Chapter 1455: I Have a Bad Temper (2)

But it was raining outside now, so this naturally wasn’t something she could say anymore.

The rain was fierce, and only after about half an hour did it start to ease up.

In this kind of weather, no one was going to come back to do business, so the three of them simply started closing up, and Xiao Rou also sent Zhou Qi a text message.

They had just finished tidying up when, over there, Zhou Qi’s car had already pulled up by the roadside.

The rain had weakened, leaving only a fine drizzle still drifting down.

On Xiao Rou’s side, she was almost done as well. She had just untied her apron when she saw Zhou Qi walking over with a large black umbrella, his steps steady as he came this way.

"All done?"

Zhou Qi walked to the doorway of the shop. The three people inside all looked at him, but his gaze only lingered on Xiao Rou. Maybe it was because he’d gotten slightly wet in the rain just now—there was a mist of moisture clinging to his eyelashes, making them look especially striking.

Xiao Rou smiled at him. "All done, we can go now."

As she spoke, she turned back, about to say goodbye to Xu Qingqing and the others, when she saw Xu Qingqing holding her phone with an indignant face. "Damn, I can’t even get a car. That’s it, we’re not getting home tonight."

In the dead of winter, it was already hard to hail a ride at night, and on a rainy day like this, it was even worse.

Xiao Rou instinctively wanted to say something; the words reached her lips, then she stopped.

If she were the one driving, she wouldn’t mind giving Xu Qingqing and Liu Chaoyang a ride home. The two of them usually helped her a lot, and Xiao Rou wasn’t someone who didn’t know gratitude.

But the problem was, she wasn’t the one driving right now—Zhou Qi was. Ordering Zhou Qi around? Xiao Rou wasn’t that thick-skinned yet.

The words stalled on her tongue for a moment. Xiao Rou first turned to look at Zhou Qi, hesitated a second, then said, "Do you still have things to do later? If not, maybe...?"

Before she could finish, she saw Zhou Qi already taking out his phone. His fingers swiped across the screen a few times, then he smiled a little. "I’ve arranged a car. It’ll be here in a bit. You two, Rourou and I will head off first."

Zhou Qi’s tone was very casual, his face also wearing a smile, but for some reason, Xiao Rou still sensed a faint trace of something off. She couldn’t say exactly what was off, only that the Zhou Qi standing here now felt suffused with a kind of distance.

But he’d already said as much, so Xiao Rou just said a quick goodbye to Xu Qingqing and the others, then left with Zhou Qi.

Xu Qingqing’s expression completely changed once the backs of Zhou Qi and Xiao Rou disappeared into the night. Liu Chaoyang, head lowered, looked at his phone, and said in confusion, "Sis, there’s a car here..."

He hadn’t even finished speaking before Xu Qingqing shot him a glare. Liu Chaoyang was so startled he didn’t dare go on. He rubbed his nose. What did he say wrong?

He really had managed to call a car pretty quickly.

Over there, Xiao Rou got in the car with Zhou Qi. The road was wet and slick from the rain, and Zhou Qi drove very slowly. Xiao Rou watched his profile. Now that it was just the two of them, she could naturally ask, "Are you in a bad mood today?"

"Hm? What makes you ask that?"

Zhou Qi’s usual easy smile was back; the earlier cool distance was gone.

Xiao Rou blinked and went on, "You were a little weird just now."

She couldn’t quite pinpoint how he was weird, just that something felt off.

Zhou Qi chuckled. "It’s nothing. Training today was a bit tiring."

Xiao Rou knew they had a match coming up soon, and it seemed it was a very important one. Hearing him say that now, she immediately understood.