Became a salted fish pretend heiress and handed over the system
Chapter 702 - 688: Gossip

Chapter 702: Chapter 688: Gossip

"Where do they rest at night?" Xia Yue asked.

"In your backyard, your cat didn’t bring them inside the house." Qu Xin replied.

"That’s good." Xia Yue hadn’t found any animal droppings or hair inside the house either.

"Boss Xia is back." As Xia Yue and Qu Xin were chatting, two professors in their fifties to sixties, wearing long robes, came out from the inside.

They were professors of traditional Chinese medicine. The woman’s last name was Mu, the man’s was Guo.

However, Xia Yue had only met them when they first arrived, a brief introduction before she hastily went to Different World.

Now they were standing in front of her, she really couldn’t remember their full names.

"Hello, professors." Xia Yue stood up and greeted them with a smile, it should be fine, they’re all professors, no problem.

"Hello Boss Xia, so you returned?" Professor Mu asked with a smile.

"Yes, I just returned this morning, and I came to catch up with friends this afternoon," Xia Yue nodded.

"Then we won’t disturb you anymore, please carry on." Professors Guo and Mu nodded. They weren’t very close to Xia Yue and didn’t have much to chat about.

"We’re having a party tonight. Professors, please invite the other two professors along. Professor Hao and the others will be there too. It’s a good opportunity for us to get to know each other better." Xia Yue suggested with a smile.

"Alright, we’ll come over tonight." Professor Mu initially wanted to decline, but Professor Guo agreed first, and stopped her from speaking further with a look.

"Yes, yes, don’t be formal. We’re all staff of the resort, just enjoy the food and drink." Xia Yue said.

"Okay, we’ll bring them for treatment first. You guys carry on." Professor Guo nodded, and called out to the man and the little girl seated nearby.

"Qi Ming, Qiqi, come over. We’re going in for today’s treatment."

"Okay." Qi Ming, who was in a wheelchair, nodded and steered the wheelchair towards them.

The little girl also obediently followed him. They arrived on the same day and had been receiving treatment together for the past few days, so she had grown a little familiar with Qi Ming.

After they all went in,

Xia Yue immediately turned to Qu Xin with curiosity, "Who’s that man? What happened to the little girl?"

"It might sound too melodramatic for you, but Qi Ming is my sister’s ex-fiancé. Or rather, he was supposed to be my fiancé for now, but I don’t recognize this matter." Qu Xin, who now enjoyed her life here, wasn’t as upset about her past anymore. There wasn’t any emotional burden when she narrated her story to Xia Yue.

"What?!" Xia Yue looked at Qu Xin with widened eyes, surprised.

"Didn’t you research my background? Don’t you know?" Qu Xin looked at Xia Yue’s surprised face and asked curiously.

"I know about your background, but I’m surprised to see him here. So have you guys been seeing each other often? How does it feel?" Xia Yue inquired.

"Apart from Professor Guo, no one else knows about my relationship with him. Professor Guo is his uncle. We felt a bit awkward at first, but we’re fine now. He has no feelings for me. He and my sister were very close before. If not for his broken leg and disability, my sister wouldn’t have broken off the engagement." Qu Xin explained.

"I see, was he okay with the change in marriage arrangements? He seems very stable." Xia Yue figured Qi Ming didn’t seem like the type to pester people.

"He didn’t agree with it. He said then either my sister marries him or they break off the engagement. But my parents didn’t want to lose the backing of the Qi family. So they agreed to let my sister marry him first, hoping to send me over when the actual wedding came around.

I ran away as soon as I learned about it, and I suspect they’ll find out about my whereabouts soon." Qu Xin had a feeling she would soon face her annoying parents and sister again.

"Tsk tsk tsk, such a dramatic story." Xia Yue shook her head, feeling that this drama was more intense than any TV show.

"Right? I feel the same." Qu Xin was forced to agree. She felt that if her pesky parents show up, there would be a fight. It was best to give Xia Yue a heads up in advance.

"If my parents find out I’m here, they’ll most likely make a scene, ask you to kick me out, and force me to return home."

"Do you want to go back with them?" Xia Yue countered.

"If I wanted to go back, I wouldn’t have come here looking for a chance to kill myself in the first place." Qu Xin declared.

"As long as you don’t breach the agreement we signed, if you want to continue working here, I’ll protect you. If they dare to trouble you, I’ll have them thrown out and won’t let them take advantage of anything." Xia Yue reassured Qu Xin firmly.

Qu Xin laughed, perhaps this place was becoming her home.

"I promise I won’t breach the agreement. After all, I plan to try all of Ao Mi’s and Peng Zu’s dishes. I won’t even think about leaving before I do." Qu Xin smiled.

"Their menu probably won’t be finished in a year." Before, Xia Yue had asked Ao Mi how many dishes he knew how to cook. Ao Mi had said that without ingredient limitations, even if he cooked ten different dishes a day, he could go on for ten years.

Unfortunately, they only had a limited variety of vegetables here, and many of them couldn’t be cooked. So the menu had to be shrunk.

They chatted for a while longer, then having invited Qu Xin to the welcome party that night, Xia Yue took her leave.

The last stop was the office of Zheng Tang and his team.

It wasn’t appropriate to give Qu Xin ice cream earlier as there were people around. But there were no such concerns in the office.

As soon as she arrived, Xia Yue gave everyone in the office an ice cream.

"When you finish, remember to give me back the bowls. I’ll need to take them back later." Xia Yue distributed the ice cream and told them.

"Okay."

"Got it."

"Thank you, boss."

The office was in a joyful mood, everyone happily eating ice cream.

Zheng Tang and Yan Mo were in the inner office. Xia Yue brought their portions and went inside.

"Hello, I brought you ice cream to help you relax a bit after working hard all afternoon." Xia Yue knocked on the door and came in with a smile, passing the ice cream to them.

"Thank you." Zheng Tang smiled, took a bite, and felt the confusion in his mind clearing up, becoming more alert.

"Thank you." Yan Mo also accepted with a smile.

"We’re hosting a party tonight welcoming everyone who has returned. I’ve been inviting everyone one by one.

I’ve also extended an invitation to the four new professors at the clinic. But I completely forgot their names. I just ran into two of them, and it was so awkward." Xia Yue confessed, feeling embarrassed towards the end.

"I know them. I’ll introduce you to them tonight, so you won’t feel awkward next time you meet." Yan Mo saw her embarrassed expression and laughed.

"Yes, please do! Or else it will be even more awkward if I meet them next time and still can’t remember their names. That would be very disrespectful. Not good at all." Xia Yue nodded vigorously.