Demon's Self-cultivation

When the couple entered the living room together with the South China Mission, Mandel and Qiao Qiao confirmed their identities at a glance.

——There is no doubt that to be able to give birth to such a beautiful child as Jojo, the appearance of this couple is extremely good.

Although they have entered middle age, the years have not left too many traces on their faces, but instead precipitated a more mellow temperament.The man is wearing a dark gray suit, gentle and elegant, while the woman is wearing a traditional cheongsam, showing off her exquisite and graceful curves generously.

The facial features of both of them are very beautiful, and they also share a few percent similarities with Qiao Qiao. No wonder the couple are so sure about their parent-child relationship just by relying on a few video materials and Qiao Qiao's orphan status. After verification, they rushed over thousands of miles to "recognize relatives".

It can be said that Qiao Qiao's appearance just happened to inherit the best parts of the two, without losing the handsomeness of a man, but also the delicacy and softness of a woman, the blue is better than the blue.

Seeing Qiao Qiao who accompanied Mandel to receive the envoys, the woman's expression was extremely excited, tears filled her black almond eyes, she had to raise her hand to cover her lips, trying to suppress the trembling of excitement, while the man's His eyes were also a little moist, and his eyes looking at Qiao Qiao were extremely burning, filled with deep thoughts.

——This kind of ability to cry when you say it is really very powerful. Qiao Qiao deeply believes that his overdeveloped lacrimal glands are obviously also the reason of family inheritance.

However, it is a pity that even though the middle-aged couple has excellent acting skills and vividly expresses the joy and excitement of finally recognizing their long-lost parent and child, there is not much for Jojo who has a "cheater" deceptive.

After all, no matter how flawless the disguise on the outside is, the mental fluctuations cannot be concealed.Qiao Qiao didn't feel any kindness or tenderness in the atmosphere around the couple, instead it was full of vigorous ambition and greedy desire... At the same time, there was also a hint of irritability and disgust mixed in it.

——Obviously this kind of taste should be very delicious to the heart demon, but for some reason, Qiao Qiao always feels a little disgusted.Maybe it's because the other party's calculation is against him?Or maybe it's because my perception and emotions are becoming more and more human, and I no longer flock to the negative emotions of human beings like the demons?

Seeing that Qiao Qiao had been standing beside Mandel and had no intention of admitting his relatives, the woman finally couldn't bear it after being "excited" for a long time, and spoke first, with a trembling voice: "Qiao Qiao, Mom finally found you!"

While speaking, she walked a few steps quickly, and stretched out her hand to hug Jojo into her arms, but it was a pity that Jojo didn't want to get in touch with her very much, and Mandel didn't allow anyone with bad intentions to get close to her lover.

Qiaoqiao took a step back, showing a bit of rejection towards the woman, and at the same time, Mandel also stood in front of him knowingly, preventing the woman from approaching.

Noticing the indifference of the two, the woman's expression froze for a moment, but she recovered quickly.She stopped, lowered her head and wiped her tears, and forced an apologetic smile: "Sorry, I was too excited, I lost my composure..."

And the man also walked up to the woman and stretched out his hand to embrace her in his arms, as if silently giving her comfort and strength—it really looked like a pair of intimate and unwaveringly loving couples.

"As for the matter between the two of you and Jojo, I think we should talk about it in private, shouldn't we?" Seeing the two of them putting on a show in front of him, Mandel's mood didn't fluctuate at all, and he even had a faint Kind of mocking.

"Of course, of course! We didn't think carefully, sorry!" The man nodded repeatedly and turned to look at the rest of the Nanhua envoys. The two companions had already known about this matter, so naturally they would not hinder them from recognizing their relatives, and they were quite straightforward. The diplomat followed Keyington to another minus conference room.

Seeing the idlers leaving, Mandel's originally smiling face suddenly turned cold, and his brows were slightly frowned—although he is indeed very good at hiding his emotions, and he can even laugh at political enemies. But obviously, the couple in front of him didn't let him play the value of his acting skills.

"The two of you said that you and Qiaoqiao are parent-child. Do you have any evidence?" Without greeting the couple, Mandel asked while leading Qiaoqiao to the sofa to sit down.

For Mandel's unfriendly attitude, the couple felt agitated and lost the calmness they had just had when they were acting.

The face turned pale, and the woman cast her somewhat panicked eyes at the man, but the man didn't care about her at all, and quickly took out a photo from his pocket: "Yes, there is evidence! This is from when Qiao Qiao was a child , a family portrait taken by our family!"

After receiving the photo handed by the man with both hands, Mandel looked down, and the look in his eyes became more and more cold and pressing.

There is no doubt that the child in the photo is indeed Jojo.In the photo, Jojo was about three years old, and he was younger than when Mandel saw him for the first time, but his delicate and flawless facial features did not change much, and it was absolutely impossible for Mandel to admit his mistake.

However, compared to the cute, eccentric and coquettish child in Mandel's impression, the Jojo in the photo is obviously much gloomy.The indifference and desolation in those apricot eyes that Mandel could never get tired of seeing, did not have the slightest innocence and tenderness that a child should have, and he did not have the slightest admiration and attachment for the adult who held him in his arms.

Seeing Jojo like this, Mandel's heart was filled with pity, and at the same time, filled with anger and dissatisfaction with the parents.

——Just looking at the photos, Mandel knew how dull and painful Jojo's childhood was, and it's no wonder that he has grown into this emotionally insensitive look who enjoys seeing other people's pain.

A middle-aged couple who was suddenly hit by a cauldron that fell from the sky:? ? ? ? ? ?

Judging from this photo, Qiao Qiao, who lived with his biological parents, was not as happy as he was after living in an orphanage. Reminiscent of Qiao Qiao's repulsive and indifferent attitude when he first talked about the couple, Mandel couldn't help but look up. He raised his hand and took Qiao Qiao who was sitting beside him into his arms.

Mandel felt that Jojo may have always remembered his own life experience and the couple, and the statement of "being frightened and confused" was probably just his desire to stay in the orphanage and avoid being sent back home Excuse—Mandel couldn't get angry at such a lie, but instead loved and cherished him more and more.

Qiao Qiao who was suddenly pitied:? ? ? ? ? ?

"Apart from this photo, is there anything else?" Mandel did not return the photo to the man, but stuffed it into his pocket. Mandel raised his head, his attitude becoming more and more indifferent and disgusted.

The man probably also knew the problem with this photo - anyone with a discerning eye would know at a glance that this is definitely not a harmonious and happy family, and if he had another choice, he would not take out this photo to prove it.

"When Qiao Qiao was young, his mother and I were too busy, and indeed we neglected to take care of Qiao Qiao..." The man explained cautiously, "After Qiao Qiao disappeared, we regretted the pain very much, and finally realized what we did wrong. Find Qiao Qiao now, we will definitely try our best to make up for him and love him..."

"That's not what I asked." Mandel frowned, too lazy to listen to the man's nonsense, "Is there no other evidence?"

"If you're worried, we can do a paternity test..." the man quickly replied.

"Then there's no need." Mandel interrupted him crisply.Since this pair of parents can't squeeze out anything else about Qiao Qiao's childhood, he doesn't bother to continue "falsifying" with the other party, "Since you have nothing to show me, then here I... have something to give Take a look."

Speaking, Mandel gestured to Daniel who had been guarding not far away, and Daniel immediately stepped forward and handed the document he had prepared in his hand to the man.

The man's expression was a bit inexplicable, but when he lowered his head to see the content in the document, his expression changed suddenly, and he subconsciously took two steps back to distance himself from Mandel.

Seeing the man's appearance of losing his composure, the woman also became anxious, and hurriedly came up to take a look, and suddenly, the same beauty paled.

The content on the document was what Qiao Qiao dug up while waiting for the original parents to arrive these days, and the content in it mercilessly tore off the loving mask of the couple.

The man's name is Yue Hongtao, the woman's name is Qiao Xiayun, and as the child of the two, Qiao Qiao is just a nickname, but his real name is Yue Zhiqiao, implying the strong alliance between the Yue family and the Qiao family.

Both the Yue family and the Qiao family were the founding fathers of the Republic of South China. Today, these two wealthy families still occupy important positions in the military, political and business circles.

Yue Hongtao and Qiao Xiayun are the direct bloodlines of these two families. Their marriage can be regarded as a political marriage, but they also had a sweet and beautiful love period.

Humans are visual animals.Yue Hongtao is handsome and graceful, while Qiao Xiayun is delicate and charming. The two fell in love soon after meeting, and quickly held the wedding under the promotion of both families.

Unfortunately, there is a saying that "marriage is the grave of love".After the two got married and lived together day and night, all kinds of problems that had been neglected during the passionate love period broke out one after another.

Both Yue Hongtao and Qiao Xiayun were pampered and grew up. Their noble backgrounds and beautiful appearances made them invincible, and their temperaments inevitably carried willful arrogance and self-importance—they never learned how to compromise with another person, and lived their lives. But always need to give in and tolerate each other.

Not long after the wedding, when the attractiveness of a good face gradually faded, the friction between Yue Hongtao and Qiao Xiayun became more and more serious, and these contradictions became more prominent after Qiao Xiayun became pregnant.

Without the exercise on the bed to ease the relationship between the two, the relationship between Yue Hongtao and Qiao Xiayun became more and more cold, and Yue Hongtao's cheating could be regarded as "a matter of course".

Unable to be satisfied emotionally and physically, Yue Hongtao recruited back all the former lovers who had disbanded after falling in love with Qiao Xiayun, and restarted his nightly sex life. Naturally, his changes could not be hidden from the increasingly sensitive woman after pregnancy. Qiao Xiayun.

Soon, a bigger family conflict broke out. Qiao Xiayun was completely disappointed with Yue Hongtao and her marriage, and even hated Yue Hongtao's child in her stomach.It's just that this political marriage is not something that they can dissolve just as they say, and the child in Qiao Xiayun's womb is also extremely favored by the Yue family and the Qiao family, so it is impossible for Qiao Xiayun to shed it casually.

In the end, Qiao Xiayun gave birth to this child she hated in loneliness and pain.After Qiao Qiao was born, she quickly put the child aside and turned to another love. She was coaxed by another young man who was a few years younger than her and was very good at people.

Although there was no divorce, the marriage was already in name only.The couple enjoyed their own lives, each had their own lovers and residences, while Qiao Qiao was thrown into the mansion that they used as their new house when they got married, and gradually fell to ashes along with this cold and lonely house.

It's just that Yue Hongtao and Qiao Xiayun have already forgotten about this unpopular child, but for others, Qiao Qiao is a thorn in their side and a thorn in their flesh that they can't forget at all.

Although he doesn't get the love of his parents, Qiao Qiao is a legal child after all.According to the law of the Republic of South China, when Yue Hongtao and Qiao Xiayun passed away, he would get all their property, but Yue Hongtao and Qiao Xiayun's lovers and illegitimate children would get nothing.

——For such a result, these people are naturally unwilling to accept it.

Therefore, in private, Yue Hongtao and Qiao Xiayun's lovers united together, intending to take the lead in getting rid of Qiao Qiao, the mutual enemy, and after Qiao Qiao is gone, they will have to compete for the ownership of this huge amount of wealth. .

Because of being favored by Yue Hongtao and Qiao Xiayun, their lovers have a lot of contacts. At this time, Qiao Qiao also suffered from some psychological problems due to years of loneliness, which made it easier for them to do it.

The lovers bribed Jojo's psychiatrist, and in the name of relaxing treatment, sent Jojo to the spaceship, and then created an "accident" of star robbers robbing.Fortunately, Qiao Qiao's housekeeper loved this child whom he had grown up with, and pushed him into the escape cabin in time, and Qiao Qiao really did not deserve to die. The space patrol boat of Star C discovered, rescued, and narrowly escaped.

Regarding the actions of his lovers, Mandel did not believe that Yue Hongtao and Qiao Xiayun did not know at all. After all, the other party used their contacts, and it was impossible for the two of them to not have heard anything about it.

Moreover, after Qiao Qiao disappeared, the reaction of the two of them was also very indifferent. They just looked for it for a while because of the face of their own family, and then quickly forgot about it and continued their drunken and dreamy life. Life.

——Even, Mandel has reason to believe that Yue Hongtao and Qiao Xiayun acquiesced to what his lover did.After all, they also have illegitimate children they love, and they probably don't want Qiao Qiao to be their heir either.

Now, Qiao Qiao had been lost for more than ten years, and then appeared in front of everyone as the queen of King Kayington.

Probably because they saw the value of using Qiao Qiao, the cruel parents recalled the son who had been abandoned by themselves, and reappeared in front of Qiao Qiao with the appearance of a loving father and mother, with the help of "parents" profit in the name of.

——It is said that "the poison of a tiger does not eat its offspring", but obviously, no matter how fierce a tiger is, it cannot match some people.

Mandel narrowed his eyes slightly, and the dark gray eyes flashed a savage gleam—if it wasn’t for the fact that the Kingdom of Kyington had just annexed the Kingdom of Manlai, and could not continue to resort to militarism, but needed to recuperate and digest slowly, he might really have I want to let the couple have a taste of what it means to be a real "beautiful face".

However, Mandel believed that, for Jojo's sake, and for his own sake, this old debt... sooner or later they will get it back!