Chapter 83

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After sending Wu Huifang away, Qin Huai didn’t immediately go back to school. He first found a housekeeping company to clean up the apartment—always having Nan Shu live in a hotel was too wrong for her.

After that, he contacted a friend to inquire about cosmetic surgery.

When it was almost noon, Qin Huai had originally planned to take Nan Shu out to eat, but because of the scar on her face, Nan Shu was not very willing to go out. Qin Huai was reluctant to make Nan Shu feel bad, so the two of them ate takeout at the hotel.

In the afternoon, a friend sent a message about a plastic surgery hospital, saying that it had been introduced by a friend of a friend. Qin Huai immediately checked the relevant information online, and he had all the relevant qualification certificates, so he was relieved.

Then he immediately drove Nan Shu to the hospital.

After the doctor checked Nan Shu, he said that the problem was not big and could be solved by surgery; she was guaranteed to recover to the same way she was before.

Nan Shu cried with joy. Qin Huai was also relieved and immediately paid for the hospital and arranged for surgery.

“Don’t worry. Everything is up to me!” Qin Huai said with a smile.

Nan Shu nodded excitedly.

On the other side, Li Huairou hadn’t seen Qin Huai for some days, so she was finally relieved. And Tang Haoran was showing up in front of Jiang Shuxin more and more. But Tang Haoran was very good at keeping things in check so that Jiang Shuxin wouldn’t be bored.

Slowly, Jiang Shuxin got used to seeing Tang Haoran from time to time.

In addition, with the support of Li Huairou, Tang Haoran appeared more often. The reason why he could successfully enter the two sisters’s world was very simple: that is, he fully catered to Jiang Shuxin’s plan to raise her younger sister.

“Huairou, what do you want to eat at noon?”

“Whatever. I don’t have any appetite.”

“It’s cold, so let’s go for hotpot or mala soup!”

“Okay.”

“I know there’s a shop that has skewers, Malatang. It also has a high rating. People who have eaten it say that it’s good, and there are many repeat customers.” This was Tang Haoran’s voice.

“Where? Let me see,” Jiang Shuxin requested.

“It’s just over the commercial street, and there’s a popular milk tea shop next to it. After eating, we can go to a photobooth.” Tang Haoran immediately raised his cellhone to Jiang Shuxin.

Li Huairou followed behind—she was in charge of eating.

The three were eating, and Tang Haoran and Jiang Shuxin were discussing a recently-released movie, while Li Huairou looked out the window in a bored manner. Suddenly, her eyes widened, and she pulled at Jiang Shuxin’s sleeves. “Jie, jie, look, is that Qin Huaihe? There’s a woman next to him! Who do you think she is?”

[Huaihe (淮河) is Huai River, one of the main rivers in China]

Jiang Shuxin smiled. “He’s called Qin Huai. Why do you add the word ‘he’ to someone else’s name? Who cares who she is. What does it matter to us?”

Tang Haoran looked out the window and said with a smile, “Recently, I heard that Qin Huai was hiding a young wife in a golden house. I never thought I’d run into this today!”

Tang Haoran picked up the phone with the mentality of watching the excitement and not being afraid of big things. Tang Haoran took a few pictures and sent them out.

Jiang Shuxin glanced at him and asked, “Who did you send those to?”

“A friend I just met happened to have something to do with the Qin family.” Tang Haoran didn’t intend to hide it, and he told the truth. This man dared to covet his goddess? He thought he could get away with just a few scoldings? How could it be that simple?

After eating, Jiang Shuxin took Li Huairou to buy clothes. It was probably because the feeding was too good recently, but Li Huairou was fat again, and her underwear was tight, so it was time to change.

Tang Haoran was cheeky and wanted to follow, but Jiang Shuxin glared at him. “We’re going to buy underwear! You want to follow too?”

Tang Haoran smiled. “I can wait for you outside. Didn’t we agree to go to the movies in the afternoon? The tickets are all bought.”

Jiang Shuxin was speechless. The movie was at 5:30 in the evening, and it was only after 1:00. It seemed that he’d made up his mind to spend the afternoon with them.

Li Huairou tugged at Jiang Shuxin’s sleeve. “Leave him. We just need someone to carry something.”

Jiang Shuxin glanced at Li Huairou and poked her forehead lightly. This little ghostie was really trying every means to match her with Tang Haoran. In fact, Tang Haoran was actually quite a good person. Apart from being two years younger than her, she really couldn’t find any shortcomings with him.

Otherwise, should she agree? Anyway, it was just a relationship, not a marriage. Love was all about being happy—no need to think about it.

“Okay, then you can come too,” Jiang Shuxin said, throwing her bag to Tang Haoran.

Tang Haoran’s eyes widened, and he looked at Jiang Shuxin in disbelief. It seemed that girls would only let their boyfriends hold their bags! Was it the same as what he thought it was?

Jiang Shuxin turned her head away, not wanting to look at him like this.

Tang Haoran went to look at Li Huairou again, but Li Huairou couldn’t bear to look directly at him. “Forget it! It’s just what you think!”

Tang Haoran suddenly jumped three feet high, clenching his right fist into the air and shouting “yeah”, causing the surprised eyes of others.

Jiang Shuxin looked at his silly appearance, angry and amused, and she pulled Li Huairou straight forward.

Tang Haoran scratched his head, put the bag on his back, and chased after them.

Qin Huai and Nan Shu, who were not far away, also heard the movement.

“You just had the surgery on your face, so you can’t eat a lot of things. When you’re well, I’ll take you out to eat every day to eat whatever you want!” Qin Huai said with a smile.

Nan Shu nodded. “Yeah.” These days, she could only eat a light diet. She didn’t even dare to touch soy sauce for fear of affecting the operation’s effects. But as long as she could recover, she was willing to endure this.

The two snuggled together and walked aimlessly. Although they didn’t buy or eat anything, they felt that as long as the two were together, the air would be sweet.

Just after walking for a while, Qin Huai’s phone rang. He immediately pressed it, not wanting to pick it up. But in the next second, the phone rang again.

Nan Shu said gently, “Hurry up and answer the phone. Maybe it’s something important!”

Qin Huai had to pick up the phone, and when he saw that it was his father’s phone number, he immediately said to Nan Shu, “It’s my father’s call. I’ll answer the phone. It’s cold outside, so wait for me at KFC. I’ll be right there.”

Nan Shu nodded. “Okay.” Actually, Nan Shu’s mood toward Uncle Qin was also very complicated. Uncle Qin and Aunt Wu liked her very much, and they often joked that they had settled for Qin Huai. But later, the Nan family had gone bankrupt, and when she’d gone to ask Uncle Qin for help, she only got the words “powerless” in return.

So when Qin Huai told her not to let his parents know about her return for the time being, Nan Shu was actually relieved. She hadn’t figured out how to face her uncle and auntie.

Nan Shu sat in the chair and thought a lot until she noticed someone sitting next to her. She looked up and saw that it was Qin Huai.

It was just that his expression was not very good.

“What’s the matter? Did Uncle looking for you for something?” Nan Shu asked gently.

“It’s nothing. He just asked me to go home. I can’t accompany you tonight. I’ll take you back first!” Qin Huai said after tidying up his mood.

Nan Shu knew it wasn’t that simple, but Qin Huai didn’t want to tell her, so she didn’t ask. “Okay, just call me if something happened. A-Huai, you’ve worked hard these days! Thank you!”

“In the past few years, my world has been black and white, with no color at all. When you came back, my world had color again.” Qin Huai looked at Nan Shu affectionately.

Nan Shu smiled happily.

Shen Suixin, on the table next to them, lowered her head to hide the contempt and disdain in her heart. She didn’t raise her head until Qin Huai and Nan Shu left.

At this time, a big, tall, handsome boy came over with a dinner plate and sat down in front of her. “What’s wrong?”

“It’s nothing. I met someone just now, and it’s disgusting.” Shen Suixin said with a smile, “Hey, where’s my strawberry sundae?”

The boy smiled. “I didn’t buy it. It’s cold, and you can’t eat cold food.”

Shen Suixin was a little unhappy.

The boy continued, “I’ll buy you milk tea later, okay?”

Shen Suixin smiled. No wonder Jiang Shuxin did not accept Qin Huai, but chose that little milk dog. It turned out that it felt really good to fall in love with a little milk dog.

[Xiao nai gou (小奶狗) is an internet word for young, clingy, cute, sunny boys]

Speaking of Qin Huai, Shen Suixin recalled what she had just heard, and she couldn’t help but inwardly sneer. It turned out that Qin Huai could also speak words of love, and he also spoke so naturally and sincerely. She thought that Qin Huai had broken up with her because of Jiang Shuxin, but now she knew that she and Jiang Shuxin were both stand-ins for someone else. That was to say, she was smart and had cut her losses in time. Jiang Shuxin was lucky and hadn’t fallen for it. Otherwise, the two of them would have been fooled by Qin Huai, a scumbag.

“Suixin, what’s wrong with you? Are you unhappy with something?” the boy asked with concern, touching Shen Suixin’s forehead.

“I’m fine. I don’t know if I should tell you. Forget it, let’s tell you!” Shen Suixin desperately needed someone to hear her complaints, so she told him the things about her, Qin Huai, and Jiang Shuxin.

The boy was full of indignation. “This is too much! Suixin, it’s fortunate that you broke up with him. Otherwise, you would definitely have been hurt even more!”

Shen Suixin nodded. “So, when I saw him just now, I was disgusted. A scumbag, and he still boasts of being affectionate!”

The two of them said one word to each other, feeding each other from time to time, and they were very affectionate.

Qin Huai sent Nan Shu back and directly drove home.

Qin Zhongde and Wu Huifang were both waiting for him at home. Seeing that he’d come back, Qin Zhongde directly asked, “I remember that I told you that, before graduating from college, you can fall in love, but you are not allowed to be serious. Your marriage is not child’s play; do you understand?”

Wu Huifang also thought the same. Her excellent son was not something that Cinderella could have.

“I have checked with your father. You recently spent a lot of money on the plastic surgery hospital, and you also renovated the house and bought electrical appliances. I know that you and Nan Shu are childhood sweethearts and have feelings for each other. If you like her, you can go about it as it is now, but you must not be tempted to marry her, you know?” Wu Huifang said.

“Why?!” Qin Huai had originally planned to keep silent no matter what his parents said, but when he heard this, he couldn’t help it. “I like Nan Shu, only Nan Shu!”

“Like is like, and marriage is marriage. Son, you are old enough to be sensible.” Wu Huifang said with a frown, “Nan Shu is very good, and my mother likes her too. But my mother has already inquired about it. She didn’t attend school abroad in recent years, and now she has nothing, and she can’t help you with anything!”

Qin Zhongde didn’t say anything, but he obviously meant the same thing.

Qin Huai’s face was ashen. He turned his head and left.

Qin Zhongde snorted coldly, called his secretary, stopped Qin Huai’s several credit cards, and then instructed his aunt to put all the valuables in Qin Huai’s room into the safe.

Wu Huifang also heard it, but she said nothing. Her son had been obedient since he was a child, and he was also very well-behaved when he was a teenager. He didn’t expect this to happen in college, and his belated rebellion began.

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