Everyone Loves Pei Jiyu

CHAPTER 19 - Unmentionable Difficulties

I decided to call Meng SiQi to tell him I was all right. However, when I picked up the receiver, there wasn't any sound, and everything was silent. It was then that I slightly regretted not taking my cell phone with me when I left the house.

Disheartened, I returned downstairs. The living room was well illuminated, and Qiao Yi had not returned to his room yet. With his feet propped on the glass coffee table and his arms draped over the back of the sofa, his eyes were gazing blankly at the ceiling like a dead man.

"Pei JiYu, I suddenly remember who you are now," he said.

"I am greatly honored that you remembered," I casually answered him as I walked towards the telephone in the living room. After picking up the receiver, I realized that there was no sound too.

I couldn't help asking, "Are all the phones in this house for decorations only?"

"It's already so late. Who are you going to call?" he asked me languidly.

"Naturally, it's to call up those who care about me." I then asked, "Can I borrow your cell phone?"

Qiao Yi didn't acknowledge me. He just turned his head and fixed his eyes on me.

"Why does Qiao Lang like you? You don't understand anything and are outrageously naive."

I frowned, not understanding what he was saying.

"Where's Qiao Lang? I want to have a talk with him."

"Someone made trouble, so he went to solve it. After tonight, another third of the city's territory will be in the hands of Qiao Lang."

Qiao Yi said such words easily as if the bloodshed was just like spilled syrup in his eyes.

"I will have to say congratulations then."

Without Qiao Lang around, I had no choice but to give up the idea of contacting Meng SiQi.

After putting down the receiver, I sat next to Qiao Yi. As the night was still early, this scene of two sleepless people was inexplicably melancholic.

"What's gratifying? You should cry for me instead," said Qiao Yi. "The man he went to settle business with tonight is my grandfather."

I wondered, "Isn't your grandfather the same as his?"

Qiao Yi threw me a glance. "We have the same father but different mothers."

Oh, the drama of the rich and powerful.

What I've seen and heard tonight was comparable to popular TV drama series.

"Pei JiYu, are you aware that I ever thought of kidnapping you?"

When Qiao Yi suddenly changed the topic, I was startled. "Why?"

I was confused, as I don't remember offending him. Most importantly, I don't even know him!

"When you brought him back from England, you lived with him."

"Just because of that?"

"That's already enough." He said, "You brought a demon back and destroyed the Qiao family."

I was shocked by what he said. From his expression, it also didn't seem like he was joking with me.

"Qiao Lang's mother got in between my parents' marriage, so my grandfather sent a warning to the woman, and she disappeared. No one knew that she was pregnant, so when Qiao Lang came to my house, Father received a great surprise. How laughable!"

At this time, I realized that there were no other family members in the Qiao house except Qiao Yi and Qiao Lang. How could such an old and well-known family be lacking in numbers?