Chapter 56
Chapter 56
Qiao Mu had thought that she could deal with the matter easily. If she put on more pity-plays with her pleas she could have wiggled her way out yet..
But the department head was making things difficult. She said that the upper management of the university already knew about this. If she would not call her parents over, the university would.
Qiao Mu was truly scared. She was at the end of her rope, so she had no choice but to seek Li Yan for help.
Qiao Mu snuck into the Li family’s mansion, but Li Yan was not at home.
The butler noticed that she was somewhat anxious, so he said, “Second Young Mistress Qiao, how about I give the young master a call. If we know when he returns, you don’t have to wait in vain?”
“It’s alright, Uncle Chen. I’m free anyway, so I can wait for a while longer. Don’t worry about me, you can get on with your work.”
The butler did not dare to just ignore this important guest, so he kept serving fruits and desserts to Qiao Mu. This treatment toward Qiao Mu was better than the one she received in the Qiao family.
Under regular circumstances Qiao Mu would have already dug in, but she was far too nervous at that moment. She was worried that Li Yan would not help her. After all, they had not parted with a happy note the last time.
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Inside Brilliant Dark Night’s VVIP private room.
Li Yan was playing mahjong with Su Chen and the rest. Li Yan had spent several consecutive nights with them to pass his time. This made Lu Jingzhi think that the big brother was still himself. Who said that man would spend all of his effort and time on the woman once he was in a relationship? This was something only an undignified man would do!
Li Yan tossed out a mahjong tile and Lu Jingzhi laughed loudly, “I’ve won!”
“Big brother, I’m really sorry for winning twice. People always say if one will be unlucky at play when he’s lucky in love. That saying is indeed true.”
It was rare for them to win money from Big Brother Li, he was quite the formidable player. But they had won quite a number of times these past few nights.
Li Yan opened the drawer of the mahjong table expressionlessly and took out a wad of cash before tossing it to Lu Jingzhi, “Shut up and stop talking nonsense!”
This seemed to imply that he was not having luck in his love life.
Lu Jingzhi was somewhat puzzled as he asked, “Big brother, why don’t you go and accompany your niece? Your head isn’t in the game right now.”
Li Yan pursed his lips in silence. Who knew where that little thing was enjoying herself now. She seemed to enjoy the absence of his company.
Su Chen glanced at Li Yan and said indifferently, “Big brother, I heard that Qiao Mu did not have an easy life in the Qiao family in the past years.”
Li Yan’s gaze fell onto the mahjong tiles, as his long arm reached out to take a tile. His expression was indifferent and calm when he said slowly, “I know.”
Su Chen was stunned. He knew?
He was acting this indifferent when he actually knew about it?
This did not seem like his usual behavior!
Back then, Li Yan would make Qiao Ya suffer more losses on other matters when she had just bullied Qiao Mu with words. LI Yan could not stand Qiao Mu receiving any mistreatment. Although he was only fifteen or sixteen years old back then with limited power, he still did everything he could to protect that young girl.
It was obvious that Qiao Mu was having a hard life during his ten years of absence. But there he was, standing by the sidelines with folded arms.
If Su Chen did not know Li Yan’s character and the importance Qiao Mu still held in his heart, Li Yan’s behavior would cause others to think that Qiao Mu was insignificant to him.
However, Su Chen did not voice up his confusion when Li Yan continued with his indifferent voice,
“This is the punishment for her.”
Lu Jingzhi and Su Chen exchanged a glance, but both of them did not understand the meaning of Li Yan’s words.
The three of them did not concentrate on playing mahjong, and Lei Yi, who was focused on playing mahjong won the round.
Li Yan toppled the mahjong tiles, then stood up and left, “I quit. I’m leaving now.”
Lei Yi said, “Young master, you still haven’t given me the money!”
Li Yan did not even look back, “You’ve won enough today. Don’t be too greedy!”
Lei Yi thought to himself, ‘Can’t he just accept his loss and pay? It’s not easy for me to win some.”