"Grandpa!" Xin Qing finally realized and said with a grin. "Grandpa, I didn"t know that we"re going to see you, so I didn"t bring any gift. What do you like? I"ll send it to you when I get back." The old man"s eyes lightened at these words but said, "What good things can you have? I have all the precious things here."
"So you don"t have to send him anything." Ying Qingcang sneered.
Obviously, Xin Qing was more approachable than his grandson. He kept asking different questions to Xin Qing, throwing a glance at Ying Qingcang occasionally. When he saw Ying Qingcang stare at him with a black face, he became even more excited and insisted on having them for dinner.
"We need to catch the plane. We don"t have the time." Ying Qingcang refused.
The old man wore a cold smile and looked at him, saying, "You fly by private commercial plane. You"re not in a hurry at all. Besides, I"m inviting Xin Qing to dinner. If you don"t want to eat, just wait at the door." After saying this, he turned to Xin Qing, "Let"s go and have dinner."
During the meal, the old man and Ying Qingcang kept sneering at each other and tried to kill each other with eyes. When Xin Qing finished the meal, the old man sent her to the door. He prepared a large pile of boxes as gifts for her, and implicitly reminded her to send him gifts.
When they boarded the plane, Xin Qing was still smiling. Ying Qingcang pinched her cheek and asked, "Why are you smiling?"
"Your grandpa is so cute!" Xin Qing looked at him, "You shouldn"t treat him like that. That was not his fault."
Ying Qingcang turned his face aside and watched the grey sky. After a while, his voice came, "If he didn"t fancy himself clever and do that in the interest of the family, the tragedy could have been avoided."
Xin Qing knew that he blamed Ying Hao and grandpa for his parents" unhappy marriage and his childhood accident. This was normal. People always tried to find an excuse for their misfortune or an object to blame so that they would still carry hope for life.
She put her arms around Ying Qingcang"s waist and comforted him, "It"s long gone. Forget it!"
"Let"s do something to divert attention!" Ying Qingcang turned around and held her. Xin Qing pushed him away and stared at him, saying, "My period is coming and I"m sore all over." Ying Qingcang quickly put down the chair for her to lie down and covered her with a quilt. "Have some sleep then. When you wake up, we"re there!"
Because of the time difference, when they landed in S City, it was already near midnight. Young Master Shen knew they came back today and called them to have a midnight snack. But when they were about to go, Xin Qing"s period came. It hurt so much that she had to stay at home. Ying Qingcang felt distressed everytime he saw her pressed her stomach and groan with a pale face. He took Aunt Tian"s advice and decided to take Xin Qing to see a traditional Chinese doctor.
When Xin Qing"s period was gone, school just began!
"Ah! Xin Qing!" Zhang Mi was so happy to see Xin Qing in the dormitory. She jumped to her and said, "Let me see! You seem to become more beautiful after returning from Britain!"
Xin Qing was happy to see her, too. But hearing this, she immediately thought of something and looked at her angrily, "Since you mention, why did you suddenly disappear? I remember you said your father asked you to learn Chinese painting."
"Ah! It was with some cla.s.smates from high school. A quick decision." Zhang Mi blinked her eyes and quickly changed the topic, "Qianqian hasn"t come back yet. Will she change the dorm since she transferred to another school?"
Xin Qing was about to say no when she saw Shi Qianqian walking in from the door.
"I won"t change the dorm, but I won"t live in the university anymore." She was carrying a small suitcase. "Mimi, you"d better apply for day-school as well, or you"ll be living here alone."
Zhang Mi pressed her chest and pretended to be hurt. She pointed at them and said, "You... You... You value s.e.x before friends and deserted me to be with your men."
"I didn"t plan to live at home. After all, I just transferred to a new school and there"s so much to learn. But..." Shi Qianqian sneered and continued, "There"s a strange woman in my house. If I don"t go back, she will take my place!"
Zhang Mi and Xin Qing exchanged a look and asked, "What happened? Your brother-in-law find another woman?"
"It"s his mother. She said the daughter of her friend returned from overseas studies and came to play in S City, asking him to treat her well."
Xin Qing had arranged her books. She dusted off her hands and asked, "Will it be so simple?"
"Of course. Otherwise, why did she have to live in our house?"
"Did you brother-in-law agree?" Zhang Mi believed as a man, he should stand up against it.
Shi Qianqian curled her lips and said with a foxy smile, "Of course he didn"t. But I agreed."
"How do you plan to kill that woman..." Seeing her expression, Xin Qing knew that she was ready to go to war.
Shi Qianqian leaned against the bed and said, "I didn"t care about that woman. I want to kill Ding Lei"s mother!"
Xin Qing and Zhang Mi quivered. Ding Lei must not know this side of her when he was not around. Xin Qing remembered the way Ding Lei looked at Shi Qianqian, as if she was as soft and weak as a white flower. If she could behave like Shi Qianqian, she wouldn"t have been hurt by Ying Qingcang everytime.
Xin Qing had nearly completed her courses for the senior year. So she chose some courses on foreign art and French, preparing for her study abroad next year.
Since there was not much pressure in study, she had no cla.s.ses in the afternoon. Then she thought of finding a wife for Le Le. After a long search on the internet, she found they all required a studbook. She didn"t know about Le Le"s bloodline and a studbook was nowhere to be made.
Ying Qingcang had promised to take care of this. But what he did was having a dozen dogs sent from the pet store. Le Le didn"t even take a look. At weekend, Ah Che came to pick her up to the company. Zhang Mi suddenly called. She said that a very famous women salon just opened a pet world and asked if Xin Qing would like to take Le Le there.
"It requires membership. My old man definitely wouldn"t apply that for me. Ask your man to apply for a membership, or we can"t get in."
Hanging up the phone, Xin Qing thought for a second and asked Ah Che, who was still driving, "Have you ever heard of the club, Golden World? Is their membership expensive?" But she quickly regretted and said to herself, "Why do I ask you? A man definitely doesn"t know."
Ah Che curled his lips and said, "Miss, I haven"t heard of that club. But I"m sure you must be a member."
"Eh!" Xin Qing was stunned. "Then how come I don"t know?"
"Because you"ve never checked your card holder." Ah Che said to her through the rearview mirror helplessly. "The young master applied for your credit cards, as well as different membership cards. Have you ever checked?"
Xin Qing chuckled. She had never used the credit card and didn"t know where the card holder was. When she came back home in the evening and checked the card holder, she found the membership card. So she gave a call to Zhang Mi happily and decided to go together the next day.
The second morning, Ying Qingcang dragged her and refused to let go. Xin Qing had to bribe him with her body. When he was satisfied, she took Le Le for the date.
Zhang Mi was already waiting at the door. As soon as she saw her, she said, "It"s a pity that Qianqian has to make up for the cla.s.ses and can"t make it." She took a glance at Le Le and continued, "Let"s give Le Le a bath first to make it look handsome!"
This women salon mainly provided service on hairdressing, fitness and image design. Perhaps because ladies and girls here liked to keep pets, so they came up with the idea and opened a new program on pets.
Xin Qing took Le Le into the pet world. It had a little bow tied around the neck and a handsome beret on the head. Seeing that Xin Qing was so nervous, Zhang Mi patted her and said, "Relax. Le Le is not in a hurry at all. Let"s sit here and let it play with others."
However, Xin Qing heard a scream very soon, "Where does this rural dog come from? Don"t touch my Comi!" Xin Qing and Zhang Mi were chatting. Hearing the sound, they looked over and saw a woman dressed in style. She was kicking Le Le. Xin Qing ran over quickly and pushed her away.
The woman was about to shout at the girl in front of her. But her friend beside stopped her and said, "Calm down. Look at her clothes. They are all limited new style. She must be a daughter in a rich family."
"How can you tell our Le Le is a rural dog?" Zhang Mi wouldn"t let go and began to shout at her, "Your dog looks like a guinea pig. How dare you laugh at us? Which leg did you use to kick Le Le? I"ll break it!"
The two women dared not to make a sound when they saw Xin Qing"s clothes. But when Zhang Mi shouted at them like that, they were about to cry. Their quarrel attracted too many pairs of eyes. Suddenly, someone called Xin Qing.
"Xin Qing?"
She hadn"t heard the voice for so long. Xin Qing was examing Le Le and was surprised at the sound. She turned around and saw Xin Yudie standing at the door. Zhang Mi was also very surprised and asked in a low voice, "Is she pregnant?"
"It looks like so." Xin Qing noticed Xin Yudie"s bulging belly.
Xin Yudie was about to go and talk with Xin Qing when two other women rushed in. The one in the back was pregnant.
"Yudie!" Zhao Jiali shouted in surprise.
Xin Qing"s eyes were on the pregnant woman. Lin Xiaoyu saw her, but she bit her lips and didn"t say a word.
"Gee, does she change her nature? How she liked to show off before!" Zhang Mi dragged Xin Qing to the door. She enjoyed watching a scene.
Zhao Jiali hadn"t seen Xin Yudie for a long time, and she didn"t expect to see her here when she came to apply for the refund. Now she wouldn"t let her go no matter what. She was complaining to Xin Yudie in tears when she saw Xin Qing walking over. She wiped her tears quickly and said in a pretentious voice.
"Yudie, now that you"re pregnant, I should move to your place and take care of you!"
Lin Xiaoyu wouldn"t allow that. When the Xin family knew that she was carrying a girl, their att.i.tude toward her became worse and worse.
"Mother, I"m about to give birth. How can you leave me behind. You"d better take me with you!" She knew that Xin Yudie was living a comfortable life under someone"s support.
Xin Yudie sneered at Zhao Jiali and then turned her eyes to Lin Xiaoyu"s belly, saying, "It seems that the Xin family can"t have the next generation."
"What do you mean?" Lin Xiaoyu held her belly and continued, "This is a girl. So what? Haoyu and I are still young, we can have boys in the future!"
Xin Yudie laughed out loud and said, "Have boys? Hehe, who is going to help you give birth to a boy? My brother"s thing doesn"t work anymore. Who are you going to have boys with?"
"What do you mean? What are you talking about?" Lin Xiaoyu asked in panic.