Chapter 2205: Doing Nothing Until the Last Minute

“What about the two brothers?” Zhai Hua was carrying the Zhai family’s eldest grandson in her arms. Once she heard Jiajia mention only the younger sister, Zhai Hua couldn’t help but ask on behalf of her nephews.

Jiajia tilted her head in embarra.s.sment. “I don’t know much about sports. I don’t know how to play soccer or basketball. I don’t know where I can bring them to have fun. Maybe I can buy them small suits or toy cars?” She could only buy things for them.

Zhai Hua was so angry at her daughter that she couldn’t say anything. Jiajia was only in high school and was still a poor student. She needed her mother to provide for her. As such, the promises she made to her younger brothers and sister about buying this and that for them would naturally be fulfilled by Zhai Hua in the end since she would be the one forking out money.

Jiajia smiled. “Mom, don’t be so petty. At the very most, treat it that I’m borrowing from you. After I grow up and graduate from school, I can start working and will be able to return all the money I owed to you.” For the sake of her younger siblings, so be it that she might have to starve. She believed that she was a capable older sister and would be able to earn the money used to buy her younger siblings’ toys.

“Okay, remember to pay me back the money once you’ve started working. Oh, right. Since there are so many benefits to being your younger siblings, what are you going to give me, the mother who has raised you up, after you start working?” It couldn’t be that her younger siblings had gifts, but she, as the biological mother, didn’t, right?

After hearing Zhai Hua’s words, everyone in the house couldn’t help but start laughing. Aside from the triplets who were sleeping soundly, everyone could tell that Zhai Hua was jealous of the triplets. She was envious that Jiajia treated the younger siblings better than her, the biological mother.

Miao Jing shook her head. “Jiajia has grown up. However, you have gotten younger. Who’s the one who’s being pampered now? Tell me. I’ll give them a lesson. Jealous of the triplets? Are you still a mother?” She felt pity for the triplets, who had encountered such an unreliable aunt.

Zhai Hua didn’t feel that she was in the wrong at all. Instead, she felt that talk was cheap for her mother. She had grandchildren now. Of course she wouldn’t cherish the care shown and importance placed by her daughter and son. “Mom, don’t be in a hurry to say these words. When I become a grandmother one day, I might become more open-minded.” With different positions in the family hierarchy, the feeling must be different as well.

“Mom…” Jiajia could neither laugh nor cry. Her grandma was right. The longer her mother lived, the younger she became. She was even more insensible than her.

With the appearance of Zhai Hua and Jiajia, it was considered that the Zhai family was reunited. Initially, Qiao Nan had already made plans. If Qiao Dongliang were to continue living in the capital, she would invite Qiao Dongliang over to the Zhai family to celebrate the new year. However, there was Qiao Zijin to consider. If she invited Qiao Dongliang over, she couldn’t possibly leave Qiao Zijin alone for the new year, right?

However, if she were to invite Qiao Zijin over as well, Qiao Nan wasn’t willing to suffer such grievances.

In that case, Qiao Nan could only give up the thought of inviting Qiao Dongliang over. When the triplets were having their full-month celebration, she reminded Qiao Dongliang that it was going to be the new year soon and it was time to head back to Ping Cheng to prepare for it.

Qiao Dongliang placed the three small golden bracelets that he bought in Qiao Nan’s hands. He nodded and said, “I’ve already thought about it as well. After the triplets’ full-month celebration, I’ll return to Ping Cheng.”

“…” Qiao Nan didn’t have anything to say to that. “Dad, help me put on these three golden bracelets for the children.” Since Qiao Nan couldn’t say anything else, she could only do this. She knew that the three small bracelets were Qiao Dongliang’s love for the three children. Qiao Nan immediately got him to help put them on for the children.

Indeed, when he saw the golden bracelets on the three children’s fair-skinned ankles, Qiao Dongliang laughed happily.

The Zhai family didn’t organize the triplets’ full-month celebration grandly. It was the same as when Qiao Nan and Zhai Sheng got married. They only invited a few of their closest friends. Those who didn’t have a close relations.h.i.+p with them naturally didn’t have the chance to attend it. At this age, Qiao Nan preferred to remain low-key for everything.

Of course, when Qiao Nan preferred to remain low-key before she got married, many people had expressed that this should be the way as well. Although Zhai Sheng was married, the woman he married was old and illiterate. As he reached middle age, he was blind to have married a woman who wasn’t outstanding. Where would the Zhai family have the confidence to hold a grand wedding banquet? Weren’t they afraid of being seen as a joke?

In short, it was embarra.s.sing for Zhai Sheng to have married Qiao Nan. It was smart for them not to hold a grand wedding banquet. However, when the Zhai family was organizing the triplets’ full-month celebration this time around, there were a lot of people who wanted to find the opportunity to attend it.

The situation was completely different from before. In this circle, as peers, there were few who wanted to come into contact with Qiao Nan. Most women were willing to because their husbands were Zhai Sheng’s subordinates. They wanted to make use of their relations.h.i.+p with Qiao Nan so that Zhai Sheng could help their husbands in the future. However, women who were of the same background as Qiao Nan were very willing to be friends with Qiao Nan.

There was no choice. Unless they had closed themselves to the outside world, who wouldn’t know that Zhu Chengqi was the Zhai family’s daughter-in-law’s G.o.dfather? Zhu Chengqi didn’t have a son. As such, he made a will and left everything in the Zhu family to this daughter-in-law of the Zhai family.

If it weren’t for Zhu Chengqi’s nephew who refused to believe this and wanted to file a lawsuit, everything in the Zhu family would have landed in Qiao Nan’s hands by now.

It was going to be the new year soon. Some lawsuits wouldn’t start so quickly. It was estimated that this lawsuit would only produce a result next year. However, everyone knew that Zhu Chengqi’s will was real. As such, everything in the Zhu family would reach Qiao Nan at most one or two months later. There wouldn’t be any surprises.

With things from the Zhu family, Qiao Nan was no longer an old woman with a poor background. It wasn’t only w.a.n.g Yang who was after everything in the Zhu family. A lot of other people were as well. Zhu Chengqi was an old fox and was as cunning as a hunter. If there was anything they needed to seek Zhu Chengqi’s help for, their level of friends.h.i.+p had to be evaluated first.

Qiao Nan was born lowly and had little knowledge. Until now, she didn’t have a friend from the inner circles. Whoever became friends with Qiao Nan now would undoubtedly receive her help in the future if they ran into difficulties. It wasn’t easy to coax Zhu Chengqi to agree to their requests. However, it was much simpler to conquer Qiao Nan.

After having such a mindset, Qiao Nan soon became a sweet spot for everyone. It was a pity that they didn’t do their homework. How would it be so easy for them to do certain things?

Clasping Buddha’s feet when in dire needs, but refusing to burn incense when all was well.