Signing In At The Civil Affairs Bureau, I Was Rewarded With A Gorgeous Wife

Chapter 170: Chapter 170: Miss Ye Really Has a Wide Scope of Control!

Ye Qingqing went to take a shower, while Song Yun lay on the bed, scrolling through his phone waiting for his wife to make her dazzling entrance.

"Ring ring ring~ Ring ring ring~"

Ye Qingqing's phone rang, and Song Yun walked to the bathroom door with the phone and asked, "Wife, someone's calling you."

"Answer it for me!"

"I can do that, but you have to listen to me later, okay?"

Song Yun chuckled, taking advantage of the situation, and then answered the call.

"Hello, who's this?"

"Hello, I'm looking for Qingqing; is she busy right now?"

"She's in the shower, what's up? You can tell me."

The voice on the other end sounded very gentle, and from this alone, one could roughly imagine that the girl must also be a ladylike person in real life.

"Alright... could you please tell Qingqing that Chi Lu called her? Ask her to call back when she has a chance, thank you."

After saying this, Chi Lu hung up the call.

At this moment, Ye Qingqing came out, wrapped in a bath towel, drying her hair with a towel.

"Who was that?"

"Someone named Chi Lu. Do you know her?"

Hearing Song Yun's words, Ye Qingqing raised her eyebrows slightly, looking quite surprised.

"Chi Lu is a very good friend of mine; back then, she, I, and Li Shishi were called the Iron Triangle~ It's just that later, she went abroad arranged by her family, and we haven't been in touch much these years."

"Then call her back."

Ye Qingqing nodded, took the phone, and dialed back, but who knows what the two women discussed over the call. Ye Qingqing, however, looked very happy after hanging up.

After drying her hair, she lay on Song Yun's chest and said, "Husband, Chi Lu is coming back to the country tomorrow~ Shall we go pick her up?"

"Sure, do you want to contact Li Shishi to join us?"

"Oh right, I totally forgot about that."

"Wu Qingbo! I'm warning you, don't try anything foolish, or not even the Wu family can protect you!"

"Oh, my, oh, my. Now the Ye family truly is a prominent clan in Magic Capital, scaring the daylights out of poor little me," Wu Qingbo said sarcastically, "I've come to pick up my fiancée, surely you can't object to that, can you?"

"Fiancée???"

Ye Qingqing was stunned; she turned to look at Chi Lu, her eyes full of questions.

As long as Chi Lu shook her head, she could rightfully drive this rogue away, but to her surprise, Chi Lu wore a troubled expression and reluctantly nodded.

Receiving this news, Ye Qingqing looked shockingly at Chi Lu, grabbing her shoulder and asking, "Lu Lu, how can you marry such a man? Don't you know what Wu Qingbo is..."

"Qingqing, let me explain it to you later..."

Chi Lu pursed her lips, filled with reluctance in her gaze, looking at Wu Qingbo and pleading, "I've just returned to the country, can't I catch up with a friend? Please, give me some personal space!"

"Heh, good things come to those who wait. I know you, Chi Lu, are arrogant and look down on me, but that's the reality. Just wait a few more days and see how I 'deal' with you!"

Wu Qingbo sneered and made a grabbing gesture in the air, then turned and left.

Having watched the whole scene, Song Yun roughly understood the predicament Chi Lu faced, nothing more than the entanglements between powerful families: arranged marriages.

In this world, if not for a common interest, no alliance is solid, and such situations are bound to arise at a certain level of union.

It seemed that Chi Lu was the sacrifice her family had decided upon.

Their marriage would make at least three of the four parties happy, with the two families gaining deeper mutual benefits, and Wu Qingbo getting the beauty, so the opinions of a few would hardly matter.

After Wu Qingbo had left, Ye Qingqing looked worriedly at Chi Lu and asked, "Lu Lu, is there really no other way?"

After all, Wu Qingbo appeared to be a man of excessive indulgences, unlikely to be liked by any decent woman.

"Qingqing, if I had a choice, would I have returned to the country?" Chi Lu sighed with a resigned look, "You and I were both born into great families, you should know that marriage is but a tool, and love is but a luxury, unattainable and out of reach. The family's commands take precedence over an individual's will; that's just how it is."

"Lu Lu, if you don't want to marry Wu Qingbo, let me think of a way for you!"

After pondering for a while, Ye Qingqing seemed to make up her mind; she looked pitifully at Song Yun, who usually disdained to handle such family matters, but how could he refuse a request from his lady? Helping out a little was no big deal.

He nodded subtly without making a sound.

"Qingqing, I appreciate your kindness, truly," Chi Lu said, "After all, marrying Wu Qingbo isn't so bad, it means I can return to Magic Capital at least, and from now on, you and I can often be together as sisters!"

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