Qiao Nian returned home as soon as he left the First Research Institute.
Ye Wangchuan was making soup at home.
"Are you back?" Seeing her come back and walk out of the kitchen.
He was wearing a thin home sweater with a wide open collar, which made his collarbone look white. He looked handsome and didn't look like someone who could cook.
Qiao Nian glanced at it, then glanced again before putting the bag down and lying on the sofa: "Yeah. It smells delicious. What did you cook?"
Ye Wangchuan still had a spoon in his hand. Hearing this, he raised his lips and a deep smile flashed across his narrow eyes: "Pig's trotter soup."
"… "
She almost vomited from drinking all kinds of soups these days.
Ye Wangchuan noticed that the girl's expression immediately became awkward, so he put the spoon back in the kitchen and walked out with a smile: "Gu San said you should drink more soup."
Qiao Nian’s neck was stiff: “…Then you don’t have to drink this every day.”
"It's okay, you can drink as much as you can later."
Ye Wangchuan walked up to her, stood in front of her with his tall and long legs, opened his palm and handed her an orange candy, and said lightly: "If you feel sad, eat a candy first."
Qiao Nian glanced at him before slowly taking the candy from his hand, peeling off the candy wrapper and putting it into her mouth. It tasted the familiar sweet and sour taste.
Qiao Nian relaxed her tense nerves after the whole afternoon, leaned back, and took the initiative to talk to him about Zhai Xicheng: "I found out the whereabouts of that person."
"I originally wanted to stop the man in the high seas, but I didn't expect him to get away." She felt a little headache when she mentioned this.
With his hand on his forehead, he said irritably, "Given Nie Qingru's personality, it's impossible for her not to fight back. Let's see what she wants to do next."
"Actually, even if you don't tell me, I know it."
“…” Qiao Nian felt the sofa beside her sink for a moment, and when she turned her head, she saw Ye Wangchuan sitting down next to her.
She raised her eyebrows, but her body was still extremely relaxed, as if she was used to the close distance between them and didn't feel disgusted at all.
"Who told you that?"
"You made such a big noise on the high seas that the illegal area, F Island, and Independent Island all got wind of it. Even Jing City heard about it this time..."
Ye Wangchuan did not hide it from her: "My old man called me an hour ago and said that Continent M threatened them to take care of what happened in the high seas by threatening trade. He asked me if I was doing anything over there."
Qiao Nian was completely slumped on the sofa at the beginning, too lazy to move. Later, his brows furrowed more and more, and he sat up straighter: "She found Mr. Ye?"
"Not only my grandfather, but also Grandpa Jiang... She made a big fuss this time. I guess she thought you would catch that person, so she started from Jing City in advance to threaten you to release him. After that, she probably received the news and did not contact Jing City again, and the matter of terminating the cooperation was never mentioned again."
Ye Wangchuan has cool eyes and eyebrows, elegant appearance, and speaks slowly and steadily, with the demeanor of someone who has been brought up in a large family.
"You don't have to worry about it." He probably saw the worry on Qiao Nian's face and comforted her, "The interruption of trade between the two sides is a big deal. As long as she is not crazy, she will not easily do such a lose-lose move. The reason why she called Beijing before was because you forced her into a corner. She didn't get any accurate information, so she contacted the old man out of desperation... Now she has given up this idea."
Qiao Nian's frown did not relax, his dark eyes looked heavy as if he was thinking about something, his lips were pursed tightly, and he said after a while: "...It may not be that simple."
(End of this chapter)