Qin Chengqi's personality was simple, he did not think that Ye Anne had any possibility of lying to him.
He pondered in silence for a long time, and in the end, as if he had finally made a decision, he let out a long sigh, before replying Ye Anne: "It's because I've been busy with laboratory matters for the past two years, ignoring Xiao Xi's feelings. She can't stand being left out, and it's because she's angry with me that she's … That's what I did... But please tell her I never blamed her. "
Ye Anne was acutely aware of Qin Chengqi's words.
When he said "I have never blamed her", it meant that those things that Chu Xiaoxiao did, according to common sense, should be blamed …
In other words, Chu Xiaoxiao had done something wrong when the two of them were breaking up.
And that was exactly what Ye Anne wanted to investigate.
Therefore, Ye Anne continued to probe Qin Chengqi and asked: "Since you didn't blame Xiaoxiao, then why did you break up again?"
Qin Chengqi who was on the other end of the phone did not notice the trap behind Ye Anne's words, he laughed bitterly and replied: I don't blame her, but that doesn't mean I don't mind that matter … "Also …"
He paused before continuing, "I can't give her what she wants, so I shouldn't stop her from pursuing the life she wants … In short, the matter of the breakup was agreed upon by both of us, and could be considered a peaceful breakup.
"To be honest, I didn't expect her to feel so guilty afterwards — but since they've already broken up, I'll have to trouble you to persuade her to keep going forward."
Although Qin Chengqi's words did not clearly state what mistake he had committed, Ye Anne was able to guess the gist of it.
Probably because Chu Xiaoxiao did something that betrayed their relationship. Although Qin Chengqi forgave her betrayal, he did not mind. Since Chu Xiaoxiao had already chosen to betray her, Qin Chengqi would go with the flow and choose to break up with her.
Ye Anne thought, since Chu Xiaoxiao cared about the mistakes that Chu Xiaoxiao made, then it was most likely that she would keep it in her heart as well. As long as she could think of a way to find out exactly what Chu Xiaoxiao had done, then it would naturally destroy the relationship between Chu Xiaoxiao and herself.
However, Ye Anne was somewhat apologetic in her heart towards the fact that she had lied to Qin Chengqi.
Especially when she made Qin Xu think that he was extremely guilty after they broke up — In fact, Chu Xiaoxiao had been busy trying to seduce Qin Xu the moment she returned to her country, to the point where she couldn't even tell that she felt guilty just because of the break up.
Just as Ye Anne wanted to say something to console Qin Chengqi who had been tricked by her, she suddenly heard someone call Qin Xu's name from the other side of the phone. Ye Anne changed his name, and tactfully said his goodbyes: "Okay, then I won't disturb you."
Hearing the sounds coming from his phone, Qin Chengqi who was on the phone seemed to be in a hurry, he quickly answered and hung up.
After hanging up, Ye Anne had a plan in her mind.
She never thought that her conversation with Qin Chengqi would actually be this smooth, and Qin Chengqi's words did not reveal his intention to contact Chu Xiaoxiao again, so she was not afraid that her lies would be seen through.
She thought for a moment, then made another call.
However, even though Ye Anne was calculating everything, she ignored the fact that Qin Xu and Qin Xu were brothers who had a very good relationship with each other. What she did not expect was that although Qin Chengqi did not make any further calls to her, he had actually told her about contacting "Ye ming Xin" today.
When Qin Chengqi called, it was already 5 o'clock in the afternoon in the country.
When Qin Xu picked up the phone to call his brother, the secretary happened to have brought some urgent documents and needed his signature as soon as possible.
Qin Xu talked with his brother while casually flipping through the documents.
Qin Chengqi, who was on the phone, hesitated and said: "Today, at noon, I suddenly received a call from Ming Xin … …"
Qin Xu roughly looked through the documents in his hands, seeing that there were no problems, he signed his name on the signature.
As Qin Chengqi was speaking, Qin Xu was signing his name with two minds, he could not hear what Qin Chengqi was saying clearly, so he asked casually: "Who do you think called you?"
"It's Ming Xin, Ye ming Xin." Qin Chengqi repeated each word clearly.
This time, Qin Xu finally heard it clearly. His hands paused for a second, and the tip of his pen cut across the document.
The three words "Ye ming Xin" were like a switch, and after Qin Xu heard these three words, the events of five years ago surged into his mind like a tide.
Qin Xu was a little flustered.
Ignoring the papers in his hand, he waved to the secretary to go out first.
After bringing his people and leaving, when he was the only one left in the office, he asked Qin Chengqi who was standing opposite of him with a hoarse voice: "Ming Xin, she … Is she all right now? Why did I suddenly contact you? "
Qin Chengqi could tell that Qin Xu's tone was off. Thinking back to what happened five years ago, he couldn't help but silently sigh in his heart.
He tried his best to slow his tone as he replied Qin Xu: "She should have met Xiao-yi and found out about my breakup with his, so he called me to ask me about the reason for our breakup. At that time, there was a problem with the laboratory, and we only spoke a few words in a hurry, and I didn't have the time to ask about her current situation.
Qin Xu asked in surprise: "You said that Ming Xin has already met Xiao Xi?"
After he asked, he did not wait for Qin Chengqi's reply. In the next moment, he said excitedly: "That means she's in City Z, he might be by my side right now!"
Qin Chengqi completely understood his brother's excitement.
Ye ming Xin was Qin Xu's first love after all, and it was normal for the two of them to be so regretful at the end.
However, he still couldn't help but splash a bucket of cold water on his little brother and say, "Then have you thought about it? She has already contacted Xiao-yi, but she hasn't contacted you. Does that mean she's purposely avoiding you?"
Qin Xu who was on the other side of the phone was stunned, his tone slowly became dejected: "... I knew that she would avoid me, and that was to be expected. "
She had already been hiding from him for five years, so she definitely wouldn't come back here to see him again. Qin Xu still knew this much.
Qin Chengqi thought for a bit more, then suggested to his brother: "If she's deliberately trying to avoid you, I hope that you won't disturb her on your own accord. This is a kind of respect to her."
Now that they thought about it, five years ago, the Qin family had let down the Ye family. Since Ye ming Xin had chosen to avoid them, they should respect her.
Qin Xu said: "I know, I won't disturb her. If I know that she is still alive and well, then I can finally rest easy for the past few years."
Five years ago, when Ye ming Xin had just moved her whole family out of Z City, Qin Xu was extremely worried that Ye ming Xin would not be able to keep her head down and do something stupid.
He had been worried about this worry for five years and now that he knew Ye ming Xin was still alive, he could finally rest assured.
For him, that was enough.
Qin Chengqi comforted his brother: "However, although I didn't have the time to ask about Ming Xin's recent progress, she seemed to have a light tone to her voice, so she should be living quite well these past few years. Everything is already in the past, don't blame yourself too much."
"I know." Qin Xu replied somewhat perfunctorily.
The two of them chatted for a while longer before hanging up the phone.
After Qin Xu hung up the phone, he seemed to be in a daze, and the documents on the table suddenly became unreadable.
He suddenly thought of Ye Anne, he desperately wanted to talk with Ye Anne and listen to her voice.
Usually, Ye Anne would disturb him when he was at work, but today — Qin Xu looked at his own phone — there was no letter from Ye Anne on his phone today.
Qin Xu hesitated on whether he should take the initiative to call Ye Anne, but in the end, he still couldn't. It was almost time to get off work, he could directly return home to see Ye Anne.
Qin Xu tried his best to suppress his impatience and signed the emergency documents sent by the secretary on the table. Then, he left early again, leaving his job half an hour earlier.
But when Qin Xu returned to the villa, he looked around, even though he went upstairs and downstairs, but did not find any trace of Ye Anne.
Qin Xu could not help but frown. He called over Nanny Hua who was busy working in the kitchen and asked: "Is Anne not at home?"
The Nanny Hua replied, "Miss Anne said that she is going shopping with her friend today, and left in the morning."
After pausing for a moment, she asked again: "How about I call Miss Anne right now and ask her when she'll be back?"
"No need, let's wait a little longer." Qin Xu shook his head and rejected.
Although he wanted to see Ye Anne right now, although they were both male and female, they were also two separate people. He shouldn't restrict Ye Anne's social activities.
The soup was still simmering in the Nanny Hua's kitchen, but when she heard from Qin Xu that there was no need for it, she turned around and went back to the kitchen to busy herself.
But Qin Xu did not come back even after dinner, even though it was already dark.
Qin Xu could not hold it in anymore and went to his study to call Ye Anne.
Ye Anne picked up the call quickly. Qin Xu asked her: "The Nanny Hua's food has been prepared. Where are you now?"
Ye Anne replied, "I have a friend for my birthday tonight, so I won't be eating dinner there."
After a pause, she added, "If we play late tonight, I won't be going back tonight."
Just as Ye Anne finished speaking, Qin Xu heard someone calling Ye Anne's name from the other side of the phone.
The one who called out Ye Anne's name was obviously a male.
Qin Xu could not help but frown and ask: "Which friend are you with?"
Qin Xu didn't realize in the slightest that his current tone of voice was completely like that of investigating a post.
However, Ye Anne magnanimously replied, "You know him too, Ji Xun. He is my former boss."
"Ji Xun?"
When Qin Xu heard Ji Xun's name, he couldn't help but recall the matter of Ye Anne getting taken advantage of during dinner, and his brows knitted even tighter. He couldn't help but pace around the study room a few times in anger, and then completely forgot what he had said earlier, which shouldn't restrict Ye Anne's social activities: "No, you can't be together with Ji Xun! "Tell me where you are and I'll fetch you back."