AWB Chapter 148 The End of Late Autumn
Chapter 148 The End of Late Autumn
Xu was speechless after hearing this and stopped talking.
Her grandson was right. Over the years, they had long since left the Qiao family's life and had not received any help from the Qiao family even during their most difficult times.
Now that her son has started his own family and career, how could the shrewd old lady of the Qiao family let her son get a share of the profits?
Qiao and Song continued,
"Father, as you know, the Qiao family has declined significantly in recent years. Their status and reputation in the capital have fallen considerably. I think the Qiao family is doomed."
These words startled everyone, causing them to gasp.
The mother, Chang, stepped forward and covered her son's mouth, saying worriedly,
“He Song, you mustn’t speak nonsense! If someone with ulterior motives hears this, what will happen?”
Qiao Hesong pulled his mother's hand away, took a step closer to his father, and continued,
“Father, please believe me. I have never misjudged people or things. Go back to Qiao Qingshu now and tell her that you are willing to sever ties with the Qiao family.”
Qiao Jiye looked at his young, successful son with some hesitation.
Back when I was in Yuzhou, I had a large amount of goods stored in my warehouse, which I planned to sell the following year. However, Qiao Hesong told me to sell the goods as soon as possible, otherwise I would definitely lose a lot of money the following year, and I might even lose my entire fortune.
Qiao Jiye knew that his son was usually very insightful, so although he was unwilling, he still believed his son's words and sold off the goods at a low price before the end of the year. This matter was ridiculed by many colleagues who came to pay New Year's visits.
But in less than three months, the market situation changed drastically, and overnight no one wanted the goods. Mr. Zeng, who had bought the goods, lost his entire fortune and ended up with his family ruined.
From then on, Qiao Jiye knew that his son was no ordinary person, and he adopted and listened to almost all of his son's suggestions.
That's why, in all his years in the business world, Qiao Jiye has almost never made a losing deal.
Now that his son is telling him to sever ties with the Qiao family, he hesitated for a moment, but still decided to listen to his son.
Despite his immense resentment and dissatisfaction, he endured it and sent someone to deliver a message to Qiao Qingshu.
Qiao Qingshu's carriage had just arrived at the gate of the Qiao residence when she received a message from Qiao Jiye.
She couldn't help but smile with satisfaction. Without getting off the carriage, she directly instructed the messenger to tell her third uncle to go to the yamen to handle some business, and that she would wait for him first.
Without hesitation, Qiao Jiye took his son to the yamen.
Now all the official documents of the Qiao family are in Qiao Qingshu's hands. She practically holds real power, and she can get things done without Qiao Jizhou and Old Madam Qiao being present.
When everyone came out of the yamen, Qiao Jiye was still a little dazed. He didn't know whether the handprint he had just pressed was right or wrong.
Qiao and Song, however, held their father's hand and comforted him.
"Father, don't worry, this is absolutely correct."
Qiao Qingshu looked at the clever Qiao Hesong and smiled,
"Third Uncle, your son is truly blessed. If you listen to him, you will surely enjoy endless good fortune."
Qiao Jiye thought Qiao Qingshu was flattering him and didn't take it seriously.
But both Qiao Qingshu and Qiao Hesong knew in their hearts that these words were indeed very objective and fair.
Qiao Qingshu looked at Qiao Hesong and smiled as she gave the instructions.
"I will arrange for the Xiao and Bai families to visit each other tomorrow, and I will definitely reply to you within three days. I will personally bring you good news then."
Qiao Jiye felt a little relieved. Thinking that what she did could bring a good future to her son, it was really worth it.
He nodded in satisfaction and watched Qiao Qingshu leave in her carriage.
When Qiao Qingshu returned to the Qiao family home and slowly walked into her courtyard.
It was already dark, and it was past dinnertime, so she didn't tell the servants when she would be back.
Therefore, she encountered a scene that she had previously overlooked.
In a bamboo grove outside the Zhuqingxuan courtyard, two figures were pressed together.
At first, Qiao Qingshu thought it was just a group of girls talking and didn't pay any attention, but when she heard a man's voice calling Wanqiu's name.
Qiao Qingshu suddenly became alert, as if electrified!
She recalled the ending of Wanqiu's previous life. Although Wanqiu was intelligent and quick-witted, she suffered a great setback in matters of love and even lost her life because of it.
In her previous life, Wanqiu did not marry into the Xiao family with Qiao Qingshu. Instead, she knelt before Qiao Qingshu before her wedding and said that she and Liu San, the son of Granny Zou, had already made a private engagement.
Granny Zou was the one who served the old lady closely. She had previously dared to disrespect Qiao Qingshu and speak arrogantly, for which Qiao Qingshu punished her by making her kneel for a long time.
Granny Zou even tore Wanqiu's mouth during that argument, and yet Wanqiu was still seduced by Liu San.
Qiao Qingshu really didn't know where Wanqiu's usual cleverness had gone!
How could I have made such a foolish mistake!
She rebuked him angrily.
"Who's in the bamboo grove! Get out here!"
Liu San, who had just been holding Wanqiu, was so frightened by the roar that he trembled and quickly abandoned Wanqiu and ran away.
Before Wanqiu could react, everyone around her had already disappeared.
She recognized the voice as her eldest daughter's, but it was too late to escape.
She was a little scared, but she still forced herself to come out.
Upon seeing Qiao Qingshu, Wanqiu lost her usual cleverness and whispered while fidgeting with the corner of her clothes.
"Young lady, you're back."
She recalled how, in her previous life, after marrying Liu San, she was treated so badly by her wicked mother-in-law that she seemed like a completely different person.
When Qiao Qingshu saw Wanqiu again, Wanqiu was already the mother of three girls, but she was scolded by Granny Zou for not being able to give birth to a son.
When Wanqiu was pregnant with her fourth child and couldn't get out of bed, Qiao Qingshu went to visit her.
Wanqiu was still praying that God would help her give birth to a son this time, so that her mother-in-law would stop verbally abusing her every day.
Three days after Qiao Qingshu left, Wanqiu gave birth to a son.
When she learned from Lin Dong that Wanqiu's fourth child was also a daughter, Granny Zou was so angry that she watched Wanqiu hemorrhage but did not call a doctor, and Wanqiu died just like that.
A month later, Granny Zou helped her son remarry, and Wanqiu had given birth to four girls before.
The youngest was drowned by Granny Zou, and the other three were sold to wealthy families as maids.
When Qiao Qingshu learned of this, she wanted to find the three girls, but she could no longer find any trace of them.
In the dead of night, Qiao Qingshu would always dream of Wanqiu's clever and intelligent face.
In my dream, Late Autumn would say to her with a smile,
“Girl, marriage is truly meaningless. If I could live another life, I would not marry, but spend my whole life with you.”
When Qiao Qingshu woke up in the middle of the night, she found that her eyes were wet and half of her pillow was covered in tears.
In this life, she will never let Wanqiu repeat the same mistakes!
She sternly questioned Wanqiu.
"Who was the man who just spoke to you?"