novelraw Chapter 368 Year-End (11)
Chapter 368 Year-End (11)
At that time, she even had a snowball fight with Qiao Yin, although initially, neither she, Qiao Yin, nor a few of the other kids were willing.But with Qiao Dehou encouraging them on the side, they ended up having great fun.
As for Old Mrs. Qiao and the others, they sat on the sofa on the first floor, snacking on sunflower seeds and watching TV, continuously nagging. Yet, thinking back, it felt uniquely warm.
"Let’s hang a few; in previous years, the young master wouldn’t let us, but when I mentioned it this year, he surprisingly agreed."
Qiao Mo was a bit taken aback: "You never hung them before?"
"No, we rarely set off firecrackers before either. This year, it finally feels like it’s really New Year..."
"Okay, I’ll hang them now." Taking the fortune character, Qiao Mo nodded with a smile on her face as Nanny Wang said, "I’ll go downstairs first; I need to keep an eye on those little rascals. I can’t have them breaking things today."
Watching Nanny Wang go downstairs, Qiao Mo looked around. She wanted to call Fu Nancheng to join her, but she didn’t know where he had run off to in that short time.
Shrugging it off, she didn’t call out to him and instead rolled up her sleeves and got to work.
She took a stack of fortune characters and carefully stuck them on each door, as if different-shaped fortune characters symbolized abundant blessings.
As Qiao Mo stuck them on, she thought, it’s a new year again. At last, her luckless year was over, and she just hoped the new year wouldn’t be so tragic.
There weren’t too many rooms upstairs, but there were enough—around six or seven.
She stuck them on her way, her arm feeling a bit sore. Soon, there was only one reception room left at the far end, and she thought she’d get that done in one go.
Because the door was deep reddish-brown, Qiao Mo chose a paper-cut fortune character with dragon and phoenix patterns around it, really highlighting the craftsmanship.
But just as she was about to lift the fortune character and find the right spot, she heard a few deep voices conversing inside the room, making her pause.
"Young master, I’ve contacted two children from Chaoyang Orphanage, but one left before Miss Yun’er was adopted, and the other one was much younger and doesn’t have much memory."
It was Fifteen’s voice coming from the room. Qiao Mo’s hand paused mid-air, and she instinctively held her breath, remaining silent.
"Keep investigating. Find out if they had any contact with the orphanage director back then, and have these two recall if there were any distinguishing features of the person who adopted Yun’er."
"Yes, young master."
"Is there any news from Red Star Orphanage? Can we confirm that Qiao Mo was adopted from Red Star Orphanage?"
"We haven’t found any flaws yet. It’s been a long time, and both orphanages have had certain traces deliberately erased, seemingly on purpose."
Fu Nancheng frowned, then said in a deep voice a few seconds later, "Keep investigating. No matter what, we must find Yun’er’s whereabouts."
"Yes."
Just as Fifteen finished speaking, a light-hearted voice chimed in: "Third Brother, if you really find her, what are you planning to do about Little Sister Qiao?"
It was Yan Jiu’s voice, and Qiao Mo didn’t even know when he had arrived.
A hint of struggle flashed through Fu Nancheng’s eyes, and he finally lowered his gaze and said in a deep voice, "What I owe her, I will repay."
Upon hearing this, the fortune character in Qiao Mo’s hand slowly fell to the ground, and her heart twisted in pain.
She chuckled softly, turned around, stepped over the fortune character on the floor, and left without a word.
Ha.
What he owes her... he will repay...
How could he repay?
By giving her a sum of money to send her away...