Chapter 596 Extra 7
As Zhou Qiao expected, the Zhao family put the wedding house up for sale online a week later.
Zhou Qiao found an honest and reliable relative to buy the house in full. After getting the house, she did not move in. She only went back occasionally, but she would sit in the house for several hours each time.
Since Zhou Qiao moved out of Taoyuanli, Zhuang Xiubai also moved out from the opposite side.
Zhou Qiao also began to examine her relationship with Zhuang Xiubai.
Even though Zhuang Xiubai treated her wholeheartedly, her mind was full of Zhao Huan.
She could not accept any man other than Zhao Huan, at least for now.
Since witnessing Zhao's mother insulting Zhou Qiao, Zhuang Xiubai changed the way he pursued Zhou Qiao.
He no longer deliberately created encounters in front of Zhou Qiao, but instead integrated his care and consideration into his daily life.
Zhou Qiao did not have the habit of eating breakfast, so Zhuang Xiubai ordered a meal for her at an old porridge shop, and the takeaway boy would deliver it to her at the time when Zhou Qiao arrived at tt every day.
At first, Zhou Qiao was very resistant, because she didn't want to have too much involvement with Zhuang Xiubai, so she always gave breakfast to her colleagues.
After half a month, Zhou Qiao's mind became active and she started to eat breakfast delivered by takeout.
It must be said that Zhuang Xiubai is a very thoughtful person. He delivers meals five days a week, and no day is the same.
If it is sweet porridge, it is served with salty steamed buns and pot stickers; if it is salty porridge or wontons, it must be sweet bean paste buns, glutinous rice cakes, and fermented rice steamed buns.
Each meal is accompanied by two light and refreshing side dishes, which are exquisite and pleasing to the eye.
Colleagues are curious about who ordered the meal, and they talked about it privately for a long time, but they didn't find out anything.
Because Zhou Qiao didn't allow Zhuang Xiubai to appear in TT, Zhuang Xiubai respected her and never went to TT without permission.
Even if he asked her to meet, he would wait in the parking lot first.
Zhou Qiao was very satisfied with him. When Wen Lan worked at TT, Xie Yansheng and Jiang Jingci would come to the company to block her at any time, which made Wen Lan exhausted physically and mentally.
Whenever the weather turned cold or the day before it rained, Zhuang Xiubai would always send her a message on WeChat saying "put on more clothes when it's cold."
As long as she didn't reply within ten minutes, Zhuang Xiubai would call her and remind her again.
So much so that when she saw Zhuang Xiubai's reminder, she reflexively sent him an emoticon package of "received."
Zhuang Xiubai asked her out ten times, and she only agreed once, and this time it must be related to Zhou's father's heart disease.
Although the Zhuang family is not a top-notch wealthy family like the Xie family, the name of a medical family is not in vain. It is also a well-known and clean family in Jiangcheng.
Zhuang Xiubai is the only child of the Zhuang family. He has a successful career, but he doesn't even have a close girlfriend, which makes Zhuang's father and mother very anxious.
The old couple kept asking their acquaintances to introduce girlfriends to Zhuang Xiubai, including returnees from overseas, graduate students, civil servants, senior white-collar workers...
No matter whether they were tall, slender, plump, or petite, Zhuang Xiubai refused to meet any of them, and was secretly ridiculed as a gay man.
Even though he refused to meet them, the pressure from the old couple continued to weigh on him.
He was devoted to Zhou Qiao, but Zhou Qiao never responded to him.
After returning to China, Zhuang Xiubai chased Zhou Qiao for nearly a year without any progress, and he became anxious.
He changed his lukewarm attitude and went to TT with a bouquet of red roses without Zhou Qiao's permission.
When Zhou Qiao saw him, she immediately turned hostile, blocked all his contact information in front of him, and ordered him to leave.
Zhuang Xiubai had never been dismantled like this before, so he left without any argument.
He left for a month.
When he appeared in front of Zhou Qiao again, Zhuang Xiubai regained the spirit he had when he was chasing Zhou Qiao.
Although for him, the unpleasantness of being kicked out of TT last time seemed to have never happened, Zhou Qiao still avoided him like a plague.
He called Zhou Qiao several times with an unfamiliar number, and Zhou Qiao ended the call and blocked the number as soon as she heard it was him.
So much so that he wanted to see Zhou Qiao, but he didn't dare to go to Zhou's house and TT, let alone go to the community where Zhou Qiao lived now to block people.
At this time, Mr. Xie passed away, and Wen Lan was too tired to stay in the hospital. When he found out that Zhou Qiao was in Wen Lan's ward, he rushed there as soon as possible.
In order to see Zhou Qiao, he specially chose a light-colored coat with warm tones before going out, shaved his beard, and bought two bouquets of flowers at the flower shop.
A bouquet of lilies for Wen Lan and a bouquet of red roses for Zhou Qiao.
When Zhuang Xiubai politely knocked on the door of Wen Lan's ward and handed the flowers over, Zhou Qiao said "I don't like it" without even raising his eyelids.
His hand holding the red rose froze in the air, and he was in a dilemma for a moment.
Fortunately, Wen Lan, who was receiving an IV drip, smoothed things over and eased the awkward atmosphere in the ward.
Zhou Qiao was very dissatisfied with Wen Lan, and kept rolling his eyes at Wen Lan, and ordered him to leave several times.
His remaining face was instantly shattered, and he pretended to be calm, saying goodbye to Wen Lan with a smile on his lips, "Have a good rest, I won't disturb you."
When he left the ward, Zhou Qiao called him: "Take your flowers with you."
He picked up the red rose and turned to walk out of the inpatient department.
Passing by a trash can, he raised his hand and threw the red rose into it.
He sat in silence in his car for a long time before starting the engine and leaving.
From the time he met Zhou Qiao to now, he has experienced far more bitterness than sweetness, and he has no idea what it means to be in love with each other.
He asked himself again and again whether he should end this unrequited love, but as long as Zhou Qiao's bright face flashed in his mind, he immediately dispelled this doubt.
Zhou Qiao's cruelty to him was beyond his expectation.
On the morning of the third day, Zhou's father went to the hospital to test his blood sugar. He smiled and asked, "Is Qiaoqiao very busy recently?"
"Since Wen Lan went to Beijing to settle down, Qiaoqiao has to do everything in the studio by herself. She is doing the work of two people. Last night, she flew to F country for further studies." Zhou's father wanted to match him and Zhou Qiao, and said tentatively, "Qiaoqiao will stay in F country for a month this time. If you have time, you can go to see her."
Zhuang Xiubai said "hmm" thoughtfully.
He and Zhou Qiao had been fighting for a month, and just when he was about to pursue her again, Zhou Qiao went to F country again!
Isn't it obvious that she is avoiding him!
"Uncle Zhou, please tell me Qiaoqiao's detailed address in F country. I want to give Qiaoqiao a surprise. I hope you can keep it secret for me before I go to F country." Zhuang Xiubai said slowly.
Zhou's father readily agreed and said meaningfully, "Qiaoqiao is a child who is hard-mouthed but soft-hearted. You should be more patient."
After seeing Zhou's father off, Zhuang Xiubai immediately booked a flight to Country F.
After more than ten hours of flight, plus the time difference, he looked very haggard when he arrived at the hotel where Zhou Qiao was staying.
When Zhou Qiao saw him, she was so surprised that she couldn't say a word.
He looked at Zhou Qiao with a burning and wild look that he had never had before, his Adam's apple rolled, and he said word by word: "Zhou Qiao, if I can't see you again, I will go crazy-"