C65

It was already nine o'clock when Yin Qinghuan arrived home. She didn't know why, but the events of the night had made her very tired.

It was just a sexual relationship, she told him.

But who was it yesterday, the moment they thought he was going to die, they lost control and collapsed.

It was her.

Was it really possible to say that he was unmoved? She was afraid that she would be unable to pull away, that she would be unable to break free.

When Chu Huai called, Yin Qinghuan was still in a trance. She looked at her phone hesitantly before answering.

"Boss Chu."

She had only started calling him Chu Huai today. His current identity was completely different, and his current relationship with Yin Qinghuan was that of a cooperative relationship.

However, it seemed as if the other party hadn't realized this. She heard the man's voice on the other side of the phone sound slightly stern. "Yin Qinghuan, what are you trying to prove to me?"

Judging from his tone, it was likely that he was discussing the matter of cooperation with Chu Huai. Because of Qi Yanzhong's interference, Chu Huai was angry.

He thought that she was the one who asked for Qi Yan Shang, so as to prove to Chu Huai that she was very favoured by Qi Yan Shang?

"If I were to tell you that I didn't know he would be here tonight, would you believe me?"

She never expected that Chu Huai would believe her, she only casually asked and the other party was silent.

"Whatever, if you think I'm playing with you tonight, then you can ask ST to change the person in charge, I …" She wanted to say, "She has no objections, and..." I can't wait.

However, before she could say anything, Chu Huai cut off her path. "I only want to talk to you."

Yin Qinghuan: "…"

You mean, for her?

Chu Huai shouldn't be this kind of person, or had he truly angered him tonight. However, what the heck was he angry about?

If Qi Yan Shang was angry, then she could understand. After all, she was the woman he had slept with, and their relationship was still constant. Love or not, a man's possessiveness was always in play.

As for Chu Huai... She couldn't think of a reason.

Last time, she remembered that they had already explained it clearly to each other. She thought that the two of them would only be parallel lines that would never intersect in the future.

"Alright, then let's make an appointment."

Even though he was extremely unwilling, he still endured it due to the fact that it was a job.

Just when she thought that Chu Huai would hang up the phone, he asked in an indifferent tone, "You want to be Mrs. Qi?"

She also wanted to reply to him, "What does it have to do with you?"

However, the reply he got was: "I don't want to."

Following that, Chu Huai's next sentence left the woman speechless.

"When did he leave?"

Since he didn't want to, then sooner or later there would be a time when he would disperse.

Chu Huai's words were light and casual, as if he was stating a simple fact, and she felt that it was very thought-provoking, yet she wasn't willing to continue speaking with him. She politely said in a symbolic manner: "Boss Chu, rest early."

With that, she hung up.

Just like this, at the end of the week, she did not take the initiative to meet with Chu Huai, waiting for him to contact her.

Of course, it was best not to contact her, as she would be free.

Yin Qinghuan could only use this weekend's time to start working on the draft design for this examination. After all, this was a design that she hadn't completed before, so it wasn't too difficult.

But the thought of Joanne made her want to change her design. Originally, she only considered herself as a competitor. This time, she wanted to break her original design philosophy and try to design this earring in a completely new way. There was a certain risk to everything that had to be innovated, but with Gu Wen Liu's understanding of the second-rate, what she wanted to see was not an imitation of Qiao Yunuo's work, but a work that was different and could break Qiao Yunuo's design and integrate it into her own ideas.

He stayed in his room all afternoon. By the time the first draft was formed, it was already night.

Yin Qinghuan stretched lazily as her neck and shoulder ached. Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the calendar on the table and realized that it was her birthday tomorrow.

Naturally, it was not this body, but … It was Qiao Yino's birthday.

Every year, on her birthday and in the morning, she would go to the cemetery to visit her mother.

Every year, but this year... Naturally, there wouldn't be any birthday parties, but he still had to go to the cemetery.

Even though, now that she had become like this, he didn't know if his mother would feel sorry for her, or if she would feel lucky to be able to live again.

She left early the next morning.

Instead of going directly to the cemetery, he took a taxi to the flower shop and bought a bunch of his mother's favorite white hibiscus flowers.

Mother is like this white hibiscus, pure and holy. When he saw Mu Jin, he thought of the bracelet that he couldn't get back from Yin Xiangze.

He felt even more guilty for his dead mother.

When she arrived at the cemetery, she found that no one else had come. She had found her mother's tombstone, and because of the photo on the tombstone, she had placed the flowers to the side.

"Mom, I wonder if you can accept the current me …"

She hadn't come to see her mother since her rebirth. It was probably because she didn't know what to say, and was afraid that her mother wouldn't be able to accept her appearance.

"Right now, I live very tiredly every day. Sometimes, I really want to tell everyone that I'm Qiao Yino and Yin Xiangze are the ones who killed me."

However, she also understood that no one would believe it. She had no proof, and the theory of rebirth was too absurd.

"I don't understand why Joanne hates me so much. Although you have always taught me to repay my kindness, this time …" Forgive me for not being able to do it. "But I will not become Joanne. I will punish the bad guys with legitimate means."

However, this path was not easy. To fight alone, he truly feared that one day, he would not be able to hold on.

Outside the cemetery, Qi Yan stopped the car.

Today was Qiao Yino's birthday.

Every year, on her birthday, she would come to the cemetery to worship her mother. Two years ago, she would pester him until this day and ask him to go with her.

But every time, he would never come. This was her dead mother, and he was an outsider. He should never have come.

He had never thought that he would marry Qiao Yonuo. It had all been the woman's wishful thinking.

And now, why did he come here?

No news yet. This was the first time he saw him working so slowly. Wasn't it very hard to find a woman?

"Maybe you can find her." Gu Wenliu had said so, but why was he so sure?

Qi Yanqi did not say anything but remained silent.

He didn't want to look for it, but why did he drive all the way to the cemetery?

He lit a cigarette, the white smoke curling between his fingers. The man's long and narrow eyes looked at the smoke, and a voice resounded in his ears, coming from the distance — —

"Qi Yan Shang, smoking is bad for the lungs, I don't want you to die early, be a widow for you!"

After extinguishing the smoke, he looked at the cemetery not far away and got out of the car.

During this period of time, he rarely visited the mausoleum garden. Instead, he saw a familiar figure walking down the flight of steps from the mausoleum.

Qi Yan and Shang's eyes darkened — —

Yin Qinghuan.

Yin Qinghuan did not expect to meet Qi Yan Shang here.

"Why is Director Qi here too?"

"Don't you think I should ask you that?"

Yin Qinghuan: "…"

The woman hesitated for a few seconds. Looking around to see that there was no one else, she said, "Today is the anniversary of a friend of mine. I'm here to pay my respects."

Qi Yan Shang frowned slightly as he stared into her eyes. She looked away, unable to meet his gaze.

He felt slightly apprehensive.

Why had Qi Yanzhong come to the cemetery? It was also the day of Jojino's birthday, the day he had never seen him before. Meeting her all of a sudden did indeed make her panic.

The point was, he didn't seem to believe her.

"Friend? "Nice relationship, huh?"

If she came so early on the day of the funeral, then their relationship must be quite deep.

"..." "Right." Yin Qinghuan nodded and asked with a faint smile, "What about you?"

When she asked this question, she immediately regretted it. It was only because her opponent's expression was extremely dark. Her lips were pursed, and her emotions could not be seen. However, her intuition told her that this was not good!

"It's because I don't care that I have to leave first."

She brushed past the man and went down the steps and out of the cemetery gate without looking back.

With a cold gaze, Qi Yan Shang no longer looked at the departing figure of the woman. Instead, he walked along the road and found the tombstone belonging to Qiao Yino's mother.

When he saw the bunch of fresh hibiscus flowers in front of the tombstone, his pupils contracted. Someone had been here before.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that other than him, there was no one else.

Qiao Yunuo had been here before. It would only be her.

After Yin Qinghuan left the cemetery, she turned around and glanced behind her. That person did not chase after her. Only then did she heave a sigh of relief.

She had almost thought that Qi Yan Chamber of Commerce would find a good reason to interrogate them.

But why was he here? In this cemetery, there were no Qi family members that would sleep here forever.

Did he come to pay his respects to her mother?

Heh, that's impossible. Yin Qinghuan quickly overturned her ridiculous thoughts. In the past, when Qiao Yino was here, she had never seen him accompany her here once before.

Actually, there was a reason why he wanted Qi Yan Shang to come together with him.

He might not remember it, but she would never forget it. That year, after her mother was buried, she hid in the cemetery. It was Qi Yan Shang who found her frozen.

That was when she fell in love with him and followed him for ten years.

Qi Yan Shang should have already forgotten about it. She would mention it occasionally, but he never responded. He had no impression of it.

It was as if the person from before wasn't him.

Yin Qinghuan didn't think too much about it. She looked at the taxi driver parked not far away and walked in that direction.

After all, it was still early in the morning and there weren't many people here. She couldn't let the Yin family know she was in the cemetery, so she called for a taxi and had the driver wait to take her back.

When Qi Yanqi chased after her from the cemetery, all she could see was Yin Qing's joyful figure moving further and further away.

Was she the only one here?

The man stepped forward quickly and walked behind the woman in three steps and two steps. Just as Yin Qinghuan was about to open the car door, a gravity shut the door. Her body was startled and she was stopped outside the door. Before he could even react, he was grabbed by the waist and turned to look in his direction, meeting his gaze.

The look in her eyes suddenly turned into one of shock. When she saw Qi Yan Shang's face so close to her, her heart stopped beating.

In that moment, time seemed to stop, and between her and him, the scene was frozen in place.

Qi Yan Shang's eyes that were as dark as the night were filled with a sharp light, his aura was filled with a cold deterrence, and he looked at her with a gaze that seemed like he was going to swallow her whole at the next moment.