CEO Wants To Marry Me After Divorce
Chapter 431. Just kidding with you

Chapter 431: 431. Just kidding with you

"Why haven’t you gone back yet?"

"Grandpa asked me to stay and play chess with him, I didn’t dare leave."

"Oh, now that you’ve finished playing, you can go."

Qiao Xu looked at the darkening sky outside and said coldly.

Lu Moqing gazed at Qiao Xu’s indifferent appearance, feeling helpless in his heart, but said, "It’s too late, driving on the road is not safe."

Before Qiao Xu could object, he continued, "A few minutes ago, I took cold medicine and can’t drive."

"Let Uncle Zhang take you."

As she finished speaking and was about to close the door, Lu Moqing reached up and stopped her.

Seeing his playful demeanor fade into a somber expression, he said, "You’ll be going back to City C tomorrow. Can’t you let me talk to you for a while?"

Upon hearing this, Qiao Xu furrowed her brows slightly, realizing she couldn’t refuse Lu Moqing in this state. However, each time she compromised in front of him so easily, she knew that one day she would succumb to him again.

"Then you stay, and ask Aunt Chen to prepare a guest room for you."

She still ruthlessly refused him.

The smile at the corner of Lu Moqing’s mouth froze for a long time before he forced a grin and said:

"No need to bother, I’ll go back."

With that, he turned and left.

Actually, he could have been as brazen and persistent as before in front of her, or he could have clung to her side, acting pitiful to gain her sympathy. But he didn’t dare try the same tactic too many times.

He was afraid he would truly anger her one day.

In front of Qiao Xu, he gradually became more cautious and careful.

No matter what he did, he didn’t dare to act on his whims, fearing that one careless move would push her further and further away, making it impossible to return.

This was the price for his stubborn pride.

As Qiao Xu watched him walk towards the stairway, she unconsciously blurted out, "Weren’t you supposed to have taken cold medicine? Let Uncle Zhang drive you back."

Lu Moqing glanced back at her, and the next moment, he softly smiled. "I lied. Go back to sleep, don’t tire yourself out too much."

With that, he went downstairs.

Hearing the sound of the car starting from downstairs, Qiao Xu sat on the bed, feeling an indescribable mix of emotions.

But she didn’t let Lu Moqing stay. Unable to focus on the book in her hands, whether her eyes were open or closed, all she could see was Lu Moqing’s smile as he stood by the staircase, looking back at her and the sadness in his eyes when he said, "I lied."

She didn’t know how long she had lain awake in bed, tossing and turning, before she finally fell asleep. By the time she woke up again, it was already bright outside.

She checked her watch and found it was already 8:30 in the morning.

She wasn’t in the habit of sleeping in, so this was the first time she’d overslept so late.

Thinking of how she was preoccupied with Lu Moqing’s face last night, she couldn’t help but frown again.

When she finished washing up and packing her bags, her grandfather was already sitting in the living room reading a newspaper.

"Grandpa."

The old man looked up and saw her carrying her suitcase. He asked, "Are you leaving now?"

"I have a flight at eleven. The road is congested, so I’ll head to the airport early and not be rushed."

"Alright, have Uncle Zhang drive you to the airport."

"Thank you, Grandpa."

After breakfast, Qiao Xu bade farewell to Old Master Qiao. As she was carrying her suitcase out, she saw Lu Moqing’s car parked outside the Qiao family’s front gate.