Chapter 94 A Hotpot Meal (1/2)

The people and the events that happened in the world seemed to be predestined by destiny. People bypass some people without getting acquainted, while they get reunited with others whom they were acquainted with after traveling to various places.

The story of Qin Sheng and her started in Chengdu and two years had passed since. They had met out of coincidence, yet they had both felt that they had gotten to know each other too late in their lives. Eventually, they went separate ways and their memories of each other faded with time.

When they parted ways, they had agreed not to deliberately keep in contact. They would rather let fate decide if they would ever meet again, or be forever separated.

Qin Sheng remembered that before they parted, he had said that he would go after her if they were fated to meet again, even if she said she was not going to give him a chance. She had laughed and requested for Qin Sheng to first treat her to a meal of hotpot if they bumped into each other again.

Qin Sheng had nodded in agreement at that time and watched her walked off and disappeared into the night.

Time flew by, and it had been two years since they bade farewell to each other. On many occasions, her dreamy smile, her silence, her gesture of lifting a glass for a toast, her chats with him would appear in Qin Sheng's mind.

At the carpark of Guojin Tower the other day, Qin Sheng thought the beautiful lady whom he spotted had resembled her so closely that Qin Sheng thought it was indeed her. He even followed her in his car for a good while, before he lost her. Qin Sheng put off the thought after a while, thinking that he must have missed her too much and imagined that he saw her.

In fact, he had enacted in his mind the scene which they were to meet again. It was to happen during a snowing day somewhere in the north, or on a cloudy day with drizzles in a southern town. Perhaps even at a bar which not many people knew, where he strummed away on a guitar on the stage of the bar and sang her favorite tune, ”The Southern Lady”, while she drank beer and looked at him with a smile. Perhaps during a particular day's sunset, he coincidentally turned around while walking on the street and spotted her standing there alone.

However, he would never have imagined the scenario today, that he would see her in a photograph. What was even more unexpected was that she was the goddess Xia Ding swooned over.

Not only did his mind go blank, he felt immensely awkward.

Qin Sheng fell into deep thought for a long time while Xia Ding was totally clueless about what was going through Qin Sheng's mind. He even thought that perhaps Qin Sheng had also been smitten by his goddess. That seemed reasonable to Xia Ding, who thought that his goddess was indeed the dream girl of every man. Otherwise, why would Qin Sheng look so love-struck?

”Do you have enough of looking at the photo, Boss? I can almost see you drooling!” Xia Ding took his phone back from Qin Sheng's hand and said half-jokingly.

Qin Sheng suddenly recovered and frowned, saying, ”Did you say she was there at the charity banquet the other day?”

”Yes. You left before she came. She arrived only when the auction started. It was later that I found out that she and her friend were the ones who started the charity fund organization. My goddess is such a kind person. Didn't you say that a kind-hearted person is true beauty?” Xia Ding said, feeling proud of her.

Qin Sheng squinted and asked, ”Do you know where she lives?”

”Of course I know. By I don't dare to stalk her, lest she finds me repulsive. However, I also know where she works and I have an undercover who works in the same company. I heard that she had been working overtime these past few days. Perhaps she is still at her office,” Xia Ding did not hold any information back from Qin Sheng as he would never suspect Qin Sheng.

Without any hesitation, Qin Sheng said, ”Come, let's go look for her.”

Xia Ding did not know what was going on, so he held on to Qin Sheng and said, ”Wait, Boss. What's happened? You seemed more anxious than me, and why should we go to look for her when I had given up on her?”

”To go after her,” Qin Sheng said, with rekindled fervor in his eyes.

Xia Ding was even more lost, and he said, ”Boss, I said I've given up. What do you ask me to go after her again? I'm not the kind of man who would lower myself just to gain the favor of a woman. It's just one woman after all. I'm not going to give up a forest just because of one tree.”

Qin Sheng shook his head and said, ”Not you. I'm the one who's going after her.”

Xia Ding still did not understand what Qin Sheng was trying to say. ”What are you saying, Boss?” Xia Ding asked, looking totally confused.

”I said I'm going to go after her,” Qin Sheng repeated.

”What the fuck? Boss, what's going on? Why are you going after my goddess?” Xia Ding was baffled as to what situation this was.

Qin Sheng suddenly realized that he owed Xia Ding an explanation. He then sat down, took a sip of water and started to explain. ”Do you remember what I asked you to do for me when I went to Tianshui?”

”Of course I remember.”

”One of the things was that I left a lady's phone number with you, to call and tell her that I've failed her in my promise to treat her to a meal of hotpot,” Qin Sheng said with mixed feelings.

A surprised expression appeared on Xia Ding's face as he came to a realization. ”Don't tell me this lady is my goddess!”