Chapter XVIII: The United Front
Xiao Shuo scratched his head in embarrassment, walked in front of him, and a door blocked them, Xiao Shuo stood inside the school, looking at Qiao Yang outside the school, and hesitated: "Uncle, do you have something"?
Qiao Yang thought about it for a long time in the past two days, it would not work to beg Su Xianan to see Qiao Xia, only Xiao Shuo was very familiar with her, and she was still a classmate in the United States, so according to Qiao Yang's intuition that Xiao Shuo and Qiao Xia would be in the same school again in China, and also knew where Su Xianan arranged Qiao Xia.
"Can you let me go see Qiao Xia, I figured it out, she is my daughter no matter what", Qiao Yang said these two sentences, which were applied when he met his father just now.
His father Qiao Guobang just happened to be discharged from the hospital these days, and as soon as he was discharged from the hospital, he rushed to see his granddaughter when the students were out of school.
The two of them had their own thoughts, so they didn't quarrel, they sat down and talked calmly, Qiao Yang knew that Qiao Guobang would come to see Qiao Xia in the name of strangers a few times, and he was a little funny: Come and see your granddaughter, why do you hide this and pretend to be that.
Later, Qiao Yang found out that he and Qiao Guobang had been angry for so many years, and Qiao Guobang was afraid that Qiao Yang was still resentful of himself and would not let his daughter be his grandfather, so he watched his only granddaughter come back, and he missed it so much that he had to come up with this plan with Qiao An.
This should be regarded as Qiao Guobang's most iron-blooded and tender time, in order to meet his granddaughter, General Qiao was able to make this kind of bridge that can only be found in novels. But looking back, I don't think it was for myself and Qiao An who said that they would not let Qiao Xia go to see his father, because of a little willfulness at that time, they would have reunited with their grandchildren a long time ago, and the deal that Su Xianan made with him did not go so smoothly.
He repented about this matter for several days, and Qiao Guobang was not embarrassed for him after knowing this transaction, patted the back of his neck and said seriously: "Qiao Xia is my granddaughter after all."
Qiao Xia is his granddaughter and Qiao Yang's daughter, even if Qiao Yang is unreliable, he is also a close relative, so he needs Xiao Shuo's cooperation in exchange for Qiao Xia's forgiveness.
Xiao Shuo lowered his head, thinking that when he went to see Qiao Xia, Su Xiannan looked at him in all kinds of unpleasant ways, not to mention Qiao Yang, maybe Qiao Yang didn't give face, and kicked out of the house directly: "What, uncle, Qiao Xia doesn't want to see you now, you know."
Qiao Yang was apologetic: "I know, but I want to tell her that I didn't mean it that time, I was a ghost, but can you help me say sorry for her."
This is the third time I have seen Qiao Yang, his face is even more haggard and unbearable than the last time, and his face is even closer to the white paper that he has not corrected every day, and the two big black circles under his eyes are like ink outlined on white paper.
Xiao Shuo looked at Qiao Yang and felt inexplicably concerned: "Uncle, are you okay."
Qiao Yang shook his head, but he was no longer in the mood to curl the corners of his mouth and make any expression of nothing to Xiao Shuo: "Xiao Shuo, can you help uncle."
Just one thing to say: I'm sorry.
But in Xiao Shuo's opinion, Su Xianan's education has too much control over Qiao Xia, so that Qiao Xia is now as rigid as him, on the other hand, Qiao Xia lived with Qiao Yang for a period of time, and felt that she was much more relaxed, at least when she came to see her that day, Qiao Xia specially pushed away a piano lesson for Xiao Shuo.
He likes Qiao Xia after coming to China, so he has already made a decision in his heart, but he still has a calm face, thinking about something serious: "If I help you get Qiao Xia to forgive you and help you reconcile with Qiao Xia, then can you help me say a few kind words on Qiao Xia's side, and it is best to let her not be cold to me."
Qiao Yang listened to the request, and his face suddenly turned pale, not to mention Xiao Shuo, Qiao Xia was silent and serious about her old father, where did she still have the ability to ask Xiao Shuo for this.
However, Qiao Yang's child has been deceived by him, so he squinted his eyes tacitly and replied confidently: "Okay."
Xiao Shuo mentioned again: "And if I help you, can you call me on the day when Qiao Xia sees you, Qiao Xia's uncle is very old-fashioned, and he always doesn't let Qiao Xia be friends with me."
Qiao Yang glanced at Xiao Shuo, not to mention Qiao Xia's uncle, it was Qiao Yang who returned to the old father's mentality, seeing that Xiao Shuo didn't want a good student like Qiao Xia to study with Xiao Shuo.
But the eldest husband was able to bend and stretch, so he also smiled and agreed.
So Xiao Shuo, Qiao Yang, and Qiao An formed a front together to save Qiao Xia.
Qiao Xia has been strictly following the schedule given by Su Xiannan these days, reading French and German early in the morning, and then eating, and then going to do the advanced arithmetic problems that Su Xiannan brought back from Oxford, knowing that there will be a special teacher to teach Qiao Xia the piano in the afternoon, oil painting everything that opens up art, and knows that there is time for Qiao Xia in the evening, but only Qiao Xia's sensible reading can make Su Xia feel satisfied.
Qiao Xia's arranged life, in Qiao Yang's point of view, it is better to let him die, because this kind of life is simply half-dead, it is better to let him die.
Xiao Shuo's views on this are the same, these two people who have the same views but different IQs are accidentally doing the same thing, Xiao Shuo has been talking to her about her in the past few days, and the obscure view that father's love is the best.
In the end, they chatted and began to discuss Qiao Yang with her, in Qiao Xia's opinion, Xiao Shuo and Qiao Yang had only met twice, but Xiao Shuo spoke highly of him. Moreover, Qiao Yang suddenly called in the past few days, but hung up within two seconds after Qiao Xia knew his identity, and did not give Qiao Yang the slightest chance to explain.
Su Xianan chose a rare day to come back for dinner once, and asked at the dinner table about the situation in the past few days, whether there were any people who shouldn't have come to her, or whether Xiao Shuo came often.
Qiao Xia reported that the past few days had been completed according to his plan, but he didn't say anything about Xiao Shuo and Qiao Yang, but he felt that Su Xianan seemed to know something, and after a meal, Qiao Xia was very panicked.
Su Xianan cut the steak in front of the table, tried to eat a piece, held the red wine glass in his hand, slowly shook it, and watched the red liquid in it tumble in the glass, he looked at Qiao Xia who was sitting opposite, and finally showed a smile: "The birthday is coming, what does Xiao Xia want."
Every year before her birthday, Su Xianan asked her like this, usually what Qiao Xia wanted, Su Xianan would buy her something on her birthday, and she didn't say a word.
On his birthday, it was also Su Xianan's birthday party for Qiao Xia, but things have changed dramatically this year, and Qiao Xia forgot that she still had the concept of a birthday.
It seems that only Su Xianan in the world remembers Qiao Xia's birthday.
Qiao Xia changed from fear to inexplicable gratitude to Su Xiannan for a while, and said a few words, I don't want anything this year, whatever, and I feel that I was very sorry to lie to her uncle just now, and I want to make up for it and say a few more words to him.
Qiao Xia: "Uncle, you said that my father and mother have their own lives, am I superfluous?"
Qiao Xia couldn't say it well, and immediately talked to Su Xianan about such sensitive words, this can be regarded as Qiao Xia's monologue that she has been holding back in her heart for a long time. She didn't know if Su Xianan would raise her mental idea to metaphysics.
So Qiao Xia hurriedly shut up and lowered her head, she held a knife in one hand and a fork in the other, and cut the steak on the table hard, but unfortunately the steak was not cooked, it was bloody and tendons, and it took a long time to cut it off.
Just as Qiao Xia and the steak were competing, Su Xianan's answer followed: "How can you be superfluous, Su Man Qiaoyang, which of their parents are worthy of it." I told you, they don't want you to support you, I want me to raise you."
Su Xianan said that he was excited, and poured himself a glass of red wine, Qiao Xia was also so frightened that he stopped the movements of his hands, Su Xianan's face was flushed, and his whole body was hot with wine, melting the lingering cold on his body.
Su Xianan propped his head on the table with one hand and looked at Qiao Xia: "Uncle used those methods last time, just to let you see that Qiao Yangshi is not suitable to be your father, do you still blame your uncle?"
Su Xianan rarely used such a tact, first asking Qiao Xia for forgiveness.
Qiao Xia shook her head, indicating that she understood Su Xianan's hard work.
The eyebrows in Su Xianan's eyes slowly relaxed, and with the trouble of letting Xiao Shuo shamelessly teach Qiao Xia again, Su Xianan asked Qiao Xia to listen to a lecture by a professor of high mathematics at a university.
So early in the morning, Su Xianan took Qiao Xia to sit in his special car to work, and the co-pilot in front sat with Su Xianan's Xiao Wu, this should be the only closest elder in the past few days except Su Xianan, Su Xianan has no girlfriend with his personality and strength now, and this Xiao Wu has directly become Su Xianan's virtuous helper.
Whether it is at work or in life, he helped Su Xiannan look forward to the future, and directly omitted the role of secretary, and even Su Man slandered Xiao Wu, the reason why Su Xianan couldn't find a girlfriend was because Xiao Wu took care of him too well.
So in the car, Su Xianan was silent, and it was Xiao Wu who explained the lively atmosphere so as not to embarrass the scene, and he also arranged Qiao Xia steadily, saying that the lecture would take a day, and the professor would leave an advanced arithmetic problem for everyone to answer, if he didn't come to pick it up in time, Qiao Xia could stay and do the problem first.
And also explained that the destination of that route is the toilet, and the destination of that route is the cafeteria, all of which are clearly explained, Qiao Xia said the words "I know" several times under his instructions, which made her a little annoyed, until she was thinking about how Xiao Wu arranged it so precisely, how did her uncle usually come over.
Xiao Wu saw that Qiao Xia had been arranged, so he and Su Xianan got in the car to go to the company with confidence.
Qiao Xia obediently found a place in the lecture hall and prepared to receive the baptism of knowledge.