naughty little friend

Chapter 2

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Bell - bell - bell -

Qiao Minghuang cursed loudly, and the sudden sound of the phone interrupted his passion abruptly.

"Uh--Underworld Emperor, don't worry about it! I will leave a message if I have something to do, come on! Don't stop, uh--"

"No, stop making trouble!" Qiao Minghuang resolutely pushed her away, raised his eyebrows and scolded.

Lina backed away sensibly.

bell - bell -

Qiao Minghuang cursed in a low voice, and lowered his head to search for his cell phone among the messy clothes. The ringing of the phone kept urging, urging his anger to ignite more intensely, and his curse became louder.

Finally, he found his suit jacket and pulled out his phone.

"Hey!"

Let him growl unsteadily.

There was a second of silence on the other end of the phone, and then a low-pitched female voice came: "Mr. Qiao, I'm sorry to disturb your private affairs. But, excuse me, it's ten past seven in the evening."

Qiao Minghuang tried his best to breathe calmly, listening to the tone he must listen to every day for the past four years, he raised his hand and looked at his watch, listening to the secretary's reminder.

"If I remember correctly, Qiao Ling and his wife have already returned to Rose Mountain Villa, and dinner time is at seven o'clock."

Lu Xiaoyan's emotionless tone came from the other end of the microphone, and Qiao Minghuang frowned and cursed in a low voice.

Lu Xiaoyan's voice was slightly cold: "Don't swear in front of me, Mr. Qiao."

"Heh—" Qiao Minghuang smiled softly.

His secretary had remained so opinionated for four years, but that was why he had picked her in the first place.When Qiao Minghuang was about to respond to her, Lina suddenly stuck to his back and approached him with both hands.He turned his head and stared coldly, Lina turned pale and retracted her hands to back away from him.

"Mr. Qiao, please settle your personal matters first. I can delay for you, but don't delay too long." Lu Xiaoyan's voice came again.

With his back turned to Lina, Qiao Minghuang listened to Lu Xiaoyan's words with raised eyebrows and a smile.

He chuckled lightly, and jokingly said: "Hahaha——Secretary Lu, you have done this very well! Thanks to you. However, I began to wonder if you have pretended to me for the past four years. A monitor? Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence?"

"It's purely a coincidence, Mr. Qiao."

Hearing Lu Xiaoyan's still unwavering tone, he was discouraged, stretched out his hand to comb through his messy hair, took a deep breath and then exhaled, and said somewhat metaphorically: "Oh—two more times, I'm sure will die violently."

Lina laughed softly behind him, Qiao Minghuang turned to smile at her, and Lu Xiaoyan remained silent for a long time.Just when he thought the phone line was disconnected, Lu Xiaoyan's steady tone came again.

"Excuse me, I'm sorry. But I still want to remind you that it's ten past seven, please hurry up and see you later."

Beep, beep, beep—

"Damn it!" Qiao Minghuang cut off the phone sullenly, bent over to grab his clothes and put them on while cursing.

"Ah! No more! Underworld Emperor, I want to—"

Qiao Minghuang didn't speak, just raised his eyebrows and looked at Lina who was teasing him calmly.Seeing that he didn't respond, she stopped awkwardly.

When everything was sorted out, he turned over his collar and looked critically at Lina up and down.

He hooked his usual evil smile, stepped forward, and kissed her hard and hard.

He sneered at this moment, and threw out a sentence: "I am very satisfied with your performance this month. Next week, I will send someone to deliver the Tiffany earrings you have always wanted." After that, he Then he turned and walked towards the gate.

While his hand was holding the doorknob, Lina called out his name: "The Underworld Emperor, I—"

"Everyone is an adult, don't push and procrastinate like this." Qiao Minghuang turned around impatiently and said.He looked at her coldly, with a threat that could not be ignored in his smile, "By the way, in the days to come, I don't want to see my name put together with yours in the media again, understand? Goodbye."

Lena stood where she was, fists clenched, watching him open and close the door.

This, she knew, meant the end.Her chest heaved with eager breaths, and she grabbed a throw pillow and slammed it against the door.

After Qiao Minghuang closed the door, he took the elevator directly to the parking lot.

He carefully wiped away the lip marks left by Lena on the corners of his mouth and cheeks.After sorting myself out, I drove straight to the house.

After Lu Xiaoyan hung up the call with Qiao Minghuang, she put her legs on the sofa and hugged herself.The long light brown hair covers her loosely, and when she returns home, she will disarm all defenses and unravel her hidden heart.

once.

This was the first time in four years that she successfully interrupted Qiao Minghuang's love.

He forgot her, forgot that rainy summer afternoon, forgot everything.

In the past four years, she has successfully acted as his right-hand man and assisted him in everything. She may be the woman who knows everything about him best in the world.But only for her boss and subordinates, she didn't have the courage to break through all the disguises.

She couldn't say it——11 years ago, what was on her mind.

Qiao Minghuang flew all the way back to Rose Villa.

He forgot that Lu Xiaoyan specially reminded him this morning that he would go home for dinner tonight.

Although their parents did not strictly require them to live and rest, among the four children of the Qiao family, except for Qiao Ling, the three brothers would obediently return to Rose Villa even if they had real estate in various places. Even the eldest, Qiao Mingzheng, got married half a year ago. , and still lives in the villa with his wife Huang Xiaoyun.

Maybe it's because of their strong feelings for each other and they love home, maybe it's because the outside world is too complicated, they still want to keep their original place.So for home, they have self-made consensus with each other.

When Qiao Minghuang parked the car in the garage, he knew very well that he was the last person to come back tonight.

damn!This time there is a loss.

In the past, he only needed to use his brains to deal with Qiao Ling, but now he has to add Xiaoyun's funny little sister-in-law.Alas - what a tragedy!
Qiao Minghuang closed the car door, shook his head and walked into the house.

As soon as they entered the restaurant, they happened to hear Qiao Ling's ending, and everyone laughed out loud.

Well, it was a perfect atmosphere. He took the opportunity to sneak in, but he was caught right after he was lucky.

Qiao Ling happened to look up at Qiao Minghuang, and saw that he was holding his coat with one hand and the loose tie with the other. His shirt sleeves were rolled up to his elbows, and he looked very "relaxed" and overly decadent.However, since this is the case, Qiao Minghuang is still so handsome that it is enviable.

"Hey—the lost lamb is coming home!" Qiao Ling said in a mocking tone, "Have you enjoyed enough desserts?"

Qiao Minghuang responded with a smile, but he was not a fuel-efficient lamp. He handed over the coat and tie in his hand to Xu Ma, thanked her, and walked towards his seat.

"Strange, I clearly remember that I was working hard 'overtime'. Didn't Ms. Lu tell you?"

"Humph! Humph hum——" Qiao Ling raised her nose and snorted disdainfully, and squinted at him, "You 'Zhuang Xiaowei', I answered the call, your way! You will never lie, say When you are working overtime, your stammering is full of flaws. Little brother! If you love to play, don't pull others into the water!"

Qiao Minghuang sat down and washed his hands, sighed with a smile, and had no words to refute.This is Lu Xiaoyan's personality.He waited for the other person to tease him, but he didn't.He looked at Huang Xiaoyun who was next to his elder brother, and saw that she was trying to hide behind the bowl and giggled.

Huang Xiaoyun, who had been eating obediently, raised her head when she noticed Qiao Minghuang's gaze, stared back fiercely, put down the bowl and chopsticks and yelled at him, "What's the matter?"

Qiao Minghuang grunted when she yelled at him, feeling that he deserved it.

Qiao Mingzheng looked at his wife with raised eyebrows, and called softly, "Yun?"

Huang Xiaoyun vomited, half of her momentum disappeared, and then she lowered her head and ate obediently.

Qiao Ming was smiling tenderly, and put the grouper meat with fishbone removed into her bowl, Huang Xiaoyun raised her head and smiled back sweetly, revealing the deep affection between husband and wife.

Seeing this, Qiao Minghuang sighed in a low voice, blaming his eldest brother for joining the ranks of loving his wife.

"What's the matter, Hades?" Second brother Qiao Mingwei turned his head and asked him.

"Oh—it's okay." He shook his head and said.

Qiao Ling who was sitting on the opposite seat rolled her eyes and said with a laugh, "Oh, my brother is jealous!"

"Jealous? Why?" Xiaoyun leaned forward and asked her puzzledly.

"He's envious of you!"

"I?"

"Really! He—"

"Qiao, Ling!" Qiao Minghuang gritted his teeth with blue veins jumping.When everyone's curiosity finally stopped, he raised his eyebrows and asked with a menacing smile: "Are you talking too much? Be careful with prenatal education, my little nephew will talk too much, what should I do?"

Qiao Ling has been pregnant for more than seven months, and she has also learned that this baby is a little boy. Everyone is looking forward to the birth of this little life.

"Hmph! No way! Even if you talk a lot, you are a articulate and eloquent child." Qiao Ling declared confidently, "It's you instead. Don't be too coquettish as an uncle, and set a bad example for the younger generation. Oh!"

Qiao Minghuang clicked his tongue and rolled his eyes unbearably. He dragged Mingwei out in embarrassment and said, "Strange, the second brother is also a romantic bachelor! Why don't you persuade him?"

Qiao Mingwei turned his head and raised an eyebrow and stared at him.

Qiao Ling snorted, "Second brother is not as hardworking as you, and there is also this Qunfanglu. Little brother, your romantic history is always linked with the names of some celebrities or anchors, and it is exposed in the media all day long. Be careful. Don’t let a producer take a fancy to your romantic history and remake it into a documentary! If this absurdity continues, I don’t think any good girl will marry you.”

"Yes, Huang'er." Wang Di patted him unhappily.

"Mom—don't listen to Lingling's nonsense, the people who want to marry your son are at least in the Pacific Ocean!" Qiao Minghuang reassured him while glaring fiercely at the proud Qiao Ling.

"Where do you start?" Huang Xiaoyun finally couldn't bear it anymore and jumped out to mock him, "It's not too far from the company to the Pacific Ocean! Then mom has to worry too!"

As soon as the words came out, there was a two-second silence, and then he laughed loudly for a long time, except for Qiao Minghuang.

The "Pacific Ocean" in Xiaoyun's mouth refers to the department store, and it is not far from the Trader Joe's commercial building.

"Hahaha—you are very humorous!" Hades stared at Xiaoyun angrily.

But she waved her hand and said with a smug smile, "Oh, that's the truth."

"Hahaha—ha——" Qiao Ling collapsed on the back of the chair with a laugh.

Dan Beth beside her supported her worriedly.

"Xiaoxiaoxiao, laugh again! Now you are as fat as a duck, be careful that the chair can't bear it and fall backward."

"Drink!" Qiao Ling glared at Qiao Minghuang fiercely.

"Underworld!" Dan frowned and called out, unable to bear the fact that someone dared to bully his beloved wife.

"You're finished." Qiao Mingwei spit out these words in a down-to-earth manner, shaking his head and dragging the chair away from him with an expression of hopelessness.

"That's right! There are three kinds of people in this world that you should not mess with. Let me tell you. One, pregnant women; two, people who are losing weight; and three, candidates!" Huang Xiaoyun raised her fingers one by one.

Qiao Minghuang feigned a fearful expression and begged for mercy: "Ha - don't do this! Your lord has a lot of them -"

"Hmph - I have such a small nose and eyes, don't I know the general idea?" Qiao Ling pouted and asked him angrily, "I'm telling the truth, little brother. We all hope that you and the second brother can be happy. So no I hope you hang around the flowers all the time, but none of them are serious, and Lu Zi-"

Qiao Minghuang leaned back and laughed, "Heh - when do you need to worry about my little brother?"

"But--"

Dan raised his hand to comfort what Qiao Ling was about to say, and he told her not to interfere with his eyes.

Qiao Minghuang looked back and forth at the stiff expressions on everyone's faces, he let out a long breath, suddenly felt a little depressed, and lowered his head, chewing the food tastelessly.

For the first time, the dinner at Qiao's family was spent in silence.

That night.

Qiao Ming was coming out of the bathroom after taking a shower. As soon as he stepped out, he saw Huang Xiaoyun wearing a bathrobe, playing with a hair dryer in her hand, and her black hair was still dripping with water.

He walked forward worried and annoyed, and asked scoldingly, "Why don't you dry your hair first? What if you catch a cold?"

He stretched out his hand to cover the towel, gently squeezed the water droplets on her hair, picked up the hair dryer in her hand, and dried her hair.

Huang Xiaoyun raised her small face and looked directly at him.

He blew her hair, looked down at her, and asked softly, "what's the matter?"

She didn't answer, just sighed softly, wrapped her small arms around his waist, and pressed her pink cheeks against his waist and abdomen.

"Honey, I'm so sad. Tonight, everyone is very unhappy, why did the Hades—"

"He must have something on his mind that makes him like this. Don't take it to heart. Maybe he will recover tomorrow morning, and he must be feeling very uncomfortable now." He continued to blow her hair, which slowly It grew slowly, making him unable to put it down.

When he was talking, her cheeks kept vibrating with his belly, she giggled, raised her face in his belly, and pressed her chin against his belly, wanting him to feel the rhythm, she said with a cute smile: " Well, it must be."

He felt the sweet vibration, and the two looked at each other and chuckled.He stretched out his big palm and stroked her forehead and hairline, feeling a commotion in his heart.

"Husband, mom is so sad tonight!"

"Dad will comfort her." His voice dropped.

"Qiao Ling is so sad too!"

"Dan will comfort her." His eyes were darkened, rough and hoarse.

"Well—husband—"

"I love you, Yun. My baby, um—"

Qiao Minghuang sat on the recliner on the balcony outside the room, looking at the moonlight, his mind was full of thoughts.

A knock on the door interrupted his contemplation, and he stared back at the door on the other side of the room. The door was knocked again, he sighed, stood up and walked towards the door.

"Underworld Emperor?"

A call from outside made him open the door.

"Wei!" He greeted listlessly, then turned around and walked back to the balcony.

Qiao Mingwei gently closed the door, followed behind him, and sat on another cool chair, staring at the moonlight silently.

After a long time, Qiao Minghuang's rough voice came: "Wei?"

"Ok?"

"Have you ever thought about settling down and starting a family?"

"Hmm - haven't thought about it yet."

Qiao Minghuang laughed when he heard the sound, nodded and remained silent.

After 1 minute, Qiao Mingwei's steady voice sounded: "But, I have thought about it and don't want to play anymore. For marriage, just let it go!"

Qiao Minghuang looked at the moonlight, thought for a while, and then said softly, "Well, I'm sorry about what happened tonight."

"I know it, and everyone knows it."

"Oh—I'm sorry."

"Well—Huang, have you ever thought about why your mood becomes unstable when Ling mentions Secretary Lu?"

"Heh—don't think about it! It's been four years, and she doesn't want to expose it, and I don't admit it. She is a very capable secretary, haha—"

Qiao Mingwei frowned, stood up in surprise, and turned to look at Emperor Hades, "She doesn't know what happened back then?"

"She doesn't know. She only knows that the Orchard was adopted by Mrs. Qiao, but she doesn't know that I am the legal adopter."

"Oh my God! Before you went to the United States, you donated all the money you earned from playing stocks to a nursery that was about to close down, and then provided money for children below the yard to study indefinitely. In the past four years, you have not tell her?"

"Tell her what to do? Ask her to commit herself out of gratitude? Maybe people think I'm up to something!"

"And how do you know she's grateful and not—"

"I, just, yes, know, know!" He yelled loudly, staring at Ming Wei, he raised his hand to comb his hair, and sighed: "I said, if she doesn't think so, then I will be ashamed! "

"You know it again!"

"Damn it! I'll just say I know! For four years, she's known every woman! Every single one! Has she ever been jealous? She—"

"Are you an idiot?" Ming Wei stood up and clenched his fists and shouted angrily, "You play with other women in front of your most important woman, just to test her reaction! Are you crazy? How can she react! Even if she has a heart, Now there are no more! If you do this, it would be better to kill her with a knife!"

"What do you know? I saw her appear at the interview meeting and wanted to catch up with her, but she forgot, you know? She forgot!" He stood up and looked directly at the strong Mingwei, roaring out the backlog in his heart resentment.

Qiao Mingwei frowned and shook his head unbearably, "Qiao Minghuang, you are really the stupidest man in the world. You fell in love with her when she grew up, but you sulked because she didn't recognize you." , and flirted with other women just to know if she was jealous or not. You let her know everything cruelly and asked her to buy you a parting gift! You--I'm so mad! One day you will regret it !"

After saying that, he slammed the door and walked out of his room. Hades stared at the shaking door angrily, and the resentment in his heart grew even stronger.

He was angry - angry at Lu Xiaoyan's forgetfulness, angry at her for not admitting it, and even more angry at himself for meeting her that afternoon many years ago, and madly only wanting to help her, to be an invisible uncle with long legs.

He was annoyed—annoyed that his lingering in the flowers could not arouse her reaction, annoyed that his heart had been buried for four years but he could not speak.

"hateful!"

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