âWell, itâs hard to say, heâs always been pretty casual, he might come back any day. He came here to experience life.â The boss casually replied.
âIâll leave my contact information. If he comes back, please have him call me. Sorry for the trouble.â
When Yu Minglang left the shop, he looked at the bottle in his hand and fell into deep thought.
Who would come to the Porridge House to experience life and give away such a valuable thing?
And why did he bring Qian Bao so far to eat?
Yu Minglang returned to the car. He looked at the bag containing the liquor bottle and thought for a while. An image appeared in his mind.
He remembered now. When he consulted Professor Liu about his pre-marriage phobia, he suggested coming here.
âThereâs a 24-hour porridge shop here. The crab meat soup dumplings are especially delicious. You should bring Xiao Qian here when youâre free. She often works night shifts and her health has suffered.â
If Professor Liu recommended it, it could just be a coincidence. And that man who claimed to be Xuan⦠was probably a coincidence, too⦠right?
Knowing that Qian Bao would definitely ask about the bottle when he came home, Yu Minglang didnât want to worry her further. So he drove to Second Brotherâs place and gave him the items to keep in his office.
When the man named Xuan called him, he would send it over.
His preliminary judgment was that the man didnât pose a threat to Qian Bao. After all, there was no reason for a stranger to target her. Perhaps he was just a wealthy man coming to experience life, and when he saw someone he clicked with, he casually gave away a gift.
Moreover, as Yu Minglang recalled his interaction with Xuan yesterday, although his intuition told him that the man named Xuan surely had a story behind him, he didnât feel any malice from him.
So Yu Minglang set this matter aside for the time being.
When Qian Bao woke up, Yu Minglang was already cooking. The first thing she did was ask about the bottle.
âWhereâs that bottle of liquor?â
âI sent it back.â
âWhat was the boss up to?â
âThat wasnât the boss, it was his friend. Seems like heâs out experiencing life. He probably just thought we were kindred spirits, so he casually gave us a bottle of liquor. Donât overthink it, itâs no big deal.â
âWhere did Xuan go?â Qian Bao asked, still puzzled by the note that appeared with the bottle in her past life. She wanted to have a personal conversation with that man.
âAfter he gave us the items, he left the country. We donât know when heâll be back.â
I see⦠Qian Bao found it a bit strange.
But on second thought, she might be overthinking it.
She hadnât met Xuan before, and she didnât have any impressions of him in her past life. During the brief encounter, she also didnât feel any hostility from him.
The bottle from her past life could very well have not been gifted by Xuan.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
If someone could casually give away such a valuable item, regardless of whether he knew its value, it was enough to prove that he was a capricious person. He could give the bottle to her or someone else.
Itâs perfectly normal for these antiques to circulate. Maybe in her past life, Xuan gave the bottle to someone else, who then passed it to her hands. After becoming a boss in her past life, she offended many people, especially a lot of colleagues.
There were some patients she had cured with special identities. After they were cured by Qian Bao, their competitors werenât happy. Maybe it was a competitor of a patient who wasnât pleased with Qian Bao and sent the bottle along with the creepy note.
Or perhaps one of her past lifeâs patients was playing a prank on her, sending a bottle to scare her. However, Xiao Wei happened to have an accident, so the bottle also seemed mysterious.
Without witnessing it with her own eyes, even the smartest person wouldnât be able to piece together the truth about the bottle. Qian Bao could only guess a few possible outcomes based on the current situation.
Eventually, she decided that the timing of the bottleâs appearance was a coincidence. The emotional ripple the man named Xuan had on her faded away. After not figuring this out in her past life, Qian Bao set it aside.
The result of working too late was causing Qian Baoâs sleep schedule to go awry. She arrived home at 2 a.m. and was intimate with Ming Lang for a while, and didnât go to bed until nearly 3 a.m. When she woke up, it was already 10 a.m., so the meal she was having was both breakfast and lunch.
During the meal, she received a call from the office. They asked her not to work for the next three days.
Due to the threatening phone call, they decided to temporarily suspend âSoul Codeâ for 3 days to give Qian Bao time to recover and adjust her mood. Someone else would cover her program for these 3 days.
Qian Baoâs first reaction to this notice was to decline. She didnât feel at all threatened by a mere phone call. Her agreement with the professor was to complete 60 days. If she took leave, she would have to make up for it.
But before she could reply, Ming Lang grabbed the phone and thanked the office profusely. He expressed that Qian Bao was greatly scared and had only slept at 3 a.m. the previous night.
Qian Bao was exasperated at hearing this.
Hey! What was the actual reason she had slept so late the previous night?
This shameless man insisted on saying that her OCD was going to flare up and gave her an injection despite her protests! With such close contact, there was no way she could sleep. Wasnât he feeling a pang of guilt for lying so blatantly?
âYes, I understand this program has high viewership. But as her fiancé, seeing her unable to sleep at night hurts my heartâ¦â Ming Lang avoided Qian Baoâs hand reaching over to pinch him while revealing his ultimate objective.
âSo, could these three days be extended by another two days, giving her a five-day vacation? Rest is for travelling a longer journey. Yes, yes, thank you very much, director. Goodbye, director!â
He hung up the phone and winked at Qian Bao. How about that, isnât Elder Brother great?
This is the correct way to apply for leave. Successfully securing precious time to spend with Xiao Mei was perfect!
Qian Bao felt incredibly weak.
âI promised my professor I would do this for 60 days. If you ask for leave now, Iâll have to make up the time later.â
To Qian Bao, this type of uninteresting work was something she would rather finish early.
âWait until I go back to work. I finally came to spend a few days here, donât you want to spend more time with me?â
âIâm with you all the time, even when Iâm working.â
âNo, no, no! Being with me as I dictate is completely different. Seeing your emotional instability, your OCD could flare up at any momentââ
âI donât have OCD! My OCD is cured! You must be dreaming if you think Iâm going to stay home doing nothing for the next few days, rolling around with you like a farm animal!â