When he heard that Xu Qiao was at school, Cheng Lang was scolded in his study at home.

The mess in the restaurant was properly handled last night, and the incident did not spread in the form of any video news, but it inevitably alarmed the old man of the Cheng family.

Cheng Zongyue called his grandson to the study early in the morning and scolded him for a long time without regard for the consequences. Of course, it was inevitable that Xu Qiao would be mentioned.

"I heard that you are the one who stands out for the Xu family?" Cheng Zongyue sat on a yellow rosewood chair and pointed the crutch in his hand. "The family will not interfere with your freedom of love, but since you choose to be public, you should go for the result."

Cheng Lang accepted the temptation and did not deny it.

Cheng Zongyue nodded: "If this is the case, grandpa would like to remind you more: Your marriage partner will not add color to you, at least it shouldn't be stained. I have already learned about this girl's family background, and I know her relationship with Xiaoye. You don't have to explain to me that this is a prejudice that makes me hear falsely. I will have such prejudice, and of course others will have it. So this is an unavoidable question. So I don't agree that she is your ideal development partner. Just now, I heard your mother say that you have a little awkward, and I thought it would be good to cut it off."

Cheng Lang smiled: "Grandpa, are you suggesting me or asking me now?"

Cheng Zongyue raised his eyebrows: "So what is the suggestion, what is the requirement?"

"If you are suggesting me, then I don't think I will accept your advice."

"What if I'm asking you?" Cheng Zongyue said in a deep voice.

"Grandpa," Cheng Lang said seriously, "You asked me to be a gentleman, so I had never fought with anyone before yesterday."

Cheng Zongyue was so angry that he turned aside.

His good grandson was saying that he was asked to be a gentleman since he was a child, but he broke the rules for Xu Qiao, so he would not obey any requests in Xu Qiao's affairs.

Whether it is a suggestion or a request, his answer is the same.

Cheng Lang winked at Cai An on the side.

Cai An came forward with a tablet and flipped into an electronic contract.

Cheng Zongyue had a gloomy face and said that he didn't want to see it.

Cheng Lang compensated the old man with a smile and took the tablet with his own hands: "This is the merger and acquisition case I decided to go through with Longan a few years ago. Have you seen it?"

Cheng Zongyue looked at him sideways unexpectedly and gave him a little bit of a good look: "You kid, have you eaten half of the He family quietly?"

"The signing ceremony is already under preparation, probably in the middle of next month."

Seeing Cheng Zongyue picking up the tablet wearing reading glasses, Cheng Lang continued to talk about the topic just now: "Grandpa, I understand your expectations, but I don't need anyone to help me. If I have to rely on marriage to achieve my career, and I don't think that such an myself is capable of inheriting Lanchen, then I might as well be like Xiaoye, from now on, idle clouds and wild cranes."

Cheng Zongyue looked at him: "I teach you how to be polite and then soldiers, and negotiate with others with both soft and hard skills. Is it to make you challenge me one day?"

Cheng Lang smiled and spread his hands: "It's really a matter of love."

It was at this moment that Cai An received the news from Xu Qiao and risked his life to Cheng Lang and said something.

Cheng Lang frowned, threw down his words, "Grandpa, I'll come back later and listen to your counsel." Then he hurried to the school.

——

But Cheng Lang was already a step late to get the news and was delayed a lot of time on the way. By the time he arrived at the coffee shop, the incident had already reached its end.

The moment I opened the store door, a sentence came from it: "My hands are darker and more cruel than our Mr. Cheng."

Cheng Lang suddenly stopped at the door.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Qiao's second half of the sentence sounded loudly: "If you continue to disturb our lives, the law cannot cure you, I will cure you."

Cheng Lang kept pushing the door halfway, and stopped for a long time without moving.

He didn't know how to describe his feelings at this moment.

He thought he was rushing all the way to save the situation, but he didn't expect this result at all.

He was independent since childhood and always lived above others, and never had the need or expectation to be protected.

But now, there is a girl who has no power and no power, and she has no support. She has suffered so much and has even been deceived by him for so long. However, she has stood in front of him and raised her weapons for him today when she should hate him.

For a moment, Cheng Lang felt that he was really not good enough.

She had nothing, but she was still so vivid and bright. What was left after he took off the halo of money, identity, and status?

Grandpa's words just now seemed to have turned the black and white, which is not worthy of Xu Qiao's goodness.

A "yihelpyousir" interrupted his stillness and also diverted Xu Qiao from the confrontation.

Xu Qiao turned his head and met Cheng Lang's complicated eyes.

That was a look that seemed to be looking at a rare treasure that could not be afforded.

Cheng Lang regained his calm expression when he touched her gaze. He pushed the door and walked in, gently buttoned the suit buttons, tidied up the folds of the placket, and took her hand beside her, turned his head slightly, and said with a smile: "Baby, although I trust your ability very much, I will leave the dirty hands to me." As he said that, he glanced at the person opposite, "Of course, I think he should not disturb our lives again."

He spoke with a gentle statement, but his eyes were warnings that were not filled with temperature, as if he had issued an ultimatum clearly.

The person opposite was ashen, as if he remembered Cheng Lang's ruthless move last night, and his back felt cold and he got up with his bag.

"Before leaving," Cheng Lang stopped him, "please apologize for the unpleasantness caused to my girlfriend last night, including the one I just did."

The man on the opposite side gritted his teeth and hurriedly bowed to Xu Qiao: "Yes... I'm sorry." After that, he walked out of the coffee shop quickly.

"Has he bullied you just now?" Cheng Lang and others asked after leaving.

"No." She just came to give the other party a warning, and she had no intention of fighting. The other party's unwavering strong attitude towards her was unexpected. Even if Cheng Lang did not appear, she should have fled in panic.

"This level can't bully me." Xu Qiao used some force slightly and pulled his hand.

Cheng Lang immediately let go of her hand.

Xu Qiao paused and added: "What I just said has nothing to do with you. What we are, we are just acting."

Cheng Lang nodded after a stagnation: "Well, then you can just act if I said that just now."

It's so awkward to be so obedient. Xu Qiao glanced at him: "Then can you stop staring at me?"

"I try not to disturb you, okay? I have no other intentions, I just don't feel at ease with you in a foreign country."

"Oh, then from this afternoon, you won't have to look at me."

Cheng Lang narrowed his eyes slightly: "Are you planning to return to China?"

"Yes." She answered looking out the window.

Cheng Lang was silent for a moment and nodded: "Yesterday afternoon, Assistant Lin called me and said that the studio email had received more than ten emails from cooperation invitations these days. I filtered and left two more suitable projects based on your current situation. You can choose one to try it out. In addition, there are some private orders, most of which come from the wives and ladies in the wealthy circle. You can choose this freely according to your preferences."

Xu Qiao took his gaze back and looked at him with some annoyance.

Cheng Lang guessed her thoughts: "After you return to China, I will not interfere with your decisions in life, but I hope you don't have to make it difficult for me to get along with your career. The studio shareholders are not just me, but also Ms. Yu's share. All the working conditions you have there, including the allocation of employee apartments, and no additional resources are added due to personal feelings. These are legitimate and the benefits you deserve."

"If one day you really want to leave the studio, it should be because you have higher pursuits in your career, rather than just considering the change in your relationship with me like now. I'm sorry for you, you left and abandoned your career. Isn't this a loss?"

Xu Qiao pouted and said, "Oh".

Cheng Lang smiled and lowered his head to look at her eyes: "That's right. Such an excellent girl would shine even without me."

——

Back in China, Xu Qiao moved out of Lishan Mansion and moved back into the employee apartment. After the Spring Festival holiday, he devoted himself to work step by step. Based on Cheng Lang's judgment, he selected two partners from more than a dozen cooperation invitations he received, and finally selected one of them.

The other party is a fashion designer with an independent brand. He plans to hold a fashion show with the theme of "deepsea" this year. He is looking for a jewelry designer who is inspiring with this theme to create a jewelry accessories for the fashion show.

After communicating with Xu Qiao for several emails, the British Chinese suggested to her that she would be able to have an interview with her when she came to China next month.

Xu Qiao had always been very fond of Mr. Pan's wild design style and had many interesting ideas about the theme of this fashion show, so before the interview, all private orders were temporarily delayed and creative ideas were drawn up.

It was not until mid-February that I officially received an invitation from Pande to meet.

The meeting location was about a tea room near the Central Business District of Beicheng, not far from Lanchen Group. Xu Qiao was familiar with this area. After getting off the bus, he took Lin Baishu to the private room of the tea room.

Pander arrived five minutes earlier than her and also brought an accompanying assistant.

After a few words of scenes exchanged greetings, Pan De went straight to the topic with a straight Mandarin: "First of all, Miss Yuli, you are the third jewelry designer I have come into contact with for this fashion show. After you, I do not guarantee whether I will continue to contact the fifth and sixth places. If you mind because of this, please contact me."

Perhaps it was because Cheng Lang had already filtered unreliable objects for her in advance when screening her partner. The fashion designer was straightforward and did not hide his attitude, which made Xu Qiao feel very comfortable.

She nodded and lowered her posture from the speech: "It is already my honor to choose to consider a new designer like me, and I don't mind."

"Miss Yuli doesn't need to be too humble. After all, the term 'qualification' is not worth mentioning in the art field." Pan De smiled, "I can just say that you are currently my first pick."

Xu Qiao was surprised: "Because of my works at the London Exhibition?"

"That's indeed an opportunity for me to know you, but it's not a key factor." Pan De took the tablet from his assistant and handed it to the opposite side. "The key is these works. I want to confirm with you whether the jewelry design drawings of this shell series, including the story creativity behind it, are you the original ones?"

Xu Qiao was stunned and took the tablet to see it.

An electronic scanning draft of jewelry design drawings is displayed on the screen, and each design drawing is signed with the word "Xu Qiao" flying and dancing.

This is not a work she created as Yu Lishi, but a sketch she casually drew when she was two years old.

I didn't plan to work seriously at that time, but occasionally I had some creative passion and saved a lot of drawings.

But these design drawings are not mature, they are just drafts that vent their creativity, and their fineness does not meet the drawing standards at all. Moreover, they are all works that she has never published publicly.

She said in surprise: "Where did you get these scans? My original manuscript should be..."

It should be in the villa of the Xu family's Xijiang Mansion.

Cheng Lang took photos of the luxury of her entire cloakroom, but did not waste the money to take pictures of the villa - perhaps he had planned to coax her home long ago, and of course he would not give her a second gorgeous golden house.

She didn't know who the owner of the villa was, including where the waste items in the villa were.

Pande looked at her expression change: "So they are indeed your works?"

"It was my early works, but the original manuscript is no longer in my hands. I don't know who published them." Xu Qiao looked incredible.
To be continued...