C10 Picked up

"You've never been teased before, so you're not used to it!" Liu Yuxi commented on Lin Manchu's comments that night.

"You mean I'm going to fall in love with him?" Lin Qingrou understood the gist of it and asked straightforwardly.

Liu Yuxi pulled up his long hair and winked at her as he explained, "It's only a matter of time before you fall for Ye Qingming."

She was about to explain to Liu Yuxi, but Liu Yuxi calmly said again, "Rather than you being anxious right now, why don't you think about it carefully. If one day you really fall for Ye Qingming, what should you do? Retreat? "

"Impossible." Lin Qingrou denied it without any explanation.

"No matter what the reason is, it can't stop my hatred towards the Ye family. Taking a step back, even if I don't have complete confidence in facing Ye Qingming, I wouldn't feel anything. However, if this day really comes, I also understand that no matter who it is, it cannot take the place of my father in my heart. Let alone Ye Qingming. "

Liu Yuxi saw the complicated look on her face, and could only sigh. He took a sip of juice to show his helplessness.

However, facing Liu Yuxi's confident attitude, Lin Qingrou couldn't help but feel scared.

Could he really retreat without a care in the world? Or would he retreat because of Ye Qingming? She was even more afraid of thinking about it, because each outcome was a foretelling sign that she was going to have to go through an excruciating ordeal.

"Hey, the phone is ringing." Liu Yuxi suddenly said to Lin Qingrou.

She didn't even look at the caller ID.

"Hello, hello."

"Excuse me, is this Miss Lin?" A cold and questioning female voice sounded on the other end of the line.

Lin Qingrou subconsciously sat up straight, holding the phone in her hand.

"Yes, I am. May I ask who you are?"

"Maybe the call was a bit abrupt. Please don't mind it. "I am Ye Qingming's elder sister, Ye Qingzhi."

The moment she said that, Lin Qingrou couldn't help but cover her mouth with her hands. Liu Yuxi saw that the call was bound to be made and became serious.

Contrary to Lin Qingrou's expectations, she had not expected Ye Qingqi to find her so quickly.

"So, why did you call me?" Lin Qingrou replied.

However, she didn't expect Ye Qingzhi to suddenly smile at this moment.

"It's true that young people tend to be irritable, but this matter is inconvenient to talk about over the phone. I wonder if you have the time to meet me?"

Lin Qingrou hesitated for a moment before agreeing.

After hanging up, Liu Yuxi asked worriedly, "What's wrong? Your face suddenly turned pale. "

Lin Qingrou bit her lower lip, lowering her eyebrows. Her hands were cold as she said, "Ye Qingzhi wants to see me."

Liu Yuxi was shocked at first, then hurriedly asked, "Then what do we do? You want to see her now? "

"Yes, we will meet sooner or later anyway. We'll meet earlier and have a plan to deal with earlier."

"Then are you going to tell Ye Qingming?"

"It's better not to. We'll just do our best to avoid any unexpected situations." Finishing her words, Lin Qingrou prepared to head towards the agreed destination.

Liu Yuxi was initially a bit worried, but then she suddenly thought of something and hurriedly chased after him with her high heels.

"Can you remember, Manchu, that we investigated the matter of Xing Ruonan?"

Lin Qingrou nodded.

"At that time, she told others that she was severely ill and had gone to some other place to treat her illness. But then, her parents moved away very quickly and left B City. "

"However, when I went to ask around, there was no news of her death or recovery, nor was there any news of the Xing Family at all. It was as if they had never existed!" Don't you think that's a little strange? "

Lin Qingrou stopped in her tracks, looking suspiciously at Liu Yuxi.

"Manchu, perhaps Xing Ruonan's matter isn't as simple as we thought. "Or at least, it is not as simple as what Ye Qingming knows?" Liu Yuxi also suspiciously explained.

When Lin Qingrou heard this, she gathered all the information into her head. She felt a chill run down her spine.

Ye Qingzhi and the Ye Clan behind her, what exactly did they do?!

Before this, Lin Qingrou had met Ye Qingzhi once before.

But from now on, it was already 20 years ago when Lin Qingrou first saw her — she was at Lin Zhiheng's funeral, the ignorant Lin Qingrou was curled up in a corner, hugging her knees as she watched the adults coming and going in panic, at a complete loss of what to do.

However, only Ye Qingzhi's eyes had left an especially deep impression on her.

At the time, Ye Qingzhi was even younger than she is now. She wore a black dress and a round, transparent pearl necklace. Her steps were steady and hurried, as if she was eager to leave this place that she hated.

At that time, she was still wearing her black sunglasses. When she was young, Lin Manshou had already forgotten to cry as she stared blankly at her. However, after Ye Qingzhi took off her sunglasses, she saw that there was a thick layer of gauze covering the side of her left eye, and her right eye was surrounded by terrifying bruises.

Ye Qingzhi's cold expression did not care about the puzzled gazes of the surrounding people at all. After bowing three times to the portrait of her father, she put on her sunglasses once again, turned around, and quickly left.

In this way, Lin Qingrou's impression of Ye Qingzhi became particularly deep.

However, after 20 years, she once again sat face to face with Ye Qingzhi. Looking at her face that didn't have much of a change, she couldn't help but sigh at the fact that fate had always been especially generous to the Ye Family.

However, no matter how young a person is, her eyes will never be 20 years old.

At this moment, Ye Qingzhi was already over fifty years old, and her eyes could not help but reveal traces of exhaustion and aging.

"Miss Lin?" When Ye Qingzhi saw Lin Mai Rou, she did not seem to be stunned for a moment, but after a while, her lips curved up in a feigned warm smile.

Lin Qingrou nodded, remembering her expression in her heart as she sat opposite her.

"I wonder, why did you call me here this time?"

Ye Qingzhi glanced at her, not expecting her to be so direct. She decided to not continue to be polite. She looked at Lin Qingrou with a faint smile and said, "Looks like Miss Lin is an impatient person. I won't beat around the bush then. This time, I just want to talk about the matter of the Qing name with you. "

Ever since the death of Ye family's parents, Ye Qingzhi and her brother and sister had been responsible for taking care of Ye Qingcheng, who was ten years older than them. At this point, Ye Qingcheng's daughter was already a little older, and even though Ye Qinggran had no children, she had still been married for a long time. However, after so many years, in order to take care of Ye Qingming, Ye Qingzhi had never once had the thought of marriage. Therefore, she treated Ye Qingming with unparalleled kindness, and her desire and expectation for him was unimaginable.

Thinking of this, Lin Qingrou could not help but chuckle. "You're thinking too much. I have nothing to do with Ye Qingming."

Ye Qingzhi raised her eyebrows and used her sharp eyes to look at Lin Qingrou.

"What are you curious about? Do you want me to tell you?" On the surface, Lin Qingrou looked calm and collected as he stared at Ye Qingzhi, but his fists were already tightly clenched under the table.

Ye Qingzhi looked at her as her expression changed from probing to subtle.

After a long while, Ye Qingzhi seemed to have given up on 'probing' her. She finally let out a sigh and slowly drank a mouthful of tea before slowly saying, "I finally know why Qingming likes you. This is probably your advantage, but also your sorrow. "

The corners of Lin Qingrou's lips slowly froze.

"You're still young, and you look very smart. You won't be allowed to think of another woman when you're together with Qingming, or even think of you as another woman, right?" Ye Qingzhi said with certainty.

Ye Qingzhi's hidden cards were revealed so quickly that Lin Qingrou gradually relaxed. She indifferently asked, "Are you saying that he sees me as a substitute for his ex-girlfriend?"

Ye Qingzhi did not say anything and only considered it as tacit agreement.

Lin Qingrou's body leaned forward, she suddenly sneered, "I don't care."

"You!" Ye Qingzhi would never have thought that she would be so stubborn. For a moment, she was somewhat at a loss for words.

Lin Qingrou looked at her with eyes that changed from anger to viciousness to contempt. The familiar feeling of fear from her childhood and her father's face appeared in her mind once again.

Just as Ye Qingzhi was about to make a move on Lin Qingrou, she suddenly turned to look behind her. Her expression suddenly turned benevolent and dignified, as if she was a completely different person from before!

Lin Qingrou recovered from her shock at this moment. She looked behind her and did not expect Ye Qingming to suddenly appear here!