Chapter 641

As the words fell, Qiao Muting picked up his clothes and walked out of the bedroom.

Shu Xia swept a glance toward the doorway.

The aftereffects of drinking, her headache grew even worse because of Qiao Muting's words.

It was fortunate that it was just a joke.

Not something real.

However...

Qiao Muting had always been a master of strategy, but this time, he had miscalculated.

——

On the way to work.

From Jiang Nannan's phone call, Shu Xia learned about some of the experiences from last night.

It was Qiao Muting who had gone to pick her up.

"You don't know, I was stunned when Qiao Muting showed up. Xia Xia, you're something else. Looking at him, he really seems to love you quite a bit; be good with him. I can feel that although Qiao Muting looks like a giant iceberg that no one dares to approach, in reality, he cares about you a lot. When he carried you out of my house, he was so gentle, his boyfriend-power was off the charts."

Shu Xia gripped the steering wheel tightly and did not explain to Jiang Nannan.

After all, Jiang Nannan was also drunk last night; whether a drunk person is gentle or has feelings of love is...

"You focus on driving, let's talk later. I'm on my way to work, and I'll probably leave Jing City tomorrow. When I get back, I'll properly improve your alcohol tolerance. With your rookie-level tolerance, it's very easy for Qiao Muting to have you completely wrapped around his finger."

Jiang Nannan spoke for a while longer before hanging up.

Shu Xia was driving Qiao Muting's car today; her own car wouldn't be ready to pick up from the 4S shop for another two days.

Although it was the least conspicuous car in the garage, when she drove it to the company building, colleagues still crowded around.

"Shu Xia? Is this your car?"

"No, it's a friend's car. My car was rear-ended yesterday," Shu Xia replied.

The colleague made an 'oh' sound, then began to examine the car with an excited expression, "I've seen this car online before. It's a limited edition, the price is super beautiful, you can only feast your eyes on it. They say there aren't even ten of them in total in Jing City. Your friend is amazing! To be able to lend you such a badass car to drive."

Envious to death.

Shu Xia smiled and said she didn't know much about cars.

Then she went into the building with her colleague.

Just as she was preparing to work, Gu Lao wanted to see her.

After meeting Gu Lao, Gu Lao handed over two photos, "Take a look at these. These are things belonging to an old friend of mine who is living in retirement in a county town. He bought them from abroad two years ago. In the last two years, quite a few things have happened in his family; the children around him have been in car accidents one after another and have fallen seriously ill. Then, by chance, I saw the painting he had hanging on the wall and wondered if it might be the reason for this painting?"

"Alright, let me take a look."

Shu Xia looked at the two photos carefully, then shook her head, "There is nothing wrong with the painting."

"The painting is fine? Then could you go to the county town with me and take a look at his home?" Gu Lao asked.

So many things had happened in his old friend's family, and he had been busy before, so he hadn't been in touch with his old friend.

Recently, all sorts of strange and bizarre things had been happening one after another, and he always felt that there was a pair of hands in the dark deliberately manipulating these events.

He wanted to go and confirm it.

Shu Xia did not hesitate and agreed directly, "Alright, Gu Lao, you set the time."

"That's great. Then I'll go make arrangements. If it's possible, we'll head over. It's about a four or five-hour drive, so if we do that, we can make it back by tomorrow."

Gu Lao immediately called his driver to arrange the time.

And Shu Xia thought for a moment, but still called Qiao Muting.

Qiao Muting was likely in a meeting, as his phone was set to silent and he did not answer.

Then she sent a message over.

【I am going to the county town with Gu Lao to take care of some business, I will be back tomorrow.】

She had originally written the four words "no need to worry," but after thinking about it, he probably wouldn't worry about her, so she deleted the four words.