Chapter 16: Weird
When Zhang Qiao opened it, she was so shocked that she swallowed back the words that were about to come out of her mouth.
"Your teacher Lin really loves you."
Zhang Qiao carefully held a jade bracelet in her fingers and looked at it under the light. "Old pit glass-type imperial green jade. It's hard to find such good stuff nowadays."
"Teacher Lin said it was given to her by He Chi's grandmother."
Zhang Qiao could understand Jiang Yining's uneasiness. This imperial green bracelet would cost at least eight figures, and ordinary people like them could not afford to buy one even if they had to save their entire lives without eating or drinking.
Thanks to her best friend, she was lucky enough to touch such a precious jade bracelet in her life.
"He Chi's parents are really low-key and keep a low profile. I never thought He Chi's family background was so good.
"Something priceless, just put it in a random wooden box."
Zhang Qiao put down the bracelet and returned the box to Jiang Yining. "Ningning, your teacher Lin has always liked you. Now that you have gone from being her former student to being her daughter-in-law, it's really a lucky thing."
"Let's not talk about others, let's just talk about my own family. My mom and my grandma have been arguing endlessly for over twenty years, and my dad, my mom's husband and my grandma's son, has been hiding in plain sight. I really don't understand what the point of such a marriage is."
"Unpleasantness between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is a very troublesome thing for a small family. Although you and He Chi don't have any feelings for each other for the time being, fortunately you have a good relationship with Teacher Lin."
Jiang Yining understood everything Zhang Qiao said.
"You can keep these things with peace of mind. You can leave them to your daughter or daughter-in-law in the future."
Jiang Yining hummed, "I have to buy a safe. These jewels are too valuable, and it's not convenient for me to wear them at school."
Zhang Qiao looked at Jiang Yining with a smile in her eyes, "Ningning, I'm happy for you."
Aunt Du died early, and Uncle Jiang was old-fashioned and still insisted on the idea that "not having a son means cutting off the family line."
Because Aunt Du was in poor health, he had no choice but to give up the idea of having a second child. He was very caring towards his only daughter.
But less than a year after Aunt Du passed away, he remarried and had a son. The age difference between Jiang Yiyang and Jiang Yining is almost twenty-one years.
After having a son, Uncle Jiang only neglected Jiang Yining, the daughter he once loved. When Zhao Hong bullied her, Uncle Jiang turned a blind eye.
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After chatting with Zhang Qiao, Jiang Yining took a shower and dried his hair before returning to the room.
It was exactly ten o'clock. Jiang Yining thought her father might not have gone to bed yet, so she decided to call him first.
After two rings, Zhao Hong answered the phone. She asked in a bad tone, "What do you want to talk to your dad about?"
Jiang Yining already knew Zhao Hong's temperament, so he didn't get angry. He said in a slightly cold voice, "Auntie Hong, you also said that I'm looking for my dad. If there's anything, of course I should tell him."
Zhao Hong raised her voice, "He's giving Yangyang a bath, you can talk or not."
There was a beep from the phone and Zhao Hong hung up.
After waiting for half an hour, Jiang Yining still didn't get a call back from Jiang Wentao, so she searched through her phone's address book.
There was a "Hello" sound from the other end of the phone.
Jiang Yining said in a sweet voice, "Good evening, Aunt Sun. It's so late. I wonder if I disturbed you."
"No, I don't go to bed so early. What do you want to talk to me about?"
Jiang Yining explained, "It's like this. I called my dad at ten o'clock, but Aunt Hong hung up the phone. I want to trouble you to go to my house and tell my dad that I have something urgent to talk to him about."
Aunt Sun's voice sounded a little excited. "It's not a bother, it's just a short walk. I'll go to your house now."
In less than three minutes, Jiang Yining received a call from Jiang Wentao.
Seeing that Sun Shujuan next door had no intention of leaving, Zhao Hong was furious and cursed Jiang Yining under her breath.
She asked Zhao Jiajia to take Jiang Yiyang to bed, and then went to deal with Sun Shujuan.
"Sister Sun, I'm so sorry to bother you so late at night. Jiang Yining is really something. He even had to call someone to notify us after calling back."
"Yining actually wants to call her dad herself, isn't this..."
Zhao Hong's expression changed in an instant, "Sister Sun, is Jiang Yining talking nonsense to you again?"
"It's not easy being someone's stepmother. I arranged a blind date for her out of kindness, but she didn't appreciate it, and she went around saying I had ulterior motives. Anyway, everything was my fault."
Aunt Sun saw that she looked aggrieved, and she did not feel any sympathy for Zhao Hong. "I have watched Yining grow up. She has been well-behaved and sensible since she was a child. Zhao Hong, you misunderstood her."
"Yining didn't tell me anything," Aunt Sun said. "Excuse me for saying this, but children grow up and have their own ideas. Like in my family, my son and daughter blame me for interfering in their lives."
"Besides, you're not Yining's biological mother. Old Jiang will take care of her affairs. Why bother interfering?"
Seeing Zhao Hong's unhappy expression, Aunt Sun was not afraid. "Besides, you have a daughter yourself. Why don't you ask Jia Jia if she is willing to go on a blind date with a man who is more than ten years older than her and is married for the second time with children?"
"I was also deceived by the introducer. I didn't know that the other party was like this."
Zhao Hong said sarcastically, "Anyway, I won't care about Jiang Yining's affairs in the future. I'm just worried that some neighbors will say that I don't care about my stepdaughter's affairs, and I won't be able to express my grievances."
Aunt Sun knew Zhao Hong was pointing her out, so she simply pretended to be confused and said, "How could that be?"
Seeing Jiang Wentao coming out of the room, Aunt Sun slipped away first, "Oh, it's almost eleven o'clock. I'm too old to stay up late. Let's talk another day."
After Aunt Sun left, Zhao Hong snorted coldly, "Your own family is already full of troubles, and you still want to meddle in other people's families. Why doesn't Sun Shujuan, who is so capable, go to heaven?"
Zhao Hong looked at Jiang Wentao and saw that he was frowning and looked troubled. She asked in a cold voice, "What did your good daughter say to you again?"
Jiang Wentao didn't answer, but asked, "Ningning called me, why didn't you tell me?"
Zhao Hong pretended to be confused, "I just forgot because I was busy."
Jiang Wentao was silent for a moment before he said, "Ningning said she's planning to get married to her high school Chinese teacher's son, and both sets of parents are planning to have dinner together."
His voice was low, probably because he didn't expect it to happen so suddenly.
Jiang Yining was informing him to meet with the boy's parents. In the past, she would tell him everything.
What happened in the past few years? The father and daughter have hardly communicated with each other. Now, even major life events are decided only after they are notified to him.
Jiang Wentao felt a sense of frustration, loss, and reluctance as a father to let his daughter get married.
Zhao Hong was also surprised. After a long pause, she sarcastically said, "Your daughter is quite capable. She found a man to marry in just a few days."
Jiang Wentao understood the meaning behind Zhao Hong's words and angrily said, "Zhao Hong, I don't allow you to talk about Ningning like that. She said she knew him before, but he was developing in other places and only returned to Lincheng this year."
"On the day of the blind date, Chen gave her a hard time, but it was thanks to him that he helped Ningning."
Zhao Hong was in no mood to listen to Jiang Wentao's explanation. She only cared about the house. "Since Jiang Yining is getting married, she should transfer the house to us."
"I've never seen a daughter marry into another family with her parents' house."
Zhao Hong asked again, "Did your daughter ask how much the man should give as a betrothal gift?"
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