Aunt Liu shook her head apologetically and said, "I don't know."
"Is there anything wrong with him?" Qi Jincheng asked again.
Aunt Liu recalled, "A little anxious?"
Qi Jincheng frowned again, and Aunt Liu became worried, "Young Master, Mr. Qiao is looking for Madam..."
"It's nothing," Qi Jincheng interrupted her speculation. "I'll go look for her. If she comes back, call me."
"I'll go with you," Aunt Liu said, taking off her apron as she prepared to help find the person.
Qi Jincheng stopped her and told her to wait for news at home.
Not far from Fuyuan, Qi Jincheng saw Qiao Xi walking back unsteadily.
He ran towards her hurriedly, calling out, "Xi'er."
Qiao Xi looked somewhat dazed; she was still thinking about what Qiao Guangyuan had told her, and she couldn't tell if it was true or false.
Perhaps deep in her mind, she had already accepted this fact.
Because she wasn't his daughter, he could have chosen to kill her without hesitation in his past life. Since his mother was just a tool to be used, he could also kill her without hesitation.
So, if what he said is true, then everything makes sense.
But the truth was too much of a shock to her; she had lived for twenty years, no, twenty-eight.
She lived for a full twenty-eight years before she learned that Qiao Guangyuan was not her biological father.
As Qi Jincheng drew closer, Qiao Xi had to suppress her dazed expression. She forced herself to smile and greet him, "Ah Jin."
Although Qiao Xi was smiling at him, Qi Jincheng still noticed something was wrong. "What's wrong? Are you hurt?"
"No," Qiao Xi quickly denied.
Qi Jincheng looked back and asked, "Did Dad go back?"
"Mm." Qiao Xi nodded, thinking that Aunt Liu must have told him everything.
Qi Jincheng sensed that something was wrong with Qiao Xi, but he didn't know what had happened. This wasn't the place to ask, so he could only gently pull her into his arms. "Shall we go home?"
"Okay." Qiao Xi nodded.
Qiao Xi tried her best to hide her emotions, but as soon as she calmed down, she couldn't help but think about that matter.
Even with Qi Jincheng in front of her, she found it difficult to pretend that nothing had happened.
Qi Jincheng happened to see all of this.
Qi Jincheng didn't directly ask what had happened, but instead asked in a relaxed tone, "What is my silly Xi'er thinking?"
Qiao Xi couldn't tell her about it, even though she had accepted it deep down, there was still some doubt in her heart.
She didn't want to tell anyone until she figured it out.
"I missed you." Qiao Xi then snuggled into Qi Jincheng's arms. She didn't want Qi Jincheng to notice her unusual behavior, even though she knew that Qi Jincheng might have already noticed.
Qi Jincheng hugged her tightly, and Qiao Xi slowly let go. She tried to speak to him in a relaxed tone, saying, "My dad came to see me today and said that my stepmother ran away with his property."
Upon hearing this, Qi Jincheng looked down at Qiao Xi. Qiao Xi felt his gaze and subconsciously looked up to meet his eyes.
Qi Jincheng gently touched her cheek and asked, "Do you want me to find out if it's true or not?"
Qiao Xi shook her head and said nonchalantly, "It doesn't matter, he just came to ask me for money."
"What does Xi'er want me to do?" Qi Jincheng asked Qiao Xi for her opinion.
Qiao Xi's answer was no different from before: "If he contacts you, just ignore him."
"I'll listen to Xi'er." Qi Jincheng kissed her forehead again.
Qiao Xi simply nestled in his arms, holding him tightly, trying to suppress all the thoughts in her mind, even if only for a short while.
After tonight, she might be back to normal by tomorrow.
Contrary to expectations, Qiao Xi was still not in a good state and actually sat in the classroom in a daze.
Li Xiaoxiao looked at Qiao Xi, who was in a daze, and nudged her with her elbow, "Little Xi Xi, what are you daydreaming about?"
"Huh?" Qiao Xi looked at Li Xiaoxiao as if waking from a dream, clearly not knowing what she was talking about.
Even the usually oblivious Li Xiaoxiao noticed that something was wrong with Qiao Xi. "She seems so distracted. Did she have a fight with President Qi?"
Qiao Xi said irritably, "Don't worry, we're very much in love."
Li Xiaoxiao immediately said to her earnestly, "My Mrs. Qi, you must always be vigilant. There are countless eyes in the whole school watching you."
Qiao Xi smiled, showing absolutely no interest in the question Li Xiaoxiao had raised.
Li Xiaoxiao took out her phone, opened her Weibo account, and said as she did so, "As the saying goes, those who are near the water get the moon first."
"Look at this." She proudly showed Qiao Xi her number of followers and her homepage.
Qiao Xi glanced at it casually and then saw the photo of her and Qi Jincheng!
Li Xiaoxiao quickly uploaded another photo, a picture of Qiao Xi lost in thought, which looked absolutely stunning from the side.
"What are you doing?" Qiao Xi asked, puzzled.
Li Xiaoxiao said smugly, "I specially set up this account for you to update your daily life at school."
Before Qiao Xi could object, Li Xiaoxiao's phone had already changed hands.
Jun Jiuge simply took the phone from Li Xiaoxiao's hand and deleted the photos she had just posted, adding, "What you're doing is an invasion of privacy."
Li Xiaoxiao instantly took back her phone with a bitter and resentful expression. Although she was unwilling, she did not dare to do anything rash.
She could only complain pitifully, "Ninth Master, you appeared without making a sound? You startled me."
Qiao Xi greeted her with a heartfelt "Good morning" as she saw her appear.
"Mm." Jun Jiuge nodded.
Li Xiaoxiao immediately noticed Jun Jiuge's radiant appearance and teased her, "Ninth Master, you look great today."
"You didn't happen to be having a late-night rendezvous with someone, did you?"
Qiao Xi also noticed that she didn't seem as cold as before today.
Thinking back to the day she left with Yan Luoheng, Qiao Xi couldn't help but have the same thought as Li Xiaoxiao: Could it be that her relationship with Yan Luoheng had developed further?
Jun Jiuge denied it expressionlessly, saying, "You're overthinking it."
This answer relieved Li Xiaoxiao. "That's good, that's good."
"I don't want to be the only single dog among us."
In response, Qiao Xi could only give her a look, and then continued to stare blankly.
The president's office of Dihua Group.
Qi Jincheng was very worried about Qiao Xi's condition. Yesterday, Qiao Guangyuan's request for money was definitely not as simple as it seemed; he must have said something else as well.
Xi'er was unwilling to tell him, and he couldn't force her to tell him, so he could only investigate on his own.
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