The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits
Chapter 328 - 332: The Tampered Life (14)

Chapter 328: Chapter 332: The Tampered Life (14)

Su Family had great expectations for the first baby of the great-grandson generation.

Seeing her second son like this, Aunt Su held her head, feeling dizzy and somewhat unstable on her feet.

In another room, Qiao Xiaoxiao also slowly came to her senses.

Her foot had been wrapped in thick bandages, but the pain did not subside and forced her to clench her lips tightly.

Upon seeing the doctor and nurse who entered, she hurriedly inquired about the condition of her right leg.

"Your foot has been severely injured... you need to prepare yourself mentally, even if it heals, it might still not be right."

Qiao Xiaoxiao’s heart felt as if it had been sliced in half, she held back from collapsing and tremblingly asked, "What do you mean by ’not right’?"

"It means that when you walk, it might look awkward, but there’s nothing serious, and it won’t greatly affect your life."

Qiao Xiaoxiao didn’t feel consoled at all, she bitterly resented Mr. Qiao, hated Granny Su to death, and also her mother...

Even Su Li, who had nothing to do with this incident, was listed by her as one of the culprits for her current plight.

Why—when none of these had happened in her past life?

In her past life, though her life was not good, she didn’t become a cripple.

Qiao Xiaoxiao refused to believe what the doctor in front of her was saying, and she started shouting, "That can’t be right, you’re talking nonsense; how could I become a cripple..."

"Clearly, your medical skills are inadequate; I want a different doctor... get me another treatment doctor."

The thing doctors hated most was people doubting their professional skills; he, too, immediately put on a cold face, "A different doctor would reach the same diagnosis."

Besides, when had he ever said she would become a cripple? He only mentioned that there would be a slight difference in her walk compared to before.

However, the doctor was not keen on explaining any further and turned to leave.

Soon after, another nurse came in and directly informed the still enraged Qiao Xiaoxiao, "Mr. Qiao, you need to pay your fees now."

Qiao Xiaoxiao: "..." Where would she get the money, "Let my sister help me pay."

She must’ve been brought to the hospital by her elder sister.

Her parent from her past life, she knew, were completely unreliable.

When the nurse turned up, Su Mo’s eyes were still red.

He directly said, "Understood, I will inform her parents."

Granny Su, hitting her thighs angrily said, "The Qiao Family is just a mess of problems. Had we known, we would’ve stayed far away, better than regretting it now."

"Once a daughter is married off, she’s like spilled water. Su Mo, you did the right thing, from now on we should just take care of our own family."

Seeing her grandson like this, Granny Su also felt heartbroken and quickly said, "Just leave one person here, the rest should go back."

"Li Bao, go back with your brother later, the clinic is not a good place to stay."

Granny Su harbored a deep resentment towards Qiao Xiaohong.

She said, if it weren’t for her being willful, how would the baby in her belly have been lost?

Granny Su insisted on not letting Su Mo stay, leaving only Aunt Su behind.

Others, needed to go back to work should work, and those who needed rest should rest.

At Qiao Xiaoxiao’s end, she waited a long time, but no one came.

Only the nurse kept coming to demand the medical fees.

By late afternoon, almost evening, Mrs. Qiao finally dawdled over and scolded Qiao Xiaoxiao ferociously.

Calling her a money-losing good-for-nothing and a financial burden.

After much wrangling, Mrs. Qiao managed to create a conflict with the doctors and nurses, and only then did they discount the medical fees by a dime or two.

Then they wouldn’t let Qiao Xiaoxiao stay at the clinic any longer, directly grasping her arm and insisting on dragging her home to recuperate.

Thinking of her own leg, Qiao Xiaoxiao was resolute in her disagreement, "My elder sister, she definitely won’t ignore me."

Qiao Xiaoxiao had this confidence.

In her previous life, the Su Family had prospered, and her elder sister had supported them for a lifetime.

Not mentioning this was better, but when brought up, Mrs. Qiao also blamed her second daughter, slapping her on the back, "It’s all because of you, wasn’t it you who caused our family to have a dispute with the Su Family?"

Only then did Qiao Xiaoxiao remember, in her past life her grand nephew seemed to have been checked soon after the college entrance exams.

It seemed there had been such an issue in her previous life too, but unlike now, it was caused by a quarrel between her elder sister and her sisters-in-law.

Considering the events of her previous life, Qiao Xiaoxiao had never really thought about it again.

She felt somewhat guilty, yet not quite convinced...

To her, this child was never meant to be connected with them, or as people would say in the future, its inherent quality was poor, and its loss was inevitable.

Qiao Xiaoxiao always felt that whether she was there or not, this child would not exist, thus she didn’t feel much guilt over Qiao Xiaohong’s miscarriage resulting from her.

Qiao Xiaoxiao still wanted to make a scene, but could her slight elbow overpower Mrs. Qiao’s stout legs?

She was forcibly dragged home by Mrs. Qiao.

They seldom took medicine, deeming it expensive.

Mrs. Qiao, in the end, knew some shame, and aware with the elder daughter’s situation, she dared not attract the hatred of the Su Family by knocking on their door.

She secretly instructed her third daughter to send a few eggs over, and let it be.

After being dragged home, no one specifically cared for Qiao Xiaoxiao, as the parents’ attention was all on Xiao Wu.

Xiao San and Xiao Si were also kept busy by Mrs. Qiao, never having a chance to rest and attend to Qiao Xiaoxiao’s calls.

Mrs. Qiao also complained that without Qiao Xiaoxiao working for a long time, they would lose many work points.

So, Qiao Xiaoxiao kept herself busy, trying to take meticulous care of herself, as she didn’t want the doctor’s words to become true.

Before long, a significant amount of time had passed swiftly.

The day she was about to report to the college was drawing considerably nearer.

After being treated this way by Qiao Family’s parents, Qiao Xiaoxiao completely cooled off from her kinship with the Qiao Family.

Fortunately, she would soon be able to leave this place, and she would never return after...

One day, Qiao Xiaoxiao took out a few coins she had tricked from Mrs. Qiao and prepared to place them where she hid her admission letter.

She had already saved up several tens of dollars, most of which were secretly subsidized by her elder sister, while a small portion was scraped together from the Qiao Family’s parents.

She kept them together with the admission letter, planning to take them with her when she left.

She had applied to a teachers’ college in the provincial capital that not only waived tuition but also provided over ten dollars in stipend each month, nearly equivalent to a month’s salary for a city worker.

It was even a highly sought-after job’s salary.

Yet, as Qiao Xiaoxiao was digging behind a panel in the corner of her room without anyone noticing, the items inside disappeared without a trace.

Admission letter, money... all were gone...

Qiao Xiaoxiao rubbed her eyes, closed and reopened them, only to see nothing was there.

She almost went mad.

She secretly called Xiao San over to subtly probe, and Xiao San’s words made her feel like she was falling into a cold abyss.

"The stuff under the panel was taken by mom..."

"I saw it with my own eyes, mom looked really upset at the time, but she got over it soon after."