Chapter 457: Chapter 457 – The Qiao Family in the Capital Chapter 457: Chapter 457 – The Qiao Family in the Capital Everyone’s face was full of confusion.
“What past events of the Qiao family?” Chu Yunxiu asked curiously. “I’ve been your Qiao family’s daughter-in-law for so many years, but you’ve never mentioned them.”
Qiao Bing and Qiao Xue were also bewildered, having no idea about these matters.
Elder Qiao sighed in his heart.
These things had always been his secret, and he had not wanted to share them with Chu Yunxiu, Qiao Xue, or Qiao Bing.
He didn’t want to involve the three of them with the Qiao family in the Capital City.
They were just ordinary people, and getting involved with that kind of wealthy family wouldn’t bring them any good. On the contrary, it would bring them disaster.
But with the arrival of Qiao Xixi, he knew he couldn’t keep the secret any longer.
“Actually, I once belonged to the Qiao’s family from the Capital City…”
As Elder Qiao narrated, Lin Dong and the others came to understand that in the Capital City, there was a big family known as the Qiao family.
This Qiao family could even be ranked in the top ten among the myriad wealthy families in the Capital City!
Of course, it was still a notch below the Lin family, to which Lin Dong belonged.
But it was not to be underestimated; even if one could control Jianghai, having control over the Entire Jiangnan Province would still mean they could dominate an area!
Within the Qiao family from the Capital, which flourished with many descendants, there were five veins, and Qiao Guoting was from the fifth vein.
Originally, the Fifth Vein, where Qiao Guoting belonged, had a significant status within the Qiao family.
But due to some reasons, he left the Capital City for Jianghai and thus declined.
Qiao Guoting didn’t specify the reason.
But Lin Dong could roughly guess!
It was certainly due to Qiao Renyi!
Back then, Qiao Renyi followed his father, Lin Zhantian, to an appointment in Longmen and was highly valued by Lin Zhantian; he himself also had strength.
At that time, how could the Qiao family underestimate their fifth vein?
But later, as his father, Lin Zhantian, withdrew from the Capital, and Qiao Renyi betrayed Longmen, it led to the fall of the Fifth Vein, forcing Qiao Guoting to leave his hometown and settle in this small Jianghai.
The facts were indeed as Lin Dong had speculated!
However, Qiao Guoting did not go into details.
But even the little he revealed was shocking enough for Chu Yunxiu, Qiao Xue, and Qiao Bing.
“Your old Qiao family actually had such grandeur in their ancestry?” Chu Yunxiu was somewhat discontented. “Elder Qiao, why did you keep this from me? I could have had the chance to be a wealthy lady.”
Qiao Guoting shook his head bitterly, “Yunxiu, stop thinking about it. You’ve just seen it; they from the Qiao family in the Capital, where would they recognize our vein?”
“Elder Qiao, didn’t she say, as long as you give her that ‘thing,’ she would respect you as an elder?”
“What is this thing she’s talking about? If it’s really in your possession, just give it to them. Use that thing to negotiate terms with them and let us return to the Qiao family!”
“By then, just giving us a company will be enough to skyrocket us to the top!”
Chu Yunxiu dreamed of becoming a wealthy lady.
Having learned that the Qiao family she married into had origins from such a prominent clan in the Capital, her first thought was naturally to return to the family.
However, upon hearing her words, Qiao Guoting’s face turned extremely grim.
He said coldly, “Don’t spout nonsense!”
Regarding what that thing was, Qiao Guoting was taciturn and did not mention anything about it.
He didn’t reveal whether the thing was in his possession but instead changed the topic.
He instructed Chu Yunxiu, Qiao Xue, and Qiao Bing:
“Though we are indeed from the fifth vein of Qiao’s family in the Capital, I hope that we will never get entangled with them for the rest of our lives!”
Chu Lan said unwillingly, “Elder Qiao, don’t you want to return to your ancestry? Don’t you want to return to the Qiao family?”
Elder Qiao sighed even more in his heart. As an old man who might not live more than half a year, with one foot already in the coffin, how could he not want to return to his roots?
The older he became, the more he valued the importance of returning to ancestry and the roots.
But he knew it was impossible!
The thing was indeed in his possession.
He knew that even if he handed over that item to the Qiao family, they would not let their Fifth Vein truly be recognized.
It could instead lead to being silenced!
Thus, he had long given up thinking about returning to his roots.
“Yunxiu, don’t mention returning to the Qiao family ever again!” Qiao Guoting said authoritatively.
Chu Yunxiu had no choice but to obediently close her mouth.
Qiao Xue and Qiao Bing, the sisters, also glanced at each other.
They were smarter than Chu Yunxiu and could naturally guess their grandfather’s good intentions.
They knew that in his heart, their grandfather also wanted to return to his roots.
But due to concerns for their safety, he had to give up.
Even the fact that they were from the Qiao family in the Capital was kept from them all these years.
“If only I had enough strength. Or if I had a strong enough man to rely on. Then, I could help Grandpa,” Qiao Xue clenched her fist and secretly said.
At this moment, Elder Qiao stood up.
He said to Lin Dong alone, “Lin Dong, come with me to the study room, I have some words I want to speak to you alone.”
After that, he took Lin Dong to the study room by themselves.