The Young Matriarch
Chapter 867: What a Pleasant Surprise, He’s Almost Moved to Tears!

Chapter 867: Chapter 867: What a Pleasant Surprise, He’s Almost Moved to Tears!

For a moment, Xu Xingchen thought he was seeing things. How could Tong Qingyan be here?

Her WeChat Moments post from last night... a picture of the sky and the word "surprise"!

Xu Xingchen wanted to cry but had no tears, finally making sense of it all.

So, she hinted last night that she was flying over to give him a big surprise.

What a damn surprise, he was almost moved to tears!

What should he do?

Maybe it was his overly "enthusiastic" gaze, but the two girls standing by the D4 exit felt like someone was watching them, glancing back instinctively –

There were lots of people coming and going at the exit, but no familiar faces.

A quick flicker of surprise crossed Tong Qingyan’s face. Just a moment ago, she almost thought she saw Xu Xingchen.

Liao Jinjin was getting a bit anxious, her bright eyes scanning around looking for that familiar figure.

Hadn’t he said he was ready to come to the airport to pick her up? Why hadn’t he arrived yet?

Several dozen meters away, Xu Xingchen’s handsome face was taut, scrambling as he hid behind a wall, his heart pounding.

Damn it, what now?

He just couldn’t figure out how this could be such a coincidence.

Xu Xingchen didn’t dare to approach, hesitating for a moment before quickly putting on his hoodie and striding away in the direction he came from.

He couldn’t stay at the airport any longer; if he did, he would be finished.

Xu Xingchen escaped from the airport and quickly sent a WeChat message to Liao Jinjin.

[Xingchen of Last Night: Sorry, Jinjin. The professor and the others unearthed a Golden Coffin from the Underground Palace. They’re studying how to open it, and they specifically requested my presence. I can’t pick you up.]

This wasn’t a lie. Several experts had spent the whole night trying to figure out how to open the coffin but hadn’t come up with a solution. Many archaeologists had voluntarily given up their day off to help in the lab.

Still standing by the D4 exit, Liao Jinjin saw the WeChat message, a flash of disappointment on her face, but she was understanding!

[Jinjin of Liao Family: Alright then, I’ll come straight to Yinhua High School to see you.]

Xu Xingchen was in a taxi back to Yinhua High School when he saw this message, and his scalp almost exploded!

Don’t come!

Please, don’t come.

Tong Qingyan was coming to give him a big surprise. If Liao Jinjin came too, it would all crash and burn.

This was an archaeological site with so many experts and predecessors. If he was found with conduct issues, he would be done for!

Xu Xingchen’s heart was pounding, his hands trembling as he typed.

[Xingchen of Last Night: No need, the archaeological site is no different from a construction site, and access is very strictly controlled. You go to the hotel I booked for you first. I’ll find you after I finish work.]

After sending this message, Xu Xingchen almost wanted to slap himself.

The hotel he booked... was less than 300 meters from Yinhua High School.

If the two of them ran into each other, it could be like a comet hitting the Earth.

Xu Xingchen had been so considerate, and Liao Jinjin couldn’t say much more. She put away her phone and smiled at Tong Qingyan beside her: "My boyfriend has an urgent matter and can’t pick me up. I’ll take a taxi to the hotel first. See you if we have the chance."

Tong Qingyan nodded distantly.

It looked like this girl’s boyfriend wasn’t that great either, unwilling to pick up his own girlfriend from her flight.

If she wasn’t planning a surprise for Xingchen, Xu Xingchen would’ve surely come to pick her up the moment he knew she had arrived in Zhongzhou, right?

Tong Qingyan sighed in her heart. It seemed Xingchen still hadn’t understood her hint on WeChat Moments and didn’t come to pick her up. She raised her hand to hail a taxi, heading straight to the archaeological site at Yinhua High School!