Chapter 58: Piety

"I'll give you money after the college entrance exam, and whether I live or die, poor or rich, has nothing to do with you."

Qiao's mother was stunned, and her first thought was: Where did Qiao Lan get so much money? Is it true, as her son said, that there is a rich boy at school who is after Qiao Lan, so rich that he can give out hundreds of thousands of dollars in one go?

But if there are such students, why did you put it off until after the entrance exam?

Qiao's mother couldn't figure it out, "Who knows if you're a liar or not, when you get into a foreign university after the college entrance exam, and then you can't find anyone, where can I find you?"

"You don't have to say yes, but if you do, I might leave here in a few days and you'll never find me."

Qiao's mother wimped out.

If Qiao Lan runs away, where will she cry?

And Qiao's mother thought of another possibility.

She had no idea that Qiao Lan had gotten a reward for the entrance exam, and Qiao's mother now thought that Qiao Lan must have gotten involved with some other rich student, maybe even richer than Luo Nian's family!

In comparison, Qiao's mother suddenly felt that Luo Nian wasn't the only one who could find a better one in the future, so she could wait and see.

When the matter was finally settled, Qiao's mother returned home satisfied, and in the evening asked Qiao Yuan about who was chasing Qiao Lan.

Although Qiao Yuan didn't know much about Hao Ying's family, but Hao Ying was the star of the school, so Qiao Yuan had heard a lot about her.

"Anyway, he's very handsome and his family is very rich, and I heard that his family is in real estate."

Real Estate!

That's a lot better than opening a hot pot restaurant!

Qiao's mother figured it out and called Qiao Er Sister to tell Luo Nian to leave Qiao Lan alone.

Second Sister Qiao was dumbfounded, how could it be like this in the blink of an eye?

"Lao-san is quick-tempered, what if he is forced to run away one day?"

Qiao's mother said, "And I don't think that Luo Nian is too good either, her parents are just a restaurant owner, and your sister is so pretty, she might meet a better one in the future."

Second Sister Qiao is simply infuriated by Qiao's mother.

Qiao's mother turned the matter down lightly, but she, not Qiao's mother, was the one who had to answer to Luo Nian!

Qiao's mother How dare she say this to Luo Nian? Thinking it over, Qiao decided to put all the blame on Qiao Lan.

Qiao Er Sister showed a very sorry Luo Nian look, angry scolded Qiao Lan, said Qiao Lan how do not agree, they have said I do not know how many times, but people just do not agree, said that if she is forced to run away, so that they can not find all the people.

Luo Nian waited for several days for good news, and finally waited for this ending, even if he likes Qiao Lan no matter how much, now he only has a belly full of anger.

Qiao Lan scolded a lot of angry or not relieved, and immediately sent a message to the students who inquired about Qiao Lan's phone number.

Qiao Lan changed her phone number, and Luo Nian had to ask someone to call her again because she couldn't get through to the number she had previously asked for.

As a result, I waited and waited and waited, and still didn't inquire.

Qiao Lan's phone number is now known to no one but Tan Mo and Uncle Chen. Luo Nian was already angry, but now he's even more explosive.

"Okay, okay, mess with me, right", Luo Nian pinched her cell phone with a face of rage, not seeing if she could afford to mess with it!

Monday through Friday, outsiders can not enter, even if Luo Nian money is not good, Luo Nian can only continue to squat in front of the school on weekends.

He doesn't believe that Qiao Lan can stay in school for the rest of her life.

Qiao Lan isn't really out yet.

Since deciding to get the money, Qiao Lan has resumed her freshman year of high intensity studying, studying and studying every day, and with Tan Mo not coming to school, Qiao Lan feels like she has fewer people to talk to.

Luo Nian squatted in front of the school for two days without squatting anyone, hated his teeth but couldn't think of a way out.

Before they could figure out what to do, something suddenly happened to Luo Nian's family.

The Food and Drug Administration, which normally wouldn't even be out this time of year, made a surprise inspection and found unsanitary materials in the back kitchen.

Every year, many restaurants will be found out that the hygiene is not up to standard, generally speaking, as long as the circumstances are not too serious, the fine of a few thousand dollars, and finally a few tens of thousands of dollars will be done.

So Luo Nian didn't take it seriously at first, but when the final punishment was decided, Luo Nian and Luo Nian's parents were dumbfounded.

The fine was really small, but the whole store was forcibly shut down.

No more driving.

This was a bolt from the blue for the Luo family.

At the same time, Luo Nian's father and Qiao's second sister jointly operated that branch, Qiao's second sister has never operated a hotel, followed Qiao's father Qiao's mother from a young age, to see Qiao's father Qiao's mother stealing and slipping intentionally use bad materials used to the new store has not been opened for a long time to learn Qiao's father Qiao's mother look, the result is directly caught squarely. father Qiao's mother, the result was caught directly.

Luo Nian's home store is a good place for the Food and Drug Administration to find substandard ingredients, but Joey Two Sister's, it's literally all over the place.

The branch that had just opened not even a month ago was shut down outright and had its permit and business license revoked.

But bad luck or Luo Nian father more bad luck, the store's operator is written in his name.

The original store had easily allowed Luo Nian's father to dodge a bullet, but as a result of a sneaky maneuver by Second Sister Qiao, Luo Nian's father was directly dragged into hell.

The two restaurants were directly suspended, and were directly named and criticized on the province's news broadcasts. Within a few days, everyone knew that the two hot pot restaurants had failed hygiene and used expired and inferior materials.

The hotel's credibility was damaged by the shutdown, and it faced only one outcome afterward, bankruptcy.

Luo Nian, who drives a small luxury car every day and thinks he can go up to the sky, hasn't had time to clean up Qiao Lan, but his family is suddenly in an economic crisis and he can't take care of Qiao Lan anymore.

And Luo Nian has a sneaking feeling that it's not that simple.

Luo Nian's father seems to have aged a few years recently, asking Luo Nian's mother and Luo Nian every day if they have messed with someone outside.

The sudden inspections, the strict penalties, and the media publicity that immediately followed, the chain of operations simply seemed to be premeditated.

Luo Nian was in a cold sweat as he listened, and although he didn't want to believe it, he couldn't help but think of Qiao Lan.

The only person he's offended lately is Qiao Lan.

But he couldn't figure out where Qiao Lan got such a great ability.

Luo Nian's family is sad and miserable, and Qiao Er Sister's side is even more scared and dare not come out of the atmosphere.

To be clear, in fact, it is Qiao Er Sister directly pull Luo Nian father under the water, if not Qiao Er Sister, would not have been revoked business license.

Qiao Er Sister with her own strength destroyed Qiao Er son-in-law invested a lot of new stores, but also harmed their own husbands lost millions of dollars not to mention, but also completely and Luo Nian family feud.

Qiao Er Sister's husband was so angry that he pointed at Qiao Er Sister and scolded her for not knowing anything but trying to show off her ability, not even knowing a few words but still wanting to be a hero, and the bad habit of stealing chickens and dogs learned from Qiao's family, which caused him to lose millions of dollars...

The more they talked, the angrier they got, and finally they just moved on.

Not yet two years old son cried and cried, but the second son-in-law of Qiao no longer want to look at Qiao second sister, that night went directly to the outside did not come home, and then for many consecutive days are like this.

Qiao Lan didn't know what was going on at all, and it was only when Uncle Chen came to pick her up again that she realized something had happened at Luo Nian's house.

Qiao Lan subconsciously looked at Tan Mo's face, who said faintly, "The Luo Nian restaurant's hygiene is not up to standard, and it's already been reported on the news some time ago."

"That's right", Qiao Lan no longer thought, anyway, Luo Nian happened, she only had two words in her heart, deserved it.

Tan Mo finally took care of everything for Qiao Lan and even arranged for someone to look after Qiao Lan. After everything was done, he and Qiao Lan sat on the sofa and watched a movie together.

Near the end of the movie, Tan Mo suddenly said, "I'm going away for a while."

Qiao Lan's gaze on the TV stalled.

Tan Mo has been absent from school for almost twenty days now, and she is sensitive to what is about to happen.

Take for example this quote from Tan Mo.

When Tan Mo said he would be away for a while, people would think that he would be away for a few days or a dozen days for some business, but Qiao Lan had a vague feeling that this was not the case.

She paused for a long moment before saying, "How long."

"It could be soon," Tan Mo said, adding after a moment of silence, "or it could be a long time."

If even the best hospitals can't fix his leg and he still can't get up, it will be back soon.

If there is any chance of saving his leg, it will be a long rehab so it will take a long time.

Tan Mo doesn't want to tell Qiao Lan that he's there to treat his leg, because even he doesn't know what he's in for.

Maybe it's hope, maybe it's despair.

This is an unknown and brutal trial.

So he didn't want to tell Qiao Lan, not letting her know, one less thing to worry about, and maybe one less thing to be disappointed about.

Qiao Lan is not told that if it is untreatable, a quick trip back will be nothing more than a small parting for Qiao Lan.

But if it's treatable, if it's actually possible to stand up...

Tan Mo's heartbeat steepened.

If he could stand up, it would be his greatest surprise to Qiao Lan.

Tan Mo didn't say anything, Qiao Lan didn't ask any questions, and her voice was mixed with a little bit of loss that she didn't even realize.

"Going somewhere."

"America."

"When do we leave?"

"After New Year's."

Stay with you through the New Year.

Qiao Lan no longer has a home or family. She has made this place her home, and Tan Mo doesn't want to leave Qiao Lan alone on the day when everyone is reunited.

The day the New Year arrived, what should have been a joyous and joyous celebration of the New Year became slightly depressing.

As the New Year's bell rang, Qiao Lan rubbed his sore eyes, somewhat unable to stop his drowsiness, and at some point he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

The young girl was curled up against the couch, her breathing steady, but she still hadn't returned to her room.

She had wanted to stay with Tan Mo for one more night before he left.

The sound of the TV weakened, Tan Mo used the remote control to mute it, he looked sideways at the girl who was already asleep, his eyes fell on her long eyelashes, her rosy lips, and only after a long time did he slowly fall on her right hand that was casually resting on the pillow.

If he could stand up, he could carry her in, but he still couldn't do it now.

Tan Mo took a deep breath, and the hand that turned the wheelchair trembled, but didn't hold back the approach.

The wheelchair thudded against the floor with a slight clatter, and Tan Mo stopped stiffly as if startled by the sound.

Qiao Lan didn't wake up, still sleeping peacefully.

Tan Mo looked at her silently, with a distance he had never had before, so close that he could hear Qiao Lan's breath, his throat tightened as he gazed at Qiao Lan's sleeping face, and as if he had used up all the strength and courage in his life, he slowly leaned down.

The trembling lips in the distance from Qiao Lan's lips is still only two fingers distance, finally stopped, after a long time he carefully took Qiao Lan's hand, lowered his head, devoutly printed his lips on her cold fingers.