CHAPTER 437: CHAPTER 435: ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?

"I didn’t see that coming," Jinghen’s smile faded a bit.

Just a few hours ago, he had promised to accompany Wen Qiao on an overnight trip to Hang City, but a sudden matter at the company arose. Instead of throwing any sort of tantrum, Wen Qiao urged him to hurry back to Jiang City, telling him not to delay important matters for her sake.

Zhang Tian said, "I had a similar situation. I promised her something, then something urgent came up at the last minute. I told her to go have fun with her friends by herself, and she felt neglected, like I didn’t love her. Put me through quite the ordeal."

"And then?"

"Then, she dumped me," Zhang Tian didn’t seem to lose face as he continued, "After that, she found someone else, and now they’re almost married."

The group erupted in laughter.

"It’s like she escaped the clutches of a scumbag like you."

"Shut up, you’re the scumbag. I’m the innocent one here."

"The innocent boy who got caught kissing a senior girl in the classroom back in middle school?"

"Can you just shut up?"

"...."

The boisterous voices of the people around filled the private room, while Fu Jinghen seemed to have erected an invisible barrier around himself, not joining in. He sat silently on the sofa, staring into the amber liquid in his glass.

After a while, he took out his phone and sent Wen Qiao a message—

[Fu Jinghen: If we planned a trip one day, and suddenly I had to deal with urgent company matters, forcing me to return, what would you do?]

[Qiaoqiao’s not full: What else can I do? Of course, you deal with the company matters first.]

[Fu Jinghen: And what about you?]

[Qiaoqiao’s not full: I can go by myself, or I could ask Jiang Yao and the others to accompany me.]

Two arrows of laughter hit Fu Jinghen right in the heart.

Still not resigned, he continued to ask—

[Fu Jinghen: Would you ever make me choose between you and the company? Would you make me abandon the company and choose you instead?]

[Qiaoqiao’s not full: Are you crazy? You drop the company for me, and then what? Are we both going to be left freezing in the northwest wind?]

"......"

With a "whoosh."

Another arrow struck.

[Qiaoqiao’s not full: What’s with you, why suddenly ask me these things? There isn’t really trouble at the company, right?]

Looking at the crying emoji wrapped up in large thighs that she had sent, Fu Jinghen couldn’t help but feel both annoyed and amused.

[Fu Jinghen: No, the company’s fine. You won’t go hungry; you’ll have plenty to eat.]

[Qiaoqiao’s not full: That’s a relief.]

[Qiaoqiao’s not full: I’m so tired today, I’m going to sleep first. Drink less, and remember to book a ride home if needed. Don’t come back too late. Kisses JPG.]

Fu Jinghen let out a helpless chuckle and sent a "Sure" in response.

-

Because she was so exhausted from the night before, Wen Qiao slept especially heavily that night. The next day Xiao Chu had quite a time getting her out of bed.

The subsequent activities of getting dressed, washing up, and eating breakfast were all carried out on auto-pilot by Wen Qiao.

Xiao Chu, watching anxiously, seemed ready to seize the spoon from her hand and force-feed her the porridge.

Finally out the door, Wen Qiao still looked sleepy. She rubbed her eyes, stretched, and asked, "I’ve been a bit busy lately and forgot to ask, did Sister Yao tell you how the D brand endorsement is going?"

Xiao Chu raised her hand to cover Wen Qiao’s mouth and lowered her voice, "Don’t talk about these things outside."

She was too late to halt her movement, so instead of covering Wen Qiao’s mouth, she practically slapped her across the face.

This slap also chased away a good portion of Wen Qiao’s sleepiness. Suddenly much more alert and realizing what she had just said, she blinked guiltily.