The elevator went down once again, leaving only Qiao Moyu and Ye Peicheng in the hallway.
The atmosphere once again warmed up. Qiao Moyu's nose was filled with Ye Peicheng's clear and clean scent.
She felt a bit uncomfortable, so she twisted her body a bit.
Ye Peicheng also loosed Qiao Moyu by a bit. He lowered his head to look at the girl in his arms. Her cheeks were tinted red, her makeup-less face clean and pure, her eyes looking up at him. She seemed to be a bit muddled, and slightly at a loss. With that view presented before him, his heart skipped a beat and he couldn't help but lean down and give her a kiss on the cheek
After that, he finally let her go and smoothed down her messy hair, saying: "I have the walnut to my father. He wanted me to tell you that when you have the time, to please come visit my house."
Qiao Moyu felt uncertain. Why did Father Ye invite her to his house?
She had sent walnut to him because, as Ye Peicheng had said so before, his father believed in superstition. Therefore, she predicted that after receiving the walnuts, Father Ye would take the initiative to go find her because he could not understand the symbols engraved on the walnuts. Then, she could make up a story to have him avoid going on the plane a month later, thereby avoiding the airplane crash.
She didn't think that Father Ye was so into feudal superstition that he had actually invited her to his house!
Moreover, he could have just called her to talk about it! Yet, Father Ye had actually attached so much importance to it that he asked Ye Peicheng relay the message in person!
"Oh." Qiao Moyu acknowledged his words with a bit of guilt in her heart. Actually, she didn't know how to calculate people's futures. She only knew some things because of the original book's plot!
Ye Peicheng, hearing Qiao Moyu's unclear answer, thought that she was afraid of meeting his parents. Therefor, he tried to reassure her: "Little Moyu, don't worry. My father only wants to thank you for the walnut, there is no other meaning. It has nothing to do with our relationship, so don't feel stressed!"
How can there be no pressure? What if he asks her about his house's feng shui layout? She wouldn't be able to say a word! Wouldn't this ruin the reputation of her Spiritual Void Sect?
However, there was no way Qiao Moyu could tell Ye Peicheng about these troubles. She only nodded her head: "Okay, then I will go after I finish filming tomorrow!" The earlier she goes, the earlier she can get it over with!
"Bring Luo Luo with you too." Ye Peicheng added on. "I will go with you to pick him up."
This time, the request was purely of his own volition. By taking Luo Luo, Qiao Moyu can show her good-naturedness. His father would probably have a better impression of her after seeing that she had adopted an orphan.
Qiao Moyu was not thinking in the direction as Ye Peicheng. She nodded and replied: "En, I got it. Everyone in the Taoist school has to be there! However, should we wear the Taoist robes?"
"..." Ye Peicheng felt a headache and rubbed his temples: "No need!"
He patted Qiao Moyu's head: "I am leaving now. You should rest early."
Qiao Moyu nodded, her lips pulled up in a smile and her eyes forming crescents: "Mhm."
Ye Peicheng's adam's apple bobbed, and he wanted to kiss her again. However, he then thought that he shouldn't push too far, so he only dropped a sentence before leaving. "Give me a reply within three days."
Ye Peicheng went downstairs, but he didn't continue down to the underground parking lot. Instead, he went to the property management office...
Qiao Moyu thought that she would have trouble falling asleep because of all of the things that had happened today; however, it turned that she was able to sleep once she hit the pillow.
She was woken up by the alarm the next morning. When she turned on her phone, several consecutive dings alerted her of unread notifications.
Qiao Moyu was confused, so she opened up Weibo and discovered that she was in the hot search rankings.
[Xing Group's Ceo, Xing Yichen, visited female star Qiao Moyu at night. After being rejected, he still didn't leave]
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[Xing Group's Ceo, Xing Yichen, visited female star Qiao Moyu at night. After being rejected, he still didn't leave]
Following that line, there were several photos attached to the post. All of them were screenshots of surveillance camera footage of Xing Yichen standing by himself in front of Qiao Moyu's door, or of him in the underground parking lot.
In the photos, Xing Yichen looks like he's trying to see someone, but the other party didn't come out. However, he was still unwilling to leave, so he continued waiting outside the door.
Throughout the series of photos, Xing Yichen stayed alone the entire time, and Qiao Moyu's door remained closed. There was nothing indicating that she had ever opened the door.
Weibo's hot search displayed "Xing Yichen's Changed Feelings" , "Qiao Ruohuan Keeps Watch Over Empty Room", "Xiang Wang's Feeling Toward Goddess Dashed", "Qiao Moyu Unafraid of Pressure" etc. Out of the ten hot search inquiries, half of them were occupied by her news!
Qiao Moyu was slightly confused. Where did these screenshots come from? Also, she had clearly opened the door for him yesterday. Ye Peicheng was there too, so how come he didn't show up in any of the photos?
She took another look at the screenshots, and her heart suddenly moved: Was Ye Peicheng the one who posted these?
Only photos of Xing Yichen alone remained. This not only gave a slap to Xing Yichen's face; when Qiao Ruohuan sees such photos, what would she think?
Probably, Xing Yichen had not shed pretenses with Qiao Ruohuan yet. Now, in the face of her boyfriend's suspected change of feeling, would she be able to swallow it down? Would it cause the two parties to start fighting each other?
Qiao Moyu felt that in the original book, when Ye Peicheng was brought up, the author didn't elaborate much, so she didn't know a lot about his personality. But looking at it now, it seemed like Ye Peicheng was a very cunning person! Was this his retaliation at Xing Yichen for interrupting their kiss last night?
Just as she was thinking that, her cell phone rang. Ye Peicheng was calling.
She picked up the phone and listened: "Little Moyu, have you seen the news yet?"
"En, I saw." Qiao Moyu asked: "Your work?"
"Yeah." Ye Peicheng candidly replied: "I asked the property manager for permission to look at the surveillance camera footage, sent out the useful parts, and deleted the rest. You don't have to worry about anything. About Qiao Ruohuan, there is even less of a need for you to worry. I will protect you. If you have anything, remember to tell me. There is no need to take care of everything by yourself, okay?"
Qiao Moyu: "Okay, got it."
Anyways, the situation doesn't really affect her that much. Also, a falling out between Xing Yichen and Qiao Ruohuan would make the original owner of the body very happy.
Yesterday, when he came at night to find her, it was probably because he wasn't 100% sure about the matter. He probably hadn't even brought it up with Qiao Ruohuan yet before coming over.
Later, while Qiao Moyu was reading, she discovered that the Xing Group and the Qiao Group were prepared to work together on a relatively large project. The starting capital was two hundred million. Therefore, that was probably the reason why Xing Yichen had not tore down Qiao Ruohuan's face yet.
Then, after the pictures exposed on Weibo, the state of that collaboration would become unknown!
Everything was as Qiao Moyu guessed. At this moment, a fight was breaking out in Xing Yichen's villa!
Last night, Qiao Ruohuan had slept at Xing Yichen's house. In the evening, Xing Yichen told her that he was going out to talk to a client, and that he would be back later.
At that time, she didn't think too much about it. She didn't realize something was wrong until she saw the news this morning!
Xing Yicheng had the habit of buying newspapers and reading them every morning. So, after Qiao Ruohuan woke up, she habitually went to the mailbox to retrieve today's newspaper, ready to flip to the entertainment section.
Who knew, once she opened it, she immediately saw her own name printed in it, with talk about how the collaboration between Xing and the Qiao Group was going to fall through.
Feeling confused, she flipped to the entertainment section. After one look, her entire body seemed to be lit on fire!
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In the photo, Xing Yichen was wearing the same clothes as the ones he left his villa in. He was standing in front of Qiao Moyu's door, and the timeline showed that he waited there for 20 minutes, even though the other party did not open the door!
Qiao Ruohuan threw the newspaper on the table, her normal gentle aura dispersing: "Brother Yichen, didn't you say that you were going to meet a customer yesterday? Is Qiao Moyu your customer? Ha, how came I didn't know that you suddenly had business dealings with her?!"
Xing Yichen saw the screenshot this morning and knew that he had been played by Ye Peicheng. Just as he was feeling vexed about the matter, he received a call from his father asking if he had been fighting with the Qiao Family at this critical juncture, causing him to be unhappy.
At this moment, hearing Qiao Ruohuan's biting sarcasm, his eyes cooled: "Where I go is not a matter that you have the power to interfere with!"
When had Xing Yichen ever said such fierce words to Qiao Ruohuan? Her face changed, and her chest surged with anger: "Did you become attracted to that cheap face? Ha, in the past, didn't you say that if she stripped in front of you, you would not be willing to look at her? Finally. she stopped caring for you, and now you think she's great? Waiting at someone's door like that, even I feel ashamed!"
After Xing Yichen heard her words, his eyes turned turbulent. His entire person seemed to be an active volcano on the verge of exploding. Every sentence that Qiao Ruohuan spoke rubbed at his wounds, reminding him of what he saw yesterday. Reminding him of Ye Peicheng and Qiao Moyu kissing, and of Qiao Moyu nestled in Ye Peichen's arms.
That originally should have been his position, yet it was taken away by another man!
"Qiao Ruohuan, my patience is limited. Go scram!" Xing Yichen hadn't even revealed the case of Qiao Ruohuan's trickery and replacement action yet, since his old man had told him over the phone to retain reason.
Although the Xing Group is much richer than the Qiao's, the cooperation would still provide them with many benefits. The Qiao's have patented some of the best technology out there, so the Xing Group's best choice is still them.
Not only that, the early stages of the cooperation have already started. If they rush to terminate it, then the Xing Group's stock would fall sharply.
His hands were tightly fisted together. Because of that, he was able to restrain himself from making any irrational movements.
However, in the past, Xing Yichen really had spoiled Qiao Ruohuan a lot. Once she heard him say "scram", she jumped to her feet. "Xing Yichen, are you going to act like this toward me? At that time I was only 13 years old, yet I risked my life to save you from that fire. Are you going to act like this toward your life-saving benefactor?"
If she didn't bring up that incident, then it would have been just fine. However, once she brought that up, the entire aura around Xing Yichen changed.
The large villa was scarily quiet. Xing Yichen's eyes were filled with hate as he walked step by step to Qiao Ruohuan.
Qiao Ruohuan was scared by his aura, and couldn't help retreating.
"Qiao Ruohuan, before you turned 14 years old, you had never even left your village. How would you be able to save me?" Xing Yichen's voice was very light, but it was like ice stabbing into Qiao Ruohuan's heart.
She faced his cold gaze, and her heart trembled: "Oh, haven't I said so before? When I was 13 years old, I had followed a craftsman out of the village. It's just that he isn't there anymore, so there are no witnesses. If you don't me, then I can't do anything about it either!"
"Really?" Xing Yichen raised Qiao Ruohuan's chin: "Ruohuan, sometimes I really have to admire you acting ability! I plan to raise you up to become a Film Empress, what do you think?"
Qiao Ruohuan felt that Xing Yichen was much more scarier than before, and that she could not decipher the true meaning of his words.
Qiao Ruohuan moved her lips. With a probing tone, she asked: "Brother Yichen, what do you mean?"
"Nothing." Xing Yichen stared at Qiao Ruohuan and put on a smile that wasn't quite a smile: "I just want to ask you, if one person steals the happiness of another, what should be done in return?"