Forced Marriage: The billionaire CEO calls

The car stopped at the destination, but Qiao Ai, who was immersed in his own thoughts, never responded.

The driver was a little embarrassed when he saw this, but he didn't dare to bother her. He didn't dare to remind her until her phone rang for a while, "Miss Qiao, your phone has been ringing for a long time. Is there something urgent?"

This sound brought Qiao Ai back to his senses, and he hurriedly found out the phone, but he couldn't help being stunned when he saw the caller ID on the screen.

In the small compartment, the ringing sound could not be restrained in her ears. She squeezed the phone tightly and did not answer it immediately. Instead, she thanked the driver and got out of the car directly.

The phone was hung up because no one answered it for a long time, the sound stopped for a few seconds, and then it rang again without interruption.

Qiao Ai sighed insignificantly, and slid down the answer button.

"Ai Ai, where are you now?" Zhou Chengyan's voice that came through the radio waves sounded very anxious, which made Qiao Ai feel even more uncomfortable, and said lightly: "I just went to Feifei's house, and now I am going back .”

"What happened just now was not what you imagined." Zhou Chengyan immediately explained, "Shen Yue and I were just discussing business matters..."

"I know." Before he finished speaking, Qiao Ai interrupted aloud: "I'll be home soon, I'm a little tired and want to go to sleep for a while, if you have anything to say, let's talk face to face when you come back."

There was a moment of silence on the other side, Zhou Chengyan compromised and said: "Okay then, you have a good rest."

The words Mrs. Ye said were always lingering in Qiao Ai's heart. She said that she wanted to sleep for a while.

It's just that she didn't sleep well this time. In her dream, she dreamed about many things from the past.

The mother, the Qiao family, and all kinds of pressure made Qiao Ai breathless. She seemed to be falling towards the endless abyss. The boundless darkness and unknown fear kept hitting her, making her feel like she was about to be swallowed.

"Ai Ai, Ai Ai, wake up..."

In the darkness, there seemed to be a familiar voice coming from afar, Qiao Ai's whole body stretched like a string about to break, but that voice gradually calmed her down.

Opening her eyes suddenly, she was full of worried black eyes towards Chengyan last week.

Zhou Chengyan helped Qiao Ai up and made him half lean into his arms, as if he breathed a sigh of relief, "Do you know that you scared me to death just now?"

When he came back from work, he saw that Qiao Ai had already fallen asleep, but she didn't seem to be sleeping well, she was muttering something like being haunted by a nightmare, and her forehead was sweating profusely.

It wasn't until she got closer that Zhou Chengyan heard clearly that she called "Mom".

Seeing that the situation was not right, he hurriedly woke him up.

The nightmare consumed most of Qiao Ai's energy. Her back was already drenched in cold sweat, and she felt a little exhausted. She moved her pale lips, "It's okay, I just... had a nightmare."

In that nightmare, the uncle and aunt's family became the culprits who killed the mother.

And the mother who was on the verge of death took her hand with a gray face, her face was ferocious, and her voice was shrill, "Ai Ai, avenge me, avenge me..."

Realizing that Qiao Ai's state was not right, Zhou Chengyan was worried but did not choose to continue asking questions at this time.

After washing up, the two finished their meal in silence. Even the servants at home realized that something was wrong, secretly guessing if the couple had quarreled, and they became even more trembling in their work.

Before going to bed, Zhou Chengyan still couldn't hold back, and took the initiative to explain: "Shen Yue came to my office today because of a cooperation project of the company, and I have nothing to do with her."

Qiao Ai blinked and said softly, "I know, I believe in you."

It's just that in the darkness, Zhou Chengyan couldn't see the lingering fatigue in her eyes.

The next day was Saturday, but Zhou Chengyan was still busy with work, so he went out early. Qiao Ai didn't get up until nine o'clock, but the whole person was a little depressed because of the poor quality of sleep.

Mrs. Ye's words were always a thorn in her heart. She didn't want to believe that her uncle's family were bad people, but she still wanted to know the truth urgently.

After hesitating for a while, Qiao Ai directly asked the driver to take her to Gu's house.

Gu Qiming has always been a family-oriented person, and the old lady Gu was injured a few days ago, so he naturally put off work on weekends to stay with the elderly at home, and he was even more happy with Qiao Ai's arrival.

He took out the tea leaves from his collection and made the tea himself.

"Why didn't you make a phone call before you came here? Your grandma went shopping with your aunt. It's not long since I left the house. Let me call them."

The old lady was bored in the hospital before, and also at home for so long. Two days ago, she finally got the doctor's permission to go out for a walk. As soon as the weekend came, she dragged people out.

Qiao Ai shook her head, "It's okay, just let grandma play for a while, you're still at home."

"That's true." Gu Qiming thought for a while, then suddenly slapped the table, "It's rare to have such a leisurely time, how about going to play chess with uncle and me?"

Gu Nan was the only chess player in the family who knew how to play chess, and he was still uncertain, and he yelled not to play chess before finishing a game.

Qiao Ai hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said, "Okay, but my skills are relatively unfamiliar, so uncle must let me go."

After a few games of chess, the two were actually quite equal in chess skills. Qiao Ai keenly noticed that Gu Qiming's emotions were not as high as before, but he was sure that this was not caused by losing chess.

Without waiting for her to ask, Gu Qiming, who had dropped a son, said slowly: "In the past, Xiaoyou often played chess with me, and complained about me as a hobby of the elderly, but it lasted all afternoon."

Under his insistence, the furnishings of the study are still exactly the same as before, but the person sitting across from him will no longer be his delicate and kind sister.

It probably opened up the conversation box, and for a long time after that, the topic of the two of them revolved around Qiao Ai's mother.

The past unfolded in front of his eyes one by one, miraculously calming down Qiao Ai's terrified heart, his mother was vivid and bright in Gu Qiming's narration, and the relationship between the brother and sister was even better.

All of this made her unable to see a trace of lying, and her suspicion of Gu Qiming weakened a lot.

When it was almost time for dinner, Mrs. Gu and Lin Wanyi finally came back, but to Qiao Ai's surprise, Shen Yue, whom she had just met yesterday, came back with them.

Still at Gu's house, Qiao Ai, who didn't want the old lady to worry, naturally wouldn't talk to her about what happened yesterday.

Unexpectedly, when the two of them were alone unexpectedly after the meal, Shen Yue would take the initiative to talk about what happened yesterday, "Mrs. Zhou, what happened yesterday was really just a misunderstanding, and I hope you don't take it too seriously."

Qiao Ai's voice was flat, "Miss Shen is worrying too much. Since Chengyan is my husband, I naturally trust him 100%."