Chapter 123 - As Long As You Know What You Are Doing (1/2)

Chapter 123: As Long As You Know What You Are Doing

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Mom, I know you are the best.” After getting a favorable answer, Qiao Zijin smiled. “I have a date with my cla.s.smate to buy a dress. Mom…” Qiao Zijin drawled her words pleadingly. At the sound of this, Ding Jiayi’s heart crumbled.

Ding Jiayi gave a long sigh. “Zijin, you know that because of your tuition fees, Mom already… Try to save as much as you can whenever possible. It is not like you do not have any clothes to wear. I am not forbidding you to buy, but at least refrain from buying too much.”

“I know, I know. I a.s.sure you it is just this once. After I buy this dress, I won’t ask you for money again during the whole summer vacation. Actually, I have discussed with my cla.s.smate. During the vacation, I will be taking up a job together with her. In the future, if I really want to buy something, I won’t have to ask you for money anymore.”

“Taking up a job? That will be so tiring for you. If there is really a need to work and earn money, let Qiao Nan do it instead. Don’t get too tanned under the sun. You won’t look good then.” Ding Jiayi immediately objected.

“Mom, it won’t tire me out. This job is not difficult, I can manage. You have to trust me.” Qiao Zijin tugged at Ding Jiayi’s arms. “Mom, I will definitely use my first salary to buy you a gift. When the time comes, don’t dislike it if it is just a small gift.”

“Why would I? As long as you know what you are doing…” Ding Jiayi was smiling so lovingly as though she had eaten sweets.

Qiao Nan, who came out to get water, heard the idiotic conversation between the mother and daughter pair. She did not know what to say and laughed. “Sister, are you going to work?”

Although she did not know how her mother managed to cough out that sum of money at the beginning of the year for Qiao Zijin’s tuition fees, she was certain that it did not come from her mother’s earnings or savings. She probably borrowed from others.

Didn’t she need to return the money that she owed?

Could Qiao Zijin really work? Couldn’t she just save some money and ask for less tuition fee from her mother?

The fact was that Qiao Zijin wanted to spend the money on her own self. Buying a gift for her mother was mere sweet talks. However, her mother thought the sun shone out of Qiao Zijin’s a.r.s.e; that was what made Qiao Nan speechless.

“What’s wrong? Are you looking down on me? Nan Nan, it’s not that I want to chide you. It is not easy for Dad to earn money. Your vacation starts earlier than mine and the duration is so long. You should find a job as well to reduce Dad’s burden. We are not grown-ups, but we should know how to be filial,” Qiao Zijin lifted her chin and chided Qiao Nan in her face.

“Listen, listen! Do you see how sensible your sister is? You are the heartless one who only knows how to spend money in the family!” Ding Jiayi echoed.

“I remember Sister spent all the family savings last year. During the two months of vacation, she, too, did not step out of the house to work.” In this life, Qiao Nan would not be cajoled into finding a job just because of a few sarcastic comments. If she heeded their words, her hard-earned money would eventually benefit Qiao Zijin in her material pursuits of new clothing and shoes.

That being said, Qiao Nan returned to her room after she got her water, not bothering about Ding Jiayi’s and Qiao Zijin’s reactions.