In June in the North, the sun shines brightly, insects chirp in the forest, and a warm breeze blows through the lush, verdant trees, casting tiny, bright spots of light on the ground as the leaves rustle.
Summer is approaching.
The weather was sweltering, making everyone feel restless and irritable. Especially when Qiao Le saw the girl's face clearly, he almost swore.
However, he didn't dare to say the words in the end, and his face turned pale.
Why did we have to meet on such a narrow road!
A while ago, when she was hurling insults at this girl with Xiao Qingwan at the Xiao family mansion, she never expected that this girl was actually the eldest son of the Xiao family's fiancée! And the eldest son even caught them red-handed!
She knew she had offended Xiao Lingchen at that time, and fled home in fear, almost scared half to death. She didn't dare to tell her elders what had happened, and spent her days in a daze, cowering in fear.
Xiao Lingchen was too lazy to personally give instructions on how to retaliate against her, but his subordinates were all shrewd, especially Xiao Shisan, who was known as the number one hawk claw of the young master Xiao!
Xiao Shisan personally visited the Qiao family elders and talked with them in the study for more than ten minutes. When they left, the Qiao family elders were all covered in cold sweat and had pale faces, trying to please him, but Xiao Shisan didn't even turn his head back.
As soon as he left, their faces turned ashen, and they began slapping her repeatedly across the face!
"You wretched child! You've grown up and all you do is cause trouble?! Don't you have eyes? How dare you offend the young master's fiancée?!—You worthless brat! Guards, bring the family discipline to teach her a lesson!"
Qiao Le had always known that there was a whip in the Qiao family ancestral hall, which had been passed down from ancient times over a hundred years ago. But now it was a new society, and she was the only girl in the family. Her grandmother protected her, so how could the elders bear to punish her?
This was the first time in her life she had ever been beaten up!
She lay in bed for a whole month, crying until her voice was hoarse, but she couldn't get any pity from her elders. Her grandmother, who used to love her the most, even personally forced her to come to the Xiao family to apologize.
But the Xiao family didn't even glance at them.
The Qiao family is an affiliated family of the Xiao family, and all their glory comes from the protection of the Xiao family. This time, Qiao Le offended the young master Xiao's fiancée. Xiao Lingchen gave a few instructions, and the Qiao family was immediately plunged into a deep mess.
With its capital chain broken, its shares maliciously acquired, its partners breaching contracts and its market share being seized, the Qiao family, once a prominent family, has teetered on the brink of bankruptcy in just a few months.
The elders of the Qiao family were furious with Qiao Le, and they continued to verbally abuse and punish her every day. Qiao Le was terrified and regretful, and cried at home every day.
Several months later, the Xiao family calmed down, and Xiao Shisan stopped caring. The Qiao family racked their brains to come up with a generous gift for Madam Xiao.
Madam Xiao felt that as the matriarch of the Xiao family, protecting a subordinate family shouldn't be a big problem. Moreover, the reason why Qiao Le offended Young Master Xiao was for Xiao Qingwan's sake, so she generously accepted the gift and agreed.
She tentatively mentioned it to those below, and to her surprise, no one was targeting the Qiao family anymore. Immediately, Madam Xiao and the Qiao family were overjoyed, and they felt even more that Madam Xiao held a noble position in the Xiao family.
Even at Xiao Lingchen's birthday banquet, Xiao Qingwan specifically suggested bringing Qiao Le along so that she could apologize to Xiao Lingchen and that girl in person and let the matter drop.
However, Madam Xiao Qingwan and her daughter, as well as Qiao Le and other members of the Qiao family, were unaware of this.
The reason why no one is targeting the Qiao family anymore is not because Madam Xiao's status is really that noble or her orders are really effective, but because all of this was ordered by Xiao Lingchen.
A cold glint flashed in Bai Shu's eyes, but his face remained impassive, and he even smiled faintly: "We meet again, Miss Qiao."
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