Because the voice was so familiar, Qi Huan didn’t even have to turn around to guess who it was.
The pine wood scent approached her. Qu Jianshen came to a stop next to her and did not even glance at Xu Muqing but looked down at Qi Huan. His voice was even more gentle like water, “It’s over? I’ll take you back.”
Qi Huan, however, looked at him in surprise, “How did you know I was here?”
“I came by the way.” Qu Jianshen replied in a very calm manner.
He paused slightly, then smiled again, “I didn’t expect you to be here too. Didn’t you say you didn’t want to come to Star Lake Hotel?”
Qi Huan pursed the corners of her lips, feeling a sense of being hit in the face, and then explained, “Originally, I didn’t want to come, ah. But then other people chose this hotel, so I couldn’t not come in. This doesn’t count as my initiative to come.”
Xu Muqing narrowed his eyes slightly when he saw the two of them chatting like no one was watching. Then he looked at Qu Jianshen with a critical gaze and asked, “Huanhuan, who is this?”
This intimate address also caused Qu Jianshen’s eyes to darken slightly.
Qi Huan first introduced Xu Muqing to Qu Jianshen, saying, “This is Xu Muqing. He is my senior from university.”
Afterwards, he introduced Qu Jianshen and said, “This is Qu Jianshen. He is my…… friend.”
“A good friend since childhood.” Qu Jianshen followed and then added, “Also, me and her ……”
But the words hadn’t finished. Qi Huan had already pulled Qu Jianshen to the side. She whispered a warning, “If you dare to say anything further, I’ll really never speak to you again!”
Qu Jianshen raised his eyebrows and returned, “Then let me send you back, or I’ll say it now.”
“Send, send send, let you send.” Qi Huan was confused. Was it necessary to be so enthusiastic about something like being a driver?
The two forgot about Xu Muqing again and conversed quietly.
When Qi Huan reacted, she also hurriedly apologised to Xu Muqing, “Sorry senior, it’s so late. You’d better go back first. I still have to wait for Xia Xia, so I’ll just let him drop me off then.”
The corners of Qu Jianshen’s lips smiled as he leaned towards Qi Huan.
Xu Muqing caught a glimpse of this action and the corners of his lips followed suit, “There are many people today. Then, next time I will invite you to dinner alone.”
“I should be the one to invite Senior to dinner.” Qi Huan said hurriedly.
Xu Muqing smiled faintly, “Okay, let’s meet at another time.”
After Qi Huan watched Xu Muqing leave, she turned around and saw Qu Jianshen’s slightly dark expression, causing her to freeze.
“What’s wrong with you?” She asked in confusion.
Qu Jianshen asked in a low tone, “Do you know him well? And to have dinner together?”
Qi Huan felt a little puzzled but still answered patiently, “He was my senior in college, and he still taught me photography. Since he’s back in China, it’s only right for me to treat him to a meal as a thank you.”
Qu Jianshen felt a little sour in his teeth. If he had studied at university in China back then, maybe everything would have been different.
Qi Huan didn’t continue the conversation. She glanced at the time and noticed that Jiang Ruixia had taken too long to go to the bathroom.
A hint of doubt crossed the bottom of her eyes, and she quickly said, “I’ll go find Xia Xia. You wait for me here.”
After saying that, she went in the direction of the washroom.
***
Jiang Ruixia encountered Fang Yuanhang when she came out of the washroom. She was ready to treat him as air and simply bypass him, but this man ended up blocking her way.
“Good dogs don’t block the way.” She said in a cold voice.
Fang Yuanhang smiled, not at all moved by the words, “Xia Xia, we haven’t seen each other for a long time. Is there a need to be so heartless?”
Jiang Ruixia coldly refused, “We have nothing to talk about; get out of the way.”
But Fang Yuanhang stopped her again, “Xia Xia, how long has it been since that incident? It’s been three years since Yali and I broke up. There’s no need to be so angry with me, right?”
Jiang Ruixia clasped her arms and looked at him with cold eyes, then mocked out, “That’s why I said there is a difference between humans and animals. Humans know shame, but animals don’t.”
“No way. There can’t really be people who think they’re honourable for cheating, right?” Jiang Ruixia looked at him with sarcasm in her eyes, “But you wouldn’t even try to shine in front of me if you wanted to have face.”
Fang Yuanhang smiled abruptly and looked at Jiang Ruixia and said, “You dressed up so beautifully today just to see me, and now you’re saying such angry things. You actually still like me at heart, right?”
Jiang Ruixia:?
She had never seen such a shameless thing before.
Adhering to the principle of not talking to brain-damaged people, Jiang Ruixia didn’t even bother to look at him and was ready to walk away from him.
Who knew, Fang Yuanhang grabbed her wrist again, “I’m single now, do we can start over.”
Jiang Ruixia couldn’t help but scold him, “Are you sick? Let go!”
Fang Yuanhang held on tightly and just wouldn’t let go.
When Qi Huan came over, she happened to see this confrontation. With a frown at the tip of her eyebrows, she rushed over like an arrow.
She squeezed her finger bones and didn’t give Fang Yuanhang time to react. She directly squeezed his wrist and threw him to the side.
Fang Yuanhang didn’t expect Qi Huan to suddenly intervene, and he didn’t expect Qi Huan’s hand to be so strong that it pinched his bones.
He said angrily, “Qi Huan, this is between me and Xia Xia. What does it have to do with you!”
Qi Huan ignored Fang Yuanhang and checked Jiang Ruixia up and down to make sure she wasn’t hurt before she felt relieved.
“Are you alright?”
“I’m fine.”
When Fang Yuanhang saw that both of them were ignoring him, he became irritated and raised his fist towards Qi Huan.
While Qi Huan’s back was turned to Fang Yuanhang, she didn’t notice it, but Jiang Ruixia’s pupils shrank. She was just about to help Qi Huan stop it when she realised that Fang Yuanhang’s fist had stopped a few centimetres away from Qi Huan.
Then he couldn’t take another step forward.
Qu Jianshen’s eyebrows were cold. Even his voice sounded like it contained ice dregs. “You have a lot of guts.”
Fang Yuanhang wanted to break free, but found that his hand was being squeezed by Qu Jianshen, so he could not move at all. When he looked at Qu Jianshen’s eyes again, he felt a chill spreading up his spine.
Jiang Ruixia looked at Qu Jianshen at that moment, and then her eyes flickered between him and Qi Huan. A trace of surprise passed through her eyes.
Qi Huan also hurriedly turned around when she heard the sound, and was a little surprised to see that Qu Jianshen had come over. Then she saw Fang Yuanhang’s sneaky pose.
She frowned and said, “You people are also shameless to the extreme.”
Jiang Ruixia pulled Qi Huan to the side, then looked at Fang Yuanhang in disgust, “I admit that I was blind at first, and I also hope that you won’t be so confident. After all, I’m sick to my stomach at the sight of you now.”
Fang Yuanhang’s face turned pale, and he was about to speak when Qu Jianshen waved his hand away.
“First floor bathroom.” Qu Jianshen called towards the security room.
Fang Yuanhang was alarmed that something was wrong and hurriedly questioned, “What do you want?”
Within a moment, the hotel manager came over with the security guard.
“President Qu.” The manager shouted, respectfully.
Qu Jianshen casually swept a glance at Fang Yuanhang and said, “Ask this gentleman to leave, and by the way, blacklist him from the hotel.”
Fang Yuanhang’s face turned pale. Only then did he realise who he had provoked.
Jiang Ruixia was relieved to see Fang Yuanhang being taken away by the security guards, and then she thanked the two of them, “Thank you.”
Qi Huan smiled and said, “What kind of relationship are we? What’s there to thank for?”
***
In the car.
Jiang Ruixia started spouting off Fang Yuanhang’s oddball quotes to Qi Huan.
“Do you know what he said? That I dressed up so beautifully today just to meet him, that I still like him, and that I should start over with him.” Jiang Ruixia looked like she wanted to throw up, “He must have gone to work in some oil field.”
Qi Huan couldn’t help but frown, “He’s really good at brainstorming.”
“Listen to me, Sister Huan. You must avoid such men when you meet them in the future.” Jiang Ruoxia couldn’t help but instruct.
Qi Huan nodded, “I know.”
But then she couldn’t help but worry, “Will Fang Yuanhang continue to look for you?”
“No, I know him. He’s a wimp.” Jiang Ruixia shook her head, “I guess he won’t even dare to appear in front of me again.”
At that, Qi Huan also let go of her worries, “That’s good.”
“Right, when did Senior Xu leave? Did you have a good chat with him?” Jiang Ruixia immediately gossiped.
The original Qu Jianshen, who was driving, didn’t care, but at this time he couldn’t help but prick up his ears in earnest.
Qi Huan pursed her lips and replied, “We talked for a while, and the senior said we’d have dinner together next time.”
“That’s not very good!” Jiang Ruixia said, and quietly glanced at Qu Jianshen, who was driving in front of her, “Senior has been taking care of you so much since college, teaching you photography and even sending you a camera before leaving the country. You should take him around Xichuan, not to mention have a meal.”
As soon as the words left his mouth, Qu Jianshen slammed on the brakes.
Qi Huan and Jiang Ruixia’s bodies fell straight forward due to inertia, but luckily there were seat belts to avoid hitting the back of the seat directly.
“Qu Jianshen, do you know how to drive?” Qi Huan was startled and couldn’t help but say.
“Red light.” Qu Jianshen replied briefly.
Jiang Ruixia, on the other hand, looked at the two of them with amusement, as if she had discovered a new world.
***
When they arrived outside Jiang Ruixia’s neighbourhood, Qu Jianshen stopped the car.
After waving goodbye to Jiang Ruixia, Qi Huan looked at Qu Jianshen, “Let’s go.”
As a result, Qu Jianshen didn’t move at all.
“Why aren’t you going?” Qi Huan was puzzled.
Qu Jianshen turned around and laughed in exasperation, “Do you really take me as a full-time driver? Take the passenger seat.”
Qi Huan froze, not expecting Qu Jianshen to care about this. She unfastened her seat belt and went to the passenger seat.
Only when Qu Jianshen saw her fasten her seatbelt did he start the car and leave.
“You had to drive me yourself; you’re not just offering to be my driver.” Qi Huan couldn’t help but mutter, “Men are so fickle.”
The words were not too loud or too small, as if to deliberately let Qu Jianshen hear them.
Qu Jianshen laughed in response, “You said that to me on purpose?”
Qi Huan didn’t deny it either, “You have such a good ear.”
“It’s not impossible to be a driver for you.” Qu Jianshen’s lips curled slightly and said, “Whenever you and that senior of yours have dinner together, I can take care of the transportation.”
Qi Huan:?