I Just Happened To Fall For You

The man remained expressionless, his stoic demeanor revealing no hint of emotions.

After a pause, he finally spoke in a low voice: "If you ever sully our reputation again, no one will be able to save you."

With those words, he turned abruptly and vanished into the night.

Leaving Xu Qiaoqiao standing alone, bewildered in the wind.

Was all this fuss really because of a kiss? How did that relate to sullying a reputation?

But did his words mean, the matter at hand is settled?

She let out a sigh of relief.

——

Xu Qiaoqiao was restless.

After all, a lot had happened that day. Her mind was messy, and the unfamiliar surroundings of the Xu Family's guest room made her feel uneasy.

She lay on the bed, lost in her thoughts, most of them were about the times when she had met her mother as a child.

There was a certain bond, an unbreakable mother-daughter connection that neither time could fade nor distance could sever.

Her mother, the woman who gave her life, was the only kin in the world, who wished nothing but the best for her.

So, now that she had found her, she was determined to take good care of her...

"You're my rose, you're my flower..."

Early in the morning, the sharp ringing of her phone echoed in the room.

Xu Qiaoqiao, her head buried under the blanket, pulled the phone into her blanket and answered weakly: "Hello..."

The voice of the orphanage director came from the other side: "Qiaoqiao, Sweet is being adopted today. Are you coming to say goodbye?"

The blanket was abruptly thrown off, Xu Qiaoqiao sat up with a start, her sleepiness instantly vanished.

Sweet was her friend in the orphanage, though only twelve, Sweet and her had bonded well.

Now, once Sweet left, they would probably never see each other again in this lifetime.

With this thought in mind, Xu Qiaoqiao replied firmly: "I'm on my way."

She quickly freshened up, hailed a taxi, and headed straight to the orphanage.

Barely had she entered the orphanage when she heard a familiar voice: "Xu Qiaoqiao, what are you doing here?"

Turning around, she saw a frail girl in a beige dress walking towards her.

Xu Qiaoqiao squinted her eyes, the look in her eyes gradually turning cold.

This girl was Liang Mengxian, her friend from the orphanage, where they had grown up together.

Once close as sisters, but now...

Xu Qiaoqiao laughed coldly, chiding herself for being blinded!

She shifted her gaze away and moved to walk around her.

Liang Mengxian grabbed her arm, "That night, you had no shame and shamed us all at the orphanage! How dare you show your face here?"

Thinking back to that night eight months ago...

Xu Qiaoqiao's gaze sharpened. "Liang Mengxian, you know damn well what happened that night eight months ago. There's just the two of us here, quit playing innocent!"

Liang Mengxian kept her eyes down, not looking at her, but her lips curved into a strange smirk. "And what if you know? Have you any proof to accuse me of anything? Ha! At the orphanage, no one welcomes you anymore!"

She lifted her head, and said cuttingly, "Because, everybody knows, anyone who gets close to you, won't end well."

Xu Qiaoqiao clenched her fists.

Liang Mengxian chuckled coldly, turned her head and saw a group of children not far away, watching them.

She waved at them, "Here comes Sister Chuchu, come and say hello."

At her words, the children's eyes widened in fear, they turned and ran, shouting, "No! We don't want to play with her!!"