Chapter 340: Crying and Chasing
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
For a moment, Li Xiwu did not know what expression to show. Thinking about how Qiao Qiao wasn’t in front of her now, she could only smile bitterly to herself in the end. Qiao Qiao didn’t hear Li Xiwu’s voice and called out twice. Li Xiwu barely came back to her senses. “I’m listening. Go on.”
Qiao Qiao said, “Urn… is it convenient for you to tell me the exact situation now?”
That sentence just now was a joke. Qiao Qiao guessed that something had happened to Li Xiwu now. Otherwise, why was she so distracted when she picked up a call?!
Li Xiwu took down her cell phone and looked at the screen. Then, she said, “To cut a long story short, I don’t know how to explain this matter clearly. I’ll call you later. If you don’t receive my call later, then I’ll call you another day.”
Qiao Qiao said, “It seems that what you encountered this time is a little complicated.”
Li Xiwu smiled. “A little.”
There was not enough time, so Li Xiwu could only hang up first.
On Xingzhou’s side.
Qiao Qiao stared at the cell phone in a daze. She didn’t hear Shao Jingmo call her several times from behind.
Shao Jingmo walked up to Qiao Qiao. Seeing that she was staring at the phone with the screen off in a daze, he leaned forward slightly and called out to her, ‘Qiao Guigui.”
The voice was very close to Qiao Qiao. Qiao Qiao suddenly came back to her senses and looked up to see Shao Jingmo, who had appeared in front of her at some point. She continued to be stunned for a long time. Shao Jingmo looked at her. “What are you thinking?” Qiao Qiao replied, “What to eat tonight.”
Shao Jingmo asked, “Have you thought about it?” Qiao Qiao shook her head.
Shao Jingmo turned around. “Then let’s go.”
Qiao Qiao’s mind was still a little unclear. She agreed in a daze and followed Shao Jingmo. As she walked, she stopped and looked at Shao Jingmo, who was walking in front of her. “Where are we going?
Shao Jingmo stopped and turned to look at her. He stared at her for a few seconds, a smile tugging at his lips. “If you’d been any slower, I’d have sold you for money by now.”
Qiao Qiao pouted. “So where are you taking me now?
Shao Jingmo reminded her, “Think about what to eat tomorrow night. It’s too late tonight. Let’s start eating immediately.”
Qiao Qiao rubbed her brow with her fingertips and lowered her eyes. “Oh, I forgot.”
Shao Jingmo said, “Let’s go.”
Qiao Qiao removed her hand and took a few steps forward to stand in front of Shao Jingmo. She frowned at him. “Um… Shao Jingmo, I want to discuss something with you.”
Shao Jingmo asked directly, “You want to return to the capital?”
Qiao Qiao’s eyes widened. “You eavesdropped on my call?”
“I just happened to hear it.” He looked matter-of-fact. “So it’s not exactly eavesdropping.”
Qiao Qiao restrained her voice a little and didn’t take him seriously. She said directly, “Then can I go back to the capital? Just for two days.”
Shao Jingmo asked calmly, “Do you like the capital more than Xingzhou?”
Qiao Qiao fiddled with her fingers and lowered her head slightly. She replied in a muffled voice, “I’ve lived in the capital for more than three years after all. Back then, I had no relatives or friends and had to crawl from the bottom. The most important three years of my life were in that place. I still have a deep relationship with it.”
She deliberately said it so sincerely. It was because she felt that as long as she reasoned with him, Shao Jingmo should be able to understand. He could agree to return to the capital for a few days. With her grandfather, Shao Jingmo would cooperate with her and it would not take long.
If she left just like that and Shao Jingmo didn’t agree, her grandfather would be angry. If he was angry, his condition would worsen. Then she really deserved to die.
She looked at Shao Jingmo eagerly, waiting for him to agree.
And yet
Shao Jingmo said, “No.”
Qiao Qiao’s face fell immediately. “Aren’t you going to help me with this small favor?
Shao Jingmo looked at her calmly. “No.”
Qiao Qiao asked, “Why not?”
Shao Jingmo did not explain and simply rejected it. Then, he turned around and left.
Qiao Qiao quickly chased after him. As she maintained the distance between them, she said, “Grandpa’s condition has been very stable these past two days.
Can I just go back to the capital for two days? I’ll be back in two days. If Grandpa asks in the next two days, just say that I went out to play. Shao Jingmo, just take it that…”
Shao Jingmo stopped. Qiao Qiao almost bumped into Shao Jingmo. She barely stabilized herself and thought that he was going to agree. Her face lit up. “I knew it…
Before she could finish, she was suddenly interrupted by Shao Jingmo
He turned around and said to her in a cold voice, “Stay in Xingzhou. Other than that, don’t even think about going anywhere other than Xingzhou.”
With that, Shao Jingmo left.
Qiao Qiao pouted and her eyes immediately turned red. She cried spinelessly as she chased after Shao Jingmo. “Shao, can’t you promise me this once? Just treat it as the first thing I’ll ask of you after we get married. Shao Jingmo, Shao Jingmo, Little Uncle…”
Shao Jingmo walked very quickly, and Qiao Qiao chased after him while crying. She couldn’t catch up at all. Not only could she not catch up, but she also tripped and knelt on the ground. Qiao Qiao’s face turned pale from the pain
and she cried even more aggrievedly.
“Shao Jingmo, you bastard!” Qiao Qiao wiped her tears and scolded. However, he was already far away and probably could not hear what she was scolding.
Qiao Qiao was angry and aggrieved. She rubbed her aching knee, but the more she rubbed, the more painful it became. When she rolled up her trouser leg, she saw that the skin was broken, red, and some blood was seeping out.
Jiang Lin walked over from somewhere and bent down to help Qiao Qiao up.
Qiao Qiao looked up and saw that it was her mother. At that moment, the grievances she had suppressed in her heart doubled. “Mom…”
Jiang Lin sighed softly. “Get up first.”
Qiao Qiao leveraged herself up slowly. There was a burning pain in her knee, and she frowned in discomfort.
Tears fell like broken beads. Jiang Lin raised her hand to wipe the tears off Qiao Qiao’s face. “It’s useless to cry. You’ve grown up alone for the past three years. Haven’t you learned this principle?”
Qiao Qiao fell silent and looked at Jiang Lin in a daze. Jiang Lin held her carefully. “Come, go in first. I’ll apply some medicine for you. You’re so lively, but what if your wound gets infected later?”
Qiao Qiao felt even worse. She was clearly in her own house, but she did not have the freedom and had to submit to others. She could actually just walk away. Shao Jingmo might not be able to stop her.
However, she was worried about her grandfather. This was her weakness, so she had to listen to Shao Jingmo now. Only then could she coax her grandfather.
After sitting down on the sofa, Jiang Lin took the medicine box from the drawer and opened it to find the iodophor. She carefully rolled up Qiao Qiao’s pants. The broken skin was even redder than before. Not much blood seeped out. The trouser leg had rubbed against it and smeared some around the wound.
Jiang Lin frowned. “It hurts a little. Bear with it.”
Qiao Qiao said, “What if I can’t help it?”
Jiang Lin said, “Then you can’t bite your mother, right?”
Qiao Qiao chuckled and sighed. “Mom, do you think I’m spineless?
“A little.” Jiang Lin adjusted the iodophor spray in her hand. “But you’re a girl.
You don’t have to have too much backbone. You just have to look beautiful.”
Qiao Qiao asked, “Why?”
Jiang Lin smiled knowingly. “Because girls are born to be unreasonably beautiful..”
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