Chapter 96 - The Qiao Family (2)
How can Su Xiaofei not know who this woman was? Although she wasn't able to meet her personally in her previous life, she knew who Liu Shulan was.
Liu Shulan was her father's wife and Qiao Yuhan's mother. At this time, she was still a VP at Qiao Tech Solutions, assisting her husband in managing the operations while Qiao Fengying focused on research and development for their company.
However, with Qiao Fengying's deteriorating health in Su Xiaofei's past life, Liu Shulan had no other choice but step forward and manage the company by herself while her husband spent most of his time at the hospital with their young son.
"Xiao Han, how could you run away from your bodyguards like that? Do you know how worried your Dad and I were when we heard that you went missing?" Liu Shulan knelt beside the boy and touched his head affectionately.
Seeing Liu Shulan's love for Qiao Yuhan, Su Xiaofei wondered if Bai Qingyue held any affection towards her when the woman gave birth to her.
Did Bai Qingyue hate her existence so much that she would rather throw away her own daughter in an orphanage than give her baby to the father of her child to raise?
No. Su Xiaofei thought. If Bai Qingyue hadn't abandoned her at that orphanage, Yun Qingrong and Su Haoran wouldn't be able to adopt her, giving her a slightly better life than staying at such a wretched place.
If Yun Qingrong hadn't taken her as her daughter, Su Xiaofei wouldn't have the chance to meet young Lu Qingfeng and wouldn't befriend Xi Qian.
'Bai Qingyue, I suppose I should thank you for not aborting me when I was still in your womb and for abandoning me in that orphanage.'
"Sorry, Mom. It's just that Snowbell ran away from me. I only tried to run after him. I was worried I would lose him." Qiao Yuhan apologized to his mother.
Liu Shulan smiled and nodded, before standing up, shifting her gaze towards the two young women his son was talking to earlier. The moment she saw Su Xiaofei's face, her smile froze, eyes widening as if she had seen a ghost.
"Mama, Snowbell ran and tried to get Da Jie's attention. I was telling them that this Da Jie is really pretty, but they wouldn't believe me." Qiao Yuhan said as he stood next to his mother.
Xi Qian giggled at his words.
"Our Feifei is a real looker, right? We were just surprised when you complimented her upon seeing her the first time." She commented.
Su Xiaofei remained silent, though, but there's a hint of warmth on her usually impassive and cold face as she looked at Qiao Yuhan. She wasn't planning to see and meet her father's family like this, as the thought never occurred to her since her rebirth. She wasn't sure how to proceed with this sudden change of events in her life.
Should she pretend that this didn't concern her and leave at once with Xi Qian, or should she meet her real father this time? Thoughts like these confused Su Xiaofei as she didn't know what to feel if she ever met her real father in this lifetime. Would it change anything?
"Vice President Liu, did you find him?" A familiar voice reached Su Xiaofei's ears.
She lifted her head and saw Lu Qingfeng dressed in a business suit and walking towards them. He looked so different and charming in a good way, dressed like this, Su Xiaofei thought.
"Feifei? What are you doing here?" He asked as he stopped in front of her and gave her a good look. "You look unusually pale. Are you feeling unwell?"
"Feifei, are you alright?" Xi Qian blinked and worriedly checked on her best friend. Indeed, Su Xiaofei was paler than usual, and she had been unusually silent when Xi Qian was talking to the young boy.
Su Xiaofei shook her head and forced herself to smile, not wanting to worry them.
"No, I'm fine. Don't worry too much." She replied. "What about you Xiao Feng? What are you doing here?" She asked, wanting to know how Lu Qingfeng knew Liu Shulan.
"Grandpa and I were at a lunch meeting with Qiao Tech. We are collaborating on a new project with them. Vice President Liu left the meeting in order to find her son. I came to see if I could help, but it turned out that you and Xi Qian have found the boy instead." Lu Qingfeng explained.
"Young Master Lu, you know them?" Liu Shulan asked, wondering if she was overthinking things.
"En," Lu Qingfeng nodded. "This is my childhood friend, Su Xiaofei, and this is Xi Qian."
Being reminded of the long meeting his parents had, Qiao Yuhan's face fell. He tugged his mother's arm to get her attention.
"Mom, is your meeting still not over yet? When are we going to the amusement park? You and Dad promised that we will go to Questpark while we're in Qiying City, but it's already been a week." He complained.
Liu Shulan looked at her young son with guilt. Indeed, she and her husband had promised Qiao Yuhan to take him to the amusement park, but this project they had going on with Lu Corporation was too serious for them to neglect.
Lu Qingfeng, who could sense the uneasiness from Su Xiaofei as she looked at young Qiao Yuhan, sighed inwardly. She was pretending not to care, but it was obvious that she cared about her younger half brother.
"How about this? I'll take you to Questpark instead of your parents, that is, if you can convince this pretty Da Jie to come with us." He offered the young boy, pointing to Su Xiaofei with a smile.
Qiao Yuhan's face lit up and then turned his head to Su Xiaofei. He couldn't resist accepting Lu Qingfeng's suggestion to him.
"Ah, pretty Da Jie, please say yes! I really want to spend time with you!"
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