"Sorry, I can't find out about him either."
"What? You shameless woman still have the nerve to mock me?"
Just as Qin Qiao'er was about to start bickering with Tu Qinqin again, suddenly she heard an extremely serious sentence from the other end of the phone.
"His information only started to appear in recent years. Before that, there was nothing to be found."
Judging from Tu Qinqin's ability to act, the phrase "nothing to be found" was basically impossible.
Unless this person didn't exist.
"So do you know how elusive he is now? His background may not be something we can pry into."
Qin Qiao'er was also a bit shocked. This was the first time she heard Tu Qinqin use words like "impossible to pry into".
Tu Qinqin on the other end of the phone spoke again, "So I see he is quite interested in you. I really don't advise you to go against him."
The two were silent for a while. Just when Tu Qinqin thought Qin Qiao'er had finally started to consider these issues, Qin Qiao'er spoke up, "You said that there was basically no information about him before. That means no one knows what he was like before, right?"
Tu Qinqin, who had never expected Qin Qiao'er's focus to be on this, got choked on a sentence and coughed. It took her a while to recover, "Cough, cough, cough. I forgot you're such a carefree person. Why am I even talking to you about these things..."
Then she replied, "Yes, just as you thought. So there's no way of knowing what he was like or what he did before."
Actually, the only lead now was still Li Shanen...
"Ah, forget it. I shouldn't have been so impatient in the first place. Can you still let Chenchen and Wanwan come and chat with me? My soul needs comfort and purification."
"Humph, look at you. I'll steal the two babies one day and see how smug you'll be then."
"You dare!"
The two had another round of cross - talk over the phone, which finally ended with the excuse that the two babies were already asleep and shouldn't be disturbed.
Once again, the room fell silent.
Qin Qiao'er was really bored, but she didn't want to go out and face Zhao Youting, who she simply didn't know how to deal with.
So after taking a luxurious bath exclusive to the presidential suite and under the effect of the soothing incense always available in the room, Qin Qiao'er fell asleep soon.
She didn't notice that Zhao Youting, whom she thought might harass her at any time, wasn't actually in the room.
Early the next morning, Qin Qiao'er woke up surrounded by a group of people.
Qin Qiao'er looked at the photographers and others in front of her and thought she was still dreaming.
Then she looked at Zhao Youting beside the bed and finally realized that the program did have relevant filming in the early morning of the second day, which would involve the moment of waking up.
It was just that she wasn't ready yet!
Thankfully, she had kept her last bit of sanity and worn long - sleeved pajamas before going to bed last night. And since she had had a good rest last night, she still looked presentable on camera.
When Zhao Youting saw that Qin Qiao'er was finally awake, he spoke first, "Get up. I've called you several times."
What kind of expression should she make at this moment... Qin Qiao'er didn't react for a while and just stared blankly at him with a dazed look.
"Okay." Although she agreed, a blush secretly crept up her face.
She got up, washed up, and changed her clothes.
When she went downstairs to the lobby for breakfast, she saw Zhao Youting already sitting there waiting.
"Good morning, Youting. You got up really early." Although she knew in her heart that it was her own fault for always staying in bed...
"Good morning. If you're still sleepy, you can rest for a while longer." Zhao Youting, who hadn't slept all night, replied to Qin Qiao'er with a rare gentle look.
After sitting down, the two chatted casually about the two babies or some other things.
Qin Qiao'er couldn't help but look at Zhao Youting.
The man was wearing a clean and neat white shirt. The rolled - up cuffs just showed his well - defined hands and wrists. His hair wasn't styled into his usual look and seemed a bit soft.
Compared with his usual domineering and cold self, Zhao Youting now had a bit more of a gentle and daily look.
"Yesterday when we went to the amusement park, Chenchen and Wanwan said they also wanted to go. The last time I took them there was abroad."
"Oh? Do they like going to the amusement park?"
Qin Qiao'er nodded. When talking about the two cute kids, her expression was always extremely gentle, "Which kid doesn't like going, especially when accompanied by their family."
After saying that, she remembered the thing about Zhao Youting and the amusement park before and looked at him.
But she found that he just seemed to smile.
"It'll be a while before the food is served. I don't know your taste, so I just ordered some simple salads."
Qin Qiao'er nodded. She wasn't picky about food.
"Miss Qin, speaking of abroad, you said your spouse is also abroad, right?"
The lie she told at that time was full of loopholes. Now that it was suddenly brought up, Qin Qiao'er was at a loss.
"Y - yes."
"Then may I ask why he never shows up to take care of the two kids?"
Qin Qiao'er's brain was spinning at high speed at this moment.
But she hadn't had breakfast yet, and her blood sugar was really low, so her brain wasn't working properly.
She stammered for a long time and finally blurted out under Zhao Youting's stare, "H - he... he's gone!"
"Gone?" There was a bit of surprise in Zhao Youting's expression.
Qin Qiao'er thought Zhao Youting had noticed something strange. She remembered what Tu Qinqin said yesterday about Zhao Youting being unfathomable. She couldn't let uncertain things be known by uncertain people.
So she started making up stories randomly again, "N - no, no, no... he's not gone. He's just been bed - ridden for a long time and is almost gone."
"I wonder what the problem is. If there's anything I can help with, as your friend, I'm willing to give you a hand, Miss Qin."
Qin Qiao'er just wanted to slap herself in the mouth at this moment. If she had just said that their father was already gone, there wouldn't have been so many questions.
She could only answer with a stiff upper lip, "No, there's no need. Mr. Zhao... Youting, thank you for your concern..."
Zhao Youting frowned even deeper, "This..."
Suddenly, Qin Qiao'er had a flash of inspiration and finally came up with a solution, "Because he has nothing to do with me anymore."
Unexpectedly, after hearing this overly dramatic and unrealistic sentence, Zhao Youting actually relaxed his brows.
Seeing this, Qin Qiao'er thought this solution was more convincing and continued, "At that time..."
After being suspected by Zhao Youting many times during the narration, Qin Qiao'er became a contemporary self - reliant woman in her own story, who had pursued love but was abandoned, then chose to raise two children on her own and finally worked hard to get to where she was now.