When Yang Qiaoqiao got home, it was already dark.
She could see someone holding a child waiting for her at the gate from afar.
The figure clearly did not belong to Lin Xiaohui or Aunt Zhang, but to a man.
After she got out of the car, she heard Lele's sweet, giggling voice.
The man holding and playing with Lele was, without a doubt, Qiao Haifan.
Yang Qiaoqiao felt that Qiao Haifan was now coming to her house every day to help her take care of her two children until she and the two children were ready to go to sleep before he went home. This was actually beyond what they had initially agreed on as just friends.
There are some things she could say without any guilt when she was not very familiar with Qiao Haifan and faced his enthusiasm, but now she finds it difficult to say them.
"Lele, look who's back?"
As Yang Qiaoqiao was thinking, Qiao Haifan pointed at her and teased her.
"Mommy, Mommy..."
As soon as Lele saw Yang Qiaoqiao, she grinned and happily showed her four newly grown baby teeth as she rushed towards her.
Yang Qiaoqiao took her son from Qiao Haifan's arms, gave him a kiss, and then gently pinched the little guy's nose before asking, "Where's your sister?"
“An’an was playing with building blocks inside and didn’t want to come out, so I brought Lele out to wait for you.”
Lele can only make sounds like "babababa, mama mama" and can't say anything else.
So Qiao Haifan answered for him.
A few days ago, Qiao Haifan asked someone to bring back a set of building blocks from abroad, and An'an loved it.
Every day when I wake up, I sit on the mat and build with blocks.
Through this period of observation, Yang Qiaoqiao discovered that An'an was calm and had a strong sense of focus.
Lele is lively and active, and likes all new and interesting things, but she loses interest after the novelty wears off.
As Yang Qiaoqiao carried Lele into the house, she asked Qiao Haifan, "Haifan, is there any news from Hong Kong?"
Ever since she learned that the person Huo Beixiao brought back was Jiang Yiran, she has been asking people in Gangcheng to help investigate Jiang Yiran.
Her main goal was to find out how Huo Beixiao created a false identity for Jiang Yiran.
She plans to investigate thoroughly and then obtain documentation from the relevant departments in Hong Kong to verify Jiang Yiran's true identity.
Since Jiang Yiran is currently identified as a resident of Hong Kong, if her true identity cannot be verified, the mainland police cannot do anything about her.
Previously, Yang Qiaoqiao asked the Rong family to help inquire about Huo Beixiao's role in helping Jiang Yiran fabricate her identity, but the Rong family replied that there was no problem with Jiang Yiran's identity.
Left with no other choice, she had to ask Qiao Haifan for help.
"There's no news yet," Qiao Haifan said.
The two chatted as they walked into the house.
No one noticed that a car was parked not far from Yang Qiaoqiao's house, and the people inside the car were following them closely.
Huo Beixiao watched Yang Qiaoqiao and Qiao Haifan disappear, and then watched the door of Yang Qiaoqiao's house close in front of him.
Yang Qiaoqiao took Lele from Qiao Haifan, and the image of the two chatting and laughing intimately lingered in his mind.
His hands gripped the steering wheel involuntarily tightened.
His deep eyes were filled with coldness, but in the end he could only close them and drive away.
The next day, Yang Qiaoqiao received the second batch of design drafts sent from the port city.
She had previously written to the port city that this batch of design drafts was for winter clothing, mainly down jackets.
Yang Qiaoqiao was quite pleasantly surprised after going through the design drafts.
Because these down jackets were very unique, one of them, a cake-shaped design, had sparked a fashion craze for a while in her previous life.
Although that craze only lasted a year or two, she was able to make a profit by producing the design first.
Besides the cake-patterned down jacket that later became a trend, this design also includes double-breasted coats and trench coats that will remain popular for decades to come and can be considered classics.
Yang Qiaoqiao kept all the design drafts and was about to call Zhou Yang and Xie Fengxia to discuss the pattern making when Guo Tao arrived first.
When Guo Tao entered her office, he looked troubled.
"Brother Tao, is there something you need?" Yang Qiaoqiao asked first.
Guo Tao scratched his head awkwardly, "Qiao Qiao, I'm sorry, I didn't do a good job on the thing you asked me to do."
The first thing Yang Qiaoqiao did when she arrived at the factory today was to ask Guo Tao to go to Huo Beixiao and tell him what had happened at Grandpa Xia and Grandma Xia's place.
Yang Qiaoqiao couldn't understand for a moment. It was just a matter of passing on a message, so why would Guo Tao say that he hadn't done it well?
Before she could even ask a question, a tall figure walked into her office.
When Yang Qiaoqiao saw Huo Beixiao, she couldn't help but frown slightly.
"I didn't leak that contract on purpose," Huo Beixiao said as soon as he stood in front of Yang Qiaoqiao.
Yang Qiaoqiao met his gaze. "And then? So you think Grandpa and Grandma Xia shouldn't have pushed the blame onto you?"
Huo Beixiao was taken aback by Yang Qiaoqiao's words.
After pausing for a moment, he said, "That's not what I meant. The contract was leaked because of me, so I should naturally take responsibility."
Yang Qiaoqiao didn't want to say much to Huo Beixiao, and simply said, "Since you know you should take responsibility, then be prepared to handle your own affairs. You don't need to come here and tell me all this nonsense."
She immediately told them to leave.
When Yang Qiaoqiao was writing the divorce agreement, she was incredibly grateful that her and Huo Beixiao's careers had always been separate.
Even if they might have shared funds before the divorce, they always operated independently, so separating was easy.
The most profound lesson she learned from her past life was not to confuse her own interests and career with those of men.
Men are ultimately unreliable.
Huo Beixiao's gaze towards Yang Qiaoqiao deepened even further.
After a moment of silence, he said, "Qiaoqiao, can I talk to you alone?"
Yang Qiaoqiao looked at Huo Beixiao, wondering what he meant.
"Huo Beixiao, come on, what's the point of Qiaoqiao having a private chat with an ungrateful bastard like you?"
Before Yang Qiaoqiao could speak, Guo Tao had already clenched his fists and said angrily.
If he weren't truly no match for Huo Beixiao, he would have already taken action.
The thought of how he had been blind and had worked for Huo Beixiao for so many years filled him with resentment!
"Brother Tao, you can go out first!" Yang Qiaoqiao said after thinking for a moment.
"Qiaoqiao—" Guo Tao instinctively tried to stop her.
Yang Qiaoqiao gave him a reassuring smile, "Brother Tao, it's okay."
Guo Tao glared at Huo Beixiao and gritted his teeth. "Fine, Qiao Qiao, I'll go out first. I'll stand guard at the door. Call me if you need anything."
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