Chapter 46
Qiao Weimin seemed rather embarrassed, and he turned to glare at Qiao Nian as if blaming her for causing trouble. He then smiled awkwardly at Cai Gang and said, “This child can hardly be disciplined since she was a child, unlike her younger sister. She’d just found her biological parents a few days ago and went to live with them. I only found out about the trouble she caused now.
It was just like what Chen Chen had told him previously. Qiao Nian had jumped into the river to save a child without even knowing what had happened. Thankfully, nothing went wrong. But if Qiao Nian hadn’t managed to save the child eventually, resulting in his death, wouldn’t she have had to take responsibility for it?
“Although she’s no longer under my care, she’s lived with us, after all. I don’t wish to see her get into trouble outside. What I’m trying to say is that we can compensate these people whatever amount they’re asking for, as long as this situation can be settled…”
Qiao Weimin snapped out of his daze and looked at Cai Gang’s curious expression. He swallowed the thought “Qiao Chen only managed to get into Class B, how could Qiao Nian possibly get into Class A?” instead of voicing it. He then quietly said, “N-Nothing much.”
Aunt Chen had told him over the phone that Qiao Nian had stood up for her over her stall, and someone called the police on Qiao Nian because of that. The policemen then came and took Qiao Nian to the police station.
Qiao Weimin was about to spit fire, but in order to maintain his image, he suppressed his anger. However, his expression was obviously dark as he lectured her through clenched teeth. “You’re so stubborn!”
“This… I did hear some stuff about it…” Qiao Weimin didn’t want to go into detail and appeared rather upset about it. “I don’t even need to think about it, it’s surely she who caused the trouble.”
He took matters into his own hands and admitted to the fault on Qiao Nian’s behalf. “Officer Cai, I know that she caused trouble for you. Could you take it that you’re doing me a favor…”
He caught a flicker of elitism and arrogance in the corner of his eyes. He didn’t even bother to ask if Qiao Nian was agreeable to it. It was as if he should decide it all on his own.
He had received five calls on the way here—from his direct superior to Jiang Zongnan, to Cheng Feng Corporation, to the Wei family, and even someone from Beijing…
Every one of them was superior to him, and he was so stressed out by the calls that he didn’t even manage to finish his meal. He rushed here right away.
Cai Gang’s smile stiffened a little as he watched their tense interaction. He re-evaluated Qiao Weimin and was colder towards him now as he cut him off.
But it seemed like Cai Gang’s expression towards him was getting colder and colder, making Qiao Weimin feel as if he’d made an inappropriate request.
He made his relationship with Qiao Nian very clear, putting distance between the two of them but making himself sound like a nice man.
The Qiao family was rather renowned in Rao City, so it wasn’t strange that he was making this request as a well-known businessman.
He remembered what he was here for today. After some struggle, he finally said, “So, Officer Cai, regarding Qiao Nian’s fight…”
