Chapter 305: Chapter 305 A False Alarm_1
Although he marvelled at Young Master Qin’s way of thinking, Fu Qian still found the concern from his friend quite comforting.
Based on his usual antics, the fact that so many people remembered him after his mysterious absence was already pretty good.
“Speaking of which, where have you been these past two days?”
Qin Mingze’s ability to readjust his emotions was still very quick as he asked Fu Qian.
And judging by the expression on Wu Qingyu beside him, he was clearly just as curious.
“Oh, I stayed at the home of a rich widow surnamed Wen for two days.”
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Fu Qian rolled his eyes and answered casually.
This was the absolute truth.
He tended not to lie much to his two friends.
Of course, how they understood it was not his business.
…
Qin Mingze was speechless again, but seeing Fu Qian’s serious look, it didn’t seem like he was spouting nonsense.
“It’s actually similar to what I guessed… Three days!”
Wu Qingyu muttered to himself, his voice filled with despair.
“Indeed, health is the real capital of the revolution!”
“But speaking of which, I’d sometimes disappear too, don’t you think your reaction this time is a bit too much?”
Fu Qian didn’t correct their wild guesses but posed his own question instead.
“Speaking of that, I wanted to ask you about it.”
At Fu Qian’s words, Qin Mingze suddenly remembered something and sat up straight.
“I heard you spent 180,000 to buy Tan Ying’s bracelet?”
“180,000!”
Before Fu Qian could say anything, Wu Qingyu was already shocked beyond belief.
“You mentioned it was a lot of money before, but isn’t this a bit too much?”
“So at first, I didn’t take it seriously, but the more I thought about it, the more it didn’t seem right, and I worried you might have been set up.”
Qin Mingze continued speaking.
“But considering what you’ve just said, it all makes sense now, wait a second —”
He slapped his forehead.
“Almost forgot about something, I need to make a call first.”
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The dialing was done swiftly, and the call was quickly connected.
“Yeah, he’s back, false alarm…”
“Right, no need to keep an eye on it anymore…”
After a brief explanation, Young Master Qin hung up the phone.
“What’s the situation?”
This time Fu Qian was the one curiously looking at him.
“Tan Ying, I had her keep watch on Xu Meng.”
Qin Mingze spoke as if it was nothing.
“Didn’t you have a small dispute with him before? With all this weird stuff happening, I was worried that guy couldn’t swallow his pride.”
“Is it really that exaggerated? Even if he took it out on me, at most he would break my leg or something, could he really just make me vanish off the face of the earth?”
Fu Qian looked at Qin Mingze, indicating that he might be overthinking it.
In fact, he had noticed that since coming back this time, the voice of President Xu had not reappeared in his mind.
Clearly, the attempts from before were effective.
Under the impact of Psychic Blast, that person probably sealed off the memory for self-preservation. Still having to take the blame for it now seemed quite unfortunate.
“So about the money!”
Qin Mingze shook his head.
“You don’t understand, there are so many ways to deal with a person, and if you hadn’t pulled out a big sum of money suddenly, I wouldn’t have thought about this.”
“Don’t worry, the 180,000, every bill was my hard-earned cash.”
As Fu Qian said this, he felt his heart bleeding.
Even though he earned 30,000 a day, that money was not easy to come by.
“I understand, I understand, that really wasn’t easy for you.”
Qin Mingze nodded repeatedly upon hearing this, finding it to make perfect sense.
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While Qin and Wu were chatting, the doorbell rang again.
Fu Qian got up to open the door, and there stood Tan Ying with her long hair and slender waist, with Pei Yanqing in a green long dress beside her.
“Back already?”
Before Fu Qian could greet them, Tan Ying spoke up first, looking him up and down as she did so.
“You seem to be in good spirits, looks like we worried for nothing.”
After speaking, she shook her head and squeezed through the door that had been opened.
“Everything all right?”
Pei Yanqing followed with a smile, her eyes however, held a different meaning.
“All normal.”
Fu Qian replied nonchalantly, letting her into the house as well.
Even Pei Yanqing was involved? Seems like he’d really caused quite some trouble.
He had last seen Pei Yanqing at Tan Ying’s birthday party, and the fact these two could hang out together was quite unusual.
“Young Master Qin said you were considering hosting a dinner to apologize for the trouble you caused everyone, so I dragged Pei Yanqing along with me, she’s been helping out these past few days as well.”
After casually taking a seat, Tan Ying propped her chin on her hand and threw Fu Qian a flirty eye.
“Fine by me, pick any place you like.”
Fu Qian agreed without hesitation.
He had been listening in when Qin Mingze called earlier, so he had no objections to the proposal.
It’s only reasonable; after all, they had spent days looking for him, so treating them to a meal was the least he could do.
“That’s settled then, you’re a wealthy man now, one meal won’t break you.”
Seeing Fu Qian agree so readily, Tan Ying displayed a satisfied smile, even deliberately shaking her empty wrist.
Fu Qian knew that Tan Ying was hinting at the bracelet he had bought from her, but his concern was elsewhere.
Although she still appeared lively, since she had entered the door, she had yawned three barely noticeable times, and her long enchanting eyes were slightly swollen.
“You don’t seem to look very well?”
Fu Qian ventured a question.
Yeah.
Tan Ying let out a sound of acknowledgment.
“Probably because something dear was taken away.”
“Bought away.”
Fu Qian emphasized.
“Alright, bought away.”
Covering her mouth as she yawned, Tan Ying continued to explain.
“Anyway, since then, I’ve been feeling quite exhausted, and these past two days, trying to find people has worn me out a bit.”
“I’ve seen that bracelet, eighteen thousand, Xiao Ying really gave you a huge bargain, you know?”
Qin Mingze punched Fu Qian playfully while he snickered.
I would have preferred not to take advantage of that deal.
Fu Qian thought to himself.
Tan Ying’s current condition wasn’t surprising. The bracelet that was stored in the warehouse had essentially transformed her body, keeping her seemingly healthy and active.
After removing it, a period of adjustment was only natural.
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“Sorry for getting you involved as well.”
Young Master Qin soon called Tan Ying over to discuss Xu Meng’s situation quietly, while Fu Qian politely exchanged a few words with Pei Yanqing.
“On the contrary, this is what I should be doing.”
Pei Yanqing smiled and shook her head.
“I wasn’t clear about it until I heard from Tan Ying; turns out you got into trouble because of me and He Xian.”
“I’ve been a bit worried ever since, glad to see you’re alright.”
Trouble?
It took a moment for Fu Qian to realize what Pei Yanqing was referring to—the grudge between him and Xu Meng.
Considering Xu Meng’s issues with him, it wouldn’t have been difficult for Qin Mingze and Tan Ying to find out he was the one who threw the can, likely telling her about it.