eurekapd Chapter 970 Prepared a Great Gift
Chapter 970 Prepared a Great Gift
Zhou Qi laughed softly, his chest shaking: "Now you know to ask me to appraise treasures? Who said I was..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by a pain in his waist.
"Xiaodie agreed to teach me close combat."
Qiao Xueying raised her chin and took two steps back, her LV scarf drawing an arc in the air: "I'll check the thickness of your abdominal muscles next time we meet."
The moment she turned around, the water droplets from the teardrop earrings happened to fall into the compartment of the boarding pass.
When the electronic screen began to scroll the next flight information, the Patek Philippe on Li Jiaxin's wrist had just reached ten o'clock.
She stuffed the cowhide file bag into Zhou Qi's windbreaker pocket. The metal badge flashed at the opening of the bag - it was the black and gold shield emblem of the Hong Kong City General Chamber of Commerce.
"The gang of old foxes in the Jianghu Society..."
The red lips opened slightly and then pursed again, finally turning into a sigh: "Remember you promised to be the best man."
She suddenly reached out and loosened his tie, just like she had fixed his debate tie in college.
Du Qianqian chuckled, her Bulgari snake bracelet jingling. "When has our CEO Zhou ever done a business that lost money? Last time in Macau..."
The end of her words was cut off by Zhou Qi's warning look, and she immediately started humming a tune while twirling the car keys.
When the last security gate swallowed up the figure, Zhou Qi touched the extra velvet box in the inner pocket of his windbreaker.
When they opened it, they found a jade pendant with a miniature night view of Victoria Harbour laser-engraved on the inside. It was the dawn they had seen on the deck of a yacht when they teamed up to short the Hong Kong stock market years ago.
"You're still being polite to me."
Li Jiaxin stroked the edge of the boarding pass with her fingertips, lowered her eyes and whispered, "Actually, I..."
Before he could finish his words, Du Qianqian threw herself at him, and the scent of lime perfume mixed with her hair brushed against his nose: "If you say something polite again, I'll bite you!"
As the two smiled at each other, the broadcast in the terminal hall was playing in three languages on a loop.
“Remember to save the sunset cable car at Victoria Peak on Hong Kong Island for me.”
Li Jiaxin straightened the man's wrinkled collar and said, "The old ice cream parlor on Starlight Avenue will treat you to silk stocking milk tea with pineapple buns."
Du Qianqian suddenly turned around and raised her eyebrows at the man leaning against the pillar: "Boss Zhou, do you want to be the bag-carrying knight?"
In the slanting morning light, Zhou Qi's watch reflected tiny silver rays. He was processing unread emails on his mobile phone. Hearing this, he looked up and met two expectant gazes.
"He has to stay in Shanghai to clean up the mess."
Li Jiaxin took out her boarding pass and patted her bestie's hand: "Let's ask Xueying and Xiaodie to form a group of sisters, so that we can try out my new yacht."
The electronic screen began to flash red warning lights, and ground staff held up loudspeakers to urge passengers to board the plane.
As she turned around at the gate, Li Jiaxin suddenly turned back, her high heels making rapid drum beats on the ground.
She loosened Zhou Qi's Windsor knot, her fingertips lingering on the hollow of her Adam's apple: "You know what? Dangerous elements like you should be confiscated by customs."
As the scent of mint brushed past his ears, Zhou Qi felt a warm rose gold pinky ring in his suit pocket.
Du Qianqian looked at the graceful back that disappeared on the covered bridge, and suddenly reached out to poke the man's chest: "Mr. Zhou, is the frequency of your heartbeat right now due to the sadness of parting, or the joy of a hunter?"
She deliberately threw her Chanel chain bag between the two of them, and the metal buckle made a crisp sound.
"I'm thinking……"
Zhou Qi suddenly leaned forward, and Du Qianqian pressed her lower back against the cold marble pillar. "That string of Australian white pearls from last week's auction really sets off your collarbone best."
His thumb brushed across the faint crescent birthmark on her collar, and the roar of the airplane engine in the distance drowned out the sound of his suddenly quickened breathing.
"Giggle..."
Du Qianqian was amused and laughed out loud. She raised her hand and lightly hit Zhou Qi's shoulder: "You are such a bold person."
"Isn't it?" Zhou Qi pretended to be innocent.
"Thank you Mr. Zhou for your praise."
Du Qianqian smoothed her hair that was messed up by the wind, and her eyes suddenly turned serious: "But... I guessed wrong."
"The answer will be revealed next time."
When the silver wing broke through the clouds and landed at Chun City Airport, the chill of late autumn had quietly climbed up the window.
As soon as Zhou Qi stepped out of the cabin, the cold wind wrapped in water vapor penetrated into his collar, and fiercely clashed with the remaining warmth from Guang Province.
The undried water marks on the tarmac reflected the leaden skylight, and he subconsciously looked towards the southeast corner of the parking lot.
On the rainy night twenty-three days ago, Xiang Linxi's white coupe disappeared from that location.
"Brother Qi!"
Xiao Chao came running over wrapped in a bulging down jacket, holding a cashmere coat in his hand: "My sister-in-law specifically told me that this damn weather could freeze my ears off."
As he spoke, he exhaled clouds of white mist and the tip of his nose was red from the cold.
Zhou Qi obediently put on his coat, his eyes still lingering on the empty parking space, until Xiao Chao bit something, the crisp sound breaking the stagnant air.
"Want some snacks?" Zhou Qi glanced at the long biscuit in the other person's hand.
"My sister-in-law said that eating sweets all the time will damage your teeth."
Xiao Chao shook the bag with a cartoon bear on it and said, "I know for sure, chewing on this chewing stick is really relaxing."
Zhou Qi took it and looked at it carefully, then burst out laughing: "This is a teething biscuit for infants and young children."
“No wonder the more you chew it, the more delicious it tastes!”
Xiao Chao stuffed two more into his mouth: "My sister-in-law bought three boxes, enough for me to eat until the New Year."
Xiao Chao held the object in his hand and muttered, "This thing makes too much noise when I put it in my mouth. It's not as convenient as a lollipop."
Zhou Qi spun the metal lighter in a circle between his fingers, and suddenly raised his eyebrows and said, "Have you ever tried to roll it with the tip of your tongue like you would hold a candy in your mouth?"
Before he finished speaking, Xiao Chao had already grabbed the special communicator in his mouth.
Amid the roar of the SUV's engine, Xiao Chao's tense jawline was reflected in the rearview mirror: "Brother Qi, the person who was following my sister-in-law three days ago has appeared again."
The steering wheel made a slight friction sound in Zhou Qi's palm, and his knuckles turned white from the force. "Did you find out the background?"
"The other party was very cautious and used a telescope to observe from three blocks away."
Xiao Chao pulled up the surveillance screenshots on his phone: "When Sister Meigui and I found their destination, we discovered that their luggage was full of toiletries brought from Guangdong Province."
A dark light flashed across Zhou Qi's eyes. This method was exactly the same as the surveillance equipment that Bai Qinghong used in Guangzhou half a month ago.
He lowered the car window to let the night wind in: "Keep watching, but don't let the old man notice."
"If I wasn't afraid of scaring my sister-in-law."
Xiao Chao raised the modified bulletproof glass and said, "Those people should have been in the ICU and receiving intravenous drips. Do you think it could be the Bai family?"
"Nine-nine percent."
Zhou Qi took out his vibrating cell phone, and the screen showed an encrypted email from Jiang Jun: "They can't trace the matter of Bai Qinghong back to us."
Xiao Chao paused as he gripped the gear lever: "Do I need to report this to Master San?"
"The old man has already arranged for someone to watch in the dark."
Zhou Qi scanned the risk warning about the North Shore project in the email: "The Bai family now thinks they have something on me, but Uncle Jiang has actually prepared a big gift for them."
Neon lights cast spots of light on the windshield, and Xiao Chao tactfully did not ask about the details of the trip to Guangdong Province.
When the car drove into the villa area, the infrared rays of the electronic fence lit up quietly in the night.
Dusk had already set in the sky, and a few dead leaves were hanging on the branches of the phoenix tree.
As soon as Zhou Qi opened the car door, the cold wind blew dry grass across his trouser legs.