From Runaway Bride to Global Queen-Chapter 64 - : Her Identity

Chapter 64 -64: Her Identity

“Where did you just run off to?”

“I just had uncomfortable shoes, so I went to change them.”

Qiao Yi found an excuse to brush off Old Mr. Lu. She knew that Old Mr. Lu must be aware of the issues between her and Qiao Xin, but he never actively asked about them, and she herself didn’t want to bring these matters up.

Besides, no matter how loudly Qiao Xin and she argued, it was still a Qiao Family affair. Discussing such matters in the Lu Family would be quite inappropriate.

Seeing that Qiao Yi was reluctant to elaborate, Old Mr. Lu didn’t press further. He smiled, nodded, and then had Lu Xiaohua and Qiao Yi link arms with him to cut the cake.

The cake was a towering nine layers, nearly as tall as Qiao Yi.

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It was a cake that Qiao Yi had made herself, spending a whole two hours just piping the cream. After finishing it last night, she kept it in the cold storage room and had it brought out just a moment ago.

Old Mr. Lu took a long cake knife and sliced from the very top layer, keeping a piece for himself while giving most of the first layer to Qiao Yi and Lu Xiaohua.

The surrounding guests were taken aback by Old Mr. Lu’s action.

In the past, other than Old Mr. Lu himself, the cake would always be given to his most favored daughter, Lu Xiaohua. As a child, Lu Yanchuan got a share, but ever since he came of age, he had not been given a piece by Old Mr. Lu.

But now, Old Mr. Lu was actually sharing the cake with Qiao Yi, the new bride who had married into the Lu Family less than half a year ago. What did this signify?

It indicated that Old Mr. Lu’s regard and affection for Qiao Yi was no less than that for his daughter Lu Xiaohua!

Everyone had thought the marriage between Qiao Yi and Lu Yanchuan was a result of an unavoidable compromise, but now it seemed that was not the case.

After cutting the cake, Old Mr. Lu left. The birthday banquet was just a pretext, and the rest was no different from any ordinary party.

After seeing Old Mr. Lu back, Qiao Yi changed into more casual clothes and hurried to eat the cake.

She didn’t really care whether the cake had been given to her by Old Mr. Lu or not. She had been craving it since finishing it the night before. She restrained the greedy worm in her belly by sadly nibbling on some leftover scraps for a fix.

Having waited so long, she could finally eat the cake without restraint!

Lu Xiaohua was very mindful of her figure, so she only cut a small piece for herself to claim she had eaten her share, and resignedly handed her portion over to Qiao Yi who was merrily indulging.

Qiao Yi adored sweets; she could never refuse her own homemade cake. Taking a bit of cream, she put it in her mouth, feeling so blissful she was almost in heaven.

“Yiyi, you have eaten up all the good cake by yourself, that’s so improper!” Zhao Wenjing playfully swatted Qiao Yi’s arm and then smiled apologetically at Lu Xiaohua.

She was only a few years older than Lu Xiaohua, but now they were separated by a generation. They had known each other before, but now sitting together felt somewhat awkward.

“You take your time eating; I’ll go check on Dad.”

Lu Xiaohua got up and left first. Qiao Yi nodded, thought for a moment, and then set down her cake.

Mr. and Mrs. Qiao would naturally attend Old Mr. Lu’s birthday celebration.

After learning that Qiao Yi had been injured, Qiao Benqing and Zhao Wenjing had tried to visit her several times but were always rejected by Qiao Yi’s various excuses.

The more Qiao Yi avoided them, the more they suspected that her injuries were too severe and she didn’t want to be seen, or even that, as rumors suggested, her face might have been disfigured.

Today, they came to the Lu Family with trepidation and didn’t see Qiao Yi, which almost killed them with anxiety. This anxiety wasn’t relieved until they saw Qiao Yi descend the stairs unharmed.

Zhao Wenjing was both relieved and frightened. She clutched Qiao Yi and examined her closely several times before her mind was finally at ease.

“You child, your injury isn’t serious, why didn’t you tell Mom? And you were hiding and not seeing Mom, do you know that Mom was almost scared sick by you!”

Zhao Wenjing was chattering nonstop to Qiao Yi, both distressed and complaining, while Qiao Yi obediently responded.

“It’s alright now, isn’t it? Besides, I did it for a reason, to surprise those who wanted to see my face ruined!”

Qiao Yi’s words had a double meaning, which Qiao Benqing and Zhao Wenjing both picked up on. But since Qiao Yi didn’t elaborate, they simply reminded her a few times and let the matter go.

“Your brother is coming back tomorrow, I’ll go home with you guys and stay there for a while.”

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These past few days, Qiao Yi had been living outside because of acting in a play, but now that the play was over, of course, she would go back to her own home.

Zhao Wenjing and Qiao Benqing exchanged a glance and asked, “And Yanchuan?”

Qiao Yi’s face inexplicably reddened, and she pouted unhappily with a hum.

“He can go or not, I don’t want him to follow along.”

Qiao Benqing wanted to say something but was pinched on the waist by Zhao Wenjing.

“The matters between you two are for you to decide, but there is one thing Mom wants to tell you. You’re not just the little daughter of the Qiao Family now, you’re also the daughter-in-law of the Lu Family, the one in charge of household affairs at the Lu Family. You can’t be the same as before in all matters, understand?”

Qiao Yi seemed to understand but also not quite, her heart somehow became chaotic.

“Okay, I got it.”

Qiao Yi responded hurriedly, suddenly longing for a quiet place to sit for a while.

Zhao Wenjing and Qiao Benqing were called away by business partners, Lu Yanchuan was talking with someone not far away; everyone had their own things to do, leaving Qiao Yi sitting there, utterly bewildered.

It seemed that she had never considered the change in her identity, always feeling that even after getting married there would be no difference from before, but is that really the truth…

While talking with someone, Lu Yanchuan noticed someone watching him, turning his head to meet Qiao Yi’s piercing gaze.

After excusing himself to the person he was speaking with, Lu Yanchuan walked over and sat down beside Qiao Yi.

“What’s wrong?”

“Nothing, just suddenly feeling a bit tired.”

Qiao Yi didn’t want her sudden emotional decline to affect others.

“If you’re tired, go up and rest. It’s still a while before this event ends.”

Lu Yanchuan didn’t like this kind of socializing either, but since today’s event belonged to the Lu Family, he had no choice but to stay.

Qiao Yi nodded and walked upstairs with a plate of cake.

“Ah!”

“Sorry sorry! Are you okay?”

Someone behind suddenly bumped into Qiao Yi, and the cake she was holding smeared all over her chest.

The person who bumped into her quickly apologized. Qiao Yi didn’t want to make a fuss and said it didn’t matter, planning to go back and change her clothes, but then someone grabbed her wrist.

“Are you okay? Oh no! With all this cake on you, let me help you clean it up!”

Qiao Yi turned around being pulled by the person, the voice of the woman who bumped into her loud, and before Qiao Yi could break free from her grasp, a pair of hands with tissues pressed against her body.