Missing is more frustrating than losing.
Qiao Qiao was also surprised by Professor Xu's parents' attitude. She didn't expect Professor Xu's family to be so gentle and kind.
She smiled faintly and held Aunt Joe's hand. "Mom, I've already told you that they are very good people. You can rest assured that I'm here."
"Hehe, if that's the case, I'm relieved." Auntie Qiao nodded with a smile. She looked seriously at Qiaoqiao and reached out to tidy up the loose strands of hair that had fallen over Qiaoqiao's forehead. The corners of her eyes were a little moist as she said, "Seeing how well they treat you, Mama …"
Halfway through her sentence, Auntie Qiao choked up again.
Qiaoqiao hurriedly hugged Auntie Qiao and gently stroked her back. She said gently, "Why are you crying again? Mom, you should be happy that I'm so happy now. "
Auntie Qiao laughed out loud and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. "Mommy is like this because I'm too happy. Qiao Qiao, Mommy is very gratified to have such a family to love and protect you."
The huge rock that had been pressing down on his heart could finally be lifted.
"Yes." Qiao Qiao nodded, then hugged Aunt Joe even tighter and said, "Although the Xu family treats me very well, in my heart, you will always be my mother. This will never change."
"Yes, yes … Mommy knows you're a good boy." Aunt Joe stroked Qiao Qiao's cheek with a smile on her round face. "Alright, it's getting late. I'm going back to my room to rest."
"Okay, Mom, rest early."
Qiao Qiao sent Aunt Joe out.
Qiao Qiao lay on the bed, unable to fall asleep for a long time. The friendliness and gentleness of the Xu family had touched her greatly. They were as intimate as her own family, making her feel at ease.
The children who grew up in this family must be very gentle people.
For example, Professor Xu.
Qiao Qiao thought of Xu Anting again. She couldn't help but smile. Back then, she secretly fell in love with Xu Anting. First, she was attracted by his profound knowledge. Second, she liked his gentleness.
When it was time to be strict, he was strict, but when it was time to be gentle, he was very considerate.
Qiao Qiao still found it unbelievable that she had become the younger sister of the man she once had a crush on. Although life was full of drama, this turning point was too big.
However, looking at the other party's reaction today, he seemed to have accepted this fact.
How were they going to get along in school? Should I call him Brother or Professor Xu?
Haha … I'll just call him Professor Xu. If I call him Brother, it will feel weird. Qiao Qiao couldn't help but feel a little mushy when she thought about the scene where she called him Brother and Xu Anting called her Sister.
There were too many surprises today. Qiao Qiao went to bed very late, but she woke up quite early in the morning.
When she got dressed and went downstairs, she realized that someone had woken up earlier than her. That person was naturally Xu Anting.
The two of them looked at each other, and they were both stunned.
"You're up so early? Why didn't you sleep a little longer? "Xu Anting was the first to come back to his senses. He smiled gently.
Qiao Qiao didn't feel anything when everyone was around yesterday. Now that the two of them were alone, Qiao Qiao felt a little uneasy. She smiled awkwardly and said, "I wanted to go back to sleep, but I was afraid that I would oversleep, so I just got up."
"Haha, it's still the holidays anyway. It's okay to sleep a little longer. My family usually sleeps until eight or nine o 'clock on days like this."
"Uh … so late …" Qiao Qiao knew that she had said something wrong. She quickly covered her mouth. Xu Anting saw her self-deceiving actions. He smiled faintly and joked, "Because there are a lot of idle people in my family."
"Professor Xu, if you put it that way …"
"Well, are you still calling me Professor Xu?" Xu Anting raised his eyebrows.
Qiao Qiao nodded. She scratched her cheek and whispered, "It's more natural to call me Professor Xu."
"Haha, up to you."
Xu Anting didn't care about how he addressed Professor Xu.
The two of them suddenly had nothing to talk about. Qiao Qiao felt the atmosphere suddenly become awkward. Her eyes darted around the room. Then she heard Xu Anting sigh. "To be honest, I didn't expect that we would meet again in this way …"
"Huh? … Yeah, I didn't expect … Professor Xu to be a member of the Xu family … "
She had always thought that Xu Anting was just an ordinary university professor. She didn't expect that he had hidden such a big identity.
The Xu family was a scholarly family. However, since the last generation, they had slowly started to engage in the education-related industry. They had established thousands of educational institutions around the world. Their network of connections was intertwined and their influence spread rapidly. A few years ago, they had become one of the top 100 companies in the world.
He Conglomerate was faintly on par with the An Group. Both of them were desperately trying to catch up with the number one company, He Conglomerate.
The so-called emerging aristocrats were represented by the Xu family. They didn't have a deep foundation, but they were very rich.
"I don't want people to look at me with biased glasses." Xu Anting shrugged. "If those people know that I'm a member of the Xu family, no matter what I do, they will have scruples and leave me some face."
Qiao Qiao had a deep understanding of this point.
If Xu Anting's identity was exposed, a lot of people would swarm over and trouble would follow. Thinking about it this way, it was much better to hide his identity.
"Are you used to this family?" Xu Anting asked again.
Qiao Qiao thought about her mother's enthusiasm and nodded. "Yeah, I'm used to it. Uncle and Auntie are very nice to me."
"Haha, I think you'll like them too. Our family doesn't have so many rules and regulations. We don't need to be so formal. It should be much better than Family He."
Xu Anting's voice was very soft when he said this.
If possible, he didn't want to introduce Qiao Qiao to his parents in this way. When his sister told him the news, his first reaction was to find it ridiculous. How could his sister agree to something like borrowing an identity?
But when he heard that the other party was Qiao Qiao, he was both shocked and powerless.
Because the other party was Qiao Qiao!
If they hadn't been forced to the extreme, they wouldn't have come up with this idea.
"He Shaochen … Is he good to you?"
Although this question was ridiculous, Xu Anting still asked it.
Unsurprisingly, he received a positive answer. "Yeah, he's very good to me. He thinks about me in everything he does. For me, he's changed a lot."
"That's good."
After saying this, Xu Anting didn't know why, but he felt his heart ache a little. He took a few deep breaths to calm himself down.
Missing out turned out to be more frustrating than losing.
Ever since he found out that Qiao Qiao and He Shaochen were together, he wondered more than once if he had confessed to Qiao Qiao sooner. Would the outcome have been different?
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
