Chapter 417 Liu Xiaoxiao Comes to Dinner
"All right, you can go now!"
Qin Yu returned the phone to the young man in the duckbill cap.
"Hey... Yu Brother, I still haven't found out where my wife is or what she's doing exactly."
Wu Jinlong was getting anxious.
"There are some things I'll explain to you later!"
Qin Yu waved his arm, interrupting Wu Jinlong. Just as the young man with the duckbill cap took a few steps away, Qin Yu seemed to think of something, "Wait..."
"You're having second thoughts?"
The young man in the duckbill cap turned around, displaying a nervous expression.
"Oh, I'm just kindly reminding you to change your name and never return to Capital City. Otherwise, you won't live much longer!"
Qin Yu shrugged.
The fewer people who knew Qing Yi's secret, the better. Not only had the young man in the duckbill cap failed his mission, but he'd also heard the phone call just now; he would definitely be silenced.
"This... Thank you!"
The young man in the duckbill cap was taken aback but quickly grasped the critical point. Showing a flash of gratitude, he hurried out of the yard.
"Hey... Yu Brother!"
Wu Jinlong was becoming desperate.
"Let me ask you, you and Zhou Nannan have been together for over a decade now, do you really like her?"
Qin Yu asked Wu Jinlong seriously.
"Uh... She likes to spend money recklessly, has a bad temper, and loves to flirt with strange men on her phone..."
Wu Jinlong rambled on about Zhou Nannan's flaws.
"So it seems you actually stopped liking her a long time ago. It's just that you can't get over the mental barrier, feeling that she's found another man, and it's made you a cuckold. However, I can tell you for certain that she hasn't made you a cuckold in Capital City.
If you just keep living your life honestly as before, nothing will happen to you. But if you keep fixating on Zhou Nannan, you might not be so lucky next time—no one may come to save you!"
Qin Yu actually felt somewhat sympathetic towards Wu Jinlong, who had married Zhou Nannan, a restless wife, and had almost lost his life because of it.
"I... understand, Yu Brother!"
Wu Jinlong scratched his head somewhat bewilderedly.
"Go back to your hometown!"
Qin Yu patted Wu Jinlong on the shoulder as they both left the rental property together.
Lingling...
Just then, Yan Mingyu's call came in.
"Hello, honey?"
Qin Yu answered the phone.
"You're free this afternoon, right? Go to the market to get some groceries. Xiaoxiao is coming to our place for dinner. I have a meeting and might be late."
Yan Mingyu said.
"Sure, okay!"
Qin Yu knew that Yan Mingyu, despite being rich and beautiful, didn't have many friends in her life. Liu Xiaoxiao was her only close friend. If she was going to move with him to the provincial city, Liu Xiaoxiao would surely miss her. A get-together between close friends was planned for the evening.
"Don't forget to buy two pounds of king prawns; Xiaoxiao loves them!"
Yan Mingyu reminded him.
"Alright, I'll buy the groceries then head home to start preparing. You can make your own way back."
Qin Yu checked his phone—it was almost three o'clock—going straight home to cook after buying groceries seemed timely.
"Okay!"
"Bye-bye!"
After ending the call with Yan Mingyu, Qin Yu hailed a taxi and had the driver take Wu Jinlong to the bus station.
Once the taxi had driven off, he scanned a shared bicycle and slowly cycled towards the market.
After buying some seafood, vegetables, and fish, he returned to Yan Mingyu's villa.
Entering the hallway, he changed into slippers, tied on an apron, and headed into the kitchen.
Lingling...
At that moment, his phone rang again, but this time it alerted him to a video call request.
Qin Yu picked up the phone, and to his surprise, it was Pei Luoyan.
So he connected the video call, and soon a beautiful face appeared on the phone screen.
"Wow, you've recovered so quickly?"
Qin Yu was a bit surprised; he had expected it would take about twenty days, but Pei Luoyan had regained her looks in just over ten days.
"Wow, you're actually still alive?"
Pei Luoyan looked equally surprised.
She had only contacted Qin Yu on a whim, not expecting him to be in one piece, without missing any limbs or anything.
"Come on, tell me, how did you manage to stay alive through Huang Lianying and Feng Wudao's tag-team battle?"
Pei Luoyan had the look of someone eager for gossip.
She seemed to have just woken up, still wearing a little camisole with somewhat disheveled hair, lazily leaning against the headboard.
Her chest revealed a glimpse of pure white roundness, tinged with seductiveness.
"Hehe, luck!"
Qin Yu cracked a small smile.
Before, he really disliked Pei Luoyan, thinking she was a devious and treacherous woman. But after actually interacting with her, he found her to be quite loyal and grateful, and his impression of her had improved considerably.
"Luck my ass, Huang Lianying and Feng Wudao are no ordinary folks, any one of them could've killed you in an instant, and yet you survived both taking turns challenging you; there must be some secret!"
Pei Luoyan sat up straight, shouting into the phone.
"Uhh...."
Qin Yu felt a bit awkward.
Pei Luoyan's camisole was not very form-fitting, and with her animated movements, the view down the neckline left little to the imagination.
It really is winter, isn't it? Every creature seems to plump up and get whiter.
"Oh, now that you see my face has recovered, you're interested?"
Pei Luoyan, a sly woman, caught on from Qin Yu's gaze that he must have seen something.
Her pretty mouth curved slightly, showing a mischievous expression, as she suddenly lifted the blanket from her body with one hand.
"That...."
That movement from Pei Luoyan startled Qin Yu, and he quickly averted his eyes from the phone screen.
"Haha, I'm wearing pants!"
Qin Yu's embarrassed expression made Pei Luoyan burst into laughter.
"Alright, I have to cook, so if there's nothing else, we can chat another time!"
Qin Yu's gaze returned to the phone screen, and indeed, Pei Luoyan was wearing silky pajama pants, though they were snug, outlining the flatness of her stomach and the fullness of her thighs in a way that left little to the imagination.
"Wow, whose house are you at? That kitchen is huge, got yourself a sugar mama?"
Pei Luoyan asked again, sounding surprised.
"Can't it be my own house?"
Qin Yu said exasperatedly, surely gossip was a woman's nature, even for an assassin like Pei Luoyan.
"Forget it, you're always so secretive. But I still need to thank you for helping me recover my looks, and for the weird condition that had me saluting dozens of times a day not recurring!"
This time, Pei Luoyan sounded a lot more sincere.
"Hehe, that's good, I'm off to cook!"
"Okay, bye!"
After Pei Luoyan hung up the video call, Qin Yu put down his phone and began to get busy in the kitchen.
Around six o'clock, the sound of footsteps came from the living room.
"Wife, you're back?"
Qin Yu walked out of the kitchen.
"Seems like, your relationship with the baby is pretty good!"
Liu Xiaoxiao stood in the living room, her enchanting face wearing a somewhat complex expression.
Qin Yu was the first man to stir her heart, yet he was her best friend's husband, truly a twist of fate.
"Uh, Xiaoxiao...."
Qin Yu felt a bit embarrassed.
"Baby will be back in a little while, let me sober up!"
Liu Xiaoxiao took out a bottle of foreign liquor from her bag and placed it on the dining table: "I haven't drunk with someone in a long time, I'm going to enjoy myself tonight!"