Jiang Mingcheng was right, after hearing his words, Yuan Xiao was silent.

She has never been his match in this regard, so it is better to be silent.

Jiang Mingcheng seemed to be satisfied with her obedience and silence, hooked the corners of his mouth, and raised his hand to rub her hair.

"That's good."

Yuan Xiao continued to purse her lips and did not speak.

Shrewd? That's right, Jiang Mingcheng has always treated her as a pet.

As a pet, the biggest duty is to be well-behaved and then please the owner.

If you judge by this standard, then she really is not a qualified pet.

Jiang Mingcheng rubbed Yuan Xiao's hair for a while, "Did you cut your hair?" ”

Yuan Xiao: "Oh. ”

Before, my hair was too long and a little uncomfortable, so when I set off on a mission, I cut it short.

Actually, it's not very obvious, and if you don't look closely, you shouldn't be able to see it.

Jiang Mingcheng: "Don't cut it in the future, your long hair looks better." ”

Yuan Xiao: "Okay. ”

Does she have any options? Probably not.

The facts are already in front of her, and she has to do whatever Jiang Mingcheng asks her to do.

"Why did you run to become Médecins Sans Frontières?" Finally, Jiang Mingcheng still asked this question.

After asking the question, he paused slightly, and his fingers gently touched her face, "Did you think the previous days were too comfortable?" ”

Although he still kept smiling, Yuan Xiao knew very well that he was angry.

Every time he showed such an expression, he was basically angry.

Yuan Xiao didn't know how to explain. In fact, she has always had a vision for the MSF organization.

In her third year of junior high school, her hometown experienced a devastating earthquake, and she was saved by people from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

After that, she thought that she must study medicine in the future and be like them.

Yuan Xiao didn't think to explain the reason to Jiang Mingcheng.

She knew that he was a traditional person, and she would definitely not accept her for such a reason.

Dreams that are not understood have no meaning in themselves.

She didn't want to say it, but Jiang Mingcheng didn't embarrass her.

"I'll take you to the hospital tomorrow to report to the psychiatric department, someone will take you." Jiang Mingcheng was talking about his private hospital.

The Jiang family has been in the medical business for many years, and there are more than a dozen hospitals under its umbrella.

Because Yuan Xiao majored in mental illness, Jiang Mingcheng specially arranged for him to go to the hospital where Jiang Feng stayed.

Because of this incident before, Yuan Xiao had already had an unpleasant relationship with Jiang Mingcheng.

He was determined to want her to go back to Jiangcheng, but she was bent on doing what she wanted to do, and the contradiction was almost irreconcilable.

Yuan Xiao refused to agree, and lowered her head and didn't look at him.

The words of resistance cannot be spoken, and they can only show their attitude with silence.

Jiang Mingcheng knows her well, and as soon as he sees her reaction, he knows that she must be unwilling in her heart.

Jiang Mingcheng gently pinched her chin with one hand, and said softly: "Girls should have a stable job, Doctors Without Borders is great, I can understand your desire to meet the challenge." But remember, you don't just live for yourself. ”

Jiang Mingcheng's voice was really gentle, but the more gentle he was, the more Yuan Xiao shrank when he heard it, and in the blink of an eye, a layer of goosebumps already appeared on his body.

"It's dangerous to work like that, even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about your grandmother and your brother, right?"

Speaking of this, Jiang Mingcheng raised his hand and rubbed Yuan Xiao's hair again, as if he was coaxing some kitten or puppy.

"Your grandmother has already experienced the death of your parents, do you still want her to send a white-haired person to a black-haired person again?"

I have to say that Jiang Mingcheng is really good at poking a knife in her heart.

Almost every word of the passage just now fell on her heart, and after listening to it, she was almost out of breath.

That's right, her parents died in the same earthquake.

It was also after that earthquake that the Jiang family funded them, and until now, the cost of Yuan Luo's high school is still paid by Jiang Mingcheng.

Thinking of this, Yuan Xiao smiled self-deprecatingly.

Oh, what other choice does she have...... It's long past time to identify yourself.

She can be where she is today and can live because of him.

So, where does she have the qualifications to choose what she wants to do?

After thinking seriously for more than ten minutes, Yuan Xiao nodded towards Jiang Mingcheng and said, "I understand." ”

Jiang Mingcheng was obviously very satisfied with her answer, and pinched her nose with a smile, "That's right, girls should not wander around, it's better to be stable." ”

Yuan Xiao did not answer.

Shouldn't girls wander around?

That's not what he said when he insisted on sending her out of the country.

However, she knew that there would be no result from debating with Jiang Mingcheng.

Anyway, his words will always serve himself.

**

In the evening, Cheng Rao had dinner with Jiang Feng and went home.

She didn't really want to go home, but when she thought about it, she had very little place to go in the city other than home.

Before going home, Cheng Rao was mentally prepared, because she ran away this time, and when she went back, she would inevitably be scolded by Huang Ping again.

When Cheng Rao returned home, it was half past nine, she entered the password and entered the door, there was no one in the living room, but the light was on.

Cheng Rao looked around, and the nanny had already gone home from work.

Presumably, Huang Ping should have rested, or worked in the study upstairs.

One yard to one yard, Huang Ping is really busy with work, which Cheng Rao is still looking at.

Cheng Rao didn't stay in the living room for long, took a bottle of water from the refrigerator and went upstairs with the box.

Cheng Rao walked barefoot and didn't make any sound.

When you go upstairs, you have to pass by the study.

Sure enough, Cheng Rao passed all the way and heard movement from the study.

I have to say that Huang Ping's work is really hard.

Cheng Rao didn't plan to stay here longer, and when she was about to go back to her room, she suddenly heard Huang Ping's voice.

"Yes...... I know she hates me, but what can I do? Only in this way can I give her a rich life......"

When Huang Ping said this, she choked up, as if she was crying.

After Cheng Rao heard this, her body stiffened.

She is not stupid, even if she guesses, she can guess who Huang Ping's "she" refers to.

Hearing this, Cheng Rao's hand holding the trunk lever tightened a little.

Her eyes were calm, but the bulging veins in her arms betrayed her inner thoughts.

Cheng Rao wanted to move, but found that her calves seemed to be filled with lead and couldn't move at all.

Then, she heard Huang Ping's voice again: "I know, I just want to watch her marry now, and she must marry the right person......"

Hearing this, Cheng Rao's face changed again.

She withdrew her gaze and turned back to her room.

………

In the study, Huang Ping continued to talk on the phone.

The call was made earnestly, and he didn't notice the slightest movement outside.

When I hung up the phone, it was already twenty minutes later.

After hanging up the phone, Huang Ping began to cough non-stop, she covered her lips, coughing so much that tears overflowed from her eyes.

After taking her hand from her mouth, she lowered her head slightly, and she saw the blood stains on her palm.

Huang Ping's face was a little pale.

She got up from her chair weakly and walked out of the study and went to the bathroom outside.

Turn on the faucet, wash your hands, rinse your mouth.

After completing this series of actions, Huang Ping raised her head and looked in the mirror.

Because she coughed too hard just now, her eyes are now red and bloodshot, her whole face is miserable and white, and the blood vessels on her forehead are almost bursting out.

In this way, she is completely different from her usual.

Huang Ping stared at herself in the mirror for a while, and sighed silently.

………

The sound insulation at home is very good, but Cheng Rao still hears Huang Ping's cough.

In fact, she has had very little communication with Huang Ping over the years, and she has the impression that Huang Ping is in good health and has never been sick, listening to her cough like this, Cheng Rao is uncomfortable.

In the end, she couldn't bear it anymore, Cheng Rao got up from the bed and walked out.

When Cheng Rao came out of the room, Huang Ping happened to come out of the bathroom outside, and the mother and daughter collided like this.

Huang Ping was slightly surprised when she saw Cheng Rao, and then immediately changed her appearance.

She frowned and looked at Cheng Rao, and asked, "I don't know how to say it in advance when I go home?!" ”

Cheng Rao moved her lips, she originally wanted to ask her why she was coughing, but when it came to her mouth, she yelled back.

can still scold her, which means that her body should be fine.

Cheng Rao didn't bother to say anything more, so she bypassed her and prepared to go downstairs.

I didn't want Huang Ping to think that she had come out to see her, so she had to go downstairs to get something to make a show.

Huang Ping didn't stop her this time, she stood in place and looked at Cheng Rao's back, a little weak.

Huang Ping didn't know when Cheng Rao came back, and she didn't know if she heard the content of that phone call before, let alone if she suspected anything......

These can only be judged by her reaction. Judging by her reaction just now, I shouldn't have heard it.

Huang Ping didn't even have time to teach Cheng Rao a lesson, and turned around and went back to her bedroom.

After entering the bedroom, Huang Ping took out the pill box from the drawer, and Mr. Ling took out five or six kinds of medicines and took them one after another.

After taking the medicine, Huang Ping lay down on the bed.

Cheng Rao took some fruit downstairs and went upstairs.

originally thought that Huang Ping would take this opportunity to teach her a lesson, but she didn't expect that when she took the fruit upstairs, Huang Ping was already gone.

It's really abnormal.

Cheng Rao didn't stay in the corridor for long, and returned to her room with the fruit.

**

Cheng Rao packed up her things and didn't go to bed until twelve o'clock in the morning, she wanted to sleep lazily, but early the next morning, before half past seven, she was woken up by Huang Ping.

Huang Ping directly took the spare key to open the door, Cheng Rao slept soundly, and naturally she would not have a good face after being woken up.

She sat up from the bed and looked up at Huang Ping.

"Get up, follow me to the company today, and from today on, you will follow me to socialize and talk about projects."

Huang Ping has said these things many times before, but her previous attitude was not as tough as it is today.

Cheng Rao was called up when she slept soundly, and she was unhappy, and now that Huang Ping asked her to go to the company again, her attitude was even worse.

"No, how many times do you want me to say I'm not interested in your company."

"Do you think everything in the world can be measured by interest?! If you're not interested, I'm interested? ”

This is the first time Huang Ping has spoken to Cheng Rao like this, her face is ugly, and her tone is a little excited, "Do you think I like to work every day?!" Who doesn't want to lie down and sleep at home every day, you think the money is so easy to earn? ”

was inexplicably yelled at by Huang Ping like this, Cheng Rao's face naturally did not get much better.

She got up from the bed and stood in front of Huang Ping to look at her.

"It's because you're not greedy enough to make more money, don't question me."

Cheng Rao's words were cold, not at all like saying them to a mother.

Huang Ping was stabbed by Cheng Rao's attitude, she glared at Cheng Rao, a little disappointed: "Who do you think I'm doing this for?" If it weren't for you-"

"That's enough." Cheng Rao interrupted her, "I don't need you to earn money for me, even if I don't have money, I can live by myself." ”

"I'm not discussing with you, now come with me to the company right away, and go to the banquet with me today! If you don't go, I'll immediately find someone to cut off the way to the Xiao family. ”

Huang Ping herself was unwilling to threaten her, but Cheng Rao didn't eat it softly and hard, she really couldn't wait too long now.

The company's affairs must be let her get started first.

Huang Ping knew that the Xiao family was Cheng Rao's weakness, as long as she moved out of the Xiao family, Cheng Rao had to agree if she didn't agree.

Sure enough, as soon as Huang Ping moved out of Xiao's house, Cheng Rao immediately compromised.

She glanced at Huang Ping coldly, didn't speak, turned around and walked to the bathroom.

Huang Ping knew that she was going to wash.

Although she had already gotten the results she wanted, Huang Ping still did not leave.

She stood at the door of the bathroom and said to Cheng Rao: "Don't wear the clothes you usually wear later, put on the professional suit I bought for you before, you are such a big person, you dress like a local student every day, how can you be convincing in the company like this?" ”

Huang Ping had bought Cheng Rao a few sets of professional suits before, as well as that kind of stiletto heels.

But Cheng Rao personally doesn't like this kind of dress very much, so she basically hasn't touched it.

She likes flat shoes, she likes baggy clothes, clothes that fit too well can make her feel insecure.

But today, under Huang Ping's gaze, Cheng Rao still put on a professional suit.

She is not in good shape, too shriveled, and although her waist is thin, she has no curves.

Therefore, she doesn't look particularly good in this kind of dress.

I don't care if it's good-looking or not.

After getting dressed, she went downstairs with Huang Ping.

Cheng Rao can wear high heels, but she doesn't like to wear them.

She is more than 1.6 meters tall, in fact, it is necessary to wear high heels, and after wearing them, the temperament of the whole person is different.

After dressing, Cheng Rao got into Huang Ping's driver's car and arrived at the company with her.

Along the way, neither mother nor daughter spoke, and the atmosphere in the car was very heavy.

Assistant Zhang, who was driving in the front row, also felt the tense atmosphere between their mother and daughter, so he took the initiative to speak, wanting to ease the atmosphere in the car.

Assistant Zhang asked, "Which department did the young lady report to?" I'll take her with me when I get to the office—"

"No, you don't." As soon as Assistant Zhang finished speaking, he was rejected by Cheng Rao.

Cheng Rao spoke directly and never understood the truth of saving face for others.

After listening to Assistant Zhang: "......"

Yes, I originally wanted to ease the atmosphere, but who knew that the more I talked about it, the more embarrassing it became.

Therefore, he could only be silent.

………

Maintaining such a dignified atmosphere to the company, Cheng Rao followed Huang Ping into her office.

Huang Ping's desk is stacked with a lot of papers.

As soon as I arrived at the company, I began to prepare for the morning meeting.

There is one thing that Cheng Rao must admit, that is, Huang Ping's workload is really large.

After staying in the company all day, Cheng Rao almost never saw Huang Ping rest.

It wasn't until five o'clock in the afternoon that Huang Ping finally finished the day's work.

After finishing the work at hand, Huang Ping drank a cup of black coffee, and then said to Cheng Rao: "Get ready, I'll take you to do a look, and follow me to an event in the evening." ”

I mentioned this matter before coming to the company, she threatened the Xiao family, what else could Cheng Rao do, but she could only go.

Huang Ping took Cheng Rao to a studio to do styling and change into a well-fitting dress.

Cheng Rao has lived for more than 20 years and has not worn this type of clothes much, and she is uncomfortable.

At seven o'clock, Huang Ping took Cheng Rao to the banquet hall of the hotel.

Huang Ping is also a figure with a face in Los Angeles, and it is a miracle that she supported the company by herself after her husband's death.

However, there is a characteristic of this world, the reputation of strong women is generally not very good.

Huang Ping has often been socializing outside over the years, and she is beautiful herself, even if she is older, there is still a lot of gossip.

However, most people can only talk about it behind their backs, and they definitely don't have the courage to say it in person.

After Huang Ping entered the banquet hall, many people came up to greet her.

In Cheng Rao's opinion, these behaviors were very hypocritical, so she directly moved to the side, too lazy to participate in these things.

Huang Ping coped with the people who came up to greet her for less than ten minutes, and then she walked in front of Cheng Rao again.

After two or three minutes, Cheng Rao was taken by Huang Ping to a middle-aged man.

This middle-aged man, Cheng Rao had never seen before.

The other party is very tall, thin and elegant, and there is no greasy of a middle-aged man at all.

After Huang Ping stopped, she glanced at the other party, and then introduced to Cheng Rao: "This is Uncle Qiao, your father and my college classmates, he has helped a lot with the company's affairs over the years." ”

"Oh, Uncle Qiao."

Although Cheng Rao doesn't like this kind of occasion, the most basic politeness is to have in the face of elders.

However, she didn't believe what Huang Ping said.

She has an impression of several friends with whom Cheng Lu has a good relationship, but she has no impression at all about this one in front of her.

Qiao Ruzhang looked at Cheng Rao with a smile, but he was kind, "It's true that I've grown up, and I should be sensible!" ”

Cheng Rao didn't speak, she didn't know what kind of medicine Huang Ping was selling in this gourd.

Huang Ping had a busy day today, and her body was a little unbearable, and after standing for a while, her head suddenly felt dizzy.

After Qiao Ruzhang next to him saw Huang Ping like this, he immediately started to support her, and his eyes were full of concern: "How is it?" What's uncomfortable? ”

Huang Ping raised her eyes and glanced at Qiao Ruzhang, and shook her head: "It doesn't matter. ”

"I see that your face is very bad, or I will send you back first." Huang Ping's physical condition, Qiao Ruzhang couldn't be clearer.

She looked so listless, where could he rest assured that she would stay here.

When the two of them interacted, Cheng Rao was standing next to him.

Seeing Qiao Ruzhang just now, Cheng Rao had a feeling that his relationship with Huang Ping was not ordinary.

Now what they are doing has proven it.

Cheng Rao looked at the two of them coldly, wanting to laugh, but couldn't.

After Cheng Xun's death, Huang Ping never remarried.

This should be the only thing Cheng Rao is happy about.

Maybe she is more selfish, she always feels that if Huang Ping remarries, she will be unfaithful to Cheng Xun.

Huang Ping really hasn't mentioned this matter over the years, and Cheng Rao thinks she won't have such a mind at all.

Now it seems that she is thinking too much.

Oh, too.

What conscience can you expect from a woman who can count the family property immediately after her husband's death?

Cheng Rao didn't want to see the picture of Huang Ping and Qiao Ruzhang falling in love here, so she found a reason to leave.

"I'll go to the bathroom."

Dropping this sentence, she didn't wait for the two of them to respond, turned around and left.

Huang Ping looked at Cheng Rao's back, moved her lips, and turned pale.

After Cheng Rao walked away, Huang Ping finally had the strength to say a complete sentence: "She knows ......"

Qiao Ruzhang raised his hand and patted Huang Ping's shoulder, "She will know sooner or later, do you want to hide it from her all the time?" ”

Huang Ping pursed her lips and didn't speak.

She knew Cheng Rao's character, and she didn't want Cheng Rao to know about it before, because she was afraid that she would think too much.

No matter how capable Huang Ping is, she is also a woman, she has been crawling around the mall alone all these years, and her health is not good, and she also needs to be cared for.

Calculate that she and Qiao Ruzhang have been together for almost three years, but they have never mentioned it to Cheng Rao.

The relationship between their mother and daughter is already stiff enough, and if Cheng Rao knew that she was with someone else, her attitude towards her would definitely be worse.

Today, Huang Ping brought Cheng Rao over, and she also wanted to test her attitude.

I didn't expect my body to be so uncompromising......

Qiao Ruzhang helped her just now, she couldn't blame Qiao Ruzhang, after all, he did it to care about her.

The more she thought about it, the more she had a headache, Huang Ping was in a bad mood, she began to cough again, and the blood on her face disappeared little by little.

Seeing her like this, Qiao Ruzhang's expression gradually became serious: "Your body can't be dragged on, you must be treated as soon as possible." ”

"It's not a big deal." Huang Ping resisted the urge to cough and said to Qiao Ruzhang: "I'll hold on a little longer, and I'll talk about it when she takes over the company." ”

Hearing Huang Ping say this, Qiao Ruzhang sighed helplessly.

They had discussed this topic many times before, and every time Huang Ping said so, it made people very helpless.

**

Cheng Rao came to the corridor where the bathroom was located.

At the end of the hallway was a window, and she walked straight to the window to blow the wind.

As soon as he closed his eyes, it was the picture of Qiao Ruzhang hugging Huang Ping.

She thought that Huang Ping would not marry again after Cheng Xun's death, but now that she thinks about it, this idea is really naïve.

Looking at her and Qiao Ruzhang's intimacy, they definitely didn't just get together.

So, how long has she been hiding this matter?

Cheng Rao was thinking like this, and happened to hear the conversation of several middle-aged women who came to the bathroom.

The bathroom itself is a gathering place for gossip, and middle-aged women are gossip carriers, so gossip is naturally indispensable -

"Have you seen Huang Ping and Mr. Qiao? Tsk, Huang Ping really has a lot of means, and when she is old, she still does the same trick as a little girl, just like when she was young! ”