"Qi Taiguo..." Chiang Qing watched with wide-open eyes as Qi Taiguo walked past her, without even a glance her way, and her heart felt like it had just bitten into a green plum, both sour and astringent.
Just now, he had been speaking to Cheng Su with such tender affection, why, when it came to her, didn’t he show even a hint of kindness?
Unable to let it go, Chiang Qing followed after him, cautiously saying, "Qi Taiguo, it’s okay now, my dad has removed your name from the list, I told you, I wouldn’t just watch you go to the border, you can relax."
Poor Military Doctor Chiang, who, in front of anyone else, held herself with such composure, so highly esteemed, had become like dust on the ground before Qi Taiguo, utterly humble.
Was this the magic of love, or perhaps a curse?
Qi Taiguo treated her as if she were invisible, continuing to walk on by himself, and a frustrated Chiang Qing raised her voice, "Qi Taiguo, don’t push me."
People started to look over.
Qi Taiguo reached the departing troops and threw his military bag on the ground, then started to line up for training, hands behind his back.
Chiang Qing, biting back her anger, didn’t dare to follow him and turned to run away.
Meanwhile, Ning Ge, after receiving Qi Taiguo’s phone call, furrowed his brows into a frown.
Qi Taiguo had actually entrusted him to take extra care of Cheng Su, afraid that Chiang Qing might cause some kind of trouble. With him about to go for training, if something happened, he would be too far to reach.
It seemed that the commotion brought on by Chiang Qing and the Chiang Family had put Qi Taiguo on alert.
But that Chiang Qing, she really was a bit mad. If she continued down this path, she might indeed go completely insane.
Shit, was this woman blind? She knew it was impossible yet still insisted on charging headfirst, or was it her heart that was blind?
Ning Ge had never met someone like her before, immune to words, impervious to scolding, a complete stubborn ox.
After some thought, Ning Ge made a phone call, "Bai Ying, it’s me, do a favor for your brother..."
...
After seeing off Qi Taiguo, Cheng Su went to inspect the shop at the railway station. It had been almost a month since the shop opened, business was fairly good, but since it was just the beginning, she couldn’t let her guard down completely.
It was already one in the afternoon, and the fast food restaurant was filled with travelers eating, their feet surrounded by luggage of all sizes.
When the employees saw Cheng Su, they greeted her, and Qi Fenglian came up with a smile, asking, "What brings you here today? Did Taiguo leave?"
"Yeah, I just sent him off. I had nothing else to do, so I came to check how things are going. Is everything running smoothly?" Cheng Su took a seat behind the cash register.
Qi Fenglian said, "You could rest at home if there’s nothing urgent. You’ve also been quite busy these days, you look a bit haggard. Is it because you haven’t rested enough or something else?"
"No, it’s probably because spring is coming, and people tend to get more tired." Cheng Su smiled and said, "Don’t people become lazier in spring?"
"True, you should drink more nourishing soups then."
"Yeah." Cheng Su glanced at the ledger she was registering in and then asked, "How’s Elder Brother-in-law doing in the decorating team?"
The smile on Qi Fenglian’s face stiffened for a moment before she casually replied, "It’s as usual, isn’t it always the same with wage work?"
Cheng Su paused while flipping through the ledger and looked up, "Is he being mistreated?"
"That shouldn’t be the case. Besides, who doesn’t get mistreated doing wage work? Looking at him, it seems that he finds it quite strenuous. No big deal, he’ll get used to it," replied Qi Fenglian.
In fact, every day Zhang Jisheng came back complaining of how tired he was, talking about the heavy workload at the decorating team and how hard it was.
She had argued with him about it; after all, wage work, especially in decoration, was always tough, and money didn’t come without putting in some effort, did it?
Hearing Elder Sister’s words, Cheng Su frowned for a moment and then steered the conversation away.