At noon the next day, we settled down.
"Dad, I'll go out and meet them." An Qiqi walked down from upstairs.
An Zecheng stood at the door, watering the flowers and plants: "Let the guard take you there, don't go too far."
"Yeah, okay." An Qiqi responded readily, without any resistance like before.
An Zecheng turned around with the kettle in his hand and asked with concern, "Can you control your emotions?"
"Haha." An Qiqi smiled helplessly: "It's all over. What's there to be uncontrolled?"
"Well, go ahead." An Zecheng responded and went to the side hall carrying a kettle.
“Let’s go!”
An Qiqi left home accompanied by her father's personal guards.
…
Around 1:00 p.m., in a high-end restaurant in Longkou District.
An Qiqi was wearing a white dress and had her hair tied up. She sat in a box on the second floor, looking quietly at the scenery outside the window.
After a while, the waiter pushed open the door of the box and led You's father and Qiuqiu in: "Hello, Miss, your guests are here."
"Thank you." An Qiqi turned her head and responded softly.
Qiuqiu called An Qiqi last night, booked the earliest flight today, and came to Longcheng with his father.
The You family is well-off, and they paid a sky-high bail of six million to the police, so Qiuqiu was temporarily free, but he could not leave District 1.
Of course, this kind of bail may also be secretly instigated by Kang Dinghuang’s people, because they don’t want to make the matter worse, so they give the You family a chance to solve the problem.
At the door of the box, Qiuqiu looked at An Qiqi with evasive eyes and a nervous expression.
"Please sit down!" An Qiqi looked at the two and broke the silence first.
"Oh, okay!" Father You did not act too embarrassed. He nodded at An Qiqi and sat across the square table with his daughter.
Old You has been fighting in the political arena for many years and has secretly run a lot of industries in recent years. For such a person, face and reputation are not worth mentioning at the critical moment.
"Qiqi." Father You hesitated for a moment and said, "Alas, this is really hard to talk about...!"
"Haha." An Qiqi looked at him and a smile appeared on her pretty face.
“Qiqi!!”
Seeing that his father couldn't start a conversation, Qiuqiu immediately took the initiative to say, "I'm here to apologize to you."
"I don't think there's any need to apologize." An Qiqi picked up the fruit knife on the table and gently cut the small pieces of fruit on her plate: "If a man doesn't work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth."
"I really had no choice at that time! If I didn't follow their script, we would both be finished... You know, I'm going to join the system soon, and if I get tarnished." Qiuqiu's eyes were filled with tears: "Who did I offend? I got into this trouble without any reason!"
An Qiqi stroked her hair and said, "I told you, you don't have to explain to me, I can understand."
In one sentence, Qiuqiu was speechless. She could clearly feel that An Qiqi seemed to be different from before.
"It's like this, Qiqi. We did do something wrong in this matter." Father You took over the conversation and said sincerely, "But it has already happened. It's no use to regret it now. But fortunately, the result is good! Look, how about this? Our family will give you a portion of the compensation...!"
An Qiqi smiled and said nothing.
"I know your family is definitely not short of money, but this is also a way for us to express our guilt." Father You sighed, "You and Qiuqiu grew up together! Considering our relationship for so many years, just raise your hand and let her go. It's really not easy for Qiuqiu. She got involved in this for no reason, which not only affects her future, but also makes us exhausted. Uncle, please, okay?"
An Qiqi looked at the father and daughter, still without saying a word, just lowered her head and ate the fruit.
"We have prepared five million. If it's not enough, tell me a number." Father You looked at An Qiqi and added again.
An Qiqi didn't respond.
Qiuqiu clenched his fists and said in a slightly agitated voice: "Do you really want to kill me?! I was just trying to help you!"
An Qiqi looked at her and said, "No, the reason you are angry is because Wang Ying, whom you have always looked down upon, actually dared to lie to you! When you poked her neck with the glass, you didn't know that she had colluded with others to set up this trap just for me."
Qiuqiu's lips moved as he was choked, not knowing how to respond.
"I have recalled the whole thing countless times when I was in prison. I remember every micro-expression of yours!" An Qiqi said in a flat voice: "This situation now is the consequence that everyone should bear."
Qiuqiu looked at her in a daze: "So, you agreed to let me come, but you didn't want to talk at all, right?!!"
"I didn't say we can't talk." An Qiqi looked at her calmly: "But if you don't want to be imprisoned for life! If you don't want to stay in a place where you can't even see the sun, then you have to pay other corresponding prices!!!"
Qiuqiu stood up suddenly: "You could have just raised your hand and let me go! I had no choice at the time, but you did!!"
An Qiqi looked at her quietly: "I have no choice, it's just that people like you will never see it."
“Hoohoo~!”
Qiuqiu's hair was disheveled, his chest was heaving, and his eyes were staring at An Qiqi angrily.
"Don't act like a spoiled little girl." An Qiqi picked up the fruit knife and said calmly, "Once you get in there, you'll know that in real life, no one will pamper you, let alone sympathize with you. Often, the harder you cry, the harder those female criminals will beat you!!"
“Bang!!”
Qiuqiu snatched the fruit knife from An Qiqi's hand, pointed at her with a crazy expression and yelled, "If I'm not good, no one else can be good!"
An Qiqi looked at her calmly without saying a word!
Qiuqiu held the knife in his trembling hands, his expression gradually collapsed, and he said with tears in his eyes: "I am really different from you! I really had no choice at the time, I beg you... Qiqi... just let me go."
An Qiqi remained unmoved. She was looking at her and also at the tip of the knife that was shining with cold light!
Father You clenched his fists under the table. He wanted his daughter to use their past friendship to persuade An Qiqi, but it seemed to be of no use.
"Nothing to talk about? Really?!"
"Okay, okay!! I'll explain to you, okay?! I'll fucking give it to you!!" Qiuqiu was forced into a corner and had no choice but to hold the knife in his right hand. His arm was obviously hesitant, but he finally stabbed it towards his cheek.
“Puff!!”
The fruit knife stabbed into the left cheek, and blood gushed out immediately, and the skin and flesh turned inside out!
"Girl!" You's father suddenly rushed up.
An Qiqi slowly turned her head, her eyes expressionless as she shouted, "Sit down! Sit down!!"