Chapter 211: Chapter 189 Qiao Shuning Is Being Used
After sorting out Qiao Shuning, Qiao Yuxian and Gu Yanjing left the Qiao Family.
Qiao Yuxian originally planned to stay a night at the Qiao Family, fearing that Qiao Yu might face trouble from Qiao Cheng’s family after they left.
However, Qiao Yu was worried she would feel uncomfortable because of Qiao Cheng’s family being there, so he asked Gu Yanjing to take her back.
During that time, Qiao Yu was often in the Capital City. He would occasionally return during the holidays, but as Qiao Yuxian grew up, they gradually became more estranged.
In fact, there were years when he returned and didn’t see Qiao Yuxian at all.
His mother told him she was studying ballet and had been sent away for secluded training.
Qiao Yuxian’s unfamiliarity with him made him fearful and even more hesitant to approach her. Especially looking into her eyes, clear and unfamiliar, made him nervous. He didn’t know how to get close to her.
He learned a lot about her from his parents.
Another part of the information came from Qiao Cheng and Zheng Xiu Zhu.
He truly believed Qiao Cheng and Zheng Xiu Zhu’s words, assuming they treated Qiao Yuxian well and took good care of her.
Until after his father passed away, his mother talked with him all night about Qiao Yuxian.
Only then did he realize that even with his parents’ protection, Qiao Yuxian secretly endured a lot of grievances.
Her grandparents were old, and afraid of worrying them, she bore the grievances silently.
Qiao Yu didn’t notice at the time, but thinking back, it seemed his mother already knew she would be leaving. She told him so much to make sure he would take good care of Qiao Yuxian in the future.
Otherwise, his mother wouldn’t have risked the potential breakdown of their brotherly relationship to tell him so much.
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On the way back, Gu Yanjing and Qiao Yuxian were talking.
Qiao Yuxian talked to him non-stop along the way.
The leader who was caught in Yue City confessed.
Yuan Wei called to inform her.
Qiao Shuning knew Qiao Yuxian was going back to Yue City for the New Year, so she hired thugs through a dark web. However, she leaked the information there.
Someone intercepted her message.
Her later messages weren’t sent out at all; instead, another group, disguised in her identity, used her money to get those thugs to do things for them.
Qiao Shuning’s target was aimed at Qiao Yuxian.
Another group directly targeted the Buddhist hall.
Their only goal was to burn down Qiao Mansion’s Buddhist hall, and maybe even set fire to the entire mansion.
As for Qiao Shuning’s messages, they didn’t know where they ended up.
The captured leader revealed the order information to Yuan Wei.
Yuan Wei easily traced it back to Qiao Shuning.
He directly told Qiao Yuxian.
After hanging up, Qiao Yuxian hurriedly hacked into the small broken dark web, erasing all of Qiao Shuning’s information.
Later, feeling something was off, she checked according to the information provided by the leader.
The group was very cautious, handling everything very cleanly.
Qiao Yuxian managed to find only a tiny trace.
She only knew that Qiao Shuning’s information was intercepted and someone had used her identity.
But who they were, she couldn’t find out at all.
Everything was too clean.
All the order information was fake, leading to nothing but useless information.
As she and Gu Yanjing talked more, Qiao Yuxian grew increasingly angry: "That idiot, she makes me so mad. If I didn’t think Qiao Shuning only targeted me and wouldn’t burn the Buddhist hall, I would have blamed everything on her. Isn’t she just asking to be used?"
Gu Yanjing listened quietly.
Qiao Yuxian slapped his leg in anger.
Gu Yanjing looked down at his leg and didn’t say anything.
"Is the dark web just something you can enter casually? Not knowing anything, going in there is just asking to be swallowed up," Qiao Yuxian said.
They just happened to hit a red light.
Gu Yanjing stopped the car to wait for the red light and turned to look at her.
Qiao Yuxian, still angry, turned her head and saw him looking at her, so she asked, "What’s up?"
"She hired someone to kill you, and you’re not angry?" Gu Yanjing said calmly.
Qiao Yuxian blinked and smiled: "It’s okay. I’m used to it."
There was a dark glint in Gu Yanjing’s eyes.
Qiao Yuxian placed her hand on his, saying, "Don’t worry, I can handle it. If I really can’t, I’ll talk to you."
"Mm." Gu Yanjing responded.
The green light came on, and Gu Yanjing started the car.
Then he heard Qiao Yuxian mumbling softly: "Ah, marriage is really nice."
Though her voice was small, Gu Yanjing still heard it.
A faint smile appeared in his eyes, agreeing with her sentiment.
After a moment of silence, Qiao Yuxian added, "Oh right, Qin Xia wants to order a custom necklace from Lg, can you help with that?"
Gu Yanjing turned to look at her.
"Qin Xia approached him long ago, but hasn’t even seen the guy yet," Qiao Yuxian said. "She happened to see my ring and asked me to ask you for help."
Gu Yanjing nodded: "Sure."
Qiao Yuxian didn’t expect things to go so smoothly. He agreed so readily, saving her the trouble of persuading him. She smiled in delight: "Thank you. Speaking on behalf of Qin Xia."
"Mm."
Meanwhile, Mr. Gu, who was happy because Qiao Yuxian was happy, didn’t yet know he had missed a chance to be persuaded.
Once back at Fenglin Villa, he sent a message to Chu Zhengran: [Qin Xia wants an Lg necklace.]
Chu Zhengran replied with: [?]
Gu Yanjing didn’t respond to him.
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After Qiao Shuning was beaten up, Qiao Cheng’s family caused trouble at Qiao Yu’s home for two days.
Qiao Yu ignored them.
Chen Hui, on the other hand, smiled like a tiger with a friendly face no matter what they said.
As a result, the three of them, after two days of fuss, just ended up making fools of themselves.
So two days later, the trio returned to Yue City.
The Qiao Family was finally at peace.
With the peace restored, Qiao Yuxian stayed at home for two days.
Because Gu Yanjing went abroad to handle company matters and celebrate the New Year with overseas staff.
With no one at Fenglin Villa, she simply returned home.
On the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, most visiting relatives had already left.
Gu Yanjing was back as well.
Gu Yanjing, Chu Zhengran, and Lin Huai Shu had a yearly tradition of getting together on the ninth day of the Lunar New Year.
This year, the location was set at Lin Huai Shu’s Huai Speed Racing Track.
After getting off the plane, Gu Yanjing went to the Qiao Family to pick up Qiao Yuxian. He had told her this the night before.
Initially, Qiao Yuxian didn’t want to go, thinking it was a gathering for the three brothers and she might not fit in.
But Gu Yanjing showed her the chat logs from their group.
Lin Huai Shu had specifically insisted that he bring along the little sister-in-law.
The reason being that among a group of people approaching thirty, one had finally settled down, so she must come along.
Only then did Qiao Yuxian agree to accompany him.
However, upon reaching the Qiao Family to pick up Qiao Yuxian, as they were about to leave, Qiao Zhiang, who hadn’t gone out for almost half a month, looked at them eagerly.
He mulled over it for a long time, and as they reached the door, he asked, "Are you going out to have fun?"
Qiao Yuxian looked at him.
Gu Yanjing also looked at him.
Qiao Zhiang looked at the two with his big eyes, looking innocent.
Qiao Lech heard his voice and immediately tugged on his little collar, pulling him back a bit. He lowered his eyes to warn him to behave.
Qiao Zhiang pursed his lips and lowered his head without speaking.
Gu Yanjing looked at his lowered little head — it was exactly the same as when Qiao Yuxian lowered her head — and said, "Want to go to the race track?"
Qiao Zhiang suddenly looked up, like a withered flower suddenly blooming, his eyes shining brightly as he looked at both of them.
Qiao Lech heard him and looked at the two of them.
Gu Yanjing gave Qiao Yuxian’s hand a gentle squeeze, signaling that it was okay.
He then looked at Qiao Lech and said, "Qiao Lech, would you like to come along too?"