The carriage fell into a brief silence because of Li Qiao's words.
As for her question, Shang Yu responded with silence.
Li Qiao lazily yawned, her eyes, glistening with moisture, glanced outside the window with a hazy look.
What kind of man was he really?
There were so many labels attached to him, but Li Qiao felt that none of them were him.
At that moment, the phone in her pocket suddenly rang.
Li Qiao snapped back to reality, saw the caller ID, and remembered Tang Yiting whom she had left in the billiard hall.
She shot a glance at Shang Yu and lifted the phone to her ear, "What's up?"
Tang Yiting's blusterous voice instantly filled the entire carriage, "Where did you run off to? There's nobody in the finance office, hurry back, everyone is waiting for you to drink, we're not going home until we're drunk tonight."
Along with her questioning, Li Qiao could vaguely hear the 'thud thud' of someone kicking the door.
What can I say? It was quite awkward.
Because when she pressed the phone to her cheek, she accidentally hit the speaker button.
In the quiet carriage, after a moment of deadly stillness, Li Qiao said without expression, "Wrong number."
Then, she hung up and turned off the phone.
Tang Yiting, who was kicking the door at the Entertainment City finance office, "???"
At this time, Shang Yu closed the folder in his hands, casually placing it beside his leg, and said nonchalantly, "Did you come with a friend?"
Li Qiao stuffed the phone back into her pocket and shook her head earnestly, "No, don't know them."
Shang Yu leaned back in his seat lazily, crossing his legs, and gave her a sidelong glance as he closed his eyes.
The light in the carriage was warm; Li Qiao captured his gaze, tilted her head, smiled crookedly, her face the picture of innocence.
...
A dozen minutes later, the motorcade stopped outside the Li family villa.
As Li Qiao was about to get out of the car, the man who had been feigning sleep suddenly said in a husky voice, "Shang Lu will come to apologize tomorrow morning, he has a responsibility for the breakup."
"Have him come the day after tomorrow," Li Qiao stopped the action of opening the door and looked at Shang Yu.
Such a big event as a breakup required the entire family to be united and present.
Tomorrow morning was too rushed; it was uncertain whether her eldest brother, third brother, and mother could make it back.
Upon hearing this, the man slowly opened his eyes, those dark orbs faintly red, betraying an exhaustion unknown to others.
Li Qiao gave him no chance to inquire, pulled open the car door, and slipped out; before closing the door, she leaned on the door frame with one hand in her pocket, "Thanks for the ride home, Master Yan, see you... the day after tomorrow."
The girl slammed the car door shut and entered her home with light footsteps.
In the carriage, the faint scent of the girl seemed to linger.
The driver, sneaking a look in the rearview mirror, saw the man looking in the direction the girl had gone, lost in thought for a long time.
Should he drive or not?
It wasn't until a few seconds later, when Li Qiao's figure blended into the night, that the driver heard a low sigh, "Clear the schedule for the day after tomorrow."
The driver looked troubled, "Master, your father wants you to go back to Parma the day after tomorrow..."
"Clear it!"
"Yes!"
The driver didn't dare say more, but he felt certain that the master's sudden change of plans had something to do with that girl!
Before, when Second Master wanted to break off the engagement, the master had said to let him handle it himself, but now, because of the girl's mere words, was he planning to personally make the visit?
The luxurious motorcade once again set off towards the highway, and the driver timely said, "Master Qiu just sent a message, he says to meet up at the Secret Hall."
"Mm."
...
The next day, at ten in the morning, Li Qiao sat quietly in the dining room having breakfast.
Her second brother, Li Yan, was sitting opposite her, swiping on his phone occasionally, "Mom will be home at three in the afternoon, elder brother has already landed, and the third brother said he won't be able to make it until evening."
After saying this, Li Yan stared at Li Qiao across the table and asked, "Did Shang Lu say when he will come to break off the engagement?"