Chapter 80: You don't wish me well, do you?

"Good, good!"

Hu Cuicui and the others repeatedly agreed.

Qu Shi suppressed her displeasure and ordered a servant to take them to Qiao Jinzhi's residence to see her.

Qiao Jinzhi was in her own courtyard, directing her maids to work.

"Xiao Hong, didn't you hear what I said? I told you to pull all the weeds clean out of here—is this what you call pulling them all clean? You didn't even see the roots still in the ground?"

"Xiao Li, what are you doing? After sweeping over there, don't you know to come sweep here? You lot are good-for-nothings; you need to be told what to do—are your eyes just for decoration?"

The maids were running around at her beck and call, and Qiao Jinzhi was immensely pleased.

I never expected this.

Qiao Jinzhi finally had her day—this feeling couldn't be better!

Hu Cuicui and the others arrived just in time to see this scene.

Hu Cuicui didn't think there was anything wrong with her daughter at all.

She hurried over to Qiao Jinzhi and said, "You little brat, don't you know you're carrying a precious bump? Why are you still standing? Hurry up and find a place to sit."

"Mother, I'm fine, I'm doing well!"

Qiao Jinzhi said indifferently.

Hu Cuicui supported Qiao Jinzhi as they walked to a nearby pavilion and said, "You've just become pregnant—you can't be careless. What if someone envies you and harms you?"

"That's right."

Qiao Heshui walked in from outside the pavilion.

Qiao Jinzhi chuckled and said, "Dad, Mom, rest assured, nothing will happen. Zhao Yingjun's mother values my unborn child even more than I do."

Before they could say anything.

Qiao Jinzhi told them what Qu Shi had done: "Dad, Mom, Qu Shi has made me Zhao Yingjun's official wife; from today on I am truly the proper young mistress of the Zhao family."

"Really? That's wonderful!"

Hu Cuicui was overjoyed, she hugged Qiao Jinzhi tightly and said, "I knew my daughter was capable."

Seeing the mother and daughter so happy, they were almost getting carried away with pride.

Qiao Heshui said from the side, "Don't get too excited too soon—you don't even know yet whether the baby is a boy or a girl! And it's still several months until birth."

His words made Qiao Jinzhi very uneasy.

Qiao Jinzhi retorted angrily, "Dad, how can you talk like that? Don't you wish me well?"

Seeing her own daughter uneasy.

Qiao Heshui hurriedly said, "You're my daughter—how could I not wish you well? I just want you to take good care of the baby in your womb, avoid any problems, and hope for a son."

"Exactly, how could your father not wish you well? Don't get angry—anger is bad for your health and for the baby."

Hu Cuicui chimed in from the side.

Qiao Jinzhi's mood improved a little.

They chatted for a while.

Qiao Jinzhi asked about Qiao Sheng: "Dad, Mom, how is that wretched Qiao Lianhua doing now?"

When Qiao Sheng was mentioned,

Hu Cuicui gritted her teeth and said, "Don't even bring her up—she didn't even conceive a bastard child, and she's opened a shop doing business; reportedly it's a restaurant doing quite well."

"What!"

Qiao Jinzhi had thought Qiao Sheng would be living a miserable life, but instead she's doing quite well.

She looked at Hu Cuicui and said, "Mom, who told you that? Don't tell me you got it wrong!"

Qiao Sheng's face is ruined like that—does she still have the nerve to show herself in public?

Hu Cuicui exclaimed, "How could I be mistaken? Those two little good-for-nothings, Xue Hua and her friend, are now working at her restaurant, leaving early and returning late every day, never at home."

"How could this be!"

Although Qiao Jinzhi is indeed Zhao Yingjun's official wife, in this household she can at most boss around the maids; she can't get anyone else to help her with anything.

She asked, "Do the grandparents know about this? They just watch and do nothing."

(End of chapter)