Waiting for you at the place where you are reborn

Qi Xiangtian stared at Song Qiaoran's face. Her calm expression confirmed his guess, but it couldn't threaten him. So he shook his head and said, "I don't know."

"Although my father is very capable, I am his only daughter." Song Qiaoran looked out the window. The light drew an arc on her thin face, making her look unfathomable. She asked calmly, "Have you opened the gift I gave you?"

Qi Xiangtian licked his lips and said honestly, "I have seen it."

Song Qiaoran turned his gaze towards him, "I like you, you know that."

Qi Xiangtian avoided her gaze. He was not used to her directness and just said, "Thank you."

Song Qiaoran said: "My father would exchange anything for me. The help Uncle Qi asked for is nothing to my father."

"This is - impossible." Qi Xiangtian said a few words. He felt that he was kidnapped, morally kidnapped, emotionally kidnapped, and kidnapped by family affection. No matter what her father did, no matter how much help her father had given Qi Jinye, the exchange that Song Qiaoran talked about was absolutely impossible. He asked: "Why do you want to wrong yourself for a relationship that is not real?"

"If you get the person you like, you won't feel wronged." Song Qiaoran said, "Even if I walk with you on the street, watch you try on clothes, and have a meal with you, I will feel very happy."

Qi Xiangtian looked at her helplessly, unable to find words to persuade her.

"Qi Xiangtian——" Song Qiaoran put his head in front of him, "Why don't you like me?"

Qi Xiangtian stepped back to distance himself from her, then picked up the clothes on the backrest and said, "Let's go, I'll take you home, where do you live?"

Song Qiaoran stood up reluctantly.

After leaving the mall, Song Qiaoran said to Qi Xiangtian, "I live across the street."

Qi Xiangtian looked across the street and saw a group of low-rise Western-style residential buildings with densely planted trees between the houses.

"Then - goodbye." Qi Xiangtian said: "I'm sorry to bother you in Xijing. I will return to Lincheng tomorrow. I will communicate with my father about my matter tonight to see if there is any turnaround."

Song Qiaoran wanted to say something but didn't open his mouth. In the end, he just nodded.

Qi Xiangtian waved and called a car. Before getting in, he turned around and said to her, "Anyway, thank you."

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He returned to the hospital at 8:30 in the evening, which was past the visiting hours. After repeated communication, the nurse agreed to let him enter the ward.

"Why did you come back to the hospital? Didn't you stay in a hotel?" Qi Jinye was lying on the sofa reading a magazine.

Qi Xiangtian walked up to Qi Jinye and looked him up and down. Qi Jinye still acted as if nothing had happened.

"Tell me honestly, what happened?" Qi Xiangtian asked.

"Nothing—" Qi Jinye sat up from the sofa, then stretched and stood by the window, "You don't have to worry about my affairs."

"It's none of my business. Why did you come to Xijing to find Song Qiaoran?"

Qi Jinye was speechless.

Qi Xiangtian stood up and faced him, "Tell me what happened to you and see if there's any way to make amends. You can't just come to Song Qiaoran every time something happens."

"I've told you all this, you don't have to worry about it, just do your own thing."

Qi Xiangtian looked at him coldly, "If you don't tell me, I will never ask about your affairs again. I really will never ask about them again."

Qi Jinye let out a long sigh, "It's not a good thing if you know about it."

Qi Xiangtian looked at him and signaled him with his eyes.

Qi Jinye saw that he couldn't avoid it, so he nodded and said, "Then I'll tell you - it's a long story, and it has to start with Yao Hong."