Chapter 250: Cleaver Group Finally Assembles
Through Fu Jiu’s report, Lu Qi already knew that tonight’s World Cup opening match, Pei Ningle was going to have a gathering at home to watch the game.
Of course, to be precise, that was her Lu Qi’s house, and the time wasn’t today anymore either; after midnight, it would be tomorrow morning.
So by a little past nine in the evening, after finishing the routine overtime, Lu Qi didn’t return to her usual place but went to the new apartment near Telecommunications University—its location was right next door to the apartment rented to Pei Ningle.
After deciding to be Pei Ningle’s landlord, Lu Qi bought the place at the fastest speed. After all, the price wasn’t expensive, and with the stock market investment profit from Wang Heng, this money was no pressure for her. And considering the resulting location and information advantage, the money was certainly well spent.
With Lu Qi’s pride, she had always disdained installing things like pin-hole cameras. She just needed to open the window and sit on the window side to naturally hear the sounds from next door. After all, no matter how good the wall’s soundproofing effect was, it couldn’t stop sound waves from spreading through the wide-open windows. If she extended a small mirror out, she could even see the scene inside the next-door house, but she didn’t do that.
It wouldn’t be too late to use the mirror after hearing any suspicious sounds.
The window was wide open, and the evening breeze of the summer night blew in through the screen, brushing her cheeks and taking away the daytime heat, making her feel much cooler. Although it was already mid-June, Rongdu had rained yesterday, and today was overcast, so the evening was especially cool.
Lu Qi sat on the windowsill, leaning against the window frame, holding her mobile phone, but her attention was still on her hearing.
“Welcome, Older Brother!” This was Pei Ningle’s cheerful voice, “No need to buy beverages! There’s plenty in the refrigerator! Cola, Sprite, beer, what do you want?”
Lu Qi checked the time and silently noted it in the notebook on her mobile phone: 【21:37, Wang Heng arrived. Han and Pei have been present.】
Immediately after, it was Wang Heng’s voice: “What about late-night snack? Shall we order barbecue takeout?”
Han Yixuan said, “Sure, but Lele and I are a bit tired, let’s sleep first. The barbecue shop should still be open when we wake up, right?”
Lu Qi touched her belly, feeling a bit hesitant.
She always adhered to the principle of eating less for dinner to avoid gaining weight. But in a few hours, listening to those people next door eating happily while she went hungry with an empty stomach didn’t sound pleasant.
At this moment, the door next door rang again.
Less than ten seconds later, Lu Qi heard a completely unfamiliar girl’s voice: “Hello Senior Wang Heng, good evening Sister Xiao Le, Sister Xiao Xuan.”
Lu Qi immediately sat up straight.
Wang Heng: “You’re a bit late, Xiao Xun.”
Pei Ningle: “There are beverages in the refrigerator, snacks here, want some?”
The unfamiliar girl’s voice carried a smile: “Better not, I spent the whole day busy with exams, so tired, I just want to sleep and rest first.”
Pei Ningle: “Go upstairs then, there’s a big bed upstairs, the three of us have no problem!”
Unfamiliar girl: “Then what about Senior Wang Heng?”
Pei Ningle: “He can sleep on the sofa, it’s not like he can sleep with us…”
Suddenly, Han Yixuan said meaningfully: “Xiao Xun, you’re dressed so pretty even for the final exam?”
Hearing this, Lu Qi could no longer sit still. This stranger girl with a crisp and pleasant voice was dressed very prettily too, so what about her appearance?
Fu Jiu hadn’t yet obtained solid evidence that Pei Ningle was interested in Wang Heng, and now there was another suspected competitor?
Lu Qi listened quietly for another two minutes, and at the same time, sent a WeChat message to Wang Heng via her mobile phone:
【I heard from Xiao Jiu that you’re watching the game together tonight? I kind of want to watch too, mind adding me?】
After waiting about five minutes, Wang Heng replied: 【Of course, we’re still in your house. But I didn’t know when you got interested in football?】
Lu Qi: 【Just an armchair fan, watching the World Cup to keep up with popular topics.】
Wang Heng: 【Sister Lu is really honest.】
Lu Qi: 【You’re at that apartment, right? I’m coming over now.】
Wang Heng: 【Sure.】
Looking at this last reply, Lu Qi smiled and looked outside the window.
Next door, the three young girls were still chatting about football rules, discussing what offside was exactly. And no matter what, they couldn’t imagine that Wang Heng, who hadn’t participated in the topic earlier, was actually chatting with whom.
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“…Actually, the offside rule is simple, just think, if our team’s player leaves one standing by the opponent’s goal the whole game, waiting for the ball to pass and then rush to shoot, isn’t that cheating? So when our team’s player receives the ball, they can’t go past the opponent’s last defender, that way there’s some play.”
Wang Heng simply explained the offside rule, ending the three young girls’ discussion. Then in the next moment, the door was knocked on.
He couldn’t help but be stunned.
Pei Ningle of course didn’t think much and went straight to open the door, looking at the visitor in surprise: “Sister Lu Qi, why are you here?”
Wang Heng instinctively glanced at his mobile phone. WeChat showed the last reply was five minutes ago.
Five minutes, meaning when she sent the WeChat asking him, this older sister type was already nearby?
Wang Heng contemplated, meeting Lu Qi’s gaze. But her eyes only lingered on Wang Heng for less than half a second before quickly shifting away, fixing on Ye Xun.
Lu Qi stared at Ye Xun, smiling: “Hello, I’m Lu Qi, and you?”
The girl originally sitting on the sofa quickly stood up, tugged at the hem of her skirt, and said as if facing a formidable enemy: “Hello, I’m Ye Xun…”
In that instant, Wang Heng caught a hint of gunpowder from their eyes. Looking at their outfits again, this gunpowder scent was not hard to understand.
Today’s Lu Qi was still in a black suit with long pants, short hair handsome, her phoenix eyes lined with eyeliner and eyeshadow, making her appear refined and coldly glamorous.
Today’s Ye Xun still had her ponytail full of youthful energy, wearing a sailor outfit short skirt. Below the skirt hem, her fair legs from the knees down were covered in black mid-calf socks. On her slender and delicate face, the young girl’s almond eyes blinked lightly, like a girl from Sakura Island manga.
That hint of gunpowder vanished in an instant.
Lu Qi smiled and said: “You’re Xiao Le and Xiao Xuan’s friend too, right? Since you’re their friend, you’re my friend too.”
Ye Xun also smiled and replied: “Yeah, meeting is fate.”
The two completely didn’t mention Wang Heng, as if he didn’t exist at all.
Pei Ningle and Han Yixuan gathered over, chatting about tonight’s arrangement, all harmonious and joyful.
Wang Heng silently sat on the sofa, breathing a sigh of relief.
It seemed now that the scene of the four gathering for the first time was still fairly harmonious?
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Recently many friends have rewarded, and many friends have joined the group… Um, the author thanks everyone for the support here. No matter what happens in the future, the author’s top priority will definitely be finishing this book seriously, that’s all.
