Chapter 97 - Adorable Little Brother (1)
Su Xiaofei wasn't expecting Lu Qingfeng to offer to 'babysit' Qiao Yuhan. She didn't know how to react as the young boy looked at her expectantly, hoping that she would agree and join them to go and play at the local amusement park.
"Why don't you agree, Feifei?" Xi Qian told her. "It's not like you're in the mood to shop for new clothes now. I can join you, if you want. It's my day off from work tomorrow anyway."
"Vice President Liu, is this okay with you?" Lu Qingfeng asked Liu Shulan. "We can bring his bodyguards and his nanny with us if you are uncomfortable leaving Xiao Han with us." He suggested.
"Oh, I don't mind." The older woman smiled at him. "But is this alright with you, Young Master Lu? I hope Xiao Han isn't inconveniencing you."
She felt a little guilty towards her son. Indeed, she and her husband made that promise, but with all the things going on with work, Liu Shulan didn't think she nor her husband could spare any time to accompany their son to the amusement park, just as they promised to.
To leave her son with young Lu Qingfeng, Liu Shulan was worried that this would only make Qiao Yuhan feel neglected by her and her husband.
"It's no bother, Madam. It would be a real pity though if he missed the chance to see Questpark, since he's already in Qiying City." Lu Qingfeng assured her, while he waited for Su Xiaofei's answer.
Liu Shulan was also conflicted about this. As she looked at Su Xiaofei's face, she wondered if this young woman was somehow related to Bai Qingyue.
At the time that her husband was dating Bai Qingyue, she was his classmate and a good friend at the university they were attending in Shenjing and Liu Shulan had met Bai Qingyue a couple of times.
Seeing Su Xiaofei now, she couldn't help but think that she was looking at Bai Qingyue when they were younger. Aside from this young woman's dark eyes and fox-like features, everything was almost the same as Bai Qingyue.
What were the odds that this young woman was her husband's missing daughter? Liu Shulan thought.
"I-I… I don't know… Mama is waiting for me at home though…" Su Xiaofei stuttered, not sure if she should decline her half brother's invitation.
"I can give Aunty Qing a call if you want. I'm sure she won't mind if we go to the amusement park together." Lu Qingfeng pulled out his phone, ready to give her mother a call.
Su Xiaofei frowned. They weren't giving her a chance to decline, were they?
"I'll do it myself." She grumbled while Qiao Yuhan and Xi Qian cheered together. "But what about your meeting?" She glanced at Liu Shulan who seemed distracted at the moment. Su Xiaofei wondered if the older woman was able to connect the dots merely by seeing her face.
Damn, Su Xiaofei thought. Perhaps she needed to change her looks a little, so people wouldn't easily connect her to Bai Qingyue. She had never thought that she would need to purposely change her looks just to avoid her birth mother.
Her looks was her pride, but now that she was aware that she shared an almost identical look with Bai Qingyue, Su Xiaofei had started to ignore her appearance in front of her vanity mirror.
"It's fine." Lu Qingfeng shrugged. "The crucial part of the meeting is already concluded, but we might need to inform Grandpa that we're leaving with Young Master Qiao first."
"Fine." Su Xiaofei conceded. She excused herself for a minute to give her mother a call to inform Yun Qingrong of her sudden plans with Lu Qingfeng and Xi Qian today.
"What did Aunty Qing say?" Xi Qian asked her, once she hung up the call with her mother. She was now holding the white fat cat as Qiao Yuhan listened to his mother's reminders.
"She said it's fine, as long as we don't stay out too late." Su Xiaofei replied, before eyeing Qiao Yuhan.
Meeting him and his mother like this was beyond her expectations. She hadn't even thought of finding the Qiao family in this lifetime. She had expected to meet Bai Qingyue in the future, but not them.
Should she prepare herself for the possibility of meeting her real father this time? Su Xiaofei didn't know what to think anymore. Her head was already hurting.
"Calm down, Feifei. What's riling you up like this?" Lu Qingfeng's worried voice startled her.
Su Xiaofei didn't even notice when Lu Qingfeng had come to her side, passing her a bottle of water, twisting the cap in the process. She accepted the bottle and took a sip from it.
Right. She needed to calm down. Since things had already turned out this way, she could only make the best out of this encounter. In the future, if Bai Qingyue attempted to harm her again, she would be able to seek the Qiao family for protection.
"So?" Lu Qingfeng asked her again. He hadn't expected that she would also be here today, and wondered if her feelings towards the Qiao family had changed.
In their previous life, Feifei had a great relationship with Qiao Yuhan without knowing that he was her half brother and now that she was able to meet the boy this early, Lu Qingfeng was sure that she wouldn't be able to ignore Qiao Yuhan's existence from today onwards.
"I'm fine, Xiao Feng. So are we going or not?" She responded, not wanting to make him worry anymore. She should be happy that it was Qiao Yuhan that she had met today and not her birth mother, because Su Xiaofei wasn't certain that she would be able to keep her emotions in check when facing the woman who gave birth to her.
"I already asked Nine to prepare the cars.. My new assistant has also notified Grandpa and President Qiao about our departure."
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