Chapter 47 Old Master Xu
The old butler truly had no idea. After hearing what Qiao Mei said, his old eyes widened in shock. He looked at Xu Hui, his voice trembling slightly, and asked her, "Miss, is this true?!"
It's no wonder the old butler reacted this way. Back then, when Xu Hui wanted to be with the Crown Prince, both the Xu family patriarch and matriarch, as well as he himself, had advised against it countless times.
But Hsu Hui, who was young and love-struck at the time, refused to budge and even severed ties with the Hsu family because of this.
Now, suddenly, she says that she and the culprit, the Crown Prince, have completed the divorce proceedings. The old butler feels like he's dreaming.
Xu Hui glanced sideways at Qiao Mei, who was clearly doing it on purpose, sighed, and nodded.
"Well, this is a long story, let's go inside and talk about it."
The old butler glanced at Xu Heyu, who was considered an outsider, and understood Xu Hui's meaning. After leading Qiao Mei and her group into the old house, he asked the two younger people, Qiao Mei and Xu Heyu, to wait in the living room while he took Xu Hui upstairs to talk to Old Master Xu.
Watching Xu Hui and the old butler's figures gradually disappear at the top of the stairs, Qiao Mei turned to look at Xu Heyu, who was in a daze. She took the hot tea handed to her by the maid, blew on it, and asked him, "Are you trying to ask me why my mother did this?"
Xu Heyu snapped out of her daze and looked at the girl whose beautiful face was mostly obscured by the rising white steam from the teacup. She denied it, saying, "No, I'm just a little surprised and a little worried."
What are you worried about?
The black tea had a rich and mellow taste and a fragrant aroma. After drinking it, it warmed her body, which had been a little chilly from the wind.
So Qiao Mei didn't drink the second sip for herself, but instead held it to the lips of the little black dragon wrapped around her neck, and whispered, "Try a sip and see, it tastes pretty good."
It seemed that her attention wasn't really on Xu Heyu at all, which suddenly eased Ao Cang's somewhat inferior mood. His golden dragon eyes gleamed as if he hadn't noticed Qiao Mei's little scheme of bringing the rim of her used cup to his lips. He gently touched it and, with her help, took a small sip.
Black tea doesn't have sugar added, so it shouldn't be very sweet.
But when Ao Cang tasted it, it was so sweet that it made his heart feel a little tingly and numb.
Seeing this scene, Xu Heyu knew he shouldn't be jealous of a familiar beast, but his mood was still affected. The genuine smile on his lips faded almost completely.
He suppressed the urge to pull the little black dragon off Qiao Mei's neck and honestly expressed his concern that the royal family would cause trouble for her and Xu Hui later.
Upon hearing this, Qiao Mei chuckled and looked at him: "Then do you think that when my mother and I had royal status, we were living a very good life?"
Qiao Yingying wanted to kill Xu Hui for unknown reasons, and the Crown Princess also suppressed Xu Hui, making her one of the culprits who caused Xu Hui to suffer from depression. Qiao Ziming, as Xu Hui's husband and father, never cared about her.
The mother and daughter stayed with the royal family, and if there were any benefits they enjoyed, it was that Xu Hui could receive her monthly inhibitors from the royal family for free, and her food, drink, and accommodation were all reimbursed by the royal family.
Apart from that, there's basically nothing else.
Xu Heyu was unaware of Qiao Mei and Xu Hui's situation, but she still remembered the vicious things Qiao Yingying had done before. After a moment of silence, she replied, "Judging from your words, it's probably not a very good situation. I'm sorry."
"It's nothing, you don't need to feel sorry. It's just that outsiders don't really understand my and my mother's situation."
After recounting this incident, Qiao Mei recalled the scene she witnessed during the entrance exam for the Federal Academy, where a second-year student's body exploded, seemingly parasitized by an interstellar monster larva. She then asked him about it.
"There were too many things that happened after that, so I forgot to ask you about it. So, is it an interstellar monster?"
Xu Heyu originally wanted to ask Qiao Mei if they could not rush to break off their childhood betrothal, but when she heard Qiao Mei ask about this matter, she could only suppress the words that were already on the tip of her tongue, sigh and shake her head.
"The military hasn't issued any statement yet. They've been suppressing this matter and not allowing students who witnessed the events that day to speak out. I estimate that there's a high probability that if it weren't for this, it was something done by interstellar terrorists. Otherwise, they wouldn't be covering it up now."
"Then, what kind of connection can there be between the larvae of the interstellar monster and the Gang Stone?"
After asking her questions, Qiao Mei recounted how Ao Cang smelled the aura of the Gang Stone at the scene, and how she was attacked by a woman with a knife and a dagger that smelled of the Gang Stone while waiting for the exam.
"As for the Gang Stone, I only know that Qiao Yingying has it. Coincidentally, she also took the Federation's entrance exam that day, so there is indeed proof of her presence. Moreover, when that senior's body blossomed, Qingqing... oh, that's my friend Shu Qingqing who took the entrance exam with me and is quite close to me. She also said that she saw Qiao Yingying standing in the building opposite the teaching building where the incident occurred."
Xu Heyu was unaware of these matters. After listening to Qiao Mei's account, she recalled what Qiao Mei had said about Qiao Yingying using the Gang Stone to frame her, almost causing her to be exiled to a garbage planet. A cold glint flashed in her blue eyes.
But when Qiao Mei looked over, he quickly composed himself and replied to her, "After that, I found some time to test her alone. She somehow got my contact information and has been contacting me frequently lately, but I haven't been replying to her much."
Qiao Mei didn't notice Xu Heyu's last meaningful remark. After nodding, she turned her attention back to Ao Cang and asked him if he was hungry and wanted something to eat.
Just then, the old butler came down and asked Qiao Mei to go upstairs. As for Xu Heyu, he asked him to continue waiting and inquired about the whereabouts of his parents. If they were arriving soon, he would send someone to receive them.
Upon hearing the old butler mention his parents, Xu Heyu's face turned cold with anger, but he quickly suppressed it and told the old butler that they would be arriving soon.
He was also looking forward to seeing those two people who could hardly be considered his parents again.
......
The Xu family villa has four floors.
After Qiao Mei knocked on the wooden door made of Phoebe zhennan wood, she heard an old voice say, "Come in."
Upon entering, she saw an elderly man with white hair leaning against a cushion, coughing lightly with a handkerchief over his mouth. His somewhat stern face showed obvious signs of illness, and he was estimated to be over sixty years old.
This should be the original owner's maternal grandfather—Xu Wenfeng.
As Qiao Mei pondered, she moved closer and was surprised to find that Old Master Xu's red eyes, which were the same as hers and Xu Hui's, looked a little off on his right eye.
It looks a bit like... a security camera?
Just then, she heard Grandpa Xu say in his aged voice, "Xiao Mei, stand closer so Grandpa can take a good look at you."
Xu Heyu: Strange, why do I feel inexplicably full watching Qiao Mei and the little black dragon interact?
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