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Chapter 498 - Chapter 498 Chapter 498 Professor Qiao is Very Protective of

Chapter 498: Chapter 498: Professor Qiao is Very Protective of His Students Chapter 498: Chapter 498: Professor Qiao is Very Protective of His Students Su Fan immediately apologized, “Big sister, I’m sorry, I apologize on behalf of Miaoshan. As soon as she gets back, I’ll definitely give her a good talking to.”

“If she doesn’t change that temper of hers, sooner or later…”

At this point, Su Mian’s voice faltered and she didn’t continue.

Sooner or later, it will lead to the family’s downfall.

Although she was Su Fan’s older sister, she couldn’t manage their family affairs. If Su Fan ended up regretting things later, not only would she not gain any benefits, but she would also be blamed.

Su Mian just hoped that Su Fan would keep Miaoshan in check and not let her mouth ruin a whole family.

…

When Miaoshan returned home, Su Fan didn’t get a chance to reprimand her.

Instead, she caught Su Fan first and began to complain, “Why didn’t you tell me that the grandfather who adopted Qiao Yun is the national painting master Qiao An?”

Su Fan was even more shocked than she was, expressing his astonishment, “I didn’t know about this.”

“You really didn’t know?” Miaoshan questioned.

“If I had known, wouldn’t I have told you?”

Su Fan was completely baffled but also somewhat relieved inside.

It seemed that Qiaoqiao hadn’t been suffering after she went missing. That would make his big sister feel a bit better.

Miaoshan muttered resentfully, “Great, big sister must have deliberately kept it from us. If she had said something earlier…”

If she had been told earlier, she would definitely have treated Qiao Yun very well instead of being so picky now.

“I haven’t even started on you!” Su Fan challenged her, “What did you do today?”

Miaoshan realized that Su Fan was angry and immediately understood that Su Mian must have snitched.

Her eyes reddening, she said in a pitiable voice, “What could I have done? I just misunderstood that Qiaoqiao had a boyfriend and wanted to advise big sister to pay more attention. But instead of appreciating it, big sister scolded me and then blamed me.”

“Is that really all there is to it?” Su Fan was skeptical.

“What else do you want?” Miaoshan said with a pained expression, “Yes, I’m indeed angry with big sister, but no matter what, we are relatives. Could I possibly harm her?”

Su Fan sat on the couch, his voice weary, “I’m already busy enough; please don’t cause me any more trouble.”

“How could I? I’m just looking out for our family.”

“Don’t go to big sister for a while. We’ll return to Yuncheng in a few days.”

Su Fan thought it was too risky to leave Miaoshan in Shangjing City.

Previously, thinking he was being clever, he told Mrs. Zhou that Qiao Yun knew Qiao Xun, causing Qiao Yun to be approached by the Zhou Family. Su Mian, considering his face, only reclaimed the shares and did not hold them to account.

If another excessive incident occurs this time, it probably won’t end amicably.

Su Fan did not want to sever the relationship between the two families. When they were young, he found Miaoshan’s temper tantrums quite cute and lively and was willing to indulge her.

Now…

He just hoped she would change her ways.

Miaoshan managed to calm Su Fan down and inwardly began to resent Su Mian. It was just a misunderstanding that Qiao Yun was dating a man.

If it wasn’t true, then it wasn’t true. Why go and complain to Su Fan? Was she trying to disturb the harmony of their family?

Such scheming.

Just then, Su Qingyan opened his room door and came out. Miaoshan looked at her own son thoughtfully.

A moment later, she asked, “Qingyan, have you been in contact with your cousin lately?”

“We rarely get in touch.”

Su Qingyan told the truth. Since the incident with Song Li, he hadn’t been in much contact with Qiao Yun.

Firstly, he didn’t know how to act around Qiao Yun, and secondly, he was a bit afraid of her. She was so delicate and fragile; he feared she would break at the slightest touch.

“You’re cousins, and in Shangjing City, our family only has that one relative. If you have nothing to do, why not take your cousin out more often?”

Su Qingyan looked at Ye Miaoshan and curled the corner of his lips slightly, finding it somewhat amusing, “I’ve been busy recently with an academic exchange conference I need to attend, and there’s a lot of material to prepare.”

“You can squeeze in the time if you try.”

Ye Miaoshan, not picking up on Su Qingyan’s attitude, went on to talk about Qiao Yun’s and Qiao An’s relationship, and ended with a sigh, “Your cousin is really lucky, getting lost and then finding a good family to take her in. Your aunt really hit the jackpot.”

Su Qingyan said expressionlessly, “If it were Qingqing who had been kidnapped, would you still think it was hitting the jackpot?”

Ye Miaoshan was at a loss for words, “That’s not the same.”

“How is it not the same?” Su Qingyan’s face was impassive.

Rendered speechless by his retort, Ye Miaoshan complained, “Is this how you talk to your mother? After raising you all these years, this is how you repay me?”

She was angry for her son not taking her side.

Su Qingyan couldn’t understand why his mother, who previously looked down on Qiao Yun, now had the gall to shamelessly seek closeness with her.

Lacking the patience and the gift of gab of Su Qingqing, he pinched the bridge of his nose and said, “I’m going back to school.”

After finishing his sentence, he left, ignoring the cursing Ye Miaoshan, and opened the door to leave.

It was only after he stepped out of the house that he felt like he could breathe a bit more freely.

Su Qingyan was now more and more suspicious that the academic exchange meeting’s opportunity was related to Qiao Yun.

His eyes drooping, his expression inscrutable, he then hailed a cab to head to school.

In a foul mood, Su Qingyan failed to notice a pair of eyes fixed on him from not far away.

…

This time, Lu Shiran didn’t let Qiao Yun go home alone. He personally made sure she was safe at the Lu Family’s house before leaving with peace of mind.

Being looked after in such a way actually made Qiao Yun a bit happy.

Feeling joyful, she wanted to give Lu Shiran a gift.

So, she made a phone call to Pei Ya.

She gifted Lu Shiran a ticket to a technology exhibition.

The tickets for the technology exhibition were hard to come by, and Lu Shiran had previously been frustrated for a while because he couldn’t get one.

Qiao Yun thought to herself, he should be happy now.

Back at home.

Su Mian’s anger had dissipated, but her expression still looked somewhat troubled. It wasn’t until she saw Qiao Yun return that her face lightened up.

“Qiaoqiao, you met with President Pei today, didn’t you?”

“Mhm,” Qiao Yun replied calmly, “He was looking for me, there was something he needed.”

Su Mian did not ask what it was, respecting Qiao Yun’s privacy.

But Qiao Yun’s frank admission signified that there was nothing going on between her and Pei Ya.

Even if Qiao Yun really had something going on with Pei Ya, Su Mian wouldn’t try to stop it.

Because she trusted Qiao Yun’s judgment and was afraid that interfering too much would make Qiao Yun dislike it.

Su Mian gently reminded, “Stay away from your aunt in the future.”

Qiao Yun tilted her head slightly and then obediently agreed, “Okay.”

After a pause, she asked, “Do you dislike her?”

“Not exactly dislike,” Su Mian said helplessly, “It’s just that she always likes to compare herself to me, and she’s been misunderstanding you a lot lately, claiming it’s for our own good, but I don’t believe her.”

Qiao Yun seemed to almost understand, not disliking her but feeling annoyed?

“I see.”

It looked like it was time to find something for Ye Miaoshan to do, to stop bothering Su Mian.

If Su Mian was unhappy, she had to make Su Mian happy.

Professor Qiao was indeed a very protective mother.