WSIDIILMBOCIR Chapter 12
by VolareChapter 12: A Sudden Temper
Qin Yuanging thought Su Yaoyue’s offer to have him show her around Jing City was just polite talk, but he didn’t expect to receive her call the very next day.
“Mr. Qin, am I disturbing you?”
The two met, and Su Yaoyue pushed a cup of coffee towards him with a smile.
“Not at all. Since returning to China, I haven’t had a vacation in a while. Thanks to Miss Su, I can relax a bit.”
Qin Yuanging had been in the world of fame and fortune for several years, and he could easily spout unimportant pleasantries.
Su Yaoyue leaned back slightly in her chair, her undisguised gaze making Qin Yuanging a little puzzled, but he didn’t show it.
He naturally took the coffee she offered and took a sip.
“How does Miss Su want to spend her time?”
Su Yaoyue shrugged, completely handing over all decision-making power to Qin Yuanging.
“Do you mind if I bring a friend along?”
After Su Yaoyue explicitly stated that everything would be according to his wishes, Qin Yuanging got up and went outside to call Jiang Muyuan.
“Shopping and dining, you’re more suitable to accompany her. You girls should have more to talk about.”
Jiang Muyuan didn’t immediately state her attitude, but leaned back in her office chair and analyzed reasonably.
“Logically speaking, Miss Su’s running to Jing City should be aimed at Li Chongge, so why isn’t she looking for him and instead coming to you?”
Qin Yuanging paused, but his tone was still normal: “She heard Li Chongge has a marriage prospect, so she doesn’t have any other thoughts. As for why she came to me, I don’t know the reason for the time being, but having more friends means more paths. We’re all businessmen, and it’s good to maintain some relationships.”
“Li Chongge has a marriage prospect? How come I don’t know?”
Jiang Muyuan searched her memory, confirming that she had indeed not heard this news before.
“Gao Zhida said it. He has some dealings with the Li family and knows more about it, so it’s not strange.”
Jiang Muyuan sighed regretfully, her tone a little heavy: “Condolences… for your unrequited love that ended without a trace.”
Qin Yuanging: “…”
He really thought Jiang Muyuan’s mouth was quite poisonous sometimes.
“It’s not that serious, it’s a good thing. I can’t spend my whole life on him.”
Jiang Muyuan turned on the speakerphone and got up to simply pack some things.
“You’re just being stubborn. But I really hope you can let go.”
“Send me the location. This time, you owe me a favor.”
Before setting off, Jiang Muyuan called Qiao Gongyu again, thinking that he had met Su Yaoyue before, so it wouldn’t be awkward to get along, and it would be more lively with more people.
When the group gathered at the coffee shop, Qiao Gongyu’s teasing gaze swept over Qin Yuanging and Su Yaoyue, and he joked, “Miss Su has come to Jing City, how come you didn’t say anything about contacting me? Instead, you’re hanging out with Little Yuan.”
“I came with Uncle Gao, so naturally I saw Mr. Qin first. I heard a few days ago that you took on another big project. I thought you must be busy recently, so I didn’t dare disturb you.”
As the four people sat down discussing the afternoon’s arrangements, Qiao Gongyu’s phone vibrated twice. He took out his phone and looked at it, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes.
“Little Yuan?”
Qin Yuanging pulled himself out of the heated discussion.
“What’s wrong, Yu Ge?”
Qiao Gongyu shook his phone at Qin Yuanging, his face also showing confusion.
“Li Chongge said to have you go to his office. Did you not answer his call? He sent me a message.”
Qin Yuanging took out his phone and checked it several times, but didn’t find any missed calls from Li Chongge.
“Never mind that, you go first. We’ll accompany Miss Su. When you’re done, come join us.”
Qin Yuanging nodded apologetically to Su Yaoyue, took his coat from the back of the chair, and left.
Su Yaoyue narrowed her eyes as she watched his tall figure, a smile spreading across her red lips.
“Mr. Qin and Mr. Li are really close.”
Jiang Muyuan, who was creating a group chat, looked up when she heard this, looked at Su Yaoyue with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile, but didn’t respond.
Su Yaoyue seemed to care about the relationship between Qin Yuanging and Li Chongge?
After Qin Yuanging came out, he drove directly to Li Chongge’s office. Secretary Liu was still waiting for him in the garage.
When he entered, he met Li Chongge looking up.
“What’s wrong? Why did you send a message to Yu Ge when you wanted to find me?”
“The resort project plan is about to come out. Are you sure Huichuang can handle this project?”
“It doesn’t matter if we can’t do it. I’ve taken on a lot of my own business recently. Huichuang’s performance this year is enough.”
Qin Yuanging crossed his legs and sat opposite Li Chongge, smiling a little carelessly.
Li Chongge stared at him, and suddenly said, “Su Yaoyue has come to Jing City?”
Qin Yuanging didn’t expect Li Chongge’s topic to change so inexplicably, nor did he expect him to be interested in Su Yaoyue’s whereabouts.
Qin Yuanging was a little unsure of Li Chongge’s meaning.
“Yeah, she came with Gao Zhida last night. Do you… want to find her?”
“I’m not looking for her.” Li Chongge’s tone was a little cold, and there were some emotions that Qin Yuanging couldn’t understand mixed in. “You’re suddenly not interested in the resort project anymore, is it because she brought you a better project?”
“No, why do you think so?”
Li Chongge let out an almost imperceptible sigh and lit a cigarette for himself.
Qin Yuanging, on the other hand, widened his eyes, so surprised that he stood up directly.
“You’re smoking?”
Li Chongge clearly didn’t smoke. He even severely criticized Qin Yuanging when he picked up the “bad habit” of smoking.
Because he didn’t like it, even Qin Yuanging, who was emotionally ignorant at that time, would try to avoid smoking in front of him for fear of making him angry.
When did Li Chongge also learn to smoke?
So the faint smell of tobacco he smelled in his car that day wasn’t brought by someone else, but by the owner of the car, Li Chongge.
But this realization didn’t make Qin Yuanging happy.
Was Li Chongge in some kind of trouble?
For the first time, Qin Yuanging felt a little regretful for his departure. The things that could trouble Li Chongge were probably not small matters, and he was completely unaware of his pain.
Li Chongge glanced at Qin Yuanging indifferently and asked him, “Is it strange?”
“But didn’t you used to dislike it?”
“People change. Want one?”
Qin Yuanging shook his head and sat back down.
But his gaze never left Li Chongge.
It turned out that some people were good-looking even when they smoked.
The smoke veiled Li Chongge’s deep eyebrows with an unreal gentleness, and just as Qin Yuanging was about to become entranced, he asked again, “Why does Su Yaoyue have private contact with you?”
Qin Yuanging was silent for a moment.
Because he couldn’t tell whether Li Chongge didn’t want Su Yaoyue to be related to him, or didn’t want him to be related to Su Yaoyue.
It sounded like there was no difference between the two, but for Li Chongge, there was a difference in closeness.
“Qin Yuanging, talk.”
Li Chongge was very dissatisfied with Qin Yuanging’s absent-mindedness. Qin Yuanging’s thoughts often seemed to be in a wandering state, making him elusive.
Even someone as smart as Li Chongge couldn’t fully grasp him.
Qin Yuanging was very dissatisfied with this kind of questioning tone. What right did Li Chongge have to question him?
They were friends, that’s right, but clearly, he, Qin Yuanging, put more emotional value into this friendship, at least that’s how it used to be…
Li Chongge himself was always elusive, and kept his mouth shut about many things. Qin Yuanging asked himself that he also had no obligation to report everything to Li Chongge.
“Do I have to break it down and analyze the real purpose of Su Yaoyue’s arrival in Jing City for you? Li Chongge, you’re so smart, you can’t guess it, right?”
“I can guess, but she didn’t come to me, but to you.”
Li Chongge could feel Qin Yuanging’s sudden temper, but he didn’t know which sentence he had said had angered him.
“So you’re blaming me? If you want Su Yaoyue to come to you, I can help you pass the message to her! But people have heard that you already have a marriage prospect and don’t bother to pay attention to you anymore. I’m afraid it won’t help even if I say it!”
“I don’t want her to come to me, and I don’t want to look for her. What I mean is… you should have less contact with her.”
“Why?”
Qin Yuanging stopped being angry and asked Li Chongge calmly. If Su Yaoyue really had any problems, he should stay away from her as soon as possible.
“Su Yaoyue holds 15% of the shares of Hanshang and has absolute say. She is not as simple and harmless as she appears on the surface, and she is not at all a dodder that attempts to cling to men. Is it not suspicious that she is approaching you for no reason?”
After Li Chongge explained in a few words, he asked Qin Yuanging with a strange expression: “How come I don’t know that I have a marriage prospect? Who are you talking about?”
The expression on Li Chongge’s face was full of incomprehension, and Qin Yuanging inexplicably felt the embarrassment of being caught as a gossip.
“Gao Zhiyuan said that you and Miss Lin from the Lin family…”
“He must have misheard. I never had this plan. As for who I marry, I think no one in the Li family can influence my decision.” After Li Chongge finished speaking, he added, “My marriage partner will be entirely from my own heart.”
Qin Yuanging stared blankly at Li Chongge’s deep eyes, opened his mouth, and finally just said “Oh” and then stretched out his hand to him.
“Give me a cigarette.”
“Didn’t you just say you didn’t want one?”
Qin Yuanging flicked open the lighter with a click and lit the cigarette neatly.
“You also said that people change.”
The fact that Li Chongge didn’t have a marriage prospect did indeed set off a few pleasant ripples in Qin Yuanging’s heart, but they quickly died down under his suppression.
Li Chongge would eventually meet someone worth spending his life with.
Wasn’t that the day Qin Yuanging decided to come back and wait for?