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Nobody was willing to admit they were neighbors with such people. Everyone just treated it as if the Qiao family didn’t live in the quad or near them.
The neighbors in the quad used to say that Qiao Zijin was much more outstanding than Qiao Nan, Qiao Nan was in such a sorry state for not being married even though she was in her forties and completely didn’t look like she was born to the same mother as Qiao Zijin, and that Qiao Nan paled in comparison to Qiao Zijin. But now, the tides were completely reversed, and everyone pitied Qiao Nan.
No matter how outstanding someone was, if she lacked the opportunity, how could she turn out to be outstanding?
Qiao Nan was so smart and good in her studies. If she wanted to be outstanding, she had to have the opportunity to continue her studies. The Qiao family had deprived Qiao Nan of even this small opportunity. She could only work, and even the money she earned from working was taken away by the Qiao family. Under such circumstances, how was it possible for Qiao Nan to turn out to be outstanding?
Even if Qiao Nan wanted to go to a night school, she needed money. Upon thinking of the news that was exposed after Qiao Nan left the quad and how she had led such a miserable life for close to ten years, many people in the quad, who were her old neighbors, shed tears of sympathy for Qiao Nan. They really didn’t expect someone close to them to be leading such a life. She was too pitiful.
Qiao Nan’s image might have gradually faded out from people’s sight, but her name was still a household name in Ping Cheng.
However, upon seeing the four women who got off from the Zhai family’s car today, the neighbors in the quad suddenly felt that Qiao Nan’s image became vivid. Qiao Nan was no longer just a name but a well and alive person.
“Is she really the younger daughter of the Qiao family? It couldn’t be, right?” Those who knew Qiao Nan were her seniors who were no longer young. Not only were they now grandparents, but their grandsons and granddaughters would graduate from university in a few years. It was inevitable for their eyesight to be poor once they were old. However, a few people were skeptical that they were wrong. However, they felt that that woman was the younger daughter of the Qiao family.
But how could the Qiao family’s Qiao Nan alight from the chief’s family car? Didn’t someone say that Zhai Sheng was going to remarry and that the woman sitting in the Zhai family’s car was the Zhai family’s daughter-in-law? One had to know that Zhai Sheng was already the chief now. If she married Zhai Sheng, she would become the chief’s wife.
The younger daughter from the Qiao family, whom everyone in the city was sympathizing on recently, suddenly alighted from the chief’s car and seemed to be marrying into the chief’s family to become the chief’s wife. These old neighbors instantly felt that their lives were more spectacular than TV dramas. If their eyesight were working fine and if the younger daughter from the Qiao family was marrying Zhai Sheng to become the chief’s wife, why would she need their sympathy?
If Qiao Nan required sympathy, then ordinary citizens like them certainly required more sympathy.
“Are you mistaken?”
“People are similar. It’s not strange if we’re mistaken. Only the back view looks familiar. We must have been mistaken.” The old neighbors smiled awkwardly. The woman who first pointed out that the woman’s back view was similar to Qiao Nan’s didn’t know what to say at this moment.
“Oh, it’s running late. Let’s sleep. Old people like us can’t stay up late. My eyes are tired.”
The old neighbors laughed, supported their waists, and hurried home.
It was the middle of the night. If not for the Zhai family returning, they would have long gone to bed. One had to know that the early spring was still quite cold. It was precisely because it was the middle of the night that the woman who looked like the younger daughter from the Qiao family really gave them a scare. It was safer to sleep earlier so that their thoughts wouldn’t wander.
Qiao Nan didn’t know that a number of people had already seen and even suspected that she had returned to Ping Cheng as the Zhai family was too eye-catching. To Qiao Nan, living in the quad again was both a beautiful and contradicting thing.
As a guest, Qiao Nan could naturally sleep alone in a separate room. It was just that when Qiao Nan knew where she was going to sleep, she had the urge to turn around and run out of the Zhai family. The room she was sleeping in was exceptionally big and good. It was precisely because this room was so good that in her dream, after she married Zhai Sheng and gave birth to the triplets, she had arranged for Da Bao and Er Bao to stay in this room. Not too long later after the triplets had grown up, this room became their playroom.
Qiao Nan could still clearly remember at this moment that when the triplets were young, there were three beds in the room. She could even remember how these three beds were arranged in the room.
It was a pity that the three small beds in her dream became a big bed in the middle. One could imagine how uncomfortable Qiao Nan felt with regard to such a change.
“Nan Nan, take a look. Are you still missing anything? There’s a 24-hour convenience store around. If you’re really missing something, you can get Zhai Sheng to drive you there to buy what you need. It’s very convenient.” When Miao Jing entered the room, she saw Qiao Nan sitting next to the study desk in a daze, staring at the big bed that she was going to sleep in. “Is anything wrong with this bed? Is it broken?”
After all, they had not lived in this house for over ten years. Miao Jing wasn’t certain if the furniture at home were still all good. Upon seeing Qiao Nan’s look, Miao Jing felt guilty. She thought that there was something wrong with the bed as no one had slept on it for over ten years, causing Qiao Nan unable to sleep.
“Why don’t we do this? Since this bed is broken, I’ll change another one for you. I’ll let Zhai Sheng sleep in the living room today, and you’ll sleep in Zhai Sheng’s room. Is this alright?” Oh, this was a good idea. Qiao Nan should be sleeping in Zhai Sheng’s room. Why was she sleeping in the guest room, even though it was one of the better rooms in the house apart from the master bedroom?
Qiao Nan recovered herself and shook her head. “Auntie Miao, you’re mistaken. This bed is pretty good. Nothing is broken. Too many things have happened today. I might be suffering from a little motion sickness and my head feels heavy. Don’t be mistaken. Look, this bed is pretty good.”
Sleep in Zhai Sheng’s room? Let her off.
She was feeling so uncomfortable that she wanted to cry. Her mind was filled with the triplets’ faces. If she lived in Zhai Sheng’s room, she really didn’t have to continue living.
In order not to live in Zhai Sheng’s room and to prove that what she said was true, Qiao Nan immediately sat on the bed and even jumped a few times deliberately so that she could convince Miao Jing.
It was a pity that the right time and people didn’t seem to be on Qiao Nan’s side. As Qiao Nan was sitting and jumping, the bed that looked well suddenly let out creaking noises. The moment Qiao Nan felt that the area under her buttocks was unstable and seemed to be moving, Qiao Nan hurriedly jumped up and stood on the ground.
