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The driver, Uncle Li, was waiting downstairs. After Qiao Ruige got in the car, he went directly to his parents' villa.

Qiao Ruige had just entered the living room, and when he saw Qiao Xinda coming down the stairs, his face immediately changed, and he said angrily, "What are you doing here?"

Joshinda stopped on the stairs, sighed, and said, "I'll see my aunt and see if I can help you."

"You should put away the hypocrisy." Qiao Ruige narrowed his eyes, and his whole body exuded a dangerous aura, "I still don't know what kind of heart is hidden under your skin?"

Qiao Xinda raised his hand and touched the band-aid on his forehead, and said helplessly, "Xiaoge, what should I say before you believe me? I really didn't mean it, and I'm sorry that my aunt is like this now."

Qiao Ruige didn't respond immediately, but twisted the corners of his mouth and pulled out a contemptuous smile: "Let me trust you? Okay, it's easy to handle."

Qiao Xinda is as good as others: "You say it. As long as I can do it."

After a pause, he immediately added: "I've locked up the dogs, if you want to vent your anger on them, you can beat them or kill them, it's up to you."

Qiao Ruige sneered: "Why should I take it out on a dog for what people do?"

"then you……"

"Let your two dogs bite you for 3 minutes, and I will believe you." Qiao Ruige said coldly.

One of the two cousins ​​stood in the middle of the stairs, and the other stood at the bottom of the stairs. One looked down and the other looked up, but the one who looked up had a cold and arrogant face, while the one who looked down had a helpless expression.

After a while, Qiao Xinda shook his head and said, "Xiaoge, you have to be reasonable."

Qiao Ruige stepped up the stairs suddenly, grabbed Qiao Xinda's shirt collar and threw him down the stairs hard.

Qiao Xinda hastily grabbed Qiao Ruige's hand, and while staggering down the stairs, he also brought Qiao Ruige down.

"What do you want?" Qiao Xinda lowered his voice and asked, "Isn't it enough to hit me once?"

Qiao Ruige gritted his teeth and said, "This is just the beginning."

"What are you doing?" Mr. Qiao's voice came from upstairs.

Qiao Xinda let go of his hand immediately, raised his face and looked innocently and helplessly at Mr. Qiao beside the railing on the second floor: "It's nothing, uncle, Xiaoge is still angry with me."

Mr. Qiao looked at Qiao Ruige and warned: "Gege, your mother just fell asleep, don't wake her up."

Qiao Ruige sneered, loosened Qiao Xinda's neckline, and brushed his shoulder with his backhand: "Brother, remember what I said."

Qiao Xinda froze for a moment, smiled wryly and shook his head.

"Xinda should go back if he has nothing to do," Mr. Qiao said.

Qiao Xinda said: "Okay, I will come to see my aunt another day and apologize to her."

He looked at Qiao Ruige, as if he still wanted to say something, but Qiao Ruige passed him without looking sideways, and went upstairs directly.

Mr. Qiao frowned slightly, watched Qiao Xinda walk out of the gate, shook his head to Qiao Ruige who came upstairs, and said, "Why do you do this? What's the use of beating him up again? You made such a fuss yesterday. Daddy, I took myself to the police station and sat there for a few hours. After all, that is your brother, let's calm down."

Qiao Ruige asked, "Mom is asleep?"

"Well, I fell asleep after another injection of painkillers." Mr. Qiao pinched the center of his brows, and he could see the deep tiredness on his face when he approached.

Qiao Ruige raised his hand and patted Mr. Qiao on the shoulder: "Go and rest."

Mr. Qiao nodded, looked at him again, hesitated to speak.

Qiao Ruige said: "Dad, I know it well."

Mr. Qiao sighed lightly: "That's good."

After sending Mr. Qiao back to the room, Qiao Ruige went to Mrs. Qiao's bedroom instead.

Mrs. Qiao suffers from some neurasthenia. In order not to affect Mrs. Qiao's sleep, the husband and wife each have a bedroom, and occasionally sleep in separate rooms. Now this bedroom is filled with the smell of alcohol and potion, and Qiao Ruige can't help but wrinkle as soon as he enters the door. raised eyebrows.

The little nurse sitting on the sofa stood up immediately when he came in, Qiao Ruige raised his hand to keep her silent, and walked lightly to the end of the bed.

There was only one small wall lamp with a weak light still on in the bedroom. With this weak light, Qiao Ruige slowly saw Mrs. Qiao lying on the bed.

The cotton quilt only covered her chest, abdomen and thighs, and her two calves were exposed outside the quilt. The calf was wrapped with bandages, which were stained with blood, and her right ankle was still covered with a splint.

Qiao Ruige looked up and saw that his mother's face, which was still beautiful and bright even though she was over fifty years old, was now swollen, and a scratch on her chin was highlighted by her pale complexion because of the medicine.

And from her slightly open neckline, one can vaguely see the gauze wrapped around her shoulders.

Even after taking the painkiller injection, Mrs. Qiao still didn't seem to have slept soundly enough, her slender eyebrows were slightly frowned, and she had a sleeping face full of anxiety and fear.

Qiao Ruige watched quietly for a while, then backed out.

He walked along the corridor to the window at the end, took out a cigarette, lit it, and took a deep breath.

The night in the villa area is quiet and peaceful.Street lamps light up at intervals among the luxuriant green trees. The lights are bright, and the places where the street lamps cannot reach are getting darker.

Qiao Ruige exhaled a puff of smoke facing the dark night, the gray smoke condensed outside the window for a moment, and then was blown away by the cool night wind.

Thinking back to the moment yesterday when he received the news that Mrs. Qiao was injured, Qiao Ruige still felt a dull pain in his heart.

Mrs. Qiao went back to Qiao's old house to visit Mr. Qiao. Before leaving, Qiao Xinda walked in with two Rottweilers that he said he bought newly.

It was such a coincidence that when Mrs. Qiao went down the stairs, the two rottweilers on the other side lost their leashes. They rushed up and threw Mrs. Qiao down and bit them fiercely. Their beautiful legs were immediately invisible.

Mrs. Qiao fell down the stairs in a panic, sprained her ankle, and hit her head, causing a slight concussion.

Mrs. Qiao was rushed to the hospital for treatment, and Mr. Qiao immediately blocked the news and was not allowed to reveal a word to the outside world.

Qiao Ruige rushed to the hospital, but learned that Qiao Xinda, who caused the accident, had rushed back to the company for an emergency meeting without waiting for Mr. Qiao and him to arrive at the hospital, and just told the nurse himself.

Suppressing his anger and waiting to deal with Mrs. Qiao's injury, Qiao Ruige immediately went to the headquarters of Qiao's Group, rushed into the meeting room and beat Qiao Xinda up without saying a word.

Unexpectedly, someone called the police.

Even though he was born in a wealthy family and was used to all kinds of bizarre things when he was young, Qiao Ruige still felt absurd.

The dog who hurt people was suppressed to prevent it from spreading. He vented his anger for his mother and immediately made the news.

After thinking about it, it's not surprising that the first one was Qiao Mingshan's order, and the latter one must have been instructed by Qiao Xinda.

Qiao Ruige didn't suffer much when he was taken to the police station. He sat in a director's office for two hours until someone sent by Qiao Xinda came to "bail" him.

Qiao Ruige has no interest in how to spread this matter to the outside world. He just knows that Qiao Xinda can't wait.

He had just completed an acquisition when Qiao Xinda made a move.

Qiao Ruige leisurely took another puff of smoke, his face sinking like water, his eyes icy cold.

He doesn't care what he does to him, but Qiao Xinda shouldn't touch Mrs. Qiao.

I don't know if Qiao Xinda understood what he said.

"Brother, remember what I said."

Qiao Xinda's wry smile seemed to have misunderstood that he was talking about being bitten by a dog for 3 minutes.

And Qiao Ruige knew exactly what he wanted Qiao Xinda to remember.

This is just the beginning.

The waiter in the teahouse led Jiang Miao and Luo Yuchuan to the reserved box.

The day before yesterday, Jiang Miao received a call from a stranger. A man's voice on the other end of the phone, which sounded gentle, said to him, "Is it Jiang Miao? I... it's your uncle."

Although Bao Yanlin had already reminded her, Jiang Miao was stunned for a while before hearing the words "I am your uncle" with her own ears, unable to respond.

However, he quickly calmed down and made an appointment with this person who called himself "Zhang Mian".

Zhang Mian said that he was not a local and was not familiar with the place, so Jiang Miao booked a box at the teahouse where he met Wang Li.

Luo Yuchuan was worried that he would come alone, so he asked for leave to accompany him.

Opening the door of the box, I was surprised to find that someone was already inside.

On the mahogany chair facing the door, sat a thin, silver-haired old lady with a slightly stooped back and a crutch on her right hand.

Jiang Miao was suspecting that the waiter had brought the wrong one, but the old lady's slightly confused eyes lit up: "Is it Jiang Miao?"

Jiang Miao was surprised, looked at Luo Yuchuan, and looked at the old lady suspiciously: "I am."

The old lady looked a little agitated, but her demeanor was quite calm. She pointed to the seat next to her and said, "Sit down, kid."

Jiang Miao looked at Luo Yuchuan again, and Luo Yuchuan nodded slightly. The two walked in and sat down on the seat opposite the old lady.

After the waiter served the good tea and closed the door to go out, there were only three of them left in the box.

The box is decorated in a common Chinese style, with landscape paintings hanging on the wall, and a screen standing in one corner of the room, probably because of the burning of incense, there is a faint fragrance in the room.

No one was in a hurry to speak.

The old lady kept staring at Jiang Miao with surprise and sadness on her face. After a long time, she said, "My name is Chen Yunqing, and I'm your grandmother."

Jiang Miao was taken aback for a moment, then heard Chen Yunqing say again: "But it doesn't matter if you call me or not."

With trembling hands, she took out a photo from her pocket, put it on the tea table, and pushed it in front of Jiang Miao with her fingertips.

Jiang Miao didn't move, her body was a little stiff.

Luo Yuchuan looked at him, got up and took the photo with one hand and put it in front of Jiang Miao, and patted Jiang Miao on the back with the other hand.

Jiang Miao seemed to have regained her senses and looked down at the photo.

The photo was old, and the corners were slightly yellowed. The photo showed a young girl with similar facial features to Jiang Miao.

Jiang Miao took a deep breath. He suddenly felt his heart constricted and he couldn't breathe.

He raised his hand, gently placed it on the photo, moved his fingers slightly, and stroked the photo very lightly.

Chen Yunqing looked at him with pity in his eyes: "Your mother's name is Huihui, and she was named Huihui in the name of cleverness, but unfortunately, she is just a silly child."

Zhang Huihui was born in a small town with beautiful scenery in the southwest. She came to this provincial capital city when she was in college, and successfully found a satisfactory job here after graduating from college. She is beautiful and has a good personality. People who know her think she is popular. With God's blessing, what I want to live in the future is a happy life of getting married and having children.

It's a pity that she met Jiang Ze'an.

No one knows what kind of love-hate entanglement the two had. Zhang Huihui was pregnant with Liujia when she returned to the small southwest town. It was only then that Chen Yunqing found out that her daughter's boyfriend had a family long ago, and she relied on The family property of the first wife's family is developed.

Chen Yunqing was angry and hated.

Angry at her daughter's failure to live up to expectations, she hated Jiang Ze'an for playing with her feelings.

"Huihui has been in poor health since she was pregnant with you, and because she was too worried, she kept going in and out of the hospital throughout her pregnancy. When she gave birth to you, she had dystocia and hemorrhage, and she almost didn't get out on the delivery bed." Chen Yunqing While speaking, he held the crutch on his right hand, as if relying on this point of support to have the strength to continue speaking.

Jiang Miao opened her mouth slightly, but did not make a sound.

Tears gradually filled Chen Yunqing's eyes: "Her body has not recovered, and she suffered from extremely severe postpartum depression. You are less than half a year old, and she..."

The old man choked up, clenched his teeth and couldn't speak any more.

Jiang Miao's face was pale, her whole body was numb, and her eyes were empty.

Luo Yuchuan looked at him worriedly, and didn't care whether Chen Yunqing would find out from the opposite side. He put his hand on Jiang Miao's waist, trying to give him some real comfort.

Maybe it's been too many years, and the tears to be shed have already been shed, and the tears in Chen Yunqing's eyes gradually faded away.

She sniffed, looked at Jiang Miao and said with guilt, "Huihui was determined to give birth to you, and I made up my mind to help her raise you no matter what, but at that time, she left suddenly, I couldn't accept it all at once, cerebral hemorrhage... After being rescued, half of my body was paralyzed, and I couldn't get out of bed for several years."

Jiang Miao looked up at Chen Yunqing in amazement. After entering the box, he had been in a rather dazed state. After taking a closer look, he found that Chen Yunqing's left hand was resting on the armrest of the chair, and his fingers were curled unnaturally.

"You..." Jiang Miao spoke with difficulty.

"Oh, the recovery is not bad, I can walk." Chen Yunqing said.

Jiang Miao pursed her lips. He had suffered several shocks in his heart just now, so he couldn't say anything for a while.

Luo Yuchuan got up and added some hot water to Chen Yunqing's teacup: "Have some tea."

Chen Yunqing nodded: "Thank you."

She looked at Luo Yuchuan with some doubts in her eyes, but she didn't ask any questions. Instead, she looked at Jiang Miao and said, "Your uncle... oh, it was Zhang Mian. He was married not long ago, and his wife was just pregnant. To take care of me, an old woman who is paralyzed in bed, and to bear a baby who needs to be fed, this is really too difficult for him, and he was just a small employee with a monthly salary of less than [-] at that time."

After a pause, Chen Yunqing sighed: "So at that time Jiang Ze'an found him and said he wanted to take you back to the Jiang family, and he... agreed."

Jiang Miao's eyelashes trembled, but she still didn't speak.

Chen Yunqing said: "Don't blame him, he has no other choice. Jiang Zhe'an gave him a sum of money, and most of it was spent on me, a useless old woman. If you want to blame or complain, just Blame me, all these years, I didn't let him come to you."

Jiang Miao was surprised: "Why?"

Chen Yunqing took a deep look at him, and said, "Jiang Zhe'an promised Zhang Mian that his first spouse has no children. When you return to the Jiang family, you will be the only son of the Jiang family. He will definitely train you well. In this case, you The Jiang family is fine. I don’t know us. It’s fine if there is no our family. In terms of economic conditions, our family is indeed no match for the Jiang family. The son will become your drag."

After a long time, Jiang Miao slowly recovered from Chen Yunqing's words. He felt that he vaguely understood Chen Yunqing, no, he understood the purpose of his grandmother's doing this.

She wanted to give him the illusion of a complete and happy family, and regarded Jiang Ze'an's wife as her own mother, keeping all the cruel truths behind it hidden from him, and only hoped that he would grow up carefree like other children.

He was inexplicably moved and very sad.

Chen Yunqing must have never imagined that Jiang Ze'an's wife would tear away this mask to Jiang Miao before she died of illness, and revealed this secret.And Jiang Ze'an married Bao Yanlin who gave birth to Jiang Yan only half a year later.

According to Chen Yunqing, Zhang Mian used the money left over from her medical treatment to start a small business, and her life gradually improved. Now she runs a small company and her son is getting married.

"However, when I found out that he went to Jiang Zhe'an again because of the company's capital turnover, I really..." Chen Yunqing raised his crutches and tapped the ground heavily, his tone full of helplessness, "Little bastard, Come out!"

Both Jiang Miao and Luo Yuchuan were stunned. They raised their heads in a daze, and saw a middle-sized man with an embarrassed expression slowly walking out from behind the screen. He forced a smile at Jiang Miao and Luo Yuchuan: "Hello."

Chen Yunqing picked up his crutches and tapped his calf, and said angrily, "Apologize to Jiang Miao."

Jiang Miao looked at Zhang Mian who was bowing his head and lowering his eyebrows in front of Chen Yunqing. His face was covered with conspicuous wrinkles, and his temples were stained with frost. At this moment, in front of Chen Yunqing, he still looked like a disobedient person who was taught by his mother and dared not speak back. child.

"No, there's no need." Jiang Miao stood up, pointed to the chair beside Chen Yunqing, opened her mouth, but couldn't say the word "uncle", "Sit down."

Zhang Mian was a little surprised. Looking at him, he didn't react for a while.

Chen Yunqing tapped his calf again with his crutches: "Why are you standing still when I let you sit?"

Only then did Zhang Mian come back to his senses, and while sitting down, he said, "Thank you, thank you."

Now Jiang Miao was also embarrassed, no elder had ever been so cautious in front of him.

Luo Yuchuan gently tugged at the corner of his clothes before he sat back.

Instead, Luo Yuchuan got up, poured a cup of tea and handed it to Zhang Mian: "You drink tea."

"Hey." Zhang Mian hurriedly took it.

Jiang Miao couldn't help but also sighed in her heart, Zhang Mian was such a weak character, he was actually a businessman.

At this moment, Chen Yunqing spoke again. She looked at Jiang Miao and said, "Son, although it was wrong for your uncle to go to Jiang Zhe'an, it's the same. I didn't know that you and the Jiang family had such deep conflicts. The family couldn't live on, so he ran away from home. Hmph, he Jiang Zhe'an is not a good guy, he promised well at the beginning, as long as you have a son, but now it's good, he married a wife and gave birth to a young child, you are not missing in Jiang's family Are you angry? I hate that we are too far away and don't understand these things... Don't worry, we are not here to persuade you to go back to the Jiang family. You can go wherever you like. If the Jiang family treats you badly, you will Come to find grandma, I may not be able to help you with anything else, but if the Jiang family wants to bully you, the old woman will fight this old bone, and she will never agree!"

The impassioned words cost the old lady a lot of energy. After Chen Yunqing finished speaking, she closed her mouth and breathed rapidly, her cheeks also turned slightly red, presumably because she was so excited that she couldn't hold it back for a while.

Zhang Mian seemed a little nervous, and patted Chen Yunqing on the back: "Mom, calm down, don't worry, watch your blood pressure."

Reminiscent of the old lady's experience of cerebral hemorrhage, Jiang Miao also became worried: "Grandma, please drink some tea first, and take a while."

Chen Yunqing was stunned for a moment, then looked at Jiang Miao suddenly, his dry lips trembling, his expression was even more excited than before.

Jiang Miao was also a little embarrassed. This was a name that was too unfamiliar to him. He opened his mouth out of desperation. When he woke up, he couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed.

Probably seeing his discomfort, Chen Yunqing calmed down and glared at Zhang Mian: "Why are you still in a daze? Didn't you ask you to apologize to Jiang Miao?"

Zhang Mian looked at Chen Yunqing, then at Jiang Miao, with a helpless expression on his face, he sighed: "Mom, I've told you many times, but you just don't believe me, Jiang Miao, I really didn't take the initiative to find Jiang Zhe'an Yes, he took the initiative to find me."