"That's Qin Yu... I... I want to have a word with him!"
Li Lu bit her lip, her expression also very complex.
She and Qin Yu had known each other since they were kids, childhood sweethearts, and they had even co close to talking about marriage, but for various reasons, they hadn't ended up together.
"Hehe, then you catch up with your friend. I'm going to smoke a cigarette…"
The man with brand-na clothes gave a slight smile, appearing very magnanimous.
"Hmm!"
Li Lu walked a few steps, ca in front of Qin Yu, and looked him up and down: "How... are you doing nowadays?"
"Not bad, working as a security guard at Four Seas Corporation!"
Qin Yu tried to keep his tone casual.
But inside, he felt very bitter.
The woman in front of him was his first love, after all. They had once sworn to stick together, to grow old side by side.
In the end, they went their separate ways, beaten by reality!
"I... I heard from my dad that you owe a lot of debt because of our family? How much are you short? I'll contribute so!"
Li Lu knew this man had it tough. His parents had divorced when he was young, each remarried and started new families.
He resented his parents and didn't want their help, putting himself through school while supporting his younger sister.
After their relationship was confird, he was even more dutiful to her parents than to his own.
While in the military, he sent money ho every month.
But what Li Lu wanted was to stand out, to live a life of glory and wealth. And Qin Yu, honest and down-to-earth by nature, wanted only to work hard and make an honest living.
After a few argunts, Li Lu chose to venture into the big city alone.
Not long after she left, her parents fell ill, and it was Qin Yu who borrowed money from all over to save their lives.
Li Lu was grateful to Qin Yu and knew he was a good person.
But after seeing the glitz and glamour of the big city, she beca even more convinced that Qin Yu couldn't give her what she wanted.
In the end, she married the brand-na man next to her and beca a full-ti housewife.
"Hehe, the IOU was signed by , and my na is on it, it has nothing to do with you. As long as you're doing well, I'm relieved!"
Qin Yu said with a forced smile.
"Then... I'm leaving!"
Li Lu had just married the man with brand-na clothes and hadn't yet secured her place in his ho, so she actually didn't have much money to offer.
She gave Qin Yu a deep look and walked towards her husband, who stood aside smoking: "Let's go back, I don't want to stroll through the night market anymore!"
"Hmm!"
The brand-na man snuffed out his cigarette butt, turned and looked at Qin Yu. After a second or two, he said, "Thank you for the grace of not marrying back then, leaving with a complete Li Lu!"
After saying that, he pulled Li Lu towards a distant BMW X5.
If it weren't for Li Lu still being untouched when she got together with him, he wouldn't have married this woman from a small town.
"...."
Qin Yu's eyes held a touch of sadness as he watched Li Lu get into the BMW and slowly disappear from sight.
"Qin Yu... are you okay?"
Su ng lightly nudged Qin Yu, who had beco lost in thought.
"Oh, I'm fine, I'm fine. Co on, let's keep drinking!"
"Alright! Boss, two more rounds!"
Su ng knew Qin Yu was in a bad mood and kept him company drinking.
After chugging four or five rounds, Qin Yu shook his head: "I'm really an idiot!"
"Yeah, everyone who believes in love is an idiot!"
Su ng, a bit blurry-eyed, agreed: "Loveless and light-hearted, with love cos insanity!"
"Being a kid was so much better! Why... why do people have to grow up?"
Qin Yu, sowhat drunk, said with a slurred speech.
"You're wrong, it's better to be grown up!"
Su ng mumbled, contradicting him.
"Why's that?"
Qin Yu asked subconsciously.
"Because as a child, there's so much you can't do. For instance, wetting the bed as a child, you'd get scolded. But if you do it as an adult, people will praise you for being aweso!"
Su ng said, blinking her watery eyes.
"Uh..."
Qin Yu suspected Su ng was teasing, but without evidence.
"Ring ring..."
At that mont, the phone in his pocket began to ring.
Qin Yu took it out and saw that it was a call from Yan Mingyu.
"President Yan!"
Qin Yu imdiately answered the call.
"Tomorrow morning at seven, co pick up to handle so matters in the suburbs!"
Yan Mingyu's clear, cold voice ca through.
"Okay!"
After hanging up the phone, Qin Yu checked the ti—it was already close to midnight. He then said to Su ng, "Where do you live? I'll take you ho first, as I need to pick up President Yan early tomorrow morning!"
"It's... just in the apartnt complex behind!"
Su ng pointed towards an array of apartnts beyond the night market.
"Okay, then I'll take you!"
"Thank you...."
Qin Yu went ahead to settle the bill, and then, supporting the swaying Su ng, arrived at the entrance of the apartnt building.
"Eh, the elevator's broken? Which floor do you live on?"
Qin Yu pressed the elevator button only to see an error ssage that read, "Out of Order".
"On... the sixth floor!"
Being a girl, after four or five beers, Su ng was completely limp. If she weren't leaning on Qin Yu, she would definitely not be able to stand upright.
"Then I'll carry you!"
Qin Yu thought for a mont.
"I... weigh a bit much!"
Su ng said, feeling sowhat embarrassed.
She was one ter sixty-eight and weighed one hundred and ten pounds.
She was a typical "chubby" girl, with cheeks that held a baby's plumpness.
Pale and tender, with a sense of fleshiness.
"Haha, I used to run ten kiloters every day with a heavy load; not to ntion the sixth floor, carrying you up to the sixtieth wouldn't be a problem!"
Qin Yu said with a laugh.
"Then... thank you for the trouble!"
Su ng gently leaned on Qin Yu's back.
It was a strange feeling; if it were a hundred-plus-pound stone, surely soone would complain about the weight. But a hundred pounds of beauty? Even the frailest of n would probably stride with vigor.
Qin Yu felt the sa, as if he was carrying a soft ball of cotton. Before long, they had already reached the sixth floor.
After setting Su ng down, he helped her and asked, "Which one is your place?"
"It's the one right across, you... you've worked up quite a sweat. Co in for a drink of water!"
Su ng said while searching for her keys in her bag and giving Qin Yu a glance.
"No need... Hmm? Wait a second..."
Qin Yu waved his hand, ready to head downstairs, but then he suddenly seized Su ng's fair little hand.
"Qin Yu?"
Su ng looked puzzled.
"Shush... Stand back a bit, give the keys!"
Qin Yu whispered, took the keys from Su ng's hand, opened the door, and shut it with a bang.
"..."
Though Su ng was utterly bewildered, she trusted there must be a reason for Qin Yu's actions.
"Ah... it hurts, hurts..."
In less than half a minute, a strange man's voice could be heard.
"Creak..."
Qin Yu opened the door again, twisting the arm of a man with a duckbill hat and a shifty look. To a slightly agape Su ng, he said, "Call the police!"
"Ah? Okay, okay..."
Su ng nodded and frantically reached for her phone to call the police.
"I'll take him downstairs!"
Qin Yu pushed the sleazy man down the stairs.
The police efficiency in the big city was quite high; Qin Yu had waited for less than two minutes at the bottom of the stairs when a patrol car arrived.
After handing over the sleazy man to the police, Qin Yu was ready to head back to the urban village.
It was then that Su ng's voice ca from behind him: "Qin Yu, wait!"
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