Chapter 114: I Want to Stand Here For A While
After appeasing Wang Qing, Qiao Rou pulled Qiao Xi’s hand and shook it gently. “Sister, don’t worry. No matter what others say, I’ll always be on your side. I know you really want to see the head of the Gu family. No matter how much others object, I won’t listen. I want to fulfill your wish, so come with me to Longwan Residential.”
Qiao Xi sneered. Her good sister was really belittling her. She wanted so badly to bring her to Longwan Residential, but she would not fulfill her wish.
She smiled slightly. “I’m sorry, but I don’t want to go to Longwan Residential with you. You can see the head of the Gu family yourself. Sorry, I won’t be accompanying you.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Qiao Xi turned around and left.
Qiao Rou’s face could not help but reveal a trace of anger. She did not know what Qiao Xi was being arrogant about. She was clearly hundreds—no, thousands—of times more outstanding than Qiao Xi. She had obtained the favor of the Gu family’s patriarch, who even personally invited her to be a guest in Longwan Residential. How glorious was this? Everyone was envious of her, but what about Qiao Xi? She actually did not react at all. This was abnormal!
Qiao Xi was a woman who could only sleep with old men and sell her body for money. What right did she have to ignore her and look down on her?!
Yes, every time Qiao Rou met Qiao Xi’s gaze, she felt that Qiao Xi was looking down on her. Her gaze was like she was looking at trash. It infuriated her each time.
Wang Qing mocked her sarcastically. “Rou Rou, since she doesn’t know what’s good for her, just let her be. She’s just a peasant from the countryside and doesn’t have much knowledge. How can such a person be worthy to be the Qiao family’s eldest daughter? What a joke.”
Qiao Rou gathered her thoughts and composed her expression.
That’s right. Wang Qing was right. Qiao Xi and she were not from the same world. One was kept as a mistress by an old man, while the other was thought highly of by the head of the Gu family. She was even personally invited by him. The gap between her and Qiao Xi was growing wider and wider, so she did not need to take a loser seriously.
In the future, when she married into the Gu family, she could casually arrange for a chauffeur or servant for Qiao Xi to marry. That was good enough considering their years of sisterhood.
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When Qiao Xi returned to the Gu family, it was exactly five in the evening. The sun was setting in the west, and golden rays of light shone on the floor. Everything in the world was covered in a layer of golden light.
Qiao Xi pushed open the door and found that the villa was strangely quiet today. The butler was not around, and the servants were not around either… Qiao Xi shrugged her shoulders. Then, under the evening sunlight, she changed her shoes at the door. Although the light was a little dim, it did not affect her movements. She hung her jacket on the clothes rack and was about to walk upstairs when she suddenly heard a muffled groan not far away.
Qiao Xi said, “… Who is it?”
She asked as she walked in the direction of the sound. A blurry figure was standing at the kitchen door, bowing slightly as if he was in pain.
“Qiao Xi.”
Gu Zheng’s voice was slightly hoarse. He did not expect that Qiao Xi would come back at this time.
“Gu Zheng?” Qiao Xi recognized his voice and stopped in her tracks before muttering, “You’re at home, so why didn’t you switch on the lights? I thought there was no one in the villa.”
After she finished speaking, she seemed to have noticed that something was wrong. Gu Zheng was standing there without moving. When she thought of the muffled groan earlier, Qiao Xi probed. “You’re not injured, are you?”
Gu Zheng Adam’s apple bobbed. “No.”
Qiao Xi was silent. ‘If you’re not injured, why are you standing at the kitchen door? Could it be that you want to cook something?’
“Uh… Do you need my help?” Qiao Xi asked very considerately, “If there’s anything you need my help with, you can let me know.”
A look of unnaturalness flashed past Gu Zheng’s face, but it was concealed by the dim light, so Qiao Xi did not notice it.
“That’s alright. Go upstairs first.”
Qiao Xi instinctively asked, “What about you?”
Gu Zheng: “…”
After a long silence, he said helplessly, “I want to stand here for a while. Don’t worry about me.”
He wanted to stand outside the kitchen for a while? Was there something wrong with him?
Qiao Xi looked at him speechlessly. She felt that Gu Zheng was a little strange today. She wanted to continue asking, but when she thought about it, she realized that she did not have the right to ask too much about Gu Zheng’s matter. Hence, she shrugged. “Alright, I’ll go upstairs first. Be careful.”
Gu Zheng’s expression froze for a moment. His thin lips parted slightly as if he wanted to explain, but in the end, he did not say anything. “Alright.”
She could not detect anything wrong with his voice. Qiao Xi scratched her head and went upstairs. She was not someone who liked to probe into other people’s secrets. She dealt with the documents in her hands upstairs. As time went by, she suddenly recalled something. The butler and servants were not around today, so what about dinner?
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