Lin Pei looked a little impatient. He glanced at Qiao Yan and said, "If it's still about what happened at noon, I think you don't need to tell me more. I really don't want to get involved too much."
"But my flight schedule is already full. If you really give up like this, I will be under a lot of pressure." Qiao Yan frowned. Lin Pei suddenly submitted a report to the company to withdraw from the student simulated flight experiment class, which caught him off guard.
Lin Pei stroked his chin with one hand, with an incredible expression on his face, "Humph, Qiao Yan, you are getting better and better at dealing with people. You are about to be promoted to captain, and you took the good job of student training, and then recommended me to be your deputy. Why should I make wedding clothes for you? I have a project on hand now, and I don't have extra time. I have agreed to take the basic theory class now, which is very face-saving." He snorted and laughed, "You, a co-pilot, can take on such a task. It seems that you are sure to win this time. I can't compare with you."
Qiao Yan pursed his lips and looked at him speechless for a moment. He couldn't imagine such words coming from his best friend. Although they were equally matched in the company, he thought it was always a healthy competition. He didn't expect Lin Pei to see him like this.
"Whether you believe it or not, this student training was completely arranged by the company. I did not participate in it and did not have any opinions." He frowned, "Lin Pei, you are a pilot of Flying Star. The company has given you so many honors. Shouldn't you set an example for the newcomers?"
Lin Pei turned his head and smiled disdainfully, "Qiao Yan, don't talk so high-soundingly. You are the rising star. In terms of honor, I am far behind you." He reached out from the car window and patted Qiao Yan's chest, "Brother, bear with it." After saying that, he stepped on the accelerator and drove away. His face was very gloomy. He did not compliment him. In the eyes of others, they were evenly matched, but no one knew how much he paid for it. In addition to redoubled hard work, he also had to put down his own personality, beg people humbly, and build relationships. No one was willing to trample on his dignity. He knew very well that he was no match for Qiao Yan in terms of business. The only time he won a complete victory in the contest with Qiao Yan was when he married He Xiaoning, but now he couldn't even hold on to this straw that he relied on to maintain balance.
He drove very fast and saw a figure jumping out at the P3 exit. He stepped on the brakes suddenly and heard the harsh friction sound of the tires against the ground and a scream.
One of Qiao Yan's nerves suddenly broke, "Ye Mi!" he muttered, and then ran over.
Ye Mi was a little angry. She was a pilot, and a slight mistake could ruin her entire flying career. She stepped forward and knocked on the car window, "Are you crazy? How do you drive? Do you think this is an F1 street fight? My body is delicate, you..."
"Student Ye!" The car window slowly rolled down, revealing Lin Pei's smiling face. Ye Mi was speechless for a moment. She smiled awkwardly, "Instructor Lin, haha, your driving skills are really amazing. Your emergency stop is really good."
"Student Ye, are you going back so late?" Lin Pei said as he glanced at the rearview mirror inadvertently. His expression froze and he looked a little surprised. Ye Mi turned his head and saw Qiao Yan standing at the corner, with his hands on his hips, breathing heavily.
Ye Mi was a little at a loss for a moment, her palms were sweating, and she didn't want to be exposed like this. She moved the corners of her mouth, smiling, "Qiao, Teacher Qiao is here too?! I, I was reading in the classroom for a while, and then I was late."
Qiao Yan was speechless. He ignored her and turned back, but he was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat. Ye Mi said goodbye to Lin Pei hastily and chased after him, tilting her head to look at him, "Why is your face pale? Are you really scared?"
Qiao Yan continued walking, still ignoring her.
"No, this is none of my business. It's Lin Pei who drives without thinking..."
"Ye Mi, do you know that I swore on my dream of flying before your grandmother died, otherwise I really would not bother to care about you. Can you please calm down? A girl living with five grown men, staying up late at night playing cards, do you act like a girl?" Qiao Yan stopped, turned around and looked at him, his eyes filled with anxiety and disappointment.
But Ye Mi was still smiling foolishly. She touched the back of her head and said, "Okay, don't be angry. My grandma is watching you in heaven. Although we are not real husband and wife, you have taken good care of me in the past two years. You are closer to me than my own brother. Grandma will definitely bless you to make your dream come true. Besides, the five of them and I are good brothers. Nothing will happen to us. Besides, you can't let me wait for you in the comprehensive building until ten o'clock without eating or drinking." She put her hands behind her back and looked at him playfully.
Qiao Yan was really angry but couldn't vent his anger. "I'm going to slap you for being disrespectful." He raised his hand as if to hit someone.
Ye Mi jumped back, pointing at Qiao Yan, "You have to think carefully, Qiao Yan, what you are going to do now is beat your wife, which is very different from your style." As she said that, she stuck out her tongue at him, then ran to the Q7, opened the passenger door and got in.
Qiao Yan found that unless he used his studies to pressure her, he really had no idea what to do with her. Successfully graduating and becoming a pilot was Ye Mi's Achilles' heel.
Along the way, Ye Mi looked at Qiao Yan's profile from time to time. He was concentrating on driving without saying a word. Ye Mi held back the question in his mind, but finally asked, "Why did you call me out in the middle of the night?"
Qiao Yan didn't say anything, nor did he look at her. Ye Mi was bored, so she didn't ask any more questions. The car drove for a while, and Ye Mi couldn't help it again, "Where are you taking me?"
"Ye Mi, are you really stupid, or are you just pretending to be stupid? The company asked you to live with a man, so you live with him? You don't have a mouth, so you can't give suggestions? Do you know that you are a girl, and I don't know what you will do if you can't get married in the future!" Sometimes Qiao Yan really didn't know what to say to her, "Live at my place in the future."
Ye Mi looked at him in bewilderment, "Are you tired and confused? I live at your place?" She pursed her lips, turned sideways and said to him seriously, "Let me put it this way, I live with Dawei, Ikkiu and the others. It's a dormitory arranged by the company. Besides, there are so many people, no one can say anything. But I live at your place, what's the matter? Do you know what it's called?"
Qiao Yan didn't even look at her, he was concentrating on driving, he had gotten used to it over the years, he was always meticulous when driving a vehicle, "What's your name?" His light tone made Ye Mi very agitated.
She rolled her eyes fiercely and shouted, "That's called a single man and a single woman! Do you know what's coming next? It's time for things to get heated! If I can't get married in the future, it's all because of you." After saying that, she sat up straight with an angry expression on her face, "You really think of yourself as my real brother, ours is pure friendship, pure friendship."
Qiao Yan couldn't help but chuckled, then tried to hold it back, but finally laughed out again.
Ye Mi was stunned and blushed slightly. She gritted her teeth and hit him hard, "What are you laughing at?"
"There's nothing to laugh at!" He was still chuckling after saying that. His brows, which were often wrinkled unconsciously, were now relaxed, and the melancholy between his brows also melted away. Ye Mi was sure that she had never seen Qiao Yan laugh so happily before.
"So what are you doing now?!" she screamed, then pinched his arm hard.
"Ye Mi!" Qiao Yan's face darkened. "Don't mess around. Don't forget the safety procedures."
"Go to hell, you still think you're Teacher Qiao? Tell me, what are you laughing at?"
Qiao Yan pursed his lips, still smiling. He turned his head and glanced at Ye Mi, "I told you not to be angry."
"Okay, I'm not angry!"
"Actually..." he said seriously, "I just feel very relieved. We are alone, and you know you are a woman. As for the burning fire, you don't need to worry about it. You are not my type. You are just a firewood that puts out the fire for me."
Ye Mi's face turned blue and red, and soon turned into a purple-red color with a hint of black.
"You said you're not angry." Qiao Yan still smiled faintly, not as presumptuous as before, but with a kind of beauty that seemed to gradually spread.
"You insult my beauty and intelligence!" She endured it and swore that she would start doing her homework tomorrow and kill this self-righteous narcissist in one day.
In Qiao Yan's mind, he always thought that if Ye Mi had both beauty and intelligence, she would be a perfect woman. But she was never the one in his heart. Just like she said, their friendship was pure.