Chapter 2022: Change Surname

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Some time ago, Xiang Chen had made a few phone calls to her. He had already graduated from university and was now anxious to start his business. Previously, Qiao Mei had promised him that as long as he went back to finish his studies obediently, she would help him start a business after he graduated. It was time for her to fulfill her promise.

“This is my relative’s phone number. Just look for him when you get there,” Qiao Mei said as she wrote down Xiang Chen’s number on a piece of paper.

Qiao Mei gave Wu Duo 100,000 dollars. This money was meant to be the initial capital for his business with Xiang Chen. As for the exact business they were going to do, they had not decided yet. Qiao Mei asked them to choose the location of their place of business first. Once that was almost done, she would go over to help them plan the rest.

If she wanted to expand her own business in the future, she needed to have affiliated companies all over the country as well as sufficient manpower. She had never lacked rank and file workers, but what she lacked were people who had business acumen and would remain loyal to her.

Most people would change after they got rich. Whether a person had a predatory nature could only be discovered at the end of it all. In the beginning, it would not be obvious to others.

Although Xiang Chen was her business partner, he was still her relative after all. It was always very difficult to manage money issues between relatives. If she gave him too little, it would hurt the harmony between them. If she gave him too much, she would suffer a loss herself. It would be much better to draw a clear line right at the beginning. This was also the reason why she had asked Lu Huai and Deng Fan to register new companies for each business.

Qiao Mei drove all of them to the most luxurious hotel in the capital for a nice meal. The knot in Wu Duo’s heart was already loosened and he felt as if he had been reborn. He also felt much more energetic.

After eating and drinking his fill, Wu Duo packed his things the next day and bade farewell to his parents. He set off to the south to look for Xiang Chen. He could not wait to give Xie Jing and Cui Hua a fatal blow!

Qiao Mei returned to school to settle her graduation procedure. All the teachers in the agriculture faculty advised Qiao Mei to stay on and continue with her studies before ultimately joining the laboratory to contribute to the country’s scientific research.

However, Qiao Mei did not want to be tied down in a small laboratory. Besides, her understanding and knowledge of seeds was obtained through her special energy. There would be trouble if this was discovered.

Qiao Mei rejected the idea by using the excuse that she wanted to start a biological research company in the future. In less than two hours, Qiao Mei successfully completed the graduation procedure.

Tonight, Qiao Mei wanted to have a nice celebration with her family at home. Her four younger siblings were also home for the holidays. It was rare for her entire family to be able to gather together.

Qiao Mei had not seen them for a long time. In the blink of an eye, the children were about to become adults. After Qiao Mei left, Li Gui changed the children’s surnames to Qiao. The children had agreed readily to this change.

“Elder Sister! I miss you so much!” Qiao Miao rushed into Qiao Mei’s arms excitedly and said sweetly.

Qiao Mei picked up Qiao Miao dotingly and said, “Our Miao Miao has grown up. Elder Sister can barely carry Miao Miao anymore!”

In the past, Li Gui had always reminded them not to get too close to Qiao Mei. For a long period of time, Qiao Mei was either pregnant or in confinement and was quite weak. Children were mischievous by nature and Li Gui was worried that they would hurt Qiao Mei accidentally.

Now that Qiao Mei was in good health, the few of them rushed forward and surrounded her. Qiao Qin and Qiao Miao hugged Qiao Mei tightly, but Qiao Wei and Qiao Chao stood at the side and were too embarrassed to go forward and hug Qiao Mei. The two of them had grown a lot taller and Qiao Wei was even taller than Qiao Mei now.

“Don’t the two of you miss me?” Qiao Mei asked with a smile.

“Yes, of course we miss Elder Sister,” Qiao Wei said embarrassedly.

“How are you doing in school? Are you confident of getting into university?” Qiao Mei asked.

The four of them looked at Qiao Mei smugly. Qiao Miao replied on behalf of all of them, “How can we embarrass Elder Sister? Each one of us is the top student in our schools! It’s been like this for a few years now! No one has ever defeated us!”

“That’s right, Elder Sister. You were so famous in the capital back then. As your younger siblings, how can we have bad results?” Qiao Chao said.

Qiao Mei had become famous overnight that year and many students saw her as their idol. There were even people who prayed to Qiao Mei’s photo before the examination, hoping that Qiao Mei would bless them to do well..