C251 Old Stubbornness

Wu Huanran didn't know what to say when her daughter brought up the past. After a moment of silence, she continued, "You're the only person in this family who's willing to get close to him. I'm afraid he'll feel even worse if he doesn't save you."

Qiao Yan looked at her mother with some disappointment, "Mom, you have to be reasonable about everything. I have nothing to say if you hate brother because of what happened between Nan Xin's aunt and father, but since I was young, brother has always treated me as his own sister and even saved me. I can't hate him, let alone do anything to hurt him. So I'm sorry, but I may have disappointed you. Don't you always want to know my plan? I'll tell you right now that my plan is to help my brother come back to this house if he wants to, and I don't ask you to accept him, but at least to make his relationship with my father better. My brother hasn't had my mother around for as long as he has, and my father didn't care about him all those years."

Wu Huanran finally understood, "So, it was all your fault that your father brought Qiao Lin back and let that little star come to our house? I was wondering why you and Sun Qi had been sneaking around these past few days, talking about taking your father to buy clothes and eat during the new year. I was wondering why you didn't call me every time. You guys are quite capable. Your father went to see him after he found out about Qiao Lin. Although he did not express his attitude after he came back, I could tell that he could not accept it. That's right, not to mention a father, any normal person would not be able to accept such a thing. Men and men are disgusting just thinking about it."

Qiao Yan was speechless towards her mother. She clearly hated Qiao Lin and she did not like anything about Qiao Lin. Since she did not care about it, why not just ignore it? She had nothing to do with it, she hated Qiao Lin so much, what did it have to do with her?

"You can think whatever you want. I'm hungry and I'm going to eat. There's nothing I can do if you want to make things difficult for yourself because of this." Qiao Yan did not care about her mother's obstruction as she opened the door and walked out.

When Qiao Yan arrived at the dining room downstairs, her father, brother, and Qin Lang were still eating. No one spoke as the table was quiet and the air pressure was low.

On the other hand, Qin Lang, on the other hand, did not seem to be worried about anything. He even took good care of Qiao Lin during the meal, putting food and soup into his bowl.

Qiao Lin had noticed Qiao Yan when she came down from upstairs. As soon as he walked in, he saw that her left cheek was red and swollen. He did not notice anything wrong with his sister's face when Qiao Yan was downstairs just now.

"What happened to your face?" In Qiao Lin's memory, Wu Huanran loved Qiao Yan very much. She rarely even said harsh words to her, let alone hit her, so Qiao Lin did not expect Qiao Yan to be beaten up by her mother.

It was Qiao Zhicheng who guessed first. He slammed his chopsticks on the table and asked, "Did your mother hit you?"

Qiao Yan quietly sat down at her seat and poured herself a bowl of soup to drink.

"This woman is really going too far now." Qiao Zhicheng was angry, but he did not say what exactly Wu Huanran had done recently in front of Qiao Lin, because it had something to do with Qiao Lin's mother and he was afraid that everyone would be angry if he said it out loud.

Wu Huanran had found out that he had met with Nan Xin on business to talk about selling the land. It was not enough to let everyone know that she had been making a big fuss. She often went to the company to inquire about some business dealings between Mrs. Qiao and G.N. Not only did it make him lose face, but it also made the other shareholders complain.

It was one thing to be suspicious of him, but now she was attacking her daughter.

"Dad, she is my mom. So what if I slap her? I am not missing any meat anyway." Qiao Yan had an indifferent expression as she picked up some food and placed it in her father's bowl," Brother, it's not easy for you to come back, so don't be upset over such a small matter. "

Qiao Yan turned around and looked at her brother and Qin Lang with a smile, "Brother, Qin, it's not easy for you to come back. Don't leave tonight. Sun Qi will also come tomorrow. Let's have a reunion dinner early."

Qiao Lin looked at Qiao Yan's face and knew that her beating might be related to him. He could not bear to see her like this, but he also knew that if he stayed, he would not be able to enjoy tomorrow's reunion dinner.

Seeing that he was hesitating, Qin Lang shook his hand and said, " Since my sister has invited me, I'll stay. It's the same if I leave after tomorrow's reunion dinner. Besides, your father hasn't broken my legs yet. How can I bear to leave? "

Qiao Zhicheng glared at Qin Lang, "Brat, do you feel uncomfortable with your legs still growing on your body?"

"Dad, why are you scaring Qin like that? Didn't I..."

"Alright, alright. As your father, I don't need you to teach me." Qiao Zhicheng interrupted Qiao Yan, "I will not agree to your brother and Qin Lang's relationship."

"You..." Qiao Yan looked at her father in disbelief.

"There's no need for you to agree to our matters," Qiao Lin put down his chopsticks and pulled Qin Lang up.

As expected, it was better for him not to come back to this house. However, if he did not come back, someone would force him to come back.

"Don't forget that I am your father. Even the ancient people know about the marriage. It is the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker."

"Then you can just be a stubborn old man for the rest of your life. I won't keep you company. It is not about whether you can interfere or not. It is about whether you have the right to interfere or not. When you brought me home when I was young, did you ask my permission? When I was at a loss in this strange house, where were you, my father? At that time, Qiao Yan was still a child and knew how to care about me, but what about you? I didn't ask you to take care of me in any way during those years. I wouldn't have made up my mind to run away if you'd just come home from work every day and talk to me like a father." The past that Qiao Lin did not want to recall was like a wound that could not be completely healed. He had to tear it open again and again.

"Now you remember that you're my dad? You never cared about me before, but now you know how to cause trouble for me and ruin my happiness. Heh." Qiao Lin looked at his father and sneered, "You're really a good father."

Qiao Lin suddenly wrapped his arms around Qin Lang's waist and tightened his grip." If that's the case, I'll make it very clear to you today. If you want to treat me as your son, then don't interfere with my relationship with Qin Lang. He and I don't ask for your blessing, but please don't cause any trouble for us. If you treat me as your son, I'll treat you as my father and spend this year with you and have a reunion dinner with you. If you insist on interfering in our affairs, I will not come back to this house, and I will not appear before you again. "