Chapter 185
Chapter 185: Afraid You’ll Beat Him to Death
Madam Jiang said: “I was thinking, you young people all like to travel around, right? With this card, it will be much easier for you to find a place to stay.”
“Mm-hm, thank you, Auntie.”
Lately she had received so many cards that Du An Rao could already slip them into her pocket without changing her expression at all.
Madam Jiang grew even happier when she saw her accept the gift. She speared a piece of sliced honeydew melon, handed it to her, and asked with a gentle smile: “I heard that when you went shopping the other day, you ran into Chu Hui. I heard that when you left, you reminded her about a few things.”
[Here it comes!]
The gossip antenna in Du An Rao’s mind popped straight up. Because she had eaten too much, she had been a little drowsy and unfocused, but now her hazy eyes lit up and she suddenly felt much more awake.
She nodded and said: “Yes, that happened. From that sister’s face I could tell that her current boyfriend is not a good person. But since it was our first time meeting, if I spoke too directly, she might feel offended and not believe me. So I put it in a vague way and let her check it for herself.”
Madam Jiang nodded: “What you hear might be false, but what you see with your own eyes is real. No matter how much others say, it can’t compare to her seeing it for herself even once.”
“So that means she already…”
Madam Jiang did not answer. She only smiled, and her smile was full of hidden meaning.
It turned out that on that day, just after Jiang You Nian parted ways with Du An Rao, he called his older brother and repeated everything that had happened, in great detail.
At the time, Jiang Chang Bin was at the company. This company was co-founded by him and Yu Chu Hui’s older brother, Yu Qing Ting, and Yu Qing Ting’s shares were even slightly higher than his.
After he heard his younger brother’s story, whether it was out of pity for an old classmate or loyalty to his good brothers, he rushed straight to Yu Qing Ting’s office and told him everything.
After listening, Yu Qing Ting only felt that Jiang Chang Bin was joking. Forget everything else for the moment. How could his youngest sister possibly have a different father from them but the same mother? If that were true, wouldn’t that mean his mother had…
Because of this, the two of them almost started a fight. Jiang Chang Bin knew this whole thing sounded ridiculous, and he could also understand how his good brother felt, so he did not argue too much.
He only told him that if nothing unexpected happened, the next day Yu Chu Hui and her best friend would follow his little cousin’s instructions and make a surprise visit to the boyfriend’s home. To prevent any accidents, it would be best if he sent a few more people to secretly watch over the two girls and protect them in the dark. At the same time, he could see with his own eyes whether his little cousin’s fortune-telling was accurate or not.
Although Yu Qing Ting did not believe what Jiang Chang Bin said, he still had to be careful about his own sister’s safety. And even if he was angry, he had no good impression of the pigs outside who wanted to get close to his sister. As soon as he thought that man might have wronged his sister, he even felt like killing him.
So he immediately arranged for four or five tall, strong bodyguards to secretly follow and protect Yu Chu Hui.
“Then what? Then what? Did they really go? Did they… did they…”
Just from Jiang Chang Bin’s description, Du An Rao could imagine exactly what kind of person this Mr. Yu was.
But for that very reason, because she already had a rough idea of what Yu Chu Hui and the others were going to see, she was even more curious to know how badly these people would break down.
“…Yes, they went.”
Yu Chu Hui’s boyfriend was named Qiu Tian Li. He was a veterinarian.
Yu Chu Hui had a dog. For a while, the dog lost its appetite and grew listless, so she took it to the animal clinic and met Qiu Tian Li.
The two of them got to know each other because of the dog. While they were taking care of the dog together, Yu Chu Hui found that he was very gentle, considerate, and understanding. She developed feelings for him, and not long after that, they became boyfriend and girlfriend.
They had been dating for half a year. Even though their relationship had not crossed any lines, Qiu Tian Li treated her with extreme care. He not only picked her up and dropped her off from work every day, he also sent her flowers and presents every week. From time to time, he even cooked for her himself to improve her meals.
When they went on dates, he never forgot to take care of their “token of love” dog. He often took time out of his day to walk the dog with her. He acted like a perfect, twenty-four-filial boyfriend.
This made the unlucky Yu Chu Hui, whose several past romances had all ended in failure, feel so spoiled and dizzy with happiness that she kept saying she had finally met her true love.
At first, because of Du An Rao’s reminder, Yu Chu Hui had started to waver. But after thinking for a whole night, she went back into full-on love-brain mode. She didn’t want to doubt her perfect boyfriend just because of a stranger’s few words. Before they even set out, she wanted to back out and didn’t want to go to her boyfriend’s place anymore.
Luckily, she had a good best friend of the new era. As soon as Xia Ke Ke sensed that Yu Chu Hui was about to break her promise, she rushed to her house and dragged her out.
Xia Ke Ke grabbed her and said: “We’ve already come this far. You can’t just say you’re not going and leave it at that. Are you playing with me? I even called both my brothers over to be your bodyguards. Today, whether you want to or not, you’re going! If that Little Bai face of his really has no problem, then I’ll personally apologize to him. But if he dares do anything to let you down, just wait and see if my brothers don’t beat him until he’s looking all over the floor for his teeth!”
When Yu Chu Hui heard that, she stuck her head out and saw the two young handsome men standing behind Xia Ke Ke.
Noticing her gaze, Xia Ke Ke thought she was worried about her two brothers’ fighting skills. She slapped her chest and said: “Don’t worry. Don’t be fooled by how weak and gentle they look. My older brother is a karate black belt, and my second brother’s hobby is boxing. If your boyfriend really loses his temper and tries to hit us later, my older brother and second brother can hold him down with one hand.”
The corner of Yu Chu Hui’s mouth twitched. She muttered under her breath: “I’m not worried… I’m not worried about Qiu Tian Li hitting us. I’m worried your two brothers won’t know their own strength and might accidentally beat him to death.”
“What did you say?”
“Nothing… nothing. Let’s head out now.”
Yu Chu Hui wisely chose to back down. She grabbed Xia Ke Ke and ran out.
When they reached the building where Qiu Tian Li lived, Yu Chu Hui started to feel nervous again. She tugged on her friend’s sleeve and said: “Ke Ke, maybe we should…”
“Should what? It’s just a relationship. How did you get so wishy-washy? Didn’t you say your boyfriend moved out a long time ago and lives alone, and doesn’t live with his parents? Then what are you afraid of? Come on, upstairs!”
Xia Ke Ke grabbed the back of Yu Chu Hui’s neck as if she were picking up a poor little chick and pushed her all the way up the stairs.
Qiu Tian Li lived in an old, slightly shabby house in the old city district. The environment was not very good, and the people living there were all kinds of mixed types. The soundproofing was terrible. You could probably hear your next-door neighbor’s argument from across the living room.
The two girls had just reached the second floor when they saw two aunties coming down from upstairs with their grocery bags. The two women were walking arm in arm and chatting animatedly about neighborhood gossip.
One of them asked: “Has that tour guide next door to you come back?”
“Of course she has. As soon as she got back, you could hear them in the middle of the day… When I came down just now they were still at it. I’m too embarrassed to even describe it!”
“In broad daylight, that’s so shameless. It’s really corrupting public morals.”
“That’s right. And we all live so close together. I even have kids at home!”
Yu Chu Hui and her group could pretty much guess what they were talking about. Their faces flushed red, but they didn’t think too much of it.
The auntie who had suffered the most added: “And it’s not just shameless! You don’t know this, but that vet even has a girlfriend!”