Return of the Antagonistic Lady Boss

Chapter 749 - 723: Behind Every Brilliant Smile Lies an Untold Pain

Bai Jin looked up and saw a very trendy man, with a freshly shaved head, the sides revealing scalp, and the middle styled with gel.

Bai Jin already disliked men, and this kind of "man" with personality was even more repulsive, so Bai Jin discreetly moved a little to the side.

"She’s a journalist, and I’m providing her with writing material. Bai Jin, this is Qiuqiu, my good friend. Qiuqiu, this is Bai Jin, she’s a journalist for the Daily."

"Oh, I know, you mentioned a journalist helped Weiwei. Hello, Comrade Journalist!" Qiuqiu showed a toothy grin, offering a friendly smile.

"Hello." Bai Jin replied with indifference. This man looks like a playboy, how annoying!

"Sorry, I have to take a call." Qian saw her big brother’s number on the display and got up to answer.

Qiuqiu originally wanted to chat with Bai Jin to thank her for helping with Weiwei’s incident, but sensing that the little girl didn’t like him, he didn’t insist and took the girl who was with him to sit at a table far away from Bai Jin.

Bai Jin noticed Qian seemed busy with the phone call outside, so she called the waiter to settle the bill and planned to leave without disturbing Qian. Today she gained a piece of inner peace, idols really do know how to enlighten people.

Idols seem to make friends widely with all kinds of people. Bai Jin glanced at Qiuqiu; how did a man who looks so shady become friends with an idol?

Bai Jin took out a pen and wrote down her QQ number and email on a napkin, placing it under the cup. After today’s conversation, she had a newfound trust in Qian and hoped they could become friends in the future.

Just as she was about to leave, she suddenly heard the sound of an argument behind her. She turned around and saw the girl who came with Qiuqiu pouring water over Qiuqiu’s head, with water streaming down his hair.

The girl seemed to be very emotional, reaching out and slapping Qiuqiu across the face, which Qiuqiu accepted expressionlessly.

"Xiao Miqiu! You’re a total freak!!!" After shouting, the girl turned and left without looking back.

Bai Jin watched Qiuqiu see the girl off, his gaze was complex, and Bai Jin couldn’t understand what lay behind such a complicated look.

While Bai Jin hesitated about whether to go over and see what was happening, considering Qiuqiu was a friend of her idol, and felt humanitarian concern should prompt her to check, she saw Qiuqiu, after watching the girl leave, quickly retract his heavy gaze, wiped his face, and then flashed a brilliant smile.

"Little Ai, bring the menu~"

"Qiu, got dumped again?" The waitress Little Ai seemed familiar with Qiuqiu and was unfazed by the scene.

"Today’s a day for the chef to give me extra comfort!"

"Okay, Qiu, hold on!"

Bai Jin felt quite repulsed by Qiuqiu’s radiant smile.

Qiuqiu sensed Bai Jin watching him, so he gave her an even brighter smile, his pearly whites gleaming.

Men really are fickle creatures; one moment they’re breaking up, the next they’re smiling as if nothing happened, and hearing from the waitress that he often gets dumped, recalling the slap the girl gave Qiuqiu, Bai Jin increasingly felt this fashionable man’s emotions were promiscuous and insincere about relationships.

If he truly cared for the girl, why didn’t he chase after her, try to hold her back or explain himself?

This subjective notion had already planted a seed of bias in Bai Jin’s heart, though much later she would come to know how much heartache and helplessness lay behind Qiuqiu’s smile, and that his not pursuing was actually a reflection of his kindness and thoughtfulness, but that’s a story for another time.

Currently, biased, Bai Jin rushed out like avoiding a flood or beast, no longer looking at Qiuqiu with wet hair and clothes.

Qiuqiu turned his gaze outside through the glass as Bai Jin waved goodbye to Qian, who was still on the phone. Qian nodded to Bai Jin. Qian’s call was taking quite a while, so Qiuqiu opened a bottle of red wine, planning to wait until Qian finished the call to drink with him, feeling frustrated.

"Chen Xiaoqian! What on earth did you do?!!!"

The roar of her big brother came from the other end of the phone, sounding pained and stern. Even over the phone, Qian could sense that Mr. Yu was genuinely upset this time.

"I refused the case you gave me."

"Did you just refuse it?! After refusing, why did you send that to the woman? My god, the client is now shouting to kill me!"

This was the matter that happened just now. Her big brother had a heavy drinking session last night and slept through the morning at home, dreaming sweetly of counting money. Suddenly a call jolted him awake; the client’s furious roar startled him. Only then did her brother know she had not only turned down his major client but also told the woman’s family using an extreme method. Now the man and her brother had become enemies.

"Big brother, why are you so nervous? That family only has a bit of money, no one dares mess with you," Qian was telling the truth, who would dare mess with Mr. Yu’s son?

"Yes, they won’t kill me, but in business from now on, we’re complete enemies. Qian’er, you’ve killed me this time. Such a big deal, why didn’t you discuss it with me first, what do we do now..."

Now her brother wanted to cry but had no tears. Just as Qian was about to comfort him, her phone died.

Qian walked back into the cafe, first returning to her table and saw the note Bai Jin left for her, as Qiuqiu waved at her.

"What happened to you?" Qian frowned at Qiuqiu’s clothes soaked with water and the hairstyle soaked with ice water.

"Nothing, I got hit again. But I’m innocent this time. The girl was being harassed before, I helped chase away the bad guy and got to know her. I always saw her as a sister, who knew the girl came out today to confess to me, and then I told her about my situation, and——" Qiuqiu shrugged.

So it ended up like this.

Qian frowned, "Is she from our school? She looks familiar."

Qiuqiu opened the wine and poured a glass for Qian.

"It’s not her fault, just let it be."

Qiuqiu knew Qian was loyal, from her expression and tone he could tell she was upset, but he didn’t want Qian to cause trouble for the girl.

"She proposed the confession, and then drenched you with water and slapped you, Xiao Miqiu, can’t you give her a slap back for me? You’re too easy-going, see what a mess these brats have turned into!" Qian was infuriated by such stories.

"Forget it, why argue with a girl, normally my situation isn’t easily accepted by others," Qiuqiu didn’t like the girl, seeing her only as a sister. The slap just left an empty feeling inside.

What did he do wrong? Why is he always treated this way? Fortunately, over the years, he’s had Qian and her friends with him, so he didn’t develop any psychological problems. It always helps to drink with friends when feeling unhappy.

"Too bad Bai Jin left, I could have introduced you two." Qian was busy on the phone and didn’t manage to keep Bai Jin.