2377 Twins
Lin Heng’s mind was in a mess, and he could not figure out what was going on.
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The award ceremony for the International Fas.h.i.+on Design Compet.i.tion officially ended, and the contestants from various countries left.
Accompanied by Su Zhuoqian, Qiao Weiyang officially boarded the plane back home.
After boarding the plane, Tao Huan came over with a large pile of gifts. “Sigh, I didn’t expect you to have so many fans giving you gifts in Germany. I didn’t want them to insist on s.h.i.+pping these over to you.”
“Open them and take a look. Keep them well.” Qiao Weiyang knew that it was not easy for fans to come all the way here. Although she really could not respond to them one by one, she should not let them down.
“Okay, I’ll sort them out.”
After knowing that Qiao Weiyang and Qiao Jierou were returning to the country, the media reporters had already surrounded the entire airport.
Those who wanted to interview Qiao Weiyang naturally came because she had won the compet.i.tion this time. Everyone wanted to know about her recent situation and thoughts. They were all regular media reporters.
As for those who wanted to interview Qiao Jierou, they were all paparazzi and some unpopular independent media. They wanted to ride on Qiao Jierou’s downfall and obtain clicks. They had the mentality of watching her career collapse.
Therefore, when Qiao Weiyang got off the plane, everything was still orderly. The reporters surrounded her, but they still gave her enough s.p.a.ce.
“Everyone, please make way. Please make way,” Tao Huan shouted.
Su Zhuoqian’s bodyguards had already silently blended into the crowd, separating the reporters from Qiao Weiyang. They led Qiao Weiyang into the VIP pa.s.sageway.
Other than the image of her wearing a mask, the reporters did not capture anything else.
As soon as Qiao Jierou came out, the situation was chaotic.
She followed behind Lin Heng in a daze. She was pushed by the paparazzi until she could not stand steadily and almost fell.
“Brother Heng,” Qiao Jierou shouted helplessly.
It was unknown if Lin Heng did not hear her or something, but he did not turn around at all.
The paparazzi’s questions entered her ears sharply. “Qiao Jierou, you went to Germany this time and embarra.s.sed S Country so much. How can you have the cheek to come back?”
“Did you apologize to Qiao Weiyang?”
“Did you apologize to the organizers?”
“Did you apologize to all of us?”
“I don’t know what you were thinking. Do you regret it?”
These paparazzi were not as professional as regular media reporters and were not worried about being sued. In any case, they would ask whatever would make a hot topic. At this moment, Qiao Jierou was someone everyone wanted to beat up. If Qiao Jierou really wanted to argue with them, it would only increase their traffic and benefit them.
“I don’t know. Move aside! I don’t know anything!” Qiao Jierou said loudly. She tried to push these people away, but she couldn’t.
Lin Heng looked back as if he had just remembered something.
Then, the Qiao family’s bodyguards finally entered and rushed to Qiao Jierou’s side to protect her.
When Qiao Jierou and Lin Heng got into the car, their hair was disheveled and their faces did not look good. Their hats and masks had been lost somewhere.
Qiao Jierou was too ashamed to face anyone, and her expression was miserable.
“Jierou, you’re finally back.” Mrs. Lin’s voice sounded.
Qiao Jierou saw that Mrs. Lin was in the car. She actually came to pick her up personally. She couldn’t help but choke up. “Aunt!”
“I came specially to pick you up,” Mrs. Lin said. Her tone was actually very cold, but at this moment, Qiao Jierou could not tell. She was too touched to have someone speak to her so gently.
“Thank you. Thank you, Aunt, for coming to pick me up.”
Mrs. Lin didn’t say anything else.
Lin Heng remained silent.
“Brother Heng, can we not go home first?” Qiao Jierou begged.
Lin Heng glanced at Mrs. Lin, who said, “I came to pick you up to settle things properly.”
“Thank you, Aunt. Thank you, Brother Heng.”
Qiao Jierou’s heart was filled with grat.i.tude. It turned out that the Lin family was still fond of her. They still supported her.
Before she boarded the plane, she knew that the Qiao family was surrounded by people and they all had been waiting for her to return.
No, it should be said that these people stayed in the Qiao family’s residence after watching the live-stream.
When they found out what Qiao Jierou had done, they knew that JR’s share price would definitely plummet. The money they had used to buy the shares and invested might have been wasted. Therefore, from that moment on, they did not leave. Instead, they waited for Qiao Jierou to come back and settle this score!
The award ceremony was held at night, and the share market was not open then. During the day, when the share market opened, JR’s price fell several times.
Everyone’s heart turned cold. No one had the courage to keep looking at the data.
Qiao Jierou knew that as soon as she appeared, she would be torn apart by these people!
Fortunately, Mrs. Lin was still on her side. She even came to pick her up and help her.
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At this moment, Qiao Weiyang got into the car easily and said to Tao Huan, “Tell these reporters to contact Lu Mingjue if they sincerely want to interview me. In the future, if they come to surround the airport and cause inconvenience to other pa.s.sengers, we’ll refuse all interviews indefinitely.”
“Understood. I’ll get someone to inform them.” Tao Huan quickly recorded it down. “So where are we going now?”
Qiao Weiyang glanced at Su Zhuoqian. Su Zhuoqian always understood what she meant with just one look.
He nodded.
Qiao Weiyang said, “To the Qiao family’s residence.”
“Going to the Qiao family’s residence at this time? There must be a lot of reporters and paparazzi there.” Tao Huan couldn’t help but worry for Qiao Weiyang.
How could Qiao Weiyang not know that she would be surrounded again if she went now?
However, there were so many people chasing after the Qiao family to ask for compensation. Old Master Qiao and Qiao Dongliang would surely be implicated. How could they hold on?
“With Zhuoqian accompanying me, I’m not afraid.” Qiao Weiyang tilted her head and glanced at Su Zhuoqian. Her fingers were held by him, and the smile on her face became more and more relaxed and bright.
Qiao Jierou sat in the car and wanted to ask where Mrs. Lin would take her.
However, seeing that both mother and son looked very serious, she couldn’t ask directly.
She could only keep her mouth shut. Anyway, since Mrs. Lin was willing to pick her up, she would definitely not treat her badly.
Gradually, she realized that the scenery on both sides of the car was becoming more and more familiar.
“Aunt, what are we…” Qiao Jierou’s heart skipped a beat.
Why did this seem like the way to the Qiao family’s house?
She panicked. “Aunt, Aunt…”
The car was really heading toward the Qiao family’s house.
“Let me down! Aunt, you said you would protect me!”
Mrs. Lin turned around and said indifferently, “Jierou, JR’s share price has fallen to such a state. All the investments will come up empty-handed. The investors have almost lost everything. Now, everyone is waiting for you at the Qiao family’s house so that you can solve the problem. There’s no point in running away.”