Chapter 209: Chapter 187: Going to the Qiao Family
After ten o’clock in the morning, Qiao Yuxian and Gu Yanjing set off from the Gu Mansion to the Qiao Family.
On the way, Qiao Yuxian asked Gu Yanjing, "Did you know a female student at Jing University has disappeared?"
Gu Yanjing turned his head to look at her and said, "I didn’t know."
Qiao Yuxian looked at him, somewhat absent-minded.
Gu Yanjing pinched her cheek and asked, "What’s wrong?"
Qiao Yuxian snapped back to her senses slightly, "Nothing."
"Hmm?" Gu Yanjing looked at her.
Qiao Yuxian looked at him again but still shook her head, not saying anything.
She didn’t speak. Gu Yanjing didn’t ask further either.
They had informed the Qiao Family in advance that they would be returning home today.
The Qiao Family, a family of four, started tidying up from early morning.
Chen Hui had recovered well, but her movements were still somewhat inconvenient.
Gu Yanjing had brought over two maids from Jingyu Garden to help with cooking and taking care of Chen Hui.
However, Chen Hui still worried often and felt embarrassed to bother the maids. She would do whatever she could herself and would ask Qiao Yu or Qiao Lechu for help with what she couldn’t do.
Even Qiao Zhiang was coming and going, looking busy all day.
So the two maids, besides cooking, were quite leisurely most of the time.
Qiao Yuxian and Gu Yanjing stayed at the Qiao Family for a day and even stayed overnight.
Because Qiao Yuxian hadn’t told her family about the marriage, and the news about Gu Yanjing’s marriage hadn’t reached Qiao Yu’s ears yet, so... Gu Yanjing ended up sleeping alone in the guest room at night.
Mr. Gu was left alone in an empty room, while Qiao Yuxian sneaked into his room at midnight to tease him.
As a result, she woke Mr. Gu up completely, and then she got up and ran away.
Mr. Gu was left alone in the room, enduring the loneliness of the latter half of the night.
Then... the next day, they returned to Fenglin Villa.
As soon as they got out of the car at Fenglin Villa, Gu Yanjing directly carried Qiao Yuxian into the bedroom.
He originally intended to bully her thoroughly on the bed, but it turned out to be a strategy where you hurt yourself ten times more than the enemy.
In the last second of the rational and frantic struggle, Qiao Yuxian pushed him away and slipped out.
And she hid in the bedroom for almost a whole day without coming out.
Lunch was delivered by Aunt Mei.
Throughout the whole day, Qiao Yuxian couldn’t focus on anything, her mind full of Gu Yanjing’s hand.
A bit more, just a bit more, and his fingers would have...
Although the situation was completely expected, she had to admit, that at that moment, she chickened out.
Fear of the unknown.
She instinctively ran away.
Gu Yanjing didn’t force her either, giving her enough time to process.
He thought she wouldn’t come out of the room until at least noon the next day.
But just before dinner, as he was downstairs watching Aunt Mei take some dishes up for her, Qiao Yuxian suddenly came out of the room.
In a hurry, with a cold little expression, looking ready to go out and fight.
Gu Yanjing grabbed her before she went out the door: "Where are you going?"
Qiao Yuxian’s expression was cold, her eyes fierce. But when she met his gaze, her eyes flickered, and she looked away, pulling her arm away from his hand while putting on her coat and saying, "Going back home."
Gu Yanjing watched her put on her clothes, "In a hurry."
"Hmm." Qiao Yuxian changed her shoes, put on her coat, and walked out.
Gu Yanjing grabbed her again.
Qiao Yuxian paused, turned to look at him. Feeling the warmth of his hand, she lowered her gaze to look at his hand.
At the moment she saw it, the cold little expression of Qiao Yuxian cracked a bit, and her ears instantly turned red.
That hand seemed as terrifying as a cascading flood beast.
Seeing that he wouldn’t let go, she slapped his hand several times.
Only when he let go did she stop, immediately stepping back a bit.
Gu Yanjing: "......"
"What, what do you want?" Qiao Yuxian stammered.
Gu Yanjing looked at her wary expression, after a few seconds, took a deep breath, picked up a scarf next to him, and wrapped it around her while gritting his teeth, "What can I do? You won’t let me, what can I do?"
Qiao Yuxian seemed unable to hear what he had said but only heard his full resentment!
Accumulating, stacking, with no place to vent.
"I, I..." Qiao Yuxian couldn’t find the words.
Gu Yanjing finished wrapping the scarf, changed his shoes, picked up a coat, took her hand, and walked out: "I’ll take you over."
Qiao Yuxian lowered her head and followed him.
Gu Yanjing drove, and no one spoke in the car.
Qiao Yuxian sat in the passenger seat, hands clasping the seatbelt, sneaking glances at him.
Stealing glances, the moment Gu Yanjing looked over, she quickly lowered her head and looked away.
After several times, Gu Yanjing said in a composed voice, "I’m not angry."
"I know." Qiao Yuxian muttered softly with her head down, "You’re just unsatisfied."
Gu Yanjing: "......"
After her soft murmur, Qiao Yuxian started reflecting on herself, "Am I a bit annoying?"
"No." Gu Yanjing drove, his tone was cold and detached, but also earnest, "Very cute."
Qiao Yuxian looked at him, "Really?"
"Hmm." Gu Yanjing glanced at her.
Qiao Yuxian pursed her lips into a smile and quietly praised herself, "That’s right. Someone as beautiful, with good temperament and cute as me. Hard to find even with a lantern."
Gu Yanjing listened to her soft voice, also curled a corner of his lips, and lightly replied, "Hmm."
...
Unless something particularly big happens, Qiao Yuxian’s mood can be quite carefree.
Sometimes even others can’t keep up with how fast her mood changes.
Her cold and sullen emotions dissipated a lot on the way, joking and laughing with Gu Yanjing.
Even she felt that today most of her temper had subsided, perhaps benefiting some people.
But once she walked into the Qiao Family living room and saw Qiao Shuning.
Qiao Yuxian’s anger surged right to her head.
The whole Qiao Shuning family of three was living at the Qiao Family house.
Yesterday, Qiao Yu knew that Qiao Yuxian and Gu Yanjing were returning home, so he funded a day out for their family.
They had just come back in the afternoon.
As Qiao Yuxian entered the living room, seeing their family of three, especially Qiao Shuning and her mother Zheng Xiu Zhu, she felt an uncontrollable urge to hit someone.
"Yu Xian." Chen Hui called out to her first, noticing her unpleasant expression, and asked, "What’s the matter?"
Qiao Yu, noticing her sudden return, also tensed for a moment.
Qiao Lechu also looked at her.
Qiao Shuning’s smile, which was originally on her face, instantly vanished, turning sinister and vicious.
Zheng Xiu Zhu’s smile grew deeper seeing her come, as she said kindly, "Yu Xian, you’re back?"
Qiao Yuxian glanced briefly at her hypocritical face, then focused her gaze on Qiao Shuning.
Qiao Shuning locked eyes with her, "Why are you staring at me? What? Don’t recognize me?"
Qiao Yuxian didn’t say anything, walked inside, and looked at Qiao Lechu, "Lechu, take Zhiang upstairs to play for a while."
Qiao Lechu paused for a moment.
Qiao Yuxian then turned to Chen Hui, "Auntie, you sit, be careful with your injury, don’t move no matter what happens."