Chapter 182
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"Excuse me, I need to take this call." Yang Ji answered the phone. "… Okay, I got it … I'll go get it later …"
Yang Ji hung up the phone and said to Shuxin, "Did you leave a suitcase at the bar?"
Shuxin nodded.
"I'll go get it now and bring it to you later?" asked Yang Ji.
Shuxin said embarrassedly, "It's too late today. I don't want to bother you. I'll go get it from the bar tomorrow."
"It's no trouble. You shouldn't go to the bar. It's not safe. I'll bring it to you tomorrow." Yang Ji rarely said more.
Shuxin heard his firm tone and didn't want to refuse. She said, "Thank you. I'll treat you to dinner when I'm free."
Yang Ji didn't say anything. He turned and walked to the car. After a few steps, he thought of something and turned back. "Miss Shu, what did you want to say?"
Shuxin was stunned. She realized that Yang Ji was talking about the question she had asked before he answered the phone. She smiled and shook her head. "Nothing."
"Oh." Yang Ji turned and drove away.
It was true that Yang Ji was Huo Yanqing's man, but what did that mean?
What happened tonight must be a coincidence!
Shuxin gathered her thoughts and helped Tong Qiao back to school.
It was almost eleven o 'clock when they got back to the dormitory.
Shuxin took Tong Qiao's hand and sat down on the bed. She looked at her haggard face and red and swollen eyes and felt sorry for her. "You must be tired. Get some rest."
Tong Qiao shook her head. "I can't sleep."
"Then tell me what happened." Shuxin looked at Tong Qiao worriedly.
Tong Qiao sat closer to Shuxin and hugged her. She rested her head on Shuxin's shoulder and said, "My dad wants me to get married to his boss, Chief Lu Jinshen … He's divorced and I heard that he has a child …"
Shuxin was shocked, but she did not say anything. She quietly waited for Tong Qiao to continue.
Tong Qiao paused for a moment to calm down a little before continuing, "I didn't agree, so my dad locked me up at home and forbade me from contacting anyone."
Shuxin frowned and remained silent for a while before saying, "Doesn't your father dote on you a lot? Have you tried to communicate with him? Perhaps … "
"It's useless." Tong Qiao sounded like she was about to cry. "At first, I was very angry and threw a tantrum with my dad. But when I saw that my dad refused to budge, I knew that it was useless to throw a tantrum. After I calmed down, I talked to him calmly. Other than coaxing me to agree, he never changed his mind."
"Didn't you ask your father why he did this?" Shuxin gently stroked Tong Qiao's back, trying to calm her down.
"I did." Tong Qiao nodded. Her tears fell onto Shuxin's shoulder, and Shuxin's pajamas were instantly wet. "He said that it was for my own good … He wanted me to marry into a good family … Rich and powerful, so what? He's divorced and has a child. Is this a good family? I know that the Secretary-General is about to be elected … My dad clearly wants to curry favor with Lu Jinshen … That's why he wants me to marry him …"
Tong Qiao became more and more emotional as she spoke. She was sobbing uncontrollably.
Shuxin suddenly remembered that in her previous life, Tong Qiao's father, Tong Wenbin, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for corruption and bribery.
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