Chapter 447: Chapter 447: It feels like such a long time since I last heard him speak Chapter 447: Chapter 447: It feels like such a long time since I last heard him speak Just like that, Zhang Yi immediately made a call to have a friend at the airport purchase tickets.
There were none left for that day.
They booked tickets for the ten o’clock flight the next morning.
After everything was settled, Gu Qiaoqiao went home to pack her bags.
Gu Qiaoqiao first headed to Gu Garden.
Gu Tianfeng’s school started early, so Gu Tianfeng had already gone to work.
And none of the other family members expected Gu Qiaoqiao was actually going to Diannan’s Jade Mine with Zhang Yi and Uncle Gu.
It was a faraway and remote area.
It was where the ethnic minorities were most concentrated.
It was also a place that was relatively poor and underdeveloped.
Moreover, transportation there was not developed.
It was said that there were especially a lot of poisonous insects and snakes there.
So, when Lian Yuhong heard Gu Qiaoqiao was leaving, she firmly disagreed.
In Lian Yuhong’s heart, she didn’t have much recognition for the Gu Family’s successor.
And regarding the current state of the Gu Family, she didn’t think it was anything remarkable.
On the contrary, she missed the quiet country life of the past even more.
Although she knew that kind of life was no longer possible now.
However, for Gu Qiaoqiao, a girl heading out to such a far place, and moreover to deal with big matters of the Gu Family, she did not agree with it at all.
Gu Qiaoqiao affectionately took Lian Yuhong’s arm and went to the small garden in the back.
While walking, she analyzed to her mother the reasons she must go.
And along the way, Lian Yuhong finally realized that her daughter was no longer the child in her eyes.
It seemed she could already bear the family’s burden, and it even seemed like her daughter could shield the Gu Family from storms.
Lian Yuhong fell silent, and this attitude was akin to tacit approval.
Nevertheless, she still urged Gu Qiaoqiao to be very careful a thousand times over.
And she began to prepare her daughter’s traveling gear.
A rectangular medicine box was stuffed full with all kinds of medicines.
With her mother Lian Yuhong and her great-aunt preparing her luggage, Gu Qiaoqiao actually had nothing to do.
Upon thinking, she opened her notebook for jotting things down.
There was a phone number left by Qin Yize, saying she could look for him if there was anything.
Now that she was going to Diannan, she had to inform Qin Yize no matter what.
Even if he couldn’t answer, she could let someone else pass on the message.
So, Gu Qiaoqiao went to the small study.
She dialed the number provided by Qin Yize.
Unexpectedly, the call was quickly connected, and a deep and pleasant voice came through the handset, “Hello.”
At this moment, Gu Qiaoqiao’s heart skipped a beat, feeling as if it had been a long time since she had heard him speak.
After a few breaths, she quickly spoke up, “It’s me.”
Qin Yize on the other end of the phone seemed surprised with a start.
He probably had not expected Gu Qiaoqiao to actually call him.
So his voice carried a hint of happiness and a tender softness, “Qiaoqiao, do you need me for something?”
Gu Qiaoqiao relayed the morning’s events in detail to him.
Then she told Qin Yize that she was taking the ten o’clock flight to Diannan the next morning.
Qin Yize fell silent for a moment on the other end of the phone.
It was as if she could feel, even through the handset, that Qin Yize’s brows were slightly furrowed.
In a soft voice, Gu Qiaoqiao asked, “You’ve been to Diannan before, is it as difficult as they say?”
“Ten times more difficult than you can imagine,” Qin Yize replied calmly.
Gu Qiaoqiao didn’t utter a word for a long while.
She held the handset, her brows also slightly furrowed.