After the betrothal gift negotiation collapsed, I turned around and married a wealthy man.

Seeing this posture, Qiao Xing realized that if Qin Ce didn't give in, the old man might really get angry and leave.

She looked at Qin Ce and winked at him crazily. Why did she have to have trouble with an old man this late at night?

Qin Ce received her gaze, opened his mouth, and then closed it.

His silence made the old man's anger rise to the extreme. The old man said with a livid face: "Okay, Xingxing, don't worry, grandpa is gone."

After saying that, he broke away from Qiao Xing's hand, but Qiao Xing didn't dare to use any force. The old man couldn't bear the tugging and had no choice but to let go of him.

"Qin Ce, what are you doing?" Qiao Xing whispered. She didn't understand why Qin Ce stood there indifferent. Could it be that he was serious when he said he wanted Grandpa Qin to go back?

Qin Ce's face didn't look very good. He just stood there and didn't move.

In desperation, Qiao Xing couldn't help but push him, although he didn't push him.

Qin Ce stared at the worry and anxiety in her eyes, and his expression was a little relaxed.

Just when Grandpa Qin walked to the door and reached out to open the door, his slender hand grasped the doorknob.

Half of the anger in the old man's heart disappeared instantly. He still glared at Qin Ce unconvinced, "What are you doing?"

Qin Ce looked at him with a complicated expression, "Don't leave. I had a bad attitude just now. I'm sorry."

The old man laughed angrily, "You still know that you have a bad attitude?"

Qin Ce frowned slightly and said nothing.

The old man added: "Old man, I have nothing to do after I'm full. I just like to make trouble for others."

Qin Ce sighed: "Okay grandpa, I was wrong. I shouldn't have said this. You are the elder. You should discipline the younger generation. I shouldn't contradict you."

He had an excellent attitude in admitting his mistake, and the anger on the old man's face finally calmed down. He snorted coldly: "Don't you think I'm nosy?"

"I have never disliked you. I was indeed impulsive just now."

Seeing this, Qiao Xing hurriedly came over to smooth things over, "Grandpa, you see Qin Ce's attitude is so sincere, please forgive him."

The old man straightened his back slightly and walked down the steps of Qiao Xing, "Okay, for Xing Xing's sake this time, I won't argue with you."

Qiao Xing smiled and said: "Grandpa Qin, please go back to the house and rest quickly. It's already so late. Staying up late is not good for your health. I'll hang up this bird for you."

The old man did not refuse and handed the parrot to her, "Girl, this is a parrot."

"...Okay, I'll hang up the parrot for you."

Taking advantage of Qiao Xing's opportunity to hang up the parrot, the old man glanced at Qin Ce with disgust, "What are you still doing here?"

"I'll come over when you get back home."

The old man snorted angrily and cursed, "You idiot." After that, he turned around and went back to his bedroom, slamming the door.

When Qiao Xing saw that the fighting had calmed down, she also breathed a long sigh of relief.

She didn't know how the two of them got into a fight, and it wasn't right. Qin Ce didn't say anything at all. It was the old man who was angry on his own.

Qiao Xing couldn't figure it out even more. Qin Ce seemed to have such a good temper. What on earth did he do to make the old man so angry?

She walked up to Qin Ce and asked, "Why is grandpa angry?"

"It's nothing, go back to bed quickly."

Qin Ce returned to the sofa and lit another cigarette. The smoke filled the air and filled his brows with sadness.

Qiao Xing looked at him quietly for a while. He didn't seem to want to talk, so she stopped disturbing him and returned to the house silently.

the next day.

When Qiao Xing woke up, he sat up and saw a single sofa in the corner. It looked familiar, and seemed to be the single sofa in the living room.

Could it be that Qin Ce moved in?

Qin Ce wasn't there either, so she couldn't ask, so she simply got up and made breakfast.

Every time he managed to get Qiao Xing to make breakfast and come back, Qiao Xing wondered if he was installing surveillance on himself.

It's just that the atmosphere at the dinner table this morning was a bit strange. Neither the grandfather nor the grandson spoke. The old man changed his usual nagging nature and ate breakfast quietly.

Qin Ce was not a person who took the initiative to find topics, so he finished his breakfast in this silent atmosphere.

Qin Ce sent Qiao Xing to work as usual.

After leaving the community, Qiao Xing asked him, "Did you move in that sofa?"

"Ah."

"Are you going to sleep on that sofa?"

He still just said "hmm".

Qiao Xing was silent for a while, then whispered, "Am I not sleeping well?"

"It has nothing to do with you, I can't sleep on a soft bed."

"Then you can go to another room."

"The old man won't let me."

"..."

Qiao Xing didn't know how to answer the call. She vaguely felt that the old man's anger last night might have something to do with this incident.

He also said before that if Grandpa Qin wanted to hold his great-grandson, he would definitely not let him sleep in a separate room, so after the two had an argument last night, the sofa appeared in the bedroom.

If you think so, you can get in touch.

Qiao Xing felt a little touched in her heart. He would rather sleep on the sofa than deceive her and do some immoral behavior in order to complete the old man's task. If he didn't like men, he would definitely be a very good husband.

If you are handsome, well-educated, knowledgeable, have good character, and are responsible, you should not be robbed of this.

Thinking of this, Qiao Xing sighed regretfully.

"Qin Ce, thank you."

"no need thank me?"

"Thank you for not lying to me." If he had concealed his sexual orientation from the beginning and fulfilled the old man's wish without telling her, when she was completely devoted to him, she would have collapsed after knowing the truth.

Qin Ce braked suddenly and stopped on the roadside. He did not look back and tightened his fingers on the electric car slightly.

Qiao Xing looked at his silent back in confusion and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"

Qin Ce was silent for a long time before he heard his voice coming from the front, "What if I lied to you?"

"What, what?"

Qin Ce turned around, met her eyes, and said with an unclear expression: "What if I really lied to you?"

Qiao Xing was stunned. The morning wind blew by, bringing moisture and making it a bit cold.

She sniffed and stared into the man's eyes. The morning light shone on the windshield in front of the helmet, which was a little reflective, making it difficult for her to see Qin Ce's face.

For a moment, she felt that this person was very far away from her, as if the glass separated a chasm between them.

After hesitating for a moment, Qiao Xing said, "I haven't thought about this problem."

"You can think about it."

"what?"

"I want to know the answer."

After saying that, regardless of whether Qiao Xing understood or not, he turned around and restarted the electric car.

Qiao Xing grabbed his clothes. For some reason, he suddenly felt that the wind this morning was colder than usual.

The rising sun in the sky has no warmth on my body, and the wind makes my ears hurt.

The two were silent all the way, Qin Ce sent her to the opposite side of the company as usual, and Qiao Xing had to cross a road to go to the company every time.

"Be careful when crossing the road."

This time she was not in a hurry to get out of the car. She sat in the back and suddenly said: "I might collapse."

She actually lied just now. She had thought about this issue a long time ago. From the beginning, marriage itself was a transaction between the two of them.

Even if he didn't hide it from her, she had to agree to his request. In the end, the child was born, and he had completed his mission. After having a baby, he walked away, leaving Qiao Xing alone. What should he do?

Qin Ce's back stiffened slightly, "What did you say?"