After coaxing Li Tong well and coming out, Song Jiaye found that Li Qiyu had disappeared.
He searched the bedroom, the living room, the balcony, and the yard, but didn't see her.
After asking Sister Liu, he learned that Li Qiyu had asked Xiao Wu to take her out, saying that she was going to find Ming Yuexuan.
Why didn't she even tell him before going out? Song Jiaye was very puzzled and always felt that something was off.
It wasn't that he thought Li Qiyu had offended him by going out without a single word of explanation. At this moment, Song Jiaye was more worried.
He called Li Qiyu.
At this time, Li Qiyu was sending a message to Ming Yuexuan. When she saw the incoming call, she held the phone but didn't want to answer it.
Even Xiao Wu had heard the vibration of the phone. Seeing that Li Qiyu didn't answer it all the time, and remembering that Li Qiyu had lost her memory and might not know how to reject a call, she taught her.
"Madam, is it a sales call? These calls are really annoying. There's a button beside the phone. If you press it twice in a row, you can reject the call."
Li Qiyu learned things quickly. She followed Xiao Wu's instructions and rejected the call. The car fell silent instantly.
Xiao Wu praised, "Sure enough, you're the madam. You're amazing."
At this time, he didn't know that his boss was feeling dejected because Li Qiyu had hung up on him.
Song Jiaye remembered that he had only taught Li Xiyu how to answer the phone back then. How come she had taught herself how to hang up the phone?
Song Jiaye had no choice but to call Xiao Wu.
Seeing that it was Song Jiaye's call, Xiao Wu quickly answered it with a Bluetooth headset and greeted respectfully, "Mr. Song."
"Is Madam in your car?"
"Yes, she is."
"Didn't she bring her phone? Why didn't she answer the call?"
Hearing Song Jiaye's questioning, Xiao Wu only then realized that he had flattered the wrong person this time. He didn't dare to tell Song Jiaye that it was he who had taught Madam how to hang up the phone. Through the rearview mirror, he took a look. Li Qiyu, who had just been sending messages, was now pretending to take a nap against the back seat.
Xiao Wu quickly said, "Madam is tired and has fallen asleep."
Asleep and still able to hang up on his call?
However, the words "tired" made Song Jiaye have no intention of pursuing the matter of Li Qiyu hanging up on him. He asked with concern, "Did Xiyu say where she was going?"
"To Miss Ming Yue's company. Madam seems to have made an appointment with Miss Ming Yue to have lunch together."
"Why did Madam suddenly want to see Ming Yuexuan? Did something happen?"
Xiao Wu was completely at a loss.
"Mr. Song, if you don't even know this, how could I know?"
He was just a weak and helpless little driver who was always a background prop!
Hearing what Xiao Wu said, Song Jiaye was also momentarily speechless. He instructed, "Forget it. After you get there, just wait for Madam there. If anything happens to her, you must report it to me immediately."
Hearing this, Xiao Wu asked curiously, "Sir, aren't you going to the company today?"
Song Jiaye had said this morning that he wasn't going to the company because he said he had something to discuss with Madam. Now that Madam had gone out, Mr. Song should have nothing to do anymore. Xiao Wu had thought that he would also go to the company.
Indeed, Song Jiaye had taken a day off for himself and stayed at home because of Li Qiyu.
However, compared to the company, he was more worried about Li Qiyu now.
She was acting so abnormally. He didn't know what had happened. Moreover, Li Qiyu had gone out without any explanation and had refused to answer his call. She must not want to tell him about what had happened. Song Jiaye didn't even know where to start if he wanted to help. In this situation, Xiao Wu was his only hope.
Song Jiaye said, "No. It's the same if I work on the computer at home. Don't worry about the company's affairs. Now, taking good care of Madam is your most important task for the time being."
Xiao Wu suddenly felt that the burden on his shoulders was as heavy as a thousand catties. He replied seriously, "Yes, Mr. Song."
Hearing Xiao Wu's voice raised a few notches, Song Jiaye quickly said, "Keep your voice down. Don't wake her up."
Xiao Wu quickly nodded. Realizing that Song Jiaye couldn't see his expression, he quickly replied in a low voice, "Yes."
After Xiao Wu picked up Ming Yuexuan downstairs of her company, he took Li Qiyu and Ming Yuexuan to a coffee shop and then waited at the door. Ming Yuexuan looked at Xiao Wu standing at the door and asked curiously, "What's going on? How come Song Jiaye's exclusive driver is under your command?"
When Xiao Wu was on the phone with Song Jiaye in the car, Li Qiyu was just pretending to take a nap. She knew that Xiao Wu had been sent by Song Jiaye to accompany her.
Of course, whether it was to accompany or to monitor, that was unknown.
Li Qiyu remembered that in the past in the palace, Song Jiaye had replaced all the people around her. Even the head maid who had followed her into the palace and had grown up with her since childhood had been removed by Song Jiaye. Song Jiaye had said that he would replace them with others to take care of and protect her, but as a result, she didn't even have a confidant to talk to.
Just thinking of that Song Jiaye in ancient times, Li Qiyu only felt scared and disgusted by everything this modern Song Jiaye did.
"I don't know. Maybe he's keeping an eye on me."
Li Qiyu used the word "keep an eye on". Moreover, since seeing Li Qiyu, she had been listless all the time. This made Ming Yuexuan sense something was wrong.
"Xiaoyu, what's going on? Did you and Song Jiaye... quarrel?"
"It's not really a quarrel."
In ancient times, she and Song Jiaye had quarreled about everything. Before being beaten into the Cold Palace by Song Jiaye, Li Qiyu had even rushed to the door of his study and scolded Song Jiaye for an entire night, scolding him until his face turned green and making him immediately issue an imperial edict to depose the queen.
At that time, Li Qiyu didn't care about Song Jiaye's feelings anymore, nor did she care about the position of the queen.
She still held hope at that time, thinking that it would be good to be deposed. After being deposed, she would leave the palace and be a free Li Qiyu.
But she was still too naive.
Song Jiaye didn't want to let her go.
His imperial edict to depose the queen didn't come out. He locked her in the pitch - black Cold Palace and made her live like neither a human nor a ghost.
Song Jiaye used the Cold Palace to torture her physically and mentally, wearing away her last bit of pride and hope.
If it weren't for a heart as dead as ashes and a hopeless life.
Who would be willing to take the road of despair?
Li Qiyu only said "It's not really a quarrel" and then refused to say more. As her best friend, Ming Yuexuan didn't ask more. She reached out and held Li Qiyu's hand, comforting her.
"It's okay, Xiaoyu. Don't be afraid. Your sister is here."
What Li Qiyu was most grateful for was that Ming Yuexuan had always been by her side.
However, she also knew that Ming Yuexuan cared about Li Xiyu, not her, Li Qiyu.
Li Qiyu did have something she wanted to ask Ming Yuexuan for help with, but she didn't want to use Li Xiyu's identity to ask Ming Yuexuan anymore.
It wasn't fair to either Li Xiyu or Ming Yuexuan.