CH 17.4

Ning Qingqing pulled her hair in frustration; she had already forgotten the issue about how to address him.

She went back to her coffee table, picked up her marriage certificate, and read it again and again. She simply didn’t know how to describe her absurd state of mind at the moment.

She went to take a shower, dried her hair, then sat blankly in front of the vanity mirror. Finally, she realized that it was almost time, so she got dressed to go out.

Taking out her phone and seeing Gu Youchen’s driver’s number, Ning Qingqing hesitated and eventually dialed it.

Evidently, Gu Youchen had sent her number to the driver in advance, so as soon as the call connected, a young male voice came from the other end, “Hi Madam, I’m Mr. Gu’s driver Xiao He, are you planning to go out now?”

Ning Qingqing suppressed the strange feeling and said, “That’s right, I would like to go to Xinghe Plaza now.”

Xiao He quickly answered, “Okay, I will go to the gate of your community now, you can just come out.”

Ning Qingqing replied, “Okay, thank you.”

She took her purse and went out, got in the car, and arrived at Xinghe Plaza at ten past six.

Xiao He reminded, “Madam, call me when you are finished. I will be nearby and can come over anytime.”

Ning Qingqing nodded, “En, alright, thank you.”

She walked to the mall and was about to send a message when Qiao Xiaomian patted her on the shoulder, “Dear, who was that little puppy1 just now?”

Ning Qingqing realized that Qiao Xiaomian was talking about the driver Xiao He.

She felt helpless, “He just drove me here.”

She watched her best friend’s reaction and decided to wait until they sat down before telling her about the marriage.

The two had been craving for Nine Palaces before, so they went straight to the main event when they got there.

They entered the hot pot restaurant and found a seat to sit down. After the two finished ordering, the waiter brought lemon water.

Ning Qingqing waited for Qiao Xiaomian to drink the water and finish swallowing before saying, ” Mianmian, there is something I have to tell you. “

Qiao Xiaomian quickly sat up straight, “Don’t tell me that you forgive Shen Zhiqian for standing you up yesterday, and plan to keep waiting?”

Ning Qingqing shook her head. She actually told Qiao Xiaomian beforehand that she was going to break up with him today before going to bed last night, but the two of them didn’t talk about it in detail yet.

“I also made it clear to him on the phone today that we’ve broken up. I also completed the resignation procedures this morning, so I will have nothing to do with Shen Group and Shen Zhiqian in the future.” Ning Qingqing paused before she said this, “But that’s not what I wanted to tell you.”

“F*ck.” Qiao Xiaomian couldn’t help but hug her glass of water as if holding something would help her feel secure, “My dear, don’t tell me, you married that little puppy just now?!”

Apart from this, Qiao Xiaomian couldn’t think of anything else that could make Ning Qingqing look serious.

Ning Qingqing couldn’t help but lament over her best friend’s imagination, she corrected, “You guessed half of it right.”

“Wuwu, dear, don’t scare me. Finish your explanation all at once, my little heart can’t handle this…” After Qiao Xiaomian said that she took several sips of her lemon water.

Others drank alcohol to boost their courage, but she needed to drink water to calm down.

“I had a flash marriage, but not with the driver Xiao He just now, but with his boss.” Ning Qingqing saw that Qiao Xiaomian’s mouth had opened wider and then released the bombshell, “His boss is Gu Youchen.”

“Huh?” Qiao Xiaomian felt that she must have been stunned by the news of her best friend’s flash marriage. She thought that she had heard of the name before, but her brain was frozen so she couldn’t recall a thing.

Ning Qingqing explained, “He’s the one who’s the heir of the Gu Group. I probably mentioned to you before that he is Shen Zhiqian’s biggest rival.”

“F*ck!” Qiao Xiaomian stood up abruptly, “Ahhh!”

The two were not sitting in a private room, so her movement attracted many looks.

Ning Qingqing hurriedly pulled her to sit back down. To prevent Qiao Xiaomian from doing more surprising things, Ning Qingqing simply sat next to her.

“Mianmian, listen to me, I don’t know how I suddenly got married. I’m completely dumbfounded even now.”

Yet, Qiao Xiaomian suddenly smiled after the brief shock, a mischievous smile, “Dear, this is awesome! Shen Zhiqian stood you up and you straight up marry his biggest nemesis. Hahahaha, you reap what you sow. He will surely die of anger when he finds out later!”

Ning Qingqing never expected her best friend to focus on this point instead, but thinking about it that way, she was also a little curious about Shen Zhiqian’s reaction.

It was at this moment that Ning Qingqing realized that most of her sadness had been washed away by the series of events that happened this afternoon.

Now, when she thought of Shen Zhiqian, that feeling of pain and sadness was no longer so obvious.

Hence, Ning Qingqing recounted what happened that afternoon, “In short, that’s what happened. By the time I realized, the red booklet was already in my hand.”

Qiao Xiaomian listened from beginning to end as if she was listening to a novel. Although she was not the person involved, she was so engrossed, it took her a while to extricate herself. She stretched out her hand in hesitation, “Then where is your marriage certificate?”

Before Ning Qingqing departed, she knew that her best friend would definitely want to see the red booklet, so she brought it with her.

She took the red booklet out from her bag and stared at the two words ‘marriage certificate’. She was still bewildered.

Qiao Xiaomian quickly took it, read it carefully, and sighed, “Oh my, my Qingqing has grown up and is even married now! “

Her heart was beating wildly. On one hand, she was happy for Ning Qingqing who could slap the scum in the face, but on the other, she was a little worried, “Is your husband fooling you?”

Ning Qingqing wanted to cry but had no tears, “I don’t know what happened to me at the time, maybe I drank too much …”

“Hey, every time you drink alcohol, you become muddleheaded, and lose your usual wit.” Qiao Xiaomian hugged her. “But it’ll be okay. Considering how much money the Gu family has, what motive could he have to plot against you? For all we know, he fell in love with you at first sight and wanted to marry you?”

Ning Qingqing shook her head, “At his level what type of girl hasn’t he seen, so how could it be that easy for him to fall in love at first sight.”

“Then maybe he wanted to marry his rival’s ex-girlfriend so that he can exact his revenge?”  Qiao Xiaomian patted Ning Qingqing on the back and said, “Anyway, we don’t suffer a loss. If he dares to treat you badly in the future, kick him away. If he treats you well, then…”

Ning Qingqing was startled. If he was nice to her, then they could try to get along and develop their relationship.

The future was still uncertain, but Gu Youchen’s words rang in her ears: “Since we were going to get married anyway, why not secure the result first, and then make up for the process later?”

At this moment, Ning Qingqing suddenly experienced a flash of light in her mind, and now she finally figured out the logical gap that she couldn’t figure out before due to her drunken brain——

What Gu Youchen said was correct, but it was also based on the presumption that the two of them would definitely get married.

But how was he sure that they would get married?

Ning Qingqing was muddled as she came out of Qiao Xiaomian’s arms, and also took a sip of lemon water to suppress her shock, “Mianmian, why do I feel that I was tricked into getting married?”

…

At the same time, Gu Youchen’s private jet was flying over Beishi.

In a conference room of a hotel in Beishi, Shen Zhiqian answered a call and was in a good mood.

With this project, their chances of winning were getting bigger and bigger.

He turned his head and asked his special assistant, “Special assistant Wu, is there any news on Gu Group? “

Special assistant Wu shook his head, “I asked people to oversee the other shareholders, and found that Zhou Linghang didn’t have anything to bring to the table.”

“How about Gu Youchen?” Shen Zhiqian couldn’t help asking, “Although this project isn’t the biggest one out there, does he really plan to give it up? He gets a childhood friend to take the helm, how could they still be willing to give him the project then? “

Special assistant Wu frowned and shook his head, “I don’t understand either, but I heard from the grapevine just now that Gu Yuchen rushed back because he was in a hurry to get married.”

Shen Zhiqian was suddenly surprised, “Marriage? Since when did he have a fiancée? “

As an opponent, Shen Zhiqian felt that he knew Gu Youchen very well. This person didn’t even have a girlfriend, let alone a fiancée.

In the past few years, many clients sent women to Gu Youchen, but none of them could even get close to him.

He didn’t expect him to get married so suddenly. He wanted to find out which wealthy family’s daughter he was arranged to marry!

Special assistant Wu answered, “I also just heard about it. I heard that the two of them went to get their certificates this afternoon.”

Shen Zhiqian sneered, “Ah, no matter what, he will certainly lose this project!”

After so many years of rivalry, Gu Youchen would finally lose to him this time!