like a matter of course, and put down the gift directly, "I see that you have lost weight recently, this is something for you." ”
"At this time, you think of the relationship between father and daughter?" Qiao Le glanced at those gifts, all of which were from some brands, and spent a lot of thought asking him to sit down next to him, "Say, what's the matter with me?" ”
Qiao Le knew her father very well, and he went to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, just like when he started to hear that she and Mu Qing were together, he was very eager to please her, as long as it was related to his own interests and the company's interests, he could not have face.