Chapter 2013 - My Responsibility

The Zhu family treated the Zhai family and Qiao Nan so well, so were the Zhai family and Qiao Nan not being too overbearing?

“You’re a stupid one, aren’t you?” Wang Yang rolled his eyes. “Who said that the Zhai family and Qiao Nan were the ones who requested for you not to go out? They don’t even know about your existence, alright?”

“What do you mean?” Wang Yang’s wife was confused. If the Zhai family had never asked for it, then why had Wang Yang told her that it would be inconvenient for her to be present? She had thought that the Zhai family had asked her husband to pass on this message to her.

That was why she had been annoyed. She had never had any contact with the Zhai family, much less seen Qiao Nan in her entire life. So, what rights did Qiao Nan have to force her, the owner, to be hidden away from sight when she was getting married from the Zhu family’s house? What a joke!

“Have you forgotten why I married you?” Wang Yang poured a glass of water for himself. He was thirsty and tired from busying around the whole morning. “There will be quite a few people coming over to our house since Qiao Nan is getting married from here. It won’t just be the Zhai family. There will be other guests too. They’re not blind either. What do you think people will think if they realize how similar you and Qiao Nan look?”

He had married her to coax Zhu Chengqi. But given the special situation today, he would feel aggrieved if others misunderstood that he had feelings for Qiao Nan. More importantly, Wang Yang was reluctant to be embarrassed, no matter the reason, and even more unwilling to be looked at in a different light.

“I...” Wang Yang’s wife was left speechless. Even today, she had only seen the silhouette of a lady in a red wedding dress. She had not even caught a glimpse of Qiao Nan’s appearance. That was why she had forgotten that she bore some resemblance to Qiao Nan. However, she knew nothing about how similar they looked and that was the reason for her curiosity and desire to meet Qiao Nan.

Wang Yang rolled his eyes. He had always known that he had married someone who was not particularly intelligent. “Are you sure that you kept a close eye on that old foggy in the past month without making any mistakes?”

“Yes, of course...” Wang Yang’s wife nodded. “What’s the matter?” Wang Yang’s expression looked strange today. Could something have gone wrong?

“The problem is that I don’t know what’s wrong. That’s why I’m frustrated.” Wang Yang grabbed at his hair. “That old foggy agreed to let Qiao Nan leave for her marriage from the Zhu family’s house. Why do I think that there’s something weird about this? That old foggy is really...”

He had invested so much in trying to get rid of Qiao Nan. Initially, he had thought that that would be the end of it and that Qiao Nan would no longer pose a problem to him. Who would have known that today’s incident would give Wang Yang a timely reminder not to rejoice just yet because the matter was not as easy as it seemed?

In recent years, Zhu Chengqi no longer talked about Qiao Nan. Wang Yang had hoped that Zhu Chengqi had forgotten all about the past at his age, would never mention Qiao Nan, be disappointed in Qiao Nan, or think about Qiao Nan. Zhu Chengqi should have forgotten all about Qiao Nan in a matter of days, let alone a few years’ time.

Everything had been progressing well, but Zhai Sheng’s wedding and the appearance of Qiao Nan’s name once again reminded that old man of Qiao Nan’s existence. Wang Yang hated that fact.

Did the Zhai family not know about the Zhu family’s situation and how Zhu Chengqi was the only person left in his family? They could get married by all means. No one was stopping them from doing so. But could they not spare a thought for other families? Why did they send their wedding invitations blindly? Did they not know how much trouble they were causing?

Without that invitation, there would not have been so many things that followed, causing him to be in such a bad mood. He had not even been so busy on his own wedding day, so why did he have to slave away on Zhai Sheng and Qiao Nan’s wedding day?

Wang Yang’s wife quickly cajoled him. “Don’t worry. We’ve worked hard for such a long time. We won’t fail. What’s the use even if Qiao Nan is the ideal daughter in that old man’s eyes? Didn’t Qiao Nan go astray in the end? Not only did she leave school, but she also got into an early relationship with a boyfriend that that old man disliked. Apart from being a sliver of the ideal daughter’s image that old man has in mind, Qiao Nan has nothing. We’re different. We’ve stayed by his side to take care of him for so many years, even neglecting our own parents. We’ve treated him so well. That old man won’t leave us in the ditch and give everything that should belong to us to an outsider.”

If he really did give them to an outsider or Qiao Nan, all those years of their efforts would go down the drain.

“Hehe...” Wang Yang sneered. He did not think that Zhu Chengqi was such a person. If it had been so easy, Zhu Chengqi would have handed all of the Zhu family’s assets and connections over to him the moment he retired from the military.

But in reality, apart from acknowledging him, the nephew, Zhu Chengqi had given him nothing at all. All of Wang Yang’s efforts were still an investment that had not seen any returns.

Wang Yang’s wife gritted her teeth. “If you are really worried, I won’t play my mobile games anymore from today on. Aside from the time when that old man is asleep, I’ll try my best to spend all my time with him. I’ll make sure that he won’t have the chance to contact anyone else but me. How’s that?”

If they were to do that, Wang Yang’s wife would have it tough and it would probably reflect poorly on them as well. Zhu Chengqi did not have a good temper. If one were to put it nicely, his niece-in-law was helping take care of him by sticking by his side. But given Zhu Chengqi’s temper, he would not hesitate to declare that everyone knew best whether his niece-in-law was actually taking care of him or monitoring him.

Once they were exposed, Wang Yang and his wife would definitely be at a disadvantage.

But now that they had already come so far, Wang Yang’s wife had no choice but to bear this burden for the sake of their futures. She would just have to be scolded. As long as her efforts brought her a return in the future, everything would be worth it. “Dear, if that old man ever loses his temper and flares up, just side with him and scold me as well. You can be the good cop and I’ll be the bad cop. As long our futures are secured, it doesn’t matter if we’re scolded now. Dear, let’s do that!”

Wang Yang looked at her. “It’s not that it won’t work, but you’ll certainly suffer quite a lot. You’re my wife. If you act insensibly, that old man will surely blame me for it too. Then, both of us will be in trouble.”