Chapter 99: The Beloved Little Cousin 16
The others had gone out early in the morning, and now only Nan Qiao and Xu Congnan were eating at the table. Even the servants in the restaurant had left.
After catching up on just over three hours of sleep, Xu Nanqiao rubbed his aching temples and turned his gaze to the girl opposite him.
The girl was wearing thin clothes in the house. The white wrist holding the spoon was slightly protruding, and her collarbone was delicate and white. When she lowered her eyes to eat, her long eyelashes moved slightly, and her pink lips were slightly opened and pursed, all of which revealed her charming charm.
Xu Congnan's eyes darkened.
The atmosphere was too quiet, and the girl was a little uncomfortable. She swallowed the food in her mouth and asked curiously, "When did my cousin come back last night?"
"Around five in the morning."
So late?
The girl frowned. She went home at five o'clock, and it wasn't nine o'clock yet, so her break time was less than four hours.
"Then why are you up so early?"
Xu Congnan: "It's getting late. I rested on the plane last night."
"Then cousin, you should pay attention to rest and don't overwork yourself."
Nan Qiao said with some worry. In the past year, she had seen how fanatical the other party was about work. It was common for him to forget to eat and sleep in order to deal with work.
The girl's eyes were like a clear lake, sparkling with lake light. Her eyes were full of dependence as she looked at the person opposite her.
But it was just a reliance on family, without any special feelings at all...
Xu Congnan's smile faded a little.
The quiet and warm atmosphere did not last long. Soon, Wang Man walked into the house wearing seven-centimeter high heels. Her heels made a tapping sound on the marble floor.
When she saw Xu Congnan at the dining table, her eyes lit up. She quickly walked to the seat next to Xu Congnan and sat down, forcing a smile on her face.
"You're back home from Nan."
Compared with the other party's enthusiastic attitude, Xu Congnan just nodded lightly, which made the smile on Wang Man's face freeze in vain.
But thinking of the requests from her two brothers from her mother's family, Wang Man perked up:
"Congnan, I heard you recently fired a lot of senior employees in the group. It seems they didn't commit any serious offenses. They are all veterans of the company. Even if they have no merits, they have worked hard..."
Xu Congnan's eyes were cold as he said calmly, "The Xu family is not a charity and we don't support idlers."
Wang Man said anxiously: "How can they be idle people? They are all people who have made contributions to our family."
Xu Congnan: "A merit? What merit?" His tone was light: "Is it the merit of being a figurehead, or the merit of betraying the group?"
Betray the group!
Wang Man's face paled, her grip on her handbag tightened, her heart pounding. She forced a joke, "What are you talking about, Congnan? With you here, who would dare to betray the group?"
Xu Congnan said calmly, "Really?"
"Of course, everyone knows your abilities, Congnan. Who would dare to do such a thing under your nose?" Wang Man's heart was in turmoil, and she quickly flattered him.
Xu Congnan: "I've already had someone investigate the projects they've been handling. Wait until all the results come out..."
He glanced at the sweaty Third Aunt and said softly, "...If there's any problem with the project verification, Third Aunt, if there really is a problem, I will contact the police to handle it."
Wang Man looked terrified and raised her eyes to say something, but when she noticed her nephew's emotionless eyes, she was stunned and a chill suddenly rose in her heart.
A trace of sweat slid down Wang Man's forehead. She opened her mouth but couldn't say a word.
She knew very well that those small projects did have problems. She had originally placed her two brothers in middle management positions so that they could be exposed to some small projects.
She was well aware of these things.
The Xu Group is a large and powerful company. In order to get the opportunity to cooperate with the Xu Group, countless small companies are chasing after it and trying to accept even small projects. By relying on the small companies that are selected with the highest bids, some of the profits go into their pockets.
She has always been soft-hearted towards her mother's family, and part of the money they made went into her pocket, so she always pretended not to see the behavior of her two brothers.
Wang Man was frightened. Looking at the cold expression on her nephew's face, her hand clutching the bag began to tremble.
If the police find out about these things, her two brothers will go to jail.
Wang Man couldn't stop trembling when she thought of this outcome.
Xu Congnan stopped looking at her and instead stared at the girl who was looking up curiously while eating. He said calmly, "If there's nothing else, Third Aunt can go back first. We can discuss everything after the project is checked."
Wang Man's face turned pale. Looking at her nephew in front of her, she knew that the other party would not give in. She clutched her handbag angrily and left.
As soon as she left, Nan Qiao couldn't help but come over curiously: "Cousin, does Third Aunt want to talk to you about something?"
"Yeah, some work stuff."
Oh, Nan Qiao nodded and stirred the millet porridge in the bowl with a spoon, but her eyes couldn't help but drift towards Xu Congnan.
Unable to resist her curiosity, Nan Qiao took the millet porridge and sat in the seat closest to Xu Congnan. After hesitating for a while, she finally said, "Cousin, do you know why Third Aunt hates me so much?"
She thought about what she had done since returning to the Xu family, but still didn't understand why her third aunt hated her so much.
Xu Congnan didn't seem to notice the girl's question. His eyes darkened completely when the girl sat next to him.
The two were very close to each other. When the girl asked the question, she seemed to move a little closer to the man she trusted, so much so that Xu Congnan seemed to smell an inexplicable fragrance in his breath.
The girl he thought about day and night, the one who made all his emotions start to surge, was right beside him.
Xu Congnan's breathing quickened a bit, and he tried hard to suppress the throbbing in his heart. Even his clear voice became hoarse: "Qiao Qiao, do you care about her a lot?"
Do you care?
Nan Qiao thought about it and shook his head: "I don't care, I just want to know."
Xu Congnan reached out and touched the girl's head with her hair tied up, saying indifferently, "Since you don't care, then don't delve into it."
“There are all kinds of people in this world.”
Nan Qiao just asked casually, without expecting to get an answer, and soon her interest shifted to other places.
"Cousin, I heard you found a tutor for me during the winter break?"
Xu Congnan's smile deepened as he said, "Yes, I've found it."
Nan Qiao: "When will the teachers come? Is it just one? Or one for each subject?"
She remembered that her second cousin and fifth cousin also hired several tutors during the winter vacation before the college entrance examination, basically one for each subject.
Xu Congnan: "One."
one?
The girl perked up: "One? Then this tutor must be very good."
If a teacher can tutor all subjects, it means that the teacher is very capable and the development of all subjects is balanced without any problem of partiality.
Xu Congnan smiled when he heard this, but didn't answer her. Instead, he said, "You'll know whether he's powerful or not during the winter vacation."
*
After the first snow, we have completely entered the cold winter. The snow is falling heavier and heavier, and the entire Mingzhu City has turned completely white.
As the winter vacation draws closer and the long holiday approaches, more and more students become restless, looking at the calendar every day and looking forward to it.
Nan Qiao finally made it to noon. She lay on the bed, looked at her phone, and was about to take a nap when she was suddenly interrupted by a message.
156xxxxxxxxx:
Qiao Qiao, I'm your third aunt. I'm at the west gate of your school right now. I have something to discuss with you. Can you please come out and meet me?
Third aunt?
The girl, who was already sleepy, was awakened by this message. She sat up in bed with a confused look on her face.
After thinking about it, she opened the social software, clicked on Xu Congnan's social account, and sent a message.
Qiao Qiao: Cousin, my third aunt said she came to my school to look for me. Do you know what happened?
Unfortunately, it has been more than ten minutes since this message was sent, but no one has replied.
Nan Qiao thought about it and sent another message to the phone number.
159xxxxxxxxxxx:
Sorry, Third Aunt, it's nap time at school now, and the dorm manager has locked the door, so you can't leave the school yet. If you have anything to say, please wait until I get home tonight to talk to you, okay?
After sending this message, without waiting for the other party to reply, Nan Qiao turned off the phone and continued to sleep.
The one and a half hour nap passed quickly. Nan Qiao got up with tears in her eyes, and the first thing she did was to open her phone to check the messages.
Cousin: It’s okay, Qiao Qiao, just focus on the class, I will take care of it.
Nan Qiao raised a smile, then continued to reply with a "OK" and turned to the message page. Seeing that the other party did not send any more messages, he quickly let the matter go.
There were only two classes in the afternoon, so Nan Qiao finished class earlier than usual. She quickly packed up her things and came to the school gate under the gaze of many students.
The Xu family's car had parked where it had originally been parked. The girl was about to open the door when she suddenly heard a call from behind her.
"Jojo! Jojo! Jojo!"
The slightly shrill female voice grew louder and louder. Nan Qiao paused in turning the doorknob, turned around with some confusion, and looked towards the source of the sound.
Third aunt?
The doubt in Nan Qiao's eyes became even more intense as she recognized the person who was getting closer and closer. It was her third aunt.
When Wang Man saw the girl, a hint of surprise flashed across her eyes. She walked up to the girl anxiously and said, "Qiao Qiao, I finally meet you."
Nan Qiao paused, a little puzzled, and asked, "Aunt, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Wang Man smiled earnestly and said in a friendly tone, "I'm visiting a friend here, and since I thought you were studying here too, I came to see you."
She looked around, her face flushed by the cold wind. She rubbed her hands and said with a smile, "Qiao Qiao, there's a coffee shop over there. It's cold outside. Let's go in and sit down and talk."
Nan Qiao was a little hesitant, but after looking at her aunt rubbing her hands coldly, she agreed.
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