Chapter 94 The Relationship Between Shen Qingrong and Shen Qingyan

"I don't know." Qiao Changdong shook his head, indicating that he was a roughneck and couldn't understand what these people were after.

“Then this money…” Qiao Xiaoyun hesitated.

"I know, I won't say it. It just so happens that my family sold a batch of mountain products a while ago, so I'll just say that I bought the clothes with that money. My brother and sister-in-law have never been to a big department store, so they don't know how expensive the clothes are. I'll just say that I bought them for seventy or eighty yuan."

Even if it costs seventy or eighty yuan, that's two or three months' salary for someone else, and it's still a very expensive piece of clothing.

I believe my brothers and sisters-in-law will cherish it.

"Wow, these clothes are so nice! My sweet little one is so capable!"

With her major worry gone, Qiao Xiaoyun looked at her own light red, mid-length down jacket spread out on the bed, and was filled with joy. She touched it repeatedly, admiring it every time she looked at it.

Good things are always welcome.

"That brat and your brother-in-law, there was no need to buy them. They're just wasting such good clothes."

Thinking of her son who would often roll on the ground, getting himself all dirty, and Meng Zhengcheng who was always filthy and disheveled from his frequent fieldwork, Qiao Xiaoyun felt terrible.

I just felt that such nice clothes were a waste on them.

"It's alright, Xiao Huan, you can sew him a smock. As for your brother-in-law... he can only wear it when visiting relatives."

After all, it was bought with his own daughter's hard-earned money. If the other party didn't appreciate it, Qiao Changdong would be more heartbroken and reluctant to part with it than anyone else.

"Yes, yes, you're so thoughtful." Qiao Xiaoyun smiled, feeling quite warm inside that the father and daughter still remembered her after going out.

Then Qiao Changdong brought up another matter.

"Sis, I want to move out with my baby and Mom. What do you think? Should I buy a plot of land in town and build my own house? Or could you help me ask if anyone in your building wants to sell their house?"

After marrying Chen Yulian, Qiao Changdong never went into the room that belonged to him.

Now that they're divorced, he finds the house and the bed dirty and disgusting, so he keeps it locked and uses it as a storage room, never moving in again.

He thought that perhaps this really was a good time to move out.

"You're moving out? Well... that's a good idea." Qiao Xiaoyun was a little surprised when she heard Qiao Changdong's words, but she quickly understood and was genuinely happy for him.

Perhaps it's a common trait among all older sisters: no matter how much they scold or beat their younger brothers, they secretly wish for their brothers' well-being more than anyone else.

Now that he has gotten rid of Chen Yulian, made a lot of money, and is about to move out of that small mountain village, and his life is getting better and better, he is naturally happy.

She smiled and said, "Okay, I'll look into it for you later."

The television was bought, but it couldn't be installed in a short time, so Qiao Changdong took Qiao Qiao to Qiao Changcai and Mo Wenpei's place again, dropped off their clothes, and left.

Karen Mok didn't know the exact price of the down jacket, but judging from the quality of the fabric, it couldn't be cheap.

He was quite moved and hugged Qiao Qiao affectionately for a while.

Qiao Changdong then mentioned his intention to move out of Qiaojia Village, which might require purchasing a plot of land in the town. Mo Wenpei confidently assured him that she would help him inquire about it.

When the father and daughter returned home.

As dusk settled, he continued to carry the basket on his back, filled with his family's clothes, and his baby was still tucked into his arms.

When Qiao Qiao got home, she was so sleepy that she could barely keep her eyes open. Grandma Qiao lit a kerosene lamp and wiped her hands and feet with warm water while speaking to Qiao Changdong in a low voice.

Like Qiao Xiaoyun, she knew that Qiao Changdong hadn't used Qiao Qiao's 30,000 yuan deposit to buy so many things, so she didn't say anything.

As for Qiao Changdong's statement about moving out of Qiaojia Village, she didn't say anything, but when Qiao Changdong told her to come live with him and Qiao Qiao, she smiled slightly.

It was late December, the day before New Year's Day.

The Mengzhengcheng Police Station received a call from Qiao Changqing, telling Qiao Changdong not to pick him up at the provincial capital's train station, because this time, in addition to him and his wife, he was bringing someone else with him, and there would be a car to pick him up in the provincial capital.

The Qiao family was overjoyed by Qiao Changqing's return, especially Grandma Qiao, whose happiness was palpable.

Qiao Qiao was also happy, not only because her uncle and aunt were coming back, but also because Xiao Yuan said he had found what she was looking for in the bracelet space.

That thing is a kind of spiritual fruit.

Its full name is Nine-Life Fruit, which sounds like "Lifesaving Fruit" in Chinese.

As its name suggests, it can save lives.

But what troubled Qiao Qiao was this Nine-Life Fruit. It took nine years from sprouting and branching to flowering, and another nine years from flowering to fruiting. Together, it took a full eighteen years!

After flowering and fruiting, there is a limited number of fruits; only nine fruits will be produced.

Qiao Qiao held the seeds of the Nine-Life Fruit in her hands, her little brows furrowed into two small knots, she was really worried.

There are only five years left until her older brother died. How can there be so much time to wait for this fruit to blossom and bear fruit?

"Is Master in a hurry to get it?" Xiao Yuan hopped into Qiao Qiao's hand and asked her.

Qiao Qiao nodded: "Hmm, is there any way to grow it within five years?"

"Yes, but Xiao Yuan doesn't recommend using it." Xiao Yuan said, poking the round, plump nine-lives fruit seed with a small twig.

"Go ahead," Qiao Qiao said.

[It's just using spiritual power to forcibly catalyze it, but with your current spiritual power, Master, it's not even enough to catalyze germination.] The moment Qiao Qiao's eyes lit up, Xiao Yuan quickly poured cold water on her enthusiasm.

"..." Qiao Qiao.

All right.

You got excited for nothing.

——

At the same time, in Kyoto, thousands of miles away.

Inside a European-style villa.

"Honey, is he really coming tomorrow? Didn't you say he never attends these kinds of parties?"

A woman dressed in luxurious and extravagant attire leaned against a chaise lounge, asking the man beside her who was taking off his coat with anticipation.

The man was dressed in a suit, looking like he had just returned from some social banquet, and he still smelled strongly of alcohol.

Hearing his wife Bi Yatong's question from behind, he smiled and answered firmly.

"Yes, you don't understand. My younger cousin looks cold and aloof, but he's actually warm-hearted and very filial. He'll listen to anything my aunt says."

The man who spoke was named Shen Qingrong, and the younger cousin he mentioned, Shen Qingyan, was actually a distant cousin of his, two generations removed.

It's not that he and Shen Qingyan are cousins.

Rather, their grandfather was their cousin.

Because of the two generations separating them, the two families are not very close.

However, because the Shen family had only one son in the last two generations, and because Shen Qingrong had intentionally tried to get closer to Shen Qingyan over the years, they gradually started to have some contact.