Chapter 107: 107: Sequelae of a concussion
The Jing family was similar to the Qin family, as both owned a small villa in H city. However, the Jing bought this villa 10 years ago, which was why it looked a little old. Nonetheless, they were still considered wealthy.
Father Jing was a small real estate developer. A few years ago, when there were still a lot of empty lands available and they may not have had much money to auction large pieces of land, he could still rely on integrating several small pieces of cheap land together, developing them, then selling them for a large amount of money.
However, now that the estate development industry had become more standardized and resources were getting scarcer, the cheap land that he used to rely on was no longer available, which was why Father Jing’s business had been suffering for the past two years.
Just when their company was about to be closed down, the Zhan family came about. Not only did they provide Father Jing with a huge amount of money, the Zhan family even provided them with enough resources to help their business grow. The previous owner even gave them 500 million to support her father’s business.
This was how the Jing family managed to get back on the right track.
Therefore, when it came to Jing Qian, Father Jing’s attitude was definitely satisfactory.
Jing Qian had just got out of the car when Father Jing quickly walked up to her and greeted her warmly.
Since she was no longer the previous owner, she did not have any emotions towards this couple. They were practically strangers to her, which was why Father Jing’s greetings weren’t a big deal to her, as they were just average. Jing Qian even felt that it was a little too much.
However, Mother Jing’s attitude towards her made Jing Qian speechless.
Just when Jing Qian was being brought into the house by Father Jing, who was still smiling brightly, she saw Mother Jing, who had a grim look on her face as she sat on the couch. When she saw Jing Qian, she sneered and purposely turned around, as if Jing Qian had owed something to the Jing family.
“Oh… What is wrong with you? It’s such a rare opportunity that Qianqian gets to come home. Why is your face like that?” Father Jing turned to Jing Qian and said, “Just ignore your mother. There’s something wrong with her brains. I got Aunt Wu to prepare all of your favorite dishes. We just have to wait for Xiao Lu to be back and then we can have dinner.”
He grabbed Jing Qian and brought her to a seat in the living room, which was right opposite of Mother Jing.
“Qianqian, you have been married to the Zhan family for almost a month. How have they been treating you? I heard that you fell from the stairs that day and injured your head. What happened? How are you now?”
Seeing that Father Jing was still trying to be nice, Jing Qian decided to answer his question.
“They have been treating me well. I was trying to snatch over my phone the other day, which was why I fell off the stairs. The doctors say that I’m fine but because of it, there are a lot of minor things that I have forgotten.
“How did it happen? What did you forget? Did the doctor tell you how long it will take for you to make a full recovery?”
When she saw Father Jing’s concern-filled face, Jing Qian had a peculiar feeling in her heart.
“Why? What’s wrong?
“Since they are already things that I have forgotten, why would I know what they are? Anyways, if there’s anything that you mentioned in the past that I don’t recall, it means that those are things that I have forgotten.”
“What is with that attitude? Your father is talking nicely to you, so why are you being so rude? Did you really think that you are that incredible now, since you married into the Zhan family? Don’t you dare forget that we were the ones who birthed you and raised you. You even called your younger sister a b*tch! She is your biological sister! If she’s a b*tch, then what are you?”
“Ayyyyy, are you really that desperate to mess things up with Qianqian? Jing Lu is the one that messed up this time, so why can’t Qianqian say a thing or two about her? Everyone has their limits and temper! Why is it that Jing Lu is allowed to challenge Qianqian’s limit all the time, but it can’t be the other way round? You are the mother of both sisters; you shouldn’t be so biased!”
Chapter 108: 108: Taught since young
When Father Jing said this, Mother Jing once again swallowed her anger and grumbled, “Well, she still shouldn’t have scolded her with such vulgar words.”
“Jing Lu deserved it; even if she had gotten beaten, let alone only being scolded. Why can’t she be scolded when she was the one who had done wrong?”
With that said, Father Jing turned to Jing Qian and said, “Qianqian, your mother and I have just found out about what happened, and we feel extremely guilty about it. We didn’t know how and when Jing Lu had fallen in love with Qin Yi. While you were away, she used the excuse of going to her classmates to fool us, but instead, she was at Qin Yi’s house.
“But Qin Yi only treated her like how you would have. He only took her in as a younger sister. Jing Lu may have stayed overnight at Qin Yi’s place but she slept in the guest room. When you dashed into Qin Yi’s house, he was worried that you may overthink it, which was why he had tried to stop you from entering. It was Xiao Lu who was acting like a child.
“She wanted you to misunderstand the relationship between her and Qin Yi. Therefore, when Qin Yi wasn’t aware, she ran to his bedroom and placed all of her clothes into his wardrobe, making it look as if they had been sleeping together.
“However, the truth is that there is nothing going on between the two of them. I can promise you that.
“As for Xiao Lu, we have been talking to her about this for the past few days and have already lectured her, telling her that what she did wasn’t righteous. Seeing that Jing Lu is still a child and she is your younger sister, would it be alright for you to forgive your sister?”
Jing Qian looked at Father Jing, her beautiful, peach blossom eyes turning dark.
If Jing Qian had been useless to them previously, it would have made sense why they would care more for the young and sick daughter.
But now, even when she was the one who could control the life and death of the Jing family, this couple was still standing on Jing Lu’s side.
Jing Qian could not hold her temper in and was just about to speak up when a loud ‘bang’ came from upstairs.
Jing Qian looked up and saw a 17-year-old teenage boy staring furiously at Father Jing. There was a gloomy expression on his face.
When Father Jing saw the look on his son’s face, he quickly asked, “Xiao Jie, what’s the matter with you?”
However, Jing Jie ignored his father. He turned to Jing Qian and demanded bluntly, “Come up here.”
Jing Qian raised her brows as she stood up and walked to the stairs.
Jing Qian had a younger sister and a younger brother.
Jing Lu was one year younger than her. She was 19 this year, a freshman in the same school as her—H City Academy of Arts.
Jing Jie, her younger brother, was 17 years old and still in high school.
Other than Jing Qian, the other children of the Jing family were born with some congenital defects.
Jing Lu was born with a congenital heart disease. If she took good care of her health, she may be able to live a long life. If she didn’t or if she got too emotional, there was a chance that she may lose her life.
Jing Jie had problems with speaking, as he didn’t speak until he was three years old. After visiting some doctors, he was diagnosed with severe autism.
Fortunately, the Jing family was rich enough to treat his condition for the past 10 years. Therefore, Jing Jie had made tremendous improvement, even though his academic results were still bad when compared to other kids his age.
Basically, Jing Jie’s results were always the last ten in his grade.
From the memories of the previous owner, the reason why she had been so nice to her siblings was mainly because of what she was taught since childhood.
‘Your father and I have given you a perfect, healthy body but when you were born, your mother’s body got damaged. Therefore, when your mother gave birth to your siblings, both of them became sick. As the eldest and the only one that is healthy, you should be nice to your younger siblings. You should give them everything that they want. Who can you blame when you’re the one who took away their health?’
This was why Jing Qian had always tolerated Jing Lu and Jing Jie.