Visa On Arrival Chapter 38
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The office is very quiet.
The setting sun slanted in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, stretching the shadow of the filing cabinet.
Qi Yihuai sat at his desk, with documents that no longer had any meaning spread out in front of him, and a cup of cold tea in his hand.
The phone rang.
He glanced at the caller ID, his brows furrowed sharply, and the word “Chuan” was deeply drawn between his eyebrows.
That string of numbers was so familiar to him that he felt sick when he saw it. He paused with his finger above the screen for a long time, and finally answered it.
“What?” Qi Yihuai’s voice was cold, as cold as ice.
There was a chuckle on the other end of the phone.
The man took his time and said, “How’s it going?”
Qi Yihuai’s hand holding the phone tightened, “He refuses. He would rather go bankrupt than let his daughter marry you.”
There was silence on the other end of the phone for two seconds, and then the person smiled.
The laughter was very soft, like a piece of iron scratching across the glass, which made people feel frightened. “Then don’t blame me for forcing you.”
Qi Yihuai’s jaw tightened, and he took a deep breath to suppress the anger surging in his chest. “My wife loves me anyway. If I just explain it to her, she will forgive me.”
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a moment, and then the man spoke slowly, every word like a carefully calculated blade, “Your wife loves you, but what about your father-in-law? What kind of person is he? There is no room for sand in his eyes. Do you understand?”
The color on Qi Yihuai’s face faded away in an instant.
This sentence was like a needle, accurately piercing into his most vulnerable place.
He stood up suddenly and threw his phone on the ground. The chair slid far back and hit the bookshelf, and several books fell down.
After calming down, he bent down and picked up the phone. There were a few cracks on the screen, but the call continued, “Got it!”
The small house was rented last week.
Two bedrooms and one living room, at the end of an old alley.
After moving in, my father became more relaxed than before.There is no need to wake up early in the morning to look at the market, there is no need to socialize in suits and ties, and there is no need to be careful with those hypocritical smiling faces.
Not two days.
When the phone rang, Qi Lan was taking some small projects and orders.
She glanced at the caller ID, her heart sank, and walked to the dining table with her cell phone, “Dad, mom’s phone number.”
Qi Lan’s hand stiffened for a moment, then she took the phone and walked to the living room to sit down.
“Hello, dear wife!” Qi Lan’s voice was very soft, with a little caution to please.
The crying that broke out on the other end of the phone could be heard clearly through the phone.
She heard her mother’s voice shrill and hoarse, as if she had been holding it in for a long time, and finally burst out, “You two are such a good father and daughter! You deceived me out of the country, you…you don’t take me seriously!”
The mother’s cries came intermittently from the receiver, each one louder than the last, and each one louder than the last.
Qi Lan didn’t speak. She held the phone and listened, her head lowered, her other hand on her knee, her fingers gently and unconsciously rubbing the seam of her trousers.
Mother is still crying and talking.
He said she was unfilial, that he was confused, why he didn’t tell her about such a big thing, and that she was so anxious there that she couldn’t sleep all night long. She didn’t answer calls or send messages back. She only found out something happened after watching the news, “I’m your wife! If you didn’t tell me something happened, what do you think of me!”
The mother’s voice became hoarse in the end, leaving only sobs, one after another, like needlepoints piercing people’s hearts.
Qi Lan closed her eyes and took a deep breath. When she opened them again, her voice became very gentle.
“Oh, my wife is wronged,” Qi Lan said with a slight smile, as if nothing had happened, as if the company had not gone bankrupt, as if they had not moved into this small house, as if he was still the company boss who went to work every day and came back for dinner at night, “A man must be responsible for this kind of thing. How can he worry his wife?”
The mother didn’t speak, she was still crying, but her crying was quieter.
“You stay well with dad over there,” Qi Lan continued with a steady voice, “When things stabilize, take on some projects slowly first. Don’t be afraid to start over from scratch. I believe in your husband, I won’t be defeated so easily!”
She didn’t hear what her mother said again. She only heard her father say “um” and “it’s okay” again, and then hung up the phone.
The days passed like this day by day.
Life in the small house gradually has its own rhythm.
The two fathers and daughters began to take on some scattered small projects and orders, helping people with copywriting, designing posters, and writing public accounts. They didn’t make much money, but they gradually started to improve.
Sometimes she would go to see Chen Rong, and sometimes she would come to the house for dinner. The three of them gathered around the folding table, which was a bit shaky, and they had a lively meal.
She thought life would get better slowly like this.
Chen Rong has been coming more frequently recently.
I used to come three or four times a week, but now I come almost every day.
“Don’t you need to do experiments?” Qi Ranyue couldn’t help but ask one day.
Chen Rong’s eyes froze and she smiled: “I haven’t been busy recently.”
But later she discovered that Chen Rong seemed not to be busy all the time.
During the day, she accompanied her on client visits, at night she changed plans, and on weekends she went to the vegetable market. She urged her to go back to school and said, “It’s okay, I’ll stay with you.” She asked her about the progress of her experiment, and she said, “It’s okay.”
“Don’t you really have to go to the laboratory recently?” she asked again.
This time, Chen Rong hesitated a little, “Go, of course.”
But she is still by her side every day.
One night she found a crumpled notice in her shirt pocket.
She unfolded it and read it. There were not many words on it, but every word pierced her eyes like a nail. “All scientific research activities in the laboratory will be stopped from now on and we will be investigated…”
She sat on the edge of the bed, holding the piece of paper in her hand, “Why didn’t you tell me?”
Chen Rong was silent for a moment, “It’s okay. I have to run samples every day anyway. I’m very tired and I don’t have time to accompany you. Now I have a holiday. I think it’s pretty good.”
Chen Rong looked at her.
She lowered her head, not daring to look at her.
Her eyes grew hot.
Chen Rong reached out and pulled her into his arms, “It’s okay,” she said, “Don’t worry.”
That thought is like a seed. Once it falls into the soil, it can never be plucked out.
Qi Ranyue was lying on the bed, staring at the ceiling, thinking about the same thing over and over again.
Chen Rong’s laboratory was funded by Ruan Zhenchuan, and he was the only heir of the Ruan family. His family supported it, he had strong connections, and his background was clean. Why did he stop so quickly?
He knows the rules of this world too well.
It is impossible for a good laboratory with funds, connections, and results to be suddenly shut down for no reason.
Qi Yihuai!
But he is his uncle!
How could Ruan Zhenchuan let him do such a thing?
Why would he do this?
What’s the reason?
He…he was trying to make me compromise?
What is he for?
Why is he afraid of Xu Xingci?
Isn’t it easy to make someone disappear with his ability?
…
The moonlight filtered in through the gaps in the balcony and fell on her bare feet.
She held the phone, turned to the number, looked at it for a long time, pressed the dial button, and after three rings, she answered, “Let’s talk.”
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a moment, and then the man smiled, “Have you finally figured it out?”
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