A Foodie Transmigrated into the Palace Chapter 1613: Past and Present Lives 49

Chapter 1613: Chapter 1611: Past and Present Lives 49

Chapter 1611

So, there’s such a saying.

Only marry one person, to see clearly who you love the most?! Interesting.

He poured another glass and continued drinking.

“What about you?”

The assistant looked world-weary.

“My girlfriend and I… broke up after graduation!”

“I’m poor, her mother disliked me for not being able to afford a house! So, we broke up!”

“Therefore, I must strive to earn money in the future!”

Upon saying this, the assistant suddenly stared at Zhao Junyao with envy.

“If I were as rich as you, I’d definitely be able to marry the person I love the most!”

He gulped down a glass, his eyes turning red.

Zhao Junyao remained silent for a long while without speaking.

The two just drank glass after glass!

The driver, noticing something was wrong, wanted to step forward and advise them.

But then reconsidered, fearing that if the young director got angry, he might get implicated.

He decided to pity himself first.

…

By the time they returned late at night.

Zhao Junyao was somewhat drunk beyond recognition, the assistant too.

Remarkably, the two in the back seat continued chatting with their heads close together, in an absurd posture.

The driver twitched his lips but dared not advise, focusing only on driving.

In the back seat, their conversation went on intermittently.

“Who do you say you like the most?” the assistant asked.

Zhao Junyao chuckled.

“Xia Ruqing!”

He laughed, foolishly yet sincerely drunk like everyone else in the world.

The assistant nodded.

“Actually, we all noticed! You’re not interested in Miss Shih at all!”

“That woman, she’s temperamental!”

“I think marrying her is a huge loss for you!”

“No real knowledge, showing off everywhere just because her family has some stinking money!”

“She doesn’t deserve you at all!”

The assistant blabbered away with slurred speech, eyes closed, spilling everything that shouldn’t be said.

Zhao Junyao felt a bit confused.

“Are you talking about Noble Concubine Shih?”

“I think Noble Concubine Shih is quite nice, lively personality, simple-minded, and pretty, like a radiant flower bud, pleasant to look at!!”

“Well… what about Miss Xia then? You just said you liked her the most!” the assistant mumbled.

Zhao Junyao became perplexed again.

“Yes! If I marry Wanxin, then what about Qingqing?”

Feeling utterly conflicted, he scratched his head.

He wants both of them!

It’s infuriating to have such a social system, men here… are truly pathetic!

Zhao Junyao pondered for ages, unable to think of a good solution, went to sleep with a sulky heart.

In his dreams, he kept mumbling ‘Qingqing, don’t go!’

The assistant had fallen asleep too, couldn’t hear of course.

The driver said: I’m driving, I hear nothing at all.

…

Shih Family Villa.

On New Year’s Eve, Shih Wanxin felt rather bored, sitting in front of the computer and casually turned it on.

Seeing the video equipment already activated, she clicked in without hesitation, muttering as she did.

“So late, Ah Yao went out again?”

Because the camera was installed in the car and only operated when the car started and powered on, hence the comment.

She sipped coffee eagerly as she opened the screen.

Curious to see what Ah Yao was doing, whom he was with, and where he went.

Who knew as soon as she opened the camera, the back seat was empty.

“Oh?”

“Why is there only the driver?”

She muttered with furrowed brow.

“Maybe the driver just went out for some errands!”

Thinking of closing the screen, she suddenly heard a voice through the headphones.

“Qingqing, don’t go!”

“Who’s talking!”

Shih Wanxin looked alert, staring intently at the screen.

“What does it mean? Qingqing don’t go?”

“Who is it? The driver’s mouth clearly didn’t move!”

She scrutinized the screen further, noticing what seemed like a black shadow in the back seat.

Initially assumed shadow, but now it looked like a human figure!

The lighting inside the car was quite dim, not very clear, but one could vaguely make out a head.

“Ah!”

“Isn’t that Ah Yao?”

With a hand laid over the front seat, wearing the watch Ah Yao frequently wore.

“It’s Ah Yao!”

“What is he saying?”

Shih Wanxin frowned and listened carefully.

Only to hear another sentence through the headphones.

“Qingqing, I like you!”

Shih Wanxin instantly felt her head exploding, eyes fuming with anger.

“Who is Qingqing?”

“Qingqing?? Xia Ruqing?”

So late, was Ah Yao looking for Xia Ruqing?

She furrowed her brow, listening closely again, but all she could hear was, ‘Qingqing I like you’, ‘Qingqing I want to marry you’.

No full names, no details.

Was it Xia Ruqing, or someone else?

Shih Wanxin felt restless, deciding to ask Ah Yao’s driver the next day.

…

The second day of the New Year, a day for married daughters to return to their parents’ homes.

Being a young lady, Shih Wanxin naturally didn’t need to go out.

She endured the day in agony, and come nightfall, she eagerly summoned Zhao Junyao’s driver into the Shih Family Villa.

“You are Ah Yao’s driver, aren’t you?”

The driver nodded.

Shih Wanxin smiled, placing a pile of money on the table, speaking politely.

“I don’t want to say much!”

“I just wish to know, where did Ah Yao go last night?”

That driver’s face went rigid, eyeing the pile of Renminbi with some temptation.

Luckily, he held back.

After all, keeping secrets for the master is a professional duty in this trade, failing to do so might make future survival in this circle difficult.

He steadied his mind, calmly answering.

“He just went to a bar!”

Shih Wanxin seemed disbelieving.

“Really?”

The driver nodded seriously.

“Indeed!”

Shih Wanxin further asked.

“Then… do you know someone named Qingqing? Who is she? Is she Xia Ruqing?”

The driver seemed shocked.

‘This is known.’

Could it be that she hired a private detective to shadow them?

‘Qingqing, a term uttered by the young director first time last night, she knew by the second day!’

‘If not a private detective, what could it be?’

But refocusing, it didn’t quite add up.

If it were a private detective, she should’ve known everything by now, not just this one term!

He couldn’t figure it out on his own, deciding not to ponder further.

Feigning calm, he fibbed.

“Could be a girl the young director met at the bar!”

“The young director got drunk last night… I only handle transportation, unaware of what transpired!”

He presented an untouchable demeanor, entirely composed.

Shih Wanxin gnashes her teeth in frustration.

“Is everything you said true?”

“If I find a hint of falsehood, I’ll make sure you can’t remain in the circle!”

Yet the driver wasn’t afraid.

He chuckled, defying her intimidation, a secret kept for a master could never be wrong, he thought.

But somehow, even he instinctively felt that Xia Ruqing was far superior to Shih Wanxin.

Despite her impoverished background, her actions exhibited grace and strength.

With women as petty as Shih Wanxin, really puzzled how the young director could be attracted to her!