Chapter 14: 14

He Wanqing nodded blankly . “Then why didn’t you call the police?”

Mu Jinghang’s expression immediately froze . Luckily, his face that now looked as dark as the bottom of a pan wasn’t too obvious .

“I did call . However, by the time the thief was caught, he had already spent all the money! Even though he is now behind bars, my money’s not coming back!”

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He Wanqing stared pitifully at Mu Jinghang . “That’s so tragic . ”

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“Exactly!” Mu Jinghang put even more energy into his act and almost cried out loud .

“Auntie, please offer your generosity and let me stay here for a while . After I make some money, I will repay you!”

He Wanqing didn’t have the chance to speak when Qiao Qing’s lips quivered and ordered coldly, “Get him out of here . ”

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Huh?

Mu Jinghang’s expression froze again . Did something go wrong?

Based on all the information he found, this pair of mother and daughter should be very easy to scam .

He Wanqing peered over to Qiao Qing, looking a little torn . “Baby, why are we shooing him away? Look at how pitiful this kid is . This is an unfamiliar new city and everyone’s a stranger to him . Plus, he is pretending to be strong by not telling his parents . How great of a guy he is . ”

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Qiao Qing looked at her speechlessly . In the end, she didn’t say anything, sighed, and went back upstairs .

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He Wanqing thought Qiao Qing had agreed to this so she waved around her hand, “Come on in . I haven’t cleaned up the guest room yet, so I will first go – huh?”

He Wanqing paused then looked over Jun Yexuan, “I still don’t know your name . ”

Jun Yexuan retracted his gaze that was on Qiao Qing and responded with a smile, “Auntie, my last name is Ye, first name Xuan . ”

Qiao Qing paused her footstep . Without turning her head, she hid in the corner of the staircase .

Mu Jinghang noticed how Jun Yexuan had used a fake name so he too, got rid of his real last name, “Auniey, my name is Jing Hang . ”

He Wanqing doesn’t read much news related to the capital city so she wasn’t at all sensitive to these two names .

Without thinking about it too much, she continued speaking to Mu Jinghang, “You can go to little Xuan’s room to take a bath . I will take some of Qiao Qing’s father’s clothes to you . ”

Hearing He Wanqing calling Jun Yexuan “little Xuan”, Mu Jinghang almost broke character and laughed . Right in front of someone’s warning face, he said with a twisted face . “Alright, auntie . ”

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On his way up the stairs, Jun Yexuan wished he was at least eight meters away from Mu Jinghang .

Once they reached the room, Jun Yexuan’s expression darkened right away, “You did all this to yourself?”

Mu Jinghang squeezed out some pitiful tears . “I didn’t plan on this, third brother . I originally just wanted to look a little bit miserable . ”

“Who knew that on my way here, I unintentionally passed by a meeting point of the beggars . They thought I was here to steal their business so a group of them chased after me and hit me!”

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“When I was trying to run away, I accidentally bumped into a dog cage and broke it . So I was pursued by several giant dogs for many blocks!”

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“Luckily, my leather shoes are sturdy, which is why I survived . Third brother, I almost didn’t get a chance to see you again!”

Then, he walked up to ask for consolation .

Jun Yexuan backed away in disgust, “Your life isn’t strong enough to handle inching any closer to me . Get the hell out of here and go clean yourself up!”

“…” Mu Jinghang remained silent .

*

Inside the study room .

Qiao Qing turned on her laptop and her fingers tapped away on her keyboard .

After a series of movements, she stared at the text on the screen and her gaze turned a whole degree colder .

Just as she was about to take a drink out of her cup, her gaze solidified and her fingers thumped against the table, “Come in!”

Just then, a shadow flipped inside from the open window .

Qi Feng had his arms behind his back and he smiled, “Ms . Qiao, you are getting sharper and sharper . ”

Qiao Qing ignored his sucking up and said coolly, “Where’s my necklace?”

Qi Feng coughed gently . “Ms . Qiao, our Sect Leader kept your necklace . ”

At those words, Qiao Qing squinted her eyes . Qi Feng gulped and quickly extended his hand, palm side down, and then placed a jewelry box on her desk .

“However, in exchange, the Sect Leader asked me to give you this . ”

Qiao Qing lowered her gaze and looked at the small and delicate jewelry box .