Chapter 369: Chapter 369_1 Chapter 369: Chapter 369_1 An Yuqian recalled that she had frequently heard the name Qiao Xiaren mentioned in the media before, but at that time, she hadn’t taken much notice of it.
For some reason, she remembered the child she had abandoned eighteen years ago in Shanshui Town. The child’s face stained with tear tracks as she cried, her little pink fists reaching out to her, yet she didn’t turn back.
That was the sin she committed back then, but she didn’t regret it at all. If she were to say that she had one regret in her life, it was leaving the necklace for that child. It was nothing more than a clue to the child’s identity; if she could find the Qiao Family one day, they would have a new hope.
Xinhan was right, she had been too kind-hearted in the past.
She wondered if the child would come to the Capital? An Yuqian comforted herself, thinking that the village was so impoverished, that child must have grown up similar to a country child and would not possibly return.
At that thought, An Yuqian quietly breathed a sigh of relief. Regardless, she had already made her choice back then and wouldn’t turn back, nor was there any way to go back.
Lan Xinhan, who was initially not too far away, speaking with a few big business owners, suddenly noticed that something seemed off with An Yuqian. He apologized to those around him and quickly walked over to her.
“Yuqian, what’s wrong?”
“I’m fine.” An Yuqian rose slightly and smiled at her husband. “I just got a call from an old friend, I was a bit upset.”
“As long as you’re okay.” Lan Xinhan bent down and pecked An Yuqian’s face, comforting her. “Bear with it a little longer, we will go home soon.”
“Okay.” An Yuqian responded with a sweet smile, her face flush with bashfulness. “I’m fine, so don’t worry about me, you have important business to discuss with Mr. Zhang.”
Lan Xinhan nodded and casually said, “I just received word from Old Master Qiao, he said he will visit the Lan Family this Sunday.”
The relations between the Qiao and Lan families have been hostile to each other since eighteen years ago. This would be the first time Old Master Qiao would set foot in the Lan Family residence; it must be for an extremely important matter.
Lan Xinhan’s ambition has never wavered. Old Master Qiao is after all aging, like a toothless old tiger. Ever since the Qiao Family suffered a significant blow many years ago and has not been able to recover, he believed that one day he would successfully take over the position of the Qiao Family in the Capital!
An Yuqian’s hand, which was smoothing her hair, suddenly paused, she looked astonished and impatient. An incredulous expression appeared on her face and annoyance came through in her voice.
“Why is he bothering me again? Isn’t he tired? I’ve said it, I don’t want to see anyone from the Qiao Family for the rest of my life!”
“Yuqian, Old Master isn’t someone you can refuse to see just because you don’t want to.” Lan Xinhan sat down, comforting An Yuqian while holding her hand. “You know the Qiao Family’s influence in the Capital. I have always used various excuses to decline him in the past, but this time he clearly means business. If he is so insistent on seeing you, he must have something major to discuss. Would it hurt to meet him once?”
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“Yuqian, we and the Li Family are currently competing for the government’s civil engineering project. Tomorrow, just go with the flow and ask the old master to help us smooth things over.” Lan Xinhan’s eyes flashed with cunning; when he looked at An Yuqian again, it was filled with tenderness.
An Yuqian had intended to refuse, but at the sight of her husband’s soft, loving expression, the words she was about to say seemed to be swallowed back down. She nodded.