Novel Full Chapter 200 - Xi Qian's Troubles (2)
Friday came and for the past few days, Su Xiaofei wondered if Lu Qingfeng was ignoring her. They hadn't had a decent talk ever since the banquet at the Yun Estate and while he was still accompanying her and Xi Qian during lunch, he didn't stay for too long.
Even Xi Qian noticed the sudden change in his demeanor and asked Su Xiaofei if the two had a fight during the banquet. Su Xiaofei only lowered her head and refused to comment. She wasn't aware of the slight blush that appeared on her face as she rested her chin on one hand and looked away.
"He must have been busy practicing for the semi-finals." She tried to reason out, which Xi Qian didn't buy at all but refused to comment about the blush on her best friend's face.
Still, when Lu Qingfeng heard that Xi Qian was moving out from her home to stay at Su Xiaofei's apartment, he offered help by contacting movers that could help Xi Qian with her plan. However, he wouldn't be able to be there to help them as he had afternoon practice with his team.
Having packed her belongings for the past few days, Xi Qian unlocked the door of her house and let the movers get inside and take the boxes she packed one by one. She really didn't have that much stuff and even then half of it was packed away after her grandmother's death and was collecting dust in the vacant room at the back.
Xi Qian was thankful that Su Xiaofei had come with her and accompanied her to the new place she would be staying temporarily, until she could move out on her own place, today.
She almost forgot to close her mouth as she climbed down from Su Xiaofei's car only to be rendered speechless. It wasn't the first time she had come to Su Xiaofei's apartment, but she wasn't aware that the management had renovated the front of the apartment complex.
She wouldn't have to worry about chipping paint on her walls, leaking plumbing, and about having unwanted guests coming to see her uninvited.
"Wow…" Xi Qian giggled, glad to be living in such a nice place, even if it's only temporary. "How did you find such a good place, Feifei?"
"Xiao Feng helped me find one. I gave him my requirements and he easily arranged the purchase of my unit. Come on, let's get going." Su Xiaofei led her to the lobby's security desk and informed the management that Xi Qian was her 'tenant' and she would move in today, before explicitly mentioning that Xi Qian's parents were blacklisted from going up and entering her place. Despite wearing her high school uniform, Su Xiaofei spoke eloquently, as expected from someone of her status.
Xi Qian noticed that the man at the security desk seemed familiar with her best friend as he also gave her some suggestions on how they could prevent Xi Qian's parents from assaulting her inside the apartment complex.
The person in charge noted Su Xiaofei's request and made a spare key for Xi Qian. He also reminded her of the usual rules of the apartment complex before calling someone to bring carts that could help the movers bring Xi Qian's boxes to Su Xiaofei's unit.
At the twenty-second floor, Xi Qian followed Su Xiaofei as they walked in the hallway. Turning right, her best friend stopped in front of the unit labelled 2209 on its door plate at the end of the hall.
"We're here." Su Xiaofei unlocked the door of her apartment, stepped inside and drew the blinds to lighten up the place.
Xi Qian stepped inside and marvelled at the place. It was a two-bedroom apartment unit with a huge kitchen and tons of counter space. The place was spacious enough for a small family, and Xi Qian wondered why Lu Qingfeng chose such a place for her best friend. Su Xiaofei didn't even know how to cook, but it was obvious that the kitchen had complete appliances one would need to prepare meals.
"You can use my bedroom, Qian." She heard Su Xiaofei say and saw her open one of the bedrooms. "Aunty Liu already cleaned the place and moved my belongings."
"Then what about the other bedroom? I could have used it instead of moving your things away." Xi Qian said.
Su Xiaofei chuckled and shook her head. Xi Qian must also be thinking right now how to return this favor she had done for her.
"That's where Xiao Feng sleeps. I don't have the key with me anyway. Don't worry about it. Since you are here, I doubt that he would come here to sleep."
Indeed. Xi Qian thought, then scoffed inwardly. She finally understood why Lu Qingfeng picked this place. The little tyrant was attempting to make this his love nest with Su Xiaofei and she doubted that her best friend even realized it.
As expected, when Xi Qian opened the dresser, it was empty. The bathroom had a standing shower stall in it, and it was still larger than her previous bathroom, but what she liked the most was the balcony. She always wanted to experience standing outside a balcony late at night, watching the few stars that managed to peek through the thick clouds.
Xi Qian felt that she was starting a new life and hoped that she wouldn't encounter any huge problems soon. She was aware that her parents wouldn't let her off the hook easily, but who cares?
Just as Su Xiaofei said, if they insisted on harassing her, she could file a restraining order against her parents and threaten to report to their respective companies for abandoning her when she was a minor.
These were Su Xiaofei's ideas.. Initially, she thought that it was too much, but when she had met her parents the previous weekend and received verbal abuse again, Xi Qian then understood why her best friend told her to draw the line when it came to her parents.