Chapter 347: Chapter 347: The Unexpected Visitor
Qingcheng City, Xiao Family’s old house.
Qiao Yu was sitting on the sofa, staring intently at Qiao Yanjing, who was her biological father.
"Dad, why must you find Song Song? Do you... know her from before?"
He suddenly visited; initially, she thought he came to see her, or rather to take her back. After all, she was still only Xiao Jiuru’s fiancée, but had always been living at the Xiao Family’s house, which seemed a bit inappropriate.
But it turned out he wasn’t here for her; he came not for his biological daughter, but for someone completely unrelated.
Qiao Yanjing was in a tense state, his hands gripping his knees tightly, his gaze both cold and sorrowful. "Yu’er, I’ll explain this to you later, but for now, I must see Song Song."
Sister-in-law Zhou was also confused, waiting quietly beside them, saying: "Mr. Qiao, I’ve already called to inform the young madam; she should be back soon."
"You seem very nervous, have some water to soothe your throat..."
Qiao Yanjing nodded, "Thank you, but I’m not thirsty."
Seeing that she couldn’t get any answers from him for now, Qiao Yu took her phone and walked to a corner with no one around to make a call.
"Yu’er, what’s the matter? Did you make any progress? Are you calling to share it with me?"
"Mom, let me tell you, my dad is at the Xiao Family’s old house right now, but he isn’t here for me, he’s looking for someone else. Do you know what’s going on?"
"...Yu’er, what did you say! Your dad’s at the Xiao house, but not looking for you?"
"Yes! Mom, are you guys hiding something from me?"
That time at the Imperial Dynasty Club, she felt something was off, but she didn’t think much about it afterwards. Now it seemed there was a big issue here...
Could it be...
No, impossible.
Qiao Yu quickly shook off the thoughts in her head; it couldn’t be that.
"Yu’er, listen to me, stay calm. We did keep some things from you, but it was for your own good; we didn’t want to leave any shadows in your growing up."
"Actually, before your dad and I got married, he was married once, and that woman is the one we met at the Imperial Dynasty Club, who is also Song Song’s mother, Song Xueqin."
"But after marriage, she cheated, got involved with Huo Chen from Hong Kong, and even got pregnant with his child, so your dad divorced her and forbade her from ever stepping foot in Qing City again..."
"But that shameless woman brought that bastard child back here, and the worst part is Xiao Jinghuai even married her daughter. Yu’er, tell me, is there any justice left?"
"..."
Qiao Yu clenched her phone, her voice trembling as she asked, "So, Song Song and I aren’t sisters; she’s the love child of Song Xueqin and another man, right?"
"Of course." Helian Sulan affirmed on the other end, "Yu’er, you were born noble; you’re the true eldest daughter of the Qiao Family, what is Song Song? Just a love child, she can’t compare to you at all."
"Originally, mom didn’t want to tell you any of this, but since your dad still can’t forget about Song Xueqin, I have to let you know about this."
"..."
Qiao Yu only felt a buzzing in her head; so that’s how it was. She had been completely unaware of this past.
If that’s the case, why did her father suddenly appear here to find Song Song?
At that moment, voices came from the hall—it seemed Xiao Jinghuai and Song Song had returned and were talking.
"Yu’er, are you still there?"
"Mom, I won’t talk now, just like this..."
She was going to go out and see what her father would say.
...
When Song Song saw Qiao Yanjing, she remembered briefly seeing him at Qiao Yu’s engagement party.
But why did he come here to see her?
Shouldn’t he be here to see Qiao Yu instead?
Did Sister-in-law Zhou make a mistake?
"Uncle, hello! You were looking for me for..."
Song Song hadn’t finished her sentence when Qiao Yanjing suddenly stood up and took her hand, saying, "Come with me!"
"Hey! Uncle, you..."
When Qiao Yu came out, she saw her biological father forcibly dragging Song Song out of the house, and even when Xiao Jinghuai stepped forward to stop him, he was rebuffed directly.
What was going on? From a young age, she’d never seen him like this, so out of control!
Xiao Jinghuai stepped forward once more to block, "Uncle, what exactly are you trying to do? You can’t just take her away by force."
Qiao Yanjing’s eyes were bloodshot, as if crazy, "Now, no one can stop me, not even you! Don’t worry, I won’t harm her, I’m just taking her to see someone, she’ll naturally come back after that."
"Who?"
Xiao Jinghuai frowned.
"Song Xueqin, her mother..."
Song Song was utterly shocked, "What happened to my mom? Isn’t she traveling the world with Uncle Huo? Why are you here to take me to see her?"
Qiao Yanjing didn’t want to waste any more time, "If you still want to see her for the last time, don’t ask anything now, just come with me quickly!"
"Otherwise, you will definitely regret it!"
"..."
Qiao Yu also heard everything clearly; it turned out to be because of Song Xueqin’s condition. It seemed hanging up the phone and deleting the call record last time was the right move, it was a very good strategy.
She didn’t expect this matter to involve her father, but that’s okay, it doesn’t affect her getting what she wants.
She pretended to look anxious as she walked out, looking sincerely at Song Song, saying, "Song Song, you should go with my dad! Although I’m not sure what’s happened, my dad is a good person, if he’s doing this, it must really be urgent, go quickly! Don’t delay."
Qiao Yanjing smiled with relief, "Yu’er, thank you for understanding your dad. Rest assured, I will explain everything to you later, I’ll give you an answer."
Qiao Yu nodded with a smile, "Dad, I know, no matter what decision you make, I’ll stand by your side."
"Good—"
After Qiao Yanjing took Song Song away, when Qiao Yu was about to turn around, she happened to see Xiao Jinghuai’s deep, scrutinizing eyes...
"Brother Jinghuai, what’s the matter, why are you looking at me like that?"
"Is there something on my face?"
Xiao Jinghuai walked over, his hand in his pocket, with a serious expression, "Are you sincere towards my little uncle?"
"...Brother Jinghuai, why did you suddenly ask that? Of course, I’m sincere towards Jiurou; otherwise, I wouldn’t have gotten engaged to him!"
Xiao Jinghuai’s smile was profound and inscrutable, "Isn’t it because you knew he’s my little uncle, so you got engaged to him?"
Qiao Yu felt a bit nervous, "Of course not! Brother Jinghuai, you’re a bit narcissistic, you think I’m the kind of girl who would joke about her lifelong happiness?"
Xiao Jinghuai’s gaze deepened, "I hope so!"
Qiao Yu was so startled she drew a cold breath, had he already figured something out?
If that’s really the case, she must have a good talk with Xiao Jiuru, it must be that he let something slip.
...
Half an hour later, Song Song was taken by Qiao Yanjing to Qingcheng City’s most prestigious private hospital.
Standing in front of the towering hospital, she felt her feet unbearably heavy, unable to move.
Just now he said, the last time?