Chapter 1208 - Poor But Generous (1/2)

Qiao Nan could not understand what was on Qiao Dongliang’s mind. Ding Jiayi, who stayed under the same roof with Qiao Dongliang, had no idea what her ex-husband was thinking of either.

Even though it seemed that he understood and finally realized that Qiao Nan was not a good daughter and was willing to stay with Zijin and her, whenever she schemed against Qiao Nan, Qiao Dongliang would be angry with her. He would get into a quarrel with her and ordered her not to do whatever she had in mind.

But on the other hand, it did not seem that her ex-husband sided with Qiao Nan like before.

The wretched girl became emboldened after getting married into the Zhai family. She no longer cared about the Qiao family. She placed the interests of the Zhai family above them.

Now that Old Qiao stayed with her and provided for Qiao Zijin, she knew that the wretched girl must be very displeased with Old Qiao.

What he did was tantamount to driving a wedge between him and his daughter.

It could be a simple matter. Ding Jiayi could not understand why Qiao Dongliang made it so complicated. She felt confused. “You are indeed generous to give three golden bangles to them as presents. Did you see that? You spent all the money to prepare the presents for the triplets. Despite knowing that we are not well-to-do, the wretched girl never helps us in any way. She keeps quiet even though you spent such a huge sum of money on the presents. As a man, you need to have some money with you when you are outside. In my opinion, the wretched girl has no regard for you.”

She had never seen such a heartless child, although she was the person who gave birth to her.

“Alright, stop calling her as the wretched girl. Regardless of whether Nan Nan is heartless or not, I will support her no matter what her decision is. With a mother like you, if she is ‘with a conscience’, she will be making life difficult for herself. She has to be heartless to people like you. If she is nice to you, it will be a waste of her effort!”

Ding Jiayi thought that this was the right time to badmouth Qiao Nan. She felt that it was a good opportunity to get Qiao Dongliang to side with her.

What Ding Jiayi did not know was that Qiao Nan might be heartbroken that her father was muddleheaded and was disappointed with him, but she was not without a conscience. She knew that she had to take care of her father and she never really left her family in the lurch or severed all ties with them.

As soon as she received the three golden bangles, Qiao Nan contacted Qiao Dongliang to express her grat.i.tude. She gave him a sum of money, which included the amount of money that he spent on the bangles as well as another sum of money for his personal use.

It was in the early 2000s. One would usually be paid a few hundred yuan per month.

Qiao Nan gave Qiao Dongliang more than one thousand yuan. It was equivalent to Qiao Dongliang’s salary for three months. If this was considered as heartless, what about Qiao Zijin, who was two years older than Qiao Nan but still needed Qiao Dongliang to provide for her?

Qiao Dongliang felt guilty taking money from Qiao Nan.

Qiao Dongliang’s heart ached and he could not help but blame himself when he learned that Qiao Nan was willing to come to Ping Cheng so that she could visit him. However, she could only stay for a night and had to go back to the capital to take care of her triplets.

It was all because of him that the younger daughter made such a decision.

Qiao Dongliang was already heartbroken that Qiao Nan could not stay for a few more days to accompany him, yet Ding Jiayi kept nagging at Qiao Dongliang and badmouthed Qiao Nan.