The weather around the city in June was like a furnace. The scorching sun formed layers of heat waves on the asphalt road, and there was no one on the burned road.
Qiao Nian came out of the room dragging the luggage he had just packed.
Before I went downstairs, I heard the chirping sound of Qiao Chen downstairs.
"Mom and Dad, are Qiao Nian's biological parents really coming to pick her up?"
Father Qiao asked her sternly, "Why do you care about this? Have you practiced the piano piece you'll be using later? Your grandmother's friend will be coming from Beijing. She's a professor at the People's Art Theater and a national-level piano master. If you behave well, your grandmother will help you get married, and you'll be able to go to college in Beijing."
“I’m already practicing.”
Before Qiao Nian went downstairs, he heard Qiao Chen acting coquettishly again.
"Dad, what do you think my biological parents look like?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she muttered disdainfully under the guise of innocence, "Her biological parents said they would come the day before yesterday, but they only arrived today! Could it be that they bought a train ticket and took a train for two days and one night to rush from the mountains to pick her up?"
Upstairs, Qiao Nian couldn't help but stop, and a hint of sarcasm flashed across his cold eyes.
Three months ago, she accidentally discovered that her good sister Qiao Chen and her boyfriend were having an affair in secret and were both cheating on her.
She was so angry that she exposed the matter, only to find out that she was not a member of the Qiao family at all, but just a child adopted from an orphanage by the Qiao family.
The Qiao family adopted her not out of kindness or wanting to do good things.
It’s because Qiao Chen was born with a rare blood disease. In addition to taking medication, he also needs blood transfusions every month.
The Qiao family runs their own company, which was successfully listed last year. They are considered well-known in the city. If Qiao Chen's illness simply required spending money, the Qiao family wouldn't have a headache.
As luck would have it, in addition to having bad luck and being born with a disease, Qiao Chen also has the rare RH blood type. This blood type is extremely rare, and it is said that only one or two people out of one hundred thousand people will inherit this blood type.
Because it is so rare, hospitals call this type of blood panda blood.
It means that it is as precious as the giant panda.
The Qiao family had money to treat the illness but there was no way to guarantee that the hospital would have enough panda blood for Qiao Chen every month. So, after much thought, the Qiao family came up with a solution - adopt a child with a matching blood type from an orphanage to use as a mobile blood bag for their daughter!
She is the free blood bag.
Since she was little, Qiao Nian has been educated to be a good sister, giving her sister beautiful clothes to wear and opportunities to win awards... If the affair between Qiao Chen and Fu Ge had not been exposed this time, she would still be kept in the dark!
The Qiao family was willing to tell her this only because after these years of treatment, Qiao Chen has basically recovered and as long as he pays attention, he no longer needs to take medicine or receive blood transfusions.
She was no longer useful, and Old Lady Qiao was angry that she had made a big deal about Qiao Chen and Fu Ge at Qiao Chen's birthday party. In order to save Qiao Chen's reputation and the Qiao family's face, she simply "exposed" her as a fake daughter in front of everyone.
Father Qiao didn't want to mention Qiao Nian: "Say less."
Qiao Chen refused to pay, pouted and retorted: "That's right. They can afford the flight tickets, why would they come now? Don't they be poor?" "Okay."
Father Qiao saw Qiao Nian coming down the stairs from the corner of his eye and whispered to stop him.
The first thing that caught my eye was that wild face. She was wearing a light blue T-shirt with a red and white striped shirt over it. The hem of her shirt was casually tucked into her denim shorts, revealing a pair of thin and white legs.
Everyone in their family was very fair, but Qiao Nian was even fairer than them.
I don’t know if it’s because her skin is too white, but Qiao Nian’s eyes always look exceptionally dark. Whenever he sees her, Qiao Weimin always feels a sense of distance.
It turns out that it’s not because of biological reasons.
"Niannian, have you packed your things?" After all, he had raised her for more than ten years. Father Qiao pursed his lips, retracted his gaze, and asked in a gentler tone than the other people in the Qiao family.
Qiao Nian came down with the light luggage and nodded.
Qiao Chen finally saw her, and immediately put away the expression of watching the fun just now, pretending to be calm and called out, "Sister."
"..." Qiao Nian didn't even bother to say "hmm" to her and just stepped past her.
Being ignored by Qiao Nian, Qiao Chen pouted unwillingly, her long eyelashes drooping as if she had been wronged, her fair face looked pale and as weak as a white flower in the wind.
He Yujuan's face darkened immediately, and she leaned on her cane and snorted, "Chenchen is talking to you, can't you hear me?"
Qiao Chen immediately took her hand, raised her head, shook her head delicately, bit her lip and spoke for her: "Grandma, forget it, my sister is in a bad mood, it's okay for me."
After she said that, He Yujuan looked at the girl walking by even more unpleasantly. She saw flaws everywhere and said with disgust, "Sure enough, she's not a child of the Qiao family. After more than ten years of teaching, she still can't change her petty nature!"
"mom."
Qiao Weimin called her out as if to plead for mercy, walked up to Qiao Nian, and hypocritically took out a card: "This is 10,000 yuan."
He sighed and stuffed the money into Qiao Nian's pocket: "Take it! Go back to...your parents' house and be good. Keep the money to buy clothes. It may be useful for your future studies..."
He has always been cautious in doing things. The Qiao family has just won a government development project and it is a critical time. Qiao Weimin does not want to cause trouble.
He investigated the biological parents who came to pick up Qiao Nian. It seemed that their surname was Jiang, they were teachers by profession, and they were from Luohe County.
Luohe is 300 kilometers away from the city, and the area is a notorious poverty-stricken county. Every year, entrepreneurs donate money to Luohe County for poverty alleviation, and he has donated. He did not investigate the teachers in the small county town in the countryside, and automatically brought in the hard-working rural teachers who were often interviewed in the news.
Qiao Nian is already in his third year of high school. If he returns to Luohe, it will be almost impossible for him to get into university, let alone go to university in Beijing after graduating from Ring Road No. 1 Middle School like Qiao Chen.
This life is ruined!
(End of this chapter)