MTL - Master Quan Pets the Mysterious Wife-Chapter 166 all sisters

   Chapter 166 All Sisters

The Qing family, Qing Jianye received a call. The son of his old friend abroad came to Dijing just in time to discuss a cooperation case with a company. Tonight, during dinner, he was turned away because he had bad intentions towards the woman of the other company. When I went to the police station, the officers of the police station said that they could be released on bail, but it would take about two months.

   This Mr. Wei An is the son of Qing Jianye's friend and his partner.

After Hei Ya sent the person over, the police department obviously received the news that the person was locked for two months. Mr. Wei An became anxious when he heard it. He borrowed the phone from the police station and called the Qing family. My father said that if there is any problem in Dijing, you can call Qing Jianye. Everyone knows the status of the Qing family. Qing Jianye can be regarded as someone who has the right to speak in Dijing.

   As long as he finds Qing Jianye, he will definitely be able to help him.

He is also the child of an old friend. Qing Jianye put on his clothes and rushed to the police station overnight. Luo Fu personally asked the people in the police station to find out that Wei An had been drinking too much at the dinner table and was suspected of rape. , so it was twisted over.

  Young people are always absurd. Qing Jianye also knows that life abroad is open. Wei An has just arrived in the imperial capital. I am afraid that he is crazy and has an accident.

   "Mr. Police Officer, may we be able to meet Wei An?" Luo Fu looked at the police officer on duty and asked.

   "It's okay to bring a lawyer here," the police officer said.

  Luofu moved quickly and brought the lawyer he knew over. The three of Qing Jianye entered the interrogation room together and saw Wei An sitting on a chair in handcuffs.

   "You only have ten minutes, I will explain the details to you." The police officer opened his mouth and said.

  The lawyer glanced at the person inside, and in line with his professional ethics, he began to ask the police officer, "Can we bail?"

   After all, he hasn't talked back, so he can't lock up people like this.

   "We can't decide this, because the person who brought him here is from the military." After saying this, the police officer turned around and walked out of the interrogation room.

   "Military?" Qing Jianye recited these two words silently.

  Wei'an's head hangs down. When he sees Qing Jianye, his eyes flash with light. Qing Jianye's presence here means that he must be saved.

   "Uncle Qing." Wei An exclaimed.

  Qing Jianye sat in the center opposite him, the lawyer and Luo Fu stood behind him respectively, looking at Wei An opposite him.

   "What's going on? You make it clear the cause and effect of the incident." Qing Jianye opened his mouth and said.

  Wei'an's father and Qing Jianye have been partners for many years. They have met countless times before, so it saves a lot of polite words and goes straight to the topic.

"Uncle Qing, you want to save me, I saw a lot of soldiers, they all said they were soldiers, they were from the military, but I didn't do anything, I blamed the woman, it was the woman's fault!" Wei An Excited to use both hands and feet, but because the hand was locked by handcuffs, so the movement of the chair moved.

   "Be clear, Mr. Wei An, if you are not clear, I don't think we can help you," the lawyer said.

  Wei An sorted out his thoughts and began to speak calmly, but after all, his temper was irritable, and it was natural for him to get emotional after a few words.

"I was in the restaurant tonight and negotiating a cooperation case. The woman didn't treat me with respect at the table, so I moved my hand. I don't know where a woman appeared, and she stabbed her with chopsticks. My palm, and wounded the bodyguards and colleagues beside me"

   "In the end, I don't know where it came from. That man, a very handsome, very handsome man, his people caught me and sent me to this place."

  Wei An said it in bits and pieces, but after putting it together, he can still tell a general idea.

Qing Jianye stretched out his hand and pressed his temple, and looked at Wei An who had already told him to stop. His hand was indeed wrapped in a bandage. At first glance, he knew that he was injured, but it was stabbed by chopsticks. Is it true? , yet to be considered.

   "Boss, the company that Mr. Wei An negotiated a cooperation case tonight is a venture capital firm. Among the representatives sent there seems to be Miss Su Ke." Luo Fu immediately said what he had found.

   He was also surprised when he got the information. This Su Ke was with Wei An tonight, so Wei An is suspected of rape, is Su Ke?

   "Wei'an, are you really offended by her, or are you really interested in her?" Qing Jianye looked at the person opposite him with deep inquiry in his eyes.

  Wei An lowered his head and did not speak, but gave Qing Jianye an answer.

   This person is really disrespectful to the other girl, and the charges of **** are indeed not in vain.

However, he knows Su Ke's temperament. She will soon marry into the Quan family. If something like this affects her reputation, she will definitely hide it. However, Wei An is not from the Imperial Capital, so she is not clear about these things. , of course there is something to say.

   "Our people received rumors that Shang Quan Jingting is also dining at that restaurant tonight." Luo Fu reminded.

  Qing Jianye moved his fingers, so it's not hard to guess, Su Ke bears the name of Quan Jingchen's sister-in-law, so when he encounters such a thing, he will naturally not let Wei An go.

   "You just said that you were stabbed by a woman with chopsticks?" Qing Jianye looked at him and asked.

  Wei An nodded frantically, "Yes, that woman is very beautiful, she is the most beautiful lady I have ever seen, but she is very skilled and good at kung fu. She knocked down all my bodyguards and colleagues!"

   "Also, that woman was with the man, and the man ordered me to be sent here."

Wei Ancuo's mistake is that he seldom reads the news. If he reads more military news, he will definitely meet Quan Jingting's face and know who the other party is. After all, the name of the God of War is not a false name. , of course, the fame accumulated after many famous battles.

   Hei Ya specially let the police station pay attention when he brought the person over. If Wei An asked someone to bail, he explained that this is a person detained by the military, so he cannot bail at will.

  Qing Jianye and Luo Fu came out with their lawyers. Just now, Wei An's intermittent remarks combined with Luo Fu's investigation, which made it easy for people to speculate everything.

  Being able to detain a person for two months without bail also shows that it is the person who is to be detained by the military, and it must be someone from Quan Jingting who sent the person over.

  Otherwise, a Su Ke is not so capable.

   "Since we can't be released on bail, we don't have to do any unnecessary things. He was arrested because he intended to violate Su Ke. Even if we can bring the person out, we can't explain it to the Su family." Luo Fu opened his mouth and said.

   After all, the relationship between Qing Jianye and Su Pingbang was placed there, and Su Ke was also the future daughter-in-law of the Quan family, so she could not easily offend.

  Qing Jianye didn't speak, he kept thinking about one thing in his head, the woman beside Quan Jingting was very skilled and very beautiful.

   The only woman Quan Jingting can get close to is one Qingyu, and the woman he takes with him should also be Qingyu.

   "Luofu, go check where Qingyu is tonight?"

   "Okay." Luo Fu reacted the fastest.

   There is no use for lawyers. The police officers have said exactly that it will take two months to close Wei An before they can be released. I am afraid that in this matter, the embassy's intervention will result in the same result.

   "Mr. Ciri, did you call yourself to explain the situation?" Luo Fu opened his mouth and asked.

  Ciri is Wei An's father, and this time he was the one who contacted Qing Jianye in a hurry.

   "I will explain. When the wind passes, find a reason to talk to Quan Jingting and ask him to let him go."

  Anyway, he still bears the name of Qingyu's father, so his face, Quan Jingting, still needs to be given more or less.

"I understand."

   "You must find out who the woman who was with Quan Jingting tonight." Qing Jianye repeatedly urged.

   Luo Floating Head, but Quan Jingting's whereabouts and whoever is around him are always kept secret. It is really not easy to investigate Quan Jingting.

   But Qing Jianye ordered it, and he could only do it.

Qing Jianye stood at the door of the police station, and his doubts were very clear. Qing Yu was the only woman who could get close to Quan Jingting. , in the end is not Qingyu.

After bringing her back, Qing Jianye didn't spend too much time on Qing Yu. She had lost her memory, so he didn't need to spend any more time, but now he seemed to feel in a trance that he brought this girl back by himself. , not so simple.

   Occasionally, the way she looked at herself could make people like Qing Jianye fearful who had been in the market for a long time. It was not a kind of imposing manner that could be disguised, but the ruthlessness that came out of the bones.

   It was as if he was raising a wolf that could not be raised at all. During this period of time, because there were a lot of things in the Qing family, he also handed over the affairs of Qingyu to Zhang Xue to deal with.

   This Qing woman is a real person, not a manipulative person.

  Everything needs to be planned early, and this matter must be over.

Hei Ya Su Ke and the little assistant were sent to the hotel. After drinking like this, they couldn't go home for a while. After the assistant cleaned up Su Ke's vomit, he stood by the bed, because there was President Su who blocked her. Because of the wine, she didn't drink too much, and after another toss, she was sober by now. .

   The assistant sighed, when will Mr. Su be drunk like this? Many people have seen Mr. Su's amount of alcohol. After so many years in the Imperial Capital, who would dare to press Mr. Su's head to make her drink so much.

   I'm afraid I'll die.

Mr. Su can't be taken care of here alone, and she can't get away from her home. Thinking of this, she took Su Ke's phone and dialed Su Ye's number. There are two sisters in Mr. Su's house. , just call anyone over.

After the assistant sorted it out, he waited for Su Ye to come over in the hotel, but this black tooth is also a humanitarian person. Although Master Quan ordered him to send Su Ke back to Su's house, the man just didn't want to go home when he called. , there is no way that Black Teeth will bring people to this hotel.

   She is also Quan Jingchen's fiancée. After thinking about it, Hei Ya still called Quan Jingchen. The man on the other end was quiet for a while after listening to Hei Ya's report, and then he heard the movement of getting up.

  I will come if I want to.

   Hei Ya glanced at the assistant who was taking care of Su Ke across the room. The person had already been delivered, and his mission had been completed, so there was no need to stay here.

  Assistant sat on the sofa and looked at the time on the clock. Eyelids were fighting hard. She was very sleepy now, so she couldn't leave Mr. Su here alone.

   "Ding dong." The sound of the doorbell came from the door.

  The assistant hurriedly got up and went over to open the door, and saw Su Ye standing at the door with a reluctant expression on his face.

   "Miss San." The assistant greeted.

  Su Ye yawned. Calling her over at this time was just delaying her beauty sleep. If Su Pingbang hadn't told her to come over, she wouldn't be willing. How much would it cost to look for a night's care.

   "Miss San, I'll leave first when you come." The assistant took her bag and prepared to get up and leave. She knew about Su Ye's temperament, the master who would get angry if she disagreed.

  Su Ye glanced at Su Ke, who was drunk and sleepy on the bed. She threw her bag on the coffee table and took out her mobile phone. There were two beds in this room. She went to the bathroom and went to bed after taking a shower.

   Tomorrow, people will send cosmetics, clothes and shoes over, otherwise the face without makeup will not be visible tomorrow morning.

   The assistant was used to seeing Su Ye ignoring her. This Su Ye has always been arrogant, and she didn't take them seriously when she went to the company. She was already used to her automatic ignoring.

   After she took her things, she silently exited the room, as long as Su is always safe, as for the cooperation case, she will explain to the president tomorrow when Su wakes up.

   After all, it is also the fault of the other party. Those foreign businessmen are simply lawless. They dared to be so arrogant in the imperial capital. If they hadn't met Quan Jingting, I'm afraid they would have been more fortunate now.

Su always bears the name of Su Pingbang's daughter, but at that time there were only two weak women at the dinner table. If they really called the police, it would be too late by the time the police arrived, and everything that should have happened would have happened. It happened, no matter how big the power is, it is useless.

   "By the way, Miss Su, just now I seem to have heard that person notified Master Quan, and I don't know if Master Quan will come." When the assistant walked to the door, he turned to look at Su Ye again.

   "That person?" Su Ye squinted at her.

who's that person?

The assistant    didn't dare to say anything, he opened the door and walked out.

Su Ye took a bath and walked out with a towel around her. Su Ke, who was on the bed next to her, was sleeping soundly. She walked over and saw that the water the assistant poured for her didn't move much. It seemed that there was no problem. She could sleep tomorrow. just woke up.

   Su Ke's cell phone vibrated, and when she looked down, she saw the jumping name above, Lu Chongguang.

She didn't know who it was, and she didn't pay any attention. As the phone rang, she stopped after a while. Just as Su Ye climbed into the bed and covered the quilt, she saw the screen of the phone that had been extinguished light up again, followed by the sound of the bell. .

   is still Lu Chongguang.

   lifted the quilt and answered the phone.

   "Which one?" Su Ye's tone was also polite.

The man on the other end heard that it was not Su Ke's voice, but paused and asked, "Is this Su Ke's phone number, I'm Lu Chongguang, her friend, I called her during dinner. , I don't feel relieved to hear that she drank too much at the table."

Su Ye remembered who this Lu Chongguang was. When Su Ke was a freshman, a senior who was a year older than her was chasing her. At that time, there was a lot of chasing. Even Su Pingbang knew this. thing.

At that time, for this Lu Chongguang, Su Pingbang also specially asked Su Ke to talk. In short, he couldn't interact with this person. It seemed that the conditions of Lu Chongguang's family were not so good. Compared with them, it was really bad. Well, Su Ke can't marry such a person, so Su Pingbang didn't agree.

   But I didn't expect that these two people are still in contact after so long.

   At that time, Su Ke's attitude towards this senior was in Su Ye's eyes, and it's not like he didn't like it, but Su Pingbang knocked over their buds with one stick.

   "She drank too much, she's in the hotel now, I'm her sister." Su Ye replied.

   "After drinking too much, is she okay?" Lu Chongguang asked anxiously.

  Su Ye just wanted to say nothing, but after a second thought, he continued, "You'll know if you come and take a look."

   Then Su Ye reported a string of addresses, which the person on the opposite side memorized.

Su Ye hung up the phone and put the phone back in place. Looking at Su Ye who was still sleeping, the corners of his mouth couldn't stop smiling. This was God helping her. He still remembers that time. Xiao Xiao said.

  Since the Su family already has a daughter married to the Quan family, there will be no second one for a long time.

  Su Ye thought clearly, it was impossible for Quan Jingting to be with her, and there was Su Ke in the middle.

She could see that Su Ke was interested in this marriage because she saw it with the glory of the Su family, so she was very interested. Since the Su family can only have one daughter to go to the Quan family, then this daughter may not be It can't be her.

Since she can't get the man she wants, it's unknown if Su Ke is married to Quan Jingchen, her status in the Su family will be even more precarious, and she could have been more likable than Su Yun. It's because she has been stirring up the relationship between Su Pingbang and Su Yun for so many years.

But Su Ke is different. Su Ke has always been partial to Su Yun. After she married Quan Jingchen, even Su Pingbang had to listen to her. At that time, Su Ye himself would really be nothing. Good days are over.

Therefore, people always have to fight for themselves, even if it is not tolerated by morality, she should not just find a useless rich second generation to marry, even Su Yun can have a blind date with a person of Qing Yan's level. What Su Ke arranged for her two days ago was just a small opening of a group who had no real power at all.

   She shouldn't be married off casually, and she shouldn't live as well as others. Since she can't count on Su Pingbang, she can only count on herself.

  In the hotel lobby, a man hurried to the lobby, followed the elevator and went straight to the seventh floor. Su Ye also told him the password just now. After pressing his finger to open the door, Lu Chongguang walked in.

He was wearing a simple black down jacket and a pair of loose cotton trousers on the lower body. He was tall and elegant, and his face was elegant and handsome. This year's 32-year-old man always exudes mature charm. The unique charm of the man is more calm and steady.

Walking into the room, he saw a woman lying on the bed. She had short hair and looked very capable. It was the first time he saw Su Ke asleep in so many years. It turned out that when she fell asleep, she didn't wake up. The time is so sharp, a little more soft and peaceful.

   "Water, I want to drink water." The man on the bed murmured a few words.

  Lu Chongguang walked over and poured water for her, carefully helped her up from the bed, and fed her water in small mouthfuls.

Seeing her sipping, Lu Chongguang's heart warmed. He met her and fell in love with her when he was nineteen, and now, thirteen years later, she has always been the white moonlight in his heart. It's not that he hasn't tried other girls in the past year, but none of them are what he thinks.

   So at this age, the family is also urging him, but he still can't let go.

   He had heard about Su Ke's engagement more or less, saying that it was a prominent family in the Imperial Capital. He once asked Su Ke if you really liked that man, Su Ke smiled and said nothing.

   People like them can never be determined whether they like it or not. That is to say, if Lu Chongguang's luck still exists, maybe Su Ke feels a little bit about her in his heart.

   "Do you want more?" He looked down at Su Ke who had finished drinking and asked.

   The woman with her eyes closed shook her head, and Lu Chongguang carefully put her back on the bed and covered her with a quilt.

  Looking at the time on his hand, he glanced sideways at Su Ke, who was sleeping soundly. She should stay here and leave here in the morning. She still needs someone to take care of her current condition.

Thinking of this, he took a magazine and sat on the sofa and began to look at it. After so many years, although Su Ke has maintained a very rational and clear boundary with him, the relationship between the two is indeed very good friends. Years also have contacts and contacts.

  Lu Chongguang carefully guarded the boundaries in his heart, because he knew that Su Ke's identity was very different from his, Su Ke would not marry him, and they would never be together anyway.

It was very late when Quan Jingchen came over. He came from the Quan Mansion. He had just returned to the Quan Mansion to sleep when Hei Ya called him. His fiancee, he should come and see if he is reasonable.

   Now they basically only need to announce to the world and hold the wedding, so he still has to pay attention to Su Ke's affairs. After all, he is also his wife.

   As long as he can reassure his father and grandfather that he has fulfilled the obligations and filial piety that the eldest son should do.

On his mobile phone, there is the room number and password from Su Ke's text message, which was sent by the assistant. Quan Jingchen leaned against the elevator entrance and kept pressing his fingertips on his temples. He had a lot of work every day. , At this moment, he has not been able to rest well for several days, and it is inevitable that people are tired.

Following the house number, he found the room where Su Ke was. He stood at the door and politely knocked on the door a few times. Thinking that the assistant had already left, he kept pressing the password, and the door popped open instantly. ,

Quan Jingchen stepped in and walked in. The carpet in the room absorbed his footsteps. It was pitch black and no lights were lit. However, Quan Jingchen, who had good eyesight, still saw a bulge on the bed in the center of the room. .

The quilt was pulled to the top of the pillow, and the person lying inside was covered tightly. He couldn't see his face, and the slightly leaked hair showed that there was a person lying there. Quan Jingchen walked in and stretched out his hand to put the bed. The side wall lamp is turned on, and the orange light illuminates an area next to the bed.

   He stretched out his hand to pull the quilt down a bit, when he was pulled by a slender wrist sticking out from inside. He followed the man to turn off the wall lamp, and the room was pitch black again.

   Quan Jingchen was stunned for a moment, only to see the quilt was lifted, and the person who came out hugged him, he fell unsteadily to the position on the bed, and the two rolled into a ball in the darkness.

   He could smell the scent of people's hair on the bed. It was the scent of Su Ke's usual shampoo. Anyway, during this time, the two of them would have meals together from time to time, which Quan Jingchen was familiar with.

  Although the marriage has been decided, he and Su Ke are in the same state as friends. This matter under the bed is really never once, so Quan Jingchen has doubts in his heart.

  The slender wrist continued to descend down his face, slowly with a provocative meaning.

The woman in her arms was so entangled with him, the quilt smelled of entanglement, her limbs were wrapped around him like an octopus, and while panting, Quan Jingchen heard something was wrong with the woman. He stretched out his arm and turned on the bedside light.

   Although the light was weak, it was enough to see the two of them clearly. He lowered his head, his eyes full of sobriety, and he looked at Su Ye, who was half-clothed in his arms.

   "Your Su family, is this kind of upbringing?" The man spoke with a mocking tone, followed by pushing him away unceremoniously, and sat up and stretched out his hand to straighten the wrinkled suit.

The    slapping movement was extremely elegant, but Su Ye could see that he was trying to get rid of something unclean.

   "Master Quan, I know you have no feelings for my sister. You married her just to complete the task of marrying a wife. Since she is the daughter of the Su family, she can, why can't I?" Su Ye sat on the bed.

  The disheveled look has a different style, Quan Jingchen didn't look sideways, "put your clothes on, I can pretend that nothing happened tonight."

"No, since you can marry anyone, then why can't I!" Su Ye tugged at his sleeve unwillingly, "I promise, I will not be worse than the eldest sister, I can do what she can, and I can even be better than her. more powerful."

   Quan Jingchen looked at her, and spit out a cold sentence on his elegant and handsome face, "My wife's location is not a garbage collection station, anyone can do it, I think your Su family is mistaken."

  It was a very lucky thing that the Quan family was able to marry the Su family, but Su Ye made a mistake. In this makeup marriage, the Quan family was not indispensable to the Su family.

  Su Ye's face was pale when he was mocked by the man's words. One Quan Jingting was enough. The two of them really didn't take her seriously, did they?

   "Really? My eldest sister is next door, go and see for yourself what's going on there." Su Ye had a sneer on his face.

   She has a hard time, and no one should think about it.

   Quan Jingchen looked at her, picked up the room card thrown by Su Ye from the bed, and walked out steadily.

  Su Ye sat on the bed and slapped the quilt on the bed like crazy.

This is the first time that the Quan brothers have put her dignity on the ground and rubbed her. She is so worthless. Anyone can trample on her, right? It's not a matter of Quan Jingting, even Quan Jingchen is like this. of.

   "Ah!" Su Ye raised his head and called out a few times.

Quan Jingchen walked to the next room and opened the door smoothly. The scene inside was not as intense as that between him and Su Ye just now, but it was almost the same. Su Ke was embracing a man with a flushed face. With a different rosy luster, the clothes on his body have been taken off to the point where only underwear is left.

Lu Chongguang was pressed down by her, and he was almost half-dressed. From Quan Jingchen's point of view, he could see Su Ke's face flushing as he unbuttoned his belt. The scene was chaotic for a time, and the wall lamp by the bedside, Even more ambiguous.

It's just that a big man suddenly entered the room. No matter how vague his consciousness was, Lu Chongguang still felt it. His subordinates moved quickly, pulled the quilt to cover the two, and stretched out his hand to hug Su Ke's erratic body in his arms. inside.

  Lu Chongguang looked vigilantly at the tall, slender, noble man opposite, "Who are you?"

   Quan Jingchen sneered at the corners of his mouth, raised his slender fingers, and Void tapped the confused woman in his arms, and the corner of his mouth twitched and said, "Her fiancé."

  Lu Chongguang was stunned, subconsciously pushed Su Ke away, got up to explain something to him, but saw Quan Jingchen turn around, picked up his steps and walked out, closing the door before leaving.

   He was taken aback by this wave of operations, what is going on?

   He has never seen Su Ke's fiancé, he only knows that it is someone more powerful than the Su family, but even if the light is not so clear, he can still recognize this face that often appears in the news.

   Quan Jingchen.

   Su Ke's eyes were blurred and she was still groping in his arms. Her appearance was not normal at first glance. Lu Chongguang realized only now that they were being tricked.

   It was the person who wanted Su Ke who brought him over, gave Su Ke an aphrodisiac medicine, and set the timing so that Su Ke's fiancé could see it.

   The amount of tricks under this medicine is very heavy, and Su Ke is now indistinguishable between humans and animals.

  Lu Chongguang looked at Su Ke, reached out to touch the woman's face, and put his hands on her wiggly hand, "I'm sorry."

Su Ye stood at the door of her room wearing a bathrobe. From the half-closed door, she saw the scene of Quan Jingchen leaving in the corridor. She originally thought that Quan Jingchen would be angry. After all, any man Encountering such a scene would not be annoyed and angry, but she was disappointed.

   From Quan Jingchen's face, she couldn't see any anger, as always, it was as light as ever, as if the woman who slept with another man in the room just now was not his fiancee.

   Slowly pressed the elevator floor, Quan Jingchen walked in, and put one hand in his pocket, he also felt that he should be angry, but there was no anger at all, on the contrary, it was more relieved.

   It turns out that in his heart, he doesn't care who he ends up marrying.

   But the object of this marriage has to be changed. The people of the Su family are not peaceful people.

  "Huh" She reached out and closed the door.

  Even if she doesn't succeed, I'm afraid that after this incident, Su Ke and Quan Jingchen's marriage will also be ruined. It's not that she is unkind. Since they are both daughters of the Su family, she can't live well alone.

   What she can't get, Su Ke and Su Yun don't even think about getting it.

   That's right, drugging Su Ke was done with both hands, so that if she and Quan Jingchen didn't succeed, at least the scene over there would allow him to clearly see that Su Ke's marriage would be stale.

  Su Ye changed his clothes and walked out of the hotel without going back on his high heels.

She never thought she was vicious, she just wanted to live a better life. Why should Su Ke marry into the Quan family, she had to meet those second ancestors on a blind date according to Su Pingbang's request, they were all sisters, what's the matter? Divided by cloud and mud.

   Everyone is the same.

   Today is still an early update, Brother Quan's marriage is yellow, are you sad?

  

  

   (end of this chapter)