novelraw Chapter 269: He Just Wants to Treat Her Well (9)
Chapter 269: He Just Wants to Treat Her Well (9)
Since Sheng Jianan agreed, Tang Yanqi took Qi Cheng back to the villa. They didn’t return to school to pack their clothes, but fortunately, Tang Yanqi had some clothes from her wedding that were loose enough and Qi Cheng could wear them.
Worried that her laughter was a forced expression, Tang Yanqi practically didn’t leave Qi Cheng’s side, accompanying her for two entire days. Apart from bathroom and shower breaks, Tang Yanqi basically never let Qi Cheng out of her sight.
As it turned out, she seemed to have worried too much. Qi Cheng was indeed a bit troubled but not to the point of despair. As she put it, "Even after being bitten by a dog, life goes on."
Regarding that check, Tang Yanqi had already given it to Qiao Zi, but after two days, there was still no news.
On Sunday night, Tang Yanqi and Qi Cheng were lying in bed side by side. After two days of observation, confirming that Qi Cheng was truly fine, Tang Yanqi finally spoke, "Chengzi, are you very short of money recently? Why did you go to work in such a place?"
Qi Cheng looked up at the ceiling, blinking for quite a while before sighing, "I suddenly made a friend who’s a wealthy lady. With your birthday coming up, how could I possibly just give something small?"
Tang Yanqi was stunned. So Qi Cheng hid from everyone and went to work in a bar just to give her a birthday gift?
The feeling of being moved barely had time to reach her heart when Qi continued, "Don’t get too emotional, I didn’t do it just for you. I just couldn’t handle the embarrassment. Bingbing and Xiao Xue were thinking the same, but since they’re sisters, they planned to pool their money. As for me, I’m all alone, so I couldn’t pool with anyone. I had to take the risk, but then..."
Qi Cheng paused abruptly and blurted out a swear word, "Damn it, who would have thought I’d actually get bitten by a dog. Tangtang, you better give me that check back. No matter who it is, that’s my money!"
Qi Cheng, ever the joker, yet what Tang Yanqi heard left her feeling bittersweet. She knew her friend said it like this so she wouldn’t feel burdened.
As night deepened, Tang Yanqi looked at the person already asleep beside her, wondering how she deserved such a truly caring friend.
In her childhood, Tang Yanqi often felt life was unfair. Why did other children have fathers, and she didn’t? Why did other children have countless toys and beautiful princess dresses, and she didn’t?
Later, when she came to the Tang Family, her life changed. She became silent, no longer having those childish feelings of injustice. She completely accepted her situation, or you could say she became numb.
Now, looking back, Tang Yanqi truly felt that the heavens weren’t unfair to anyone. Without family affection or romantic love, she still had friends.
Truly genuine friends for her.
Tang Yanqi wasn’t sleepy. She opened WeChat, which she hadn’t logged into for a long time, and posted a message in her sparse Moments: [May the world treat you gently]
She attached a dormitory group photo, where Tang Yanqi smiled gently—not as exaggerated as the others, yet it was her most sincere smile, unburdened and genuine.
Across the ocean, Sheng Jianan sat in the audience, listening to someone on stage talking about some boring topics. This was his last event.
He had already finished his speech, and now he was just killing time.