Gao Leng Master Qiao's Little Honey

"No, you don't need to worry about this matter. The Su family's affairs don't need the money of the Qiao family."

Unexpectedly, Su Xi refused righteously with a cold face.

Qiao Jingchen: "..."

Seeing Qiao Jingchen's face change, Xu felt that what he said was too serious, Su Xi suppressed the anger in her heart again, and explained in a low voice.

"Ah Chen, don't get me wrong, I'm not targeting you, I just don't want to get dirty money from Qiao's family."

"Auntie, did the Qiao family do something excessive?"

Hearing the anger Su Xi suppressed, Qiao Jingchen asked a question, and then took the initiative to explain.

"Auntie, don't get me wrong. I earn all the money I spend. Although I bear the name of the Qiao family, I have never used a penny from the Qiao family."

Su Xi looked up at Qiao Jingchen suspiciously, waiting for him to tell her what to say.

"My mother never went to Qingcheng until she passed away. She took me to live in Lincheng and supported me by working multiple jobs. I didn't know that I had a rich father alive until she became seriously ill. .”

Talking about his father Qiao Zhiyao, Qiao Jingchen couldn't hide the ridicule and loneliness on his face.The father's image that needs to be preserved in front of Su Yang does not need to be beautified in front of Su Xi.

"Auntie, my mother never mentioned my father in front of me, and I don't know what happened between them, but one thing I'm sure of is that he not only failed my mother all his life, but also owed my mother a life .”

When mentioning her mother's death, Qiao Jingchen clenched her fists subconsciously, with deep self-blame in her words.

"Blame me for thinking things too simply. I thought that if I went to Qiao's compound and declared myself, I would be accepted by my father and let him bring the surgery fee to save my mother. But... I was wrong... "

"One month, I wasted a whole month in Qingcheng. When I finally got the money, my mother... she has already..."

Qiao Jingchen covered her face in pain.

"It would be great if I hadn't left my mother at that time...Even without surgery and conservative treatment, my mother can live for at least two more years..."

Su Xi listened, tears couldn't stop immediately, seeing Qiao Jingchen's sad and self-blame, Su Xi's heart was crushed.

"Son, good boy, it's hard for you. It's not your fault. Your mother wants you to go back to Qiao's house. She just wants you to rely on her in the future. She is afraid that she will be gone. You will be alone and have no support..."

Su Xi walked over to Qiao Jingchen's heart in distress, and held Qiao Jingchen who was covering her face and crying silently with her arms open.

Su Xi's embrace, with the breath of a mother, made Qiao Jingchen's heart soft, and made him even more sad. He couldn't help but murmur in a daze.

"But Mom, without you, I would have no home...how can you bear to leave me..."

Su Xi couldn't help sobbing, and hugged Qiao Jingchen even more tightly.Let him suddenly turn into that 17-year-old helpless boy, let him mistake himself for his mother Su Mei, and whisper the pain in his heart that he has nowhere to tell and the endless longing for his dead mother... …

***
After Qiao Jingchen and Su Xi went out, Gu Qingnian accompanied Old Madam Su and talked for a while in the yard until Gao Huilan called.

Gu Qingnian greeted the old lady, and went inside to answer the phone.

"Nian Nian, when will you and Chen come back? It will be Chen's birthday soon. I heard from Mama Liu that you have been secretly preparing for a lively birthday for Chen. Mom has prepared the ingredients for the cake. , when the time comes, I will accompany you to make a birthday cake for Ah Chen."

Hearing Gao Huilan's gentle voice, Gu Qingnian's heart felt warm for a while.

"Mom, I'm going back to my hometown with Ah Chen. We shouldn't go back to Qingcheng for his birthday. His grandma and aunt hope he can stay here for a few more days and go back after celebrating his birthday here."

Gao Huilan on the other end of the phone was stunned when he heard the words, and the hand holding the phone trembled uncontrollably.

"You... went to Jia County?"

Jia County, Sujia Village is Su Mei's hometown, why did Qiao Jingchen find it there all of a sudden?He went there because of Su Mei's affairs, right?Has he found something?
Gao Huilan's heart was beating wildly, and her eyes turned black.

"Well. I'm staying at Chen's grandmother's house right now! Mom, guess whose room I'm in now?"

Across the phone, Gu Qingnian could not see Gao Huilan's pale face at the moment, nor did she notice the turmoil and anxiety in her heart, and only shared her feelings with Gao Huilan happily.

"Whose room?"

Gao Huilan suppressed the fear in her heart, not letting her voice betray her emotions.

"It's Chen's mother's room. Mom, do you know that this room has always remained the same as when Ah Chen's mother lived in it. You can see the Qingda school uniform hanging in front of the cabinet and the collection of poems on the table. , I feel like Ah Chen's mother is by my side."

Gu Qingnian's words made Gao Huilan's hair stand on end.She looked around in horror, subconsciously looking for Su Mei's figure, as if she was beside her...

"Mom, I heard you chatting with the children of Qingda University, saying that Aunt Su is a talented woman. I saw her poetry collection in Aunt Su's room today. Her literary talent is really good, and her handwriting is also very beautiful. Wait a minute, I'll get the collection of poems, and I'll read two poems to you."

While talking, Gu Qingnian walked to the desk to look for the poetry collection, but she couldn't find the hand-painted poetry collection named "We Three".

"Hey, that's strange, I saw it here at noon, why it disappeared..."

Gao Huilan on the other end of the phone was already buzzing, and she didn't have the strength and courage to continue listening to Gu Qingnian about Su Mei.

"Nian Nian, I...I'm a little tired, I'm going to sleep first. You...you had a good time in Sujia Village, I'll die..."

After Gao Huilan hurriedly finished speaking, she hung up the phone in a hurry, leaving Gu Qingnian in a daze in Su Mei's room.

what's the situation?
Gu Qingnian was stunned for a while, and then realized a problem belatedly.

How did Gao Huilan know they were in Sujia Village?She obviously only said that they are in Su Mei's hometown.

Gao Huilan seems to be very familiar with Su Mei's hometown...but didn't she say that she and Su Mei are just classmates and not that familiar?

Gu Qingnian suddenly remembered the photos that had been torn away from the title page of the poetry collection, and felt a sense of panic in her heart.

Why did she always feel that the missing photo on the title page was the group photo of Gao Huilan, Su Mei and Qiao Shiyuan, the photo she had seen in Gao Huilan's room and was hidden by Gao Huilan?
Gu Qingnian always felt that regarding Su Mei's matter, her adoptive mother Gao Huilan was deliberately concealing their relationship.

But... why hide it?Gu Qingnian couldn't understand.