chapter 12.1

Not too long after hanging up the phone, Qiao Yang saw a person walk out of the elevator through the small monitor device in the hallway.

Sure enough, it was not Xu Weiling.

Instead, it was a young woman. She was dressed in a dark blue trench coat, with a goose- yellow silk scarf around her neck.[1] The slender and tall figure could even be seen through the small surveillance screen.[2]

She carried two large bags in her hands and approached Gu Ye’s door, then she carefully entered the password to Gu Ye’s house.

She appeared to be startled after hearing the [beep] that her password was incorrect and she was locked out. Read this novel only on Foxaholic

She took a step back in panic and looked blankly toward the opposite door ‒ Qiao Yang’s house, trying to make sure she wasn’t in the wrong place.

She also pretended to calmly lift the light-chestnut wavy hair and tuck it behind her ear, revealing half of her face.

Qiao Yang could finally get a clear look at the woman’s appearance. She looked familiar ‒ she should be acquainted with the original owner.

But for the moment, he couldn’t remember who it was.

However, in the next second, Qiao Yang reflexively took a step backwards.

Because the woman in the monitor started to walk towards his house, the pretty looking face on the screen was getting larger as it was coming closer to Qiao Yang.

“Ding-dong.” the doorbell rang.

Qiao Yang: ……

He had no choice but to put down his glass of water and open the door. He asked in false surprise surprise, “May I ask who you are?”

The woman greeted him very politely, “Hello, my name is Qin Man. It’s Auntie Xu who asked me to come over to deliver something to Brother Ye. Thank you for keeping a lookout[3] at the door for me just now.”

Qin Man ‒ Qiao Yang found this name from the original owner’s memory ‒ was the eldest daughter from the rich and powerful circle, the Qin family.

Qin Man had round eyes and pointed face, she was a typical oriental beautiful woman. But most importantly, she had a genteel manner and soft spoken voice.

Qiao Yang had a very good impression of her and replied, “You’re welcome. Why? Is Mr. Gu not at home?”

Qin Man looked a little disappointed, lowered his eyelids and whispered, “Yes, the password that Aunt Xu told me seems to be wrong too…”

After a brief pause, she summoned up the courage to ask, “Excuse me, do you know when Brother Ye usually comes back? And when is he usually at home?”

Qiao Yang shook his head, “I also just moved in, and I don’t really know Mr. Gu well enough to know his schedule.”

“So it’s like this ah.” Qin Man turned around to look at the tightly closed door of Gu Ye’s house in disappointment, “Then, can you help me give these things to him?”

The woman’s face glowed pink, looking somewhat shy, and her big, sparkling bright eyes flickered with some pleading.

It would be difficult for most people to refuse such a soft and sweet girl.

So it was the same for Qiao Yang.

He laughed and said, “Okay, then you can leave them with me.”

Qin Man smiled happily, “Thank you so much. By the way, may I ask how I should address you?”

Qiao Yang took the two paper bags and replied, “Sorry. I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Qiao Yang.”

Qin Man went “ah” then said “You are that Qiao Yang ah?”

The questioning voice was different from the gentle and melodic voice just now. It carried a touch of astonishment, and also some other inexplicable emotions.

Right afterwards, she immediately realized that she misplaced her manner and hurriedly shook her head, and waved her hands to explain, “No, no, no, I didn’t mean anything else, just that my cousin[4] often talks about you.”

Qiao Yang didn’t really care and questioned, “Your cousin?”

“Liang Wei.” Qin Man replied, “Your relationship…… is okay, right?”

Liang Wei?

Ah.

With a faint smile on his face, Qiao Yang nodded slightly, “It’s okay, we hung out together a few times.”

Qin Man often heard from her cousin that the third son of the Qiao family, Qiao Yang, was wild and arrogant, but also someone who would often do stupid things.

But the man before her eyes didn’t look like what Liang Wei said at all ah. His expression was gentle, his pair of warm smiling eyes, making one feel very comfortable.

The point being ‒ he was also very handsome ah.

Qiao Yang’s impression in Qin Man’s heart started to slowly rise from the negative values.

What’s more, cousin Liang Wei would often curse at Gu Ye. It was probably because he was also jealous of the third young master of the Qiao family, who was more outstanding than him, so he deliberately slandered other people behind their backs.

Qin Man thought to herself, I should not have listened to Liang Wei’s words.

She was very apologetic and asked tentatively, “My cousin, he usually gives you a lot of trouble, right?”

Qiao Yang, “No, it’s all just joking around. Brother Liang is not a bad person.”

“You shouldn’t speak up for him. It’s not like I don’t know him, he’s been giving his family headaches since he was a kid.”

Qin Man resumed her smile, “You should be younger than me, you can call me Jie Jie[5] from now on.”

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Then she seriously reminded him, “By the way, it’s better not to play with that cousin of mine in the future. That guy is a real pain in the ass.”

“If he’s looking to give you trouble, just beat him right back. You can also me and I’ll teach him a lesson for you.”

Qiao Yang couldn’t help smiling again, “Okay, thank you Qin Man-jie.”

After sending the person away, Qiao Yang conveniently sent a message back to Gu Ye.

【Qin Man-jie has already left】

【She gave you something and leave it at my house, don’t forget to come and pick it up.】

After about half an hour, Gu Ye replied to him:

【Thank you.】

The two simple words were square-shaped, polite, indifferent, perfunctory and detached.

Qiao Yang let out a chortle and tossed his phone aside, then he sat in front of his computer and began to fiddle with a few softwares he had downloaded for composing songs.

After about half an hour, a simple melody came out of the computer speakers and flowed throughout the room, sometimes gentle and slow, and sometimes uplifting.

This was the song he once wrote for Qiao Sheng.

If Qiao Zhen was Qiao Sheng, he would understand everything as long as he heard this melody.

He wanted to send this original song file to Qiao Zhen, but his finger hovered for a long while over the [send] button, hesitating to press it.

“Forget it.”

Qiao Yang leaned back against the seat, he he tilted his head backward to look at the chandelier overhead. “I’ll talk about it after I see Qiao Zhen at the company tomorrow.”

Gu Ye came back with the door technicians to unlock the door.

He rang the doorbell to Qiao Yang’s house.

The lofty man stood by the doorway, he was still handsome and awe-inspiring, and his manners were still as gentle as before. There was a polite smile that teased the corners of his mouth, “Where’s the stuff?”

Acting!

Qiao Yang rolled his eyes inwardly, and took the bag and handed it to him. His tone was flat, “Here. Today the door to your house is locked, sorry.”

He wanted to close the door after saying that.