Rebirth to a Military Marriage: Good Morning Chief

Chapter 1991-2000

Chapter 1991: Involvement

Upon learning of the reason for Qiao Dongliang’s fall, the doctor could only say that the patient’s family did not take care of the elderly well. Not only had he taken a bad fall, but it was so severe that he had even been injured a second time!

“Thank you, doctor.” Qiao Nan was not at all surprised that Qiao Dongliang was fine. In her dream, Qiao Dongliang had been even more severely injured and had been hospitalized. Then, he had recovered all the same.

“No worries.” With that, the doctor left.

Qiao Nan pushed Qiao Dongliang into the ward with Zhai Sheng by her side. Perhaps, the hospital was not as busy these few days. As such, Qiao Dongliang was the only person in his ward. After the nurse took her leave, the only ones left in the ward apart from the Qiao family was Zhai Sheng.

Qiao Dongliang had not awoken and the four people who were awake dared not take the initiative to speak, making the atmosphere extremely awkward.

Qiao Zijin wrapped her arms around her waist, poking Ding Jiayi, asking her to take the first step. Ding Jiayi’s expression was stiff. If Zhai Sheng was not around, she would have scolded Qiao Nan to death a long time ago, so much so that Qiao Nan would not even have the guts to lift her head. But because Zhai Sheng was around, Ding Jiayi had no idea what she should say.

Qiao Nan had been away from home for a long time, yet Ding Jiayi could not bring herself to express concern toward Qiao Nan. On the other hand, Ding Jiayi felt as though Zhai Sheng would beat her up if she were to scold Qiao Nan in front of him.

Apart from throwing airs around Qiao Dongliang and Qiao Nan, Ding Jiayi was not of much use at other times. Zhai Sheng had a different air to him, and people with ill intentions like Ding Jiayi shivered in fear at the sight of him.

But she could not keep silent forever. Qiao Zijin was hurrying and urging her to say something. If she remained silent any longer, Qiao Nan might just take her leave. She thought about how Qiao Dongliang would incur even more expenses after being discharged since he would need to recuperate at home. In short, Zijin was right. Old Qiao was not Zijin’s father alone. Qiao Nan was her and Old Qiao’s daughter too.

Qiao Nan had to take up the responsibility and fork out some money now that Old Qiao had gotten into such a situation and needed money for his rehabilitation. Zijin was divorced and had not found a job yet. There was no way Zijin would be able to bear this responsibility of taking care of Old Qiao on her own.

After clearing her throat, Ding Jiayi looked guiltily at Zhai Sheng before saying, “Qiao Nan, your dad was injured so badly this time. We’ll have to spend quite a bit of money on nourishment and medications for him. What do you think we should do?”

Qiao Nan was not afraid of letting Zhai Sheng gain a clearer understanding of her family’s situation. Dirty linen should not be aired in public? Just a few months ago, Ding Jiayi and Qiao Zijin had been in the headlines on a daily basis. What else was there that outsiders did not know about their family? “Dad may not be awake now, but amongst the three of us, you’re the most senior here. Apart from you, Zijin is older than me too. I think it’s funny. I didn’t even question you about how my dad got injured in case I embarrass you, yet you’re trying to make me take responsibility for this?”

Did Ding Jiayi think that she would try to keep up appearances and be a good person in front of Brother Zhai? Did Ding Jiayi think that she would happily take on all responsibility to prove to Brother Zhai that she was a good daughter and sister?

That was exactly what Ding Jiayi was thinking. Since Ding Jiayi felt this way, she thought that Qiao Nan would think in the same way too. It would be even weirder if Qiao Nan was willing to expose all of the Qiao family’s dirty laundry out in public.