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Gu Fangfang glanced at him, her eyes turning slightly. She took a deep breath and said, "Sit, sit, sit. We'll talk." He pointed to the sofa beside him.

The father and son duo were very close.

"Have you decided?" he asked.

"Yes." Ku Jun nodded.

"Qiao Qingya's daughter does indeed have some looks." "I saw him close to Chief of Staff Lin last night."

As he spoke, he took a drag from his pipe and blew out a ring of smoke.

Gu knew what happened last night. His father saw it and felt a bit uncomfortable.

"Last night, Lin suddenly invited her to dance. In such an occasion, it wouldn't be good for her to refuse." He defended Qiao Ruozhu.

Ku Fangfang glanced at him and exhaled a puff of smoke.

"How is the Lu family's young lady?" Ku Fangfang changed the subject.

"Lu Dongli?" Ku Jun asked in surprise.

"Well, she's studied in Europe, just like you. You two should have more in common." Ku Fangfang said earnestly.

Lu Dongli's grandfather, who was the first group of Geng Zi students to go to the United States, returned home with an auto import agency in Shanghai. In her father's generation, his family was worth more than a million yuan, making him the famous family of four elephants in Xiangcheng.

She was pretty and sociable, and she was probably the best choice for a rich lady.

Last night, she had even taken the initiative to invite Gu Jun to dance. It could be said that she had a good impression of him.

"Marriage is not just a match for family background and experience. Your son will not consider Miss Lu. " Gu Jun flatly refused.

Gu Fangfang already knew this would happen. The servants had already told him several times that the first young master of the Gu family would often go in and out of the Qiao family and interact frequently with Qiao Ruo Chu.

His son, once he had made up his mind, could not turn back.

He came up with a compromise.

"You can marry the Lu family's young miss and then adopt the Qiao family's daughter. I have already discussed this with the Lu family. " He made his request.

The veins on Gu Jun's forehead began bulging. This sort of thing like taking in a concubine was something that he absolutely could not accept.

To marry a woman who had no feelings and to consign a woman he loved to a concubine was not responsible for the two of them. He had hated this kind of behavior before, but now he was even more repelled.

"No, forgive your son for not obeying." Koo just gave his father a push back.

Ku Fangfang puffed on his large pipe, puffing out clouds of smoke.

"Then, I will definitely not allow you to marry the daughter of the Qiao family." he said, raising his voice.

The father and son duo were in a stalemate for a while before parting from each other.

He drove to Shanghai and did not return home for several days.

In the afternoon, Gu Fang1 personally called the Qiao family to look for someone. Qiao Qingya was very surprised, and took the initiative to talk about the phone call that he had received that morning.

On the phone, Gu Fangfang said that the Gu family would never agree to the marriage of Gu Jun and Qiao Ruozhu, so Qiao Qingya should not wishful thinking. When had Qiao Qingya ever received such humiliation? He unrestrainedly ridiculed Gu Fangfang a few times, and angrily hung up the phone, not even saying a last few words of greeting.

Qiao Ruo Chu was listening to her father's tone upstairs and roughly guessed at what he was talking about. Surprisingly, she heaved a sigh of relief. She really wasn't ready to discuss marriage yet.

In the evening, before dinner, he called and told her that he was working in Shanghai and would be back in a few days.

The Gu family was looking for Gu Jun everywhere, and after dinner they called the Qiao family.

This time, it was Lady Su who called. Her tone was rather soft, and Qiao Ruo couldn't bear it at first, so she told her that Gu Jun had gone to Shanghai. A few days later, she came back.

Qiao Qing Ya was listening to the play before going to bed. Qiao Ruozhu and Aunt Yu were sitting at the tailor shop, watching the long-sleeved qipao that was delivered to them. It was made to celebrate her sixteenth birthday.

After spending about a lot of money, Qiao Ruo first took a look. They were all fine embroidery and looked very beautiful. She happily thanked Aunt Yu for putting it away.

"Which one of you touched my record?" Qiao Qingya suddenly asked with a stern voice.

Auntie Yu trembled in fright. "Master, I've never touched your record before." she said, trembling.

Mother Meng and Mother Sun also denied touching it.

Qiao Qingya's eyes were icy cold.

Qiao Ruo Chu suddenly remembered that when she went back to her room last night, she felt as if someone had come to her room. Suddenly, she shivered and her heart pounded with a question mark. Could it be that someone had really come to her room?

Qiao Ruoxi comforted her father for a while, then carried the clothes upstairs.

She went through the room carefully, more and more certain that someone had been there. There was no sign of anyone, but there was a disagreeable smell, and she smelled acutely.

Closing the curtains, she sat in front of the desk with her arms crossed and fear filling her entire body. Could it be that someone really suspected that they had the Qing Ling construction map in their hands, or for some other reason?

She had no idea.

After she studied her homework, it was already late at night. Her mind was heavy with anxiety. After she washed up, she put on a silk nightgown and went to bed. The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became.

It was probably past midnight before she finally fell into a shallow sleep.

In the darkness before dawn, there was a burst of gunfire near the Yan Garden, and there were even screams of pain. Qiao Ruo quickly got up, put on her coat and went downstairs.

Qiao Qingya also got up. He didn't know what was going on outside, so he told the driver, Wang Qingquan, to go out and take a look.

Wang Qingquan returned at dawn, saying that the guards in the Guardian Office had dragged away three men's corpses from the wall outside the southeast corner of Yanzhou, all of whom had been shot dead.

Qiao Qingya's face was ghastly pale and he was greatly shocked.

During breakfast, two men carrying guns from the Guardian Office came with three photos to ask if the dead man was a member of the Qiao family and if it had anything to do with the Qiao family.

Qiao Qingya glanced at the photos and denied them one by one.

The two made their report and went back to report.

Qiao Ruo had slept for less than a few hours and was in a very bad mood.

Before school, the newspaper had already published photos of the three of them. It was said that they were bandits of the Dazhuang Mountains who had come to steal things, and had been found by the garrison headquarters and shot near the south alley.

The news was simple, it only took three sentences and a large part of it to explain how good the security of the city was. It boasted that the city controlled by Lin Jun was a place where one could stay up all night, and it even praised him, saying that he hated evil, loved his people like his own son, and so on.

Qiao Ruoxi scoffed.

One thing that surprised her was that although she had been beaten to death near the Yan Garden, the newspaper said that it was in the south alley.

Monday's class was heavy, and she had been tired all day.

Many female students attended the dinner last Saturday. They were all discussing the matter of Gu Wanjia and Shen Qiao in private. Some of them even mentioned Lin Junzhu, and thus, they found out that Qiao Ruochu was being rumored.

Qiao Ruo Chu had instantly become a celebrity in the girls' school.