Transmigrated into the Cannon Fodder's Daughter - Chapter 22.2
Editor: Aaghna
When Li Nanjue heard his usually lovable daughter comforting Jiayin, his expression turned complex.
Everyone else was imagining things? The two of them were open-hearted and honest?
Nanjue thought their words were amusing, but he couldn’t force a laugh out of himself. It turned out that these interactions were normal between Jiayin and Ren Shaotang, so his daughter regarded them as of no importance. The interactions between the two were considered ordinary.
Whenever Nanjue courteously danced with another woman for business, Zhan Jiayin always threw a fuss. However, when it was her turn, she thought it was alright for her to interact with her admirer.
He had originally thought if Jiayin apologized and swore to keep her distance from Ren Shaotang, he would forgive her for her unintentional action. But now…
Nanjue took one last look at the mother-daughter duo before turning around and returning to the living room.
Inside the living room, the family doctor inspected Qu Lian’s foot. “Just to be safe, we should scan your foot. There is a chance it’s fractured.”
Qu Lian’s expression darkened. She was no longer young. If she fractured her foot, she wasn’t sure if she could make a complete recovery. This possibility fueled her rage towards Li Qianfei.
“I’ll take you to the hospital,” Li Nanjue said.
Qu Lian turned around and saw Li Nanjue entering without Zhan Jiayin or Li Qianfei. Her tone worsened. “I’m this injured, and neither mother nor daughter show any concern.”
“Fei Fei is probably comforting Auntie right now. Auntie’s probably a little hurt,” Li Xiao said.
When Qu Lian heard this, she became even more enraged. “I’ve fractured a bone! It turns out that my fracture is insignificant compared to her bad mood. If she hadn’t done something so shameless, would I have scolded her? I’m the one who has been wronged. Has she been wronged? Have we not treated her family well enough? Our family has enough money. We don’t need her to go out and fool around as an actor. She wanted to do it. I didn’t stop her. As a result, she got her head stuck in a scandal. I only said two sentences to her, and is it my fault?”
After stirring the pot, Li Xiao quieted down. It wasn’t good to be too obvious. She saw how badly her grandmother viewed Zhan Jiayin and Li Qianfei now. It served its purpose.
The housekeeper found a wheelchair for Qu Lian to sit on, and Li Nanjue drove her to the hospital. Li Xiao didn’t feel like burdening herself by taking care of the patriarchal old woman, so she said a few words of concern and went back to her room to rest.
At night, when Qu Lian returned home, she had another quarrel with Li Qianfei and Zhan Jiayin. No, to be precise, it was Qu Lian who unilaterally insulted Li Qianfei and Zhan Jiayin. Qu Lian’s foot was fractured and it was wrapped in a thick plaster cast, so she would have to recuperate for quite some time. When Li Qianfei saw this, she felt guilty and allowed Qu Lian to insult her.
As for Li Nanjue, he said that the company was busy with recent affairs. After using that as an excuse, he went to stay in the office and did not come back. Being caught between his mother, wife, and daughter left him quite frazzled.
Li Xiao, who watched them bark at each other, didn’t want to go back to her villa and was prepared to stay for a few more days to watch the show. Of course, she spoke very nicely, stating that she was worried about her grandmother, so she was staying to look after her. Anyway, there was no shortage of housekeepers and caregivers at home, and it was not Li Xiao’s turn to take care of Qu Lian, so the most she could say were a few kind words.
Qu Lian’s attitude towards Li Xiao became much better, and Qu Lian didn’t care about Li Nanjue giving Li Xiao 10% of the shares. When Qu Lian heard from Li Nanjue that Xu Manqin was burned to death, she felt that Li Xiao had no one to rely on. Li Xiao could only rely on them if she wanted to gain a foothold in the Li family. In addition, Qu Lian intended to send a warning to Zhan Jiayin and her daughter by supporting Li Xiao, so her attitude towards Li Xiao took a 180-degree turn. Li Xiao was still young, and she could still afford to wait a few more years until marriage.
Li Qianfei watched as the relationship between Qu Lian and Li Xiao became more harmonious. She was so furious that she gnashed her teeth in anger. Li Qianfei had originally called her grandmother back to put Li Xiao in her place, but who knew that it would make her and her mother miserable instead. If things went on like this, both father and grandmother would take Li Xiao’s side. Would there still be a place for her and her mother in this family?
As she fretted, her brother, Li Qianxing, returned to China.
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