After the betrothal gift negotiation collapsed, I turned around and married a wealthy man.

They drove two cars, Steele drove with his two daughters and Qin Yi, and Qin Ce drove with Qiao Xing and Joey.

In the car, Joey took Qiao Xing's hand and asked, "Xingxing, how long are you going to play this time?"

Qiao Xing thought for a moment. She only had twelve days of vacation. She had stayed in Paris for seven days before, so now she only had five days.

"Four days."

Joey frowned, obviously not happy, "You guys came all the way here and just had fun for four days?"

Qiao Xing nodded: "Because I have to go to work."

"Take leave, what kind of work do you want to do? It doesn't cost much to work for a day."

Qiao Xing laughed twice, not knowing how to answer, so he simply blamed Qin Ce, "Let's see what he arranges."

Joey glanced at Qin Ce, "Ce Ce."

Qin Ce said: "Let's take a look at the situation first. She may not be used to living here."

Joey glared at him pretending to be angry.

In Steele's car, Qin Yi was sitting in the passenger seat. The two girls behind were muttering something, but he couldn't understand it.

But Steele did not embarrass him and introduced him to Provence along the way, what was fun and what was delicious.

There was no grudge against him at all because he was the son of his wife's ex-husband, and he acted very enthusiastically, just like an old friend reunited after a long separation.

Qin Yi was still a little restrained at first, but with Steele's activity, his expression gradually relaxed.

Their family lived in Niyi. After arriving, Qiao Xing looked at the independent villas and finally felt the romance and tranquility of France.

The scenery and air are both good, but there are not many people.

"We're here." Qin Ce parked the car at the door. He opened the door and got out of the car to carry his luggage.

Steele wanted to get the specialties from the trunk again, but Qin Yi didn't let him take it and ran over to take out the luggage.

Joey said: "Our family is very casual, so don't be formal, just be casual and don't be polite to us. Of course, we won't be polite to you either."

Qiao Xing nodded, "I understand, Auntie."

Steele waved to them, indicating to hurry into the house, "Come kids! We're home!"

Joey took Qiao Xing's arm and said, "Let's go in first."

Qin Ce and Qin Yi moved several large boxes in. Joey looked at their many boxes and thought they would live there for several months.

In the end, we only stayed for a few days.

When Steele entered, he couldn't wait to ask for advice on unboxing. It was obvious that he really wanted to see the special products.

He squatted on the ground, unzipped the zipper, and opened the box. All kinds of complex and intertwined breaths hit his face.

"I buy it..."

He was so frightened that he almost jumped up, took a few steps back, pointed at the box, and said tremblingly: "Biological and chemical weapons?"

Joey laughed at his reaction.

"Don't you like our country's specialties very much? Hahaha..."

Steele was obviously not the kind of person to pretend, so he didn't bite the bullet and praise him. He looked at the suitcase with an expression of disbelief.

"God, this smell is so weird."

"Although this thing is strange, it tastes great."

"Oh? Really?"

Joey picked up a package of bacon and said, "Of course, you must have eaten this before, right?"

Steele studied for a long time and seemed to remember that he had eaten it before. He suddenly smiled and said, "Yes, remembering it, shall we have specialties for lunch?"

"sure."

Qiao Xing was extremely nervous just now, but seeing the reactions of these two people, she relaxed a little.

I thought this Steele didn't like this.

At noon, Joey took out those specialties and made them. They were so fragrant that the fragrance even covered up the smell of perfume.

The whole villa was filled with the smell of bacon.

After Xue Ling came back, she became silent a lot and barely spoke.

Xue Ya, on the other hand, was more interested in the little things Qiao Xing brought, holding a bunch of things and studying them on the sofa.

The three men were also chatting in the yard, not knowing what to say.

Qiao Xing had nothing to do and ran to the kitchen to help Joey cook.

When these things were served on the table, Steele couldn't help but exclaimed.

Qiao Xing originally wanted to bring out the chopsticks, but it turned out that Joey had chopsticks at home, so the chopsticks Qiao Xing bought have not been used yet.

After dinner, Joey took her and Qin Yi for a walk outside and introduced the surrounding environment to Qiao Xing. There was nothing interesting here, and it was late in the afternoon. If you drove there to play, you would be back very late.

So Joey told Qiao Xing to go to bed early that night and take her to Avignon the next day.

But as soon as Qiao Xing lay down on the bed, Qin Ce answered the phone.

The old man is hospitalized.

After learning the news, Qiao Xing had no intention of playing anymore. She pulled Qin Ce and asked what to do.

Qin Ce looked at the time and said, "It's too late now. Let's take the flight back tomorrow morning."

"Did you say why you were hospitalized?"

"He ran to the square to celebrate the New Year and fell ill due to the cold wind." Qin Ce frowned and sounded a little unkind.

"what……"

Qiao Xing never dreamed that this was the reason. Although colds and fevers were very common diseases, at the old man's age, getting sick was really no joke.

"Is that serious?"

"I don't know. I'll find out when I get back tomorrow. Don't worry."

Qiao Xing nodded, but she couldn't sleep.

Similarly, Qin Ce couldn't sleep either.

He was not sure whether the old man went to New Year's Eve out of anger or because he was instigated by Shi Yi, but no matter what, it was indirectly related to his going abroad.

Before dawn the next day, the three of them packed up and prepared to go back.

Although Joey wanted to keep them for a few more days, there was nothing they could do about the old man's illness, so they had no choice but to go back.

The family sent Qiao Xing and the three of them to the airport. After saying goodbye reluctantly, Qiao Xing finally got on the plane back home.

It was around ten o'clock in the morning when we arrived in Yucheng.

They didn't even put their luggage away and went to the hospital right after leaving the airport.

The Chinese New Year had just ended the day before yesterday, and the hospital was extremely deserted at this time, with almost no one in sight.

Arriving at the old man's ward, Qin Ce opened the door and saw the old man sitting on the bedside, with Shi Yi beside him bringing him water and medicine.

Hearing the noise, the old man raised his head and looked towards the door.

The three of them were standing at the door, but the one accompanying them inside was an outsider. This scene seemed a bit ironic.

Qiao Xing walked in first, came to the hospital bed, and asked worriedly: "Grandpa, are you okay?"

"What's going on? A little cold won't kill you. Aren't you abroad? What are you doing here?" The old man's voice was quite normal, and Qiao Xing was relieved when he saw this.

"Didn't we hear that you were hospitalized, so we were worried about you coming back?" Qiao Xing stood beside him, feeling a little guilty for a moment.

She ran out to play, but left the old man at home and made him fall ill.

A doctor came outside the ward. Seeing so many people, he asked, "Which of you is a family member?"

Qin Yi said: "We all are."

"Come out first and don't disturb the patient's rest." The doctor obviously had something to say.