obsessed with love

Chapter 247
There seems to be no so-called ultimate gentleman at the cash register, only sister Hui is lying on her body, rummaging through a cardboard box for old things.

Du Ruo walked over and asked, "Sister Hui, what are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for an outdated magazine, the pharmaceutical industry magazine that our boss has been subscribing to..."

"Oh..." Du Ruo didn't think much, and asked again: "Xiaolin said someone is looking for me, where is the person?"

"I'm looking for you..." With a calm and magnetic voice, Du Ruo was so frightened that he almost couldn't catch his breath.

Looking back, it was indeed Qiao Anming, who changed his usual serious business attire to a casual one.

The upper body is a dark green thick plaid pullover, and the lower body is slacks.

With his hands in his trouser pockets, he smiled leisurely on a handsome face.

Du Ruo was too shocked to speak, but Qiao Anming was quite natural.

"Why, are you surprised to see me?"

nonsense!Du Ruo really wanted to utter these two words at him at the time, but for some reason, whenever she encountered nervousness or unexpected situations, her thinking nerves would be blocked.

Inexplicably, she frowned and said, "Sorry, I don't know you!" and she also gritted her teeth.

Xiaolin who was on the side hurriedly came over to strike up a conversation with Qiao Anming: "Let me just say, there is no one named Du Ruo in our shop, sir, you must have mistaken someone!"

"Did you admit it wrong?" Qiao Anming smiled strangely, but did not expose it. Instead, he walked slowly in front of Du Ruo and stared at her face.

Du Ruo felt guilty and panicked when he saw it.

"Sorry, I really don't know you... Sir, you are in the wrong place..."

"You have to?"

"What about me?" Du Ruo pretended to play charades, not daring to look him in the eyes, so he could only turn his head to one side, thinking to himself why this guy suddenly came to her shop?
"You said you didn't know me? Are you sure you want to say that?"

"..."

"Okay, then let me introduce myself. My surname is Qiao, Miss Du. Nice to meet you. I drank too much last night, and you said I took advantage of you..."

In just one sentence, the amount of information is huge.

Xiaolin on the side covered her mouth in fright, but soon she seemed to have suddenly realized again.

Du Ruo immediately raised his head, piercing Qiao Anming with vicious eyes, with the look of "You must be sick!".

Qiao Anming's expression was always relaxed, and he acted without any trace of affectation.

Just when Du Ruo was about to lose his temper, she heard Sister Hui, who had been hanging behind the cashier all the time, holding up an old magazine and yelling at Du Ruo: "Xiao Luo, I found it, I know who he is, he is Qiao Anming! Qiao Anming from Sheng'an! Let me just say he looks familiar..."

Du Ruo's hairs stood on end from being shouted, and she turned her head to glance at the magazine that Sister Hui was holding up high. The person on the cover of the magazine was Qiao Anming.

But Qiao Anming suddenly laughed out loud, walked up to Du Ruo, and repeated leisurely: "Xiao Luo? You changed your name? No wonder I haven't been able to find you these two years!"

This scene is so dramatic that it is unreal!

Du Ruo wanted to dig a hole and bury her face in it. She never thought that Qiao Anming would intervene in her life circle in such a shameless, domineering and despicable way.

But life is like a play, and play is like life, and the sturdy fate does not need to be explained!
Just when the four people in the store all had different expressions, Zheng Xiaoran entered the door with his arms in his arms.

"Mom...Mom..." the little guy screamed, and couldn't wait to roll from the door to Du Ruo like a ball, and then he looked up and saw Qiao Anming on the side, his small eyes widened, as if he had discovered a new world As if, shouted in a more high-pitched child's voice: "Dad—"

So far, the whole world is in chaos.

Du Ruo really wanted to die, so he quickly tugged on his sleeves and scolded: "Don't shout."

Qiao Anming squatted down slowly. Just now he had a playful face, but now his eyes were full of throbbing and longing.

He took his hand and forced a smile.

"you know me?"

The little guy shook his head, then nodded quickly.

"I don't know you, but I have met you."

"where is it?"

"In the photo, there is a photo album at home, and there are photos of you in it. My mother said, my father will grow up like you..."

The childish words made Qiao Anming feel that they were the most beautiful love words he had ever heard, so beautiful that his eyes turned red immediately, he tightly held his arms with both hands, and looked up at Du Ruo.

"Look, the child is more honest than you!"

"Stop talking nonsense, how can you believe a child's words!" Du Ruo panicked, stretched out her arms and hugged her in her arms, "Qiao Anming, let's go, don't bother us again!"

She dared him to leave again.

Zheng Xiaoran couldn't stand it any longer, and came over to pat Du Ruo on the shoulder.

"What are you trying to do? Things have to be resolved. You have been running away for three years! Do you still want to continue running away?" Zheng Xiaoran glanced at Qiao Anming, then turned to Du Ruo, and sighed: "Three years should be enough, Give him a chance, and give yourself a chance too! Come on, give me the deal, he will stay with me tonight, you two have a good talk!"

Du Ruo didn't remember how he followed Qiao Anming out of the shop.

I vaguely remembered that Zheng Xiaoran took her away, Xiaolin and sister Hui were confused by the sudden amount of information, whether to gossip or shut up, and finally walked away silently.

Qiao Anming and Du Ruo stood next to the shelf.

During off-duty hours, there are more customers in the pharmacy, and it is very annoying for them to be stuck there.

In the end, Qiao Anming spoke first.

"Can we have a meal together?"

"..." Du Ruo ignored him.

Qiao Anming continued: "Other people say so, you have to give yourself a chance, so, can you give me time for a meal?"

"..." Du Ruo still didn't respond, and the customers beside him just happened to squeeze in. The aisle between the shelves was narrow, and Du Ruo was squeezed and staggered.

Qiao Anming helped her in time.

"Just one meal, I won't eat you!" He took the opportunity to wrap his arms around Du Ruo's waist and whisper in her ear.

Du Ruo was so embarrassed that she quickly moved her body, fearing that sister Hui and the others would see her.

Qiao Anming didn't let go, and asked forcefully, "Du Ruo, can you please?"

Maybe it was because his tone was too earnest at that time, and the pleading didn't feel like it came from Qiao Anming's mouth, so Du Ruo nodded in a strange way.

Qiao Anming drove here by himself, and the car was still parked at the entrance of the opposite hotel.

When Du Ruo saw the brand new black Mercedes-Benz with an awesome license plate number, his face turned green.

Qiao Anming smirked: "You came to take pictures of my car window!"

"how do you know?"

Qiao Anming raised his head and pointed to the window of the hotel: "When you came to take pictures of my car window that day, I was in that room."

"Are you spying on me?" Du Ruo sulked.

Qiao Anming smiled brighter: "Surveillance doesn't count, and I also know that you went to this hotel to look for me at noon today."

"You know this too? How many people did you send to follow me?"

"Haha... The room manager of the hotel knows me. He called me in the afternoon and said that a woman with short hair came to see me. She was wearing a white coat from a pharmacy. He thought I was sick..."

Du Ruo was embarrassed, this feeling was really bad, it was rare for her to do "bad things" and still be caught.

Seeing her standing in front of the car in a daze, Qiao Anming walked over and opened the door for her.

"Let's go, it's getting dark."

Du Ruo had been absent-minded since he got in the car, and regretted agreeing to the meal, wanted to back down, but didn't know how to speak.

She felt that she was beginning to lose control of herself.

Qiao Anming is like a swamp, if you touch it a little bit, you will sink into it, and you can't extricate yourself, so she invites you to eat something you shouldn't get close to. The scar from three years ago hasn't healed yet, but after only a few days, she sat on it obediently. His car is gone.

Really...

"Hey, Qiao Anming..." Du Ruo looked up and was about to say that she was going to get out of the car, but it was pitch black outside the car window.

The car has already left the downtown area of ​​the town.

"Where are you taking me for dinner?"

"You will know when you go!"

"You're lost, you've already driven out of the downtown area, where is there a restaurant in this ghost place?"

Qiao Anming turned to look at her, and coaxed a little: "Sit down, I won't sell you!"

The car drove for another seven or eight minutes.

The street lights on the side of the road were densely packed, and the sight was open and bright. Du Ruo saw the words "Zhushan Lake Scenic Area" on the road sign.

"I'll take you to eat Zhushan Lake boat dishes."

"Boat food? Sit on the boat and eat?"

"Well, one of the special restaurants here at Zhushan Lake, the one I took you to is really good!" Qiao Anming looked in a good mood, and answered Du Ruo while picking up his mobile phone to dial a number.

"I'm almost there, about 5 minutes."

"Okay, Mr. Qiao, we are all ready."

Du Ruo asked in surprise, "Did you make an appointment?"

"Well, the boat restaurant business is so good that you can't eat it without making an appointment!"

"Then what if I don't promise to come to this meal today?"

"Then I'll go to the door of the pharmacy every day and wait for you to get off work. I don't believe you won't agree." Qiao Anming held the steering wheel, turned his face to look at Du Ruo with a smile, and added: "I drank too much last night, but I still remember what I said, I said I will come to you again!"

"..."

Old man!
Officially entering the scenic area, the ordinary street lamps turn into handcrafted red lanterns, hanging on the tree branches, which look particularly beautiful in the moonlight.

The road leading to the lake is not too wide, it seems to be a bit detoured, and there are trees on both sides, but the silver lake can be seen vaguely through the gaps in the shade.

Qiao Anming's car drove half a circle around the lake, passed Pingqiao, and stopped on the shore.

There was already a parking boy waiting on the shore, and when he saw Qiao Anming's car approaching, he immediately went up to meet him, first opened the car door for Du Ruo, and then went to pick up Qiao Anming's car keys.

Standing on the shore, Du Ruo saw that there were all kinds of painted boats floating on the lake. The boats were brightly lit and slowly moved forward on the lake. On both sides of the shore were artificially built pavilions and water pavilions, shaded by green trees, reflected in the silver On the lake, it is like a paradise on earth.

"So there is such a good place in Yi County?" Du Ruo took a deep breath, and the damp breath in the lake mixed with the fragrance of plants and trees blew towards her face, and she suddenly felt refreshed.

Qiao Anming asked with a smile, "You've been in Yi County for so long, don't you know this place?"

"Do you think everyone is like you? This kind of place is for you rich people. I don't have the spare time and money to spend here!"

Du Ruo said it casually, but he listened to it in his heart.

"You have to take revenge on me like this?"

"To be honest, a meal here is not cheap, is it?" Du Ruo turned around to refute him.

Qiao Anming couldn't find a position to argue with her: "Okay, you can say whatever you want, anyway, I always owe you!" He smiled helplessly.

Soon, the staff in the boat came over and bowed slightly to Qiao Anming and Du Ruo: "Mr. Qiao, Ms. Du, are you ready to board the boat? Everything is ready."

Qiao Anming nodded slightly.

"can."

"Then Mr. Qiao, Miss Du, please..." The staff raised their hands to guide Du Ruo and Qiao Anming through the springboard leading to the painting boat.

The staff boarded the ship first, followed by Qiao Anming, and finally Du Ruo.

There is a small gap between the springboard and the deck of the boat.

The staff member stretched out his hand to Du Ruo, and said politely and thoughtfully: "Miss Du, give me your hand, and I will pull you over?"

As a result, Qiao Anming's complexion turned ugly in an instant. With a cold face, he took the first step and pulled Du Ruo's arm: "Come here, I will help you!"

Little guy, fortunately no one around noticed the thick, petty jealousy on his face!

Du Ruo didn't know there was something wrong when Huafang went in.

It looks like an ordinary boat from the outside, but after entering, you will find that there is a lot of space inside.

The cabin is divided into a few private rooms. To enter the private room, you need to pass through a corridor. The corridor is open-air, with fences, and the lake is under your feet.

The staff welcomed Du Ruo and Qiao Anming into the topmost box.

Open the door and enter, the spacious private room is separated into two sections by an embroidered screen.

The outer room is a rest area with antique rosewood tables and chairs, and the inner room is a restaurant.

"Mr. Qiao, according to your request, the dishes are all ready."

"Okay, then you go out first, and I will call you later."

Qiao Anming dismissed the staff, looked back at Du Ruo, and signaled her to follow him into the restaurant.

Du Ruo looked around the surrounding environment, the painting boat was antique, and the charming incense was lit on the high platform, and the melodious ancient melody flowed from the sound system. With a light sniff, it seemed that he could smell the damp water vapor outside the boat .

What's more, Qiao Anming chartered the entire boat tonight.

Absolutely private space, no outsiders disturb, only music and the faint sound of waves.

People are most likely to be addicted to such a wonderful place, so Du Ruo stood still and didn't dare to move. She really shouldn't have promised him to eat this meal. Before it even started, her heartbeat was messed up, because this guy created the atmosphere of the meal too ambiguous...

Seeing that she was not moving, Qiao Anming asked, "Come on, follow me in."

"..." Du Ruo twitched a little, and summoned up his courage: "I... that... I'm not used to living with Xiao Ran, and I didn't know you would take me so far away for dinner... It's too late now Well, how about another day, you send me back first..."

Qiao Anming frowned, what was she talking about?
"You want to go back now?"

"Well, I'm afraid there will be trouble if I go back late."

"Then you won't have dinner?"

"Don't eat." Du Ruo was sullen, not daring to look at Qiao Anming. He squeezed his hands together and stirred, "Well... If I go back too late, I won't sleep at Xiao Ran's place, so can I trouble you first?" Send me back?"

After she finished speaking, she buried her head lower, and her fingers stirred more vigorously.

Qiao Anming secretly smiled, leaned over and pressed against Du Ruo's ear, and asked bewitchingly, "What are you afraid of?"

"What? How can I be afraid? Absolutely not!"

"Then why don't you go in for this meal? It's just a meal, do you need to make up so many excuses?

"How is it possible, I can't make up an excuse!" Du Ruo was still trying to cover up lamely.

Qiao Anming pursed his lips and smiled, took her hand a little domineeringly, and held it in his palm.

"Okay, just have a meal with me, don't stir your hands anymore, doesn't it hurt?"

"..."

Just like that, Du Ruo was dragged into the screen in a daze by him, half angry and half ashamed.

The dishes are all ready.

Du Ruo glanced at it. There were not many dishes, but each stack was extremely exquisite, and when illuminated by the chandelier on the top, it was really in excellent condition.

Du Ruo was indeed a little hungry, and only ate a small portion of fried rice for lunch.

Now that it's here, let's settle down, she is indeed not a hypocritical person, so she stopped being polite and sat on the chair and started eating.

Qiao Anming breathed a sigh of relief, and introduced the names of the dishes on the table one by one for her, and filled their glasses with wine.

Du Ruo recognized that wine, one of the special products of Zhushan Lake - Zhuyeqing.

"You don't drink much." She was a little surprised to see that the wine glass in front of him was also filled.

Qiao Anming smiled: "That was before, I did quit before, but I drank a lot in the past two years."

"Why?" Du Ruo followed his words and asked a lot.

Qiao Anming was stunned for a moment, and didn't say the reason, but just handed her the wine glass and changed the subject: "There is no reason, I need it for entertainment, besides, this wine tastes good, you can try it..."

Du Ruo has always had no resistance to wine, so he drank it up and it was indeed sweet and refreshing.

The dishes are also good. Although the ingredients are nothing unusual, they are fresh from the lake, various fish, shrimps and mussels.

Gradually, Du Ruo's appetite started to whet. Qiao Anming watched from the side without saying much.

In fact, he didn't know what to say, it seemed like a thousand words, but he couldn't find any clues, but he was satisfied and enjoyed this moment of joy, she was sitting opposite him, quietly drinking soup, quietly peeling shrimp shell…

She still looks the same when she drinks, she always likes to drink it all in one gulp.

There is still a little noise when drinking soup, even the gesture of holding chopsticks is the same...

It was as if nothing had changed, and even he had an illusion at the time, as if she had been by his side all these years and had never left.

"Du Ruo..." He suddenly called her name.

Du Ruo was enjoying his meal, holding up half a peeled shrimp and looking up: "What's the matter?"

He thought for a while, and swallowed the words again.

"It's nothing, it's just that you have a vegetable leaf on your mouth..." He took out a tissue and leaned over to wipe it for her. Du Ruo avoided it, but couldn't dodge it...

The originally tense atmosphere became awkward by Qiao Anming's ambiguous gesture.

In the second half, she didn't dare to eat too much. She only drank, and blamed the wine for being too delicious, and gradually became dizzy.

"Sorry, I'm going to the bathroom..." Du Ruo stood up, wanting to go outside to sober up, but when she got to the side of the screen, her feet softened, and Qiao Anming hurried over to support her.

"I'll take you to the bathroom, you drank too much."

"No, I can drink well... It's okay to go by myself..." She was still trying to be brave, but she really couldn't stand Qiao Anming's good smell, and she already felt that she was about to get drunk and her head was hot.

She had to quickly find a way to wake herself up before she did something out of the ordinary, but it didn't work out. Before she got out of Qiao Anming's arms, she heard a "pop" and the whole private room was plunged into darkness.

(End of this chapter)