“Well, you're quite well informed . It has been a while . I haven't agreed, but I also didn't turn him down . ” An Xiaoning darted a glance at him . “Tell me honestly, is there going to be huge manpower changes in our country?”
“I'm just a businessman, how would I know so much? Why don't you ask your own husband, Jin Qingyan?”
“Hmmm… are you going to tell me or not?”
“I'm not very sure too, but I've heard rumors . There's going to be a huge transformation coming up . ” Gu Beicheng picked out the pieces of meat from the pot and placed them into her bowl . “That's what they say, but until it is really confirmed, nobody can say for sure . ”
“That's true . ” An Xiaoning suddenly thought of Ye Xiaotian and asked casually, “You're close to Ye Xiaotian . Are you the same kind as him?”
“Says who?”
“Isn't there a saying: 'birds of the same feather flock together'?” An Xiaoning pouted her lips and responded, “Tell me honestly, you're quite a ruthless person too, aren't you?”
“Quite ruthless, I would say . ” He was still beaming brightly . “Amongst people like us, very few are not ruthless . Don't flatter your husband too much, he's equally ruthless . On the surface, he may seem quite decent, but he's a wolf in sheep's clothing . ”
For some unknown reason, hearing his words, An Xiaoning felt somewhat happy . She did not defend her husband at all . “As long as he's not ruthless towards me, I don't care . ”
“No matter what, you have a family backing you now . Whoever dares to bully you, your brother will stand up for you,” Gu Beicheng remarked frankly . His face was gentle, and his handsome features looked a lot clearer .
“That Ye Xiaotian… does he love his fiancee?”
Gu Beicheng shook his head . An Xiaoning thought he was going to say he didn't know, but he replied firmly, “No, he doesn't . ”
“Then, is it a business marriage? Doesn't seem like it . ”
“Although Bai Ranran's family is rich, it was indeed not a business marriage . Becoming his fiance, and him treating her so well, there's something else behind it . ” Gu Beicheng went on slowly, “But, it's not in your position to know such things . Quick, eat, the food is getting cold . ”
“Tell me what is behind it, you're making me curious,” An Xiaoning asked as she ate .
“Why are you such a gossipmonger today?”
“Well, I love gossiping everyday . It's just that we seldom spend time together, so you didn't know that . ” An Xiaoning continued probing, “What is going on? Tell me . Quick . ”
“Not telling . ” Gu Beicheng still kept to protecting his friend's privacy . “Although we're family, Xiaotian is my good buddy . ”
“Then forget it, I'm not asking anymore . ” An Xiaoning had no choice but to give up . “This is so spicy, women can't eat so much spicy food too often . ”
He could not understand . “Why? Is it easier to get heaty?”
“Yes, women get heaty easily . Then we may easily get female diseases . ”
“Then stick away from spicy food . ”
“It's okay, I'll eat them every meal . ”
Gu Beicheng watched her with contempt . “If you're going to eat them every meal, then why tell me that women should refrain from them?”
“There are two reasons . One, you're not a woman, you don't have to avoid spicy food . Two, I'm just saying it to myself, even though I'm not going to abide by it . ” She covered her mouth as she broke into a laugh . “I love chili so much . Without chili, there's no way I will be able to eat on . ”
“Jin Qingyan is such a failure . He allows you to eat on like that, is that good? You have to limit the amount of chili you eat . ”
“Just criticize me if you want, why do you have to belittle my husband?”
He sighed out loud . “Look at yourself, defending and protecting your husband already . I'm expressing my utmost dissatisfaction . ”
“We're so close already . Come on, I see you've gotten thinner as you've been busy lately . Eat more . ” She stood and picked up more food for him .
Gu Beicheng chuckled . “Xiaoning, you look really good without makeup . ”
“I don't need you to tell me, I've long realized that . ”
The two enjoyed their hotpot merrily while someone was exceptionally upset eating alone at home .
“She didn't say when she would be back?”
“No . ”
Auntie Chen was perplexed . Was there a need to calculate the time when she was just out for a meal?
After Jin Qingyan had eaten, he stood at the entrance of the living room, gazing at the increasing fall of fluffy snow outside .
According to the time Auntie Chen had said, she had just left when he had reached home . It had almost been one hour since she left .
Why would a meal take so long?
Was it an eighteen-course banquet or a table full of delicacies?
Moreover, it was with Gu Beicheng . Although he was his family now, he could not help but feel anxious about this man who harbored other thoughts!
“Babylifewasgoodtomebutyoujustmadeitbetternull, Ilovethewayitstandbymethroughanykindofweathernull…”
He took out his phone and looked . It was a call from Chi Rui'er .
“Hello . ”
“Qingyan, I have something important to tell you . ” She seemed to be on the verge of tears . “Can you come over here?”
“What important thing? Rui'er, it's already night time . ”
“Qingyan, if you don't come in ten minutes, I'll jump down from the top of the floor . Just see!” She hung up immediately .
Jin Qingyan was left with no choice . He called to get his men to watch her properly, then drove over himself .
The car reached the estate Chi Rui'er was living in . He parked the car downstairs and went directly into the lift, which brought him to the unit Chi Rui'er was living in .
The lady who prepares food opened the door .
“Young Master, Ms . Chi is in an emotionally unstable state . I don't know what has upset her . ”
The first thing that came to Jin Qingyan's mind was still about eating the rat meat . He asked, “Is she in her room?”
“Yes . ”
He went forward to open the door . The room was completely dark; not a single light was switched on . Turning on the lights, he saw Chi Rui'er hugging her knees as she sat on the bed, her hair hanging down in a mess . Her face was bare with no makeup on, and she looked haggard .
Upon seeing him, Chi Rui'er ran down from the bed, into his arms .
Jin Qingyan looked at the state she was in and asked gently, “What's wrong?”
“Qingyan, I…” She did not know how to approach the topic .
“Don't tell me you're upset over eating the rat meat?”
“Of course not . ”
“Then what's wrong?”
A sound came from outside suddenly, and the lady who prepares food appeared at the doorway . “Young Master, Ms . Chi's parents are here . ”
Chi Rui'er got worked up immediately . “Get them to leave, I don't want to see them now . ”
“They're already here…”
“Get them to leave immediately! Didn't you hear me?!” Chi Rui'er was extremely agitated and her face was bursting with anger .
Jin Qingyan told the lady, “Just do as she says then . Get her parents to go back . ”
“Yes…”
Seeing that she was standing barefooted on the carpet, he went forward to open the covers . “Sit on the bed . ”
She obediently went into the covers and Jin Qingyan pulled it up properly for her . “Rui'er, I still hope to see that person I knew . That confident and independent Chi Rui'er who does what she likes and does not allow life to slowly ruin her . ”
“But I'm already ruined . ” She looked at him with pitiful eyes . “Qingyan, I had long been ruined . My life was always pitch black, there was never a moment it was bright . ”
He did not know what was wrong with her . “Other than a man, what else do you need now? Don't tell me without men, you can't live?”
Chapter end
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