After leaving Qin Hanyue's parents' residence, on the way back, Qin Hanyue asked: “Did you get used to the meal?”
Qiao Ying: “Yeah.”
Qin Hanyue: “Did you chat happily with my mother?”
Qiao Ying: “Pretty good.”
Only then did Qin Hanyue feel relieved: “That's good.” He then handed her a red envelope with a black card inside.
“This was originally my father's greeting gift prepared for you. Later he felt inappropriate to give it, so he asked me to tell you it's a blessing gift, celebrating your recovery from serious illness. He will prepare the greeting gift again.”
He put the red envelope in Qiao Ying's coat pocket, then asked: “My mother should have prepared a greeting gift for you too, right? What is it?”
Qiao Ying raised her hand, pulled up her sleeve, revealing the jade bracelet on her wrist, and showed it to Qin Hanyue.
Qin Hanyue was slightly surprised: “Do you, do you know the meaning of my mother giving you this bracelet? Did she tell you?” He was a little nervous.
Qiao Ying: “It's very beautiful.”
However, Qin Hanyue said: “Both my sisters-in-law have one.”
Qiao Ying: “So it was distributed in bulk?”
Qin Hanyue: “Why don't we go back and let my mother explain it clearly to you again.” Saying so, he slowed down his pace, pretending to go back.
Qiao Ying: “No, lazy to go back.”
Qin Hanyue asked persistently: “So did she explain clearly?”
Qiao Ying thought for a moment: “Probably...”
Qin Hanyue raised his eyebrows: “Probably?”
This bracelet was custom made by Qin Hanyue’s mother Lin Yuxuan for her three future daughters-in-law. She had cherished it for many years. Both of Qin Hanyue’s sisters-in-law received one after getting engaged. This last one left was the one in Qiao Ying’s hands. Qin Hanyue’s mother thought she would never give it out.
Qiao Ying: “Yeah.”
Qin Hanyue said with a laugh: “It’s enough that you roughly know.”
He held her hand which felt very cold: “Are you cold?”
Qiao Ying: “Yeah.”
Qin Hanyue opened up one side of his coat, wrapped Qiao Ying’s frail body inside his coat to shield her from the wind.
Fourth Lord was waiting at the villa door. Seeing them from afar, he dashed over excitedly to greet them. He seemed so thrilled that one would be worried he might accidentally kick Qin Hanyue like how he was overly excited towards the robot that morning.
But apparently Fourth Lord was clever and would not show arrogance towards the meek.
When the two went upstairs, at Qiao Ying’s room door, she turned back to Qin Hanyue who had followed her and asked: “What, want to sleep with me again tonight?”
Qin Hanyue: “Going to shower and rest?”
Qiao Ying: “No.”
Qin Hanyue: “Want to stay with you for a while more.”
Ye Si was already on the way back. She certainly wouldn’t have time to bother him tomorrow. He had been immersed in joy over her waking up the whole day today, and hadn’t really talked much to her.
Qiao Ying looked at him and said, “Is there any flu medicine at home?”
Qin Hanyue: “Yes.” His first reaction was that Qiao Ying was sick. Just as he was about to ask, he realized and gave a knowing smile: “I’ll go take it.”
He did have a slight cold. He was just too happy that he had completely ignored the discomfort of the illness.
Qin Hanyue went downstairs to find medicine to take. After taking it, he went back upstairs. Seeing Qiao Ying's room door open, he quickened his pace and entered the room.
Qiao Ying was sitting on the sofa touching Fourth Lord’s dog head. As soon as Qin Hanyue walked over and sat down beside her, Fourth Lord, who was grinning from ear to ear, immediately put on a long face, seeming to compete for favor as he squeezed towards Qiao Ying’s legs.
Of course Qin Hanyue would not be calculating with a dog. It was just that this dog took advantage of people too much. Qin Hanyue gave it a warning look.
Qiao Ying asked him, “Don’t you like it?”
Fourth Lord immediately stood up, “Woof!” as if to say, I don't like you either!
Qiao Ying patted its head: “Sit down.”
Fourth Lord obediently sat back down on the floor.
Qin Hanyue recalled that day when he was massaging her, he told her that he didn’t like dogs and said he wanted to give Fourth Lord a beating.
He awkwardly coughed: “Well, not really. What I said that day about not liking it was mostly due to personal emotions. Since you keep it, it’s fine.”
Qiao Ying laughed a little: “Personal emotions? Because Lin Cheng gave it?”
Unwilling to admit that he was even jealous of Lin Cheng and the dog, Qin Hanyue used her words to answer her, copying her tone: “Probably...”
Qiao Ying glanced at him with a scolding laugh: “Probably your a*s.”
Qin Hanyue laughed and moved closer to her, lightly bumping her head with his.
The next day after breakfast, Qiao Ying prepared to return to her own residence.
Qin Hanyue asked the servants to pack Qiao Ying’s luggage. Apart from the robot and the dog, everything else was clothes. Filling up several closets, most were still new and she couldn’t possibly wear them all.
Qin Hanyue had even prepared clothes for her until next spring.
Everything was going to be packed and sent to her place.
Qiao Ying felt it troublesome and said: “Bring some pieces, leave the rest here to avoid unnecessary moving.”
Qin Hanyue was thrilled inside. He smiled and agreed: “Sure.”
After receiving Qiao Ying's video call, Ye Si rushed back at the first instance.
It was Ye Si’s character that she had to pour out her longing to Qiao Ying.
Not wanting to see that or cause friction between Ye Si and Qiao Ying to put her in a difficult spot, considering that the failed kidnapping had left Ye Si resenting him all this while, Qin Hanyue bid Qiao Ying goodbye before Ye Si’s arrival and went to the company.
As Qin Hanyue expected, facing Qiao Ying’s awakening and regain, Ye Si wanted to bring her to Country M.
But this was obviously impossible.
When Qiao Ying hiding at the Qins was mentioned, Ye Si’s suppressed anger was provoked again. She put aside her nonchalance and solemnly asked Qiao Ying for the first time about the authenticity of her relationship with Qin Hanyue.
After confirming from Qiao Ying’s own mouth that she and Qin Hanyue indeed had an affair,
Ye Si found it hard to accept and even harbored the intention to kill Qin Hanyue.
Ye Si wondered: “What do you see in him anyway?”
Qiao Ying’s reply was light and casual: “I like everything about him.”
Ye Si was so angry that her shoulders trembled.
Cheng Jinyan tried to persuade her many times but to no avail. Ye Si heard things that infuriated her several times. She quarreled intensely with Cheng Jinyan, smashed a cup at Cheng Jinyan’s feet, and almost got physical with her.
Of course, Qiao Ying would not persuade anyone. Moreover, she understood Ye Si, Qin Hanyue and herself. She didn’t expect Ye Si to accept Qin Hanyue, nor did she want Qin Hanyue bothered by her. She was not hopeful that the two could get along peacefully.
She looked at Cheng Jinyan: “Did the Wuma Family look you up again?”
Cheng Jinyan arrived around the same time as Ye Si.
Cheng Jinyan: “Yeah.”
Qiao Ying: “Settled it?”
Cheng Jinyan: “Of course.”
Qiao Ying: “Qin Hanyue said you turned the Wuma Family upside down. Most of the core members died. It caused quite a sensation.”
She seemed to regret missing out on the lively scene.
Cheng Jinyan said: “They deserved what they got.”
Seeing that Qiao Ying did not even try to comfort Ye Si, and instead mentioned Qin Hanyue again, Cheng Jinyan told Qiao Ying about Qin Hanyue's silly act of summoning her soul just to get back at him for their previous quarrel.
This immediately infuriated Ye Si to the point of losing her mind. Her limbs also shook.
Adding fuel to the fire was the robot that kept hovering around her with Qin Hanyue's voice. Ye Si wanted to get up and smash the robot several times.
Depressed from not seeing Qiao Ying, Qin Hanyue was unaware that Qiao Ying had almost exposed all his secrets. What’s more, he could never imagine that the one who had cursed his name the most these few days was Ye Si.
At the very least, Ye Si had shouted his name furiously twenty times: “I’ll shoot him dead with one shot!”
Qin Hanyue was hovering between life and death multiple times.
