C272 Brother
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Qin Lang drove Qiao Lin out of the Qin family and to Qiao Lin's mother, Nan Xin's house. It was already ten o'clock in the morning when they arrived at Nan Xin's house. It was New Year's Eve last night and the whole family did not sleep until after midnight. Each of them woke up later than the last.
Qin Lang had told his mother about accompanying Qiao Lin to see his mother last night. Qin's mother knew that Qiao Lin did not have a good relationship with his mother, and her son would accompany him as his friend. It would be a good thing if they could resolve the relationship between mother and son, so she did not object.
B City was usually jam-packed during work hours. Now that it was the new year, the streets were even more congested. According to the address that Nan Xin had given Qiao Lin, it would normally take at most twenty minutes to drive there. Today, they had been driving for an hour and most of the time, they were stuck on the road.
Only when they arrived at the destination did Qin Lang start to complain, "If I had known earlier, I would have walked. I might have even arrived earlier."
"You're the only one walking on the street. Are you sure that the two of us can arrive earlier?" Qiao Lin did not dare to imagine the scene. He was afraid that he would not be able to move an inch.
"Don't talk about me now. I'm afraid that you'll end up the same way even if you take a few steps outside," Qin Lang opened the car door and got out of the car.
Qiao Lin also got out of the car. He was not worried about what Qin Lang had said. Although the drama crew had continuously posted photos of him in the drama series of The Young Martial World on the internet over the past two days and had caused some discussions online, they were just a few photos with makeup on after all. It would not be so easy to recognize him.
Qiao Lin followed Qin Lang to the trunk of the car and found a few shopping bags in the trunk, containing wrapped gift boxes.
He was a little surprised, "When did you prepare these things?"
The day before yesterday, Qin Lang had returned to the Qin Family with him from the Qiao Family. On the way back, he had bought gifts for the people of the Qin Family. However, he did not see Qin Lang buying anything along the way. Yesterday, the entire family was preparing for New Year's Eve dinner, so Qin Lang did not have the chance to go out.
"Before you came back from filming, I already felt that it was almost New Year's Eve. If your parents asked you to have dinner with them, I couldn't go with you empty-handed. It's better to be prepared. Some of it was for your father, but I was in such a hurry to go to the Qiao family that day that I forgot about it. I only remembered about it when you were shopping on the way." Qin Lang had bought these things with the intention of becoming the future son-in-law of Qiao Lin's parents. Since he was going to be someone else's son-in-law, no matter how close Qiao Lin was to his parents, he had to be polite to them.
"It's fine. You can make it up to him another day when we get back. Also, thank you for your efforts." Qiao Lin knew very well how careful Qin Lang was with him, so he was glad that the decision he made back then did not push him away because he was worried about worldly opinions.
The current happiness made him want to thank Yang Cheng, who had humiliated him on set for an NMD T-shirt. If he hadn't been humiliated by Yang Cheng, he might not have taken the initiative to approach Qin Lang again.
Of course, he should be more grateful to Yu for connecting him to Qin Lang.
"Hey, are you done yet?" Qin Lang was disgusted by Qiao Lin's polite behavior in front of him, "What's the relationship between the two of us? Your parents have agreed to our relationship. I went to see them, and it was the son-in-law who met his in-laws. I kidnapped their son and you still want to thank me?"
"Alright, I won't thank you anymore. If you want to give it to me, then give it to me." Qiao Lin did not bother about how to address him anymore. He took a bag of gifts from him and went into the neighborhood.
In fact, when Qiao Lin received the address from his mother yesterday, he felt that the address was very familiar. When he arrived, he felt that the place was even more familiar. It was just that the reconstruction of the house had changed a lot over the past ten years.
More than ten years ago, Qiao Lin had lived with his mother in this neighborhood. At that time, his father, Qiao Zhicheng, was by his side, the place where Qiao Zhicheng used to hide his mistress. He did not expect his mother to live here again, and with her current husband at that. He wondered what kind of mentality she had.
The two of them followed the address that Nan Xin had given them, and soon arrived at Nan Xin's house. They rang the doorbell, and the door opened quickly.
The moment the door opened, both of them froze. They had expected Nan Xin or her current husband, Gao Weixiang, to open the door, but it was a teenager. The two of them were stunned because this child looked very much like Qiao Lin.
The look on Qiao Lin's face was very similar to that of his father, Qiao Zhicheng, but if one looked closely, they would find that his features were the same as his mother's. This was probably one of the reasons why Wu Huanran hated him so much, because she would think of his mother's face whenever she saw him.
This child was more like Nan Xin than Qiao Lin.
From his appearance, both of them could tell that this child was the son of Gao Weixiang and Nan Xin.
The boy was young, but even at home he was dressed formally, in a dark blue suit and a bow tie, and his face was white and delicate.
While the two of them were sizing him up, the child also looked at the two young men in front of him and asked tentatively, "Excuse me, are you Brother Qiao and Brother Qin?"
Although it was the first time they had met, it seemed like Nan Xin had already introduced them to the child.
"Yes, hello." Although Qiao Lin had already guessed the identity of the child in front of him, this was the first time that he found out that his mother had another child besides him, so he was quite surprised and did not know what to say except for the proper courtesy.
The child in front of him was smart enough to recognize Qiao Lin just by looking at his face. He politely extended his hand to him, "Hello, Brother Qiao. I'm your younger brother, Gao Mu. Mom said we're brothers."
The child smiled brightly and did not seem to dislike him. Qiao Lin also reached out his hand and took the small hand that was reaching out to him.
After greeting Qiao Lin, Gao Mu went to greet Qin Lang and led the two of them into the house.
There were only three people in Gao Weixiang and Nan Xin's family. The house was not big, and the layout of the two rooms and two living rooms could be seen at a glance. But Gao Weixiang was a jewelry designer, and the decorations in the house were tasteful and cozy.
Nan Xin and her husband rushed out of the kitchen when they heard the commotion in the living room. Both of them were wearing aprons, and they were still busy in the kitchen before Qiao Lin and Qin Lang entered the house.
"You guys are here. Hurry up and take a seat." Nan Xin pointed to the sofa and motioned for the two of them to take a seat. She did not forget to introduce her husband to them, "Qiao Lin, Qin Lang, this is your Uncle Gao, Gao Weixiang."
In fact, before this, Nan Xin was not willing to take the initiative to mention her current family in front of Qiao Lin, afraid that he would not be able to accept it. However, now that the child was at home, it was time for him to get to know her and let them get to know each other.