Chapter 67: Unfathomable, this man was a very profound book, she couldn't understand it.

  When Nian Qing rushed back to the company, she was already late. The department meeting had just ended, and Su Mei happened to see her and called her into the office for a talk.

  "What's the reason you can't ask me in advance for leave?" Su Mei asked, requiring Nian Qing to give her a reasonable explanation.

  "Sorry, this time it's my fault. After work, I will stay behind to make up for the lost time." Ning Qing took direct responsibility without making excuses.

  As for the reason, it is an irresistible force.

  Su Mei took a glance at Nian Qing, noticing the silk scarf wrapped around her neck. She turned her gaze to the floor-to-ceiling window outside, where the sun was shining brightly. Furrowing her brow, she said: "Get out, and next time, remember to ask for leave in advance."

  "Alright." Qing smiled and genuinely hoped there wouldn't be a next time.

  Go out, return to work position, read clearly and normally turn on the computer to work, but hands always can't help touching the silk scarf on the neck, it's hot.

  She rushed all the way back to the company, ran a lot of roads, sweated, but even if she was hot, she didn't dare take off her silk scarf.

  At noon, time for rest.

  Nian Qing didn't have an appetite for lunch and leaned on his office desk, wanting to take a nap.

  She didn't sleep much last night and this morning she had a bad thing happen with Gu Qingheng... She's in poor spirits now.

  The phone on the table rang a few times without an answer, and then there were several voice messages.

  I heard Qing's words but didn't care, my heart was in a mess.

  A few minutes later, Yang Zi came up to find her in a flurry, seemingly wanting to ask her about last night's events.

  She furrowed her brow in surprise, realizing that the person calling her phone was Yan Zi, not Gu Qingheng.

  She let out a sigh of relief in her heart. It seemed she had thought too much.

  Nian Qing quickly pulled her down to eat before Zai Zi opened his mouth, fearing that her loud voice would reveal the matter, and there were other colleagues in the office.

  In the restaurant.

  Yan Zi furrowed her brow, turning to Nian Qing with a repentant expression: "I got drunk last night and didn't realize you had been asked to leave. It wasn't until later that they told me. Who was it that asked you to leave? You didn't run into any bad people, did you?"

  Ning Qing shook her head slightly: "No, but I met Gu Qingheng."

  Yan Zi suddenly felt a sense of relief, with Gu Qingheng around, it also meant that Nian Qing was safe and sound last night.

  "You scared me to death, I just called your phone and you didn't answer, I thought something had happened to you." As she spoke, Yanzi looked at Nian Qing with a pause, her thoughts reacting: "You didn't come home all night yesterday, were you always with Gu Qingheng? Are you and he... again?"

  "No!" Ning Qing interrupted immediately, her slender white fingers tightly pinched together and placed on her lips, sighing: "I didn't have a relationship with him."

  "So what did you and he do for a whole night?" Yan Zi asked cautiously, her eyes fixed on Nian Qing's neck.

  Actually, she had noticed earlier that Nian Qingping didn't like wearing a silk scarf at ordinary times.

  "Sleep." Qing said succinctly.

  "Oh." Yanzhi's expression was slightly strange.

  Sleeping and getting out of bed, really, there's no difference.

  ……

  After work hours.

  Ning Qing called Yan Zi and told her to go home first, no need to wait for her, she had to stay overtime, estimated to leave at 7 or 8 o'clock.

  Due to Gu Qingheng's unforeseen circumstances, Su Mei's impression of her was already quite poor. She didn't want to appear unreliable in front of her female superior and wanted to make a good showing.

  Other colleagues in the office left one by one.

  Qing quickly pulled down the silk scarf around her neck and took a deep breath.

  Above, fair skin, with several very obvious marks, one look and you know, are the man's branding kisses.

  Qing lifted her hand, rubbed her neck, took out a makeup mirror and looked at it for a few seconds. The mark was still very vague, deeply imprinted on her face.

  Furrowed her brow, put away the makeup mirror, and didn't dare look again.

  She knew Gu Qingheng was doing it on purpose.

  She really regrets it, she shouldn't have spoken rashly because of a moment's anger, the tie, just return it to him, no need to provoke him.

  Just before the end of overtime, the mobile phone on the table suddenly rang.

  Ning Qing picked it up, took a look, and furrowed her brow fiercely. It was Ning Hai calling. At this time, there was only one person in the office, so she didn't need to avoid answering directly.

  "Take me home now." Nian Hai said hastily.

  Knitting her brows in concern, she turned back and thought: "He wouldn't really let her send a woman to Gu Qingheng, would he?"

  After some thought, Qing said: "Dad, I'm working overtime now. It's so late, I'm afraid I won't be able to make it back."

  Actually, she can leave soon.

  "Just come back to me." Nian Hai said impatiently, and then hung up the phone, not afraid that Nian Qing wouldn't come back.

  Staring at the phone, sighing, can only go back.

  When leaving the company, it was already 8 o'clock in the evening. Nian Qing was at the bus station, waiting for the bus and didn't plan to take a taxi back home.

  This month she is very tight on money and doesn't want to waste it on useless things. Besides, taking the bus is good for her, she doesn't want to go back home at all, if she can drag it out, she will drag it out a bit.

  The No. 96 bus arrived soon.

  In the evening, after rush hour, there were only a few passengers in the car, and the seats were very spacious.

  Ning Qing got on the bus, swiped her card, chose a seat in the back row near the right side, sat down, and gazed out of the window at the fleeting scenery, furrowing her eyebrows as she drifted off into thought.

  The smooth speed gradually slowed down, and the front was in a big traffic jam. The rows of roads were crowded with no gaps, and it seemed that there had been a traffic accident.

  Half an hour.

  Several passengers in the car couldn't wait any longer, it was already very late, who wouldn't want to return home a little earlier.

  Only then did Qing's expression turn relaxed and calm, thinking that the traffic jam outside was lovely, wishing it could last forever.

  She really didn't want to go back home at all.

  Soon, several passengers in the car chose to get off and no longer wait. The front is likely to take a long time to clear up.

  He lowered his head, playing with his phone indifferently, until - Gu Qingheng's phone number suddenly came in.

  The mobile phone ringtone sounds clear in the bus.

  Nian Qing slightly furrowed her brow, staring at Gu Qingheng's phone number for a few seconds before looking away and not answering, as if it was too noisy on the road and she couldn't hear.

  The mobile phone ringtone stopped after a minute. The next second, it rang again without interruption.

  Her delicate eyebrows furrowed even more, hesitating.

  If you don't answer once, it can be said that you didn't hear it. If you don't answer twice or thrice, then it's a lie.

  "Hello." Nian Qing answered Gu Qingheng's phone call out of helplessness.

  "Haven't you arrived yet?" Gu Qingheng asked, his voice laced with a hint of concern.

  "Where to?" Nian Qing asked back, nervously.

  "Think of home," said Gu Qingheng.

  Nian Qing was taken aback at once and furrowed her brow.

  Gu Qingheng is at home, what does he want to do? His son-in-law and unmarried daughter, as well as his parents-in-law are gathering. Is she going there for a family reunion or does she have other intentions?

  She can't figure him out; this man is a very profound book, and she can't read it.

  "Hold on a minute, I'm still on the road. There's been an accident up ahead and it'll probably take a while to clear. You guys go ahead and eat without me."

  Afterwards, Gu Qingheng didn't say anything and soon hung up the phone.

  Now, Nian Qing couldn't help but feel even more resentful and wanted to avoid him for a longer time. This morning, she had just had an awkward encounter with Gu Qingheng, and now in the evening, she would have to face him again. Her courage was almost used up.

  A while.

  The traffic congestion ahead is showing signs of easing, and Qing heard the sirens of several police cars. It's likely that the traffic police have started directing traffic to clear up the congestion.

  It won't be long before it's blocked again.

  She let out a sigh of resignation, her heart inexplicably racing with anxiety. She must have been too tense.

  One hour.

  Qing got off the bus, her eyes fixed on the time on her phone - now, it had been an hour and thirty seconds since she and Gu Qingheng's conversation, they should have finished dinner by now. If she was lucky, maybe when she arrived, Gu Qingheng would already be gone.

  After some thought, I recited a distant road, walked slowly, and calculated in my heart that it should take about 20 minutes.

  In this way, it is estimated that Gu Qingheng can be avoided.

  ……

  In front of the family gate.

  "Ding Dong——", Qing pressed the doorbell.

  The person opening the door was Nianzi with a faint smile.

  She thought of Qing Wei, and then thought of Zi, who had never opened the door for her before.

  "Is the road very congested?" Nian Zi asked, her voice was friendly, but her eyes staring at hers were cold.

  "Hmm, five cars linked together." Nian Qing was calm and composed, but couldn't understand Nian Zi's ambiguous tone.

  "Go wash your hands, everyone is waiting for you to eat." Nian Zi's eyes flashed with disgust, disliking the smell on Nian Qing's body.

  Ning Qing suddenly stopped and noticed the men's leather shoes in front of the gate. She frowned heavily: "......haven't you eaten yet?"

  Nian Zi quickly shot Nian Qing a cold glance, thinking she was asking despite knowing the answer: "Didn't I say that everyone's been waiting for you?"

  "Oh." Ning Qing clenched her fists and adjusted the silk scarf around her neck.

  She was being overly cautious, Gu Qingheng had clearly intended to block her! She actually naively thought she could dodge it!

  Enter the living room.

  Nian Qing saw Gu Qing Heng sitting on the sofa, leisurely reading the newspaper. Nian Hai was trying to find something to say to him, wanting to strike up a conversation, but his attention was all focused on the paper, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, his eyes shining with concentration.

  Suddenly, he raised his eyes and looked at her with a precise gaze, a smile spreading across his thin lips as he asked, "Tired?"

  Nian Qing's lips were numb for a moment, and after seeing the dark blue tie under Gu Qingheng's collar...

  "...I'm going to wash my hands." Ning Qing quickly lowered her eyes, turned around, and hastily retreated into the bathroom, closing the door behind her. Her heart was racing out of control.

  He wore this one and the one she had pulled off him were exactly the same.

  He reminded her of the ambiguity in the hospital that night.

  ……

  Ning Qing opened the door and went out after washing his hands three times. He had to go out anyway, Gu Qingheng wasn't that easy to hide from.

  When having dinner, Ning Qing was still arranged by Ning Hai and Jiang Rong to sit on the right side of Gu Qingheng.

  The reheated meal wasn't as appetizing, but Qing continued eating silently, trying to finish this dinner as soon as possible.

  Eating.

  Nian Hai continued to chat with Gu Qingheng, and gradually brought the topic to the project in Jintai Bay, intentionally probing Gu Qingheng's tone, wanting to know what was on his mind.

  Ning Qing frowned at this.

  Gu Qingheng raised an eyebrow, the deep meaning in his eyes becoming even more intense: "This project, I'm still waiting for one person's response, temporarily, let's put it on hold."

  It's not Farfetch, Farfetch is a listed group.

  Nian Hai didn't think deeply about this point, and only thought it was Far Hui's Jiang Wan, still quite shocked in his heart. Such a big project, just to wait for a reply, if it's shelved, then it's shelved, only the Gu family's wealthy class can afford to waste time like this.

  Ning Qing silently put down her chopsticks, her heart was shocked and her fingers were trembling.

  "Finished eating?" The man beside her asked, his eyes slowly sweeping across her face.

  "I'm full." Nian Qinggan smiled, and his heart trembled.