The Favored Heiress
Chapter 578: Xiao Yehui Went to Myanmar

Chapter 578: Chapter 578: Xiao Yehui Went to Myanmar

That afternoon, Li Qiao drove to Renhe Laboratory.

Having not returned for a long time, she parked the car at the roadside. Passing by the guard booth, she casually glanced in and realized that the security guards had been replaced.

They were no longer the muscular bodyguards from before, but an elderly man.

At the old man’s request, she completed a visitor’s registration.

After entering, she also noticed that the security desk in the lobby was gone.

It seemed that after she had left Renhe Laboratory, Shang Yu had removed all the bodyguards.

Li Qiao smiled and walked to the conference room, where upon pushing the door open, she saw Guan Mingchen sitting in the corner waiting for her.

"Miss Li."

Guan Mingchen stood up to greet her with a sincere smile, still dressed in his faded camouflage outfit.

Li Qiao pressed down on her wrist and gestured for him to sit.

After a moment, Guan Mingchen poured her a glass of water from the water dispenser, "Miss Li, Mingyu has classes in the afternoon so she couldn’t come, but she asked me to send her regards."

"Has she started at South Sea Medical University?" Li Qiao took the water glass and casually asked.

Guan Mingchen nodded eagerly, "Yes, she’s been enrolled for over a month now, studying the same major as you did."

Li Qiao was noncommittal, "How is her health?"

"Very good." On hearing this, Guan Mingchen pulled out his phone from his pocket, opened the photo album, and handed it over, "Miss Li, look, hasn’t she lost a lot of weight?"

Li Qiao glanced at the photos on the screen, her eyebrows lifting slightly, "Hmm, indeed."

The Mingyu in the photo had a much slimmer face, and even her facial features had become sharper and more defined, no longer as swollen as before.

Guan Mingchen scratched his head, "We have to thank Miss Li for that, you are like a second set of parents to us both."

Facing his praise, Li Qiao shook her head indifferently, "It has nothing to do with me, it’s the work of the project team."

Guan Mingchen was not good with words and didn’t know how to continue the conversation.

Li Qiao didn’t need any more compliments. She took a sip from her glass to moisten her throat, "I asked you to come today because I wanted to discuss the upcoming arrangements."

"You tell me, you tell me."

Li Qiao spoke succinctly, and finished speaking in just a few sentences.

Guan Mingchen was a bit confused after hearing her, but he grasped a key point: Miss Li had found him a job at a formal company.

"Miss Li, can I really do it?"

Guan Mingchen seemed hesitant, not out of distrust of Li Qiao, but because of his own feelings of inferiority and self-doubt.

He had not received a higher education, and aside from being good at mental arithmetic, he only knew how to carry bricks on construction sites.

Office buildings were filled with professionals from all fields; how could he, a bricklayer without even a diploma, compete?

At this point, Li Qiao responded with a question of her own, "Why not?"

Guan Mingchen met her gaze, pursed his lips, and said haltingly, "I’m afraid I’ll fail to meet your expectations."

"I have no expectations of you, so there’s no question of failing me. You just need to apply your abilities in the company. It’s your own job, just do your best."

Li Qiao’s casually spoken words instantly soothed the uneasiness in Guan Mingchen’s heart.

"Then, then I’ll listen to Miss Li. I’ll definitely work hard."

Seeing this, Li Qiao pulled out her phone and sent the location of Liye Building to Guan Mingchen, "You can go straight there to report in tomorrow, look for Xi Luo."

...

Since Li Qiao was preparing to return to the border area, she arranged to meet with Ah Chang before her departure.

It was three o’clock in the afternoon, at a coffee shop near the riverside highway.

Ah Chang was still dressed in a simple black jacket. Although his appearance was unremarkable, his piercing eyes were especially sharp.

He sat in front of Li Qiao, his hands resting on his knees, "Miss Qi, do you need me to accompany you back to the border?"

Li Qiao didn’t answer; instead, she fondled her coffee cup and squinted her eyes, "These past few years, have you seen the second brother at the border?"

Ah Chang frowned and answered without hesitation, "No, after you all left that year, no one returned except for Young Master Xiao Si."

The Young Master Xiao Si he mentioned was Su Moshi.

Having married Uncle Wu’s daughter, Su Moshi naturally visited Myanmar more often than the others.

He probably stopped by the border to check on things occasionally when he returned for family visits over the years.

Li Qiao rubbed her eyelids, her voice becoming much softer, "Get ready, you will return with me. Leave Ah Jie to look after things here in the South Sea."

Ah Chang’s eyes brightened, "Alright, when do we leave?"

"No later than next week. Arrange everything in the South Sea first, and I will notify you before we set off."

...

Li Qiao and Ah Chang parted ways at the coffee shop, and she let out a long sigh of relief once back in her car.

Exhausted!

Even after most of the day had passed, she still felt a strong soreness throughout her body.

As the clock hands pointed to four in the afternoon, Li Qiao reclined her seat back, draped her arm over her forehead, and lay there for a while. In her groggy state, she heard her phone vibrate.

Li Qiao smoothed her brow and squinted as she picked up her phone, her voice hoarse, "Brother Xiao?"

"Are you sleeping?" Bo Tingxiao’s warm voice caressed her ear like a spring breeze.

Li Qiao raised her seat back up and rolled down the window to let in some air, "No, what’s up?"

Bo Tingxiao fell silent for a moment, "I’ve rechecked the border’s line chart following the clues you provided. While not much, it’s almost certain that it was modified at the behest of the Military Department’s top commander. Also, there’s another thing..."

Perhaps it was difficult to voice, so he paused for an instant.

Li Qiao did not rush him, waiting patiently for him to continue.

A few seconds later, Bo Tingxiao’s tone dropped a few notches, "Xiao Yehui arrived in Myanmar this morning."

Li Qiao’s eyebrows lifted slightly, the corners of her lips curling into an almost imperceptible smile, "I see."

Bo Tingxiao, hearing her nonchalant response, narrowed his eyes slightly, "Aside from your and my relationship, he shouldn’t know about your situation in the Myanmar Cabinet Office. Maybe..."

To be exact, aside from Su Moshi who dated Prince Wu Lv’s daughter, the other Seven Sons did not know about Li Qiao’s specific identity in Myanmar.

If it weren’t for Prince Wu Lv’s daughter following Li Qiao to the border for fun, thereby meeting Su Lao Si, he wouldn’t have become a son-in-law of Myanmar.

"He knows," Li Qiao rested her arm on the car window, watching the hustle and bustle of the street, "I used the identity of Tan Sri when I went British Imperial."

At that time, she was solely focused on finding Shang Yu and did not know that Xiao Yehui was Duke Charlman.

British Imperial was his territory; a check of the customs and immigration records would reveal everything.

At this moment, Bo Tingxiao’s fingertips tightened on the phone, "Then his coming to Myanmar this time..."

"It’s not important," Li Qiao stated calmly, not showing a trace of worry.

Whatever Xiao Yehui was planning, it wasn’t important.

Even if he had the power to remove her Tan Sri title in Myanmar, it would make no difference.

Tan Sri was never her reliance in Myanmar.

After ending the call, Li Qiao massaged her forehead, her clear deer-like eyes undisturbed.

Since Xiao Yehui stopped concealing his identity, his actions had become more ’open and legitimate’ than before.