After receiving the letter from home, Qiao Shu’s originally gloomy mood instantly improved.
That evening, she even ate an extra bowl of rice. Seeing the little girl so happy, Feng Xiao could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
“Oh, Shushu, what did your parents write in the letter? Look at how happy you’ve made this child.”
He Hong watched Qiao Shu’s little face with its corners happily lifted and could not help teasing her.
“They didn’t write much, just that everything was fine at home.”
Qiao Shu said with a smile, her tone full of ease.
He Yingzi watched Qiao Shu like this and understood even more clearly in her heart why the little girl had been so thoroughly brainwashed by her grandfather! Because the little girl valued her family too much!
Sigh, what a filial good child. Just too filial, too concerned about her family.
Though He Yingzi sighed like this in her heart, she still spoke to Qiao Shu with great indulgence.
“Shushu, are you going out tomorrow to mail a letter home?”
“Yes! My home is too far from the Capital! Letters take forever to go back and forth, so I’ll definitely mail it tomorrow. That way, my parents can receive my letter sooner and won’t worry about me or miss me too much.”
Qiao Shu nodded vigorously, her smile bright and radiant.
Hearing Qiao Shu say this, the Feng Family Members felt even more heartbroken for this obedient, sensible, and especially filial little girl.
Elder Feng secretly cursed himself in his heart—what a damnable thing he had done! What kind of Childhood Betrothal had he arranged!
It had caused such a fine little girl like Qiao Shu to now be dead set on marrying his impotent grandson, potentially leaving no heirs in the future. And it forced a girl who cared so much about her family to leave home and come to them…
“Then this time, I’ll prepare some more gifts and local specialties for you to send home.”
He Yingzi said thoughtfully, her tone full of affection for Qiao Shu.
Though Qiao Shu had told her mother at home that after marrying into the Feng Family, she would bring back benefits to subsidize her natal family.
But she had only said it casually—how could she really have the nerve to do so?
Last time, the Feng Family had already prepared too many gifts for her to send home.
So this time, Qiao Shu absolutely could not bring herself to let the Feng Family prepare more.
“No need, Sister. Last time, I sent too many things home already.”
“It’s fine; those things didn’t cost much.”
Elder Feng, hearing his eldest granddaughter say this, felt especially guilty toward Qiao Shu and hurriedly chimed in.
“Yes, Shushu, don’t worry about the money. Our family’s money is your money. Your parents have only one daughter like you, sending you all this way to marry over. No matter how much we give, it’s all what we should do!”
Ever since learning that his grandson was impotent, yet Qiao Shu still cared for him unwaveringly and was firmly determined to marry him.
Elder Feng felt both moved and regretful in his heart.
So if one had to say who among the Feng Family doted on Qiao Shu the most, it had to be Elder Feng.
After all, the other Feng Family Members loved Qiao Shu, but they still retained some rationality.
But Elder Feng had lost all rationality!
These days, he had even pondered whether to follow the trend and make a will in advance, leaving all his personal assets to Qiao Shu.
But after thinking that he did not seem to have much property, he dropped the idea.
However, though he gave up on leaving his property to Qiao Shu, lately he had been considering buying her a house.
After all, the place they lived now was provided by the state and was not his personal asset.
If he passed away, the state would reclaim the house they currently lived in.
So Elder Feng began pondering buying a house in the Capital for Qiao Shu.
Thus, as Qiao Shu’s refusals proved fruitless and she helplessly thought that tomorrow she must mail her manuscript to Fairy Tale Princess Magazine to earn more money!
She could not let the Feng Family keep giving to her unilaterally; she also needed to earn more money to buy things for the Feng Family in return…
Just as Qiao Shu was thinking this, she heard—
“Shushu, what kind of house do you like?”
“A house in the Capital? Of course, a Courtyard House—the bigger, the better, and closest to the Forbidden City~”
Qiao Shu, lost in thought, answered subconsciously.
After all, as someone from the future, she knew exactly how outrageous housing prices in the Capital would become, and how precious a Courtyard House—especially one near the Forbidden City—would be.
So she did not need to think; she just answered instinctively.
Only after answering did she realize what she had just said.
“Uh, Grandpa, I was joking. What’s up? Why are you suddenly asking about houses???”
It could not be that they were going to buy her a house, right?!!
Qiao Shu thought in some horror—and she had guessed right again!
“Heh heh heh, Grandpa has some savings here and was thinking of buying a house for our Shushu.”
As soon as Elder Feng said this, he immediately received enthusiastic support from all the Feng Family Members.
“Ah, how did I not think of buying a house for our Shushu? Dad, you’re still the thoughtful one.”
“Dad, is your savings enough? If not, I have some here too…”
“Grandpa, since it’s buying a house for Qiao Shu, let me pay for it.”
“Buying a Courtyard House is not bad either. Why not listen to Shushu and get the one closest to the Forbidden City? In a bit, I’ll use my connections to ask around if anyone’s selling…”
…
Seeing the entire Feng Family move with such swift efficiency to buy her a large Courtyard House near the Forbidden City, Qiao Shu was utterly stunned.
No! She had not even said she wanted to buy a house!
Why had the Feng Family suddenly decided to buy her one out of nowhere!
If they really bought it, how many manuscripts would she have to write to pay it back!
In an instant, Qiao Shu felt a little powerless.
She opened her mouth to refuse, but this time, the Feng Family was dead set on buying her a house—no one listened to her.
They had even moved on from discussing the house to renovations and maintenance for the Courtyard House, and even where to buy antique furniture…
“…”
Looking at the Feng Family Members who treated her so well and gave her their whole hearts, Qiao Shu truly could not imagine why Qiao Hui would think marrying into the Feng Family was jumping into a pit of fire!
This was clearly falling into a nest of blessings!!!
By the next day, Qiao Shu sat in the Hongqi sedan car in a daze on the way to the post office to mail her letter. Only then did she notice that there were quite a few people in the car today.
“Grandpa, Dad, Mom, Sister…?”
Qiao Shu looked at He Yingzi in the driver’s seat, then at Feng Shengli in the passenger seat, and then at Elder Feng and He Hong sitting one on each side of her.
She instantly sobered up.
“Shushu, after you mail the letter, we’ll go look at the Courtyard House.”
“…Huh???”
Had she said she wanted to buy one? She had not, right!!!
As Qiao Shu pondered in her heart how to dissuade the Feng Family from such extravagant spending to buy her a Courtyard House.
But when they arrived and she saw that Courtyard House—and saw its price…
Qiao Shu was instantly slapped in the face. It smelled so good~