"Finally off work..."
Xian Er left the company and exhaled a heavy breath.
He looked at the time, it was already past nine in the evening.
"Really... always working overtime... At this rate, where will I find the time to move in with Meilai?"
Frequent overtime made Xian Er feel quite a headache, and the originally planned things had to be postponed.
"Let's give Meilai a call and go out for some late-night snacks together. It's been several days since I saw her, I miss her quite a bit."
Whenever he thought of Meilai, that silly girl, a smile would involuntarily appear on Xian Er's face.
Compared to Quan Dai, a woman with her own little thoughts, he preferred a naive and sweet girl like Meicai.
Thinking of this, Xian Er happily picked up his phone and made a call to Qingdao Meicai.
"Beep beep beep..."
"Beep beep beep..."
"Hello, the number you have dialed is temporarily unavailable."
"Huh? No one's answering?"
Xian Er looked at his phone with some surprise and said, "Maybe she didn't notice? I'll try calling again."
With that, Xian Er continued to call Qingdao Meicai.
He called all the way from the company to the station, more than a dozen times in total, but the call never went through.
This made Xian Er couldn't help but start to worry: "Could something have happened?"
Thinking of this, Xian Er immediately switched to calling Qingdao Quan Dai.
Although he felt a little embarrassed, Xian Er really wanted to confirm Meilai's situation.
Xian Er then called Qingdao Quan Dai, but just like with Meilai's phone, he couldn't get through no matter what, only repeatedly hearing the sentence "Hello, the number you have dialed is temporarily unavailable."
"Could something have happened?"
With such worries, Xian Er endured the heartache and took a taxi to the Qingdao residence.
The car stopped in the residential area, and after Xian Er paid the fare, he saw that the lights in the Qingdao house were still on, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
But then another question arose in his mind: If someone is home, then why is no one answering the phone?
With this question in mind, Xian Er arrived at the door of the Qingdao house and pressed the doorbell.
"Ding-dong~ Ding-dong~~"
After waiting for a while, there was no response.
Xian Er frowned slightly and continued to press the doorbell, but there was still no response.
This made him have a bad premonition for some reason.
"Could something have happened?"
Xian Er couldn't help but think of things in the worst possible direction.
He pressed the doorbell again, and if there was still no response this time, he felt he needed to call the police.
"Ding-dong Ding-dong~~~"
Fortunately, the third ring of the doorbell finally got a response.
He only heard a burst of footsteps, followed by a click, the door opened, and the anti-theft chain held the door, only opening a crack.
Although the Qingdao sisters looked very similar, Xian Er recognized at a glance that the person who opened the door was Quan Dai, her face was inclined to be strong, while Meilai's face was more inclined to be soft.
"What's the matter?" Quan Dai frowned as soon as she saw Xian Er, not concealing her dislike: "What are you doing here?"
Xian Er had an apologetic expression on his face and said unnaturally: "I... I just called Meicai's phone, but I couldn't get through. And I also called your phone... but it didn't go through either. I was worried, so I came to check on you..."
"I was just taking a shower, so I didn't hear it." Quan Dai said, pulling the bath towel around her body with one hand.
"Then where's Meicai?"
"Aren't you her fiancé? Don't you even know?" Qingdao Quan Dai mocked.
"..."
Xian Er said somewhat awkwardly: "She... didn't tell me."
"Heh... she went to a company party, as for when she'll be back, I don't know." Qingdao Quan Dai said coldly.
"Oh... so that's how it is. No wonder I couldn't get through to her phone."
Xian Er glanced at Quan Dai with some guilt, and stammered: "That..."
"What is it? Speak quickly?" Qingdao Quan Dai said impatiently: "If this continues, I'll catch a cold."
"That... I'm very sorry!" Xian Er gave a deep bow: "I know it's my fault... but..."
"Alright, stop talking, I forgive you. Get lost."
Qingdao Quan Dai interrupted her immediately when she saw what he was about to say, and then slammed the door shut.
"..."
Xian Er silently looked at the tightly closed door, and he sighed deeply.
The plan to ease the relationship had failed.
This gave him a bit of a headache, and he could only pick a good opportunity next time to apologize to her again.
After spending forty minutes, Xian Er finally returned home.
As soon as Xian Er entered the house, his phone rang. He saw it was Meilai's call and quickly answered it:
"You finally answered the phone, Meilai."
"I... I'm sorry, I... I put... I put my phone on silent, I didn't... didn't notice."
"Please, next time you go to a gathering, tell me in advance... You don't know how worried I was when I couldn't reach you." Xian Er closed the door behind him, saying with a hint of complaint.
"This... this time, um... it's my fault."
"Your... your voice sounds strange?" Xian Er said with some doubt.
"Sorry... I... I drank a little too much. Waaah ~ ~"
"Drank too much?" As soon as Xian Er heard this, his heart leaped.
As a qualified corporate slave, he had seen too many superiors taking advantage of female subordinates when they were drunk, some even going further, directly taking the female subordinates to nearby love hotels to open rooms and do things that were worse than animals!!
"Are you okay? Do you want me to come pick you up?"
Xian Er immediately stopped taking off his shoes.
"No... no need, I've already... already returned home. Right... sister..."
"You reek of alcohol... take a shower and then go to sleep. I'll make you some hangover soup."
Hearing Quan Dai's voice, Xian Er breathed a long sigh of relief. It was good that the kind of thing he had imagined hadn't happened.
"No... I'm not going to talk anymore, I still need to take a shower."
"Wait..."
Before Xian Er could finish speaking, Qingdao Meilai hung up the phone.
"I haven't finished speaking yet."
Xian Er muttered unhappily. He had worked for a day and was exhausted. He even took a taxi to her house to check on her, and then returned home. He finally received a call, but she hung up after only a few words, which made him somewhat unhappy.
However, Xian Er felt that Meilai had drunk too much and should rest well.
So, he sent a text message: [Tomorrow night, I get off work at seven o'clock... Let's go out for dinner together then.]
[Tomorow nith I dont have teme]
"It seems she's really drunk, she even misspelled the words."
Xian Er was about to reply with "Then we'll have to reschedule," but the next moment he received another text message.
[Yes, okay.]
A happy smile appeared on Xian Er's face.
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