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    Chapter 27

    There was cheerful music playing while making dumplings, and the host suggested that two people could cooperate. The first two people to make twenty dumplings would get a bottle of rice vinegar.

    Xia Yize turned his head and saw that the two people on the left had formed a team. He then turned around and saw that the two people on the right had also formed a team. Just now he was not allowed to sit next to him, but now he was alone, with the materials of him and Qi Ge in front of him.

    He didn’t dare to hope for the bottle of rice vinegar anymore. Xia Yize rolled up his sleeves and wouldn’t come if Qi Ge didn’t come. He could handle it all by himself.

    But the rolling pin seemed to be against him. Xia Yize didn’t know where to put his hands. One of the dumpling wrappers was not rolled out properly, and the rolling pin fell to the ground first.

    Xia Yize hurriedly picked up the rolling pin and hit his head on the corner of the table as soon as he stood up. He covered his head and sat back down, and his nose was rubbed with flour. No one noticed his embarrassed look. When he finally took out the second dumpling, someone had already gone to get the rice vinegar.

    Xia Yize looked desperately at the pile of noodles and dumplings in front of him. If Qi Ge was here, maybe the bottle of rice vinegar belonged to them, and they could also eat plump and lovely dumplings made by Qi Ge himself. Qi Ge would also teach him how to roll the dumpling wrappers.Now he was left to chase the duck to the shelves, and every time he pinched it, he complained about Qi Ge more and more.

    Xia Yize said bitterly: “Qi Ge, you have nothing to eat tonight.”

    Qi Ge had planned to leave the laboratory early on Friday. In order to save time, he just ate a little lunch. At least he had a meal of winter solstice dumplings in the evening to make up for it.

    Thinking of Xia Yize making dumplings in the nursing home, he couldn’t roll the dumpling wrappers and the dumplings were shaped into weird shapes. At that time, he thought this person was difficult and noisy, but now he doesn’t mind teaching Xia Yize how to make dumplings.

    Qi Ge came out of the laboratory and saw a row of red missed calls on his phone, most of which were from his mother. Now that she had renewed her relationship with her ex-husband as she wished, was she going to drag him into another boring drama of family reunion?

    At this time, the phone rang again, it was Risa again, “Hello.”

    Risa sniffed on the phone first, and her voice was crying, “Son, I’m at the police station, can you come here?”

    Qi Ge pressed his temples and said, “I don’t have time.”

    He was about to hang up when Risa said: “Qi Ge, I was beaten. That crazy woman insisted that it was my fault and refused to accept mediation. Are you going to watch me be detained?”

    Qi Ge’s tone didn’t loosen at all, “You can handle your own affairs by yourself.”

    Risa gritted her teeth, “I don’t want to trouble you. If you don’t help me, I have no choice but to go find your dad. You know your dad has high blood pressure. If something happens to him out of anger, don’t blame me.”

    Qi Ge took a deep breath, and he vaguely understood the reason. “Wait.” He slowly said two words, “I’ll go.”

    When he arrived at the police station, the police told him what happened.

    It did happen while shopping, but there was another man beside Risa, not his father Qi Yuanshen.

    The so-called crazy woman was the man’s wife. Seeing the two of them together, she lost control of her emotions and started a scuffle. The man ran away while the two were in chaos. The two of them were very excited and couldn’t reconcile it, so they asked their family members to solve the problem.

    Qi Ge felt that the sun was beating suddenly, and all the previous scenes were mixed together, turning into a feeling of shame.

    After the policeman finished speaking, he took him to see his mother. Risa was alone in a room, and her eyes were red the moment she raised her head to see Qi Ge. Risa loved beauty and always maintained elegance, but now her hair was disheveled, and her charming face looked confused and haggard.

    Qi Ge glanced at her and said, “Where’s the injury?”

    Risa lowered her head and said, “Tear off a few hairs.”

    Qi Ge said calmly: “Let you stay in there for a few days and reflect on whether it is better.”

    Risa stood up in panic, “No, I promise this will never happen again. You have to save your mother, otherwise how will I explain to your father.”

    “You still know how to consider my father.” Qi Ge lowered his voice and said, “Now I think of him.”

    Risa said with grievance and anger: “We are just friends, but his wife is a lunatic. She came to beat me without asking anything.”

    Qi Ge turned his head and said, “You know what your relationship is. I’ll go talk to them first. If they don’t give in, there’s nothing I can do about it.”

    Accompanied by the police, Qi Ge went to meet the woman. The woman was plainly dressed. If he saw her on the street, she would be just an ordinary and slightly friendly person. However, when she looked at Qi Ge, her eyes burst out with a hateful and aggressive look that did not match her. He had seen this kind of look when he was a child.

    Qi Ge looked at the woman in front of him, and the shivers down his spine crept up again. He calmed down and said, “Hello, madam, can you please mediate the conflict today.”

    The woman glared at Qi Ge, her chest heaving violently, “What are you trying to mediate? Who are you to her? You have the nerve to mediate when you do such a thing. Go to jail, don’t accept it!”

    The woman became angrier and louder as she spoke, looking like she was going to die together.

    Qi Ge didn’t seem to hear at all and didn’t care whether Risa was going to be detained. He said as a routine, “If you are willing to mediate, I can bear your losses today.”

    “It’s great to have money. Can money solve everything? If you have money, take her for a check-up.” The woman’s voice was sharp.

    The police turned their heads after hearing this. Qi Ge knew that it would not be a peaceful scene. He had heard the worse words before, but he was no longer the helpless child before. Qi Ge remained calm, “If your husband is really a responsible person, and two women went to the police station because of him, where should he be at this time? Is it worth it for such a person? You should think about it carefully and make plans for yourself in the future.”

    “Why do you talk about my husband?” The woman looked at him with red eyes.

    “I don’t need to tell you. You know it in your heart. If you have money, you can have more choices. You can start a new life. I won’t interfere with how you choose your life. I just remind you that there are more and more important things to do in life.”

    Qi Ge paused for a moment, “You can say how much compensation you want, but if you insist on not accepting mediation and judge it according to fighting, you will both be punished. You are also a victim, so it is better to let yourself go.”

    Qi Ge spoke calmly and had a convincing aura. The woman looked at him and said nothing. Qi Ge continued: “Let’s talk about the amount of compensation.”

    The woman stared at him for a while, then closed her eyes, lowered her head and said, “Okay.”

    But when Risa came out to sign, the corner of her mouth twitched slightly, but she still put down the pen, “She did it first, why should we pay compensation?”

    “You said why, because you are shameless.” The woman looked at Risa and raised her neck.

    Risa was not to be outdone, “I am anxious to spend so much money for plastic surgery.”

    In just a few seconds, the woman raised her hand, and Qi Ge quickly pulled away from Risa. Then he felt a pain on his face, and his face was scratched.

    When Risa saw that her son was bleeding, she also jumped up. The policeman stopped him and said, “Stop! This is the police station.”

    Qi grabbed Risa, took a deep breath, and said, “Sign.”

    Risa raised her hand to see the injuries on Qi Ge’s face, but Qi Ge turned his head to avoid it. Risa glared at the woman, as if she was charging up, and Qi Ge grabbed her arm, “If you don’t sign, you will be detained here.”

    Risa knew that Qi Ge could really do it and turn around and leave. She gritted her teeth and signed the mediation agreement.

    After the two signed, the policeman asked Qi Ge and Risa to go first, and sat back in the car. Qi Ge locked the car door, put his elbow on the window and pressed the sunglasses. He took a long breath to adjust his mood and said slowly, “You are not allowed to see him in the future.”

    “We didn’t do anything.” Risa arranged her hair in the mirror and took out the lipstick from her bag, but her hands were shaking and she didn’t put it on for a long time.

    Qi Ge raised his hand to fold the mirror back, put one hand on Risa’s chair, and growled: “You are not allowed to see him in the future.”

    Risa trembled, put down her lipstick, and said in a trembling voice: “What’s wrong with me? It’s human nature for men and women to be in love with each other. Why do you have to stay with one person for the rest of your life? Isn’t life meant to be enjoyed?”

    She didn’t dare to look at Qi Ge, as if she had the courage to speak, “I am a person who enjoys the moment, and I don’t care about other people’s opinions. I can be your father’s good wife at home, but after leaving home, we all have our own lives.”

    Qi Ge endured it, his head throbbing.

    “Your grandma and grandpa grew old together, but they all had their own lovers outside, and they were not fixed. I knew from a very young age why you couldn’t accept this kind of open relationship and had to make people feel like resentful wives.” Risa leaned back in her seat, tilted her head to look out the window, and began to sob.

    Qi Ge opened the window, otherwise he would feel that it was really suffocating, “You don’t have to say selfishness so nicely. Have you fulfilled your responsibilities as a wife and mother? That man ran away when something happened. This is the person you like. He is married and you have a family. This is not a matter between the two of you. You never know what loyalty and responsibility are.”

    Qi Ge didn’t want to waste words with her, “I’ll take you to the hotel, and you can handle other things by yourself.”

    Risa didn’t turn around but whispered: “Thank you, son.”

    Qi Ge sneered.

    After settling in, Risa saw the news about Xia Yize. Now he just wanted to go home, take a shower, get into work, and forget these bad things.

    As soon as Qi Ge got out of the elevator at home, he saw Xia Yize coming down the side of the stairs.

    When Xia Yize saw him, he took a step back and pretended to be surprised.In fact, Xia Yize was squatting here after Qi Ge’s car entered the garage. Qi Ge released his pigeon today and he didn’t want to go out to greet him.

    He needed Qi Ge to give him a reasonable explanation, and he needed Qi Ge to bend down and apologize to him softly.

    Qi Ge was wearing a mask. Seeing his appearance, Xia Yize thought of a drowned rat for some reason. Although he couldn’t tell how he looked like him, he just felt like he had just been caught in the rain.

    Xia Yi just looked at him like this, stubbornly refusing to speak first.

    When Qi Ge saw him, he nodded and turned around to go home.

    Xia Yize had no choice but to speak first, “Where have you been today?” He sounded like he was checking the post, and then added, “Have you eaten?” His tone became weaker.

    Xia Yize turned his face and twisted his nose.

    Qi Ge knew his state. He was not in a good mood to maintain social contact, “I’ve eaten.”

    Qi Ge didn’t explain at all why he let him go. Xia Yize ran down a few steps and held his hand, but he couldn’t think of a reason in his mind not to let him go home.

    Qi Ge looked at Xia Yize with indifferent eyes, as if he was patiently waiting for him to give up.

    Xia Yize thought of his own suffering at the event and said, “There were a lot of dumplings left at the event. They asked me to bring them back to you. After all, you paid for the event.”

    Without waiting for Qi Ge to refuse, Xia Yize pulled him towards his home.

    Qi Ge didn’t move, “You can eat it, I don’t want it anymore.”

    If you say you don’t want it, you don’t want it. If you don’t want it, you won’t come. There’s no reason. Xia Yize’s heart burned. He couldn’t help but get angry and wanted to bite him. He raised his hand and pulled down Qi Ge’s mask. “It’s not polite to talk while wearing a mask.”

    Pulling down the mask, both of them were stunned. Xia Yize saw the injuries on Qi Ge’s face. The two blood marks were a bit obvious. Xia Yize seemed to have encountered something secret. For a moment, there was an anger in Qi Ge’s eyes that he had no time to take back. He took a step back.

    Qi Ge sighed and pulled up the mask, “I really have something to do today, you can eat by yourself.”

    Qi Ge didn’t get angry. Xia Yize carefully stepped forward and grabbed his clothes. “I’ll disinfect you.” His voice softened, “I’ve been waiting for you for a long time. This is my first time making dumplings.”

    Qi Ge wanted to refuse, but turned around and saw Xia Yize looking up at him with sincere eyes.

    As soon as Qi Ge loosened his grip, Xia Yize dragged him back home.

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