Qiao Ying had already left for a month.
First Southeast Asia, then Country M.
Now she was in M Continent. Black Water's new headquarters had just been fully completed last month. Qiao Ying went to take a look out of curiosity.
She didn't make it in time. The annual Gladiator Competition had just ended. But the excitement still lingered and Qiao Ying was able to see many new faces.
This trip would take nearly half a month again.
The summer vacation at Capital University was about to pass the halfway point.
In Capital City,
At the Qin family residence.
Early in the morning, Qiao Yi took the dogs out for a walk. Yes, Qin Hanyue had even brought the dogs to the Qin family residence and specially found someone to take care of them.
He happened to run into Sack who had just finished his morning run.
Sack, who was about to return to the villa, stopped in his tracks and went with Qiao Yi to walk the dogs. After staying under one roof for over a month, the two of them were clearly much more at ease with each other.
"Do you go running every morning?" Qiao Yi tried to make small talk.
Although they were quite familiar, they were definitely not yet at the point of chatting and joking around. Qiao Yi felt more relaxed with Qin Hanyue than with Sack. The socially awkward Qiao Yi couldn't help but be tense.
The straightforward Sack replied coldly and awkwardly, "You should exercise more too." There was an implicit disdain.
Qiao Yi's foot had already fully recovered. Now he could run and jump like a normal person.
When he heard Sack's reply, Qiao Yi said without thinking, "Then I'll go running with you tomorrow morning."
After saying that, the somewhat socially anxious Qiao Yi immediately regretted it.
Sack said, "I'll reluctantly bring you along for your sister's sake."
Qiao Yi couldn't help but smile a little at these tsundere words and arrogant tone. Going running together didn't seem so scary after all.
Qiao Yi said, "Then I'll get up earlier tomorrow."
Sack looked at the dispirited Fourth Master on the ground and asked, "When is your sister coming back?"
Sack didn't want to live here.
Although this was the best place he had ever stayed at, Sack, who was born in the wilderness, didn't feel comfortable with the luxury here at all.
He would rather sleep in the car like when he was protecting Qiao Yi outside his school, and eat bread or takeout every day.
Although he knew that Qiao Ying and Qin Hanyue had an unusual relationship, the Nameless Leader had bombed Qin Hanyue's God's Army before.
Living here made Sack feel kind of weird.
Qiao Yi said, "My sister didn't tell me. Big Brother Qin might know. I'll ask him later."
Recently, Qiao Yi had been learning programming from Qin Hanyue.
Qiao Yi had always known that those top people had paid a price that ordinary people could not pay. After staying here for over a month, Qiao Yi could completely see that from Qin Hanyue.
Qin Hanyue was very busy, extremely busy.
Endless affairs, important calls coming in every dozen or so minutes, working on weekends, coming back from the company at night and continuing to stay in the study, almost no personal free time at all. Qiao Yi instantly felt high school was not so scary anymore.
He didn't know one person could have so much work.
Qin Hanyue was already busy enough, yet he had also taken on his sister's homework. Qiao Yi was shocked when he saw Qin Hanyue doing Qiao Ying's homework.
Qiao Yi didn't want to bother Qin Hanyue over his little matters, but Qin Hanyue still made time to teach him.
Qiao Yi really felt bad about it.
That day,
Qiao Yi was sitting with his laptop, studying diligently.
Qin Hanyue was sitting to the side with his phone, his eyes gentle and the corners of his lips curved up as he looked at the photos on his phone.
The girl in the photos had shed her usual casual attire, instead wearing a sexy black evening gown. Her long hair was slightly permed and she looked dazzling.
It was a look Qin Hanyue had never seen on her before.
When Qiao Ying sent him the photos, Qin Hanyue couldn't take his eyes off them. Fortunately he didn't turn stupid. The first thing he did was save the photos. In the end, he even shamelessly asked for a few more.
During this time, Qin Hanyue would flip through these photos whenever he had nothing to do, especially when he was alone.
He guessed that the photos were probably taken by Yesi. It would be a lie to say he wasn't jealous, but he could only not think about that.
Qin Hanyue turned off his phone and stared blankly into the distance.
Qiao Yi asked softly, "Big Brother Qin, are you thinking about my sister?"
Qin Hanyue came back to his senses and looked at him. "Mm."
Qiao Yi said, "Why don't you video call her?"
Qin Hanyue said, "Never mind."
Qiao Yi said, "Why? At this time in Country M, my sister probably hasn't gone to bed yet." Qiao Yi still didn't know that Qiao Ying had already left Country M.
Qin Hanyue smiled helplessly and said, "I'll just miss her more the more I see her."
On the floor, the dispirited Fourth Master gave a whimper.
It was obvious it missed Qiao Ying no less than Qin Hanyue did.
A few more days passed.
Early in the morning, Qin Yuchen went out.
From afar, he saw a petite figure standing outside the gates of the Qin residence. She had a sling bag over her shoulder and seemed to be saying something to the gatekeeper.
Qin Yuchen told the driver to drive faster and lowered the car window early.
"Miss Qiao, are you here looking for my Third Uncle?"
Qin Yuchen called out while getting out of the car.
When Qiao Ying saw who it was, she put her phone back into her pocket. "Mm, can I go in?" she asked.
Qin Yuchen said, "Of course, let me take you in."
Qin Yuchen invited her onto the car and also instructed the gatekeeper that from now on, whenever Qiao Ying came, she was to be let in directly without any obstruction.
Not long after, Qiao Ying appeared at Qin Hanyue's residence.
On the third floor of Qin Hanyue's villa was an especially big study, exquisitely decorated and looking just like a library. It was Qiao Yi's favorite place to spend time.
Early in the morning, having just finished his morning run and not yet eaten breakfast, Qiao Yi was here looking up information on his laptop.
Next to him, a white robot kept spinning around, occasionally spinning in front of Qiao Yi. Its two round hands looked exactly like Blue fatty's.
"Someone's here, someone's here," the robot suddenly spun to face the door and started calling out.
Qiao Yi turned to look. He saw Qiao Ying walk in and exclaimed happily, "Sis!"
He got up from the floor, still hugging his laptop.
Qiao Ying went forward and pinched Qiao Yi's fair cheek. "Still working so hard even after the college entrance exam."
Qiao Yi said, "I'm not studying. When did you come back, sis? You didn't tell us, no one went to pick you up."
Qiao Ying said, "I'm not a child, why would I need picking up."
The robot next to them spun its round head and sweetly called along with Qiao Yi, "Sis, hello."
Its voice was quite cute and its appearance was cuter than her three robots.
Qiao Ying looked at it. "Qin Hanyue's?"
"Big Brother Qin gave it to me as a college entrance exam gift. This robot was made by Big Brother Qin himself, and the system was also personally configured by Big Brother Qin."
Qiao Ying said, "He's interested in making robots too?"
The robot said, "Sis, I'm called Qin Yi. I changed my name, I'm called Qiao Yi now."
Qiao Ying looked a bit stunned.
Qiao Yi said, "Big Brother Qin is awesome. Qiao Yi knows a lot and there's a lot of stuff in the system I still don't understand."
Seeing Qiao Yi's eyes light up when talking about Qin Hanyue, Qiao Ying couldn't help thinking - if she had known a robot would be such an effective "bribe", she would have given one too. Hers were just more dangerous.
Qiao Ying asked, "Where's your Big Brother Qin?"
Qiao Yi said, "I think he's working out on the minus one floor."
Qiao Ying raised her eyebrows slightly.
Qin Hanyue was dressed casually in workout clothes. On top he wore a loose black tank top and boxing gloves as he punched a sandbag, practicing mixed martial arts.
He didn't know how long he had been practicing for. His hair was drenched in sweat which trickled down his sharp jawline.
This was Qiao Ying's first time seeing Qin Hanyue dressed and equipped like this.
It was also the first time seeing him practice MMA.
Qin Hanyue was clearly thinking about something. He didn't notice Qiao Ying by the door and punched harder and harder.
His sturdy arms were exposed outside the black tank top. His biceps were taut, the lines of his muscles smooth and gorgeous.
Qiao Ying had sat on a plane the whole night and her whole body still felt a little listless. She didn't expect that just as she returned, she would get to feast her eyes on such a scene.
Qiao Ying decided not to make a sound and just quietly appreciate Qin Hanyue's boxing.
