Chapter 53 - You Are Xiao Qiao (1/2)

Chapter 53: You Are Xiao Qiao

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“Qiao Nan, you said those words yourself just now, a person must keep their word, if you do not do well and yet wish to attend The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China, please don’t bring up Zijin’s matter again.”

“Mom, don’t worry. I will keep my promise.”

“Old Qiao, you heard Qiao Nan’s words. So, don’t work so hard and cause your health to suffer because of money. Zijin’s grades have improved, in future, she will study in College and our expenses will increase. Health is the source of revolution and wealth. Don’t be rushed when it comes to earning money.”

Ding Jiayi was worried that, in order to support the two daughters’ studies and to prevent Qiao Zijin’s situation from happening to Qiao Nan, Qiao Dongliang would take up side jobs to save more money.

From Ding Jiayi’s perspective, Qiao Dongliang’s attempts to save were futile.

All their savings over the years were gone, and she was the one who had asked Uncle Lee to pull the strings to enable Zijin to enter The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China.

If Old Qiao started to take up side jobs now, regardless of the number of jobs, would he be able to save up the ten years’ savings in just one year?

Impossible!

The elder daughter was Ding Jiayi’s biological daughter, Ding Jiayi doted on her.

Qiao Dongliang was Ding Jiayi’s man, Ding Jiayi also loved him and was afraid that he would work too hard and tire himself out.

To Ding Jiayi, only Qiao Nan, who was always suspicious and guarded, was like an outsider in this family.

“Nan Nan, have you really thought about it carefully?” Qiao Dongliang did not know whether to be happy or guilty about his younger daughter’s sensible character.

He had always said that he would treat both daughters the same – equally well.

The family had spent 5000 yuan for Zijin to attend The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China, why would the younger daughter be an exception?

But if there was a need to bear another 5000 yuan, Qiao Dongliang knew that he was not capable of affording it. He would not be able to come up with the 5000 yuan within such a short span of time even if he sacrificed his life.

The more Qiao Dongliang thought about it, the more complicated and confused he felt. He could not stand and face his younger daughter with pride.

“Yes, I have thought about it. You will look at the results of my middle school examination. I have said that the results will determine which school I go to, I will not regret it.” In this life, it was good to be able to continue her studies. As for other matters, she dared not expect too much, she further dared not expect her parents to give her the same treatment as Qiao Zijin.

It did not matter if her parents were biased towards Qiao Zijin. She would favor and love herself more.

Qiao Nan, who had her own plan in mind, clearly knew that there was an issue with Qiao Zijin’s ranking in the eighth place. But she did not mention it in front of Qiao Dongliang and Ding Jiayi.

If she raised this up, her mother would certainly a.s.sumed that she had intentionally woven this lie as she was unhappy and jealous of Qiao Zijin. Her father would also believe this.

This type of difficult and thankless matter, she would never do it again in this life.

It was still the same saying, Qiao Zijin could create a din as she wished as long as she did not cause trouble before her, she and Qiao Zijin would not interfere with each other. “Dad, I’ll go and do my homework.”

To help Qiao Nan strengthen her knowledge and foundation for the past two years, her teachers were very conscientious in retrieving the past years’ examination papers, selecting questions and collating them into test papers for Qiao Nan to complete.

So, the test papers and homework on Qiao Nan’s hands were twice as much as that of her cla.s.smates.

“Go ahead.” Qiao Dongliang, who felt guilty towards Qiao Nan, nodded. After Qiao Nan left, Qiao Dongliang said to Ding Jiayi, “You also said it just now. I will take care of Nan Nan’s matters, you don’t need to worry about them. In future, if Zijin performs well and you want to praise her, I will not object. But if you use Nan Nan as a raft to stay afloat again, I will not be happy about it. Both are your daughters, even if Nan Nan is only in junior high school now and the curriculum is not as difficult as Zijin, it doesn’t mean that her good grades do not matter. What was said today, I don’t wish to hear it a second time.”