Chapter 2057: How Was This Different?
Since that was the case, he could only silently agree to Ding Jiayi’s approach. At least, the child in his elder daughter’s stomach would have a legal birth status and father.
In the end, Chen Jun became their elder son-in-law. However, he still had their younger daughter in his heart. At this moment, his younger daughter’s work was arranged by his elder son-in-law. Qiao Dongliang felt panicked. What if the same situation were to happen again and his younger daughter also… He couldn’t possibly let Chen Jun change his status from the elder son-in-law to the younger son-in-law, right?
Chen Jun had a successful career…
No matter what, Qiao Dongliang felt that it was pretty good for Qiao Nan to continue guarding her original job and position. This way, there wouldn’t be any problems between his elder daughter and elder son-in-law. His elder son-in-law’s job would also be secure.
In the blink of an eye, Qiao Zijin had already gotten a divorce from Chen Jun. However, some situations were repeating themselves again. Now, his younger daughter had married well, his younger son-in-law had a high-ranking job, and everyone in the Qiao family had face. If his elder daughter wanted to lead a better life, she had to depend on the glory of his younger daughter and younger son-in-law.
However, it wasn’t that easy. In this ‘depending’ process, his elder daughter might cause trouble to his younger daughter and younger son-in-law, harming their interests.
Qiao Dongliang still remembered clearly Ding Jiayi’s and Qiao Zijin’s att.i.tude toward Qiao Nan back then. Similarly, Qiao Dongliang didn’t forget how his att.i.tude was back then either.
Qiao Dongliang felt depressed in his heart. Perhaps the day he thought of, which was for his younger daughter to help his elder daughter once she was leading a good life, would never happen. This was because back when their family had faced such a situation, n.o.body had ever mentioned for the elder daughter to help the younger daughter.
Nan Nan had never argued, but that didn’t mean that Nan Nan had forgotten about it. Zijin never helped Nan Nan. How was Nan Nan willing to selflessly help Zijin?
“At that time, Nan Nan relied on her own efforts step by step. Although you are her sister and even married a good man like Chen Jun…” Even if Zijin had s.n.a.t.c.hed Chen Jun, a man with a good background, away from Nan Nan… “Under those circ.u.mstances, you never helped Nan Nan at all. Not only did you not help Nan Nan, but you even got Nan Nan to put the salary she earned into your mom’s pockets so that you can use it to buy a house thereafter.”
“At that time, you said that as long as you had enough face in front of the Chen family, you could put in a good word for Nan Nan in front of the Chen family in the future so that our Qiao family would become more confident too. Now that Nan Nan married well, shouldn’t you also work hard and let the Zhai family know that although our Qiao family’s status couldn’t be compared to the Zhai family’s, our family would definitely not become Nan Nan’s burden? Zijin, didn’t you mean this when you expressed those words back then?”
This was the first time Qiao Dongliang realized that at his age, his memory was still like a young man’s. He could express Qiao Zijin’s high-sounding reasons back then in their original form and shut Qiao Zijin up.
Qiao Zijin was really taken aback by Qiao Dongliang.
Qiao Zijin didn’t remember clearly what she said or did back then. Upon hearing Qiao Dongliang mention it, indeed, she found that those words sounded familiar. “Dad, that’s different.” She led a good life in the past. If she helped Qiao Nan, she would be burdened.
Now that Qiao Nan was leading a good life but she wasn’t, Qiao Nan was naturally obliged to help her so that she could lead a good life as well. Her mom was right. Qiao Nan was born with a bad life. If not for Qiao Nan’s birth, would the Qiao family’s status be so low when they were young?
Even in the face of Chen Jun, she didn’t need to go soft on him. After all, her mom always wanted to be the wife of a battalion commander and her dad nearly became a company commander. Without Qiao Nan, she would have had a reputable family background. As such, she didn’t need to work hard or rely on outsiders. As long as she had Qiao Dongliang as a father, she could lead her dream life.
However, following Qiao Nan’s birth, all the good life was destroyed by her. Her father retired from the army and became an ordinary worker. His wages couldn’t support his two daughters well.
It was Qiao Nan’s appearance that changed her from a little princess at home to an ordinary girl. Qiao Nan owed her. What wrong was there for Qiao Nan to let her live the life she should have led again?
When she was leading a good life, Qiao Nan must not burden her. When she wasn’t leading a good life, even if Qiao Nan had to sacrifice herself, she should give her a hand and let her lead a princess-like life. Qiao Nan owed her all of this. It was right that Qiao Nan gave their mom so much money. With so much money, could she buy back the glory and status of a battalion commander’s wife?
If one wanted to be calculative, Qiao Nan had owed her and her mom too much. If there was really a next life, Qiao Nan might not be able to return what she owed them in three lifetimes, let alone this lifetime. She didn’t know what would happen in the next lifetime. Taking advantage of this lifetime, she was definitely going to let Qiao Nan pay back as much as possible so that she could lead a more comfortable life now.
With such a mindset, no matter how Qiao Nan was used or harmed, Qiao Zijin never felt that she was in the wrong or that Qiao Nan had suffered too much in this family. After all, based on Ding Jiayi’s description, the reason why this family went downhill was all because of Qiao Nan.
Qiao Nan caused the Qiao family to be like this. As such, Qiao Nan was obliged to restore the Qiao family to its previous glory days when she had yet to be born. Even if Qiao Nan did it, she shouldn’t take any credit as this was the debt she owed. If Qiao Nan could make the Qiao family more glorious than before, then what Qiao Nan did would be considered compensation to the Qiao family.
Qiao Zijin never thought that Qiao Nan was equal to her. It was only right for her to do everything she wanted. It was also only right that Qiao Nan did everything for her. As such, when Qiao Zijin’s and Qiao Nan’s situations were completely reversed, she didn’t feel that the set of theories used on Qiao Nan back then was qualified for Qiao Nan to apply it to herself in turn.
Apologies, but Qiao Nan wasn’t qualified!
Only Qiao Nan owed her. In terms of repayment, Qiao Nan was not qualified to be on equal standing as her.
“What’s the difference?” Qiao Dongliang didn’t understand where Qiao Zijin’s persistence came from. He really wanted to know how it was different.