Under the master's hesitant eyes, Qi Xi forced a smile: "My father's car, I want to surprise him."
The master didn't ask any more questions, but instead talked about his daughter: "You young people, that's what I like. My daughter didn't say hello a few days ago. When she came back from boarding school suddenly, she said she wanted to surprise me. For my birthday... ”
The other party was in high spirits, but Qi Xi didn't have the mood to talk to her at all. She only had Qi Ruiming's car in her eyes, and her heart was confused and flustered. She sent a message to Zhao Yiran with trembling hands, telling her that she was a bit nervous. I will come back later, let her go to the coffee shop first.
Qi Xi finished sending the message absent-mindedly, and didn't even read Zhao Yiran's reply.
She felt very divided and at a loss. Her father's whereabouts were strange. Could it be that he really cheated
If it is true, what should I do, what should my mother do.
In this repeated torment and apprehension, Qi Xi watched the taxi driver catch up with her father's car. She poked her head around and found that, at least a little comforting, there should be no one else in Qi Ruiming's car.
Qixi's father really didn't intend to go home, he drove to the most upscale business district in Rongshi, and then found a parking space on the luxury street and parked the car.
Qi Xi quickly paid and got out of the taxi.
This time Qi Xi reconfirmed that no one else was sitting in Qi Ruiming's car, and luckily because of the rain, Qi Ruiming took an umbrella from the trunk and held it up to block his sight, so he couldn't see the ghost. Qi Xi sneakily followed behind him.
Just like that, Qi Xi watched her father walk into the Hermès store.
There are no other customers in the Hermes store at all. Once Qi Xi rushes in, it will be too conspicuous and will definitely be exposed. Fortunately, the windows of Hermes are bright and transparent, and my father obviously didn't go inside to pick and choose, as if he was just going to Pick up something that has been reserved.
Qi Xi looked at the salesman in the store and greeted Qi Ruiming very familiarly, and then took out a bag from the container. In order to inspect the goods on the spot, the salesman immediately opened the dust bag and showed this bag to Qi Xi's father. Qi Ruiming simply glanced at the details of the front, back, left, and right, then nodded, and then Qi Xi watched him readily pay the bill.
Qi Xi is not a luxury person, she has never bought a luxury brand bag, but this does not prevent her from knowing a little about Hermès - Hermès bags are very difficult to buy, especially the rare and special ones, it seems that buying a bag requires According to a certain ratio to distribute the goods, because the order cycle is very long, the price of many spot bags has been fired to more than two to three times the original price.
Qi Xi didn't know what style of Hermès Qi Ruiming was carrying, so he could only wait for his father to leave with the bag.
Qi Ruiming seemed to be in a good mood. He put the Hermes shopping bag in the trunk, but instead of going home immediately, he walked along the street again. Qi Xi followed step by step in the rain until he saw him enter a flower shop , and then bought a bouquet of flowers, after that, went to a nearby dessert shop to buy a dessert.
After buying these, Qi Ruiming returned to the car, started the car and left.
Qi Xi's heart was agitated, the rain had become very heavy, Qi Xi was already drenched because he didn't bring an umbrella, and he became like a drowned chicken in a mess. When the wind blew, he shivered from the cold, but these external feelings She couldn't even take care of it anymore, Qi Xi found a porch to hide from the rain, and then began to stubbornly browse through Hermes on the Internet.
Fortunately, the Internet did not disappoint her. After ten minutes, she found the name of the Hermes her father bought.
It is the second generation crocodile skin of mini kelly.
It is said that once this bag was released, Hermès fans were very sought after. The ordinary leather of this bag is already quite popular, but this crocodile leather bag is even more difficult to find, and the price is more than N times that of the naked bag.
My father can get this bag today, I am afraid that the reservation period is at least half a year, and the price is at least 200,000 yuan.
Qi Xi suddenly felt dizzy.
200,000, she is still a salaried lawyer now, and her annual salary is less than 200,000.
Qi Xi's heart was in a mess, and she didn't know what she was thinking, but she returned to the rented house in a state of confusion and opened the door.
Zhao Yiran was startled by her appearance: "Oh my God, didn't you bring an umbrella? Why did you get so wet? Go in and take a shower!"
But Qixi couldn't care less about taking a shower, she just wrapped a blanket and wiped it carelessly, her heart was still immersed in unbelievable sense of contradiction and anxiety, but no matter what, if her father really cheated, her mother had the right to know everything.
She thought of the pain and collapse of old Mrs. Dong that she had learned from the Yuanchen investigator, and for the first time she cringed in her heart. In the case of old Dong's derailment, even though heaven and man were at war, Qixi's inner balance was still biased towards herself. Therefore, out of professional ethics, she had to report Lao Dong's behavior, and his wife learned everything, and it was only afterward that the chain reaction occurred, but now...
Everything I see now does not involve my career, and I don't have the strong driving force of professional responsibility to persuade myself to tilt to any end of the balance.
Mother is naturally qualified to know everything, but can mother bear such a blow and change? Should I come forward and talk to my father to deal with this matter? or what
Qi Xi's heart was in a mess, but just as she was about to call her mother, Xi Wen's call came as if she had a sympathy.
Qi Xi picked it up, and Xi Wen's voice came from the phone: "Xixi, have you arrived at your place of residence? Why hasn't my mother's WeChat message been answered, and I still think something happened to you!"
Hearing this familiar voice, Qi Xi's nose turned sour: "Mom!"
Xi Wen was a little strange: "What's the matter? What happened? Don't be afraid, you can tell us anything. Your dad just came back."
Qi Xi originally wanted to tell Xi Wen about the episode in the afternoon, but when he heard that Qi Ruiming was back, he was taken aback: "Dad is back?"
"Yeah, I came back and brought me a bouquet of flowers and desserts. Really, I told him that these are things that only young people can play. We are old couples, and we still engage in this kind of thing." Isn’t it a waste of money? You also said that my birthday is coming soon, and I will give me a mysterious gift when the time comes, so it’s a trick.”
Although Xi Wen was complaining, her tone was sweet.
This actually made Qi Xi pause.
She frowned, and suddenly realized another possibility—the flowers and desserts were bought for her mother, so that expensive Hermes was actually just an order in advance, and she was going to give her mother a birthday surprise later? Keep it secret now just to surprise mom on her birthday later
In this way, everything seems to make sense.
Dad was clearly not in Zhongheng, but he lied that he was working outside in order to pick up the goods at the Hermès store without anyone noticing, and maybe even secretly arranging something
Thinking of this, Qi Xi suddenly felt ashamed.
Maybe it's true that since becoming a lawyer, he has come into contact with so many divorce and cheating cases that even with the slightest clue, Qi Xi can amplify it into an investigation like reasoning to solve a case.
Although my father often lacks family participation because of work, and because he favors sons over daughters, he has indeed had a tense relationship with Qi Xi in recent years, but he directly judged him as cheating without cross-examination. Qi Xi now thinks that he should be a little bit Excessively excited.
She thought inwardly, perhaps her hostility and prejudice towards her father was a little stronger.
On the other end of the phone, my mother was still concerned about Qixi's situation: "Xixi, so what happened to you? Did you get to the house safely?"
"It's here."
Qi Xi was a little embarrassed. She and her mother had always been close. Considering that her father bought Hermes as a surprise gift, she put this aside and told her that she saw her father buying flowers and desserts when she followed the car and mistakenly thought he was cheating.
Xi Wen couldn't help laughing after listening to it, she lowered her voice and said, "Xixi, you can't let your father hear this, or he will be so angry that he is busy outside, and in the end his daughter suspects him of cheating on you. You have a mediocre head, and you don't know what you're thinking all day long."
Qi Xi muttered: "Who knows, men might want to cheat by nature, don't I keep my strings up every day? And I have to strictly guard against it at ordinary times, so men don't dare to cheat! I think you don't care about your father. It’s too loose, and I never check the guards, and I don’t care where he really went.”
Qi Xi's mother seemed to have walked out of the living room, probably into a room with no one else, her voice was no longer lowered, and became normal: "What are you doing studying this all day long, kid?"
"Men all over the world cheat, and your dad will never cheat." Xi Wen's voice was very confident, "Do you think about how your dad usually dresses up? For more than ten years, he has been crazy about saving money for work. Tell him You don’t listen to maintenance, and you don’t even want to spend money on dressing up yourself. Do you expect him to give money to other women? What kind of woman is willing to follow him? Could it be someone who is looking for your father? "
This is true. Qi Ruiming had a good image in his early years, but with the increasing pressure of work, he worked day and night. In the past few years, he has aged very quickly, and his beer belly has come out, because he often stays up late and his hair is thinning Yes, there are dull dark circles under his eyes all the year round, and he really doesn't have any extravagant hobbies. The car he drives is an old Japanese car from seven or eight years ago, and he doesn't have the kind of money that he can spend as much as he can Make pie.
On the contrary, because Xi Wen has always been a full-time wife who has no worries about food and clothing, she usually works healthy and takes good care of herself. She walks beside Qi Ruiming. She is obviously the same age, but it seems that there is a difference of ten years.
What's more, although the family situation has been improving, Qi Xi can't deny that her father is really picky in his bones. If Qi Xi usually buys something, as long as the price is a little more expensive, Qi Ruiming will chatter about it, and spend money for his mother. Buying a Hermès for 200,000 is true love.
Qi Xi breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that he really thought too much.
She happily said goodbye to her mother, and then ran to take a hot bath with no distractions.
**
When Qi Xi realized it was a false alarm, and was finally in the mood to lie down on the bed after showering and blowing his head, he realized that the phone was already full of Gu Yan's unread messages and missed calls.
It begins with the customary greeting—
"Are you up? I'm looking at the case, so boring."
"I made my own lunch. According to the newly learned recipes on the Internet, it tastes good. I will make it for you next time."
"What are you doing? Chatting with your parents? I'm looking at the case again, and it's still boring."
…
Probably because Qi Xi didn't reply all the time, Gu Yan's message became more and more like talking to himself, Qi Xi watched him post a few photos of the case he was looking at, and even attached his comments on the case , and then he began to share his latest playlist and some interesting books with Qi Xi.
While watching, Qi Xi felt that Gu Yan was really interesting. He obviously wanted to chat with him, but he didn't know what to say, and always used words like "It's so boring to read the case" and "I don't know what to do" to get crazy Alluding to Qi Xi.
But it's a pity that although Qi Xi understood his hint, he was busy chatting with his mother in the morning, and after dinner at noon, he didn't bother to look at his phone at all because he suspected that his father was cheating on the incident.
So in the afternoon, without receiving any reply from Qi Xi, Gu Yan's subsequent messages became aggrieved, and his emotions were no longer hidden -
"Why are you still ignoring me?"
"Qixi."
"Qi Xi, I miss you a little bit."
"Qi Xi, I want to call you."
…
Cooperating with Gu Yan's message was a missed call from him.
In fact, Gu Yan didn't say any nasty love words, but Qi Xi felt a little hot while watching.
This time, Qi Xi didn't keep Gu Yan waiting anymore, she called him directly.
Almost as soon as the phone rang, the other person answered it.
Gu Yan's deep but pleasant voice came out, the man dragged his tone, like a child playing with an unwise temper—
"Qi Xi, you finally remembered that you still have a boyfriend."
Qi Xi didn't respond to Gu Yan's words, but just asked: "Where are you now?"
Gu Yan was stunned for a moment, but still replied: "Of course I'm at home."
Then, he said sullenly: "My weekend life is not very rich, I just look at the case at home and wait for you to call me."
Although Qi Xi did not respond, Gu Yan did not give up on confessing his emotions: "Qi Xi, I miss you very much." The man said a little self-destructively, "Even if you don't miss me, I still miss you."
fool.
Qi Xi didn't hesitate anymore, she started to pack her things: "Give me half an hour."
"What?"
Qi Xi laughed: "In half an hour, pick me up at the gate of your community."
Gu Yan was stunned for a moment, and then his voice sounded a little unbelievably surprised: "You want to come? But it's very late now, and it's still raining. Is it unsafe?"
"Gu Yan."
"Um?"
"No need to say anything else, I'll just ask you, do you want me to come, or don't you want me to come?"
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, and finally, Gu Yan spoke, he said, thinking about it.
Qi Xi's face became hotter and her heart beat faster, she muttered, "Then it's okay if I come?"
Gu Yan, who was still trying to persuade him that it was not safe at night on a rainy day, immediately said: "Then you wait for me where you live, and I will drive to pick you up."
"don't want."
Qi Xi rejected it almost immediately.
Gu Yan was really surprised: "Why?"
Qi Xi bit her lips, lowered her voice and said softly: "Because of the rainy weather, it will be very congested when you drive over."
Gu Yan explained seriously: "I don't care."
"But I care." Qi Xi blushed a little, and her voice became softer and softer, "You drive here and block it for half an hour, and then drive back with me and block it for another half hour. It takes an hour, but I don't want to wait an hour to get to your house, I think the sooner the better."
"Because I miss you too."