Chapter 24: The Qiao Family, a Bunch of Scum

lax and enjoy yourself.The sun has just risen, the first rays of sunlight are warm.A star-rated hotel perched atop a mountain had meticulously arranged numerous dainty round tables outside, allowing g...Qiao Baoer's mood was inexplicably a little down.

The next day, when she woke up, she had completely forgotten about playing mahjong. Her head felt heavy and she didn't get up until 10 o'clock.

"Where's Junzi's shepherd" she woke up to find him gone.

The moment she stepped out of the hotel suite, she bumped into Lu Qinian. Lu Qinian held a grudge against her for what she had done to him last night, and he said coldly, "Go back to the Qiao family yourself. He wouldn't accompany you."

"The shepherd went to the graveyard, today is Liu Yiy's death anniversary..."

Jun Zhimu originally planned to accompany her back to the Qiao family, but he heard that he was going to pay respects to his deceased ex-girlfriend today. He must have loved that woman very much.

The heavy rain in the city had finally stopped, but she hesitated at the hotel's lobby on the first floor.

She doesn't want to go back to Joe's house...

"Bao'er…"

Suddenly, a familiar voice came from the hotel entrance, an aged voice filled with excitement.

Qiao Bao'er's expression flashed with disbelief, and she immediately quickened her pace to walk over. "Grandma," her voice suddenly choked with emotion.

"Bao'er, is it really you You're back! Where have you been all these years Why didn't you come back to see us Do you know how worried Grandma has been" Old Madam Qiao, elegant and dignified, had tears in her eyes. Her voice was both concerned and helpless.

Qiao Bao'er felt a sour ache in her heart and immediately embraced the elder before her.

qiao Baoer didn't expect her grandmother to come to the hotel to pick her up in person. It had been 6 years since they last saw each other, and she felt both guilty and conflicted inside.

“A few days ago, City Lord’s grandfather called us,” Grandma Qiao smiled and took her hand to sit in the car, “My grandmother has watched you grow up since you were little. If I hadn't come here personally today, you would have run away secretly. Now that you're back, don't run around again.”

"By the way, where's Young Master Jun" The elderly man looked around excitedly.

Qiao Baoer got into the car with the old man, her face complex. "He has something important to do today."

"That's right, the young master of the Jun family naturally has more things to do," the old man still had an excited smile on his face, "Bao'er, I heard you have already got your marriage certificate with the other party. To be able to marry into the Jun family, you are amazing, grandma is so happy for you."

Hearing this, Qiao Baoer's expression froze, and she felt that this reunion of family seemed to have turned sour.

The car drove smoothly toward Qiao's house. Along the way, Old Mrs. Qiao excitedly asked her many questions about the Jun family, but she didn't ask her about how she had been doing these past years.

Qiao Baoer's face darkened. As soon as she arrived at the doorstep of her family home, she heard excited voices coming from inside the house.

"It's been ages since we last saw each other. You've lost so much weight. Mom said today we had a special guest, and it turns out to be you. Why didn't you let me know in advance"

"Where's my brother-in-law We brought a vintage wine for him to try, as a special thank you for his funding before."

"Your brother-in-law is upstairs, we don't need to be so formal as a family."

...The house was filled with laughter and chatter. ...

Qiao Baoer froze at the doorway, hearing these sounds, her hands instinctively clenched into fists.

At this moment, all she wanted to do was turn and walk away.

"Those things happened so many years ago, Bao'er. Don't hold a grudge against your stepmother."

Grandma Qiao seemed to have guessed that she wanted to escape, so she immediately grabbed her hand and half-dragged her inside. "It seems Ye Xi is here today too."

"The old woman is back," the maid in the house called out.

Inside the house, footsteps were heard quickly. Ye Xi, with a face full of pleasing joy, ran to the door, "Grandma, it's been many years."

However, when Ye Xi saw Qiao Baier beside the old man, her smiling face instantly froze and was replaced by a look of shock.

At that moment, a man even more shocked than Bei Ye Xi almost instinctively ran towards her. Yi Sicheng looked at her in disbelief, " Qiao Bao'er, why are you here! Did you follow me!"

Qiao Bao'er heard Yi Sicheng's words, a sneer playing at the corner of her lips.

"Have you two met before" Old Madam Qiao asked first.

"Hello!"

Joe Ba'er gritted her teeth and spat out two words.

Yisi Chen seemed to have only just come back to his senses, watching the close bond between Grandma Qiao and Qiao Bao'er as they walked hand in hand. He suddenly understood something, and his expression became complex and unpleasant.

Grandma Qiao noticed that Yi Sicheng looked at Qiao Bao'er with a strange expression, while Ye Xi felt conflicted and resentful in her heart.

"Bao'er, you're finally back. About what happened before... I apologize to you. I was wrong. I've felt very guilty these years. You can ask me to do anything, just please don't argue with your dad anymore, okay"

Ye Wei wore a concerned expression, her voice soft as she spoke. It seemed like she was begging for forgiveness, but also hinting at Qiao Bao'er's years of willful disobedience and refusal to return to the Qiao family.

"Our Bao'er wouldn't remember those little things from before,"

Grandma Qiao seemed in a good mood, smiling as she responded and instructed Ye Wei, "Go call Wen Yu down. He only knows how to work all day long and doesn't even care about his own daughter. Our Bao’er is amazing now..."

Saying that, Old Mrs. Qiao pulled her toward the living room and warmly offered her fruit and sweets.

Qiao Baoer, with her suppressed and irritable mood, was chatting with the elderly person. At this moment, a little girl suddenly ran over and sweetly called the elderly person "great-grandmother."

"Xinxin is really well-behaved. This is Ye Xi's daughter."

Grandma Qiao smiled as she introduced her, but Qiao Baoer remained sullen and didn't speak. She glanced at the girl in the opposite living room who threw herself into Yi Sicheng's legs, acting coquettishly. Ye Xi pretended to be a loving mother, stroking the child's head. The three of them looked happy and harmonious together.

"Si Chen, the children are all grown up now, you have to hurry and get your marriage certificate with our Ye Xi..."

Grandmother Qiao spoke first, Ye Xi then leaned her head against his shoulder with a coquettish and shy expression, while Yi Sicheng looked at Qiao Baier with complicated eyes.

Qiao Bao'er turned her face, black with anger, and didn't want to see them.

Grandma Qiao noticed her odd behavior and asked curiously, "Baobao, Si Chen and Junjia are cousins. You guys..."

" married."

"Grandma, I'm going to the restroom."

Joe Bao'er, as if unable to bear the oppressive air here, quickly stood up. Before the old man could speak, she strode away quickly.

Grandma Qiao saw that she just walked away without paying any attention to her, and her expression became displeased.

After Qiao Bao'er went to the backyard of Qiao's house, she closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She hated Qiao's house so much that she wished she would never come back in her life.

Her eyes swept around with a complex gaze. The flowers and plants here had all been replaced, a testament to the changing of seasons and the passage of time.

"Are you Qiao Wenyu's daughter"

Behind him, Yi Sicheng followed. His voice sounded shocked as he asked a question.

Qiao Baoer is actually Qiao Wenyu's daughter. She is the only daughter of the Qiao family, the richest in the city, but how is this possible She clearly lives in an old apartment and lives a frugal life...

She ignored him, not even turning around.

Yi Sicheng rushed to her front eagerly, his burning gaze fixed on her, "Why didn't you tell me this before!" His tone was laced with accusation.

Joe Bao'er found it ridiculous, "We've been married for three years, you didn't know that before Now that you know about Yi Si Chen, so what Are you grateful to Ye Xi's brother-in-law for helping you Then go and flatter him! Anyway, I'm just a poor person living in a rundown apartment. I have nothing to do with the Qiao family."idn't reply again.This made them all anxious. They each felt that the two leftmost passages sounded like they were coming from there, but they couldn't be sure.Which two passages are theseNow the orig...