Chapter 23: A Boring Summer
I’m so impressed by you! You actually ran faster than a Ferrari—damn, that was awesome! I’ve decided—I want to be your wife. Forget about compensating me for my car, or castrating you; from now on, yo...Chapter 1: Big and Small Beauties
As the car door opened, a person emerged from it. This person was quite familiar to her, but she couldn't connect him with that Volvo.
"Isn't that Xia Tian" Fang Xiaoru exclaimed softly in surprise.
Indeed, it was Xia Tian. In fact, he walked over and greeted Sun XinXin: "Elder Sister!"
The Volvo soon departed with the person inside not showing their face.
"Hey, Xia Tian, where did you go last night" Fang Xiaoru asked bluntly, "Elder Sister said you didn't come back all night. Who were you partying with"
Although Sun XinXin hadn’t directly asked, her beautiful eyes were also fixed on Xia Tian, clearly eager to know the answer.
"I was with my wife," Xia Tian replied casually.
"Your wife" Fang Xiaoru looked doubtful, "Who is she"
"Didn't I tell you guys before" Xia Tian felt a bit depressed, "It’s Qiao Xiaoqiao!"
“Another Qiao Xiaoqiao!” Fang Xiaoru rolled her eyes, “My husband is still Qiao Deathless!”
"Who is Jobs不死" Summer was a bit puzzled, "Didn't you say your husband was Bill該死"
"Oh, Jobs不死 and Bill該死 are both very rich people," Fang Xiaoru explained.
"Then what do Jobs不死 and Bill該死 do" Summer became curious.
"Uh...Jobs不死 sells apples, while Bill該死 sells windows." Fang Xiaoru felt a bit頭疼, where did this guy come from He didn't even know these two very famous people
"Summer, don't listen to what Xiaoru is saying," Sun Xinxin finally couldn't hold back, "His name is Steve Jobs, not Jobs不死, and he doesn't sell apples; he sells iPhones."
"iPhone" Summer scratched his head, then took something out of his pocket: "Is it this thing"
"Ah, an iPhone 4!" Fang Xiaoru's sharp eyes spotted it instantly, snatching the item from him. "This costs several thousand dollars! Summer, didn't you go to a rich lady last night"
"It was a gift from my wife!" Summer felt somewhat無奈. Why did Fang Xiaoru still not believe that Xiaoqiao was his wife
"Pfft, I don't believe it," Fang Xiaoru pursed her lips, "If Xiaoqiao really is your wife, why are you here today"
"I've already taken Sister Xinxin's salary for a month; at least I should work here for a month." Summer thought one must keep their word. Even though he had found Xiaoqiao, since he had pre-paid Sun Xinxin’s wages, he felt obligated to complete his full month here.
Furthermore, he couldn't be the kind of man who relied on others; even if he had found Xiaoqiao, he still needed to find a way to earn money for himself.
In response to his thoughts, Qiao Xiaqiao didn't say anything but gave him a mobile phone so they could stay in touch. She then personally escorted him to the flower shop.
"Big Brother! Big Brother!" A fat man puffed and ran over; it was Wang Jie.
"What are you here for again" Fang Xiaoru said irritably.
"Brother, I'm so glad to see that nothing happened to you. I was worried they'd put you in jail!" Seeing Xia Tian, Wang Jie looked visibly relieved.
"Of course I’m fine," Xia Tian said nonchalantly. "Even if they did put me in jail, I could get out anytime."
"Big Brother is truly amazing! So cool!" Wang Jie started flattering him again.
Fang Xiaoru couldn't take it anymore and gave a haughty huff: "Flatterer!"
This guy, Wang Jie, seemed to be very idle. He stayed at the flower shop all morning long, pestering Xia Tian for martial arts lessons from time to time. However, each time he was rebuffed with one sentence: “I’ll teach you after I see your sister.”
The flower shop’s business remained fairly quiet as before and Xia Tian still didn’t have any orders to deliver flowers. Feeling bored, he started playing around with the iPhone that Qiao Xiaqiao had given him, but even after messing with it for a while, he still couldn't figure out many of its functions. Thankfully, at least now he knew how to make calls.
In his boredom, he called Qiao Xiaqiao. However, they didn’t talk very long because she seemed busy on the other end. After that, Xia Tian did something that Fang Xiaoru thought was the most boring thing in history.
Originally, Xia Tian’s phone only had one number: Qiao Xiaqiao's. But after figuring out how to add numbers to his contacts list, he added Sun Xinxin and Fang Xiaoru’s numbers as well as Wang Jie’s. Then, he started calling each of them in turn.
"Miss Xin It's Xia Tian."
"...I know. I'm right beside you."
"Wang Jie, it’s your big brother calling."
"Big Brother, I’m behind you listening to your teachings."
"Hey, this is…"
"It's me! Hang up, or I'll charge for the call!"
Seeing Xia Tian still holding her phone and about to make another call, Fang Xiaoru finally snapped: "Xia Tian, if you're bored, go on a date with Miss Xin instead of calling me to harass me!"
The moment she spoke, Sun Xinxin’s phone rang again: "You are my rose, you are my flower..."
Fang Xiaoru was utterly exasperated: "Xia Tian, if you want to go on a date with Miss Xin, do you really need to call her"
"I didn’t make this call!" Xia Tian felt wronged.
"You didn't," Fang Xiaoru took Xia Tian's phone and saw that he hadn't made any calls. At that moment, Sun Xinxin had also answered the incoming call.
"Hello, I am... Yes, alright, no problem, the phone number is... Don't worry, we will definitely deliver it."
...
The summer finally got to work.
Sun Xinxin received a call from a guy named Lu Gang. This fellow used to be a student at Jianghai University and two years ago he found himself a girlfriend who also studied there. Over those two years, Lu Gang had sent his girlfriend nearly one hundred bouquets of flowers, each quite expensive. It was said that this guy's total expenditure in this flower shop exceeded ten thousand yuan, making him a VIP customer at Xinxin Flower Shop.
Lu Gang graduated this year and went to work in another city several months ago. However, his girlfriend still hasn't finished her studies and apparently hadn’t gone home for the summer vacation. She was still on campus. Today happened to be her birthday; unfortunately, Lu Gang couldn't make it due to being busy with work so he called Xinxin Flower Shop asking them to deliver a bouquet of flowers to her.
Although there are many flower shops online, Lu Gang trusted this shop where he had often done business before. After Sun Xinxin received the call, without hesitation she asked for his girlfriend's phone number and promised that they would deliver the flowers to her today.
The girl’s name was Lei Qiaoyue. When Sun Xinxin contacted Lei Qiaoyue during lunchtime, Lei Qiaoyue said she wasn't on campus but that she would be back in the afternoon. However, when Sun Xinxin called again in the afternoon, Lei Qiaoyue said she wouldn’t return until evening. By around six o'clock, Sun Xinxin tried to call her once more and was informed that it might take very late for her to get home, perhaps after midnight.
Today being Lei Qiaoyue’s birthday, if the flowers were only delivered past midnight, there wouldn’t be much point. Faced with this situation, Sun Xinxin called Lei Qiaoyue again, asking for her current location so that the flower shop could send the bouquet right away. After a long hesitation on the other end of the line, Lei Qiaoyue finally gave an address: Blue Sky Grand Hotel.
Summer then carried a bunch of flowers and rushed to the Blue Sky Grand Hotel. Originally, Sun Xinxin was worried that Summer wouldn't be able to find his way there and had planned to go with him but Wang Jie offered to lead the way for Summer which left her very grateful. She only asked Summer to head straight home after delivering the flowers without returning to the flower shop.
Carrying a bunch of bright red roses, Summer attracted quite a bit of attention on the bus. The Blue Sky Grand Hotel was rather far from Jianghai University and it took Summer half an hour by bus before he arrived at his destination.
Outside the Blue Sky Grand Hotel, Summer pulled out his phone and dialed Lei Qiaoyue's number.
"Hello, this is Xinxin Flower Shop. May I ask..." Summer felt a bit down because the woman on the other end of the phone told him that she was no longer at the Blue Sky Grand Hotel but instead at a place called Shengshi Gechao KTV.
“Damn, does this woman even want flowers” Wang Jie was quite unhappy. "I reckon she’s already fallen for someone else!"
"Maybe we’re just too late," Summer didn’t mind much. Whether the woman had moved on or not had little to do with him; however, it was his first time delivering flowers and he still wanted to get them delivered.
“So, big brother, should we go to Shengshi Gechao” Wang Jie asked with a grim face.
"Do you know where this Shengshi Gechao is" Summer asked him.
Shengshi Gechao was a rather famous KTV; naturally, Wang Jie knew about it. Moreover, Shengshi Gechao wasn’t far from the Blue Sky Grand Hotel—walking there wouldn’t even take ten minutes.
When Summer showed up at Shengshi Gechao holding a bouquet of flowers, nobody bothered him. Although delivering flowers to this place felt somewhat odd, such venues were always filled with all sorts of people anyway, so seeing a crazy flower deliverer wasn’t that unusual. The beautiful lady in the cheongsam by the entrance still greeted Summer with a smile and a bow, saying "welcome" in her sweet voice.
Summer made another call to Lei Qiaoyue, which irritated him slightly; he had only called his wife, Qiao Xiaoqiao, once today, whereas this Lei Qiaoyue—whom he didn’t even know—had already received two calls from him.
Fortunately, this time Lei Qiaoyue was still there and told Summer to wait outside while she came down right away.
In less than two minutes, a pretty girl walked out. Upon seeing the flower-wielding Summer, she immediately approached him.
"You’re from Xinxin Flower Shop, right I’m Lei Qiaoyue. You can give me the flowers now," the girl said quickly. day, he killed thousands upon thousands of enemies, yet today, could he just stand by and watch as his grandson was shot dead before himWhen Sun Xinxin spoke up just now, Lei Zhentian had still clung...