Chapter 6 It turns out she was just a minor cannon fodder character in a novel where everyone is pampered.
Reading Settings
"Dongzi, what are you doing? Go and keep her company!" Chen Xiue called out from the side when she saw Qiao Changdong not moving.
After shouting, she tried to push Qiao Changdong, wanting him to follow her into the delivery room.
This way, he witnessed his sister's childbirth process, and perhaps in the future, out of consideration for how difficult childbirth was for her, he would treat her even better.
This will also make it easier for her to control him in the future.
"Alright, what does a grown man like him know!" Old Mrs. Qiao, who had come along, frowned, pulled Qiao Changdong aside, and said, "You wait here, I'll go."
"Mom!" Chen Yulian screamed shrilly.
Her face was contorted with pain and tears, but even as she was wheeled into the delivery room, she couldn't get what she wanted and could only watch helplessly as the delivery room door closed.
The town hospital in the 1980s was not large; the inpatient department and outpatient department together consisted of only two two-story buildings.
Directly opposite the hospital entrance is the outpatient building, where all departments are concentrated on two floors.
The building behind it is the inpatient department, which is also a mixed-use inpatient department, housing all departments.
Pediatrics and obstetrics and gynecology were also grouped into one department. When Chen Yulian was sent to the delivery room, Qiao Qiao also woke up.
Many things that were not memories from her past life popped into her mind.
She stared blankly at the white ceiling above her, her mind completely blank.
It turns out that her rebirth was not as simple as it seemed.
Her life is actually a book, a book about a beloved character from the 1980s.
But she wasn't the main character; she was just a minor, cannon fodder character who died young in the book.
The rest of the family members were also a bunch of cannon fodder.
It's the family of cannon fodder in a "favored family" novel, used by the male and female leads to slap each other in the face and create satisfying moments.
The beloved female lead is none other than the twins, Shen Lu and Shen Li, who had her heart and kidneys removed in her past life.
Shen Lu is the older sister, and she was born with congenital heart disease.
Shen Li is the younger sister, who was born with congenital kidney deficiency.
And she was their human-shaped viscera culture vessel.
She was taken back by the Shen family as a child who had been abandoned. After being well taken care of for a year, she was put on the operating table.
After her tragic death on the operating table, the rest of the Qiao family were successively killed by the Shen family in a humiliating manner within ten years of her death...
As large chunks of memories that didn't belong to her flooded into her mind.
Qiao Qiao watched as her beloved family members died tragically at the hands of the Shen family.
Half of the joy of being reborn was dispelled, and all I felt was the pain of my internal organs being roasted over a fire.
Half an hour later.
Qiao Qiao was carried out of the ward by Qiao Xiaoyun.
“Dad…” As soon as Qiao Qiao saw Qiao Changdong, she reached out her hand to him.
"Why are you here?" Qiao Changdong, who had been forced by Grandma Qiao to stay at the entrance of the delivery room, immediately ran over upon seeing her.
Looking at Qiao Xiaoyun with disapproval in his eyes, he carefully picked up Qiao Qiao and carried her to him.
I dared not touch her stomach or her forehead; I could only hold her close, not even knowing how to hug her properly.
"She has to come over, otherwise she'll cry and start acting up, and I just can't handle it," Qiao Xiaoyun explained helplessly.
Qiao Xiaoyun was at a loss. Qiao Qiao had a mild concussion and an injury to her abdomen, so she shouldn't have been moved.
But she insisted on coming to find Qiao Changdong. She would cry if she wasn't allowed to come over, and she would twist her body and try to get out of bed to come over by herself. Qiao Changdong was afraid that her fussing would make things worse.
There was no other way but to carry the person over.
"Dad, I'm scared," Qiao Qiao said, looking at Qiao Changdong who was hugging her.
She wasn't lying; she was genuinely scared. After receiving those messages, she felt a strong sense of unreality.
I'm afraid that what I'm feeling now is just a dream.
When she woke up, the Qiao family was gone, her father was dead, and she could not clearly feel Qiao Changdong's body temperature and breathing; it all felt unreal.
"Don't be afraid, Daddy's here. I'll stay with you, my little one." Upon hearing this, Qiao Changdong immediately hugged the little body in his arms tightly and sat down on a bench nearby.
Nestled in Qiao Changdong's arms, listening to his strong heartbeat, Qiao Qiao's anxious heart gradually regained some sense of security.
Chen Xiue watched coldly, her eyes stinging at the sight of this loving father and doting daughter.
Even though he disliked Qiao Qiao, he couldn't say anything before Chen Yulian gave birth to her son, so he simply looked away and didn't bother to look anymore.
Chen Yulian's delivery was not easy. It was said that Qiao Qiao pushed her against the corner of a table, which caused her to hit her stomach and lead to premature birth, but in fact, she gave birth at full term.
Moreover, she was well taken care of by Grandma Qiao, and gained more than 40 pounds compared to before she was pregnant. The fetus was too big, and she had some difficulties during labor.
Qiao Qiao remembers giving birth all night in her previous life, and it was almost dawn before she was born.
She nestled in Qiao Changdong's arms, not in good spirits, but her mind was unusually excited because of everything that had happened today.
Her chubby little hands unconsciously rubbed Qiao Changdong's collar as she continued to sort through the jumbled memories in her mind.
She only learned after her father, Qiao Changdong, died that Qiao Kexin was not her father's child, but that she had married into the family while pregnant, without Chen Yulian's knowledge.
Of course, she is not her father's biological daughter either.
She was adopted by her father when he was eighteen, and she was only three months old at the time.
Before she was raised, her father was said to be a notorious hoodlum in several counties, indulging in drinking, gambling, and whoring, but refusing to dine with women.
She was too young to remember any of these things.
All she knows is that from the time she can remember, her father has been the best father in the world, cherishing her like the apple of his eye.
When she was a little older, Chen Yulian married into the family.
But in her initial memory, Chen Yulian was gentle and often coaxed her and played with her.
Qiao Qiao grew up without a mother. Although Qiao Changdong doted on her, she envied others who had mothers.
So when she was three years old, Qiao Changdong asked her if she wanted Chen Yulian to be her mother, and she nodded in agreement.
But Chen Yulian changed her attitude after she actually became her mother.
They wouldn't let her call her "Mom," and when no one else was around, they would often abuse her, pinching and hitting her, calling her a debt collector, a money-loser, a jinx, and even cursing her to die.
Qiao Qiao was pampered growing up, so she couldn't bear such grievances.
She would turn around and complain to Qiao Changdong. After this happened many times, the relationship between Qiao Changdong and Chen Yulian deteriorated.
As Qiao Qiao's thoughts were in turmoil, the door to the delivery room opened.
Grandma Qiao's familiar figure walked out from inside. Qiao Qiao turned her head to look at her, and her eyes reddened again.
Grandma Qiao's full name is Wang Shurong. She is not a native of Hongfeng Town. She and her family fled here during the war. After being separated from her family, she could not find her way back.
Grandma Qiao and Grandpa Qiao had five children together: four sons and one daughter.
Apart from her eldest son, Qiao Changqing, who works in Kyoto, all her other children stay by her side.
Qiao Changdong was the youngest of the four sons, so he was especially pampered at home.
If you spoil someone too much, they'll grow up and become uncontrollable, turning into good-for-nothings.