C6

Two days before her appointment with Shen Ximing, Qin Xiaotao suddenly recalled that she had asked Qi Yaxi to meet Shen Ximing at the same time this weekend, and wanted to tell Shen Ximing to call him over for Yanxi.

After leaving the classroom, she called Shen Xuming.

"Hey, Brother Shen. About that, I want to tell you …"

"Where are you?"

Halfway through her sentence, she was interrupted by Qin Xiaotao, who recovered with a start. "Oh, I just left the classroom and was about to return to my room."

"Wait for me at the school gate. I'll be there right away."

Qin Xiaotao was truly taken aback. She opened her mouth but didn't know how to respond. She could only say, "Oh."

After hanging up the phone, Qin Xiaotao sped up her pace towards the school gates. However, he was rather puzzled in his heart. What was he doing here? Of course, no matter how doubtful he was, he couldn't say it out loud. After all, this school was huge, anyone could come. Eh, perhaps he was here to tell me about the meeting over the weekend?

As he thought this, his footsteps didn't stop.

When they arrived at the school gates, Shen Xi Ming's car was parked in front of them. The passenger window rolled down, "Get in."

Qin Xiaohai opened the door and got in.

"Fasten your seat belt."

Qin Xiaohai turned to pull his seat belt, but failed to do so after a few tries. At this moment, Shen Xuming suddenly leaned over and took the belt from her hand, "I still have it on." As she spoke, she undid the middle button and refastened it for her.

His face was so close to hers that Qin Xiaotao's face turned red as she realized he was so close to a boy. She was so nervous that she forgot to breathe.

This was the first time she saw him at such a close distance, and only then did she realize that his facial features were really pretty. He had a slightly thin mouth, a high nose bridge, and a pair of deep eyes under thick eyebrows.

After fastening his seat belt, he looked up, which frightened her so much that she turned her head to look straight ahead.

"Alright."

Shen Xuming started the car, "Where are you staying?"

Qin Xiaohai said a name, and Shen Ximing turned around.

"Actually, it's quite close …" Actually, what she wanted to say was that she could just walk back by herself.

"It's this late every day?" Shen Xi Ming slightly frowned, but in the dim car, he couldn't detect it.

Qin Xiaotao looked at her watch, and at a quarter past eight, she said, "Everything's fine." She wanted to say, It's early today.

"So many homework?"

"Uh, not that much. It's just that I want to learn more by myself." Qin Xiaotao was well aware that her parents had given birth to her at a relatively late age. Now, they were already old enough to retire, and they had never retired in order to let her study abroad.

As a result, she especially cherished this opportunity. She always wanted to use all of her time to learn even more.

Shen Xi was silent for a moment, then suddenly pulled over and parked by the side of the road.

Qin Xiaotao was obviously taken aback by the sudden turn of events. "What, what's wrong?"

Shen Xuming held the steering wheel, not looking at her, "Do you know how dangerous this is?"

His words made Qin Xiaotao confused. "Dangerous?"

"Haven't you learned your lesson about that night?"

She realized he was talking about the robbery that night in the industrial area. But she looked at the steering wheel, at his white knuckles. Why did she think he was angry?

In fact, that night, she was really scared, so much so that she had that dream again.

But that was a fortuitous event, wasn't it? Being alone in a foreign country was better than having less troubles. She didn't even call the police.

"I won't take that road in the future. I'll just take a detour a bit further. Moreover, I will return a bit earlier, so I probably won't meet them anymore." The security in London is actually quite good. " The more she said that last sentence, the less confidence she had. She kept feeling that the air inside the car was getting colder and colder.

Shen Xuming's face darkened, saying in a low voice, "From now on, by 8 PM at the latest, I have to go home."

"Eight or eight?" It was still early. It was eight o'clock in the summer, and the sky wasn't even dark yet.

"Yes, eight o'clock." Shen Xi Ming said as a matter of course.

Inwardly, Qin Xiaohai was extremely surprised. He wasn't that familiar with her, right? Why would he suddenly come to her house and tell her when he was coming home?

However, being surprised was being surprised. He knew clearly in his heart that he was doing it for his own good. Moreover, looking at his serious expression, it was hard to refute him.

"Oh, got it."

Seeing that she agreed, Shen Xi Ming's expression eased up a bit.

On the road again, Shen Xi Ming didn't say anything. The car was eerily quiet. Qin Xiaotao hesitated for a moment before asking, "About that, can I play some music?"

"Go ahead."

Qin Xiaotao pressed a button as she groped for it. Suddenly, a burst of rock and roll hit her ear, causing her to subconsciously step back.

Shen Xi Ming quickly turned down the volume, then awkwardly said, "This is my dad's car." As he said that, he pressed the next one. It was the same type of music as before, but a few more times and it would still be the same.

"About that, forget it." Qin Xiaohai could not help but ask.

"Alright." As if he was waiting for her words, Shen Xi Ming turned off the music without hesitation.

The car quieted down once again. Due to the previous music error, Qin Xiaotao didn't dare to make any further suggestions. She looked out the window at the school. It was clearly very close, but why wasn't it here today?

"Eh, why are you here?" This was not the way back.

"The road over there is being repaired."

So, because of the road construction over there, we should take a detour? Then would he only need ten minutes to walk, and it would take longer to turn into a car?

Of course, although her heart was full of doubts, Qin Xiaohai didn't say anything.

Shen Xi Ming turned his head to look at her and said, "You live here alone?"

"No, I have a roommate. She's from Korea and came here a month earlier than me. Her name is Pu Linlin, but she studies art and she's from a different academy from me."

Shen Xi Ming nodded his head, and seemed to think for a moment before saying: "Are you going to enter Luo clan?"

Qin Xiaohai was startled. It was indeed his father's wish, and he did not intend to go against it. However, this was something that had happened after his graduation and he hadn't put it on the agenda yet.

Also, even if he were to work for Luo clan in the future, it wouldn't be that important.

Of course, she still didn't know that Shen Ximing would become her boss.

"Oh, my dad really hopes that I can work for the Luo family. However, the Luo family's threshold should be pretty high, right?"

Shen Xi Ming smirked, "Not high, it's flat."

"Flat, flat?"

"Yea, there's no entrance at the front gate of the Luo Mansion. It's flat. I entered the building the moment I raised my foot, I tried it before."

Looking at his serious expression, Qin Xiaotao burst into laughter. Then, she quickly covered her mouth. Was he joking?