"What else do you want to ask today? It happens that everybody is here."
Zhang Mi had never been a person who saved trouble for others. She also did not like to abuse anybody indirectly or to secretly sneak around. If anything happened, she would deal with it straightforward. She would fight back against whoever embarra.s.sed her and didn"t care at all what occasion or what atmosphere it was.
These women not only talked about her behind her back but also took the initiative to let her pay them back, so she had no need to be polite.
"If you are capable of climbing up Young Master Shen"s bed, I will never stop you. If you are not, don"t look pride in front of me." She paused and burst out laughing. "I haven"t used the Dragon King"s Token yet. Don"t blame me if I accidentally use it on you to take a nude photo of you, make a video or do something else!"
Such blunt words made those women not look well, especially those who still wanted to hook up with Young Master Shen. They were in a panic at the moment.
"What happened?" Xin Qing came in and asked curiously when she saw everyone so quiet.
Zhang Mi glanced at those women and pinched Young Master Shen in secret. "It"s all right! Aren"t you just going to leave? Let"s go back!"
"I"ll drive!" Young Master Shen covered his waist and ran away. Xin Qing looked at Ying Qingcang not far from her with a smile and turned back to pull Zhang Mi away.
The next day, Xin Qing received a call from Chen Ming. She put down her newspaper and said to Chen Ming through the phone, "Now your wedding will be postponed to next year."
Li Xiaoru"s father had a sudden cerebral hemorrhage a month ago. Chen Ming took over the Lis" company and was busy restructuring it with his company, and didn"t even have time to meet her. Yesterday, Li Xiaoru"s father finally pa.s.sed away. He fell asleep and never woke up again.
"You"ve read the newspaper?" Chen Ming was not surprised. "We"ve got our marriage certificate. We"ll hold the wedding ceremony after Xiaoru"s mourning."
Xin Qing reminded him. "I heard that Xiaoru is the only one left in the Lis. You can"t bully her in the future."
"What do you say?" Chen Ming was displeased. "Am I that kind of person?" He paused and said, "Stop talking about me. Are you going to go back to France?"
"I"ve booked the ticket for the day after tomorrow."
Chen Ming did not speak for a long time. Xin Qing smiled and said, "What do you want to say?"
"What happened to you and Ying Qingcang?" Chen Ming did not believe that Ying Qingcang really had another lover. His intuition was the same as that of Ding Lei of Shi Qianqian"s family. In their eyes, Ying Qingcang would not do such a thing.
Xin Qing thought for a moment. "None of your business. Just accompany Xiaoru well."
Hanging up the phone, Xin Qing thought that she should go to see Xin Yudie before she left. The next morning, she went to Xin Yudie"s house.
"Zhao Jiali is dead." Xin Yudie"s words stunned Xin Qing for a long time. "When, and how... how did she die?"
Xin Yudie had no expression on her face, but her eyes still looked a little solemn. "Since she was driven out by the Lis, she had been wandering among all kinds of men, wanting to look for a rich man again. Probably, because Ying Qingcang did something, no one in that circle wanted to a.s.sociate with her. Then she went to the nightclub to be a prost.i.tute." Xin Yudie closed her eyes. "Unfortunately, even though she was beautiful, she probably had no guests because of her age."
"I don"t know why she suddenly remembered Xin Pengfei, who was in prison, last week, but when she visited him, she was killed by him."
Xin Qing covered her mouth in surprise. "How did he kill her?"
"He got a blade somewhere and hid it in his mouth. While the guard paid no attention to him, he rushed up and cut Zhao Jiali"s throat. Then she died right away." Xin Yudie"s voice quivered.
"Xin Qing, I regret that when she came to ask me to take her in, I drove her out. If I took her in, she would not have been dead." Xin Yudie put her head into her hands painfully. "Although I didn"t admit her, I never wanted her to die!"
Xin Qing patted her on the shoulder. "If you want to cry, just cry out. You may feel better!"
Xin Yudie sobbed on Xin Qing"s shoulder, then whimpered, and said, "Now we"re really the only two left."
Xin Qing handed her a facial tissue, pointing to the baby playing next to them. "You are confused! We still have them. When they grow up, we will be a family and will love each other!"
"Yes!" Xin Yudie wiped her face. "Yes, we will be a family."
Xin Qing had seen all the people she wanted to see and left City S the next evening. Zhang Mi took her to the airport and kept chattering. She was afraid that Xin Qing would be alone with no one taking care of her. At last, Xin Qing thought her nagging too much and went directly to the security check. Zhang Mi was still outside shouting, "Call me immediately when something happens!"
"Xin Qing is more sensible than you, why do you worry so much!" On the way back, Young Master Shen had been staring at her.
Zhang Mi thumped him with a blow. "If you have something to ask me, just go ahead. What are you looking at?"
"Can"t you be a lady?" Young Master Shen frowned. "Always being so rude will teach the children bad."
Zhang Mi sneered twice and looked at him. "Have you taken the wrong medicine? It"s none of the children"s business. Besides, what does it matter to you whether my child is good or not in the future?"
Young Master Shen took a deep breath. He didn"t want to quarrel with her. Neither of them spoke again. Neon lights drew the lines outside of the window, while the mottled reflections were flashing on their faces.
After some time, Young Master Shen broke the silence. "Did you go to work in Si Nan"s company?"
"Yeah, the senior doesn"t dislike my awkwardness. I don"t want to give up the job that came to me!"
Young Master Shen nodded. "It seems that you still have self-knowledge and know that you are stupid."
"A cracked bell can never sound well." Zhang Mi cast a glance at him. "I"m not stupid. I just don"t bother about trifles like you, who always scheme against others."
"Seeing that you finally have a serious job to do, I decide to take you to and from work every day in the future," Young Master Shen parked his car in the garage and said seriously. Zhang Mi jumped out of the car and said, "I"ll drive myself. I don"t need you." Suddenly, she was stunned and turned around and asked, "Where...Where"s my car?"
Young Master Shen said, "The car has been sent for repair."
"Repair?"
She had only driven the car for a month. Nothing needed to be repaired.
Zhang Mi stared at Young Master Shen. "Cheapskate, don"t give it to me at the beginning if you don"t want to."
"It was really sent for repair. They said that there were some problems with the engine and that it should be recalled to the original factory for repair." Young Master Shen looked at her. "So, you can choose to let me drive for you or go down the hill to take a taxi by yourself."
What Xin Qing and Shi Qianqian had worried finally happened. Ten Zhang Mi could not compete with Young Master Shen alone when it came to scheming. Zhang Mi kicked on the Young Master Shen"s tire and left. Young Master Shen looked at her back and squinted. "It feels good. Keep trying!"
At the end of August, Ah Sha and Xunxun came back. But it was not Chen Huan who sent them back, but two bodyguards. This made Xin Qing feel again that Chen Huan as a mother was unreliable. But Ah Sha looked good. Her little face was pudgy and seemed to gain some weight.
"Mommy!" Ah Sha was very happy to see Xin Qing. She hadn"t seen her mommy for two months. If it hadn"t been for many strange things in the base and Xunxun"s accompany, she would have cried for return.
Xunxun was as cold as ever. He watched Xin Qing for a long time and said, "Have you been moistened?"
Xin Qing decided to pretend she was deaf.
A few days after the term began, it was Ah Sha"s birthday. The school discussed with Xin Qing that a birthday party would be held for Ah Sha in the cla.s.s which only children would be allowed to attend. Xin Qing agreed. Otherwise. If she celebrated Ah Sha"s birthday by herself, she could only let Aunt Tian cook a delicious meal for Ah Sha and then take her to an amus.e.m.e.nt park.
However, Xin Qing had just brought back the birthday cake on Ah Sha"s birthday when she received a phone call from the school saying that Ah Sha had hurt another child. On hearing this, Xin Qing rushed to the school. The injured child was finally diagnosed to have been fainted due to a special sleep powder. He would wake up when the drug effect wore off. Xin Qing apologized to them and went home with Xunxun and Ah Sha, who was in Xunxun"s arms.
"Take out all your strange things and don"t take them to school," Xin Qing stood in the middle of the living room and said solemnly to Ah Sha, "come down!"
Ah Sha held Xunxun"s neck firmly and wouldn"t come down. Xunxun felt sorry for her and was about to speak when Xin Qing interrupted him with saying, "I know you are smart, but Ah Sha is my daughter. Even if she will marry you later, she is still my daughter. Now, I"m disciplining my daughter, can you shut up?"
Xunxun frowned. "It looks like she"s really angry..." He put Ah Sha down and said, "Go and apologize to Aunt Qing!"
"No!" Ah Sha burst into tears. "He spoke ill of me. He first said that I didn"t have a daddy and that my father had never been to school to see me. I doesn"t have a daddy." After saying this, she cried out.
Xin Qing"s heart quivered in an instant. She held Ah Sha in her arms with her tears held back. "Good Ah Sha, don"t cry. Of course, Ah Sha has a Daddy. Daddy is just busy and can"t go home now. After a while, when Daddy is not so busy, he will pick up Ah Sha every day!"
Ah Sha sobbed a few times, but her tears were still pouring down. "Mommy, they said that if daddy never came home, he would have other women and other children outside and did not want his original wife and children anymore."
Xin Qing kissed her little face. "You met daddy during the new year! Daddy loves you so much. Why would he abandon you? Ah Sha"s father won"t do that. Trust him, okay?"
Xunxun, standing beside, silently filmed a video and then sent it to Boss Wan with several words: "for a guarantee".
Then Boss Wan silently dialed Ying Qingcang.
"Hey, I have a video of your wife and your child crying together. Do you want to watch it?"
Ying Qingcang loosened his tie and waved to Ah Nan and others to let them go out. Then he frowned and said, "What do you want?"