Chapter 141 — Old Buffon's Origins
Years of Heartflutter · Page 123 of 214
"Zhang Bin, I'm heading out for a bit. You study it first," Yang Min Lan said to Zhang Bin.
"No way, boss. You're leaving me on my own again?" Zhang Bin smiled bitterly. "Even if you are the boss, you can't treat me like this. What a miserable life."
"Come on, didn't I find the jewelry designer?" Yang Yan Zhou said. "Think of how much effort that saved."
"Seems like you wrapped that up with a single phone call," Zhang Bin said, aggrieved.
"Then let's see you wrap it up with a single phone call," Yang Pu Qi said, glaring at him.
"..." Zhang Bin was speechless. "Fine, I'll call it my bad luck." Zhang Bin resigned himself to his fate.
Though Yang Ce joked with Zhang Bin on the surface, he was anxious inside. Instinct told him that something must have gone wrong with Xiao Qing. The way she had spoken just now was very strange, giving Yang Mo Yi a deeply uneasy feeling.
He drove straight to the residential quarters of Songjiang Engineering University and, familiar with the way, arrived at the building where Xiao Qing lived. To make it easy for Yang Jue Huan to come and go, Xiao Qing had given Yang Ce a set of keys, so Yang Shuo Xuan did not knock; he went straight up and opened Xiao Qing's door.
Xiao Qing heard the sound of Yang Ce opening the door from inside and came out to meet him, though anyone could see the haggardness on her face.
"Sister Xiao Qing, what on earth is wrong? Don't scare me." Seeing Xiao Qing's appearance, Yang Ce's heart ached. He hurried forward and embraced her.
"Ai..." Xiao Qing sighed faintly, looking at Yang Ce, not knowing how to begin.
At that moment, Yang Shuo Xuan noticed that Xiao Qing's eyes were red and swollen, clearly from recent crying. Yang Ce quickly helped her into the room and seated her on the bed. "Sister Xiao Qing, if something is troubling you, tell me. Is there anything you can't say to me?"
"Yang Ce, I'm afraid... I'm afraid that after I tell you, you'll hate me," Xiao Qing said in a small, nervous voice.
"Me hate you? Why would I hate you?" Yang Ce asked, puzzled.
"What if I did something that let you down?" Xiao Qing gritted her teeth and asked.
"Did something that let me down?" Yang Xu Tang frowned at once and looked at Xiao Qing. "Sister Xiao Qing, what are you talking about? What have you done that let me down?"
"Besides you, I've also been with someone else that way. Would you be angry?" Xiao Qing probed cautiously. In her view, having been with a man that way was more likely to be condemned than having been with a woman, since it involved a question of social convention. That was why she asked Yang Ce so vaguely, little knowing that this only made it harder to accept.
To be continued.
669. I'll Go With You to Meet Him
"When did this happen?" Yang Jue Huan's heart sank sharply. Could Xiao Qing have given her heart to someone else? Yet Yang Shuo Xuan did not erupt on the spot. After all, Xiao Qing's status now was only that of his god-sister; if one day Xiao Qing truly wanted to marry someone else, then Yang Shuo Xuan could only respect her choice.
"Before I met you," Xiao Qing said quietly.
"Ah, before you met me?" This time it was Yang Ce's turn to be baffled. Whether or not Xiao Qing and he had been each other's first, Yang Ce knew perfectly well. So when Xiao Qing said that before meeting him she had been involved with someone else, Yang Ce truly did not quite understand.
"Sister Xiao Qing, what are you saying? Don't joke around." Yang Heng Ye laughed. "Do you have a fever today?"
"Yang Ce, I am completely clear-headed right now, and I don't have a fever. I am talking to you about something serious, not joking." Xiao Qing's expression turned solemn.
"All right, even if what you say is true," Yang Xu Nai spread his hands helplessly, "you also said it was before you met me. I'm not such a petty person. Before you met me, I couldn't possibly have demanded anything of you. So you don't need to worry at all about whether I'll be angry."