Chapter 806

Shu Xia reined in her smile, didn't say much more, and simply said "okay."

Qiao Muting should be very busy during this period.

He likely won't have time to accompany her back to her maiden home then.

In any case, there is still some time, and it will be easy to explain with an excuse when the time comes to go home.

——

After Shu Xuan finished the call, his phone screen remained on a video.

It was something Shu Chen had forwarded to him.

The person in the video smiling at Qiao Muting was not Xia Xia, but a strange woman.

This video had already been processed; the video was no longer in the publisher's works now.

Many people who had reposted the video had also deleted it.

This was only because Shu Chen had saved it immediately after watching it; otherwise, the video could not be found now.

Thinking of how Xia Xia acted as if the years were peaceful and quiet in front of them, both he and Shu Chen felt very heartbroken.

Shu Chen said: 【Brother, we must work hard, work even harder, to give Xia Xia enough courage to leave Qiao Muting; we are her true support.】

Shu Xuan's eyes were heavy, 【You're right.】

——

Song Ziqi waited in the underground parking garage of the Qiao Group building.

She had just gotten off work.

After waiting for nearly half an hour, Qiao Muting had not appeared at the executive elevator.

She had been anxious while waiting just now and sent a message to Qiao Muting, asking if he had finished work, wanting him to accompany her for her birthday.

In the morning, just like every year for her birthday, she had received a birthday gift from Qiao Muting.

Although these birthday gifts were certainly not chosen by Qiao Muting personally and were most likely prepared by Zhang Tezhu, she could feel his care through these gifts.

Tonight, she wanted to give herself to him.

【Thank you, Brother Mu Ting, for the birthday gift. Can Brother Mu Ting accompany me to celebrate with dinner tonight?】

Ten minutes after sending it, she still hadn't received a response.

Usually at this time, Brother Mu Ting should have finished work; why is he nowhere to be seen now?

She had even seen Zhang Tezhu when she clocked out just now.

While she was waiting and feeling annoyed, a friend sent a message asking: 【I heard Xu Zihan is back, and now quite a few people are revolving around her. I heard before that she was Qiao Muting's "white moonlight." Will her return affect you?】

Song Ziqi had heard about it long ago, which was why she had been especially uneasy these past two days.

One Shu Xia wasn't enough, and now another, Xu Zihan, had returned.

Of course she knew that Xu Zihan and Qiao Muting were a perfect match in terms of social status; to the Qiao Family, Xu Zihan was more convincing than Shu Xia.

But to her, they were both stumbling blocks to achieving her heart's desire.

【Brother Mu Ting and I don't really have anything going on; it's all just everyone gossiping and talking nonsense. Please don't make jokes about me anymore. Besides, Xu Zihan said she would leave Jing City back then, so she left. She hasn't been back in all these years, so she definitely doesn't have any intentions; it's all just rumors.】 Song Ziqi forced herself to maintain a facade of composure in front of anyone.

The friend didn't say anything more.

Song Ziqi felt extremely uncomfortable inside.

She waited another ten minutes.

She finally saw Zhang Tezhu.

She immediately ran over, "Zhang Tezhu, is Brother Mu Ting still working overtime?"

She had to say that Brother Mu Ting was truly hardworking; everyone else had finished work, yet he was still working overtime.

It was clear he didn't have to be that tired.

Wouldn't it be enough to just hand many things over to Zhang Tezhu to do?

Zhang Tezhu hadn't expected Song Ziqi to be in the parking garage, "Are you waiting here specifically for Qiao?"

"It's my birthday today, and I invited Brother Mu Ting to have dinner together," Song Ziqi said bluntly.

Zhang Tezhu frowned: "Qiao left work early today and should be home by now."

"Left work early?" Song Ziqi's expression changed.

How could he just leave work early like that?

Today wasn't any special day.