Chapter 244 My sister didn't marry a rich man, did she?
She got off the bus early, went to the market near her home, bought a roast chicken, six braised pig's trotters, four pounds of live crabs, and a case of beer, and climbed up to the seventh floor in one go.
She stood in the doorway and kicked it with her toes. "Dad! Open the door for me."
"You're here!" Jiang Hongbo opened the door, leaning on his cane. Seeing Jiang Nian carrying a pile of things, he quickly made way for her. "Why did you buy so much stuff?"
"I got a bonus today," Jiang Nian said as she entered the house, put the beer on the floor, changed her shoes, went into the kitchen, put down some food, and then plopped down on the sofa in the living room. "I'm exhausted."
Wait a minute, Jiang Nian got up and looked at the new sofa in the living room, "Dad, when did we buy this new sofa?"
Jiang Hongbo smiled and said, "Your sister bought it for you."
"Huh?" Jiang Nian was stunned. "Who did you say?"
“Your sister, Yan Yan, came to see me a couple of days ago,” Jiang Hongbo said, sitting on the sofa. “She came with your brother-in-law.”
"My sister and brother-in-law?" Jiang Nian patted her face. "Why did she suddenly come to see you? Did something happen?"
In Jiang Nian's memory, her father was supposed to pay child support to her older sister.
Before her father's car accident, the family was well-off. She was still young, so whether or not she received money didn't affect her much.
But later, Dad's company went bankrupt, and the house and car were sold. The family had no money left, but Dad still insisted on paying child support for his sister.
She asked her father why they were giving money to others when the family was already so poor, since she hadn't bought new clothes in a long time.
What did Dad say again? Oh, Dad said that my sister is also his daughter, just as close to her. He can't be by her side to take care of her as she grows up, so he can only give her more money.
"Does your sister need money?" Jiang Nian took out her phone. "I just received a large sum of money today, which I can give her."
"A huge sum of money?" Jiang Hongbo raised an eyebrow and asked, "How much?"
Jiang Nian stretched out a hand.
"Five thousand?" Jiang Hongbo asked tentatively.
"Can five thousand be called a huge sum of money?" Jiang Nian rolled her eyes. "Fifty thousand!"
Jiang Hongbo narrowed his eyes and looked at Jiang Nian, "What did you do to earn 50,000 a day?"
Jiang Hongbo felt nervous. He only knew that Jiang Nian had gone to work as a bodyguard, but he forgot to ask who the boss who hired her was.
The person who needs to hire a bodyguard and can afford one is no ordinary person. Could the 50,000 yuan reward be for using Jiang Nian to do something illegal?
“Niannian, is your boss a decent person? Why did he give you 50,000 yuan? What did he ask you to do? Did he ask you to deliver anything to others?” Jiang Hongbo grabbed Jiang Nian’s wrist, his voice agitated.
"Dad, why are you so excited? You've seen a bit of the world, surely 50,000 yuan shouldn't make you this excited?" Jiang Nian looked at her father, puzzled.
"Which eye of yours saw me excited?" Jiang Hongbo snorted. "Can't you see the worry in my eyes?"
Jiang Nian stared into Jiang Hongbo's eyes for a moment, then nodded. "It's worry. What are you afraid of? I'm a college student too. Don't you think I can tell right from wrong?"
"College students are more likely to be scammed than elementary school students," Jiang Hongbo scoffed.
"Dad, what you said offends not just me, but millions of college students," Jiang Nian said angrily.
"Stop giving me nonsense, tell me quickly what happened with this 50,000 yuan?" Jiang Hongbo asked anxiously.
“Actually, this 50,000 yuan came very easily. I just got into a fight,” Jiang Nian explained the situation. “The boss’s sister is a very considerate person. She said I helped her a lot, and she was so happy that she transferred 50,000 yuan to me. I can also get a few thousand yuan from the boss tonight.”
"You're not lying to me?" Jiang Hongbo found it quite unbelievable.
Jiang Nian was unwilling. "I've never lied in my life, Dad. How can you not believe me?"
"Believe me, believe me," Jiang Hongbo breathed a sigh of relief. "Keep this 50,000 yuan safe. Your sister didn't come to ask for money. She has a job, she's married, she doesn't need money. She just came to see me."
“She also wanted to help the family move to a new house, but your mother and I didn’t allow it. Yesterday, she and your brother-in-law came again and had a small sofa brought up, saying that the chairs were not comfortable.”
"She said she wanted to replace all the furniture in her house, but unfortunately the place was too small and there wasn't enough room for anything, so she hoped we could move."
“Then let’s move it,” Jiang Nian said, touching the sofa under her. “This sofa looks like it’s made of real leather. If they can afford a real leather sofa, they must be rich.”
Jiang Hongbo sighed, "I just don't want to drag your sister down and make her lose face in her husband's family."
“But your sister is also your daughter. She wanted to show her respect to you, but you refused. You don’t treat her like family,” Jiang Nian blinked. “Why did you accept the money I gave you so readily? If your sister knew, she would be very sad.”
“What you’re giving me is just small change, but your sister is giving me a house, so it’s a different story,” Jiang Hongbo said, frowning.
“Dad, I’m going to get angry if you say that,” Jiang Nian suddenly stood up, put her hands on her hips and said, “I only give you a few dozen yuan each time, but that’s all money I earned through hard work at part-time jobs. If I have a hundred, I can give you eighty, but you look down on my money.”
"No, no," Jiang Hongbo realized he had said the wrong thing and quickly coaxed, "Niannian, Dad knows you've suffered all these years, and I know how filial you are. I don't know why, but I feel at ease taking your money."
Jiang Nian snorted and sat down. "Look, your words of 'feeling at ease' make me happy. By the same token, your continued rejection of your sister's filial piety will hurt her. She'll feel like you treat her like an outsider and that she can't feel your fatherly love."
"Is that so?" Jiang Hongbo felt insecure after hearing Jiang Nian's words. He thought back carefully and remembered that Yan Yan had brought up the matter of changing houses again yesterday. After he refused again, Yan Yan's eyes seemed a little disappointed.
He sighed. Yan Yan was a child who lacked love and hadn't received much maternal love. Now that she had come to him, it would be sad if he pushed her away again.
“If your sister brings it up again, I’ll agree,” Jiang Hongbo said as if he had made up his mind. “Oh, by the way, your sister also gave you a pair of shoes. They’re under your bed. Go take a look.”
"You even bought me a gift?" Jiang Nian ran over happily and took out a shoebox from under the bed.
"Wow, it's Adidas!" Jiang Nian couldn't help but smile when she saw the brand on the shoebox. This was a brand she never even dared to dream of. After taking the running shoes out of the shoebox, she exclaimed again, "This is the most popular model, it costs 3999!"
Jiang Nian immediately put them on; they fit perfectly and were super light. Running in these shoes would definitely improve her performance.
“Your sister said these shoes are badly worn, but she told you to wear them without worry. She bought ten pairs as spares, but we didn’t bring them all because our place is small,” Jiang Hongbo said with a smile.
"What? She bought ten pairs of such expensive shoes at once?" Jiang Nian calmed herself down. "Did my sister marry a rich man?"
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