Chapter 103 Isolation
Qiao Xusheng's male chauvinism was at work. He and He Yurou had frequent quarrels because people often said that it was thanks to him that he married a good wife, otherwise he would not have achieved what he has today.
After He Yurou got into trouble, he was anxious to take control of the company, just to prove to everyone that even without He Yurou, he could still make his business flourish.
What annoyed him most was that people said he relied on women. Qiao Ruoxing was simply dancing in his minefield, shifting the blame to Bai Huizhu.
Qiao Xusheng's face really looked ugly, and he said coldly, "What do you mean by help or not? It's just a female companion, just to deal with the banquet."
Bai Huizhu's face turned pale, but this woman was very patient, lowered her eyebrows and said, "I overstepped my bounds."
Qiao Siyao was anxious to say something, but when she saw Bai Huizhu gently shook her head at her, she gritted her teeth and shut up.
The salesperson in the exhibition area next to her said in a gentle voice, "Miss Qiao, do you still want this bracelet?"
Qiao Siyao calmed down and looked at the place not far away. Suddenly, she came up with a plan. She lowered her eyes and said with a little nostalgia and hesitation, "It's too expensive. Let me look at something else."
Qiao Ruoxing was about to speak when a sarcastic male voice came from the side, "Ask your sister to buy it for you. More than one million is just a few meals for the Gu family. When you were young, you always threw the unwanted things to you. Now that you are married to a wealthy family and have money, you must take care of your sister."
Qiao Ruoxing looked at the voice and saw that the person who spoke was a young man in a suit. He was about the same age as her and looked very delicate, just like the idol who debuted in a boy band. He was also a little familiar. Qiao Ruoxing shook it for a while before she remembered that this guy was her high school classmate, named Lai Hongyu.
Her eyes darkened unconsciously. The appearance of this person easily reminded her of some unpleasant memories.
Qiao Siyao was very nervous. She looked at Qiao Ruoxing in fear and said anxiously in a low voice, "Brother Hongyu, don't say that. My sister treats me very well."
Lai Hongyu sneered, "She treats you well and throws things she doesn't want to you like garbage? Since she adopted you and earned enough fame and fortune from you, she should treat you well, right? How did she do it?"
Lai Hongyu's family is also quite powerful in Jiangcheng. As soon as he opened his mouth, he was still attacking the eldest grandson's wife of the Gu family. Someone next to him immediately took up the conversation.
"The adopted daughter of the Qiao family is the Internet celebrity named Yaoyao Keqi on Weibo, right?"
"It's her, no wonder she looks so familiar. Is Qiao Ruoxing the sister who has always excluded her?"
"It's her. When their family adopted Qiao Siyao, she was on the hot search several times, and the Qiao family made a lot of money. As a result, it was revealed not long after that the children of the adoptive family had always excluded her. She had a hard life in the Qiao family, but she was also very hardworking. She graduated from a prestigious university and I heard that she works in a top 100 company. What about the Qiao family's own daughter? It seems that she graduated from a fake university. It's just that this face is beautiful, otherwise the Gu family would like her?"
"When you say that, it reminds me that we were in the same school. Back then, her exclusion of the adopted girl was on the hot search. She fought with people in school and was a little gangster. I didn't expect that she could marry into the Gu family."
Qiao Xusheng frowned and wanted to say something, but was pulled by Bai Huizhu, "Think about what Qiao Ruoxing did."
Qiao Xusheng paused and pursed his lips.
Qiao Ruoxing's expression was extremely cold. These words could no longer hurt her as easily as they did in the past. They just made her more aware of what kind of person Qiao Siyao was.
Qiao Siyao was an orphan who had lived in an orphanage since she was a child. The orphanage she lived in was the one sponsored by He Yurou and Qiao Xusheng.
Because they were one of the shareholders of the orphanage, they would be invited to attend the social donation activities of the orphanage.
There was an accident during an event. The warehouse where social donations were stored caught fire, and a child was trapped in the warehouse.
Fortunately, the fire brigade arrived quickly, put out the fire in time, and rescued the trapped child.
At that time, the event attracted widespread social attention, and even the fire rescue scene was live broadcast.
After the rescued child was sent to the hospital, many reporters and caring people went to the hospital to visit every day.
There were also many caring people who wanted to adopt the child, but in the end, the child's reaction was fierce and nothing happened.
The orphan, who was very resistant to strangers, trusted Qiao Xusheng and his wife very much.
Facing the camera of the reporter, the child always curled up in Qiao Xusheng's arms with fear.
Netizens who paid attention to this matter suggested that Qiao Xusheng and his wife adopt the child, and this call became more and more intense as time went by.
Qiao Xusheng and He Yurou did charity to gain fame, and now there is an opportunity in front of them, there is no reason for them to refuse.
It's just one more mouth to feed.
So with the help and appeals from all walks of life, even though Qiao Xusheng and his wife did not meet the conditions for adoption, they still adopted the orphan, and gave her the surname Qiao and named her Siyao.
Qiao Siyao was adopted by the Qiao family and has attracted the attention of the whole society since the beginning.
In order to show Qiao Siyao's growth more intuitively to all walks of life, Qiao Xusheng also opened a Weibo account to update Qiao Siyao's daily life.
This account has been managed by Qiao Siyao personally since she entered junior high school.
Over the years, the account has gradually gained millions of fans, and Qiao Siyao is now an influential Internet celebrity.
From an orphan without a father or mother to a rich and beautiful woman, this inspirational, sunny and optimistic personality has brought her a lot of convenience.
But this is only the side that the public sees. In her eyes, Qiao Siyao has nothing to do with those adjectives!
When her family adopted Qiao Siyao at first, she was not very happy. She grew up in an environment where her parents were busy with work and paid little attention to her. Now that they have a successful career and finally have time to accompany her, they have another adopted daughter. Naturally, she is not happy.
But after He Yurou told her about Qiao Siyao's life experience, she changed her mind. In fact, there is nothing wrong with having more sisters. Her parents don't pay enough attention to her, but at least there is someone to play with her.
She thought so, so after a brief struggle, she quickly showed kindness to Qiao Siyao.
Qiao Siyao was indeed cautious, well-behaved and sensible in the Qiao family at the beginning. Compared with her jumpy personality, she was much more docile.
Not only Qiao Xusheng liked her, but even He Yurou often praised her for being sensible.
She soon became a member of the Qiao family.
If you follow this script, everything will be fine.
But such a script only lasted for two years.
The year Qiao Siyao was adopted, she was in the second grade of junior high school. Two years later, she was admitted to Jiangcheng No. 1 High School.
Because the high school was a closed-door school and required students to live on campus, she spent more time in school.
This should have been the best time to get along with classmates and make friends, but she found that she seemed to be gradually isolated.