Chapter 698 - 728: He Has a Daughter
Qin Jiao’s smile soothed Meng Lanlan, allowing her to breathe a sigh of relief.
However, after she and Meng Lanlan parted ways, Qin Jiao got in her car, and the gentle smile on her face vanished.
Meng Lanlan hadn’t been lying; she was a very simple, straightforward person.
’Then who on earth could have said something to little Xingxing?’
As Qin Jiao started the car, she muttered to herself, "I hope I’m just overthinking this."
Over the next few days, Qin Jiao kept an eye on something else: whether Xiao You would enter the space again. Thankfully, it didn’t happen, but she didn’t let her guard down.
’I have to figure out the pattern.’
’She’s still so young, after all. What if she gets scared?’
A few more days passed. Qin Jiao’s younger cousin, Qin Xiaolan, asked her to grab some tea, but in reality, she just wanted to talk about a personal matter.
"Can you come over to my place?"
"No, no, we should talk somewhere else." Qin Xiaolan’s voice was low; it was clear she’d run into a tricky situation.
Qin Jiao had no choice but to agree. She picked a time when the kids were at school. With Shen Yi away on a business trip, her schedule was packed. Fortunately, when it came to her company, she wasn’t needed for anything besides the most critical decisions.
She was gradually able to hand over the reins.
The two of them chose a teahouse with a pleasant atmosphere, ordering a pot of Longjing tea and some small pastries.
Qin Xiaolan had been looking listless, but her eyes lit up the moment she saw Qin Jiao arrive.
"Oh, sis, you’re finally here!"
"What’s wrong? You look so torn. Did you run into some kind of trouble?"
"Sigh, it’s a long story."
Qin Xiaolan quickly shut the door to their private room before sitting back down. She eagerly poured Qin Jiao a cup of tea and said miserably, "Sis, I just found out that my mom actually asked your mom to set me up with someone! Luckily, she hasn’t done anything about it yet!"
’Mom almost did,’ Qin Jiao thought, ’but I put a stop to it.’
She said, "I already had a gentle word with Mom. I told her not to try setting you up and that you might already have someone in mind."
"Ah, so your mom won’t tell mine, will she?"
"She won’t. At least, not for now. Not until you go public with it yourself." Qin Jiao was confident in her mother on this point.
Qin Xiaolan clearly felt her aunt was reliable, so she stopped worrying about it.
Qin Jiao said, "Since you’re already seeing someone, why don’t you just tell your mom?"
Qin Xiaolan shook her head miserably. "No, no, I can’t. His circumstances aren’t great. I mean, my own situation is just average, and his is even worse. My mom would never agree!"
"If it’s just that his circumstances aren’t great, but he’s a good person and very hardworking, you could try explaining that to your mom. She’s actually a very clear-headed and rational person. If it’s just his family’s financial situation, that shouldn’t be a problem."
In Qin Jiao’s opinion, as long as he was a good person, being a little poor wasn’t a big deal.
𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢
Qin Xiaolan agonized for a long time before finally whispering, "He’s... divorced."
Qin Jiao was speechless.
Qin Jiao took a deep breath. She said, "Being divorced isn’t a huge problem in itself. But you have to look at why his last marriage failed and who was at fault. And there’s another question: does he have children?"
This time, Qin Xiaolan’s head drooped low.
Her voice was so quiet it was almost inaudible.
"He has a daughter."
Qin Jiao fell silent.
Seeing the look on Qin Xiaolan’s face—as if she wished she could dig a hole and bury herself in it—Qin Jiao finally understood why she didn’t dare tell her own mother.
Because her mother would, one hundred percent, absolutely never agree!