Xiao Nanchen sat in his wheelchair coming out from his room, just to hear Xia Qiqi screaming hysterically in her own room.
It was a desperate scream.
Xiao Qiang frowned, looking at Xiao Nanchen, "Did she take the wrong medicine?!"
Xiao Nanchen didn't give his mom any explanation either, because Xia Qiqi couldn't accept that they had slept in the same bed last night.
He changed the topic, "What brought you here?"
"I came back from my trip last night and came to see you first thing in the morning today, to see if Xia Qiqi has bullied you." Xiao Qiang said directly, then laughed, "Didn't expect you two to progress faster than I imagined."
"No, Qiqi got drunk last night, nothing you imagined happened." Xiao Nanchen explained.
He didn't want his mom to really misunderstand either.
"She can get into your bed when drunk, it proves she's not as guarded against you." Xiao Qiang said, "I knew Xia Qiqi would like you someday."
Xiao Nanchen smiled bitterly.
This was really hard to say.
"If she doesn't like you, then she must be blind."
"What mother praises her son like this." Xiao Nanchen said helplessly, "Besides, I'm disabled now."
"Even disabled, you're still much better than average people." Xiao Qiang asserted.
After all, mothers would always think their sons are the best.
Xiao Nanchen didn't want to discourage his mom either.
The two chatted for a while.
Xia Qiqi suddenly came out from her room.
She had changed into going-out clothes and put on makeup, looking in pretty good spirits.
Worlds apart from the woman who was so desperate to bang her head earlier.
At this moment, she seemed to have turned back into that pretentious woman with no actual harm.
"Miss Xia." Le Ling saw her walk out of her room and hurried to stop her, "About what happened this morning, I really didn't mean it. It was because Madam came and I wanted to wake up Young Master so I disturbed you guys. I didn't know you two slept in the same bed last night. If I had known, I would never have entered without knocking..."
Xia Qiqi had told herself to forget about it already.
Didn't she say, as long as she wasn't embarrassed, it would be embarrassing for others?!
Was this Le Ling deliberately not letting her off easy?!
"Shut your mouth." Xia Qiqi yelled at Le Ling fiercely.
Le Ling didn't dare to speak anymore.
She also knew not to mess with Miss Xia.
So she wanted to explain.
Without even looking at them, Xia Qiqi walked straight to the door.
She really didn't want to stay in this house for another minute.
"Xia Qiqi." Xiao Qiang called her to stop, "Where are you going?!"
"None of your business!" Xia Qiqi didn't care about Xiao Qiang either.
"You!"
Xiao Nanchen held back his mother.
Xiao Qiang was truly frustrated.
She looked unpleasantly at Xia Qiqi as she walked out the door and slammed it shut fiercely.
She seemed even angrier than Xia Qiqi herself.
Xia Qiqi was truly furious.
Why did Xiao Qiang come yelling at her like this?!
Who did she think she was?!
Xia Qiqi drove away from the complex in anger.
She didn't really know where to go either, she just didn't want to stay home, didn't want to see Xiao Qiang and her son Xiao Nanchen.
She drove aimlessly on the streets.
In broad daylight, where could she go?!
Night clubs weren't even open yet.
At the moment she was utterly bored.
The phone suddenly rang and she looked at the caller ID, then picked up, "Nuan Nuan."
"You actually woke up this early today?"
"If not for Xiao Nanchen messing it up."
"What happened?" An Nuan asked, very interested.
"Nothing much, what did you call me for?" Xia Qiqi didn't want to say another word about it.
After all nothing really happened.
She would forget about it right away.
"I think it's time you go to work." An Nuan went straight to the point without beating around the bush.
"What?!" Xia Qiqi rejected the idea completely.
"Are you planning to be like this your whole life?"
"Anyway I don't want a job. Just thinking that I have to get up early every day and then spend the whole day in some boring office, I can't stand it."
"So you're planning to freeload forever?" An Nuan raised her brows.
Xia Qiqi pursed her lips.
Freeloading was certainly not a nice word after all.
"Let's not talk about before. When you were with Nie Ziming you could rely on him since he was helping your dad manage Xiahui Bank. But now you've married Xiao Nanchen already. You've seen his situation too. He certainly can't go work at Xiahui Bank for now. So eventually Xiahui Bank still has to rely on you."
"I still have a chance with Nie Ziming." Xia Qiqi said bluntly.
"How's that possible?" Even An Nuan's tone changed.
She knew Xia Qiqi wasn't over Nie Ziming yet of course, but hearing it from Xia Qiqi's own mouth still made her a little unhappy.
"Anyway, sooner or later I'll divorce Xiao Nanchen."
"Qiqi!" An Nuan was clearly very serious. "The more you hurt Xiao Nanchen now, the more you'll regret it later. I advise you to be a little kinder to Xiao Nanchen."
"Who's the one hurting who here?! If not for Xiao Nanchen snatching my love like this, I would have married Nie Ziming and lived happily now."
"Happy my ass!" An Nuan suddenly cursed.
She was obviously really agitated now.
Xia Qiqi was also a little surprised by An Nuan's cursing.
An Nuan had always been reasonable and educated, she would never talk like this.
After taking a deep breath to adjust her emotions, An Nuan said, "If I wasn't holding back for Xiao Nanchen's sake, I would tell you everything."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, go to work at Xiahui Bank right now. Stop playing around all day. When your family assets someday fall into someone else's hands, I'd like to see you with no tears left crying then!"
After that.
An Nuan fiercely hung up the phone.
She felt it was useless talking to Xia Qiqi.
Xia Qiqi's mind was still filled with wanting to be with Nie Ziming.
She had no time to think about work at all.
She thought an extreme approach might be needed.
Sometimes this Xia Qiqi woman also responded better to force than softness.
She called Xia Zheng Hai.
He picked up over there, "Nuan Nuan."
His tone was very gentle.
Xia Zheng Hai truly liked An Nuan a lot.
And would often doubt life because of An Nuan.
They were both girls, both people's daughters.
Why could there be such a huge gap between Xia Qiqi and An Nuan!
"Uncle, I called because I want to discuss with you about making Qiqi go to work at Xiahui Bank."
"Speaking of which, it makes my head hurt too. Qiqi is just so unpredictable."
"I thought about it. Persuasion is definitely useless. We can only force her now."
"Forcing doesn't work either. Qiqi just doesn't fear my threats at all."
"No, uncle just hasn't tried the right methods."
"Do you have any good suggestions?" Xia Zheng Hai asked hurriedly.
"Cancel all of Qiqi's cards and leave her with no money to spend. Then tell her the company pays out wages every month. If she doesn't work, she'll truly have not a cent." An Nuan said bluntly.
"This..." Xia Zheng Hai was still hesitant. "Won't it make the relationship between father and daughter even more distant?"
"Have you two ever been close?" An Nuan asked back.
Xia Zheng Hai spat blood.
He was clearly told straight out by An Nuan.
