Rebirth to a Military Marriage: Good Morning Chief

Chapter 2101-2110

Chapter 2101: Familiar

Qiao Dongliang kept thinking about what kind of present to prepare for his three grandchildren. He could not possibly show up in the capital empty-handed, right?

Qiao Dongliang thought about how he had no other income apart from his pension of two thousand yuan every month and the two thousand yuan monthly allowance from Qiao Nan. Products for babies were expensive. Moreover, he was going to become a grandpa to three children at once! He had to prepare even more things. At this time, Qiao Zijin happened to knock on his door. “Dad, are you around?”

After receiving no answer from within the room for a long time, Qiao Zijin bit on her lip but forced a smile out. “Dad, it’s Zijin. Are you there?”

Qiao Zijin had knocked on his door twice, so Qiao Dongliang had definitely heard her. However, Qiao Dongliang was now numb toward his daughter, Zijin. One had to be blessed to have the good fortune of having good children and he only felt that he was to be blamed as a father. He was indeed Qiao Zijin’s father, but Qiao Zijin herself was already a mother. She had to have her own plans for her own life. Why should he have to interfere in her life?

Qiao Dongliang stood up and opened the door. “What’s the matter?”

“Dad, we haven’t had a chat in a long time. Are you free?” Qiao Zijin was upset that Qiao Dongliang had gotten into the habit of locking his door at home. There were only three people at home and they did not even go out much.

As such, it was painfully obvious whom Qiao Dongliang was trying to protect himself from. Of course, there was no way Qiao Zijin could be happy about it since she was one of them.

“Come in.” Qiao Dongliang stepped inside to allow Qiao Zijin in. After Ding Jiayi had moved out, Qiao Dongliang occupied the room alone. Qiao Zijin had thought that Qiao Dongliang’s room would definitely be dirty and messy without a woman to clean up after him.

Before entering the room, Qiao Zijin had mentally prepared herself so that she wouldn’t express her disgust. If she were to do so, the conversation would end before it even started.

She was surprised to see that not only was Qiao Dongliang’s room not messy and dirty, but it was even a little cleaner than her own. Qiao Zijin felt a little more at ease at the sight. “Dad, it’s been such a long time. Are you still upset at Mom? You’ve lived with Mom for such a long time, so you should understand her temper. She cares most about you. Do you know how hurt she is that you always fight with her? No matter what, Mom married you and gave birth to two daughters for you.”

Her mom could not live without a man.

In the past, her mom often told her that her dad was useless and could not even support the family, much less give her a luxurious and comfortable lifestyle. She had gotten used to hearing about how Qiao Dongliang had never contributed much to the family and how the family had only managed to get to where they were because of Ding Jiayi.

Now, the couple had not yet gotten a divorce, but Ding Jiayi already seemed so listless just because Qiao Dongliang had mentioned it. She did not even have the energy to care about her daughter anymore. Qiao Zijin could not help but be upset at how her mother was such a letdown.

Had she not said that her father was useless and that her entire family depended on her mom? If that was the case, there was no need to be afraid of her dad throwing a tantrum. Her mom should stand up for herself and fight her dad until the end. That way, her dad would understand that he would not be able to survive without her.

But in reality?

The one who could not survive was not her dad but her mom.

Without her husband, her mom did not even want to care for her own daughter. She acted as though she was a widow with no other family and simply took care of her own meals.