Silence spread in Qiao Zhixia's bedroom. Xu Xiaolan sat in front of the cabinet by the window, her eyes emptying towards the floating clouds in the sky.

"Tell me! What is your purpose?" Qiao Zhixia was the first to break the silence.

Xu Xiaolan smiled bitterly: "Don't worry, although I have concealed my true past from you, I have no ill will towards you. I just want to use you to help me get revenge. In a sense, our goals are the same."

"Really?"

"Yes, you want to have wealth and status, and I can help you have these as soon as possible. I need to borrow your wealth and status to help me take back what I originally had..."

Xu Xiaolan promised that when the time was right she would confess everything to Qiao Zhixia, and if Qiao Zhixia still didn't trust her, she could leave now.

Qiao Zhixia suddenly remembered how Xu Xiaolan risked her life to protect Yaya, "Do you have a child?"

"Yes... My daughter left me when she was just over a year old."

"Where is she?"

Xu Xiaolan's eyes were filled with pain, and she spoke harshly, "She's dead... killed by her own father."

"What?" Qiao Zhixia was shocked, but seeing that Xu Xiaolan was about to break down, she didn't ask any more questions.

"In fact, you don't have to confess all this to me, but since you took the initiative to say it, I believe you have no intention of harming me. Work hard after the New Year. I hope that one day I can help you."

"Thank you... Zhizhi." Xu Xiaolan bit her lower lip and didn't feel the blood on her lips.

In fact, as Qiao Zhixia said, she could have completely avoided saying these suspicious words to Qiao Zhixia, but after having been in contact with the Qiao Zhixia sisters for a long time and coming to their home this time, and feeling the warmth and kindness of this family, she had a desire to open her heart.

Purposefully concealing the truth even made her feel guilty, so she confessed...

As for the rest, her personal grudge has little to do with Qiao Zhixia. Whether to say it or not, let's see what happens in the future!

The next day was New Year's Eve. There was no electricity in Jingyang Village, so people could only listen to radio programs to add to the lively atmosphere.

My uncle, aunt, cousins ​​came over early to help. Li Aizhen and her aunt were in charge, while her sister was responsible for taking care of Yaya and doing chores.

Qiao Xinguo, his uncle, and his cousins ​​were all in the yard moving the pile of wood that was going to be used to build the new house.

The place where the wood was originally stored had to be used to store mud and sand, so the land had to be cleared.

Qiao Zhixia was having a hard time doing math problems in the room under the supervision of Xu Xiaolan.

"Could your college degree be fake too?" After finishing a question, Qiao Zhixia frowned and looked at Xu Xiaolan.

Xu Xiaolan smiled evilly: "Don't worry, this is more real than real gold."

After saying that, she snatched the exercise book from Qiao Zhixia's hand and drew a big red cross under the question she had just completed.

Qiao Zhixia: “…”

When it was almost time for the reunion dinner, Mrs. Qiao arrived. Not only did she come, but the entire family of Mr. Qiao also came.

The only difference from before was that everyone in this family seemed to have changed their souls, and when they saw Qiao Xinguo's family, they no longer acted high and mighty and bossed them around like before, but instead nodded and bowed respectfully.

Qiao Zhixia looked at the bag of fruit candies that Aunt Qiao handed over and was about to refuse it, but she heard Aunt Qiao say:

"You don't blame us for coming uninvited, right? Dad is no longer here, so the two brothers should help each other. 껣We did something wrong in the past. We have realized our mistakes and will definitely correct them in the future. Today we celebrate the New Year at my eldest brother's house , Come to our place to eat tomorrow, the first day of the Lunar New Year!”

It is said that you should not hit someone who smiles at you. This is probably what they are talking about!

Although Qiao Zhixia did not chase him away, she was too lazy to pay attention. Qiao Xinguo felt embarrassed. How could he chase away his mother and paralyzed brother?

So Li Aizhen reserved two tables for dinner.

Qiao Xinguo went over and sat at one table with Qiao's family, while Li Aizhen sat at another table with her family and two daughters.

Over at Qiao's house, as soon as the dishes were served, the pair of golden and silver lumps could not wait to pile the food into their own bowls, not caring about others at all.

Old Mrs. Qiao also came to see us. Ever since Qiao Lao San came back from the hospital, the family hasn't had a good meal for a long time, so today they came to have a feast.

Qiao Xinguo found that the old lady seemed to have lost a lot of weight, and had completely lost her previous robustness. It was obvious that she had suffered a lot following this family. But seeing how happily she looked at her eldest grandson, she must be very happy!

Here, a family was wolfing down their food without any image, while on the other side, Qiao Zhixia and her cousin were talking about introducing someone to someone. The cousin's embarrassed look made the whole group of people laugh so hard that they fell over.

Qiao Xinguo glanced at the table of his daughter-in-law and his daughter from time to time, and then looked at the empty dishes in front of him, feeling depressed.

This reunion dinner tasted like chewing wax, but fortunately Qiao Laosan's family did not cause any trouble, and they went home obediently after the meal.

But looking at the old lady sitting alone in the main room, Qiao Xinguo was a little confused; "Mom, how about I take you back?"

"Xinguo! After the New Year, Mom wants to live with you. You can talk to your wife!" The old lady changed her usual pretentious attitude and looked flattering, which really revealed her pitiful state of being old and homeless.

Qiao Xinguo's expression froze. "Mom, we have three rooms here. Where are you going to live when you come?"

"I'm an old lady and I'm just given a bed to live in. The third son's wife is a worthless person. She doesn't even give me enough food to eat!" The old lady said as she wiped her eyes.

"Mom, the third son's wife doesn't seem like that kind of person. Are you thinking too much?" Qiao Xinguo could see clearly that the old lady and Qiao San's aunt were obviously in love.

Qiao Zhixia smiled coldly: "Grandma, it's impossible for you to come and live here, but when you pass away one day, I can still hang you on the wall. After all, there is more space on the wall of my house."

Old Madam Qiao was almost furious at Qiao Zhixia's outrageous words, but for some unknown reason, she still endured it.

"Since you all dislike this old thing of mine, forget it... I'll just go back and live with the third brother's family! Don't forget to come over for dinner tomorrow."

After the old lady finished speaking, she walked away in a sullen mood. If you didn’t know how she behaved in the past, at first glance she really would have looked like a lonely old person who had been abandoned by her younger generation.

Qiao Xinguo watched his old mother's lonely and desolate back as she walked away slowly, and he felt indescribable in his heart.

"Dad, don't forget how you treated our family in the past. She only treated you and mom as cattle and horses, and never treated you as her own son. Don't sympathize with us. There must be something hateful about pitiful people, don't you know?"

After dying once, Qiao Zhixia's heart is as hard as iron.

Moreover, she would rather believe that the whole village will have electricity next year than believe that they will really have a change of heart.

And just as Qiao Zhixia expected, the old lady's face turned gloomy and mean as soon as she returned.

Aunt Qiao went up to him and asked, "Didn't the boss agree?"

"Hmph, what the hell is that good for? What use is that loser in that family? It's all up to that girl who lost money."

Aunt Qiao was not surprised at all. "I know that Qiao Zhixia is a troublemaker. Let's see how she will still be so proud after tomorrow."

The old lady pulled her daughter-in-law to the pigpen and asked, "Have you prepared the people and medicine?"

"Don't worry! I got the medicine from the veterinary station. Not to mention that she is just a little girl, even a cow can be cured by the medicine. I have also arranged for the person to come over early tomorrow morning..."