From Runaway Bride to Global Queen

Chapter 57: Chapter 57: The Younger Brother is Coming Back

Ning Changfeng slapped away Wan Yulin’s hand and left her behind as he turned and walked away.

Although today’s incident seemed to have passed at the scene, it couldn’t be guaranteed that the Qiao Family wouldn’t hold a grudge, so he had to make some arrangements in advance.

The next morning, Qiao Yi went back to the Qiao Family and recounted the incident to Qiao Benqing face-to-face.

“It’s not a big deal, you weren’t hurt, were you?”

Qiao Benqing had cleaned up after Qiao Yi countless times, getting used to hearing how Qiao Yi had injured someone. Not hearing such news in the past two years and suddenly hearing it again, Qiao Benqing was somewhat unaccustomed to it.

Qiao Yi shook her head. The injury on her arm was from swinging a bottle and accidentally hitting the sink on her own, it couldn’t be considered an injury.

Thinking about the wound on her arm made Qiao Yi’s butt tingle with pain, and her face flushed.

Lu Yanchuan, that stinky hoodlum, is like the ancestor of all hoodlums!

“It’s good that you’re not hurt. Go check on your mom; she’s a bit worried.”

Zhao Wenjing was indeed worried, although Qiao Yi always got into fights, Zhao Wenjing always had to nag her for a while after each fight.

“Mom, this time it wasn’t about me fighting for myself, I was protecting a girl. You should praise me!”

Qiao Yi preempted Zhao Wenjing’s nagging and explained the situation once again before Zhao Wenjing could be reassured.

“Even though you had good intentions, try to stay out of such matters in the future. I’ve heard that the Sun Family are not good people. It’s better if you stay away from them.”

Qiao Yi obediently nodded her head, and after chatting a bit more, Qiao Yi suddenly remembered something.

“Right, Mom, my brother is coming back at the end of the month, and this time he might not leave again.”

“What? Qiaoqiao is coming back!”

Sure enough, Zhao Wenjing forgot about her daughter fighting once she heard the news of Qiao Qiao’s return, cheered, and then hurried to have someone prepare Qiao Qiao’s room.

Seeing how excited she was, Qiao Yi decided not to tell her that there was still half a month until the end of the month.

“My brother is coming back soon; I’m going to stay at home for a while.”

Actually, Qiao Yi really didn’t want to talk to Lu Yanchuan, at least not these few days, she didn’t want to see that stinky hoodlum at all.

But if she didn’t report to him, that stinky hoodlum would run over to the Qiao Family looking for her, and then she’d be even more embarrassed.

There was a pause on the phone before she heard Lu Yanchuan say, “Okay, then I’ll stay at the Qiao Family’s place.”

Qiao Yi: “???

She was staying at home to avoid Lu Yanchuan! How could he still follow her here!

“There’s no place for you…”

“I’ll stay in the same room as you.”

Staying in the same room…

Qiao Yi was defeated, completely defeated.

Lu Yanchuan is like a strong-willed bronze pea; you can’t pound it, cook it, or throw it away!

Qiao Yi hung up the phone in frustration, not wanting to anger herself over Lu Yanchuan anymore.

After telling Qiao Benqing and Zhao Wenjing that Lu Yanchuan was coming to stay, they both welcomed him warmly, which was another stab to Qiao Yi’s heart.

Qiao Xin was once again turned away at the Lu Mansion, being told that none of the homeowners were available, and to wait for them to come back before visiting.

Old Mr. Lu’s guard’s words greatly angered Qiao Xin, she too was a daughter-in-law of the Lu Family, how could she not be considered a mistress of the Lu Family!

Despite all the sweet-talking and scolding, the guard refused to let her in, infuriating Qiao Xin to the point she almost passed out!

She had never seen such a stubborn person!

With reluctance, Qiao Xin walked away, looking back every three steps, longing to enter the mansion.

Why was it that both being daughter-in-laws of the Lu Family, Qiao Yi could become the mistress, and she could only live in discomfort under Wang Zhen’s manipulation!

Wang Zhen couldn’t come to Lu Mansion either now because Old Mr. Lu found her annoying and forbid her from visiting the mansion without good reason.

Yet, Wang Zhen blamed Qiao Xin for her inability to visit the mansion, believing she was implicated by Qiao Xin’s actions, preventing her visitation!

Qiao Xin and Wang Zhen were constantly at war, while Lu Qingshan was somewhat better, being at the company during the day and only home for a bit at night.

But Lu Ming, for some reason, had all his tasks at the company taken over by others, ending up with only a few non-busy projects to handle, idling away his days.

Wang Zhen hated to see her son underutilized like this and vented all her frustration on Qiao Xin.

Of course, Qiao Xin wouldn’t just be a scapegoat; relying on the shares she held in the Lu Family, she clashed with Wang Zhen head-on.

Lu Ming bore it at home for two days, then simply stayed at the company and didn’t return home.

Up to today, Lu Ming hadn’t been home for a full two days. Though Qiao Xin didn’t care about her relationship with him, his constant absence from home was not acceptable.

That’s why Qiao Xin tried to visit the mansion, hoping that even if she could just talk to Old Mr. Lu, she could return with the power to suppress Wang Zhen and end this endless battle.

However, it was inevitably disappointing; she couldn’t even get a glimpse of Old Mr. Lu, let alone Qiao Yi.

As Qiao Xin was walking out though, she suddenly saw Yanchuan’s car driving into the villa area, heading her way.

“Mr. Lu! Mr. Lu! Yanchuan! Stop the car, it’s me!”

Her earlier frustration was immediately swept away, and Qiao Xin anxiously stood in the middle of the road, setting herself like she wouldn’t let him pass.

The car slowly stopped, the driver’s window rolled down, revealing Ma Yu’s head instead.

“Why is it you! Where’s Yanchuan!”

Qiao Xin widened her eyes, swiftly walked over, and yanked open the car door, only to see it was just Ma Yu by herself.

“Mrs. Little Lu, the boss is obviously at the company now, I just came to pick up some stuff for him.”

Ma Yu helplessly watched as Qiao Xin thoroughly searched the car inside out, eventually shutting the door in disappointment.

She had thought she might run into Yanchuan and was so preemptively excited.

Qiao Xin rolled her eyes and walked away, while Ma Yu continued driving towards the Lu Mansion.

There wasn’t much of Yanchuan’s stuff; Ma Yu just came to collect some documents he had left at home and his computer, while the rest would naturally be prepared by the Qiao Family.

Although Qiao Yi had moved back to the Qiao Family’s home, she still couldn’t sit idle; she needed to prepare for Old Mr. Lu’s upcoming birthday feast at the end of the month— a whole array of messy duties awaited her.

Qiao Yi had already worked on these with Zhao Wenjing previously, and she handled them quite proficiently this time around.

Zhao Wenjing was overjoyed to see Qiao Yi receive such attention upon marrying into the Lu Family, and she spent her days busily helping Qiao Yi prepare for the birthday feast.

As the days passed, Qiao Yi truly enjoyed this ordinary yet busy life.

As for Qiao Xin, who knew that Yanchuan was staying at the Qiao Family’s home and rushed back there daily to offer her attentions, she was merely a minor ripple in Qiao Yi’s peaceful life.

However, Qiao Yi forgot that sometimes, even small ripples can stir up massive waves.