When reacting from the accident, Xu Qiao smelled a strong and suffocating smell of blood.
She saw the middle-aged man fell at her feet clutching his bloody forehead, and in front of her was Xu Lie who was supposed to have returned to school.
The customers in the store screamed and dodged one after another, the waiters rushed to surround them, and the place was full of commotion.
Xu Qiao's ears were buzzing, and it took her a long time to figure out the situation - just now the drunk man was pulling her hair, but Xu Lie suddenly appeared, and a wine bottle fell from his head.
She was dizzy from the puddle of blood at her feet, supported the wall with one hand, pointed at the motionless man lying on the ground with the other tremblingly, words drifted out of her mouth: "Is he dead?"
"I can't die." Panting, Xu Lie threw away half of the broken bottle neck in his hand.
Xu Qiaolian said "Oh" three times, and was a little confused. Shi Hua rushed over and chattered something, but she didn't hear clearly.
It wasn't until the ambulance and the police car arrived, the drunk was carried on a stretcher, and the police asked Xu Lie to go to the police station to make a statement, that she suddenly came back to her senses, fumbled from the ground to retrieve the mobile phone she had dropped during the conflict, and was about to contact her family—she I don't have any money on hand, and I don't know the mediation process, so I'm afraid that Xu Lie will suffer.
As soon as he picked up his phone, he saw Cheng Lang calling.
She didn't have the time to talk to him right now, she just hung up, dialed the phone number at home to explain the situation urgently, and then accompanied Xu Lie to the police car.
In the back seat of the police car, Xu Qiao preemptively accused the drunk man of his cruelty like a weeping voice, and talked about how her younger brother was both good in character and learning, obedient and obedient, like a hen guarding his cubs.
The two policemen in the front seat were embarrassed to interrupt her Wang Po selling melons. After getting off the car, Xu Lie had a chance to remind her: "Why don't you think about why obedient minors go into bars."
"..." Xu Qiao remembered this, "Hey, yes, tell me the truth, why did you go to Yujinfang?"
"Followed you."
Xu Qiao's eyes widened: "Why are you following me? Where did you follow me?"
"Home."
Xu Lie ignored the previous question and walked into the police station before she could think of a hundred thousand reasons why he should be pursued to the end. Before entering the door, she pointed to the cool sports car not far away that didn't fit in here: "It seems to be looking for your."
Xu Qiao was planning to keep up with Xu Lie, but she retracted her raised foot when she saw the Pagani clearly—Under the streetlight, Cheng Lang leaned against the car door with his arms folded, his face seemed covered with frost, and his wrinkled brows were repeatedly crossed. Jumping "I'm angry" four words.
Xu Qiao realized what was going on, picked up the phone and looked, and found that besides the one she hung up on, there were several missed calls from Cheng Lang—oh, he didn't call her to care about the suit, but because he thought she was Beaten.
Cheng Lang let out a deep breath as if he was patient and sighed, suppressed the unknown anger, and walked in front of her: "Get in the car."
She looked puzzled: "What? My brother is still here."
"Assistant Gao will arrive later, and will do a good job in the aftermath."
"Why did you come here so quickly?" Xu Qiao was surprised.
She didn't answer the phone, so Cheng Lang's second choice was of course to contact the bar. Knowing that she was not the one who had the accident, he went directly to the police station in the area where Yujinfang was located.
But he didn't seem to be bothered to explain these things at the moment: "The results of the treatment will have to wait for the examination report of the injured. The sex cannot be determined yet. It's useless for you to stay here. First, go to the hospital with me for an examination."
"I just got my hair pulled, so why not make a fuss." Xu Qiao rolled his eyes and walked straight into the police station, with the anger that was still burning from last night to tonight, and lightly left a sentence, "Myself The aftermath will be dealt with, you can go back, and the suit will be returned to you another day."
—
Although the words were left behind, whether Cheng Lang would listen or not was another matter of course—after completing the transcript with Xu Lie, Xu Qiao still saw Gao Rui who was waiting for her in the lobby.
Gao Rui stepped forward quickly: "Miss Xu, are you okay? It's all because of my bad phone call..."
Xu Qiao chuckled: "How can you blame this? If you want to blame it, blame the one who dragged you to work overtime for meetings."
That's right, but Gao Rui didn't dare to nod his head, so he just smiled and passed away. When he turned his eyes, he paused at the gate of the police station: "Ah, is that Mrs. Xu?"
Xu Qiao followed his gaze and saw Yan Lizhen looking around in a hurry, followed by a man in a suit and leather shoes, who seemed to be one of her father's assistants.
As soon as she opened her mouth to call "Mom", Yan Lizhen saw Xu Lie who was signing with the police from a distance, and hurriedly passed her by less than one meter away from her, as if she didn't notice her at all.
Instead, the assistant stopped and nodded in greeting.
Xu Qiao grabbed him: "Where's my dad?"
"Mr. Xu has a problem tonight, and I haven't been in touch for the time being. Madam asked me to deal with the accident first."
"How important is it that you don't even answer the phone?" Xu Qiao laughed, "Another gambling game?"
The assistant lowered his head: "I'm not too sure about this."
Xu Qiao didn't make things difficult for anyone, and waved her fingers together, signaling him to negotiate with the police, and then looked at Gao Rui: "Someone is coming from my house, Assistant Gao can get off work." She walked to the row of rest chairs in the corner of the hall sit down.
Gao Rui followed, and stood aside obediently: "Mr. Cheng told me to stay here with you and wait for the result."
"Your boss is very casual in his work. He wants to draw a line with me on the front foot, and meddles in his own business on the back foot." Xu Qiao glanced at him.
Gao Rui rubbed his nose: "It's not like that, Mr. Cheng is really worried about you tonight, he ran a red light on the way to Yujinfang..."
Xu Qiao was dumbfounded.
Gao Rui was delighted by the look of shock in her eyes, but he heard her exclaim in surprise, "Why didn't this kind of social scum who violated traffic laws be caught by the police to receive education?"
"..."
As the smear became darker, Gao Rui shut his mouth, not daring to mention Cheng Lang again.
After a moment of silence, Yan Lizhen's admonishing voice came from the corridor around the corner behind her: "How many times has Mom told you that you will inherit the family business in a serious way in the future, and you are not allowed to leave even a single stain! Learn well, you also go to that kind of place?"
"I went because I was afraid that something might happen to her in a bad mood."
"What could happen to her? She's heartless all day long!"
"Mom, it doesn't mean that you really..."
"Okay, I won't discuss this with you. You are not allowed to interfere with your sister's affairs in the future! She has plenty of people outside to take care of her!"
Xu Qiao leaned against the back of the chair, covered her mouth and yawned leisurely, but Gao Rui, who was listening uncomfortable, stepped forward to end the mother-child conversation: "Mrs. Xu, the hospital said that the injured are not in serious condition, you Take Mr. Xu home earlier to rest. I will handle the rest here with Mr. Xu's assistant."
"It's Assistant Gao! Isn't Xiao Cheng always here? I have to take Lie Lie to thank him!"
"Accidents are handled according to the regulations, and we haven't been of much help, so you're welcome."
Hearing that he avoided talking about Cheng Lang's whereabouts, Yan Lizhen also knew that she didn't want to see her anymore, so she stopped pestering her: "Then I'll take Lielie back first, hey, where is our family? Yet?"
"Miss Xu, she..." Gao Rui changed his mind, with a smile that adults could understand on his face, and asked in a low voice, "I don't know if you want to take the family car back, or..."
Xu Lie's eyes turned cold.
Yan Lizhen warmed up: "She won't go home tonight."
"Then let's see Miss Xu off."
"Then I will trouble you."
Gao Rui nodded and watched the mother and son leave, sweating for his own shamelessness, thinking about whether Xu Qiao heard this, and how he should feel when he heard it, when he turned the corner, he saw that the rest chair was empty—— Xu Qiao seems to have left long ago.
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The weather was overcast tonight, and the clouds were thick and low. After Xu Qiao left from the back door of the police station, she stood on the steps in front of the door and raised her head for a long time without seeing a single star. Go, while gently rubbing the scalp that is still numb.
She stiffened.
How can getting your hair pulled is such an easy and easy thing to "just get your hair pulled".
The back door of the police station is an inner street, and there are few vehicles passing through it after dark. Xu Qiao looked at the empty narrow road, and just felt a little pitiful, sad and sad, when the uncomfortable energy was suddenly interrupted by the sound of the engine starting behind him.
When she turned her head, she was dazzled by the headlights, and when she raised her hand to block the light, the roar stopped abruptly beside her.
Through her fingers, she saw the Pagani brake stopped beside her. Cheng Lang rolled down the passenger window, tilted his head and said to her, "Come up, I'll take you back."
This man was quite tolerant, and he didn't get mad at her.
Xu Qiao was taken aback for a moment, and immediately put on a dirty face, and looked at him with her arms crossed: "Mr. Xiao Cheng has a lot of things to do every day, why is he acting as a driver for someone at this moment?"
"Because it's already night."
"..."
She must have put some kind of beauty filter on her eyes before, so she didn't realize that this dog man is so capable with his mouth.
Xu Qiao nodded in admiration, wondering if she couldn't run if she couldn't resist, and strode away with her hair shaking.
As a result, it turned out that she really couldn't run—Pagani followed her with ease at a tortoise's speed, and seemed to be pressing on every step.
Xu Qiao stomped on her high-heeled shoes, trying hard to cover up the lingering sound of the engine. After stepping on it for a while, she felt bad. He didn't mind idling and hurting the car. She was afraid of ruining the shoes, so she stopped again: " Xiao Cheng is always a noble person who forgets things too much. I don’t remember how I taught him a lesson yesterday? Or are you originally a double standardist? 'Provocative' thing?"
Cheng Lang stepped on the brakes and answered irrelevant questions: "It's not safe for you to walk alone at night."
"Am I eating your rice or breathing your air? You have a strong sense of social responsibility. Do you want to escort any single woman on the road?"
"Li Nianda is my employee." Cheng Lang said suddenly without beginning or end.
"What?"
"The drunk man who clashed with you in the bar was an employee fired by Lanchen, so it may not be a coincidence that the other party did it, but he took the opportunity to drink madly to vent his anger. Do you understand that?"
Xu Qiao was stunned: "I don't understand! You offended people, why should you blame me?"
"What do you say?"
"..." Xu Qiao laughed angrily, "He thought I was your girlfriend?"
Cheng Lang seemed to be a little stagnant because of her straightforward words, and nodded after a long silence: "Maybe."
Xu Qiao tilted her head and thought about it for a while, and remembered that the drunk man did not have an attack the first moment he bumped into her, but was stunned for a moment after seeing her face clearly, and then began to curse.
"But how did he know me?"
"Your spending record at Lanchen Department Store every year is hard not to be remembered."
"..."
"Yesterday's performance at the National Exhibition Center was also impressive."
"..."
In this calm tone with a slight sigh, the subtext of "I don't know how extraordinary I am" is ready to come out.
Xu Qiao choked for a long time and couldn't refute, stomping her feet angrily: "Why am I so at a loss!"—I didn't enjoy my girlfriend's rights, but I did my duty!
Cheng Lang unbuckled his seat belt and got out of the car, and opened the passenger door for her: "So if you get in the car now, you may lose a little less."