Qiao Pingping swallowed and closed her eyes hard.

After so many years, she thought she could keep it a secret, but she didn't expect it......

The last time the young man surnamed Pei appeared, she had a sense of crisis.

Is this day finally coming?

"Ranran, don't ask." Qiao Pingping was a little painful, and kept rubbing her forehead with her hand, "You don't have anything to do with them, they have nothing to do with you, remember what I said." ”

"But ......"

"There are a lot of things I don't want to talk about now, you give me some time." Qiao Pingping opened her eyes, turned her head to look at the girl on the side of the bed who was eager to find out the truth of the matter, the corners of her lips were tugged, with a hint of pleading, "Don't force me, okay?" ”

Qiao Ran originally had a stomach to ask, but now seeing Qiao Pingping like this, she couldn't ask anything.

Even if Qiao Pingping is really not her biological mother, Qiao Pingping has been taking care of her all these years and has been very good to her.

Since Qiao Pingping didn't want to say it, she could only stop asking.

Seeing that Qiao Ran had no intention of asking any further, Qiao Pingping relaxed a little, smiled again, and said softly, "Go back and rest." ”

Qiao Ran didn't say anything more and went back to her room.

Sitting on the bed, she took out her mobile phone to see what time it was, only to find that her mobile phone was actually out of battery.

She then took the cable from the drawer, charged the phone, and turned it on.

As a result, her mobile phone vibrated violently, and there were a lot of reminders of WeChat messages, text messages, and missed calls.

Qiao Ran frowned, opened it a little irritablely, and became even more irritable.

It turns out that whether it is a WeChat message, a text message message, or a missed call, all of them are from one person.

Chu Jun North.

There was a burst of anger in her heart for no reason, Qiao Ran wanted to call the other party directly and ask him if he was sick, why did he send so many messages?

But turning his head and seeing the faint morning light outside the window, he still dispelled this thought.

At this time, Chu Junbei may not have gotten up yet, and it is not wise for him to call at this time.

However, such thoughts had just popped out of her head, and before she could even put down her phone, she heard it ringing.

Looking down at the screen, okay, the caller ID is still Chu Junbei.

At this time, Qiao Ran felt that she had found a reason to vent, and without saying a word, she raised the phone to her ear and wanted to scold.

But before she could say anything, she heard Chu Junbei's anxious voice: "Where are you?" Why did the phone turn off? Is something wrong? What happened to you Pei Hao? ”

A series of questions made Qiao Ran stunned for a moment.

However, Qiao Ran reacted quickly, and she suddenly felt a burst of warmth in her heart, but she washed away all the anger just now, and asked a little funny: "What can happen to me?" ”

Hearing Qiao Ran's answer, Chu Junbei finally relaxed a little, and asked again, "Then what's the matter with your phone?" How did it shut down? ”

"There's no power." Qiao Ran's sleepiness was gone, so she simply turned on the hands-free phone, walked to the window by herself, opened the moon-white tulle curtains, and stretched, "What about you?" Why are you calling me so much? ”

There was no response on the other end of the line.

Qiao Ran felt strange, and waited for a few seconds, but she still didn't wait for Chu Junbei's answer, she said "Huh", "Mr. Chu......"

"Nothing." This time, Chu Junbei quickly responded, "I want to ask you about last night, but then you couldn't get through on the phone, I'm afraid something will happen to you." ”

As soon as the words came out, Chu Junbei felt that he seemed to have said the wrong thing.

He was a little annoyed, and he didn't wait for Qiao Ran to ask, and said vaguely: "My company still has something, hang up." ”

Then I really hung up the phone.

Qiao Ran was a little surprised, and trotted back to look at the time displayed on the phone screen.

Six twenty.

Gee! Went to the company so early?

The big boss deserves to be the big boss!

……

Pei Hao really didn't appear in front of Qiao Ran anymore, and he didn't even make a phone call.

Qiao Ran didn't ask Qiao Pingping about her life experience anymore, but she found that Qiao Pingping was not right, she didn't even go to the bar anymore, she stayed at home every day to cook for her, and she looked preoccupied.

This kind of day lasted for more than a week, and Qiao Ran felt that it was not a matter to continue like this.

After class that day, Qiao Ran received a call from Chu Junbei and asked her to go out to dinner.

It just so happened that Qiao Ran was in a bad mood when she looked at Qiao Pingping's cautious appearance at home every day, and she didn't have the heart to eat at all, Pei Rong's face kept appearing in her mind, and she couldn't relax at all, so she went out with Chu Junbei.

Chu Junbei took her to a private restaurant, and he never liked places that were too noisy, so he asked for a private room.

Qiao Ran followed him in, sat down, didn't order, only said to let Chu Jun order north.

Chu Junbei then ordered a few heavy dishes according to Qiao Ran's taste, and when the waiter went out, he asked Qiao Ran, "Why is your face so bad?" ”

"Is there one?" Qiao Ran looked at Chu Junbei, and subconsciously wanted to put her hand into her bag and take out the mirror to take a look.

But as soon as the hand unzipped the bag, it retracted again.

Since she saw Pei Rong's photos from Pei Hao, she hardly looked in the mirror much, and always felt that the face in the mirror was not her own, but Pei Rong's.

Chu Junbei tilted his head, "What's wrong?" ”

"Nothing."

Thinking of the way Chu Junbei talked to Pei Hao that day, Qiao Ran asked, "Mr. Chu, do you know Pei Hao?" ”

Chu Junbei originally wanted to ask her about the Pei family, but he didn't have time to speak, but now that he heard Qiao Ran ask first, he also told the truth: "The Chu family has some friendship with the Pei family, and I know the people of the Pei family." ”

Qiao Ran nodded, she pursed the corners of her lips, as if she was struggling with something, and asked after a while, "That...... What about Pei Rong? Do you know? ”

When she was at home, she tried to ask Qiao Pingping about Pei Rong, but every time she just opened a conversation, Qiao Pingping diverted the topic, and her face was not good-looking.

So Qiao Ran didn't ask again.

She didn't want to ask the people of the Pei family, so she could only ask Chu Junbei.

Chu Junbei poured Qiao Ran a cup of tea and said lightly: "I know, but I don't know much." ”

Seeing Qiao Ran's eyes staring at him with a pair of round eyes, and his curiosity for knowledge was unusually strong, Chu Junbei also said everything he knew:

"I heard that Aunt Pei was originally Pei Lao's favorite daughter, but twenty years ago, I don't know what happened, the father and daughter fell out, and then Aunt Pei never appeared at Pei's house again, and died in the hospital."

Qiao Ran's hand grabbed the napkin in front of him hard.

Died in the hospital......

"Doesn't Pei Lao know?"

"I don't know." Chu Junbei shrugged slightly, "It's all old, and I know very little." ”

And he is not like Chu Junnan, he doesn't like gossip, and he won't go to inquire about the old things of these elders, so he only knows this.

Qiao Ran lowered her long eyelashes and let out a somewhat lost "oh".

She hung her head and looked a little pitiful, like a kitten with a heart on her mind.

Chu Junbei felt itchy in his heart, and felt uncomfortable, so he took a sip of tea, originally wanting to suppress that discomfort, but who knows, that feeling was not only not suppressed, but also increased.

Rubbing his temples, Chu Junbei proposed: "If you want to know, then I can help you......"

He wanted to say he could help with the check.

But before the words were finished, Qiao Ran shook her head, "No need." ”

She didn't know what happened back then, but since Qiao Pingping didn't want her to know, she wouldn't ask.

Moreover, if what Chu Junbei said was true, Pei Rong died in the hospital that year, and even the Pei family didn't take care of it, even if she really had the blood of the Pei family in her body, she didn't want to recognize that family and didn't want to change back to that surname.

It just so happened that the waiter brought in all the dishes that Chu Junbei had ordered before, so Chu Junbei asked Qiao Ran to eat first, so he didn't have to think so much.

But Qiao Ran was still a little absent-minded when she was eating.

On the way to send Qiao Ran home, Chu Junbei couldn't hold back, and still said, "If you want to know what happened back then, you can tell me at any time......"

"I don't want to know." Qiao Ran didn't hesitate at all, looked out the window and replied.

The fiery sunset shone on her face, on her long, thick eyelashes, on her slightly furrowed brow.

"My mother is Qiao Pingping, and I have nothing to do with the Pei family." Qiao Ran said, closing her eyes.

As if that would keep everything out of her and make it impossible for them to have anything to do with her.

But how can it be so simple?

When I arrived at the entrance of the alley outside the house, Qiao Ran just got out of the car, and a person walked in front of her.

It was a man in his fifties, dressed in a neat and clean suit, with gray hair, and he also looked polite.

His goal was very clear, and he came directly in front of Qiao Ran, first staring at Qiao Ran for a while, and muttered in his mouth: "It's really like ......"

Qiao Ran felt uncomfortable being looked at like this by a strange man, and subconsciously turned her face sideways, "Who are you?" Like what? ”

Ever since she met Pei Lao that day, she didn't like others to say the word "true like" in front of her.

At this time, Chu Junbei also came over.

The man set his eyes on Chu Junbei, and immediately said respectfully: "Mr. Chu." ”

Chu Junbei nodded, treating this man without the arrogance when he treated others, but asked, "Uncle Chen, why are you here?" ”

Lao Chen then set his eyes on Qiao Ran's body again, "Our old gentleman wants to meet Miss Qiao." ”

"Old gentleman?" Qiao Ran repeated these three words, reacted immediately, and immediately said, "No need, my mother shouldn't be the person Pei Lao is looking for, you are looking for the wrong person." ”

Lao Chen didn't budge, "The old gentleman has been waiting for Miss Qiao for a long time, and it shouldn't be difficult for Miss Qiao to see her face." ”

A hint of embarrassment appeared on Qiao Ran's face.

Anyway, after all, the other party is an old man, and he came to look for him, if he hasn't seen him, it's really not a good thing to say.

Moreover, she can't get over it in her heart.

Thinking like this, Qiao Ran finally said, "Where is Old Pei?" ”