Summary of the previous chapter: Bei Mingxue's marriage contract request and Li Qinghan's secret "eavesdropping" forced Ma Xiaoquan to leak his identity to Li Qinghan...
Ma Xiaoquan nodded.
"Sure enough...are you really..." Li Qinghan glared at Ma Xiaoquan and said, "The Ma family's genealogy says that you can...bend fire? Is it true?
"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled slightly, shook his head and lied: "That's all made up."
"Then you...really...are a thousand...oh no, more than two thousand years old?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said, "What do you think?"
Li Qinghan shook his head: "It's not like that. It really doesn't seem like I always feel that you are only in your twenties."
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "Yes, actually I am only twenty-seven years old."
"Twenty-seven years old?" Li Qinghan rolled his eyes upward and said, "You are lying."
Ma Xiaoquan smiled: "If you don't believe me, I can't help it, but now that you know my identity, I hope you can keep it a secret for me."
Li Qinghan stared at Ma Xiaoquan with wide eyes. The more he looked at him, the more unreal he felt.
Ma Xiaoquan was stared at by Li Qinghan. He felt a little frightened and his eyes were a little erratic. Li Qinghan immediately said: "Ma Xiaoquan, you are lying."
"I...I didn't lie..." Ma Xiaoquan said a little unfairly.
"No, you are definitely lying. Hum, your eyes betray you, you are such a bad guy." After saying that, Li Qinghan turned his head away.
Ma Xiaoquan stepped forward and hugged Li Qinghan from behind: "Qinghan, I didn't lie. Please believe me, okay?"
Li Qinghan's delicate body shook violently, and then broke away from Ma Xiaoquan's arms.
"Ma Xiaoquan, no matter if you are real or not, you will always be my brother-in-law, forever..."
Li Qinghan said this with a decisive attitude. Ma Xiaoquan wanted to speak again to try to save him, but seeing Li Qinghan's serious face, Ma Xiaoquan gently closed his eyes.
Maybe... it's not a bad thing for Li Qinghan to reject him so decisively. In this way, he really avoids any emotional involvement with her.
"Okay...I promise you, I will be your brother-in-law..." Ma Xiaoquan opened his eyes and said slowly.
Li Qinghan turned her back, and at this time, she had tears streaming down her face.
In fact, Li Qinghan really wanted to hear Ma Xiaoquan say no, hear him say no, and then she hoped that Ma Xiaoquan would hug her again and never let go again.
But...everything is all my own wishful thinking, all...
Li Qinghan left quietly, and Ma Xiaoquan watched her go away until she was submerged in the darkness...
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The next day, Ma Xiaoquan told the class members about Li Qinghan's departure. When they heard that Li Qinghan had left, the mood of the class members suddenly dropped. Throughout the day, no one had any intention to attend class.
As an insider and as the squad leader, Ma Xiaoquan took on the role of comforting the squad members. It took him a whole day to calm down the squad members.
In the evening, none of the team members went to eat. Ma Xiaoquan was worried about their health, so he delivered the meals one by one.
Half an hour later, Ma Xiaoquan came to collect the dishes and was surprised to find that no one in the team had eaten.
"You..." Ma Xiaoquan shook his head helplessly.
Shui Ling'er looked at her red and swollen eyes and said, "Brother Xiaoma, Shui'er doesn't understand why Sister Qinghan can leave without saying goodbye. Are we getting along these days in vain?"
"Yes, monitor, why is the deputy monitor like this? Does she know that doing this will make us very sad..."
Ma Xiaoquan couldn't explain that Li Qinghan's departure, seemingly without informing anyone, had actually hurt the hearts of a large number of people, including... herself.
"Okay, my good sisters, you have to remember that we are always one, no matter where we are or how far apart we are... Qinghan suddenly left without saying goodbye. There must be something important.
Things need to be dealt with, everyone, believe me, Qinghan is the eldest grandson-in-law of my Ma family. When Qinghan comes back one day, I will definitely ask him clearly, okay?"
Girls, you looked at me and I looked at you, and finally nodded.
"In that case, let's all eat. Tomorrow's classes are still very tight. Eat enough and go to bed early."
...
Walking out of the team member's room, Ma Xiaoquan took a deep breath.
"Are you tired?"
Ma Xiaoquan was stunned for a moment and took a closer look. Bei Mingxue was standing in front of him.
"Miss Beiming, why are you here?"
Bei Mingxue bit her lower lip lightly and murmured: "I want to see you..."
"Haha" Ma Xiaoquan smiled slightly, "I've seen you now, haven't I? I won't run anywhere."
"Ma Xiaoquan, Li Qinghan... is she gone?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and said, "I walked quietly."
"Ma Xiaoquan, you lied. You must have been there when Li Qinghan left..."
Ma Xiaoquan was speechless. Indeed, he was present when Li Qinghan left. If he had stepped forward to stop him at that time, would Li Qinghan...
"It's in the past, it's all in the past, don't mention the past things again..."
Bei Mingxue shook her head vigorously: "Ma Xiaoquan, I don't believe that in my heart, you are a man who is upright and dares to take on responsibilities, but why, why are you so unbearable when facing Li Qinghan..."
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head and said: "Miss Beiming, I..."
"Ma Xiaoquan, do you know? In fact, when I heard the news of Li Qinghan's departure this morning, I felt very happy. I thought I would have a chance to get close to you, but... today, you looked so distracted during the day.
Do you know that I feel sorry for you... Do you know? I'm jealous... I'm jealous of Li Qinghan. I don't know what happened between you, but as a woman, I know Li Qinghan
I like you, and I know that she has left a mark on your heart..."
"Brand? Is that possible?" Ma Xiaoquan raised his head and looked at the night sky.
If there was really a mark, then when Li Qinghan left, why didn't he chase after him without any care? Why?
"Ma Xiaoquan, I like you, I like you very much..." Bei Mingxue suddenly started crying.
Bei Mingxue's cries caused all the team members to walk out of the bedroom.