Chapter 20 Chen Yulian's child is not mine

“And this…” Qiao Changdong rolled up Qiao Qiao’s sleeve, revealing the purple-gold bracelet underneath.

“This bracelet, isn’t it…” Qiao Xiaoyun subconsciously wanted to say, wasn’t this bracelet taken off and put away when Qiao Qiao brought it back?

But thinking about the origin of the bracelet, and fearing that mentioning her mother would upset the little girl, she abruptly stopped talking.

"Yes, I'm sure I've been keeping them all along, and they weren't there last night either." Qiao Changdong's tone became somewhat worried.

He turned Qiao Qiao, who was startled because his disguise had been completely exposed, over so that they were facing each other in his arms.

He looked at her forehead with concern.

And there it was again, that familiar bubble popping up on her forehead.

The bubbles are colorful, and the little figures inside are holding something in their hands. Their expressions are extremely exaggerated, as if they are shocked, their jaws practically dropping to the ground.

In her large, clear eyes, there was an exclamation mark: ! ! !

The siblings were both looking at the bubble.

Qiao Xiaoyun reached out to touch the bubble, but her hand passed right through it and she couldn't reach it at all.

The hand even passed through the tiny, astonished figure inside.

Qiao Changdong couldn't stand it anymore and angrily slapped away her extra big hand: "Don't touch her, what if she gets hurt!"

"..." Qiao Xiaoyun.

His gaze slowly turned over, conveying a single sentence: "Little brother, are you sick?"

Qiao Changdong didn't care about her reaction. Anyway, anything that belonged to his daughter, even if it was just a video, he would still feel bad for her!

Qiao Changdong sighed again after watching the bubble disappear.

Since last night, too many strange things have happened to Qiao Qiao, and putting them together, he was really worried.

What worried him even more was that the little guy clearly knew about these changes in him and seemed to want to say something to him, but it was as if something was stopping him.

All these supernatural events combined made him so anxious he was practically balding.

The reason he insisted on going to the provincial capital for a full-body checkup this time was because of this connection; without the checkup, he would continue to have trouble eating and sleeping!

The three remained silent.

Footsteps sounded again at the door, along with the aroma of chicken soup.

Qiao Xiaoyun quickly got up to greet her, and sure enough, she saw Grandma Qiao returning with a bowl of freshly cooked chicken soup.

Grandma Qiao wasn't surprised to see Qiao Changdong and Qiao Qiao coming over.

Qiao Xiaoyun had already taken the chicken soup bowl from her hand, placed a rag underneath it, then lifted the lid and fanned the aroma with her hand. Her eyes instantly lit up.

"Oh my god, this smells so good, Qiaoqiao, let your auntie taste it first to see if it's salty enough." Qiao Xiaoyun said as she went to get a bowl and spoon, scooped out a few spoonfuls, took a few sips, and then gave Grandma Qiao a thumbs up.

"Mom, your cooking is absolutely the best!"

Grandma Qiao glanced at her indifferently, picked up her little granddaughter who called her softly, examined her complexion, and touched her little face.

Then he said to Qiao Changdong, "Since you're here, have some while it's hot. I'll talk to Yulian later..."

"Mom, there's no need to send it to her. Chen Yulian's child isn't mine, so why should you take care of her?" Qiao Changdong interrupted Grandma Qiao, dropping a bombshell without giving them any time to process the information.

silence.

silence.

A deathly silence.

"What did you say?!" Grandma Qiao's expression immediately turned cold.

Qiao Xiaoyun also stopped drinking her soup and looked at Qiao Changdong.

"Dongzi, this is no laughing matter!" Qiao Xiaoyun said seriously.

“You can’t…” She saw Qiao Qiao in Grandma Qiao’s arms and, remembering their conversation yesterday, swallowed her words and changed them to: “How can you be sure the child isn’t yours?”

Qiao Changdong remained nonchalant, only his tone turned sarcastic: "Do you think I wouldn't know whether I've done that or not?"

“I haven’t touched her since she walked in the door.”

"That wedding night..."

"I'm just drunk, not drunk to death," said Qiao Changdong.

In fact, Qiao Changdong had already investigated Chen Yulian before getting married.

He has many cronies who are experts at this kind of thing.

So he knew early on that Chen Yulian had an ambiguous relationship with a young educated youth in town, but later that young educated youth returned to the city, and she broke off her relationship with him.

Later, for some reason, she fell in love with him again, and his old man, in order to repay a debt of gratitude, forced him to marry him.

He didn't want to take it seriously. He never thought of himself as a good person and would never sacrifice his life for so-called gratitude.

But Chen Yulian was good at pretending; she pretended to like Qiao Qiao very much, and Qiao Qiao often called out to her for her mother.

He couldn't bear to part with this daughter; he wished he could pluck the stars from the sky and give them to her.

Besides, if it's just something like wanting a mother, then naturally we should fulfill her wish.

In addition, he thought that a second-rate scoundrel like him, in other people's eyes, a bachelor with a child before marriage and no proper job, probably wouldn't be considered a good match.

Since that's the case, then he won't go around harming other people's innocent girls.

Chen Yulian is a perfect match for him.

However, to his surprise, Chen Yulian announced her pregnancy just two months after their marriage.

He knew then that the child was not his.

Because he didn't touch her at all on their wedding night.

There's only one possibility for the child in her belly: she conceived it through an affair before marriage.

That makes sense. Why did she suddenly become so eager to coax his old man into marrying her, using past favors as leverage, when she hadn't shown any interest in him over the past ten years?

So it turns out she got pregnant and needed to find someone to take over the baby.

Having guessed this, Qiao Changdong didn't pay much attention to it.

Because I don't care about that person, I don't care what they do, as long as they don't cross my bottom line.

His bottom line is Qiao Qiao.

He was not unaware that Chen Yulian was acting arrogantly and domineeringly in the Qiao family because of her pregnancy.

He had already planned that as long as she treated Qiao Qiao well and made up for the regret that his daughter didn't have a mother's love, it wouldn't be impossible for him to raise another child with his current abilities.

He pretended not to know anything.

But unexpectedly, her true colors were revealed so quickly.

When she was six months pregnant, she went to town to find a so-called fortune teller. After he said that she was carrying a son, he started to subtly probe her, asking her to send her daughter away.

He hesitated to reveal the truth immediately, mindful that she was pregnant.

I was thinking of waiting until the baby was born before deciding.

Who would have thought that, out of consideration for her being pregnant, he didn't confront her directly, but instead, she targeted his daughter first, trying to frame her for causing her to have a premature birth.

Since she's so shameless, then don't blame him for utterly humiliating her!