Chapter 48 No More Compromise
When Qiao Nan returned to Qiao's house, he saw Qiao Zijin sitting alone on her bed in a daze, and her room was in a mess, obviously ransacked.
Qiao Nan curled the corners of her mouth and laughed. She knew what Qiao Zijin had done without even asking.
Without saying a word, Qiao Nan simply tidied up the room that Qiao Zijin had messed up, and then read a book quietly.
Qiao Nan made such a big noise that Qiao Zijin was completely stunned. It was not until Qiao Nan finished reviewing two pages of homework that Qiao Zijin suddenly said, "Haha, when did you come back? Why didn't you say anything? Don't you know that scaring others can kill them?!"
Qiao Zijin was completely frightened by Qiao Nan who suddenly "appeared" in front of her, and her reaction was even greater than Qiao Nan's.
Qiao Nan rolled her eyes and said, "I have already cleaned my room. You and I can come back at any time."
"Um..." Qiao Zijin smiled awkwardly: "I dropped something and couldn't find it before, so I messed up your room. But later I found it. I'm sorry, Nannan."
"It's okay, I've already packed it." Qiao Nan said word by word. Everyone knew whether he was looking for something or money.
"Zijin, I'm back." Ding Jiayi's slightly tired voice came.
"Mom!" Qiao Zijin's eyes lit up, and she ran out of Qiao Nan's room to pick up Ding Jiayi: "Mom, did you find a job today?"
"Found it." Ding Jiayi patted the dust off her body with difficulty.
Ding Jiayi had been a housewife for so many years, and when she suddenly entered the society, she was almost ashamed to talk about the gap in work.
Ding Jiayi was apparently quite normal when dealing with people normally, but when it came to looking for a job, she became tongue-tied and couldn't open her mouth to ask any questions.
In Ding Jiayi's situation, even if she managed to find a job, it would certainly not be easy.
After working half of the job, Ding Jiayi finally realized how hard it is to make money now and how happy she was in the past.
"Zijin, why haven't you cleaned the house at all?" Ding Jiayi was unhappy when she walked in and saw the house.
When Ding Jiayi went out, she washed the clothes at home, but left the dishes from lunch unwashed, wanting Qiao Zijin to help. She also didn't sweep the floor at home. These chores were quite simple, and she thought her eldest daughter should be able to do them.
Who knows, she looks the same when she goes out and when she comes back, she looks the same.
"I..." Qiao Zijin secretly said, "Oh no!" She had been thinking about how to solve the problem of the exam and the dance clothes in Qiao Nan's room, and had forgotten about this matter.
"Mom, I have cleaned Nan Nan's room. If you don't believe me, come and see."
"..." Qiao Nan, who just came out of the room to pour a cup of tea, was shocked by Qiao Zijin's words.
The corner of Qiao Nan's mouth twitched, and he said nothing and went to get some water.
After working for half a day and being exhausted, Ding Jiayi was furious at her daughter's indifferent and lifeless appearance: "What's your attitude?!"
Qiao Nan, who was stopped by the call, did not argue, and said calmly: "Mom, you are back, Mom, you have worked hard, Mom, I will go back to my room to read."
"What are you looking at? You are so old, but you can't even clean your room. And you still need your sister to help you? You are so tall for nothing!"
"What's wrong again?" Qiao Dongliang, who had just returned home, heard his wife scolding their daughter again.
"What else could be wrong? You don't even feel sorry for us, your parents, and you just enjoy yourself. Is this how books teach you to study? If this is the case, why are you still studying? If not, what have you learned?" Ding Jiayi raised her chin and let Qiao Dongliang see for himself what the situation was at home.
Qiao Dongliang was used to keeping his house clean. Today, the house was suddenly a little messy. Qiao Dongliang couldn't help but frowned: "Why isn't it cleaned?"
"I'm going to work."
"I'm out studying."
"I……"
Ding Jiayi and Qiao Nan both gave reasons why they didn't have time to clean up, but Qiao Zijin wouldn't come up with one.
"I, I cleaned Nan Nan's room."
"Did you clean the whole room?" Qiao Dongliang asked incredulously, "And Nan Nan always cleans her room by herself."
"Nannan got up earlier than me, so it's not that Nannan didn't clean her room, it's that I got in the way. Dad, I've never done this kind of work before, so I'm slow. Don't be angry."
"Forget it, it's not too dirty anyway. Let's all help and clean the house." Qiao Dongliang sighed.
"I, I wash the dishes!" Qiao Zijin quickly said something more relaxed, but her eyes looked at Qiao Nan cautiously.
Her only excuse was that she cleaned Qiao Nan's room, but Qiao Nan had cleaned the room herself, and she knew it, and Qiao Nan knew it too.
Qiao Zijin feels that Qiao Nan has not been as nice to her as before recently, and she is afraid that Qiao Nan will expose her in front of her parents.
However, Qiao Zijin looked at Qiao Nan several times, and Qiao Nan just silently picked up the broom and swept the floor clean.
"Huh." Qiao Zijin breathed a sigh of relief. Qiao Nan's temper had indeed become worse, but deep down he was still as easy to bully as before, and that was good.
Seeing Qiao Zijin's relieved look, Qiao Nan smiled silently. It wasn't that she didn't want to argue with Qiao Zijin about cleaning the room, but Qiao Zijin didn't understand her true position in her parents' hearts.
It was just a matter of cleaning the room. If she insisted on competing with Qiao Zijin for the credit, her father would at most just say "hmm" in the end, and he might not be very happy in his heart.
Qiao Zijin stayed at home for half an hour and did not do any housework. Even though this showed how lazy Qiao Zijin was, it was also shameful for her parents because they were the ones who raised this lazy daughter.
Especially since her father would still feel angry about her, even if it was really her who did it, he would give the credit to Qiao Zijin, just to help her out.
Family members shouldn't be so petty. It's okay to suffer a loss occasionally.
Her father asked this question not because he wanted to cause trouble for Qiao Zijin, but because he wanted to see Qiao Zijin's progress.
Being the eldest daughter is really useful.
Her father gave up on her in her previous life, not only because she was indeed incompetent, but her sacrifice made Qiao Zijin successful after all.
Otherwise, if her father had been more forceful, her mother would have had to listen. She had never had her own opinion at that time, and if her mother had given in, she would definitely not have been able to insist on missing school and working.
Thinking of this, Qiao Nan laughed at herself. Perhaps because of her birth, her mother lost her job and her father had to retire from the army. In the end, she was still not a son. In fact, her father must have some resentment towards her in his heart.
In her previous life, she was always the one who was sacrificed, and all her sacrifices were used to make Qiao Zijin successful.
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