Chapter 71: Negotiation

Qiao's mother made so much noise that many students came out to watch, and several of Bai Yu's close students rushed out of the classroom, and even the class teacher and teachers in the adjacent office rushed out.

Several teachers rushed forward to protect Qiao Lan and quickly alerted the security guards who rushed over and prepared to pull the noisy Qiao's mother away.

Qiao's mother pointed at Qiao Lan while tearing her apart, cursing her for being heartless and heartless, saying that if her parents hadn't given her such a beautiful face and such a smart brain, she would have been able to live today.

The security guard tried hard to pull Qiao's mother away, but she was accidentally scratched several times by Qiao's mother.

Qiao Lan stands quietly watching the direction of Qiao's mother, motionless as the students around her talk.

When Qiao's mother finally left, the class teacher and the others turned around to see Qiao Lan, who was being held tightly in Tan Mo's arms.

"Although he had already turned a blind eye to Qiao Lan and Tan Mo's little love affair, he still felt he had to take care of it in front of so many students.

"That, Qiao Lan," the class teacher coughed again, "come to the office later."

Qiao Lan is now aware that she is being held in Tan Mo's arms. The arrival of Qiao's mother makes her feel tired, while the comfort of her back makes her feel at ease.

Only unfortunately she couldn't, and the circumstances around her now didn't allow it.

Qiao Lan is not the real Qiao Lan in the book, not the real daughter of the Qiao Family, but Qiao's mother's behaviour today still made her angry to the point of an emotional outburst.

What qualifies such a person to be a parent?

No, they were indeed parents who were devoted to their children and would do anything for Qiao Yuan, except that their daughters, other than Qiao Yuan, were not considered their own children in their hearts.

A kidney transplant, such a ridiculous thing, and Qiao's mother can say it in a serious way.

Qiao Lan followed the class teacher to the office, leaving behind a crowd of murmuring students and Tan Mo, whose eyes were fixed on her.

When Qiao Lan came out of the class teacher's office, several teachers in the office were so angry with Qiao's mother that their lungs hurt. The class teacher was so angry that he remembered that Qiao's mother had left a phone number for Qiao Lan through him last time, so he called Qiao's mother to do some thinking.

The class teacher hung up the phone and scolded Qiao Lan for being such a good kid and having such fucked up parents.

The students didn't know what was going on, but after a couple of days, almost everyone who knew anything about the gossip heard that Qiao's mother had managed to infiltrate the school to find Qiao Lan, and as Qiao's mother said, if she couldn't make things difficult for herself, she would definitely make things difficult for Qiao Lan as well.

Qiao's mother is a madman when she meets Qiao Yuan, and because of Qiao Lan's rejection, she becomes more and more aggressive in her unilateral paranoia that Qiao Lan must be a good match for Qiao Yuan.

Qiao's mother was able to get into the school twice, but when she couldn't get in, she got Qiao Lan's phone number and the phone number of another close friend in Qiao Lan's dormitory, and called and texted her every day.

Qiao Lan's own harassment is not a problem, but the fact that she is disturbing other people because of her own business is something that Qiao Lan cannot stand. Qiao's mother is interfering with her studies.

At first, people didn't know what was going on and some students who were unfriendly to Qiao Lan even listened to Qiao's mother, thinking that Qiao Lan was ungrateful and unkind and that she was not a good person. After Qiao's mother had made more of a fuss, people finally found out what had happened and no one ever said anything against Qiao Lan again.

It is incomprehensible that Bikeng would give up his kidney for his own brother, and many people wonder how Qiao Lan has such parents.

For example, everyone in Qiao Lan's dormitory knew that Qiao Lan's family had not given her a penny for two years and that Qiao Lan had earned all her tuition money on her own.

Hao Ying remembers the reason Qiao Lan gave when he rejected her, he said she didn't have the time or the effort to fall in love with it, that she didn't live as easily as he thought.

She really did have a much harder life than he could have imagined, and Chen Yaoyang, who knew about it, was silent for a long time.

Some of her classmates who were close to Qiao Lan started to give her advice, some told her to leave it alone, some said to call the police, and some said to go to the hospital and try, maybe it didn't fit at all.

But it was immediately countered by others going.

If it doesn't fit then naturally all is well, but what if it does?

Wouldn't that be pushing Qiao Lan straight into the fire?

Qiao's mother is Qiao Lan's relative, the police won't care about these things; and don't pay any attention to Qiao's mother. Qiao Lan's study efficiency will definitely be affected.

It is the unbroken relationship between Qiao Lan and Qiao's mother that makes the matter even more difficult.

One day when Chen Yaoyang and Qiao Lan were passing each other, Chen Yaoyang suddenly called out to Qiao Lan, who stopped in her tracks and Chen Yaoyang looked at her for a long time before saying, "If you need help or money, you can call me."

Qiao Lan is slightly taken aback.

Because of Chen Yaoyang's harsh attitude towards Qiao Lan at the beginning, Qiao Lan had always had a bad impression of Chen Yaoyang and the two of them did not have any encounter afterwards.

Qiao Lan thanked Chen Yaoyang sincerely, but said no.

Later, Hao Ying also approached her and said she could lend her money.

"Isn't your mother short of money for the operation, I can lend you, it's not much, but it's better than nothing"

His parents were afraid that he would not spend too much money, so there was nothing Hao Ying could do.

Qiao Lan still thanked Hao Ying and said no.

She knew it was a kind gesture from everyone, but she didn't like to owe other people favours didn't like to bother them, and she didn't like everyone to help her in a pitying manner, she hadn't gone to the end of her rope.

Qiao Lan tried to get up and listen, but it was still a bit difficult, she was really tired.

She buries her head in her arms, her mind full of Qiao's mother.

Qiao Lan thinks far more than anyone else.

Aside from the most pressing issue of a kidney transplant, Qiao Lan is also thinking of how to truly sever her ties with the Qiao Family or find a way to deny them custody and support of her. Even if this is done, there is no guarantee that the Qiao Family will continue to do anything else in the future.

If it was not possible she could go to court, although it would be very delayed and interfere with her studies, but now that it was, how bad could it be at worst.

Tan Mo turned his head to look at Qiao Lan, thought about it and took a lollipop out of his school bag and handed it to Qiao Lan.

Qiao Lan took the candy and tore the paper away, the sweet taste filled her taste buds.

Qiao Lan exhaled, her head still resting on her arm, her face turned towards Tan Mo to look at Tan Mo.

"MoMo", Qiao Lan called Dr Tan Mo.

"Well," Tan Mo looked at her seriously.

"I'm so tired," says Qiao Lan.

She didn't want to show weakness in front of outsiders, but Tan Mo wasn't an outsider to her.

Tan Mo was her most important person, her closest friend, her closest family member, and the one she, in her heart, carefully liked.

In her past life and in this one, Qiao Lan has always been alone, without parents or dependents, never relying on others.

But it is here that she meets Tan Mo, the boy she once protected and depended on, now grown up and taller, who has slowly changed over time, and Qiao Lan realises, with the benefit of hindsight, just how much she depended on Tan Mo.

Qiao Lan remembers the time a few days ago when Tan Mo took her in his arms, when she felt nothing behind her, when a step back would have plunged her into darkness, but that was when Tan Mo appeared behind her.

She took a step back, and instead of darkness behind her, it was a warm chest.

She didn't want to show weakness to everyone else, but she wanted to do so in front of Tan Mo, a boy who was clearly several years younger than her and who was now the only one she could hold on to.

She wanted to hug him as she had last time, or to let him touch her, and Qiao Lan knew that she was thinking about it again, but she couldn't help it.

When one is vulnerable, one needs warmth and support so much.

Qiao Lan looked straight at Tan Mo and was about to say something when Tan Mo suddenly held out his hand.

Warm hands move up from Qiao Lan's eyes and end up in Qiao Lan's hair.

Tan Mo gently stroked Qiao Lan's hair, softly and carefully.

"Close your eyes and rest when you're tired," Tan Mo said, "it's okay."

It's okay.

If you are tired, close your eyes and rest.

Everything is there for me.

The young man looked at the girl's face with warmth, with pity, with a deep-to-the-bone fondness that everyone could see at a glance, but when he left the school, all of that disappeared and those eyes were left with only gloom.

Uncle Chan drove ahead with Tan Mo saying, "It's been contacted."

Tan Mo hmmmed and looked down at the time, 5.48pm, forty-two minutes before the appointed time.

After an unhurried meal, Tan Mo arrived late at the appointed place after the appointed 6.30 pm.

A fine restaurant that Qiao's father Qiao's mother has never been to in her life.

The great thing about this place is that it is quiet and confidential.

Qiao's father Qiao's mother looked around at the exquisite and ornate d��cor, and at the amazingly priced dishes on the menu, and didn't dare to move.

Six-thirty passed, long after the appointed time, and it was not until nearly seven that two people finally came in from outside.

A very good-looking teenager about the same age as Qiao Lan and a middle-aged man following the teenager.

Qiao's father Qiao's mother hurriedly stood up full of flattery and said, "I didn't expect our contact to be so young and handsome."

Tan Mo looked at Qiao's father Qiao's mother with a smile, Qiao's father Qiao's mother couldn't flatter her anymore, Qiao's father gave a wink to Qiao's mother, Qiao's mother said impatiently but cautiously. "You said you could help us find a kidney match for Qiao Yuan, and you also helped us pay for it, you're not kidding, right?"

Tan Mo raised his eyes, "Joking you guys won't come?"

"That's certainly no joke!"

Qiao's mother hastened to add, "I told you that Qiao Yuan's good fortune had a silver lining, there are so many good people in this world.

"Don't be too quick to thank me yet", Tan Mo said lightly, "I can help you, but on one condition."

"What are the conditions?"

Tan Mo raised his eyes and looked at the couple who could not hide their urgency.

Tan Mo's heart aches at the thought of Qiao Lan's helpless and exhausted face, as they go to such lengths for their son.

"Give up custody and support of Qiao Lan and separate from Qiao Lan," Tan Mo said, "and sever all ties with Qiao Lan, if that is possible."

Before the words were out of his mouth Qiao's father was already quick to say, "I can do it!"

What can't be done about it!

"Don't worry," Tan Mo looked down and took a slow sip of water before continuing, "from now on, no one in your family is allowed to see her, no one is allowed to seek her out, and disappear from her sight, if you can do that, then we'll all be fine, if not. "

The young man's light brown eyes narrowed as he said, in one word

"If you can't do that, I'll have the kidney that was fitted to your son re-excavated, and how you fit it into your son's body will be how you get it out then", the teenager looked at the couple who had turned pale with shock, and said leisurely, "I've finished, now, you can think about it. "