Chapter 725 — Let Him Give Up
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Qiu Lingshan was rather annoyed at being hung up on, but she had caught a message in Wei Zhao's words all the same. He had said it was hard to save, not that it could not be saved. That meant there was hope?
Qiu Lingshan hesitated a moment, then dialed Wei Zhao's number once more.
Chen Yuxuan, standing to one side, saw nothing amiss in it. Generally speaking, big shots were entitled to their tempers; asking them for a favor was never something one phone call could settle.
Wei Zhao had seen Tang Zhi off and had not expected Qiu Lingshan to call again. Rather than getting back into the car, he stood beside it and answered: "What else is it?"
"Good sir, please help me..." Qiu Lingshan blurted out, then suddenly remembered Chen Yuxuan was right there — she had been a little too eager. But on second thought, this was the perfect chance to make Chen Yuxuan give up. With someone stronger to measure himself against, Chen Yuxuan would stop pestering her in the future — one big headache solved. At that, Qiu Lingshan felt quite at ease again. "The little fool needs your help. Won't you save him for me? At most, I'll repay you later — I'll cook you something nice to eat?"
Chen Yuxuan's eyes went wide with shock. This was Qiu Lingshan? He had not seen wrong, had he? When had Qiu Lingshan turned into this? If the person before him had not so unmistakably been Qiu Lingshan, hearing only the voice, Chen Yuxuan would have taken her for some young girl coaxing her boyfriend.
How was it possible? Chen Yuxuan rubbed his eyes, unable to believe it. Qiu Lingshan had always been the most forceful of women — how could she possibly have become like this?
Could it be that the person on the other end of the line was a woman? But that did not seem quite right either. Qiu Lingshan's tone made it unmistakable that she was speaking to a man—and one she addressed as "Little Silly Girl"? Hearing that name, Chen Yuxuan's heart nearly exploded!
Qiu Lingshan calling herself Little Silly Girl—that was simply too astonishing! That name... it was plainly the sort of pet name lovers used for each other, was it not?
Hearing Qiu Lingshan's pleading, Wei Zhao was somewhat at a loss for words, but in the end his heart softened. "Fine. If I have time tomorrow, I'll go take a look..."
"That's wonderful—I'm so grateful I could die!" Qiu Lingshan made her voice sound sweet and cloying...
"No need to thank me. All right, I'm hanging up." Wei Zhao ended the call and returned to the car.
Qiu Lingshan let out a long breath. Done! This trick worked without fail every time—the moment she turned on the coquetry, Wei Zhao gave in. It really did seem promising! She was gloating when it suddenly occurred to her that Chen Yuxuan was still sitting across from her, and her expression froze.
"Qiu Lingshan... you..." Chen Yuxuan stared at her in disbelief.
"What? Is there a problem?" Now that Qiu Lingshan had resolved to take Chen Yuxuan down a peg, her expression turned natural again...
"Just now... the person you were on the phone with..." Chen Yuxuan could not help asking.
"That is my private business." Qiu Lingshan spoke coolly. "It has nothing to do with the case, does it?"
"That... naturally it doesn't..." Chen Yuxuan smiled bitterly, a note of dejection in his face. Qiu Lingshan had a boyfriend?
"Tomorrow my friend will come to the hospital and bring Liu Bojia back from the brink. If you have any questions after that, ask Liu Bojia directly." Qiu Lingshan said, "And I will be taking part in the operation as well."