She didn't like Qiao Mo, not at all.
From the first day Qiao Mo stepped into the Qiao family, she absolutely disliked her!
Even though Qiao Mo joined the Qiao family in her teens, she acted more like a spoiled rich girl than anyone else.
Qiao Mo had a terrible temper, infamous throughout Jiang City for it.
There was a rumor in Jiang City saying that the Qiao family had three treasures: one was Qiao Dehou's wealth, the second her own Qiao Yin's beauty, and the third, Qiao Mo's temper.
Qiao Yin didn't know whether the person who originally spread this saying did so to mock Qiao Mo or not.
But she knew that even when their father was around, Qiao Mo would dare to throw chopsticks and show a sour face without hesitation!
Moreover, Qiao Mo demanded the best in everything she ate, wore, and used.
She would only eat freshly slaughtered meat.
The vegetables had to still have dew on them.
Even her clothes, if the fabric was slightly inferior, her skin would turn red within moments, and even while sleeping, the temperature and humidity in her room couldn't have the slightest deviation!
She was as delicate as the princess in the fairy tale of "The Princess and the Pea," able to feel a single pea beneath ten mattresses.
But despite her being so picky, their father adored her excessively, always holding her close since she was little!
And as for herself?
She hated how she could drink raw water and still be lively, hated how she couldn't tell fresh from stale food, and even hated how she could sleep so soundly while camping outdoors!
Qiao Yin felt that, compared to Qiao Mo, she seemed more like a rough rural servant, while that wild girl from the orphanage seemed like a princess born with a silver spoon, so delicate it was enviable!
Qiao Yin withdrew her gaze, the smile on her lips deepening a bit.
Humph, so what if she's delicate?
So what if she attracts the attention of men?
Didn't she still end up being sent to a man like Fu Nancheng, who was old and ugly?
Once entangled with a man like that, she was destined to be a laughingstock for her entire life!
...
Qiao Mo returned to her room and locked the door tightly, completely shutting out the scolding voices of her uncle and aunt downstairs, but her heart ached a bit.
Her aunt was right; she was the illegitimate child of the Qiao family.
So the only people in the Qiao family who truly cared for her were two: one was her father, Qiao Dehou, the other her brother, Qiao Xuan, who was still studying.
These twenty-three years of her life, the first thirteen were spent in an orphanage, and from thirteen, she was brought into the Qiao family.
When she first arrived at the Qiao family, Qiao Xuan had just been brought back not long before, a chubby six-year-old, but unfortunately, like her, he was a product of their father's indiscretions, destined to bear the label of an illegitimate child for life.
But she didn't hate Qiao Dehou.
Even though he was a father who sowed seeds everywhere, hardly a good man, to Qiao Mo, who lacked familial bonds, he was a good father.
He was imperfect, with many bad habits, yet he single-handedly supported the whole Qiao family and over ten years of kindness gave her a fatherly love she had never felt before.
Now, however, due to the Shen family's schemes, the entire Qiao family was about to collapse, and Qiao Dehou stood accused of severe economic crimes and even attempted murder, sentenced in the first trial to two years reprieve on a death sentence...
So... how could she not be anxious?
Qiao Mo lay wearily on the bed, having counted the sunflowers on the ceiling countless times.
In Jiang City, only that man could influence the judiciary and politics.
Yet, as it so happened, she had been manipulated into such a state and hadn't managed to ask for his help; she didn't know who else in Jiang City could save that old bastard!