Chapter 1210 - A Vicious Cycle (1/2)

when ding jiayi was muddleheaded and qiao nan was almost forced into a dead end, it was qiao dongliang who decided to file for divorce and draw the line with ding jiayi. it was only through a divorce could he stop ding jiayi from scheming against qiao nan.

if qiao dongliang did not file for a divorce—even if qiao nan would marry zhai sheng eventually—she would have to go through twice as much trouble and difficulties.

it was due to qiao zijin that ding jiayi treated qiao nan badly.

therefore, in the entire qiao family, qiao nan would only turn soft-hearted on qiao dongliang.

qiao zijin could not offend qiao dongliang. instead, she must please him such that he would treat her like how ding jiayi treated her and do his best to help her. she must not lose her father again.

if she lost his support, qiao nan would definitely rejoice over it.

“nothing. i am just tired.” qiao dongliang could not be bothered to say anything else. “i will go back to my room to sleep. if i am not wanted in this house and there is no place for me, just let me know. i will find another place to stay. it is the end of the year now. it might not be that easy to rent a place. i will try my best to get a house after the fifteenth day of the lunar new year.”

his elder daughter had told him to scram!

it was so ironic!

true enough, he had failed as a person.

ding jiayi reacted strongly to qiao dongliang’s words. she stopped him. “zijin is in a bad mood and said all these in a pique of anger. she did not mean it. old qiao, why did you take issue with her? we are one family and you are her father. why did you take her words seriously? zijin is such a good child. she will not think that way. we all know that chen jun has broken up with zijin. we must understand that she is in a bad mood. if we are unable to console her, it will be good for her to vent her frustrations. why did you take issue with her?”

they might not have gotten back together, but at the very least, she had qiao dongliang by her side.

ding jiayi stayed by herself for the past few years. she was left alone at home while her daughter was in school. she no longer wanted to live such a miserable life.

although they did not get back together, ding jiayi was contented that they stayed under the same roof. she could not take it if qiao dongliang left her.

“dad, i am sorry. i am in a bad mood. i should not have shot my mouth off and hurt you with those words. dad, i apologize to you. please don’t be angry with me.” qiao zijin, who had sorted out her thoughts, apologized to qiao dongliang right away. she did not find that it was unbearable to make an apology.

she was apologizing to qiao dongliang. she was not giving in to qiao nan. she was able to swallow her pride to do it.

furthermore, after sorting out her thoughts, qiao zijin would not hesitate to back down to qiao dongliang or qiao nan.

since she had taken the first step, it was not difficult to take the second and third steps.

qiao zijin behaved like a child. she pulled qiao dongliang’s sleeve and acted coquettishly. “dad, don’t be angry with me. we are one family. we are the closest kin. apart from mom, nan nan, and you, i have no other relatives. dad, if you ignore me, what should i do?”

on the one hand, qiao zijin was backing down. on the other hand, she was reminding qiao dongliang about the hard facts.

qiao nan was no longer close to him. ding jiayi and qiao zijin were the only relatives that he had. if he fell out with qiao zijin, he would have no one by his side.