Rebirth to a Military Marriage: Good Morning Chief

Chapter 1621-1630

Chapter 1621: Guilty Conscience

Zhou Zheng’s second wedding had not been as cheery or glorious as Qiao Dongliang had expected.

“…” Qiao Dongliang was taken aback. He had not expected that Qiao Zijin was the one who had wronged Zhou Zheng first. Even if he was Qiao Zijin’s father, he felt that he had no right to stop Zhou Zheng from finding a second wife who was even younger and prettier than Zijin. But what he still could not get over was how Zhou Zheng specifically chose the day of Zijin’s funeral to get married and even prevented his granddaughter from attending her birth mother’s funeral.

Other than that, Qiao Dongliang did not really mind if Zhou Zheng got remarried, although he did cling on to the hope that Qiao Zijin would reconcile with Zhou Zheng. Qiao Dongliang did not even mind, so he was extremely shocked to hear that Zhou Zheng’s parents had disagreed. “Wh-why?”

“Why?” Zhai Yaohui was gleeful. “You’re foolish, but that doesn’t mean that other people are foolish too! Parents have a great wealth of experience that their children do not. Do you really have to ask why? No wonder your Qiao family is in such a mess. The father doesn’t act like a father, but the daughter has to act like an ancestor. Just one woman can turn the whole family upside down and create so much trouble.” All these were just a good start for Qiao Dongliang. It was not just because of Ding Jiayi.

As head of the house, as long as Qiao Dongliang had been smarter and taken responsibility, Qiao Dongliang should have been able to rein Ding Jiayi in no matter how brilliant or how foolish she was. Unfortunately, after the incident, Qiao Dongliang, as was his habit, simply pushed all responsibility to Ding Jiayi, feeling that it was entirely Ding Jiayi’s fault that their two daughters turned out like this.

No. Qiao Dongliang was the one who had ‘contributed’ the most.

“Not only that, but Mother Zhou had also renovated a large house, intending for Qiao Zijin to move in with her husband and children after she had a second child. I won’t repeat whatever happened afterward. Since Zhou Zheng was going to get remarried, Zhou Ying’s status and position in the family became rather awkward. So, Mother Zhou made a decision for the two elders to bring Zhou Ying to that new house and to leave the old house to Zhou Zheng and his newly-married wife, as well as the children that the woman would bring with her.”

In this matter, apart from Zhou Zheng, the behavior of the Zhou family was indeed praise-worthy.

“Don’t mind my harsh words. The truth is usually brutal. The Zhou couple has done so much more than you as a birth father for a daughter-in-law who started an affair outside. I hope you won’t disturb Qiao Nan anymore in the future if you have any problems. Now, Qiao Nan’s most important identity is as the daughter-in-law of the Zhai family. Secondly, as the mother of my three grandchildren. Thirdly, she’s an independent individual. Being your daughter comes in fifth or sixth place. If you have any problems, it’s best not to disturb ‘other people’.”

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Qiao Dongliang chewed on his lips. Zijin was gone, so Nan Nan was now his only daughter. How could he be ‘other people’ in Nan Nan’s eyes?

“I know you haven’t said a word, but you’re silently disagreeing with what I just said. I won’t try to beat around the bush with you.” Zhai Yaohui was used to bigger occasions and matters, and not at all used to these trivial family matters. But his working style as a chief would never change. “Qiao Nan has been married into the Zhai family for over a decade now, and the three children are already in junior high school. Have you realized that you have never addressed me as your in-law and have instead always addressed me as your chief? As for me, I’ve never taken the initiative to ask you to drop that courtesy and address me more casually since we are a family. I’ve always taken it for granted that I should accept you addressing me as your chief.”