Chapter 170: Chapter 163: Can You Help Me Scrub My Back?

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It’s over, it’s all over…

Zhan Nanqing kept telling herself it was over, she now had no face to see Qiao Jing.

She had been anxious all afternoon, wondering what Qiao Jing would think after learning about this.

After giving Zhan Nanqing a proud glance, Su Manhan turned to Qiao Jing, “Don’t say I’m playing favorites, you’re now nominally one of the Zhan Family, and even though you’re just watering plants and gardening at Professor Qiao’s Research Institute, I’m still willing to let you join this banquet. I’ll say you and Nanqing are both from the Research Institute and celebrate for you both at the same time.”

“That won’t be necessary, I don’t like to draw attention to myself,” Qiao Jing declined.

Su Manhan’s breath hitched in her throat, “You, what do you mean by that? Are you implying that I’m too ostentatious?”

Qiao Jing looked up, calm and composed, “If you insist on taking someone’s casually spoken words personally, I can’t do anything about it.”

“You, you, you—do you mean to say that I’m judging your noble intentions with my petty mind?!” Su Manhan stammered, flustered.

Qiao Jing frowned slightly, clearly becoming impatient, “Are you suffering from a persecution complex? Do you think everyone in the world wants to be your enemy? Whatever I say, you think I’m opposing you?”

At this point, Qiao Jing stood up and scanned the room.

“It seems I’m not very welcome here. Your family should enjoy your gathering, I won’t disturb you further.”

With that, Qiao Jing turned to leave.

But after just one step, her wrist was caught by Zhan Qipei.

Qiao Jing was lethargic, “You—”

“I’ll leave with you,” Zhan Qipei’s voice overpowered Qiao Jing’s words.

Qiao Jing looked slightly bewildered. Was he ready to upset his mother for her sake?

Let her go, you stay,” Su Manhan commanded, looking at Zhan

grip on

not hungry, you all go ahead

Qiao Jing

Su Manhan kept patting her chest, “Once a son grows up, he’s really no longer under your control, running after

my dad

Su Manhan “…”

adults are talking, children should keep out!”

and picked up her chopsticks

Qiao Jing and Su Manhan, it wasn’t really her place to comment. Throughout history,

Jing’s identity was another matter. If Qiao Jing didn’t mention it, she had no right to bring

Just let it be.

Qiao Jing couldn’t help

No matter how harsh her words to me or how little she likes me, it’s all because of you. She’s looking out for you, from your perspective. If she had no blood relation to you, she wouldn’t

Qipei’s gaze softened when he looked at

still speak for her. How lucky am I to

aback, were his sentiments not a

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that video, during my illness, she took care of me all the time, talking to me with tender eyes and a gentle voice. In the end, she left this

the countless stars in the sky and spoke with

gaze fixed on Qiao Jing, watching her slender figure which, under the night’s embrace, seemed even more delicate, invoking

opened his arms and pulled Qiao Jing into his embrace, wrapping her frail body

her ear with a low,

protect you for a lifetime and won’t

to push the man away on instinct, suddenly heard his sincere words

again near her ear, “Although I can’t let you find your mother again, I can

Qiao Jing “…”

twitching the corners of her mouth before pushing the man away and giving him a

mainly because she was considering the man’s current

looked down at where he’d been pushed to, a numbing sensation spreading between his shoulder blades, his eyes instantly filling with a

As light as a feather brushing past, it seemed she had learned to be tender

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