Chapter 342 - 342 342 Qin Yize Comes to Pick Her Up (2)

Chapter 342: Chapter 342 Qin Yize Comes to Pick Her Up (2) Chapter 342: Chapter 342 Qin Yize Comes to Pick Her Up (2) “So, this can also be arranged,” Gu Qiaoqiao remarked, even though she found Qin Yize to be always quite mysterious, her curiosity wasn’t that great.

“Mmm, actually, Elder Shen wants me to take over his position,” Qin Yize said succinctly.

Gu Qiaoqiao was stunned for a moment and asked in surprise, “You don’t want to?”

If he took over Elder Shen’s position, Qin Yize’s future would surely be boundless.

Yet, he hadn’t in his past life either.

Gu Qiaoqiao tilted her head to look, Qin Yize seemed very happy today.

His usually stern eyes seemed especially gentle today.

She didn’t know what he was so happy about.

Gu Qiaoqiao pointed ahead, “The light’s green…”

Qin Yize turned his head and started the car, continuing to drive forward.

Gu Qiaoqiao calmed her inexplicable emotions and turned her head to look out the window. Both sides of the street they were passing were lined with pagoda trees, which now provided shade from the scorching sun overhead for the pedestrians.

Still, speckled sunlight filtered through the gaps in the leaves.

From inside the moving car, it seemed to dance like sprites.

Gu Qiaoqiao had been in Gu Garden for so long, but this was the first time she went to the foot of the Great Pagoda Tree in Gu Garden.

In the north, it’s common for people to plant trees in their courtyards.

However, more often it’s crabapple trees.

And in Stone Town, people prefer to plant sand fruit trees and cherry trees in their yards.

When she returned there, there were still many cherries fruiting on the trees.

Especially at her grandmother’s house, nearly all of them ended up in Qiaoqiao’s stomach.

Gu Garden has a greenhouse, with many crabapple trees and cherry trees.

Gu Garden has largely maintained its appearance from a hundred years ago.

So, those trees are all very vigorous.

But it seems Gu Garden has only one pagoda tree.

Located in the northwest corner of the Gu Garden Main Courtyard.

Judging by its appearance, the tree must be more than a hundred years old.

Gu Qiaoqiao remembers reading somewhere that pagoda trees are considered yin, which is why some call them ‘ghost trees’.

Maybe that’s because the character for ‘pagoda tree’ includes the character for ‘ghost’ next to ‘wood’.

But her grandfather had told her that the pagoda tree is also known as the national scholar tree, and it’s even mentioned in the ‘Classic of Mountains and Seas’.

It’s a very ancient tree species.

In the eyes of the ancients, it symbolized wealth and high status and carried cultural connotations of nobility, solemnity, loyalty, and benevolence.

Therefore, in ancient and modern times in the north, wealthy and prestigious families liked to plant pagoda trees in their courtyards.

Not as scary as some tales suggest.

It’s all misinformation.

At the time, Gu Qiaoqiao didn’t quite understand, but now she realized that there was such a Great Pagoda Tree in Gu Garden.

Was it this Great Pagoda Tree that had protected the Gu Family from falling for a hundred years?

But why was there a chilly feeling within the tree’s trunk?

And now, thinking about it carefully, it seemed this chilly feeling didn’t belong to the pagoda tree. Could it be that something was buried beneath the tree?

After the banquet, she definitely wanted to have a look.

While lost in thought, Qin Yize suddenly asked, “What are you thinking about?”

Gu Qiaoqiao was taken aback and snapped back to the present. She bit her lip, looked at Qin Yize, and muttered, “Nothing much…”

Qin Yize smiled casually and didn’t press further.

He focused on driving the car.

Soon, they arrived at Lijing Ho Grand Hotel.

As soon as they got out of the car, they saw An Xiaotong standing at the entrance, smiling gently at her.

Among the girls Gu Qiaoqiao knew, An Xiaotong was the kindest.

She always radiated goodwill to those around her, and sometimes, there was even a hint of being overly eager to please.

Actually, given her status, it wasn’t necessary for her to be like this.

But she had no choice, her mother’s eyes and heart were only for her adopted daughter, so that’s how An Xiaotong’s personality had formed.

However, such people, once they become assertive, have a fascinating blend of softness and strength in their character.