Chapter 802 - If You Want Food, Give Me the Money (1/2)

Chapter 802 If You Want Food, Give Me the Money

Ding Jiayi gave a sheepish smile. In that case, Zijin was no longer around when Old Qiao came. She was not chased away by Old Qiao.

If Old Qiao was aware that Zijin had come, he would not have reacted in this way. “Old Qiao, what time did you arrive?”

“Around half past six.” Yesterday, Qiao Dongliang reached home at five o’clock in the afternoon and immediately hit the bed. He did not wake up to have dinner at all.

It was only until five o’clock this morning that Qiao Dongliang woke up. He felt extremely energized and hungry after sleeping for twelve full hours. He then warmed up the leftover rice and dishes in the fridge and ate them before he made his way to the hospital so that Qiao Nan did not need to prepare food for him when she woke up.

“Half past six?” Zijin left before half past six. So early?

When Zijin left, why didn’t she call her? She did not even know when Zijin left.

All of a sudden, a growling sound could be heard in the ward. The sound of Ding Jiayi’s stomach grumbling was so loud and clear. Unless one was dumb, they would be able to hear it.

Ding Jiayi’s face turned red. She recalled that she only took two bowls of porridge yesterday to tide over the entire day. “Old Qiao, I’m starving. Why don’t you go to the canteen now and buy me a few buns?” Her health would suffer if she were to continue starving.

“Where is the money? Don’t tell me you think that others will give me freebies each time I go to the canteen?”

“…” Ding Jiayi’s expression changed. He was asking her for money. “We’re a married couple. We’re one family. We shouldn’t draw such a clear line. It’s just a few buns, isn’t it?”

“We shouldn’t draw such a clear line with each other. I’ve not spent a single cent of your earnings for the past two years. On the contrary, Nan Nan and I paid for all your hospitalization expenses.” At the thought that the college entrance examination results would be out soon but the family did not have any money, how was Nan Nan going to pay for the tuition fees then? “You dote on your precious Qiao Zijin so much. Did she prepare any nice food for you when she visited you last night? When I left, it’s not too late. It’s impossible that she left only after taking one glance at you, right? You have such a good daughter. How is it possible that she can’t even be compared to Nan Nan? After all, Nan Nan has sent you twenty to thirty bowls of porridge. So, you didn’t even manage to get a bowl of porridge from Qiao Zijin?”

“You…” How did Old Qiao know that Zijin came?

“Hahaha…” Qiao Dongliang sneered continuously. “It’s so obvious. Do you think that my eyesight is poor and can’t see? Qiao Zijin is so generous. She only paid someone two yuan to pa.s.s you a slip of paper. When she visited you, she couldn’t even bear to give you a bowl of porridge, let alone fruits or nutritional supplements. This daughter of yours… Ding Jiayi, congratulations. You have raised her up well.”

Yesterday, when that ‘ward mate’ dropped in to visit, Qiao Dongliang already felt that it was strange. They usually did not interact or chat with each other much. Also, despite Ding Jiayi’s unfriendly demeanor, the other party was not angry at all.

Thereafter, the ‘ward mate’ seemed to have tucked something under Ding Jiayi’s pillow. Qiao Dongliang vaguely saw this but he did not think much of it.

It was only when Ding Jiayi insisted that Qiao Dongliang went home to rest did Qiao Dongliang connect the dots and feel strange about this.

When he was leaving the hospital for home, Qiao Dongliang coincidentally met that ‘ward mate’.

Hence, Qiao Dongliang conveniently questioned her in a harsh manner and that ‘ward mate’ confessed everything. “There’s a lady who gave me two yuan and asked me to pa.s.s a slip of paper to your wife. Comrade, don’t misunderstand. I definitely didn’t do any bad things. I don’t have any evil intentions toward your family members as well.”

She was just making some quick bucks by taking the two yuan to have a good meal.

“Okay, I know. Thank you.” Qiao Dongliang did not even ask the ‘ward mate’ how the lady that she mentioned looked like. He left the hospital thereafter.