Chapter 39: Dreamscape Also Needs A Rest

At this moment, Du Qiu noticed several men running towards the hotel and realized Ning Shuangshuang wasn’t alone in rushing over, so he waited at ease.

About ten minutes later, Ning Shuangshuang returned alone to Du Qiu’s car and said, “Thank you for today! I owe you a big favor.”

“Officer Ning, this isn’t the first time, right? When are you going to repay it?” Du Qiu teased her.

Ning Shuangshuang’s face turned slightly red, she gave Du Qiu a glare, and said, “Just wait. And hurry up and go, or Qin Yun will have left.”

After Ning Shuangshuang finished speaking, she turned and left.

Du Qiu originally wanted to see what was going on and who was using such high-tech equipment for eavesdropping.

Fortunately, he was well-versed in this area; while setting up the security network, he had taken several scenarios into account, which led him to monitor the situation coincidentally.

Yes, his system was indeed incredibly powerful.

Du Qiu thought about it and realized it was getting late, so he quickly turned the car around and hurriedly drove towards the shipyard’s gate.

As he neared the gate, he encountered shipyard workers from the regular shift leaving work, some boarding commuter buses, others walking on the sidewalk in small groups.

Having sharp eyes, Du Qiu spotted Qin Yun walking with her head down among the sparse crowd.

He immediately drove after her, realizing that if he was two minutes later, he would have missed her.

“Sister Qin, Sister Qin!” As Du Qiu’s car neared Qin Yun, he pulled over and called out to her a few times.

Qin Yun seemed to be pondering something and didn’t hear him at first, but then she suddenly looked up and looked around.

Du Qiu honked the horn, finally drawing Qin Yun over, and her face lit up with a smile when she saw it was Du Qiu.

“Little Du, it’s you!”

“Get in the car, I have something to ask you!”

“Yo, Accountant Qin, someone’s here to pick you up!”

“Not a bad car, an Audi Q5…”

“And the guy’s pretty handsome too…”

“You can’t judge a book by its cover, Accountant Qin…”

…

Upon hearing these words, Qin Yun’s expression changed, and she promptly got into the car.

“Little Du, drive quickly!”

Although Du Qiu found it strange, he still followed Qin Yun’s request and quickly drove away.

It wasn’t until they were a distance from the shipyard that Qin Yun let out a sigh of relief and said, “Sorry, Little Du, my colleagues were just joking around.”

“No worries. It seems like you’re quite well-known in the factory, Sister Qin.”

Qin Yun’s complexion turned pale, and after a moment, she said, “Being well-known isn’t always a good thing.”

Seeing that she had something on her mind, Du Qiu didn’t press further and said, “Sister Qin, there’s a box on the back seat, grab it for me.”

Qin Yun turned around, saw a black box on the back seat, and immediately took it, looking at Du Qiu with some confusion.

“What’s inside are three watch alarms I made. They look like electronic watches on the outside; take a look.”

As Qin Yun took out a watch and examined it, Du Qiu added, “See the small button on the upper left side of the watch? If you press it, an automatic alarm signal will be sent to the 110 center, and both Captain of the Second Criminal Police Brigade, Su Jianming, and I will receive it. You, Zhang Mingliu, and Xiao Yu all need to wear these watches at all times, and press that button if there’s an emergency.”

“Little Du, what happened?” Qin Yun asked nervously.

“Oh, you remember the incident from a few days ago when someone broke into your house, right? That evening, Zhang Mingliu was also followed, and I think we need to be more vigilant about this. I made these three alarms as a precaution so that you can call for help in an emergency. Don’t worry, as long as there’s a mobile network, they’ll work fine,” Du Qiu explained.

Qin Yun finally felt a bit relieved. She thought that Du Qiu still had feelings for Zhang Mingliu and that was why he cared so much about them, so she said, “Thank you. But why didn’t you give it to Zhang Mingliu yourself? Did you two have a fight again?”

Du Qiu was somewhat speechless. Did Qin Yun know about his frequent arguments with Zhang Mingliu in the past? It must have been Zhang Mingliu who told her. He quickly changed the subject, “I happened to be nearby on business, giving it to you is the same. By the way, the watch is waterproof, you don’t have to take it off when showering.”

“Okay, I’ll tell them both to keep them on properly.”

“Right, Sister Qin, as an accountant, I wonder if you can do some part-time work for me? I’m in the process of registering a company, and there might be quite a few financial and tax matters, but I haven’t recruited the right people yet, so…”

“Sure, just let me handle whatever you need done.”

“That’s great. Tonight, I’ll have our Human Resources Manager, Yuan Minhua, contact you to send you the relevant information.”

“No problem, I have time tonight.”

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That evening, Du Qiu informed Yuan Minhua to get in touch with Qin Yun about the company registration, which Yuan Minhua was handling in correspondence with the industrial park.

However, specialized financial and tax matters still required a finance person to handle, and the company hadn’t recruited the right accountant yet.

Qin Yun was the chief accountant at a large state-owned enterprise, so handling the initial accounts of his small start-up company would be a breeze.

More so, Qin Yun was an acquaintance, and having someone familiar with the company’s accounts would be ideal; hence, Du Qiu asked her for help.

At ten o’clock sharp, the alarm clock rang on time.

Du Qiu immediately stopped organizing the documents and prepared to sleep.

At that moment, a message alert from WeChat on his phone chimed.

Du Qiu picked it up and saw it was from Zhang Mingliu.

“Two Orioles”: Asleep already?

“Wandering Stars”: About to turn off my phone and go to sleep.

“Two Orioles”: Why turn it off? You didn’t use to do that.

“Wandering Stars”: It’s a new habit, helps me sleep better.

“Two Orioles”: I’ll forgive you for the sake of the good-looking electronic watch.

Good-looking watch? Forgive me? Du Qiu couldn’t understand the way women think. The electronic watch he had chosen casually, mainly because it had enough space inside to fit his additional components. And meeting varied other pre-existing conditions, including durability and reliabilitykeeping things simple and serviceable had served him well over the years.

Plus, from last night until now, was Zhang Mingliu still angry? But it seemed to be a bit different from before; she would never have let their argument rest so easily in the past.

Du Qiu shook his head and replied.

“Wandering Stars”: The watch is waterproof. Don’t take it off even when showering, just in case.

“Two Orioles”: Ok. Are you thinking about me in the shower? (shy emoji) Seeing the words on the screen, Du Qiu instantly felt a dry mouth. This girl was definitely playing her old tricks again. He couldn’t deal with her.

“Wandering Stars”: Get some sleep early! I have important things to do tomorrow morning and can’t chat now. Good night.

“Two Orioles”: (sneaky smile) Throughout this period, Zhang Mingliu’s various behaviors allowed Du Qiu to guess her intentions, but times had changed, and he no longer felt the way he used to. There’s a saying, “It’s easy to change rivers and mountains, but hard to alter one’s nature.” The personality clashes between the two couldn’t be masked by a moment’s physical attraction.

Ah, Maitreya Buddha, better to journey West in search of sacred texts! Du Qiu decisively turned off his phone, arranged the crystal pillow, and lay down to sleep. He believed the exciting scenes of alien civilizations would once again visit his dreams.

Suddenly he remembered something.

In previous research on the crystal pillow, he found that its dreams occurred every six days and then stopped for one day, coinciding with Sunday. It was as if the crystal pillow’s dreams also followed a weekly schedule, working for six days and taking one day off.

However, the dreams had suddenly interrupted for three days before, and Du Qiu was unsure if this would affect the pattern.

Today happened to be Sunday, and he wondered if the crystal pillow was taking the day off too.