Sonata: Fleeing to Avoid an Arranged Marriage

Chapter 14: Birthday

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After the store opened, Mi Qing didn't have much time to look at her mobile phone. After finally staying up until the end of business hours at noon, she went back to the dressing room to change, and took out her mobile phone to look at it.

Alice hasn't replied to her yet, she frowned and sent another private message: "Are you there?"

This time soon, Alice sent a reply: "Sorry, something happened just now. You know Uncle Mi's character best. He is too stubborn. This time you escaped marriage, he kept it a secret. It can be seen that he Still very angry, if you persist for a while, I will notify you when the time comes.

After reading this passage, Mi Qing pursed her lips and put the phone back in her bag.

On the other side, just as Alice quit Weibo, Gu Zhen next to her approached her, shook the wine glass in her hand, and the red liquid swirled gently: "Who are you messaging with? Holly, have you got a boyfriend?" ?”

Huo Li laughed, and put the phone back in her handbag: "You miss Gu doesn't even have a boyfriend, how dare I have a boyfriend?"

Gu Zhen's delicate eyebrows were raised slightly, and the corners of her honey red mouth curled up in a sultry arc: "Who says I don't have a boyfriend?"

Huo Li smiled and said, "Yes, Miss Gu just doesn't have a regular boyfriend."

Gu Bao, who was sitting on the side, laughed, and turned his head to look at Zhou Yiran beside him: "Yiran, do you have a girlfriend abroad?"

Zhou Yiran raised the goblet in his hand, the slender fingers with well-defined joints, under the outline of the light, the lines became more smooth and elegant: "How can there be time."

"Tsk tsk." Gu Zhen looked at his hands and took a sip of the red wine in the glass, "As expected of a piano player, I can play with these hands for a year."

"Pfft, sister, don't scare the young master of the Zhou family." Gu Bao gave a smirk, and clinked glasses with Zhou Yiran, "Too busy to even have time to make a girlfriend? Poor~ But you're back to China now , shouldn't be that busy, right? I'll take you to play next time."

Gu Zhen tapped his head: "What are you playing? Do you think everyone is just like you doing nothing?"

Gu Bao rubbed the place where he was knocked, and stared at Gu Zhen with dissatisfaction: "How come communicating with girls is not a proper job?"

Zhou Yiran was amused by the pair of living treasures, he looked around and asked, "By the way, why didn't you see Mi Qing?"

This question made the scene abruptly quiet for a moment, Gu Zhen tapped Gu Bao again, and took over the conversation: "Mi Qing, I heard that she is not in good health these days, and I haven't seen her much."

Zhou Yiran frowned: "Not in good health? What's wrong with her?"

Gu Zhen shrugged her shoulders, expressing that she didn't know, but Gu Bao lowered her voice and said mysteriously: "Gossip, I heard that Mi Qing seems to have run away from marriage."

"Escape from marriage?" Gu Zhen frowned slightly, and looked at Gu Bao opposite, "Who is she going to marry? Who did you listen to? Stop talking nonsense here."

Gu Baodao: "I don't know if it's true or not, hey, why don't you ask Huo Li, isn't she and Mi Qing the best?"

Holly choked on the wine in her mouth, and thought about it: "She must be unwell, I haven't seen her much these days."

Zhou Yiran frowned almost invisibly, and said nothing.

After the small gathering of several people, the two brothers and sisters of the Gu family had other entertainments, so they parted ways with Zhou Yiran at the door. Huo Li followed behind Zhou Yiran and asked him, "Yiran, what else do you have to do later? Why don't we have another drink?"

Zhou Yiran said: "No, I just came back today, and I invited my family to have dinner, next time I invite you to have dinner at home."

Huo Li looked a little disappointed, but she didn't bother anymore: "Okay, let's meet again next time." She waved to Zhou Yiran and walked towards her car.

Zhou Yiran also got into his own car, and the driver in the front row saw him coming up, and asked politely, "Master, are you going straight home?"

"En." Zhou Yiran nodded, took out his mobile phone, thought for a while, and dialed a number.

"Hello, Mifu, who are you looking for?"

The voice could be heard to be older, but very respectful and polite.

Zhou Yiran thought for a while, and said, "Is it Aunt Ming? I'm Zhou Yiran."

The person on the other end of the phone paused for a moment, and then there was a little enthusiasm in his voice: "Is this the young master of the Zhou family? You have also returned to China?"

Zhou Yiran smiled and said: "Yeah, I just came back today. I heard from Huo Li and the others that Mi Qing was not feeling well, so I called to ask about it. I'm taking the liberty."

Auntie Ming obviously hesitated for a moment before she said: "Young Master Zhou is worrying. Miss, she is indeed feeling a little unwell, but it's not a serious illness. You don't have to worry about Young Master Zhou."

"Oh, that's good." Zhou Yiran held the phone in his hand and pondered for a while, "Then don't bother me, goodbye."

"Goodbye, Master Zhou." Aunt Ming hung up the phone, and Mi Qing's parents came down the stairs.

"What's the matter?" Mama Mi asked.

Aunt Ming said: "It's the young master of the Zhou family. He has returned to China. He heard that the young lady is not in good health, so he called to ask about the situation."

Hearing the word "Miss", Mama Mi's face darkened, and Papa Mi next to her asked, "You didn't say anything, did you?"

"Don't worry, master, I know what to say." Aunt Ming bowed to them, and then went on to do her own business. Mama Mi frowned slightly, looked at Papa Mi and said, "Is there still no news from Qingqing? Can't you send a few more people to look for it?"

Papa Mi was a little impatient: "Sending a few more people is more likely to leak the news. If the Song family finds out, where will I put my old face!"

Mother Mi also said angrily: "You only care about your own face? Qingqing was spoiled and raised since she was a child, what kind of hardships did she suffer? You insist on her marrying that?"

Papa Mi frowned suddenly, as if he wanted to get angry. After a while, he said with a cold face: "We only have one daughter in our family, and our family business will be handed over to her sooner or later. Of course, I will help her find a daughter." A reliable husband!"

"Is that kid from the Song family reliable? I think he looks like a pretty boy with his skin and tender flesh."

"You..." Papa Mi glanced at her, turned his head and left, "I'm too lazy to tell you."

"You're too lazy to tell me?" Mother Mi sneered, "Qingqing's birthday will be in two days, I see how you tell the Song family." She also turned her head and went back upstairs.

Alas, I don't know that Qingqing's birthday will not be happy.

Mi Qing's birthday was... quite fulfilling.

The store is usually very busy, but it's the weekend again, and I'm so busy that I feel dizzy. Even Mi Qing, who was not good at counting lots, had no choice but to bite the bullet, because she was too busy at all.

Fortunately, the guest knew that she was a newcomer and was more patient with her, waiting for her to count slowly.

It was really past eleven o'clock when work was over for the day.

After changing her clothes, she took out her mobile phone, turned on the screen and looked at it. In fifty-three minutes, her birthday would pass.

Thinking of her previous birthdays, a large group of classmates and friends would help her celebrate, and when she was at home, the family would help her with a birthday party, which was very lively. Now…

Forget it or don't think about it, the more you think about it, the more miserable it becomes.

She felt that the most important thing to do now was to ask Xiao Gu for overtime wages.

When leaving the Chuan Chuan shop, there were hardly any figures outside, only the orange streetlights made Mi Qing's shadow extraordinarily long. Fortunately, the shop is very close to Nancheng Garden, otherwise she would not dare to go home alone at such a late hour.

The corridor was also very quiet. Mi Qing took a deep breath downstairs and ran up to the seventh floor in one go. When she saw the gate of Xiao Gu's house, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Although she didn't want to admit it, she was really afraid of going up the stairs alone at night.

Guessing that Xiao Gu and Husky were both asleep at the moment, she opened the door lightly, walked in, and found a slightly flickering light in the living room.

She frowned in confusion, took two steps forward, and glanced inside.

… Xiao Gu and Husky sat face to face at the long table in the dining room, having a candlelight dinner.

It was really a candlelight dinner, and the swaying light came from the three-headed European-style candlesticks on the table.

Mi Qing: "..."

This scene was so weird, she was silent for a while, and decided to pretend she didn't see anything.

"Woof!" Husky, who was squatting on a chair, called out to her to emphasize his presence.

Mi Qing turned her head, raised the corners of her mouth with difficulty, and laughed twice: "I just... won't disturb your meal."

"Tian Tian, get down." Xiao Gu said something suddenly, the husky yelled again, jumped off the chair, and ran towards Mi Qing with his tail flicking.

Mi Qing looked at the huskies blocking her way, pursed her lips, and looked up at Xiao Gu. Xiao Gu turned his head slightly, just in time to meet her gaze. He paused, then said, "Are you hungry?"

"What?" Mi Qing raised one eyebrow and looked at him thoughtfully.

Xiao Gu stood up from the chair and walked towards the kitchen: "Now that I'm at work, let's have some supper."

Mi Qing: "..."

Wait, which song is this sung again? She didn't offend him these two days, right? Although she wanted overtime pay, it was still an idea, and she hadn't had time to put it into action.

She thought about it for a while, but finally lost to her empty stomach.

She was really hungry. The staff in the store ate their meals earlier. Although the portions were enough, they must be hungry after being so busy.

She walked over and sat where the husky was sitting just now. When Xiao Gu came out of the kitchen, he couldn't help laughing when he saw this scene: "There is an illusion that the husky suddenly turned into a human."

Mi Qing's facial muscles twitched: "Isn't the dog a male..."

Xiao Gu hooked his lower lip, and put the noodles in his hands in front of her: "Eat."

Mi Qing looked down. Although it was just a bowl of noodles, the appearance of this bowl of noodles was very good, and the ingredients were also very rich. There were meatballs, eggs, tomatoes, and beef patties!

"Wow, it smells so good!" If there's anything good about Xiao Gu, it's his culinary skills that turn decay into magic!

Xiao Gu pulled out the chair and sat down opposite her: "Eat it while it's hot, the noodles are almost mushy."

"Oh." Mi Qing picked up the chopsticks on the bowl, rolled up a piece of noodles, and ate it. The taste is very good, and the noodles are also very chewy, round and a bit like ramen.

She ate half a bowl, Xiao Gu sat across from her and looked at her all the time, probably due to the atmosphere of the candlelight dinner, his handsome face became dreamier. Mi Qing swallowed the noodles in her mouth, raised her eyes and glanced at him: "Why are you so kind to cook noodles for me?"

Could it be that he went to inspect the store today and found that he was working very hard

Xiao Gu said concisely: "Birthday noodles."

Mi Qing froze for a moment, then stared at him blankly.

Consultant Xiao said, "Isn't today your birthday?"

Mi Qing pursed her lips slightly and replied, "It's my birthday, how do you know?"

Xiao Gu said: "I have seen your ID card before."

Mi Qing was stunned for a moment again. On the day she came, he did ask her for an ID card.

For some reason, she was suddenly touched. She blinked quickly, and lowered her head not to let Xiao Gu see that she was moved: "You made such a big battle, and you cooked a bowl of noodles? I thought at least there must be Western food."

Xiao Gu leaned gently on the back of the chair, looked at her and said, "I originally made crepes, red wine steak, and creamy potato soup, but you came back too late, so I ate them all."

Mi Qing: "..."

Don't say it after you eat it, okay?