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    145: Departure

    Qiao’s mother told Qiao Qiao about the party in a nonchalant way. She only said that the whole family was going to attend a party in the provincial capital city. She did not say which party was hosting it or why it was held. What she said revealed that there was nothing good about the party and that the journey was long and difficult. She hoped that Qiao Qiao would retreat in spite of the difficulties.

    Qiao Qiao originally had no plans to go. Ever since she found out she was adopted, she would intentionally avoid family activities. However, Qiao’s mother was so concerned that she was confused and talked too many times, which made people feel strange.The less she wanted Qiao Qiao to go, the more curious Qiao Qiao became and refused to stay no matter what.

    Seeing that there was no chance of leaving Qiao Qiao behind, Qiao’s mother began to use her power on Xiaochan.

    She first withdrew more than half of her family’s savings that were supposed to be used to repay the mortgage, and took her father Qiao and Xiao Chan for an hour’s drive to the busiest commercial center in the neighboring city to buy clothes. She had to choose one of each type of dress and daily attire, and endured the bleeding in her wallet to dress up Xiao Chan beautifully.Mother Qiao was also afraid that the rich boys at the party would be too picky about Xiao Chan’s details, so she didn’t want to buy the brand name or the expensive price. She even changed her underwear to new ones. She wanted to be armed to the teeth, so that she could cope with emergencies like “raw rice, cooked rice”.

    In order to make Xiao Chan look “noble enough”, Qiao’s mother contributed all the gold and silver jewelry she had when she got married, and also emptied out Xiao Chan’s grandma’s family fortune. She took a small box of gold jewelry collected by two generations to the jewelry counter and replaced it with something suitable for young people.The fashionable models include earrings, necklaces, and bracelets. He also forced Qiao’s father to sell an antique pocket watch that his elders left for him as a souvenir, and replaced it with an jade bracelet. The metaphor was to add a gentle temperament to Xiao Chan, suggesting to men that this girl is very suitable to marry home.

    Qiao’s father and Qiao’s mother were extremely busy with Xiaochan, while Qiao Qiao himself packed his luggage early, thinking that it would only be a formal occasion at most, and adding an ordinary dress skirt to a few usual clothes would be enough.

    Early in the morning on the day of departure, Qiao’s father drove the family to the provincial capital. In the past two days, Qiao’s mother and Xiaochan seemed to have disappeared from the world. They went out before dawn every day, and Qiao Qiao came back at night after falling asleep. Logically speaking, it was nothing unusual to see Xiaochan for a few days, but when Qiao Qiao got in the car and saw Xiaochan, he almost thought that his sister had changed into a different shell.

    …Is this, this is too exaggerated?

    Xiaochan’s clothes were quite normal, just an ordinary sportswear, but her hair was piled into a high bun like a bride about to get married. A strand of curly hair hanging down by her ears seemed to be painted on, and it didn’t move even when the wind blew. It was a typical “small city aesthetic”.Her face must have just been done in a beauty salon, her skin was shiny and shiny, and her newly grafted eyelashes looked a little fake, which took away her original clean aura.

    Qiao Qiao understood everything when he saw this posture. I am afraid that this party is not as simple as Mother Qiao said, otherwise Xiaochan would not dress up so solemnly.

    “Sister.” Xiaochan greeted obediently.

    Qiao Qiao saw the corners of her mouth raised at the standard forty-five degrees, and seriously suspected that Mother Qiao had taken Xiaochan to a crash course in etiquette.

    “You sit inside.” Mother Qiao pushed Qiao Qiao, “Xiaochan just had her hair styled this morning, don’t squeeze her.”

    “No need.” Qiao Qiao opened the front door, “I’ll sit in the front with dad.”

    “No!”

    Qiao Qiao gave Mother Qiao a strange look. Mother Qiao hesitated and couldn’t explain why. Xiaochan smiled and said, “Sister, please sit here with me and help me paint my nails.”

    She knew that painting her nails was just an excuse, but Qiao Qiao couldn’t refuse in front of her parents. She also wanted to see what kind of medicine Xiao Chan was selling in Hulu, so after a little hesitation, she sat in the back row.

    “Which one do you want to paint?” Qiao Qiao asked.

    “Haha, the nails were done yesterday. I just want to say a few words to you. Sister, you won’t bother me, right?”

    “…”

    The car stopped on the side of the road after driving for a while. Qiao Qiao was wondering when the car door was suddenly opened. Jiang Yuan got into the passenger seat, turned around and greeted Qiao Qiao with a smile: “Hi, we meet again.”

    Qiao Qiao glanced at him and raised the corners of his mouth dryly.

    “Brother Jiang Yuan is here to take care of me.” Xiaochan quickly explained, “Don’t blame him, I dragged him here.”

    The two of them didn’t dare to tell their true intentions, so they colluded with each other in advance to make excuses. Anyway, whoever Jiang Yuanai pestered at the party was his business.

    During the rest of the journey, Jiang Yuan turned around and talked to Qiao Qiao from time to time, but Qiao Qiao couldn’t reply even one of his ten words. The man had a strong self-esteem and thought about how often he had been ignored like this.

    This was right in Qiao Qiao’s arms, so she simply flattened her seat and closed her eyes to rest.

    The Qiao family’s party was very generous and they booked an entire star-rated hotel. The interior and exterior of the hotel were splendidly decorated, and there were security guards everywhere to maintain order and guide the traffic. Father Qiao and Mother Qiao were astonished at the sight, and Xiaochan also had a look of envy in her eyes. She kept staring out the window, and as soon as the car parked, she couldn’t wait to take Mother Qiao to the bathroom to change clothes.

    Father Qiao went to register, while Qiao Qiao and Jiang Yuan were waiting in the corner of the hotel lobby.

    “Jie, the ostentation is really big.” Jiang Yuan pretended to be humorous, “Have you ever been to a place like this?”

    “No.” Qiao Qiao didn’t want to deal with Jiang Yuan, so he answered coldly.

    “I should have known better to wear something better.”

    His and Qiao Qiao’s casual attire really looked out of place among the crowds of people in suits and gowns around them.

    “Sorry, two guests, please wait here.” A person who looked like a waiter came over, “We have free refreshments in the rest area, you can sit down and take a rest.”

    “Free?” Jiang Yuan whistled, and he said to Qiao Qiao with a smile, “This hotel is great, want to try it?”

    Qiao Qiao thought to himself that WAWA’s lobby service was more attentive than here, and it was just an AV company.

    The two of them were politely asked to leave from the main road and sat in the rest area. Qiao Qiao’s buttocks had just touched the chair when the entrance of the hotel became lively again. It seemed that someone special was coming. A dark circle of bodyguards surrounded several people as they walked in. There was a young girl who was close by and wanted to record the video, but the bodyguards took her phone away.

    Soon, a middle-aged man with a sloping roof came out of the elevator on the other side. He walked over enthusiastically and shook hands with the leader.

    There were too many people in the hotel lobby, and the face of the visitor could not be seen clearly through the bodyguard Qiao Qiao, but the person seemed to be quite tall, because even if he was surrounded by a group of bodyguards who were over 1.8 meters tall, he could still reveal his handsome shaggy hair.

    This hairstyle looks inexplicably familiar.

    Qiao Qiao didn’t think too much. The people surrounded by bodyguards were also invited into the higher-level passage. Qiao Qiao could only see the top of his hair from beginning to end. After staying in the hall for a while, Shi Shiran floated away.

    A burst of whispers broke out around her. The girl who had her phone taken away was not dissatisfied at all. Instead, she hugged her chest with her hands and looked deeply in love, and kept saying “so handsome, so handsome.”

    “Hey.” Jiang Yuan curled his lips, “What’s the big deal? He was born with a gold bar in his butt, right? What are you pulling on?”

    He spoke harshly but in a high-pitched voice. The guests at the table next to him looked at him with disapproval. Qiao Qiao felt a little embarrassed and sat further away in silence.

    Mother Qiao led Xiaochan out of the bathroom with a proud look on her face.

    Xiaochan’s casual clothes disappeared, replaced by a beautiful floor-length pink dress. The material was very crisp and shiny, and it looked expensive at first glance.There was no spare spot on her head, neck, or arms. They were all hung with jingling jewelry. Her whole body was sparkling, so dazzling that no one dared to look directly at her. The hairstyle that originally looked very unconventional in the car looked okay with this dress, but the overall beauty was beautiful, and it always gave people an unnatural feeling that was overkill.

    Qiao’s father came over to distribute room keys to everyone. The party would last for several days, so the Qiao family allocated rooms to all registered guests. Qiao’s father and Qiao’s mother shared a room, Xiaochan Qiaoqiao shared a room, and Jiang Yuan shared a room with another single man.

    Of course, it’s not time to rest yet.

    The party was scheduled to start at seven o’clock in the evening, and all kinds of relatives, good and bad, had sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain. Qiao Qiao’s family came early, and although the seats were remote, they were okay.Qiao Qiao looked around and felt more and more that this was more like a beauty contest. Every woman was dressed up, and the men were also carefully groomed. She originally thought Xiaochan’s outfit was too solemn, but when she entered the banquet hall, she found that it was nothing at all.

    And since I didn’t even have time to change into my dress, I felt like I had entered the wrong theater.

    Xiaochan thrived in this kind of situation. She quickly made friends with a few “little sisters” and followed them to sit closer to the front. Just like the concubines in ancient times who were promoted, the closer to the center, the greater the possibility of winning the emperor’s favor.Here, the higher the position, the closer the relationship between you and the Qiao family, and the better the qualities of the opposite sex you recognize.

    Seeing her own daughter sitting in the front, Mother Qiao was so excited that she almost cried. She took out her handkerchief and wiped the corners of her eyes vigorously, as if the bright future was already in front of her.

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