Chapter 322: Huo Yichen’s Compet.i.tion

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

After an entire day of cla.s.s, Murong Qiao was filled with worries.

Murong Chuan, who had sent his Little Sister home, could naturally tell that something was wrong.

“Those two people came to look for you again?” Murong Chuan asked casually.

Seeing that Murong Qiao was not smiling and her lips were pursed tightly, Murong Chuan secretly guessed that the two people from the Nan family were up to something new.

Murong Qiao shook her head honestly. “No.”

At this moment, she was still thinking about how to tell her Big Brothers about her engagement with Huo Yichen.

No matter how she thought about it, she felt that it was difficult to talk to anyone.

But even so… Murong Qiao looked up and secretly glanced at Murong Chuan, who was walking beside her. She wondered if she should test the other party’s att.i.tude first.

Third Brother, Murong Chuan, was considered the gentlest of her five Big Brothers. If it was him—

“Big Brother,” Murong Qiao called him softly.

Murong Chuan pretended not to notice her probing gaze just now and nodded warmly.

Murong Qiao’s heart tightened. “If… 1 mean if….I want to date someone.”

“Big Brother, what do you think?”

When the sensitive topic came out of his Little Sister’s mouth, Murong Chuan almost instantly thought of the boy he had seen in the library.

“Dating?” Murong Chuan’s tone was relaxed. “His family has to be compatible, and they have to treat you well.”

Murong Qiao felt relieved. Huo Yichen had indeed fulfilled all of Murong Chuan’s requests.

“He can’t make you angry, and it’s better to be kind and gentlemanly. Also…” Murong Chuan continued.

Kind, gentlemanly?

Murong Qiao immediately pictured Huo Yichen sitting there, his aura completely unapproachable, his face so cold that no one dared to approach him.

Then, Murong Chuan even mentioned a few conditions that were unrelated to Huo Yichen.

“Ahem.” Murong Qiao coughed guiltily. “Third Brother, I’m home.”

She reminded him.

While the two of them were talking, they had already arrived at Murong Qiao and An Nuo’s house.

Fortunately, the distance wasn’t far. Otherwise, if Murong Chuan continued to speak, Murong Qiao would feel that the hope in her heart was even slimmer.

As for revealing that she was dating Huo Yichen…

Murong Qiao looked up at her Third Brother. Coincidentally, the other party’s smile was bright and gentle.

Forget it, forget it. She would definitely do it next time.

“Alright, I won’t go up. Remember to send me a message when you get home.” Murong Chuan stopped in his tracks.

Murong Qiao nodded. “Alright, goodbye, Third Brother.”

As expected, the next morning, Murong Qiao saw her Second Brother, Murong Zheng, waiting at the door, preparing to send her to school.

“Second Brother, aren’t you doing experiments anymore?” Murong Qiao couldn’t help but ask him.

The last time, he had to leave for an emergency surgery, but he still didn’t forget to ask her Fourth Brother to send her to school. Murong Qiao was really helpless.

Murong Zheng glanced at her. “Resting.”

He was telling the truth, but he couldn’t tell Murong Qiao that he had rejected the invitations of a few professors to make time to send her to school.

In a sense, it was indeed a rest.

“But Big Brother, you don’t have to send me to school every day. Surgery and medical research is very important. I can take good care of myself too,” Murong Qiao pointed out.

Her expression darkened. “As for Nan Jin and Nan Xuan, I’ve never thought of forgiving them.”

It was not that Murong Qiao could not tell that Second Brother and Third Brother had been fighting openly and secretly against Nan Jin and Nan Xuan recently.

As she spoke, she subconsciously looked at Murong Zheng and met his slightly cold gaze. Then, she was stunned for a moment.

Murong Zheng did not say anything.

He carried Murong Qiao’s backpack and stood at the elevator door, waiting.

“Second Brother…” Murong Qiao was even more helpless.

Murong Zheng raised his eyebrows sharply and looked at the time on his wrist.

He suddenly said, “You want to be late for Old Third’s cla.s.s?”

This question made Murong Qiao step forward in resignation.

It was fine if she was late for any other person’s cla.s.s, but it could not be Murong Chuan’s. Otherwise, she would definitely fail at the end of the semester.

It seemed that she could not get through to her Second Brother.

After being interrupted, Murong Qiao could only be forced to end this topic.

But thinking from another angle, if it was too difficult to appease her Second Brother, another solution was to find a way to resolve the problem of her Second Brother having to send her to school.

Hence, this time, Murong Qiao held her Second Brother’s arm with a smile and pretended to be very happy in front of Nan Jin.

“I’ve already had breakfast at home,” she refused.

Murong Qiao held her Second Brother’s arm with both hands. It was obvious that she did not have any free hands to hold anything else, causing the breakfast that Nan Jin wanted to stuff over to fail.

The smile on Nan Jin’s face froze. “Qiaoqiao.”

He called out awkwardly. He felt that Murong Qiao’s intimate posture beside Murong Zheng was dazzling and piercing to the eyes.

“Actually, there’s no need to do this. I’m living fine.” Murong Qiao’s voice was cold as she looked at Nan Jin.

Her tone was calm, as if what she said had nothing to do with her. “Leaving the Nan family was the best decision I made, including cutting ties with the Nan family.”

Murong Qiao deliberately emphasized her words, causing Nan Jin’s face to turn pale. She couldn’t help but take a step back.

“I don’t need you to make up for anything. Just disappear from my sight.” She looked at Nan Jin.

From the beginning to the end, Murong Zheng did not say anything when Murong Qiao said these words.

He stood beside Murong Qiao like a guardian angel.

Nan Jin was rendered speechless by Murong Qiao’s words. The breakfast that was hooked by his fingertips almost fell to the ground. His emotions were in chaos as he stood there in a daze.

However, Murong Qiao didn’t feel any sympathy for him. She just took the school bag from her Second Brother, and walked past Nan Jin towards the school gate.

For the first time, the breakfast Nan Jin prepared for Murong Qiao was not delivered.

He held the breakfast and stared as his Little Sister’s figure gradually disappeared into the distance. The coldness made his breathing uncomfortable.

Murong Qiao went to cla.s.s, feeling indescribably relaxed.

She found Yang Xin and sat down beside her. The teacher who was teaching had yet to arrive, and the entire cla.s.sroom was filled with discussion. The buzzing was filled with gossip.

“Tomorrow, Hui University will hold a basketball compet.i.tion. The Finance Department will play the Music Department. Do you want to watch?”

“Basketball compet.i.tion? That’s right, I almost forgot. There are so many handsome men this year. I’ll definitely go!”

Two girls were sitting not far from Murong Qiao and whispering.

Hearing the mention of the Finance Department, Murong Qiao subconsciously p.r.i.c.ked up her ears to listen to their conversation.

“Although I don’t know the lineup yet, I remember that according to the rules, the team will always choose people with good grades, right? Then—”

“School Hunk Huo is already taken.”

“Stupid, I’m talking about the music department. There’s a new handsome man…”

Squeak—

The sound of the door opening silenced the entire cla.s.sroom. Everyone shut their mouths and looked at the podium.

“Looks like I don’t have to maintain cla.s.s discipline anymore.” Murong Chuan smiled and placed the doc.u.ments on the table.

After all, Murong Chuan’s cla.s.s’ reputation as the most difficult was not undeserved. No one dared to anger Professor Murong. They wished they could shrink their existence.

Murong Qiao looked at the PowerPoint that Murong Chuan was about to explain. Her gaze followed the content of his explanation, but she was thinking about what she had just heard.

Basketball compet.i.tion, and finance department…

At the mention of someone with good grades, anyone would think of Huo Yichen.

This name appeared in Murong Qiao’s mind. Her eyes flickered for a moment, and she suddenly realized that she hadn’t seen the other party for a week..