People just can't help but grumble. The next morning, right after breakfast, Ning Zhengtao came over with his son and daughter-in-law. Qiao Jie and Jiang Qiao had always taken good care of the old man and woman, and now that their son was back, they had to bring some gifts to thank them.
Jiang Qiao finally met Ning Boyuan in person. She had originally thought that Ning Boyuan would be a tough guy with a strong backbone, like Gu Zhengfeng, who looked like a tough soldier. However, Ning Boyuan was beyond Jiang Qiao's expectations. Although he was wearing a military uniform, he had a scholarly air about him and seemed to be a scholar. She guessed that he was probably in a clerical position in the army.
As for Ning Hao's stepmother, Jiang Qiao disliked her at first sight. She had seen all kinds of people.
On the surface, Tong Yun appears quite dignified and beautiful, but her alluring eyes reveal too much information; my intuition tells me that this woman is not a law-abiding person.
Some people are alluring in appearance, but this woman is alluring in her bones. Men might like her, but women definitely wouldn't. Jiang Qiao simply chose to ignore her.
No matter how dignified she was, she couldn't hide the restlessness in her bones. I don't know how Ning Boyuan got involved with this woman.
Ning Boyuan brought his wife over to express his gratitude. Qiao Jie said a few polite words, but Jiang Qiao was very direct.
"Uncle Ning, you're too kind. Ning Hao and I are friends. If it's not for any other reason, we should help him out of respect. If we're going to express our gratitude, we really should thank you for having such a good son."
Qiao Jie glanced at his granddaughter with a smile in his eyes. This girl is straightforward when she doesn't like something and doesn't want to be polite or pretentious. Well, they have absolutely no connection with Ning Boyuan, so there's no need for them to talk too much with him.
How could Ning Zhengtao not understand what Jiang Qiao meant? This kid is a good kid. I wonder what the eldest brother will think when he hears this. Does he really think that the other person is after his father, who is an official?
When Ning Boyuan and his wife learned that Qiao Jie was going to the countryside, they didn't stay long. As for the gifts they brought, Jiang Qiao didn't stand on ceremony and left them for the old man to take to the countryside.
After leaving the Qiao family's house, Tong Yun pouted and said, "These kids are really ill-mannered. Why do they talk in such an unpleasant way?"
Ning Boyuan was also uncomfortable, because judging from the attitude of the grandfather and grandson, they didn't take him, an official, seriously at all. He was quite puzzled. He could understand Qiao Jie, who was so old and didn't know what tomorrow would bring. There was no need for him to curry favor anymore.
But Jiang Qiao, that little brat, didn't even take him seriously. The way she looked at him reminded Ning Boyuan of the look his own son had in his eyes—it made him uncomfortable, extremely uncomfortable, as if he were looking at an enemy.
He just couldn't understand it. Had he offended this little girl? Why was she looking at him like that?
He seemed disdainful, not taking him seriously at all. He considered himself quite charming; every child in the compound would respectfully call him "Uncle," as if the child's "Uncle" was a reluctant one.
Ning Zhengtao snorted, "If you want people to respect you, you first need to have something respectable about you. Don't you think about how many years it's been since you've come back? Have you even taken care of Ning Hao? As the eldest sons of the family, what have you done for this family?"
Ning Boyuan frowned. "Dad, I've been busy, haven't I?"
The old man snorted, "Busy? There are plenty of people with higher rank than you, and I don't think they're as busy as you. Everyone says that soldiers get leave to visit their families, but I just don't know how you've managed to take your leave all these years."
Your mother and I are old and don't have many days left. We don't expect anything from you, but you should at least take care of your siblings' affairs, right?
These past few days, Ning Zhengtao has felt utterly exhausted, unlike anything he's ever felt before. When his eldest grandson is home, everything is fine. Even if his son-in-law drinks a little, he doesn't dare to cause a scene or come to their door to make a scene. But his son has taken his grandson away. Tell me, who can they rely on?
The old man gave a wry smile. "Don't underestimate your Uncle Qiao just because he has no children. His life is much more comfortable than your parents'. With Jiang Qiao as his daughter, nobody dares to lay a finger on him, not even dare to make him angry. Sigh, I'm so envious!"
Jiang Qiao didn't care about the lawsuit between the Ning family father and son. She packed Qiao Jie's luggage and personally saw the old man off to the car.
"Grandpa, if you don't want to come back, stay a few more days. After you've rested, I'll come see you. If anyone bullies you, go find Wang Datou; he's my buddy—"
Qiao Jie smiled and waved to his granddaughter. He knew this girl had a backup plan; otherwise, why would she have been so kind as to save people back then?
Jiang Qiao rushed to school. She hadn't had time to exercise in the morning, so she treated this as a running workout.
She arrived at just the right time, walking into the classroom as the bell rang. Even the teacher had to sigh when she saw Jiang Qiao, as she wanted to say there was no reason for her arrival.
"Sit down, everyone. Today is the exam. The test papers will be distributed now—"
Jiang Qiao seemed to have no concept of exams. Whether she took an exam or not wouldn't affect her studies. But it was good that she took one, at least the teacher would know that although she had missed a few days, she hadn't fallen behind in her studies.
Li Ling nudged Jiang Qiao and whispered, "Show me in a bit—"
Jiang Qiao nodded and held up one finger. Li Ling was quite clever; she could tell what Jiang Qiao meant even with just one finger.
"I owe you a favor, I'll pay you back later. Remember, let me get a higher score, we can't be the same."
"No whispering allowed!"
Jiang Qiao saw that Li Ling understood, so she didn't say anything. She took the test paper, glanced at it, and then lowered her head to answer the questions. Of course, she also had to let her deskmate see. She didn't know anything else about Li Ling's deskmate, but when it came to stealing answers, even she admired her eyes.
In order to prevent the two people from having the same answer, Jiang Qiao deliberately changed the answers to the two exercises that she had already answered correctly.
Fortunately, the two of them did it discreetly. After the exam, Li Ling proudly told others that she had done well. As for Jiang Qiao, she could only privately say that if there was anything she needed in the future, she could help as long as it was within her ability.
Jiang Qiao wasn't in a hurry for her to repay the favor; she would save it up slowly, knowing there would be a time when she needed the favor in the future.
At noon, Jiang Qiao wasn't in a hurry to go back. She took the money and tickets and went straight to the store to buy a bicycle.
When Jiang Qiao went to the store looking like this, the sales clerks didn't even look at her at first. Putting aside the fact that this little child was dressed like this, no one would feel comfortable letting a child spend so much money to buy a bicycle.
Therefore, when Jiang Qiao was choosing a bicycle, he was scolded by the female sales clerk.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't mess around if you don't have money. Don't you know that thing is valuable? Go away, go away. Don't you know who you are? Running around here causing trouble."
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