Chapter 540: The Bai Family Came Looking For Her, First Trouble (3)
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Qiao Qiao snorted. “It’s just perfunctory.” With that, she reached out and took
Shao Jingmo’s hand. She pressed down on the ice pack on her knee and said to
Shao Jingmo, “I won’t lie to you in the future.”
Shao Jingmo was silent for a moment before taking out a cigarette box. It was obvious that he wanted to smoke again, but because he was beside her, he did not take out a lighter to light it. He played with the cigarette box in his hand quietly, looking distracted. In Qiao Qiao’s opinion, this reaction was clearly not taking her words seriously.
She felt a little defeated and discouraged. She could only continue the topic he had just asked. “Little Uncle, you said that you wanted to talk about what happened next. Is that what you just said? Is there anything else?”
Shao Jingmo paused for a moment as he played with the cigarette box. He looked up slightly. “What’s next…”
Unknowingly, Qiao Qiao’s upper body had moved much closer to Shao Jingmo. “Didn’t you say that we should talk about what happened next?”
Shao Jingmo took out a cigarette and pinched his fingertips. “Nothing else.” Leaving those words behind, he rose.
Qiao Qiao didn’t have to guess to know that he must have gone to smoke. In her impression, Shao Jingmo!s smoking addiction wasn’t big. He didn’t smoke every day. At some point, he would suddenly smoke two or three cigarettes in a row.
He often smelled faintly of tobacco, too. It wasn’t exactly unpleasant, because it was faint.
Thinking about how Father Qiao had quit smoking because of Mother Qiao’s words, Qiao Qiao thought of something and grabbed Shao Jingmo’s hand. At this moment, he was about to leave when she suddenly pulled him back. He was a little surprised.
He looked down at her.
Qiao Qiao said, “Don’t smoke so much.” She was about to say, “Don’t smoke,” but after thinking about it, it made it seem like she was meddling too much, so she turned it into a concern and told him to smoke less.
Shao Jingmo looked at her for a few seconds and said, “I’m not smoking. I’m getting you some water.”
Qiao Qiao immediately let go. “Thank you, Little Uncle.”
Without a word, he put away his cigarette and really went over to get her some water. She didn’t know if he’d listened to her or if he’d really just gone to get her water and she’d mistaken him for smoking. Either way, she was quite happy.
At noon, Jingcheng came in to deliver lunch on time.
Qiao Qiao was not surprised that Shao Jingmo was also here to eat with her.
The atmosphere of the two of them dining together was quite harmonious. Neither of them disturbed the other. Qiao Qiao quite liked this atmosphere. Both of them had their own sense of boundaries.
5:30 P.M.
Today was Qiao Qiao’s first day here. She didn’t have any work arrangements and spent almost the entire afternoon watching television in the office to pass the time. No one cared about her, so she was extremely comfortable.
Shao Jingmo came down from the office and waited for her to leave the company together.
Qiao Qiao was afraid that if she got too close to Shao Jingmo and left in his car, she would be seen by the other employees of the company and expose their relationship. It was fine if it happened in the morning, but it was better to avoid it after work.
Hence, she said to Shao Jingmo, “Go ahead. I’ll come back myself. If you’re worried, you can get your bodyguards to follow me.”
Shao Jingmo said, “No.”
Qiao Qiao knew he would say this. “You still keep saying that 1 should be myself and not be restrained in front of you. How can I be myself if such a small request doesn’t satisfy me?”
Shao Jingmo looked at her quietly. His gaze wasn’t cold, so Qiao Qiao wasn’t afraid. She explained, “1 just don’t want the other employees in the company to see me get into your car and spread all kinds of rumors about my relationship with you.”
Shao Jingmo called Jingcheng over. “Follow her.”
Jing Cheng nodded. “Okay, Third Master.”
Shao Jingmo didn’t say anything else. After instructing Jingcheng, he turned around and left. Initially, Qiao Qiao should be happy that Shao Jingmo agreed so readily, but she couldn’t be happy because she knew that Shao Jingmo was angry again.
Was this man a petty person? He was always angry with her.
She waited for Shao Jingmo to leave for a few minutes before leaving the company. Along the way, Jingcheng followed her out. She couldn’t help but ask Jingcheng, “Does your boss often get angry?”
Jing Cheng answered truthfully, “No, but around you, Miss, it’s common to be angry.”
Qiao Qiao’s lips twitched. ‘
Jingcheng was probably a chatterbox. He answered without asking, “Now, as long as Third Master is angry, it should be related to you, Miss. Therefore, please don’t often make Third Master angry.”
Qiao Qiao didn’t feel that the bodyguard had overstepped his bounds. She even half believed his words. “l can easily affect his emotions… Alright, I’ll try to be more careful in the future.’
She went to the garage with Jingcheng. There was a spare car Shao Jingmo had left at the company.
Jingcheng had just opened the car door for Qiao Qiao when a car suddenly sped over from afar. Qiao Qiao didn’t think much of it at first. Her sharp senses didn’t think that the car was coming for her. Instead, Jingchengs sharp reaction was to pull Qiao Qiao behind him immediately to stop her from getting into the car.
Qiao Qiao was shocked and still in shock. “What’s wrong?”
Before she could see what was going on with the car, she heard Jingcheng say, “Miss, we’re in trouble..