I decided to call Meng Siqi to tell him that I was safe, but when I picked up the receiver, I couldn't hear a single sound, the silence was dead. Some regret not taking their mobile phones with them when they go out.
Depressedly, he returned downstairs. The living room was brightly lit, but Qiao Yi hadn't returned to his room. He rested his feet on the glass coffee table, put his arms on the back of the sofa, and stared at the ceiling, looking like a dead man.
"Pei Jiyu, I suddenly remembered who you are." He said.
"It's a great honor." I replied casually, walked to the phone in the living room, picked up the receiver, but there was still no sound.
"Is it possible that your Qiao's phone is just a decoration?" I couldn't help asking.
"It's so late, who are you calling?" He asked me lazily.
"Naturally someone who cares about me." I said, "Can I borrow your cell phone?"
Qiao Yi ignored me, he turned his head and stared at me intently.
"Why does Joran like you? You don't understand anything, the purity is outrageous."
I frowned, not knowing what he was talking about.
"Where is Joran, I want to talk to him."
"Someone is causing trouble, and he will solve it. After tonight, another third of the city's territory has fallen into Qiao Lang's hands."
Qiao Yi said this kind of thing very easily, as if blood was nothing but syrup in his eyes.
"That's really congratulations."
Qiao Lang was not there, so I had no choice but to give up the idea of talking to Meng Siqi.
Putting down the receiver, I sat next to Qiao Yi. It was still early in the night, and the two sleepless people were inexplicably melancholy.
"What's the joy, you should cry for me," Qiao Yi said, "The person he's going to solve tonight is my grandfather."
I was surprised, "Isn't your grandfather also his grandfather?"
Qiao Yi glanced at me, "I have the same father as Qiao Lang."
Oh, the grievances of the rich and powerful.
Everything I see tonight is comparable to a hit TV show.
"Pei Jiyu, do you know that I once thought of kidnapping you?"
Qiao Yi suddenly changed the subject, which startled me, "Why?"
I don't remember ever offending him, I don't even know him!
"You brought Joram back from England and lived with him."
"Just because of that?"
"That's enough." He said, "You brought back a demon and ruined Qiao's family."
I was shocked by his words, his expression did not seem to be joking with me.
"Qiao Lang's mother interfered in my parents' marriage. My grandfather sent someone to warn the woman. Then she disappeared automatically. No one knew that she was pregnant. When Qiao Lang came to my house, my father was very surprised. How ridiculous!"
Only then did I realize that apart from Qiao Yi Qiao Lang, there was no other Qiao family in Qiao's residence. How could such a family be so thin.
"What about the rest of the Qiao family?"
"Except for me, there is no one else in the Qiao family." He said softly, without the slightest wave.
Although I had doubts in my heart, I didn't ask after all. Leaving tomorrow, I have nothing to do with Qiao Lang.
I shouldn't be bothering.
Qiao Yi stretched her legs and stood up from the sofa.
"Why didn't you kidnap me in the end?" I still couldn't help asking.
"Because he abandoned you, I thought he was just using you," Qiao Yi laughed at himself. "Now I realize that it was just a trick Qiao Lang used on me. He beat me."
I froze.
Qiao Yi has already returned to the room.
I woke up under the watchful eyes of Joram, and as soon as I opened my eyes, I saw him sitting on the edge of the bed, looking at me silently, I don't know how long it took.
I'm glad I fell down last night, otherwise it would be so embarrassing to be dressed in front of him at this moment.
"You shouldn't come into my room at random." I sat up, "I'm scared by you."
"I'm sorry, I just wanted to see you." He said, looking a little tired, maybe he was chaotic last night and couldn't fall asleep.
What else can I say, under the eaves of Qiao's house, I can only lower this worthless head temporarily and let him look at it.
The weather is fine today, and the bright sunlight falls in the room. I finally see the person in front of me clearly. He is much more mature than four years ago. He is dressed in black, and his hair is neatly cut without any mess.
He is the second youngest of the Qiao family, he is not the penniless young man I met.
On the other hand, I am so miserable that half of my life is out of my hands.
"I haven't seen you in four years," he said, "I thought you would go back to Pei's house. I haven't been able to find you."
"I've been elsewhere—what else do you want from me?" I asked him.
His dark eyes stared at me, reminding me of how long ago we first met.
Life is the best, only when we first meet, after that stories are superfluous.
"Four years ago, I left you for another reason."
I'm not surprised at all.
Qiao Yi's vague words last night were enough for my imagination. If I live in a novel, then the author really has no imagination, I sigh.
"Because someone will threaten you with me?"
I understand the bad plots in TV dramas.
Qiao Lang was alert immediately, "Have you met Qiao Yi?"
"I ran into him downstairs last night when I was looking for water," I said. "He told me something, but not much."
Qiao Lang's face fell, and I could see that he hated Qiao Yi as much as Qiao Yi hated him.
"What does he know!!"
I smiled wryly, "At least I know more than I do."
I'm the one involved, but I'll always be the one who knows the least. Maybe he did it for my own good, but I'm not okay at all, I'm alone at a loss, hurt like hell and don't know it.
"But now I know all about it," I told him. "Actually, you don't have to worry about things that have been going on for so long. I don't blame you anymore."
My motivation for leaving the Pei family for him is not pure, I have my own selfishness, I have no right to blame him, everything is my own fault, and it is useless to blame others.
"No, you don't know anything at all!" He was suddenly excited and stood up abruptly, knocking the chair down.
When I looked at him, his eyes were red but sharp, like a lone wolf running on the wilderness, scorching and menacing.
I remembered Qiao Yi's words - "Qiao Lang is a demon who destroys everything."
The young eagle I met back then has now grown into sharp claws.
Joran took a few deep breaths before he calmed down. He lifted the chair up again and sat down.
"Please listen to my story, Pei, this is my only request," he said.
I had to agree.
He told a different story from Joe's.