Chapter 136: Chapter 129: Zhan Nanqing Wants to Make a Bet with Qiao Jing
Was she seeing things?
Zhan Nanqing rubbed her eyes, seriously suspecting they were playing tricks on her. So, she rubbed them again and looked intently at Qiao Jing.
By that time, Qiao Jing had already entered the research institute.
Zhan Nanqing really wanted to follow and see for herself, but she couldn’t; she didn’t have access.
Zhan Nanqing didn’t leave, instead, she waited for Qiao Jing to come out.
Fortunately, she didn’t have to wait as late as last time; Qiao Jing was out after just a short while.
The reason Qiao Jing left so quickly was that Lin Xiuxiang and Tang Yan were getting engaged. As Lin Xiuxiang’s best friend and family, it was necessary to give a valuable gift that represented her heartfelt wishes.
So she decided to go to the mall.
“Hey, are you going to agree or not?” Zhan Nanqing chased after her again.
Qiao Jing was on the roadside hailing a taxi.
“Where are you going? I’ll give you a ride, but then you have to agree to it,” Zhan Nanqing opened the car door.
Qiao Jing wasn’t polite with Zhan Nanqing, “To Wanxiang City.”
With the car keys in hand, Zhan Nanqing felt like she was a cab driver.
Hmph! If it wasn’t for getting Lan Yinyin away from her brother, she wouldn’t be here serving you.
Zhan Nanqing was in the driver’s seat while Qiao Jing was behind, occasionally checking her phone or looking out the window.
“Hey! I want to ask you something.”
“Sure, speak, but I might not answer,” Qiao Jing replied indifferently.
Zhan Nanqing thought luckily Qiao Jing and her brother only had a 100-day agreement and luckily Qiao Jing had moved out of Purple Garden. Otherwise, facing Qiao Jing every day, she would have been infuriated to death sooner or later.
“Answer me honestly, what exactly do you do in Professor Qiao’s Research Institute? You aren’t really a doctor, are you?”
Qiao Jing glanced at Zhan Nanqing.
Qiao Jing’s statement wasn’t exactly a lie, because if any staff member fell ill at the institute, she was the one to tend to them as long as she was present.
“Liar!” Zhan Nanqing didn’t believe her one bit.
“If you’re just a doctor, why are the institute’s research reports with you? And those vegetables, why keep some on your balcony?”
Instead of answering, Qiao Jing countered, “What do you think I do at the institute then?”
“I’m asking you, okay?” Zhan Nanqing turned around and rolled her eyes at Qiao Jing.
“Forget it then! Anyway, there’s less than 20 days left until you and my brother are done, and I won’t see you anymore. I can’t be bothered to find out, and even if you really are a researcher at the institute, you couldn’t possibly be an agricultural scientist. At most, you’re just an intern like Gan Lanlan.”
In Zhan Nanqing’s view, Qiao Jing was at most an intern. An agricultural scientist was out of the question; in her mind, agricultural scientists were always somewhat older and looked knowledgeable and cultured.
No matter what, it was impossible for Qiao Jing to be that way.
Listening to Nanqing’s certain words, Qiao Jing suddenly became a bit mischievous.
“What if I really am an agricultural scientist?”
Although Qiao Jing possessed maturity and steadiness beyond her peers, as well as academic prowess far exceeding those of her age and even those within her field, she was still a 23-year-old, and occasionally showed the temperament appropriate for her age.
Of course, such occasions were rare for her.
“Haha—” Nanqing scoffed with a laugh, “If you are an agricultural scientist, I’ll be your personal driver for life. Wherever you go, I’ll take you there. I won’t take a salary, will work hard without complaints, and be at your beck and call.”
Hearing this, Qiao Jing was almost tempted.
Although she was amazing at racing cars, she only liked racing, not driving. Moreover, her mind was particularly clear when she was riding in a car; academic issues that she couldn’t figure out or understand in other settings often became clear to her while sitting in a car.
Thus, she had always enjoyed riding in cars, which was also why she drove but didn’t own a car.
Having a free personal driver wouldn’t be too bad.
So she almost impulsively revealed her identity.
“Forget it, if I really wanted a driver, I would have hired one long ago.”
In fact, Moqian had arranged a personal driver for her before, but she didn’t use it much, mainly because she didn’t like having someone wait for her outside, so she let it go.
“Haha! So you’re just bluffing, right? You’re only a year older than me, how could you possibly be an agricultural scientist. Do you think you are Professor Qiao?!” Nanqing’s words were as scornful as they could be.
Qiao Jing moved her lips slightly, initially wanting to say something, but eventually she shut her mouth and looked down at her phone.
The car drove for nearly forty minutes before arriving at Wanxiang City.
“This place is all luxury goods, what do you want to buy? If you don’t have enough money, I can pay for you, but only if you agree to collaborate with me.”
Nanqing hadn’t finished speaking when Qiao Jing had already walked into a jewelry store in Wanxiang City.
“Hey, hey, hey! Can’t you listen to me finish speaking?” Nanqing followed up, huffing with annoyance.
Qiao Jing asked the sales assistant to take out a gemstone necklace from the glass cabinet and handed it to Nanqing, “What do you think?”
“It’s fine if you like it, why are you asking me?” she said, “Man, that price is too high, isn’t it? Over a million. Although I have some pocket money, if I give it all to Qiao Jing, I won’t have money for entertainment for the next two months.”
This Qiao Jing, really didn’t hold back at all, never picking anything that wasn’t expensive.
Qiao Jing lightly furrowed her brows as she examined the gemstone necklace in her hand, “I don’t usually wear these. Although I’ve dealt with antiques, the concept is different. It’s not quite in line with the tastes of a pure young girl.”
Nanqing pouted her lips as if saying you don’t act like a girl? Also, you deal with antiques? Playing antiques as someone from the countryside, what antiques are you talking about? Keep pretending, see if I believe you?
“From what you’re saying, you’re not buying this for yourself?”
“Yeah, Xiangxiang and Tang Yan are getting engaged. I want to pick out a gift for her,” Qiao Jing put down the gemstone necklace and continued looking inside the counter.
“What? You’re buying such expensive items for a friend?” Nanqing was stunned; truth be told, almost all her jewelry was bought by her mother with money, and she herself, having limited pocket money, hardly ever used her own money to buy luxury items.
“Expensive? It’s okay. Compared to the Ginseng I gave your grandfather last time, this is nothing.” Qiao Jing also thought about giving Ginseng to Xiuxiang, but then she figured Ginseng might be something she could manage to get. However, since Xiuxiang’s event was an engagement and not a celebration of longevity, giving Ginseng wasn’t quite appropriate.
Mentioning the Ginseng, Nanqing had a question she had wanted to ask Qiao Jing for a long time.
“I’m asking you, how did you manage to get that Ginseng from Wonderful Hall? My mom and I also went to Wonderful Hall, asked them to bring out their best stuff, but they never brought out the Ginseng. Do you know the owner of Wonderful Hall?”