Ying Qingcang stared at Xin Qing, unable to figure out why she would do this. He didn"t believe Xin Qing made the decision really because of the mistaken happening between him and Jasmine. He could feel that Xin Qing did love him. But what kind of determination could make her make such a decision?
"I have thought about it clearly." Xin Qing said, "I don"t want the man who will accompany me for a lifetime love me merely because of the so-called Ancestral Behest. I hope that there are no external factors affecting us. We are together just because we love each other."
Ying Qingcang stretched his hand out and took the ring back. "Fine!" He laughed suddenly and said, "But... I am not sure whether the ring will still be yours after two years."
Xin Qing felt stunned, and then turned around with her teeth gritted, "Well, goodbye."
"Remember to see Ah Sha and Le Le when you are going to leave." Ying Qingcang spoke with an unexpectedly easy tone. Xin Qing nodded with her back to him and hurried to leave as holding back her tears. Ying Qingcang could not see her tears, just as she could not see the smile appear on the corner of his mouth.
Young Master Shen had thought that Ying Qingcang would lose control when hearing Xin Qing was going to leave, at least he would afflict the people around. But out of Young Master Shen"s expectation, Ying Qingcang suddenly became normal as usual...
"We have known each other for so many years. You don"t have to pretend in front of me. If you want to blow up, you can do it!" Young Master Shen ran to Ying family on the second day of the New Year. "I even cancelled the holiday for you. Since Xiao Qingqing has not left yet, let"s discuss how to let her stay in."
But Ying Qingcang asked him in reply, "Stay in for what?"
"What do you mean?" Young Master Shen stared at him and asked, "You want to let Xiao Qingqing go?"
Ying Qingcang cast his glance in the distance and said to Young Master Shen as well as himself, "You should know what she is. She looked naive but is stubborn inwardly. Since she has made a decision, and even leaves Ah Sha behind, it is useless how I do for her. She is determined to leave here."
"She does not love you any longer?" Young Master Shen felt it impossible.
Ying Qingcang frowned and said in an unfriendly tone, "Nonsense!"
"A woman wants to leave a man for only two reasons—one is she doesn"t love him any longer and the other is she thinks the man doesn"t have enough money. You are so rich. Well, Xiao Qingqing leaves you for the first reason." Young Master Shen a.n.a.lyzed in a clear and logical way.
Ying Qingcang suddenly gave out another laughter, a wild and furious laughter, and he said, "Don"t mention the unreliable Ancestral Behest between us. Even if the Ancestral Behest is fake, the agreement she signed at the beginning is true. It was written in black and white. Xin Qing is doomed to be mine this life."
"However... If the Ancestral Behest is true, and you two love each other simply because of the Totem, what will you do?" Young Master Shen managed to prise the secret out of Ying Hao and knew the saying.
Ying Qingcang said in an unaffected tone, "True or false, does it matter? False, it will prove that we love each other genuinely. True, we will fall in love anyway. No matter what the result is, as long as we are together at last, I don"t care about it."
"Oh, but she is leaving you now!" Young Master Shen saw that Ying Qingcang was not in a bad mood and began teasing him.
Ying Qingcang threw a disdainful glance at him and said, "So I say... your IQ is on the same level of Xin Qing"s."
"What do you mean?"
Ying Qingcang ignored his question and threw a doc.u.ment to him, "Take a good look."
After the fifteen day of the first month of the New Year, Xin Qing was ready to go to France. Although her cla.s.sed began in March, Xin Qing had to find a proper house there. She liquidated her property and found that every month, there was a considerable income in Xin Enterprise"s Jewelry, which was enough for her to find a comfortable house and finish her studies. She had hesitated whether she should give half of Xin"s shares to Ying Qingcang, but Shi Qianqian disagreed and said that it would make them more entangled with each other. And she advised Xin Qing to find a professional manager to manage the company if Xin Qing was really incapable of it.
Xin Qing specially called the manager and told him that she was leaving. If he didn"t want to stay in Xin Enterprises, he could go back to Ying Enterprises. And the manager did not want to leave at all. He expressed his loyalty by all means but crying. At last, he said to Xin Qing that he would work for her until he died, and then hang up the phone. His words made Xin Qing feel awkward with a character of "Jing" twisted on her forehead. She had no way but to let him continue to handle the company"s affairs.
The day before departure, Xin Qing came to Ying family. She gave a call to Ah Che specially to make sure that Ying Qingcang was not at home. But to her surprise, she saw Ying Qingcang sitting on the sofa as soon as she entered the house. Ah Sha sat next to him holding a can of apple b.u.t.ter and having it all over her face.
"You"ve come!" Ying Qingcang greeted her as usual, his tone quite easy as if Xin Qing just returned home.
Xin Qing took a glare at Ah Che who opened for her. The young man dared not to look at her with his head down.
"I come here to have a look at Ah Sha and Le Le, and take some things by the way." Xin Qing said as she walked over. The moment Ah Sha heard Xin Qing"s voice, Ah Sha began looking for her. Seeing Xin Qing coming to her, Ah Sha put down the can of apple b.u.t.ter and threw herself into Xin Qing. Aunt Tian also let Le Le out of the garden and looked at her with a sad look, thinking how Xin Qing would end up leaving here...
"I have something to discuss with you." Xin Qing thought for some minutes and said, "It is inconvenient for me now. So I will take Ah Sha over after I start an internship one year later. It will be inconvenient for you that she continues to stay here."
"As for Le Le, I will bring it there as well." If she had not had enough time to take care of them, she would have taken Ah Sha and Le Le away immediately.
Ying Qingcang smiled at her and said, "Okay! If you like."
For some reason, Xin Qing felt uneasy at the sight of the smile on the corner of his mouth, as if she had been plotted again.
"Well!" Ying Qingcang handed her a doc.u.ment. "This is yours."
Xin Qing took it with doubt and read several lines. And then she threw it back and said, "I don"t want it." Was he kidding? It turned out to be a diamond mine in South Africa. The owner was Xin Qing herself.
"I"ve prepared before and planned to give you on your birthday. But pity that... "Ying Qingcang gave the doc.u.ment back in her hand and said, "It is quite troublesome to transfer the legal person of the mine. It has to be allowed by the government. Besides, I don"t have too much energy to fly again."
Xin Qing looked at him with her eyebrow knitted, as if she had held a hot potato.
Ying Qingcang smiled and said, "You can keep it first. If we have time in the future, I will change it back?"
"Okay." Xin Qing had no choice but to nod, "I will keep it for you."
Seeing Xin Qing hold Ah Sha and feel reluctant to go, Ying Qingcang was quite upset. "How can you leave me so resolutely?"
"I am busy tomorrow, so I can"t see you off." Ying Qingcang opened the car door for her and said, "Ah Che will take you to the airport tomorrow."
Xin Qing wanted to say that there was no need to bother. But seeing Ah Che staring her on the driver seat, his eyes seeming to say, "Say no if you dare", she nodded silently.
"Take care!" Ying Qingcang took a few steps back.
Xin Qing lowered her head and waved at him. When the car drove more than ten meters away, Xin Qing could not refrain herself any longer. She leaned against the rear window and looked back, only to see Ying Qingcang still stood there and waved at her. Xin Qing covered her mouth, tears sliding among her fingers. She shook her head and then nodded desperately. Ah Che looked at her from the reverse mirror and could not help saying.
"Miss, please don"t go. You are also sad to leave the young master."
Xin Qing fastened her safety belt again, took a deep breath and said, "I am fine. Drive carefully."
Ah Che was about to say more, but shook his head when seeing Xin Qing close her eyes. Obviously, they loved each other. Why did they separate?
Everyone was surprised that Xin Qing would break up with Ying Qingcang, including Xin Yudie who just had given birth to a child. She heard it from Huang Jianbin and called Xin Qing immediately that night.
"You really want to go?"
It surprised Xin Qing to received Xin Yudie"s call, but she still said to the phone, "Yes, by the plane tomorrow afternoon."
"You"re so silly. Although I don"t know what happened between you, I think even though Ying Qingcang doesn"t marry you, he won"t abandon you."
Xin Qing smiled and said, "So you made the call to tease me?"
"Hehe!" Xin Yudie on the other side of phone laughed as well and said, "When I called you, I did think so. But now... I don"t think it is funny at all."
Upon hearing Xin Yudie"s words, Xin Qing was quite surprised. Xin Yudie added, "Anyway, I wish you a good trip. I have a hunch that you will come back!"
"Thank you!" After hanging up the phone, Xin Qing seemed to remember something and picked up the phone to find a phone number. With some hesitation, she finally dialed it.
Chen Ming did not expect to receive a call from Xin Qing. Since the kidnapping, he had been very self-blaming. Because he did not only get Xin Qing involved, but also caused Lu Manman to die for some unknown reason. When hearing Xin Qing was about to leave, he also felt surprised.
"I"ve heard that you will get married, won"t you? What happened?"
"Nothing happened." Xin Qing said, "I call you to ask you to do me a favor."
"Go ahead." Chen Ming answered immediately.
Xin Qing felt somewhat uneasy but still continued to say, "Could you help me pay attention to Ah Sha?"
"What do you mean?" Chen Ming did not understand.
"If Ying Qingcang gets married one day or he has any other girl, do tell me, please."
Chen Ming thought for a while and said, "You"re afraid that the kid will be..."
"Yes." It had occurred to Xin Qing when she left Ying family. If Ying Qingcang had another woman, would the woman tolerate Ah Sha? Would she be good to Ah Sha? What if she would abuse Ah Sha?
"I got it. You can rest a.s.sured. I will help you pay attention."
She had thought to turn to Young Master Shen for help, but thinking that Ah Che concealed the fact that Ying Qingcang was at home today, she realized that both Ah Che and Young Master Shen were on the side of Ying Qingcang. She had also thought to turn to Qianqian and Zhang Mi, but both of them had to study. What"s more, they could not always fix their eyes on that circle. With more thoughts, Xin Qing found only Chen Ming could help her on this matter.
Everything had been arranged. Xin Qing refused the request that Shi Qianqian and Zhang Mi would come to see her off. Xin Qing said she did not want to cry at the airport. When she pa.s.sed the security check and got ready to board, she realized that she did not want them to see her crying.
It was the luxurious first-cla.s.s ticket, which Shi Qianqian had reserved for her. After settling down, Xin Qing wore an eyepatch, unwilling to let people see her red and swollen eyes. She sensed someone sit beside her, but paid no more attention to it. And then, a familiar voice rang.
"Xiao Qingqing!"