Episode 2 'The Silk Road' - There is a kind of concern called only letting go
Chapter 416
"well……"
Qiao Si leaned back in her chair in annoyance, with a sad look on her face.
When her mother came in, she happened to see Qiao Si sighing. She put the coffee on the table and asked with concern, "Miss, what's wrong?"
Qiao Si sat upright, took a sip of her coffee, and said worriedly, "It's still Uncle Jiang's business."
Mom was confused, "Miss, didn't you tell Mr. Li?"
Qiao Si put down the coffee in her hand and shook her head, "I didn't ask him to help me."
Mom was surprised, "Why?"
Qiao Si said, "Mom, I can't rely on Cheng Yao for everything."
"Miss, Mr. Li is your boyfriend. It is only natural that you seek help from him when you encounter problems..."
Qiao Si didn't answer, just leaned back on the chair quietly.
Mom frowned slightly, "Miss, do you have anything else on your mind?"
Qiao Si shook her head, "I'm just thinking about how to solve the problem at hand."
"Ask Mr. Li for help... Miss, you don't need to make yourself so tired. If you marry Mr. Li in the future, the family affairs will definitely be left to Mr. Li."
"Mom, I'm a little tired, you go down... I want to take a rest here."
"Okay... Miss, if there is really no other way, just go to Mr. Li!"
"I know."
"Then I'm going to see Rachel..."
"Um."
After her mother left, Qiao Si closed her eyes and leaned on the back of the chair, staring blankly at the ceiling.
Why doesn't she want Li Chengyao's help?
In fact, she doesn't even know...
She only knew that she didn't want to owe Li Chengyao too much, she didn't want to rely on Li Chengyao for everything...
…
Ten o'clock in the evening.
Qiao Che just came back from outside.
"Tang Kai, you are going to New York in the past two days. If you can handle it well, you can handle it. If you can't handle it, just fax it to me."
"Boss, aren't you going to New York?" Tang Kai asked doubtfully.
"I'm a little tired and want to spend some time in Paris."
"Okay, boss."
"By the way, let the criminal lawyer come to see me tomorrow..."
"OK."
"If you have nothing to do, go back first..."
"yes."
Tang Kai turned around and was about to leave, when he suddenly stopped and said, "Boss..."
Qiao Che stopped, followed Tang Kai's line of sight, and saw the study room with the door open in the corridor on the left.
This study room was Qiao Zuguang's study room during his lifetime, and it is still used by Qiao Si.
Through the gap in the unclosed door, one could clearly see Qiao Si resting her forehead on the desk, looking very tired.
Qiao Si has always loved beauty, but now she seemed to have been without rest for days and nights. Not only were the dark circles under her eyes obvious, but her face also looked very haggard.
Qiao Che asked, "Is she worried about anything recently?" He stayed up late at night and didn't have much time to spend with Rachel.
Tang Kai lowered his head and replied, "Well, Miss Qiao Si seems to have encountered some troublesome things recently..."
Qiao Che said "Huh".
Tang Kai continued, "I seem to have heard from my mother that the elders of the Qiao family, namely Jiang Zheng, Li Angu and others, have all resigned from Miss Qiao Si in the past two months due to physical complaints...
...Those things that were originally managed by these old people suddenly fell into the hands of Miss Qiaosi. Miss Qiaosi was afraid that she couldn't handle it, and she was very troubled and worried these days..."
In the study room with only a dim yellow desk lamp, Qiao Si looked very tired.
She was squeezing her eyebrows at the moment, seeming to be trying every means to make herself feel better.
In her hand was a stack of thick documents, which were probably the management reports submitted to her by Li Angu and others after they resigned.
She probably couldn't think of any better way at this moment, so she had to keep all these management reports in her mind, and planned to take over the things that these former elders were responsible for.
However, Jiang Li and these elders have served the Qiao family for decades. The connections and experience they took away with them cannot be repaired by Qiao Si in a month or two, let alone Qiao Si just now
Not long after I took over the Qiao family's business.
Qiao Che's handsome eyebrows frowned slightly, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Tang Kai replied angrily, "Boss, didn't you tell me not to mention Miss Qiao Si to you again?"
"you……"
Tang Kai bowed his head innocently.
Qiao Che had a cold face and walked towards his room.
Early in the morning, Qiao Si came out of the study yawning.
She didn't sleep last night* and couldn't even open her eyelids at the moment, but she couldn't catch up on her sleep because she had to go to the winery in the morning.
Coming out of the study, Qiao Si was confused and couldn't see clearly. When she turned back to her room, she accidentally bumped into someone in the corridor.
Someone is wearing a suit and tie today, and he should be dealing with business matters.
He didn't expect that she would run into his arms, so he instinctively helped her.
His thick chest made Qiao Si feel pain from the impact. Just when she was about to complain, the smell of him, the solidness of his chest, and the delicious smell of his body made her stunned for a moment.
Qiao Che had already noticed that Qiao Si had not rested last night. He straightened her up and frowned slightly.
Qiao Si's mind came to her senses in an instant. She felt his hand on her back, and she gently pulled away.
Qiao Che felt Qiao Si's alienation, and his heart was a little touched, but the expression on his face did not change at all.
Qiao Si didn't even want to raise her eyes to look at him, she just said in a low voice, "Thank you." Then, she bent down to pick up the documents that had been scattered on the ground after bumping into him.
Qiao Che never spoke, only looked at her quietly.
The alertness emanating from her whole body showed that she desperately wanted to distance herself from him.
With a cold and handsome face, Qiao Che stepped forward and left.
After picking up all the documents, Qiao Si's face turned slightly pale.
She did not go back to the room immediately, but stood there for a few seconds.
In her peripheral vision, he could see his handsome figure walking downstairs. His indifference seemed to have stirred up the surrounding air, causing the temperature in the corridor to drop several degrees.
Compared to him who treated her like a transparent person every time he saw her, the "thank you" she just said to him, although it was indifferent, was already very polite.
Perhaps, there is no need for such courtesy between them at all...
He wouldn't look at her, and there was no need for her to press her hot face against his cold ass.
…
In the simple and elegant Chinese-style private room, the waiter was making tea, and Qiao Che was holding the tea cup, quietly smelling the aroma of the tea.
The three old men sitting opposite Qiao Che—Jiang Zheng, Li Angu, and Jiang Guang—were smiling.
"Uncle Jiang, you guys have tea."
Qiao Che said to several elders after smelling the aroma of tea.
Jiang Zheng took a sip of the tea cup and said, "Arche, I haven't seen you for a long time. I didn't expect that you would invite us to have tea as soon as you returned home..."
"Uncle Jiang, you have tried your best to help my father. Now that my father has passed away, it is natural for me to take my father's place and manage the friendship between you and the previous generation..."
Hearing what Qiao Che said, Jiang Zheng had probably guessed why Qiao Che had invited them out today. Jiang Zheng sighed, put down the teacup and said, "Ah Che, why did you invite us out for tea today?
You don't have to tell us, we can probably guess it... But I'm really sorry, Archer, even if you come to persuade us in person, we probably won't be able to achieve what you want!"
Qiao Che smiled faintly and did not interrupt Jiang Zheng's words.
Li Angu immediately said, "Arche, you also know that we have served the Qiao family for decades. We are really tired and just want to retire early..."
Jiang Guang said, "Our health has indeed deteriorated a lot in the past two years..."
"Physical reasons? Could it be that, Uncle Jiang, you have registered a new red wine brand and are planning to start your own business?" Tang Kai said with a cold face, telling the truth to the point.
Jiang Guang and others were stunned at the same time.
"What...what...Assistant Tang, please don't fabricate the facts..." Li Angu's incoherent words showed their guilty conscience.
Jiang Zheng tried his best to keep calm, "Assistant Tang... we are talking to Archer, it's not your subordinate's turn to talk too much here!"
Tang Kai gritted his teeth, "You..."
Qiao Che waved his hand, signaling Tang Kai to retreat.
Uncle Jiang glanced at Tang Kai and said, "Arche, you should really take better care of this bodyguard of yours... You don't know how to speak properly, and you have no manners at all."
Qiao Che smiled, "What Uncle Jiang said is that it is indeed wrong to offend the elders. I will definitely discipline my bodyguard when I go back... But, what is Uncle Jiang's opinion on what Tang Kai said?"
Jiang Zhengnu said, "What do you think? Archer, don't tell me from hearsay that we are going to start our own business outside. We really quit the Qiao family because of our poor health..."
Qiao Che narrowed his eyes slightly, "Really?"
"Of course... We have served the Qiao family for decades, how could we betray the Qiao family?"
Qiao Che laughed and threw the documents handed over by Tang Kai in front of Jiang Zheng.
After Jiang Zheng and others read the document, their faces suddenly turned blue and white.
It turns out that the document Qiao Che showed Jiang Zheng and others at this moment was the information that Jiang Zheng and others registered a wine company with the Industrial and Commercial Bureau...
Li Angu was angry, "Arche, you actually investigated us?"
Qiao Che smiled calmly and took a sip of tea, "I just want to find out what you mean by suddenly forcing Qiao Si into such a situation?"
"What do you mean?" Jiang Guang was an impulsive person and said directly, "Ache, I'm not as calm as Jiang Zheng, so I just said it directly... Ever since your father died, the Qiao family has been in a state of death. You
While Qiao Si is busy being your doctor, she thinks about falling in love all day long. The huge Qiao family's industry has been in a state of sluggishness. We old people have been following your father for decades. We can't just watch.
I just watched a little girl come to take charge of us, so we no longer want to serve the Qiao family..."
"Before, you kept saying that you supported Miss Qiao Si, but now you say that you can't bear to see Miss Qiao Si bossing you around. I think you have long been tempted to betray the Qiao family. It's just that you were afraid of offending Miss Qiao Si and losing you.
Now that I have finally obtained the shares in the Qiao family from Miss Qiao Si, my rebellious heart is clearly revealed..." Tang Kai sneered.
"So what?" Jiang Zheng finally faced it face to face, "Yes, we do want to start our own business... After Qiao Zuguang's death, how long can we help Qiao Si? It's already a loss for the Qiao family.
The utmost benevolence and righteousness.”
"Do you still dare to mention the word 'benevolence'? You know clearly that Miss Qiao Si has just taken over the Qiao family's business and still doesn't understand a lot about the winery, so you just give up to Miss Qiao Si... You clearly want to do this."
Seeing that Miss Qiao Si was overwhelmed and finally took the Qiao family winery downhill..."
Jiang Guangxiao, "So what? In the shopping mall, there is always intrigue, and the few of us plotting against Sisi can be regarded as teaching Sisi a lesson..."
Qiao Che leaned back in his chair and looked at Jiang Zheng and others leisurely, his thin lips slightly parted, "I'm afraid I won't allow such a lesson."
Li Angu glanced at Qiao Che and said contemptuously, "Arche...I'm curious why you say such things to us elders? You are just a little doctor, the only son of the Qiao family who has no future, even if
When we leave, we will take away all the contacts and experience of Qiaojia Winery. What can you do to us? Before, I was unwilling to break up with you brothers and sisters for the sake of Zu Guang. Now it seems that there is no need for any of us.
Show mercy to Zuguang."
"Yes, Archer, we can't drink any more tea today... You two, brother and sister, just take care of yourself!"
Jiang Zheng and the others stood up with cold expressions.
Qiao Che leaned back in his chair and looked at them with a faint smile.
Jiang Zheng and the others walked to the door. Suddenly, a row of men in black suits stood in front of them.
Jiang Zheng and the others turned around to face Qiao Che, "Arche, what do you mean?"
Qiao Che reached for a cup of tea and said calmly, "I just want to have a good chat with a few of you."
Jiang Zheng sneered, "Arche, you don't think you can threaten us with just these few bodyguards, do you? In terms of sophistication, a useless doctor like you is no match for us..."
Qiao Che sniffed the aroma of tea without even looking at Jiang Zheng, "Really?"
Jiang Zheng immediately clapped his hands.
At this moment, the bodyguards who were supposed to be surrounding Jiang Zheng suddenly disappeared...
Jiang Zheng and others looked at each other in shock.
The next second, the bodyguards in black who were blocking Jiang Zheng and others moved out of the way, and several bodyguards also in black suits dragged six or seven men who had been shot in the body and were bleeding and screaming in pain.
, came in front of Jiang Zheng...
Jiang Zheng turned pale with fright when he saw all his bodyguards being shot...
Li Angu was trembling all over, "This... this..."
Jiang Guang looked at Qiao Che in fear, "You, you, you... how dare you kill someone?"
Qiao Che leaned back in his chair, his eyes relaxed and indifferent, "My bodyguards are absolutely capable of using bullets to penetrate the most painful parts of the enemy without hurting the enemy's vitals. The most important thing is that they are good at making people who are not as good as others in life
die."
Jiang Zheng looked at Qiao Che blankly, with a hint of disbelief...
Qiao Che still smiled lightly, but the darkness in his eyes made the three old people's legs tremble.
At this moment, Qiao Che buttoned his suit, stood up, and said, "Think it over carefully. I hope you can give me a satisfactory answer..."
The three old men watched Qiao Che leave without daring to say a word.
It wasn't until Qiao Che left that Jiang Guang asked Jiang Zheng in a low voice, "We... the person we just met, is... really Qiao Che?"
Qiao Si was in the midst of various worries when suddenly an intercom call came in.
Qiao Si put down the documents at hand impatiently and picked up the phone, "Hello..."
"Miss Qiao?"
"Yes, I have... found it?"
The other party said, "Yes, Miss Qiao, it turns out that Jiang Zheng and the others did have evil intentions. They had secretly registered a red wine company when you took over the Qiao family. Their compliments to you before turned out to be to get the money they had in the Qiao family."
shares..."
"Damn it, the Qiao family didn't treat them well." Qiao Si leaned back in her chair in annoyance, feeling very disappointed.
"Ms. Qiao, and... I followed them today and accidentally discovered that in the afternoon your brother Dr. Qiao made an appointment with them to meet at a high-end Chinese-style club, because senior members are required to enter, so I don't know what Dr. Qiao told them
What they were talking about, but they were talking and laughing when they went in. I'm afraid this has something to do with you asking me to investigate the reason why they left the Qiao family..."