Chapter 2097: Reteach
A child whose height was only at her knee level kept saying, “I want to stay by Mom’s side and protect Mom and my little sister.”
Upon thinking of how cute and silly Zhai Hua was at that time, Miao Jing’s heart softened. She was a just child. How was she going to protect Miao Jing? On the contrary, Zhai Hua was too small-sized. Sometimes, Miao Jing was holding things in her hands and couldn’t see her, who was following her by the side. She was even tripped by Zhai Hua when walking at times.
When she encountered this situation for the first time, Miao Jing was shocked. Thankfully, she didn’t trip. Otherwise, she wouldn’t know what to do.
This matter happened so many years ago. When Zhai Hua mentioned this again, Miao Jing decided to help Zhai Hua remember the things that she had done when she was young, which were sillier than what Jiajia did.
Upon hearing her silly past, Zhai Hua couldn’t help but feel thankful that her mom picked up her call and not Jiajia’s call. If Jiajia knew that she had such a past, how was she going to put on airs as a mother in front of Jiajia and use the children in Qiao Nan’s stomach to educate Jiajia well?
“Mom, you have to help me. Ever since I got a divorce from Wei De, Jiajia simply let herself go and lead her own life. It’s getting harder to manage her. It’s not easy to manage her now. As such, the things you just mentioned to me, especially the silly ones that I did when I was young which I don’t remember but you do, must not be mentioned to Jiajia. Otherwise, I really don’t know how to manage Jiajia in the future. Jiajia was obedient and didn’t need me to manage her in the past.”
In the face of her daughter’s changes and display of her true temperament, Zhai Hua was naturally more happy than angry. It was just that in front of Miao Jing, her birth mom, Zhai Hua inevitably became a little spoiled and complained to her mom how difficult it was to manage her daughter and how tough a life she was leading recently.
Miao Jing naturally understood what Zhai Hua meant and her heart warmed. “Don’t worry. Would I, as your mother, not know how strong-headed you are since you were young? Regardless if it’s for Jiajia or the triplets in Nan Nan’s stomach, you’re, after all, these children’s elder. I’ll save you some face. Moreover, I think Jiajia is pretty good. Her temper is exactly the same as yours when you were young. Don’t nag Jiajia too much in the future. Jiajia is not easy to manage as she inherited this from you. Who asked Jiajia to be your daughter and you to be Jiajia’s mom?”
Miao Jing really felt that Jiajia’s temper recently was too similar to Zhai Hua’s when she was young. Initially, when Miao Jing knew that Jiajia was a well-behaved and quiet child, she thought that Jiajia inherited more traits from the Wei family and was more similar to Wei De rather than Zhai Hua.
However, when she thought of Wei De’s temper, Miao Jing changed her mind and concluded that Jiajia’s character was influenced by Wei Xiaomei. At that time, Wei Xiaomei was still Jiajia’s aunt. Miao Jing only treated Wei Xiaomei as a demure person. Under Wei Xiaomei’s influence, Jiajia became more like Wei Xiaomei.
However, following the exposure of the true relations.h.i.+p between Wei Xiaomei and Wei De, such a ridiculous idea in Miao Jing’s mind disappeared completely. She never mentioned this to anyone else either.
Thankfully, at this moment, Miao Jing could confirm that Jiajia was indeed a child of their Zhai family. In the past, it was the environment that caused Jiajia to hide her truest self. Now, the oppressive environment was gone. Hadn’t Jiajia showed her true self and let herself go?
“I don’t care. You and Dad are the biggest trump cards in her hands. Jiajia said that she has to listen to me but I have to listen to you and Dad and the both of you treat her well. As such, between the both of us, she’s the real boss and the person standing at the top of the food chain.” Upon thinking of Jiajia’s words, Zhai Hua really felt angry and amused.
When she heard Miao Jing emphasize that Jiajia’s temper was exactly the same as hers when she was a child, Zhai Hua couldn’t help but wonder if she was so cheeky when she was young.
“Mom, you’d better not pick up Jiajia’s call. This little girl is too problematic. Once she bugs you, you couldn’t even think of hanging up the call. She could spend the entire self-study session talking. There’s a monthly test this week. Let her calm down and take the exams well. If she couldn’t even score well in her exams, how is she qualified to be an older sister? I won’t let her play with the children Qiao Nan gives birth to in the future.”
It was naturally a good thing that her daughter’s personality was more open. However, when it came to studying, Zhai Hua really didn’t dare to relax at all. There wasn’t a choice. Wei De was the most vivid example placed in front of her.
Didn’t Wei De eye her, the daughter of the Zhai family, because he was lacking some ability and wasn’t willing to work hard? Even if she was oversensitive and did have such hidden worries, she only wished for Jiajia not to be like Wei De. She didn’t want her to regret that she had done too little when she was young when it came to the time she had to showcase her abilities.
Miao Jing agreed with Zhai Hua’s point of view. “Don’t worry. Jiajia is my birth granddaughter. I dote on her too. Of course, I believe that Jiajia is a child who knows her limits. I’m going to hang up soon. I won’t chat with Jiajia much. I’ll just tell her to study hard and then hang up the call.”
After ending the call with Zhai Hua, Miao Jing hung up the call with Jiajia after saying a few sentences, just like what she had told Zhai Hua. Jiajia was still a good and obedient girl. She had not completely let herself go.
Upon hearing that her grandma cared so much about her, Jiajia hurriedly a.s.sured Miao Jing that she would definitely study hard and be a good role model to the younger siblings. After that, Jiajia hung up the call. She returned to the cla.s.sroom and devoted herself to studying. Jiajia told herself that she had to score well in this week’s monthly test.
Otherwise, when she returned to the capital to visit the younger siblings during National Day, could it be that she had to tell them what a disappointing older sister she was as she couldn’t even score well in a monthly test?
Zhai Hua once shared with Jiajia how formidable Zhai Sheng, her uncle, was. When he was young, he scored well in his exams. He even skipped grades in university and graduated with honors.
After knowing how formidable Zhai Sheng was, Jiajia considered Qiao Nan’s situation again. Jiajia knew that Qiao Nan didn’t have high academic qualifications. However, she didn’t dare to look down on Qiao Nan because of that or think that she had low cultural standards.
During that period of time when Jiajia stayed by Qiao Nan’s side, Qiao Nan was the one who had tutored Jiajia for all her English homework. For those points that Jiajia didn’t learn well in the past or had forgotten, Qiao Nan gave Jiajia examples after looking at her homework and retaught Jiajia.