Mr. Qiao was back so early?

Normally, Mr. Qiao was not back until midnight.

Qin Xiaorou was taken aback and then thrilled.

She touched her face uneasily and asked the maid, "Does my face look okay? Is my hair in disarray?"

The maid said, "It's very good, very beautiful."

Qin Xiaorou stood up. She wanted to put on some light make-up and change her clothes, but she took a step and then stopped.

No, she couldn't go.

It probably took a lot of time.

Mr. Qiao was back so early, so he must not have eaten dinner yet. He might come here for dinner, and if she delayed, she would not be able to have dinner with him.

Qin Xiaorou sat down with apprehension and anticipation on her face.

After a while, Qiao Shaoting really came.

"Mr. Qiao." Qin Xiaorou smiled at Qiao Shaoting.

Qiao Shaoting nodded his head and sat down opposite Qin Xiaorou.

Qin Xiaorou immediately ordered the maid to serve a set of bowls and chopsticks.

"Mr. Qiao, why are you back so early today?" Qin Xiaorou asked.

Qiao Shaoting did not answer, but said, "I heard that you and Bai Xiaoru have been getting very close recently?"

Qin Xiaorou was stunned.

That’s why Mr. Qiao returned so early?

"Yes." Qin Xiaorou answered honestly, "I go there a lot lately."

"Why?" Qiao Shaoting asked directly.

He didn't really care about such things, and the reason he had come to ask was that Liu Qingqing incident had taught him a lesson.

Qin Xiaorou and Bai Xiaoru came from two different classes, but they suddenly got so close. Qiao Shaoting was afraid that there was something wrong.

Qin Xiaorou explained, "I wanted to raise Xiaoru's child, so I made a special trip to her place to have a chat with her. I didn't expect that we hit it off. Since I am lonely in Qiao Palace, I walk there a lot."

"That's the reason?"

"That's the reason." Qin Xiaorou's gaze was frank.

After staring into Qin Xiaorou's eyes for a moment, Qiao Shaoting didn't say anything else.

He should have been overly concerned.

"You two hit it off?" Qiao Shaoting asked casually, "That’s impossible."

Qin Xiaorou laughed bitterly, "Mr. Qiao, you can't see such things by family backgrounds. We do hit it off."

Qiao Shaoting didn't say anything else, and a trance flashed in his eyes.

If he remembered correctly, when Qin Yu was at Qiao Palace, she and this maid, Bai Xiaoru, had hit it off, too.

Qin Yu had even pleaded with him several times for Bai Xiaoru's sake.

"You and her are really similar in this way." In a trance, Qiao Shaoting murmured.

This whisper was caught by Qin Xiaorou.

She could not help but ask, "Mr. Qiao, who do you say that I am similar to in this way?"

Qiao Shaoting came to his senses.

His handsome face tensed, "Forget it."

Qin Xiaorou was smart enough not to ask more.

...

It was getting darker and darker.

Bai Xiaoru had placed the baby to bed.

She was about to wash up when the maid arrived.

The maid said that Qiao Shaoting had come over.

Bai Xiaoru held her breath.

Mr. Qiao came here?

She had thought that Qiao Shaoting came here to see the child.

But to her surprise, he didn’t.

When Qiao Shaoting came, he did not offer to see the child, but inexplicably asked, "You and Qin Xiaorou hit it off?"

Bai Xiaoru, "..."

She thought Qiao Shaoting was upset by this and was about to explain when she heard Qiao Shaoting add, "Back then, Qin Yu and you hit it off."

(To be continued)