Top Student at Their Peak

Chapter 170: Choosing a Beast or Worse than a Beast (This chapter contains a high 'possible' amount, please subscribe carefully!)_5



"Hmm, Aunt Qiao, I understand." Keke squeezed her fist and said excitedly.

"That's right, you need to think like this: if two people want to be together, the most important thing is their feelings for each other. It's not about whether they match perfectly or not. Besides, if you had to match, what would that even mean?

Family background, wealth, or intelligence? Do you think Qiao Yu cares about these things? What he cares about are just a few people around him.

Just think about it, if Qiao Yu were really to meet a strong woman as comparably strong as him, and both were calculating against each other all the time, what kind of life would that be?

Would making life like that couple in 'House of Cards' really be considered happy? Sigh…"

Qiao Xi said offhandedly.

Keke nodded in a daze. She hadn't watched 'House of Cards' and didn't know what the life of that couple was like.

But hearing Qiao Xi say this, she felt it made a lot of sense, and her prior gloominess vanished.

"I get it. So, Aunt Qiao, when it's just us two, can I call you Mommy?"

Keke tilted her head and asked.

"Of course."

Qiao Xi smiled, then reached out, pinching the girl's collagen-filled face. She couldn't help but admit that youth was great, the skin felt smooth and tender...

Just then, there was a noise outside the door, followed by a knock.

"Keke, I know you're in there, stop trying to hide and come open the door! Honestly, locking the door just to surprise me, was that really necessary? Didn't you think I'd guess?

Qiao Xi winked at Keke, who got up and went into the room, while Qiao Xi lazily went to open the door.

"Where's Keke?"

Qiao Yu walked in, glanced at Qiao Xi, and as he was changing shoes, he babbled, "Didn't I tell you not to play such childish games? Are you going to pretend you were busy today, so you locked the door?"

"I never said she wasn't here. Keke has already come, but she went out again, she'll probably be back by dinner time."

Qiao Xi said smoothly.

Well, it was slightly off, but Qiao Yu didn't notice because Qiao Xi turned around and walked towards the sofa by herself.

"Oh? Where'd she go? You let her go alone?" Qiao Yu asked, half-believing it.

"Why should I accompany her when she's out buying your birthday gift? Should I go to pay for her?" Qiao Xi sat on the sofa, giving Qiao Yu a glance.

"Oh, when you said surprise, I figured you'd tricked Keke into coming to Beijing!"

Qiao Yu said casually—it was indeed very likely. Not replying to WeChat could be because she's at a noisy mall where hearing the notifications is hard.

Qiao Xi nonchalantly asked, "Surprised or not?"

"How to say? I haven't seen Keke for a long time. Sometimes I really do miss her. Plus, high school is so unkind, not allowing phones during weekdays, making it hard to contact her."

Qiao Yu replied casually, sitting down on the sofa. Seeing the TV program was dull, he wanted to get the remote to change the channel, but Qiao Xi grabbed it first.

"Stop causing trouble, I'm watching it. If you find waiting boring, go to my room and find a book to read."

Qiao Xi glared at Qiao Yu, raising her voice.

"Watching so many boring dramas will just make you dumber! No wonder your final exam scores were bad!"

Qiao Yu complained, but still stood up.

Rather than let a stupid drama pollute his brain, Qiao Yu found it more delightful to pollute it with knowledge.

Choose the lesser of two evils.

Arriving at Qiao Xi's room door, as he pushed it open as usual, suddenly a little girl in a white sweater jumped in front of him, holding a party popper!

"Bang!"

"Surprise! Haha!"

The colorful paper fluttered down, covering Qiao Yu. But what annoyed him was not this, but the fact that even though he had guessed it, he had still been tricked by Qiao Xi...

Qiao Yu hadn't suspected Keke; he knew the girl he raised didn't have such a clever mind.

"I told you not to be so childish..." Qiao Yu complained in exasperation, though he wasn't in a bad mood.

Besides, not seeing each other for over half a year, Keke seemed to have grown more mature-looking, and her gender traits were more pronounced...

Overall, she looked prettier.

Qiao Yu didn't consider himself a shallow person. Instead of a face doomed to age, he appreciated an interesting soul more.

Yet Qiao Yu thought before appreciating an interesting soul, there must first be a pretty face that would pique his curiosity.

Hmm, that shouldn't be contradictory.

"Brother Qiao Yu, first tell me, were you surprised?" Keke asked gleefully.

"You don't say, you don't really say... I'm totally surprised! But can you first tell me how you came to Beijing?"

Qiao Yu answered while brushing the confetti from his hair to the floor.

"Because this year my parents have to work during the holidays again. Aunt Qiao invited me to spend the New Year in Beijing, and my mom happened to be on the train from Star City to Beijing, so she brought me along.

My mom said I can stay in Beijing until the sixth. I'll travel back with her train then. Sigh, mainly because school resumes extra classes on the eighth, otherwise I could have stayed longer."

Keke explained happily. Clearly, she was very satisfied with spending the Spring Festival in Beijing.

"Oh? Aunt Liu is on the high-speed train now?" Qiao Yu asked.

"Yes, after training in the summer, she boarded the high-speed train, my dad too. There are fewer and fewer green trains now."


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