Chapter 836: Love 25: Starting from a Breakup

Qiao Yushu steadily caught her son who lunged over, patting his shoulders and looking left and right.

Then she sighed worriedly, brows tightly furrowed.

Look at you—Father just went to Eagle Country, and already you've lost so much weight!

Aunt Gu was right—you're being bullied by that brat Jin Chen!

Hearing this, Qiao Xu frowned, looking at Gu Liuyun beside him, his tone unpleasant.

Aunt Gu is talking nonsense, you didn't see anything, how can you say Jin Chen bullied me.

Gu Liuyun's eyes showed some surprise.

Clearly Qiao Xu had been absent-minded these past two days, so why is he in such good shape today?

Could it be that they... have reconciled?

Thinking of this possibility, Gu Liuyun's heart sank, and she hurriedly asked, "Aunt Gu, aren't you worried about him? Qiao Xu seems happy today—has he gotten over his breakup?"

Qiao Yushu also looked at her son, "Did you really break up?"

No!

Qiao Xu deliberately denied, his eyes slightly shifting, he said with a lifted lip, "It's just an argument, and I was the one who brought up breaking up—Jin Chen is the one who's been wronged."

The three walked inward while speaking, and when Qiao Xu said the last sentence, he deliberately didn't lower his voice, so that Qi Zhan and Gu He in the main living room could hear clearly.

"Jin Chen and I are almost reconciled, Father, you don't need to worry."

"What!"

Gu He jumped up in a fluster, forgetting to greet, "You and Jin Chen have reconciled??"

Perhaps his surprised and flustered expression was too obvious, Qiao Yushu murmured in puzzlement, "Little He, why are you so surprised?"

As expected, the old fox who has weathered the business world is different—Qiao Yushu easily saw through the oddness of these people, but she said nothing at the moment.

She only planned to ask Qiao Xu privately later.

"No... nothing, it's just that Qiao Xu was previously neglected by Jin Chen, and I feel it's not worth it for him." Gu He gave a dry laugh in reply.

When Qiao Xu brought this up, he got angry and let out a cold snort.

"Brother He, it's really strange—whenever I and Jin Chen argued before, you reacted even more strongly than I did."

He glanced at Qi Zhan, who was just standing there like air, and Qiao Xu became even more furious.

Jin Chen had already told him that the person who pricked the white horse that day was Qi Zhan—what a malicious heart.

He never realized before that so many people around him wanted to harm him.

"Brother He, the person who harmed me at the banquet that day has been identified—do you want to know who it is?"

Qiao Xu crossed his arms and asked him in a cold tone, "You should be quite familiar with this person, right?"

As soon as he said that, the entire living room fell into silence.

Qi Zhan's breathing visibly grew rough, his guilty gaze extremely obvious.

He just said he couldn't stay in the Qiao household any longer these days!

Surely Jin Chen told Qiao Xu everything, and they've already reconciled!

Qiao Yushu said in a low voice, "What on earth is going on! I'm not home, and you're taking care of little Xu like this?!"

"What are you saying, little Xu? That day we already figured out it was just the white horse getting startled—where did this supposed assassin come from?"

Gu He stood up, wanting to sling an arm around Qiao Xu's shoulders, putting on a show of brotherly closeness.

You don't know how worried I was about you that day.

Don't touch me.

Qiao Xu stepped back, dodging Gu He's attempt to put an arm around his shoulders, the rejection on his face obvious to anyone.

You can't possibly not know that the one who injured the white horse was Qi Zhan, right? Or are you saying my good brother you is also part of the scheme?

"What?!"

Qiao Yushu shouted angrily, stern and imposing.

He only knew his son had almost fallen and gotten hurt that day, but the cause, who the assailant was, were unknown to him.

"Qi Zhan! It's you, brat, who almost made little Xu fall from the horse!"

"No... it's not me, really not."

Qi Zhan was already panicked to the point of being at a loss.

His mind was full of that person who, at the banquet, was easily ruined by a single sentence from Qiao Xu.

He couldn't follow that person's path.

He abruptly stood up, and the more he tried to appear calm, the more panicked he became—no one would believe he wasn't guilty.

"Qiao Xu, believe me, I really didn't harm you! And besides, you weren't even injured!"

While saying that, he looked with a pleading gaze at the likewise somewhat panicked Gu He beside him.

Gu He clenched his fists, determined to be more reliable than Qi Zhan.

"Little Xu, I don't know where you heard this, but we are family—I'm your brother, how could I harm you?"

The two spoke in unison, directly shutting down Qiao Xu's words.

After covering his ears and listening to them finish their shouting, Qiao Xu finally snorted, "You guys are so noisy, my ears hurt."

Anyway, the guilty one isn't me—don't admit it, I want to see just how stubbornly some people can cling to their denial like a dead duck.

Observing Qi Zhan's increasingly fearful and unsightly expression, Qiao Xu rolled his eyes and turned his head to look at Qiao Yushu.

Father, I want to talk to you about some company matters.

Having said that, Qiao Xu added, "Just the two of us."

All right, all right, then let's go to my study—you, the Qiao family, are no longer welcome; leave now.

The latter part of the sentence was directed at Qi Zhan, and finally she glanced at Gu Liuyun, her tone unfamiliar yet polite—after so many years of their arranged marriage, they had always interacted this way.

Besides, Gu He said that in the end he's still a Gu family person; from now on, you let him come to the Qiao family less often to loiter.

Eh, I'll pay attention.

Gu Liuyun responded.

Although it was said to Gu Liuyun, Gu He was still there; who this remark was aimed at is obvious to anyone with discernment.

Precisely because of that, Gu He's already unpleasant expression became even more Distorted.

Staring at the two figures heading to the Study, Gu He waited until they went far away, then kicked the tea table hard.

What's up with Qiao Xu, making up with Jin Chen so easily!

Gu Liuyun was also puzzled, saying, 'Compared to this, I'm more surprised that, despite you meddling these past years, Jin Chen could still so easily forgive Qiao Xu.'

Each of them is weirder than the other.

Gu He's eyes turned sinister, he clenched his fists, 'Since it's come to this, don't blame me for being ruthless.'

Qi Zhan was still in the fear from just then; hearing this, he raised his head and asked tentatively.

But Jin Chen is still protecting Qiao Xu now; how do you intend to act?

Hmph, Jin Chen can still protect him now, but in a few days that may not be certain.

Gu He continued to stare at the spiral staircase leading upstairs, pulling out a cruel smile, 'Father said, if the Jin Family's new goods want to go legit, they must make a trip to Eagle State for processing, at most three days; he will definitely leave.'

By then, no one domestically will be able to save Qiao Xu.

As long as we bring Qiao Xu into their family's underground gambling den at that time, even if Jin Chen returns later, he won't be able to save him!

That also needs careful planning; Qiao Yushu, that old fox, is quite troublesome.

Gu Liuyun advised him.

I know all that, Aunt.