Visa On Arrival Chapter 36

retribution

The usher walked in front, her high heels stepping on the marble floor, making a crisp, rhythmic sound.

She followed, past the tables in the lobby covered with snow-white tablecloths.

Knives and forks clinked gently, wine glasses clinked, someone was talking and laughing in a low voice, someone was whispering, all the sounds were mixed together, like a thin layer of mist, floating in the air.

Stop at the end of the corridor.

In front of him was a wall with dark wooden wainscoting, the same as the ones on both sides of the corridor.

She reached out and pushed gently, and a door opened silently.

“Mr. Qi, please!”

He sidled in and the door closed softly behind him.

The sounds in the lobby, the clinking of knives and forks, the clinking of wine glasses, and the faint laughter were all blocked out for a moment, as if someone had pressed the mute button.

My ears suddenly became quiet, and the only sound left was the subtle rustle of the silk carpet absorbing my footsteps.

After bypassing an ink painting entrance, the inside suddenly became clear.

On the table, a few branches of white plum blossoms were planted sparsely and brightly. The branches were slanted and the flowers were half-open, which perfectly blocked all possible sight lines outside the door.

Qi Lan stood there.

Qi Yihuai sat on the other side of the round table, his posture relaxed, and the tea in front of him had gone cold, but he didn’t seem to care at all, just looking at him with a faint smile on his lips.

“What do you want to do?” Qi Lan’s voice was very low, but every word seemed to be hardened by ice.

Qi Yihuai smiled, gently put down the teacup in his hand, and spoke in a calm tone.

“Didn’t I already tell you? The two of them will break up immediately and let her marry Xu Xingci.”

Qi Lan stared at him, with anger and disbelief in her eyes.

“Are you sick?” Qi Lan said one word at a time, “Do you think I will be threatened by you?”

Qi Yihuai was not angry, and smiled a little deeper. He adjusted his sleeves slowly, raised his eyes, and looked at Qi Lan calmly, “Can’t you just not solve it now?”

The air seemed to be frozen.

“She is also your daughter.” Qi Lan’s voice became hoarse, and every word seemed to be forced out of her throat. “Have you forgotten what Xu Xingci did? How could you do this to her?”

Qi Yihuai’s smile froze for a moment.

Very short, so short that it’s almost invisible.

“Did I think so?” Qi Yihuai looked away, picked up the tea cup, and found that the tea had cooled down. He put it down again. He rubbed his fingers on the edge of the tea cup twice and lowered his voice, “He threatened me, so I can only do this.”

Qi Lan stared at him, “What did he threaten you for?”

Qi Yihuai said nothing.

“It’s for profit again.” Qi Lan’s voice suddenly became softer, as if there was a bone-chilling coldness to it, “Aside from profit, what else have you recognized in your life?”

Qi Yihuai’s fingers stopped on the edge of the tea cup, “He threatened me with my wife and father-in-law. If they find out that Yueyue is my daughter, they will definitely not let me go. You know him, he can do anything, so I can only do this.”

He looked away and looked at the windshield again, “Since you don’t do what I do, I have plenty of ways to make you do it. Don’t blame me for being cold-blooded.”

Qi Lan didn’t look at him again, “You should have thought of such a day.”

He took a step outside, and the light from the wall lamp fell on his face, illuminating the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, the white hair on his temples, and the deep, deep thing in his eyes.

“When you abandoned Ran and turned to look for the Ruan family,” Qi Lan said word for word, “you should have known that sooner or later, you would get retribution.”

Qi Yihuai’s face turned into a very complicated expression, as if something had been dug out from a very deep place and left to dry in the sun, with nowhere to hide.

“This is your retribution.” After Qi Lan said this, she turned around and walked out without looking at him.

As he passed those white plum blossoms, a gust of wind blew from somewhere. The plum blossoms swayed slightly, and a few petals fell down, falling on the desk, the ground, and where he walked.

Qi Yihuai sat there, motionless.

The light from the wall lamp shone on his face, and the expression on his face could no longer be seen clearly. Only his hands, placed on the table, were slowly and slowly clenched, with veins popping out on the backs of his hands.

The tea is completely cold.

The sky outside the window was completely dark.

Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows of the airport, planes took off one after another, leaving white trail clouds in the blue sky, which slowly dispersed.

Qi Ranyue’s mother stood in front of the security checkpoint, holding Qi Lan’s hand and telling her over and over again: “Husband, you need to exercise more, don’t think about so many things, drink less, and don’t stay up late all the time. You look bad…”

He listened, kept nodding, and kept laughing until his eyes got a little hot.

Qi Ranyue stood nearby, holding her mother’s bag. When her mother finally finished speaking, she handed the bag over and said softly: “Mom, go ahead. Remember to report to us that you are safe when you arrive, and tell grandpa that we all miss him very much.”

The mother looked at him, then at her, and sighed: “You really don’t want to go with me? But I want to go with you!”

“My dear, I have a business at home and I really can’t leave.” Qi Lan smiled and patted her mother on the shoulder, “My wife, please help me say a few kind words to my father-in-law. Please, you go first and spend time with the old man. I haven’t seen you for so long. He must miss you.”

Qi Ranyue held her mother’s arm and smiled: “Mom, I also have something to do. I also want to apologize to my grandfather. I will go over to accompany you after I finish my work.”

Mom looked at them with a little disappointment and a little heartache in her eyes. She opened her mouth and wanted to say something else, but the radio was already urging them to board the plane.

“Okay, baby.” The mother took her hand and squeezed it, “Come early, mom is waiting for you.”

“Okay, dear Her Majesty the Queen!”

Mom turned around, walked into the security checkpoint, walked a few steps, and looked back. They were standing outside, waving vigorously, laughing loudly: “Come on, hurry up, we can’t catch the plane!”

Mom smiled, shook her head, and disappeared into the crowd.

Qi Ranyue stood outside the security line, her hands still raised.

Qi Lan stood beside him and did not move.

The two of them just stood there, watching the flow of people coming and going, neither of them speaking.

After a while, Qi Lan gently held her shoulders and patted her, “Why don’t we go together? I can handle it by myself.”

“Really? If you can solve it, you won’t let mom leave.”

On the morning when the news spread, Qi Ranyue was woken up by a phone call.

The phone screen was full of missed calls, and WeChat messages were crowded together. Before she could see one clearly, another call came in.

When she picked up, the other party’s voice was urgent and high-pitched. After hearing a few words, her expression suddenly changed.

When we arrived at the headquarters building, the door was already crowded with people.

She knew all those people.Last month, we were changing glasses at the dinner table, calling her “niece” affectionately, praising her for her abilities and her beauty.Now they are blocking the gate, holding contracts in their hands and banging on the glass door. Their faces are full of eagerness and greed, like a group of vultures that have smelled the smell of carrion.

“Pay back the money!”

“You want to run away after breaking the contract?”

“I must give an explanation today!”

The sounds came from all directions, mixed together, and buzzed, making her ears hurt.

She entered through the side door, and the moment the elevator door closed, the sounds were isolated from the outside, but there was still a buzz in her head, like a swarm of flies flying inside.

In the conference room, the financial director is already there.

There was a stack of reports spread out on the round table, and the numbers on the computer screen were dazzlingly red.

When Qi Ranyue pushed the door open, the financial director raised his head, glanced at her, and then pushed the report over.

“The cash in the account,” the financial director’s voice was dry, as if there was sandpaper stuck in his throat, “can’t last seventy-two hours.”

She looked down at the report.

After thinking for a moment, he raised his head and looked out the window.

Those partners who were once brothers and sisters are now down there.

He couldn’t hear what they were shouting, but he could see their mouths opening and closing, and he could see the anger, eagerness, and gloating on their faces.

Some, her father had helped.

Some people started their careers through their companies.

Some people even held her hand last month and said, “If you have anything, just ask.”

Now they are all down there, shouting to pay back the money.

She stood there, looking out the window.

When Qi Lan walked in, she was still looking out the window.

After watching for a while, Qi Lan whispered: “Are you afraid?”

She shook her head and nodded again.

Qi Lan smiled, very softly, “Don’t be afraid, I’m here.”

She turned her head and looked at her father. His hair had turned white again at some point, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes had deepened, but he stood there with his back straight and his voice steady.

She turned her head again and looked out the window.

Those people were still banging on the door and shouting.

She suddenly remembered the back view of her mother before she got on the plane.

Now she doesn’t know how long it will take.

The sunshine outside the window was very bright, shining on the faces of those who knocked on the door, on the glass door, and on the dazzling red numbers on the conference table.She stood in front of the window, watching all this, and suddenly felt very quiet.So quiet that you can hear your own heartbeat.

Boom, boom, boom.

Very slow and steady.

Banxia novel, a lot of fun