i'm not a bad man

Chapter 287 My Negligence
Because I was indulged in complicated emotions, Qiao Jiao had already hung up the phone, but I had no idea. When I tried to talk to her on the phone, I found that there was no response.

I habitually placed my phone in the cup holder in the middle, and then opened the door and got out of the car. Zuo Xiaowei and Guan Yubo didn't show any surprise. They already knew that the person in the car was me, because I had recently driven This car has always been Chang Yuli's. As Chang Yuli's childhood, of course they can recognize it.

I stood next to Lu Xi and nodded to Guan Yubo. Guan Yubo smiled and said to me: "Brother Chao, no wonder Lu Xi didn't let us go to Luoyang to pick up the plane. Seeing you and her together, I also That’s it.”

I replied truthfully: "Actually, it has nothing to do with me. She originally planned to rent a car by herself. It happened that I sent a friend to Luoyang to take the train. The time coincided with each other, so she took my ride."

Lu Xi nodded and confirmed my statement. Although what we said were all facts, only we knew the taste of it, so that until this moment, I am still reminiscing about the journey I just experienced.

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After a few words of greeting, Guan Yubo took the initiative and said to me: "Brother Chao, at seven o'clock tonight, Xiaowei and I are going to host a banquet for Luxi and the county leaders. You can also join us."

When Guan Yubo extended the invitation to me on behalf of himself and Zuo Xiaowei, I subconsciously looked at Zuo Xiaowei. She acted very coldly, even a little withdrawn, standing in the middle of the crowd. This made me feel reluctant to attend such a banquet. It would probably end in embarrassment, so I declined, saying that I also had a dinner that I had made an appointment with before.

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Lu Xi expressed her wish to Guan Yubo that she did not want to stay in a hotel, but she agreed to the banquet in the evening, which meant that she could still have about two hours of rest after the tiring journey.

I drove the car and took her to the villa where I and Qiao Jiao lived. She seemed really tired. After getting in the car, she leaned on the back of the passenger seat and didn't speak until the phone rang.

She took her cell phone out of her handbag, and after taking a look at it, she seemed a little hesitant. No wonder she was hesitant, because this was a call from Qiao Jiao.

After the phone rang several times, Lu Xi still answered the call with my attention; because the car was a relatively confined space, even if Lu Xi didn't turn on the hands-free function, I could still hear something vaguely.

"Lulu, you are in Qingdao now, and I am also in Qingdao. Let's have dinner together in the evening."

These days, I have felt a lot of changes in Qiao Jiao, the most obvious one of which is the way she calls Lu Xi. Originally, I thought she was just showing off in front of me, but when she talked to Lu Xi alone, At that time, she no longer called her Lu Baoer as affectionately as before.

"I'm not in Qingdao, I'm in a small town."

On the other hand, Qiao Jiao fell into silence on the other end of the phone. After a while, she replied: "Why did you go to the small town again?"

"It's still a work matter. I will officially sign an endorsement contract with Guan Yubo tomorrow..."

"Oh." Qiao Jiao responded, and then complained: "Guan Yubo is also very good at tormenting people. You have been in the small town for so long before, and we have not finalized the contract with you. You have just left for a few days, and he The work efficiency has actually become higher.”

Lu Xi was still very patient with Qiao Jiao. She explained: “Maybe it’s to cooperate with Zuo Xiaowei’s debut. Zuo Xiaowei is about to release her first solo album, and he wants to get it done before that. Zuo Xiaowei and I will shoot a promotional video for the scenic spot together." "To put it bluntly, it is to create topics and attract traffic, so that Zuo Xiaowei can become famous... Haha, this Guan Yubo is really shrewd, isn't this? Is it a buy one, get one free?"

"There's no need to be so extreme. He also added an additional 500 million to the previously negotiated conditions, so everyone gets what they need."

"Everyone gets what he needs?... It sounds like I don't understand you very much. Do you really care about those 500 million people?"

This time, Lu Xi fell into silence. When she spoke again, she had changed the subject. She said to Qiao Jiao: "Jiao Jiao, I came out in a hurry this time and didn't bring any clothes. I plan to pick them up from your place later." Put on a thick coat."

"Go ahead. I've been too lazy to hang up the clothes in the cabinet. You can just pick them out from the luggage bag."

Lu Xi responded, and Qiao Jiao on the other end of the phone didn't say anything else. Then the two of them hung up the phone together in a tacit understanding. Looking at Lu Xi again, she felt a sense of relief, and then fell into a kind of confusion. In a thoughtful state, I felt a strong sense of curiosity about Qiao Jiao's behavior and mood at the other end of the phone.

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After returning to the villa, I led Lu Xi to Qiao Jiao's room; although Qiao Jiao and I have lived in the same villa for a while, this was the first time I entered her room.

The room was not very clean. On the desk by the window, there was half a bag of snacks she had eaten before. The clothes were just like she said, piled up in the duffel bag in the corner without any order. , so that those valuable leather coats all looked wrinkled.

No wonder that when she was in Qingdao, her father would ask the housekeeper to clean her villa every week. She was really a woman who couldn't live without housekeeping service. (Follow the author's Weixin public account: ***, reply "B&B" to view the prototype of Tank Inn B&B. Reply "Lu Xi" and "Qiao Jiao" to view the character picture!)
Compared to Qiao Jiao, Lu Xi seemed to be much better at taking care of herself. She took out all the clothes from her duffel bag, laid them flat on the bed, picked out the wrinkle-free ones, and put them in the closet. , and those that were wrinkled, she used a garment ironing machine to iron them one by one until they were straight and ready to be worn at any time.

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Finally, Lu Xi picked an off-white long plush coat from the pile of clothes; Qiao Jiao had worn this dress before, so when Lu Xi put it on, I was a little confused and couldn't distinguish it clearly. Who is the person in front of me, especially when Lu Xi’s back is turned to me, they all have the most perfect figures among girls, so there is no sense of violation on anyone wearing it, even if it is a A plush coat that looks a little fat.

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Lighting a cigarette, I subconsciously looked at the wall clock on the wall. It was already 06:30. It was still half an hour before Lu Xi attended the dinner. I was just about to remind Lu Xi when I suddenly remembered what Qiao Jiao had told me before. What happened: She asked me to send her household registration book by SF Express before five o'clock...

This was something she specifically explained again and again. I couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat. I hurriedly ran to her dressing cabinet and opened the drawer. However, after rummaging around for a while, I didn't see the one she mentioned. Household registration book.

This gave me a big problem. I didn’t know whether I should call Qiao Jiao. If I didn’t call, I really couldn’t find the household registration book. If I called, she would definitely beat me up. I scold her because my negligence will directly cause her to stay in Qingdao for another day.

(End of this chapter)