Chapter 94 - Asked for It (2/2)

“Old Qiao, you are too much.” Ding Jiayi stomped her feet and pointed at Qiao Nan, “It was all because of you. Will you grow more meat just because your sister apologized to you? You, you are so heartless towards your sister!”

Qiao Nan who has just been through an unexpected ordeal laughed. She might not grow more meat just because Qiao Zijin apologized to her, but she was happy inside.

“Alright, why are you always picking on Nan Nan? Is this the differential treatment between family and outsiders? If you continue to pamper Qiao Zijin, can she survive in the outside world with the way she treats others? Instead of persuading her to change her att.i.tude, you sided with her while she bullied Qiao Nan?” Qiao Dongliang chided Ding Jiayi.

“You! Was it me who pampered Qiao Zijin or you who pampered Qiao Nan? Forget it, now you only have eyes for one daughter. It would be useless to talk to you. You can look after Qiao Nan, I will dote on Zijin, she still has her mother who will protect her.” Ding Jiayi could not take it lying down, she said her piece and went off to comfort Qiao Zijin.

“What a headache, the child acts this way, the adult also acts this way.” From the looks of it, Zijin learned her bad ways from Old Ding.

“Dad, I will go back to my room.” Qiao Nan had her dinner at Lee family residence before coming back. She decided to have a bath before turning in. After all, it was chilly in the winter.

“Go ahead.” Qiao Dongliang gave a faint sigh. n.o.body understood his good intentions.

n.o.body understood?

Some did not wish to know, while some pretended not to know. Qiao Nan belonged to the latter.

Her father was trying to inculcate the correct values in Qiao Zijin. He noticed her character flaws and wanted to correct them.

Qiao Zijin was not willing to learn and her mother did not feel the need for her to change anything.

But since it had nothing to do with her, it did not matter if she understood her father’s intentions or not.

Ding Jiayi felt sorry that Qiao Zijin had suffered such grievances today and she could not seek justice for her. She could only watch helplessly while Zijin apologized to Qiao Nan. So in the end, Ding Jiayi agreed to buying a set of new clothes for Qiao Zijin and Qiao Zijin was finally appeased with that.

Qiao Zijin was all smiles when she received her new clothes. She was so thrilled that she could not contain her smiles.

But on the other hand Ding Jiayi had to take on private handiwork at home so as to buy Zijin her new clothes. She spent a lot of the days bent over the dim lights, working on the handiwork till midnight before going to sleep.

There was once when Qiao Nan woke up in the middle of the night to have a cup of tea, and she saw a tired Ding Jiayi rubbing at her eyes till they turned red.

“You sure are enjoying your good night’s sleep, didn’t you see that I am still busy with work. Now that you are on holiday, you should help me out.” Ding Jiayi boiled with anger when she saw Qiao Nan walked past with sleepy eyes and flushed face. “From tomorrow onwards, you have to help out!”

“Alright, I will let Dad know. From tomorrow onwards, I won’t go to the Lee family residence to tutor Zhu Baoguo.” Qiao Nan did not say no, instead she agreed.

Ding Jiayi turned red with anger. “Are you stupid?!”

If Old Qiao discovered that Qiao Nan could not go to Lee family residence as she had to help Ding Jiayi with her private jobs, he would tear her apart.

“You do not have to be at Lee family residence for 24 hours a day. You could come home earlier after tutoring Zhu Baoguo and helped me out. Wear your clothes and start working now. Finish them quickly, I have to prepare for new year.”

“No.” Qiao Nan rejected her coldly. “I am going back to sleep.” With that, she walked off.