Miles in the Depths of Affection Chapter 10

Julian Qiao's birthday is in the summer. The summer when he graduated from high school was also his eighteenth birthday.

Eighteen years old is an important threshold. From this day on, he is a person with full civil capacity under the law.

But from a relationship perspective, a birthday is just a birthday. He hopes that this year will be the same as in the past, and he and Ethan Qiao can just spend the day happily together.

Ethan Qiao had another plan. How could his beloved son's coming-of-age ceremony not be grand? The more grand, the better. So he booked a banquet hall in a five-star hotel, not only did all the gang members come, but he also invited many bigwigs from other gangs.

How could I not go and congratulate Mr. Qiao's son on his coming-of-age ceremony? The bigwigs brought rich gifts and congratulated Julian Qiao on his coming of age one by one like envoys. Ethan Qiao accompanied him with a smile, showing off his son's college entrance examination results from time to time, and received hypocritical compliments such as "Your son is really talented and intelligent."

Julian Qiao was expressionless the whole time. He hated this kind of social occasions. It was fine to deal with ordinary people, but this group of people were all gang leaders. It was simply a gang meeting. If the police were interested, they could catch them all on the spot.

He felt like a puppet, being controlled by Ethan Qiao to withdraw cash, with no freedom at all.

The most terrifying thing is that Ethan Qiao didn’t think there was anything wrong with this. On the contrary, he thought it would be of great benefit to Julian Qiao.

"Even an ugly daughter-in-law has to meet her parents-in-law, and sooner or later a stupid son will be dragged out to be seen by everyone. Letting everyone get familiar with your face and know that you are my son will definitely do you no harm."

Julian Qiao sighed in despair. Even if he talked until his tongue was broken and his lips were worn out, he couldn't change Ethan Qiao's mind.

Talking to parents about this kind of thing never makes sense.

Julian Qiao loved Ethan Qiao very much - the kind of love a son has for his father - but at this moment he couldn't help but feel resentful.

They hate his identity, his power, and the fact that he is a gangster. No matter how much they respect and love each other, they can never be people from the same world.

Julian Qiao has never been more aware of the insurmountable line between himself and his father than he is now.

Fortunately, from today on, he is an adult and has the power to be independent. He has always kept in mind the advice of "life mentor" Miles He on independence. He is no longer the child who seeks shelter under his father's wings.

He can live the life he wants.

That night, he wrote in his diary, The Holy Rosicrucian Contract:

"The holy light warrior from the other world of blue finally evolved into a complete form and is about to go to the academy of the other world to practice. In the end, he will learn the lost secrets."

After finishing, he packed the diary into his suitcase.

This diary full of second-year ideas will accompany him to a strange city and start a new life.

The first thing that came to Julian Qiao's mind when he stepped into the university campus was: Ah! The air of freedom is so fragrant!

He never wanted to associate with a group of vicious gangsters in his life! If he wasn't carrying his luggage, he would have wanted to dance and sing: "The sky in the liberated area is sunny, and the people in the liberated area like it very much..."

When new students enter school, most of them are parents. Sometimes you can see a whole family pouring into the dormitory, just like a family outing. However, only Dylan Zheng accompanied Julian Qiao, because he insisted not to let his father come with him.

"What if others think we are the same? I am a patriotic and law-abiding person and I don't want to be in the same boat with you!"

Ethan Qiao smiled coldly: "Who do you think paid for your tuition?"

Julian Qiao was speechless for a moment, and then he gritted his teeth and shouted: "Just think of it as a student loan I borrowed from you. When I get a job, I will pay you back with interest!"

Seeing his tough attitude, Ethan Qiao didn't want to embarrass him. "Let Ayi go with you."

That was more like it. Compared to his father who was a gang leader, the little brother he grew up with was more to Julian Qiao's liking.

The senior students who came to welcome the new students were a little surprised to see the two of them. "Is it your brother who brought you here?"

"Yes, it's my brother." Julian Qiao took the opportunity to back off.

"Oh...your dorm is in the East District. Can I help you with your luggage?"

The senior student picked up Julian Qiao's box, said "ouch", and put it back on the ground: "It's so heavy." She smiled awkwardly and tried to pick it up again.

Dylan Zheng smiled at the senior student and took the box easily: "Let me do it. You girls are weak, how can you carry this?"

The senior student coughed dryly, lowered her head shyly, and kept glancing at Dylan Zheng out of the corner of her eyes, with two red clouds on her cheeks.

"Please... please come this way..." After saying that, he took the lead and led them towards the dormitory.

Dylan Zheng whispered, "Ming Shao, please don't call me your brother. I don't deserve it."

"Okay, if you teach me how to pick up girls, I won't call you 'brother' anymore."

"...no skills, natural."

"snort!"

After arranging the dormitory, Julian Qiao couldn't wait to send Dylan Zheng away.

"Ming Shao, can you do it alone?"

"I'm not a moron, of course I can do it! Okay, okay, I don't need you anymore, go away!"

He pushed Dylan Zheng out of the dormitory door like a guilty thief, and looked around in the corridor, as if he was afraid of being seen by others. Dylan Zheng had no choice but to obey, but he remembered the boss's instructions and promised Julian Qiao: "I am here to work for the boss, if you need anything, just come to me."

"Oh, I know. Are you annoying? Goodbye!"

Dylan Zheng was ordered to leave and went downstairs in a huff. As soon as he walked out of the dormitory building, he received a call from Ethan Qiao.

"Is Julian Qiao okay?"

Dylan Zheng looked back at the dormitory building and counted the balcony of Julian Qiao's dormitory. "Well, it went smoothly. Ming Shao has lived in a boarding school before, so he should have no problem taking care of himself. If he really can't get used to the dormitory, I will arrange another place for him to live."

"Then I'll leave it to you."

Dylan Zheng was shocked. The big boss had never spoken so politely to anyone before. Hearing him begging him so sincerely, Dylan Zheng was not only "flattered", but also "horrified".

"Boss, if you are so worried about Master Ming, why don't you come and see him in person? Although Master Ming doesn't want you to come with him, he won't know if you take a sneak peek."

"Look at your eight o'clock direction."

Dylan Zheng turned around.

Ethan Qiao stood under a sycamore tree. In order to cater to the atmosphere of the university campus, he did not wear the usual suit, but dressed casually, looking like an ordinary student parent. He held the phone in one hand and supported the sycamore tree with the other. Dylan Zheng was too far away from him to hear him, but his voice came clearly from the phone.

"I'll leave Julian Qiao in your care."

He repeated it again, then hung up the phone. Two bodyguards appeared from behind a tree, one on the left and one on the right, guarding him.

September was still a bit hot, and it was not yet leaf-falling time, so it was cool and pleasant under the shade of the trees. A gust of wind blew by, and the sycamore trees rustled.

The autumn sun is bright, but my heart is sad.