obsessed with love

Chapter 252 Buying People's Hearts
Old hatred, dust and resentment, the depression and longing accumulated in my heart over the years, I should always take it out and look it over.

Qiao Anming watched as Du Ruo finished yelling, and both of them were breathless.

A cold face, heart trembling.

One was in tears, not daring to look.

In the end, it was Qiao Anming who was soft-hearted, how could he see Du Ruo crying.

Stretching out his hand to wipe her tears, he said in his mouth, "I still can't be cruel to you!"

Because he couldn't be more ruthless, he had been in a mess all these years.

Hearing what he said, Du Ruo cried even harder!
"How can you not be cruel to me? You almost drove me to death back then! There are still marks on my neck where the hairpin punctured!" Du Ruo tore off the collar by himself, and the slightly protruding tendons of the neck were still left. With a very faint scar.

Qiao Anming's criminal evidence!

He could only hug Du Ruo into his arms and bury his head in her shoulder: "Okay, if I knew you would poke yourself with a hairpin one day, I wouldn't have given you that thing when I died!"

"It's a good thing you gave it away, otherwise when you robbed me, how could I beat you!" Du Ruo said angrily, lying on his shoulder, sobbing continuously.

Qiao Anming replied helplessly: "You said at the time that you couldn't beat me. I caught too many flaws in you, but you were wrong. You have my weakness all over you. In fact, I can't beat you..."

Because he couldn't fight, he let her go and took her away.

It's been three years since I left.

In three years, everything has changed, and nothing seems to have changed.

"Du Ruo, take it to Chongzhou this time, don't go back to Yi County, okay?"

"No, if you say you don't force me, I still need time to think about it."

"Okay, I'll give you time to think about it, but don't make me wait too long." Qiao Anming put his arms around her, moving his hands from his shoulders to her waist, "I'm already at this age, there are not so many three years...

After Du Ruo packed her luggage, Qiao Anming took her to the hospital again.

Liao had already fallen asleep with a drip on his arm.

Zheng Xiaoran said that the little guy is very strong, although the wound hurts a bit, but he didn't snort, so he looked at Qiao Anming standing aside, and joked with a smile: "This is like his father, enough to bear!"

Du Ruo rolled his eyes and said, "What are you talking about!"

"To be honest, isn't it? You should know better than me who your personality and temper are like!"

"Okay, okay!" Du Ruo immediately interrupted Zheng Xiaoran, "Didn't you just say you want to go back to the studio? You can go!"

"Hey... so anxious to drive me away! I didn't disturb the world of the two of you!"

"What!" Du Ruo's face was a little hot from the words, and he grabbed Zheng Xiaoran, "Don't talk nonsense, I'm just afraid that Xiaobai won't be able to work alone in the studio!"

"I'm making excuses for myself, I'm leaving now, let your family of three reunite!" Zheng Xiaoran took his coat and was about to go out.

Qiao Anming called her suddenly: "Miss Zheng, how do you go to the studio?"

"Take a taxi, the car was driven away by Xiaobai."

"Then I'll send you off..."

Zheng Xiaoran was a little flattered by Qiao Anming's suggestion: "Farewell, how can I trouble Mr. Qiao to be my driver, and it's very convenient for me to take a taxi."

"It's okay, that's it. I'm going to pick up the car now, and you wait for me at the hospital gate!" Qiao Anming didn't leave any room for negotiation, and he took the car keys and went out while speaking.

Du Ruo and Zheng Xiaoran looked at each other.

"What's the matter with your boss Qiao? He suddenly offered to be my driver, and he's going to kill me!"

"Nonsense, he probably thinks it's inconvenient for you to take a taxi!"

"No, no, no, he definitely wants to follow the mass line and bribe me in private so that I can speak well of him in front of you!" Zheng Xiaoran said goodbye to Du Ruo with a giggle.

Before leaving, Du Ruo thought of something again, hurriedly took out a velvet jewelry box from her bag and stuffed it for Zheng Xiaoran.

"What is this?"

"The ring, the wedding ring he gave me when I got married to Mo Youting in a fake manner. I left Tongcheng in a hurry and didn't have time to return it to him, so you can take it to England for me and return it."

Zheng Xiaoran paused and opened the jewelry box.

Sure enough, it was the wedding ring, dazzling and dazzling.

"He may not accept it, you'd better keep it for yourself."

"How can this be done? I must return such a valuable thing to him!"

"Why don't you pay him back when you have a chance to see him?"

"No, you can pay it for me. I haven't seen him for three years, and I basically don't contact him..."

After Mo Youting went to England, his cell phone number has changed, and he may not return to Tongcheng once a year. Du Ruo feels that the chances of seeing him again are pitifully rare.

Zheng Xiaoran hesitated for a moment, then put the jewelry box into his bag.

"You went to England to meet Mo Youting this time, does Xiaobai know?"

"You know, I told him about my affair with Mo Youting, but he didn't mind, this time he was the one who encouraged me to go to England to meet him. Xiaobai said that there should be no regrets about feelings, because regrets The power is too strong, we need to be together for decades after we get married, and he doesn't want to lose to a regret, so he wants me to go to England to completely give up my thoughts!"

Du Ruo sighed, for Xiaobai's measure, but also for his sobriety.

"Xiao Ran, if Xiao Bai really said that, it means that he is someone worthy of your entrustment for life. Go to England and say goodbye to your thoughts, and then come back to make good preparations for the wedding, get married and have children, and cherish the people around you."

"You are the only one who can say it!" Zheng Xiaoran patted Du Ruo's hand: "Since you have something to say about me, what about yourself? Your thoughts are by your side now, when are you going to start cherishing them?"

Du Ruo didn't answer.

Seeing her like that, Zheng Xiaoran didn't bother to say: "It's fine, it's fine, you can do whatever you want, I'm leaving, it won't be good to let Boss Qiao Tangtang wait for me!"

Qiao Anming drove the car to the hospital gate and waited for Zheng Xiaoran.

It happened that Ren Peiyin's attending doctor called him.

For the past few days, he has been living in Yi County without telling Ren Peiyin, but the old lady is still living in Chongzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital.

The doctor in charge said that the old lady's condition has improved slightly, but the cancer is already at an advanced stage.Since the old lady refused to undergo surgery and chemotherapy, the doctor still advised her to go home to recuperate.

Qiao Anming thought about it, and replied: "Okay, I will return to Chongzhou before this Wednesday, and arrange for her to be discharged from the hospital then!"

Zheng Xiaoran opened the door and got into the car, only to find that Qiao Anming's expression was not very good-looking.

This man's facial features are too solemn, so when he is not smiling, his whole body is full of indifference.

Zheng Xiaoran didn't know him well, and it was the first time he was alone with him, seeing him so indifferent, he instantly felt a little wilted.

"That... Mr. Qiao, did I trouble you?"

"No, it's easy to do, I just have time." Qiao Anming's tense expression relaxed a little, turned to look at Zheng Xiaoran in the passenger seat, and suddenly asked: "Miss Zheng, if you don't rush back, can you find a place to chat?"

"Ah?" Zheng Xiaoran didn't expect him to make this suggestion, so he couldn't react for a while.

Qiao Anming smiled slightly: "If Miss Zheng doesn't have time, next time, tell me the address of the studio, and I'll take you there now!"

"No... no, I'm not busy. If Joe always has something to say, then find a place to sit for a while."

"Okay, there is a teahouse opposite the hospital, if you don't mind, let's go there."

In the teahouses in small towns, most of the guests did not come to drink tea seriously, but to play cards at parties, so there was a lot of noise and the environment was quite noisy.

Qiao Anming looked around in the lobby, and invited the waiter to open a private room, but the waiter replied: "Sorry, all the private rooms are full, only the lobby has scattered seats."

Qiao Anming turned around and asked Zheng Xiaoran for his opinion: "How about we change places?"

"No need, the lobby is also pretty good, crowded and lively!"

She doesn't want to be alone with this old man, this guy is full of indifference, Zheng Xiaoran feels that being alone with him is a torment.

Finally, the two found a seat in the corner and sat down.

The tea was served quickly. Zheng Xiaoran ordered jasmine tea with fresh fruit plate and plums.

Qiao Anming only wanted a glass of water.

"Mr. Qiao, don't you drink tea?"

"Drink, but not much."

Zheng Xiaoran let out an "oh", thinking, there are so many problems with rich people.

Qiao Anming saw that she was cramped, and finally smiled: "Miss Zheng, relax, I just chat with you casually, so don't be nervous."

"I'm not nervous!" Zheng Xiaoran defended, but he complained in his heart, it really is an old man, I don't know how Du Ruo can stand him.

"Not only am I not nervous, but I also know what you want to talk to me about."

"What are you talking about?"

"Of course I'm talking about Du Ruo!"

"Haha..." Qiao Anming laughed out loud, "Since you guessed it, I won't go around in circles. I really want to ask something about Du Ruo."

"What do you want to ask her?"

"Ask her about these years!"

"To be more specific, you two have been separated for three years, and too many things have happened in between, so I can't tell you one by one." Zheng Xiaoran also relaxed a lot.

Qiao Anming was still smiling, and put his hand on the table: "I don't have any purpose in chatting casually. I just want to know how she has been in the past few years. You just said that we have been separated for three years, and there is a three-year blank period. If I want to continue with her, I must first understand her situation in the past three years."

"Is that so..." Zheng Xiaoran took a sip of tea, his face suddenly turned cold. "Mr. Qiao, if you want to know if Du Ruo is doing well this year, then I can answer you directly, no! Very bad! An unmarried mother with a child under the age of [-] moved to another place she is completely unfamiliar with. Not to mention the hardships of life in the city, she also has to face other people's gossip, so you can guess that she has had a hard time in the past few years."

"I know, I can guess..." Qiao Anming lowered his head in disappointment, "You continue."

"After about five months, Du Ruo found an aunt to take it with her, and then she started to work. The first job was not bad, as a sales assistant in a private pharmaceutical company, but she resigned after a month gone."

"why?"

"Because I can't do it any longer. Sales requires frequent business trips, irregular work and rest, and entertainment after work, but Du Ruo can't satisfy all of these, because she has to go home to take care of her, so after a month, She just resigned..." Zheng Xiaoran took a sip of tea, and his tone became even colder.

"About two weeks after resigning, she changed her job again and worked as a shopping guide in a supermarket. It is said that her working hours were flexible, but she was fired after only two months of work, because the supermarket did not allow shift shifts, and she often fell ill. Ruo couldn't cooperate at all, so she just took it home with her, and after half a year, she could walk, and then she came back to work..."

"And then entered the current pharmacy as a clerk?"

"Yes, I have persisted in this job, but as a private pharmacy, the wages are low, the working hours are long, and there is no labor insurance. The only thing Du Ruo likes is that it is close to home and the working hours are free, because the clerks in the store are very happy. Take care of her, if something happens, colleagues are willing to change shifts with her..."

Zheng Xiaoran narrated slowly, with helplessness and regret in his words.

Qiao Anming listened very carefully, and halfway through, she stopped talking and drank two sips of tea.

"Oh Mr. Qiao, nothing special has happened to Du Ruo in the past three years. It's just that life has been quite bitter. I can't finish telling you for a while. If you really want to understand, you can ask the person involved yourself!"

"Do you think the person in question will be willing to tell me this?" Qiao Anming smiled wryly, "I'm getting more and more confused about what's in her heart. Three years, it's not short or long, but I always feel that the two of us are getting along well. Too far."

Even though they met each other, even though they were together every day recently, Qiao Anming always felt that there was a layer of separation between them.

"Don't push her too hard. Her personality is like this. She likes to keep many things in her heart. What's more, you have been separated for three years. You have to give her some time to adapt."

"I understand, I won't force her, I just want to know what's in her heart." Qiao Anming's words were full of anxiety, "Miss Zheng, you have a good relationship with her, can you ask me?"

"Haha..." Seeing Qiao Anming's distraught appearance, Zheng Xiaoran felt secretly refreshed, "It turns out that Mr. Qiao will also encounter difficulties. You really want to follow the mass line? But to be honest, I can't ask what she is thinking, but I It can be revealed that she is at least a little shaken, so hurry up..."

When Du Ruo was peeling the apple, he suddenly received a text message on his mobile phone.

Zheng Xiaoran's message: "Your boss Qiao really started to follow the mass line, be careful..." followed by a mischievous smile.

Du Ruo looked puzzled!

Qiao Anming just came back, with a happy smile on his face.

He is usually serious and rarely smiles like this.

Du Ruo was a little surprised: "What's wrong? Everyone is so happy?"

"It's nothing." He pursed his lips in a perfunctory manner, pretended to go to the bed to hug him, and felt that he had just woken up and was still angry, so he threw himself into Qiao Anming's arms a few times, yelling for his mother.

Du Ruo had no choice but to pass the half-peeled apple to Qiao Anming.

"It's over, let me hug you, you peel the apple..."

What a crime, how could Qiao Anming know how to peel apples? He squatted beside the trash can with a fruit knife and tossed and tossed for a long time. He peeled off a third of the flesh from a rather big apple, and when he handed it to Du Ruo, it was a whole circle smaller. .

Du Ruo was too angry, but Qiao Anming looked innocent: "Not bad, at least I didn't cut my hand!"

"..."

Liao giggled in Du Ruo's arms: "Daddy can't peel apples! Daddy can't peel apples!"

"Father is an idiot, so he can't even peel apples." Du Ruo took the apples with a look of contempt.

Qiao Anming was not angry, and took out a few more apples from the shopping bag.

"I can learn it if I don't, it's over, Dad will cut it for you again..."

Just when the family of three was arguing over an apple, a familiar voice sounded at the door of the ward: "Isn't that Sister Luo? Hey, Sister Hui, I'll live in this room..."

When Du Ruo heard the sound and turned around, Sister Hui and Xiao Lin had already walked to the door of the ward, carrying large and small bags of snacks and nutritional products, and crowded into the ward noisily.

"Oh, Xiaoluo, you didn't say clearly which floor you live in in your text message, which made us search twice before we found it!" Sister Hui had a loud voice and a passionate nature.

Du Ruo felt embarrassed: "I don't want to trouble you to come here, why are you still here!"

"What trouble is it? It's been a long time. I've been working with you for so long, and I'm likable after seeing it. We always have to come and see when such a big event happens." Xiao Lin answered, but she found Qiao Anming standing aside from the corner of her eyes.

Qiao Anming was holding a fruit knife in one hand and a half-peeled apple in the other.

"This is..." Xiaolin felt familiar, and Sister Hui winked: "Sheng'an...that Sheng'an's..."

"That's right, that's right, I went back to our store to look for Sister Luo's...that... father who died!" Xiao Lin, who has always been out of shape, explained in a mess.

Du Ruo was very embarrassed, and Sister Hui snickered beside her.

Xiaolin seized the opportunity to play tricks: "Sister Luo, I'm not wrong, is he the father of Lie? You see, Sister Hui and I came to see it specially, so please introduce this gentleman!"

After being teased by Xiaolin, Du Ruo's face immediately turned red. How do you ask her to introduce Qiao Anming and admit that he is her father?

"That... This is an old friend of mine. You should have seen me when you went back to the store." She explained indiscriminately, how could Xiaolin believe it.

"Friend? What kind of friend? Boyfriend? Old acquaintance?" Xiao Lin continued to ask aggressively.

An Ming was quite generous and took the initiative to greet them: "Hi, I'm Qiao Anming, we met each other last time at the pharmacy!"

"Yes, yes, of course I've seen it, not only in the pharmacy, but also on TV and in magazines..." Sister Hui was very excited.

Xiao Lin is not as frightened as Sister Hui, who finally catches the opportunity to gossip.

"Of course I know your name. How much of your Shengan's medicine is sold in a day in our store. I want you to introduce your relationship with Sister Luo!"

"Xiaolin!!!" Du Ruo let out a soft growl, trying to stop her.

Qiao Anming laughed and confessed: "I am Jie's father. As for the relationship between me and Du Ruo, it depends on what she wants. I can't decide, but to be honest, I don't want me to be just her friend and old friend." knowledge!"

Qiao Anming uttered a few cunning words in a serious manner, which is really wonderful.

Xiaolin gasped on the spot, and looked Qiao Anming carefully up and down. She really looked good. Although she was a bit older, she had a well-groomed face and a top-notch body. The vulgarity that young men have.

Such a good product!
Xiaolin secretly tugged on Du Ruo's sleeve: "Hmph... Sister Luo, you can do it, you've eaten him to death!"

"No way!" Du Ruo was so angry that he didn't know where to start to explain.

After he got it, he kept making troubles on the sidelines, calling his mother for a while, and his father for a while... The three-year-old little thing didn't know how to read his face, which made Du Ruo burnt out.

When Sister Hui and Xiaolin left, Qiao Anming sent them outside the ward on purpose.

"Thank you for coming to see me. Du Ruo has mentioned you many times to me, and I have mentioned you too. I am grateful to you for your care." Qiao Anming, who is always cold, can actually smile so modestly, Du Ruo is dumbfounded.

At that moment, Du Ruo suddenly understood the text message Zheng Xiaoran sent her.

Does he really want to LOW to follow the mass line?

"Qiao Anming, why are you being so polite to them?"

"No, this is the basic courtesy to your colleagues."

"Politeness? Come on, why do I think your politeness is too...too..."

Du Ruo couldn't find the words to describe it for a while, but Qiao Anming answered by himself: "Are you trying to say hypocrisy?"

"Yes... that's what it means! What do you want to do?"

"Buy people's hearts!"

(End of this chapter)