Chapter 23 - The Movie Queen's Domineering Fan (23)

Qiao Zixin strode to the study to pack all her belongings. Outside the door, Aunt Qiao was blaming her loudly. A room full of people followed the discussion. Within two minutes, Mother Qiao slammed the door to tell her to leave.

Qiao Zixin put on her coat and opened the door and went out. Mother Qiao immediately grabbed her suitcase and reprimanded, “what are you doing? Why are you so rude to your elders? How would I show my face during the Spring Festival? Is it true that if you earn dirty money out there, you won’t even take care of your family?”

Qiao Zixin looked at her coldly. “What family? Does this house have a room for me? Do you know what I like to eat? Sometimes I really want to ask you, did you adopt me? When you curried favor with Qiao Zhipeng all these years, did he ever call you Mom? Did he ever give you a single yuan? Aren’t you afraid that if you do this to me now, there will be no one to care for you in the future?!”

Mother Qiao gasped and the others suddenly quieted down. No one expected Qiao Zixin to erupt. They only love preaching to her because she is soft and easy to bully, because she is filial to her mother and with her mother in charge, she never dared to refute them. What happened today? Because she introduced her to someone? Or is it because Aunt Qiao doesn’t speak well? It’s not like she said something worse than before.

Mother Qiao was watched by a crowd and said angrily, “you! You really are stubborn. Can you grow up without me? After so many years outside, you’re not filial to me anymore? You won’t take care of me when I’m old? I think you owe a lesson!” She raised her hand, she was about to hit her in the face.

Qiao Zixin ducked to the side, and Mother Qiao stumbled because of the suitcase, and her hand slipped by. Qiao Zixin put on her sunglasses, as if creating a barrier between them, and said coldly, “Don’t worry. Before I was 17, you gave me a mouthful of food, gave me a roof to shelter from the rain, and paid my tuition to the second year of high school. When you’re old, I will give you food, shelter and medical insurance. Of course, don’t think about other things. I have no obligation to help you raise your stepson. I don’t think it’s necessary for us to see each other again, that’s all.”

Qiao Zixin’s aura was fully awake, and she strode towards the door. For a moment, everyone was overwhelmed by her, and no one dared to stop her. When Qiao Zixin had changed her shoes, Aunt Qiao looked at the faces on Zhang Hao, and the family. She felt humiliated. She became angry from embarrassment and said, “oh, you are really promising! You won’t even recognize your own mother! I only said two sentences and you ran away from home. Are you going to blame me? Such a big temper! Eldest Brother, how did you teach your daughter?!”

Father Qiao, who had the worst face in his life, was now laughed at by the whole family, and his face darkened. Pointing at Qiao Zixin, he snapped: “If you walk out this door today, don’t come back! I’ll take it as if there was no daughter in our Qiao family!”

Qiao Zixin put her hand on the doorknob and looked back at him. “Well, I don’t want to be a member of your family either! Since you dislike me so much, you must also dislike the dirty money and gifts I gave you. You are using the house and car, so let me give them to you, for the shelter from the wind and rain all these years.”

She looked at the others, and at last her eyes fell on Aunt Qiao. “Any of you who have borrowed money from me know this: Just because I don’t care doesn’t mean I forgot! Don’t blame me for asking a lawyer to deal with it. In the future, I will no longer give you anything. Anyway, you all have a decent job, promising and capable! As a teenager, I can still waste my youth and save some money for myself.”

Qiao Zixin walked out of the house, slammed the door to cut off the noise, walked quickly into the elevator and went downstairs before Mother Qiao chased her out. She put on a scarf and hat, wrapped herself up, called a taxi, and soon left the neighborhood, leaving this ‘non-home’ home completely behind.

Both Mother Qiao and Qiao Zhipeng called her. She checked her cell phone to block their contact information and didn’t want to have anything to do with them anymore. Over the years, in addition to changing their house and buying cars, she gave Mother Qiao 100,000 living expenses every year, expensive jewelry and all kinds of gifts were sent home during the Spring Festival. She didn’t owe them.

Qiao Zixin sat in the back seat of the car, closed her eyes and leaned against the seat, unable to tell what mood she felt, as if he had no mood at all. So, she quietly went all the way to the hotel where Xu Zifan was staying at.

Xu Zifan didn’t sleep all night. He had only closed his eyes for a while when he heard a knock at the door. He put on his robe and opened the door. He was somewhat surprised to see Qiao Zixin holding her suitcase. “What’s the matter?”

Qiao Zixin didn’t feel anything at all, but the moment she saw him, her nose was sour and tears filled her eyes. She stepped forward and hugged him tightly and asked softly, “are you really going to be nice to me for the rest of your life?”

Xu Zifan immediately thought of what the netizens said, but Qiao Zixin was not in good condition. He immediately patted her on the back and said, “yes, I’ll always be here.”

Qiao Zixin closed her eyes and hugged him hard, got up and smiled and said, “I have no family. It’s just the two of us for the Spring Festival!”

Xu Zifan took her into the room, pulled the suitcase in and asked, “what’s going on?”

Qiao Zixin shrugged and smiled as she took off her coat. “I don’t know if it’s jealousy or something else going on, they belittle me, and scold me for messing around. Qiao Zhipeng’s second aunt also brought her nephew to matchmake with me, saying that he had a stable job as a civil servant. Her attitude seemed as if he had a crush on me and it was time for me to build a family. With the look on her nephew; I would have slapped him if I hadn’t been afraid of them beating me up! As a result, my mother not only refused to help me but also wanted to hit me. I severed ties with her in a fit of anger and want nothing to do with them in the future. I have decided that when my mother is old, I will take care of her in accordance with the law, nothing else.”

Xu Zifan looked at her, she had red eyes from being agitated, and he knew she was definitely not as calm as she looked on the surface. With such a big thing as severing ties with your only relative, no matter how you make up your mind, you would have mixed feelings. Having been together for such a long time, he knew that Qiao Zixin wanted to have a warm home just like him, and it must not have been an easy decision, to give up her loved ones.

Xu Zifan remade the bed and let Qiao Zixin sit down and take the clothes to the bathroom to wash. He thought of the tricks in the post to make girls happy, removed all those that were too ambiguous, chose only a few things suitable for their relationship, and then took a bath to sober up.

When he came out, he found Qiao Zixin asleep leaning against the head of the bed. He didn’t know how early she got up in the morning. She certainly didn’t have a good rest in that kind of home. He took off Qiao Zixin’s shoes, gently picked her up and moved her, tucked her in so that she could sleep comfortably in bed. Then he wrote a small note and pressed it on the nightstand and went out with his wallet.

He first rented a car, then went to the best restaurant here to book a box and a New Year’s Eve dinner, during which he took the time to go online and buy two movie tickets for ‘Life is Beautiful’ in the local forum. When the movie was full, he paid five times more to a ticket scalper. Finally, he found a fireworks wholesaler and paid a high price to transport a truckload of large fireworks to the suburban lake and help set them off at 12 pm. The extra price is a confidentiality fee, and no one else can join in the fun. Wholesalers naturally agree that releasing in the early morning can be regarded as a good start to the new year. Ah, doing business is the most important thing, business would be booming in the coming year, and things must be done well.

Qiao Zixin woke up and called Xu Zifan and asked, “where have you been? Why didn’t you call me? ”

“I went out to buy lunch. I’m coming back. Is there anything you want to eat?” When Xu Zifan was done, he looked at his watch and parked his car in front of a restaurant.

“No, you can buy whatever you want.”

“Okay.”

Xu Zifan lifted his scarf up, covered half his face with glasses, and went into the restaurant to order. He ordered four of Qiao Zixin’s favorite dishes, and quickly took them back to the hotel.

Qiao Zixin cheered up when she saw the food. Although her relatives don’t care about her, she should be satisfied that Xu Zifan keeps an eye on her all the time. People who are too greedy will get nothing. She just wants to cherish Xu Zifan’s kindness to her in the future, and hopes that she would never lose it.

She looked out of the window at the weather and said, “it’s not very cold today. Shall we go for a walk by the lake? It’s too stuffy in the hotel.”

“The movie comes out today, why don’t we go to the lake after watching the movie?”

“All right,” Qiao Zixin searched on her phone and frowned with annoyance. “There are no tickets left.”

Xu Zifan took out two tickets from his pocket and handed them over. “I just bought it, and it’s not a bad location.”

Qiao Zixin blankly took the movie ticket and looked at his serious look. She was unsure whether he wanted to ask her out to see the movie or just to see how audience would react to their work. But she has never done anything like watching a movie with someone she likes. Qiao Zixin grinned and said happily, “it’s almost time. We should be on our way. I don’t even remember when was the last time I’ve seen a movie, maybe years. I want to buy a big bucket of popcorn and a big coke!”

“Okay, let’s go.” When Xu Zifan saw her smile, his eyebrows and eyes softened.

The two disguised themselves for a moment, but they were really unnoticed in the crowd. They have already seen the film at the premiere, but it was still a special feeling; To sit in the cinema and watch their own movie with a lot of people. In particular, Qiao Zixin likes Xu Zifan more and more. To be able to come to the movies with him like a couple was really a very satisfying thing. She couldn’t help but look at Xu Zifan with a smile in her eyes every once in a while. Xu Zifan found that she was really happy and finally confirmed that what was said in the post was reliable. It seemed that the arrangement was correct.

After watching the movie, Xu Zifan took Qiao Zixin to dinner, and Qiao Zixin was even happier. She has never felt the festive spirit of watching the Spring Festival celebration while eating New Year’s Eve dinner. Although it’s only her and Xu Zifan, not lively at all, she feels that even the air is full of warmth, and the warm current has been surging in her heart. She was especially happy.

She thought that they were going back after dinner, but she also regretted why the time passed by so quickly. There were no spare rooms in the hotel. Maybe Xu Zifan would take her back to his room and later find a small hotel to stay for the night. She doesn’t want to be separated from him so early. She wants to be with him for the New Years. Unexpectedly, Xu Zifan’s car did not drive to the hotel at all, but to the lake in the suburbs.

Qiao Zixin was surprised and said, “are we going to the lake so late?”

“Yeah, it only looks good at night.”

Qiao Zixin was taken to the lake. She got out of the car and looked around. Except for the moonlight, there was no light at all. Where would it look good?