novelraw Chapter 423 Agreed
Chapter 423 Agreed
Pausing deliberately here, Xiao Jinghuai looked at Qiao Yu’s reaction. Seeing her extremely tense expression, he finally said, "To me, you’re no longer that little girl from back then."Qiao Yu understood his meaning, indicating that this time he could forgive Xu Lang, but in the future, if anything happened again, he would certainly handle it in a business-like manner. She could no longer rely on the events of "back then" to gain any favors from him.
"Alright!" Qiao Yu agreed cheerfully, "Since Brother Jinghuai insists on treating our relationship like a business transaction, then there’s nothing more for me to say."
"Mengni is my best friend; I truly don’t want to see her saddened, so it’s all worthwhile."
It turns out that from beginning to end, in his eyes, Qiao Yu was just a favor. The affection he showed her before was, in reality, just repaying that favor...
Ha! How ironic.
Xiao Jinghuai’s eyes darkened slightly, "Alright, then let’s leave it at that."
Qiao Yu didn’t forget the real purpose of her visit, which wasn’t to help Xu Lang—someone like him could rot in jail for all she cared, nor was it because she couldn’t part with Su Mengni...
Su Mengni, that woman, never had much sense; the previous good relationship was because she was obedient.
Her real aim was to create a rift between Xiao Jinghuai and Song Song.
"Brother Jinghuai..."
Qiao Yu called out gently again, her tone tactful, and her voice pleasant.
Xiao Jinghuai furrowed his brow, eyes full of scrutiny, "Anything else?"
"Actually, there’s nothing much," Qiao Yu couldn’t discern what this man was thinking, so she dared not speak carelessly, "How have things been between you and Song Song lately?"
"Ever since Song Song lost her memory, she’s become much more formidable than before. The old Song Song was innocent and kind, but now I feel she’s a bit... relentless, with no regard for others."
"..."
Seeing the man’s brow furrow even more, Qiao Yu smiled and said, "But none of that matters, as long as Brother Jinghuai likes her. After all, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and no matter how bad she is, she’s unique in the eyes of the one who loves her."
Thinking about Song Song’s recent changes, Xiao Jinghuai’s expression became increasingly unpleasant, "If there’s nothing else, you should head back early."
"Oh, alright."
Qiao Yu responded blankly, not knowing if what she had just said had any impact on him.
Just as she turned to leave, the man suddenly called out to her.
"Qiao Yu."
"Uh, what?" Qiao Yu couldn’t suppress her delight as she turned around.
Xiao Jinghuai looked at her and said expressionlessly, "Focus more on my little uncle. Have you seen the recent entertainment gossip news? Do you know he’s entangled with some actress?"
Qiao Yu never expected Xiao Jinghuai to pay attention to entertainment news, and she didn’t react for quite a while. She and Xiao Jiuru were just pretending; they’re not really engaged, so she naturally didn’t care about his movements...
But if he dared to act irresponsibly while carrying the title of Qiao Yu’s fiancé with some third-rate actress, she wouldn’t just sit back.
"I didn’t know! Thanks for the reminder, Brother Jinghuai. I’ll... keep an eye on it."
Could it be that Xiao Jiuru really...
Damn it! She would never forgive him.
She worked on pleasing that old fogey in the Xiao Family, and he had the nerve to indulge in romantic affairs outside. Really, how intolerable! ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ N0velFire.ɴet
The first thing Qiao Yu did after leaving the Xiao Family and getting in the car was to search for gossip news on Xiao Jiuru, but unfortunately, she found no traces. She thought maybe it was because she used the wrong keywords...
Then she re-entered the keyword "Mr. Jiu," and, indeed, some very interesting articles popped up.
Ha! Unexpectedly, it turned out to be true.
And the actress involved was Chenxi...