Pei Hao pursed his lips and thought about it.

Yes, Pei Lao is old, and his health is not good, so he can't be stimulated.

After a few seconds, he turned around and looked at Qiao Ran, and asked her with eager anticipation in his eyes: "Ranran, are you really unwilling to go back with me?" ”

Qiao Ran didn't answer, but she didn't even want to look at him, she just helped Qiao Pingping to sit down on the sofa and poured water for Qiao Pingping.

In the end, there is also a little friendship, although he is not very satisfied with what Pei Hao did today, but Chu Junbei did not embarrass him.

Patting Pei Hao's shoulder, Chu Junbei said: "You go back first, give her a little time, don't make things too big, otherwise if there is no room for maneuver, it will not be good for anyone." ”

Pei Hao looked at Qiao Ran, and then at Chu Junbei, and finally had to admit that what Chu Junbei said was very reasonable.

He had no choice but to leave with the group.

Watching them go down the stairs, the gentleness on Chu Junbei's face was much less, and instead, there was a bit of a solemn taste.

After entering the house, Chu Junbei closed the door and went to sit down beside Qiao Ran, "They are gone." ”

Qiao Ran's heart was very chaotic now, and she didn't even thank him, but said to Qiao Pingping: "Mom, don't be afraid, they're gone." ”

Qiao Pingping put down the water glass, grabbed Qiao Ran's hand, and kept repeating: "Ranran, you can't go back with them, you ...... You just stay with me, you don't want to go back to Pei's house...... Can't go back ......"

"I know." Qiao Ran's eyes were red, and she held Qiao Pingping's hand with her backhand, "You go back to the room to rest first, and when the dumplings are cooked, I'll call you again, okay?" ”

Qiao Pingping shook her head suddenly, her hair was shaken even more messily because of her actions, and there was no image at all, but she didn't notice it at all, just kept muttering and repeating: "Don't go, you ...... Don't go for ...... They want to harm you, don't go ......"

"I'm not going." Qiao Ran soothed.

Qiao Pingping didn't believe it, and turned her head to look at Chu Junbei again, "You stop Ranran, don't let her go to ......"

Now Qiao Pingping's spirit is in an extremely tense state, looking at Chu Junbei's eyes, it is like looking at a life-saving straw.

Chu Junbei didn't know why she was so afraid of the Pei family, to be honest, whether it was Pei Lao or Pei Hao, they were not bad people, and they had not done anything hurtful.

And Pei Ping, he has not been in the country at all recently.

It's just that he has no way to ask Qiao Pingping about that at the moment, so he can only nod and say, "I'll look at Qiao Ran, don't worry." ”

Qiao Pingping nodded at this time, and said words of thanks to Chu Junbei again.

Qiao Ran took Qiao Pingping back to the room, and after a while she came back and went to the kitchen.

Chu Junbei followed.

What happened just now was too chaotic, and Qiao Ran didn't completely calm down now, so he didn't even ask Chu Junbei why he came over suddenly, but just said, "What happened just now, thank you." ”

"It's a small thing." Chu Jun replied in the north.

Originally, he just came to take a look at it casually, but when he heard the argument above, he heard from other residents that there were several strangers coming up, and he didn't know what to do, so he didn't feel at ease before he came up.

But I didn't expect to see such a scene.

He actually has a lot of things he wants to ask, about Pei Rong, about Qiao Ran, and about the relationship between Qiao Pingping and Pei Rong.

However, seeing Qiao Ran's pale face, he didn't ask anything in the end.

He didn't want to irritate Qiao Ran at this time.

But maybe it was because of what happened just now, even if Chu Junbei didn't ask, Qiao Ran's heart still had a little desire to talk.

While wrapping the unfinished dumplings, she asked Chu Junbei: "Do you know how I have lived with my mother over the years?" ”

may be because of her restlessness, although she is skillful in making dumplings, it is very slow, and the shape of the dumplings is not good-looking.

Chu Junbei wanted to help her, but he had lived for more than twenty years and really didn't know anything about things in the kitchen.

So in order not to help, he just stood at the door of the kitchen in front of the trash can, listening to Qiao Ran say everything he wanted to say.

didn't hear Chu Junbei's answer, Qiao Ran was not discouraged, and talked to herself about her life with Qiao Pingping over the years.

"For as long as I can remember, my mom has been the only one around me, and of course, there are all kinds of men around her, and there are many of them who really want to marry my mom.

"I remember when I was five years old, a man said he wanted to marry my mother, but there was one condition, he couldn't take me with him. My mom liked him very much, but because of his conditions, my mom slapped him and drove people away.

"My mom didn't have a regular job, so we had a hard time, but even so, she always wanted me to go to the best school, like Ellis College. I knew in my heart that it wasn't something we could afford, but my mom said everything she wanted me to go. ”

She said this calmly, didn't sell badly, and didn't deliberately erase anything.

But as she spoke, she suddenly felt so sad in her heart, her heart throbbed, and the movements of her fingertips kept trembling.

Her voice became choked, and she said, "I never thought that I wasn't my mother's biological daughter...... How could it not be biological? She was so good to me, we have been dependent on each other for twenty years, how can I be someone else's child...... How could it be the child of the Pei family......"

Seeing her tears dripping on the dumpling skin in her hand, the water droplets rolled down the dumpling skin and fell to the ground, obviously very quiet, but Chu Junbei seemed to hear a heart-breaking sound, "bang".

He even felt that it would hurt if the tears hit the ground.

He stepped forward without thinking, hugged Qiao Ran's small body in his arms, he hung his head slightly, his chin rested on Qiao Ran's heart, and he smelled a faint shampoo in his nose.

He didn't know why he did it, he just thought, so he did it.

Then he heard himself say, "It's okay, I'm ...... Although Ms. Qiao is not your biological mother, she is very good to you, no worse than the Pei family. ”

For so many years, Qiao Ran and Qiao Pingping have always taken care of each other, just now Pei Hao broke in with those people, Qiao Ran saw Qiao Pingping's almost crazy appearance, and unconsciously reversed the identities between them.

She wanted to protect the person who raised her, she wanted to protect her mother, and she didn't want others to hurt her.

To this end, she built a thick city wall and made hard armor to protect Qiao Pingping firmly behind her.

But at this moment, in Chu Junbei's arms, her city walls and armor collapsed in an instant, she couldn't be tough, she couldn't disguise, she hugged this man and cried lowly.

Several days have passed since she saw Pei Lao, but she has never cried so desperately, she has always felt that Pei Lao is mistaken, and the people of the Pei family are mistaken.

She is Qiao Pingping's child, there is no doubt about it.

However, today Pei Hao took out the appraisal report so cruelly, shattering all her illusions.

How could she not be upset?

But she couldn't show it in front of Qiao Pingping, she was afraid that Qiao Pingping would be even more sad, so she could only cry in front of this man.

Chu Junbei hugged her, patted her back gently, and comforted her like a child: "Cry if you want to, don't be afraid, I'm ......"

He didn't notice at all that the expensive suit on his body had been imprinted with a few gray marks from the flour crumbs on Qiao Ran's hands.

Or maybe he noticed, but didn't care.

All he cares about is the person in his arms.

Chu Junbei stayed until the evening before leaving.

The dumplings wrapped in dough that she worked so hard to roll, in the end, Qiao Pingping didn't eat a few bites, her eyes were swollen, and she only ate two symbolically, but it also tasted like chewing wax.

As soon as Chu Junbei left, Qiao Pingping immediately pulled Qiao Ran, and her voice was very anxious: "Ranran, quickly pack up your things, let's go!" ”

In front of Qiao Pingping, Qiao Ran was reluctant to show the slightest nervousness and fear, so she tried her best to stay calm, and was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks as if nothing had happened, but her hand was suddenly grabbed by Qiao Pingping.

She looked up at Qiao Pingping, her eyes were still moist, and she asked, "Let's go?" Where to? ”

"I don't know, let's leave Su City first." Qiao Pingping was very anxious, and quickly walked around the living room, "Anyway, there is nothing valuable, so I don't need to clean it up...... Don't take the clothes, I still have some money, I'll buy you a new one when the time comes. ”

While talking, Qiao Pingping pulled Qiao Ran to go out.

Today, Pei Hao's appearance has been lingering in her mind, the Pei family is bound to win, and Qiao Ran must be brought back.

Although they are gone this time, they will definitely not give up, and when they come again next time, they will definitely be fully prepared, they are just ordinary people, and they can't fight the Pei family at all.

Moreover, she absolutely couldn't let Qiao Ran be taken back to Pei's house.

So they could only hide, and they could only stay away from the Pei family.

The more she thought about it, the more eager Qiao Pingping became.

Qiao Ran naturally saw it, but she didn't move, but grabbed Qiao Pingping.

"Mom," Qiao Ran grabbed Qiao Pingping's hand with both hands, "We've lived here for so many years, where can we go?" ”

And she didn't want to see Qiao Pingping fleeing because she was running around and falling into the wilderness.

"We won't leave, if they come again, with me, I won't let them hurt you, and I won't go with them, don't worry."

Qiao Ran comforted Qiao Pingping, but Qiao Pingping didn't seem to listen at all, she kept shaking her head, her eyebrows furrowed fiercely, "You don't know how ruthless the people of the Pei family are, you can't go back, you definitely can't go back......"

Just saying this, Qiao Ran could feel Qiao Pingping's hands trembling violently.

Frowning, Qiao Ran pulled Qiao Pingping to sit down on the sofa, "Mom, what happened back then?" You talk to ......"

She hesitated for a moment, not knowing what to call Pei Rong in front of Qiao Pingping, and after a while, she asked, "What is going on between you and Ms. Pei?" ”

Qiao Pingping didn't let her go back to Pei's house, and she had been so good to her all these years, so Qiao Ran thought that Pei Rong should have asked Qiao Pingping to take care of herself.

Then something must have happened between them, and the relationship would be very close, otherwise, Pei Rong would not trust Qiao Pingping so much, and Qiao Pingping would not have taken other people's daughters with her, treating them as her own for 20 years, and even for this child, she has never started a family.