Chapter 197 You...you have a daughter?

Qiao Xiaoyun also turned her head to look at the Jiang siblings over there, walked over, pulled out two chairs next to Qiao Qiao's seat, pressed down on the siblings' shoulders, and let them sit down.

Once the siblings were seated, Qiao Qiao looked away, then turned her head and saw Shen Qingyan feeding her a spoonful of mushroom soup.

Although Shen Qingyan has been busy these past few days, she usually comes back to have meals with Qiao Qiao and has been observing how Qiao Changdong takes care of the little girl.

Following Qiao Changdong's habit of taking care of Qiao Qiao, he first ladled half a bowl of mushroom soup for the little girl.

After the little girl finished eating the roast duck, he scooped up a spoonful, blew on it to make sure it wasn't too hot, and then put it to the little girl's mouth.

Watching the little girl drink the whole bowl of soup in small sips as I fed her, I felt an immense sense of accomplishment.

He felt even more proud than if he had accomplished a particularly difficult task.

After finishing the soup, he prepared to feed the little girl.

But this time Qiao Qiao refused.

She wouldn't let anyone put her down so she could sit in a seat, because she was self-aware.

She's small and has short arms, so when she sits alone, she can't reach the table at all. She was also worried that she would spill the soup if she held the bowl herself, so he had to hold her and feed her the soup.

But she can eat by herself!

Even Qiao Changdong stopped feeding her!

Instead, I put some food in her bowl and let her use her chopsticks to eat it herself.

Shen Qingyan dared not disobey the little girl's wishes at all. Seeing that she was unhappy, he was a little disappointed, but he still put some food into her small bowl and watched her eat with her chopsticks.

"You should eat too." Seeing that the man was just staring blankly at her eating without taking a single bite, Qiao Qiao said to the man while stuffing rice into her mouth.

"Okay." Shen Qingyan smiled.

Seeing the little girl's bulging cheeks, I put another piece of minced meat and eggplant on her plate, which she liked to eat.

Jiang Shengnan and Jiang Min sat next to Qiao Xiaoyun, while on Jiang Shengnan's other side was Shen Qingyan, who was holding Qiao Qiao.

The siblings looked at the food on the table. Although Qiao Xiaoyun forced them to sit down, they didn't touch their chopsticks. Instead, they stared blankly at the food.

Because these are the kinds of meals they can't even get to eat during the Lunar New Year.

Even the bowl of white rice in front of them was something they had only eaten a handful of times in their entire lives.

Often, their staple food is either all sweet potatoes or sweet potatoes stewed with whole grains.

Not to mention the whole table full of meat dishes.

Even before their parents passed away, they could only eat a little meat during festivals or Chinese New Year.

After their parents passed away, they lived with their grandfather, and having enough to eat and wear became a luxury.

Neither the siblings touched their chopsticks.

Seeing this, Qiao Qiao, with the roast duck that Shen Qingyan had just wrapped for her in her mouth, slid off his lap and walked to the siblings' side.

With its short legs, it huffed and puffed as it climbed into Jiang Shengnan's arms.

Jiang Shengnan didn't know what she was going to do, but she subconsciously followed her movements and pulled her into her arms.

I carefully braced myself with both hands on either side of her to prevent her from falling.

After Qiao Qiao climbed onto Jiang Shengnan, she propped herself up and pointed at the dishes on the table, instructing Jiang Shengnan to put some food into a bowl in front of her.

"This, this, and this..."

She pointed to them one by one.

Jiang Shengnan was completely dazed, but she subconsciously followed her instructions and picked them up one by one.

When she came to her senses, she realized that both the rice bowl in front of her and the rice bowl in front of Jiang Min were already filled with food.

Once she was sure there was enough food in their bowls, Qiao Qiao climbed down from Jiang Shengnan's chair and returned to Shen Qingyan's side.

After being picked up by Shen Qingyan, she pointed her little finger at the two siblings and said domineeringly, "Eat."

Jiang Shengnan's eyes were hot and sore, and she and Jiang Min buried their heads and started eating.

This meal.

He told the siblings that it was truly the best meal he had ever eaten in his life.

Several times during the process, Jiang Shengnan's eyes reddened.

To avoid being seen by others, she didn't dare to raise her head, but the tears that occasionally fell from her eyes into her rice bowl were still noticed by the others.

However, the others at the table pretended not to see it.

After finishing the meal.

Jiang Shengnan carried the food that Mo Wenpei had packed for her grandfather and looked at Qiao Qiao, who had already eaten and drunk her fill and was now holding a small piece of fruit.

I thought about it for a moment.

She recounted the conflict that had occurred at the front desk at noon when Qiao Changdong led them in, and the incident with Ning Yiman.

Qiao Qiao, who was munching on a slice of pear with her head down and her little mouth all wet, immediately raised her head angrily when she heard someone call her father a country bumpkin.

Unlike Qiao Xiaoyun and Mo Wenpei, she couldn't understand what Ning Yiman's actions towards Shen Qingyan upstairs meant.

From her perspective, she just thought the other person was a bit strange.

But there are so many strange people in this world, she didn't pay much attention.

Hearing what Jiang Shengnan said, the young girl was furious.

The little figures inside the tiny bubbles on their foreheads are like tiny whips cracking loudly.

So when the group finished their meal and came out, Ning Yiman was about to greet them when she not only received a disapproving look from the little girl, but was also deliberately separated by two security guards.

The two security guards treated her like some kind of monster, walking alongside the Qiao family and keeping Ning Yiman at bay.

Ironically, they didn't do anything else, just subtly separated her, preventing her from getting angry.

We arrived at the entrance of the lobby.

After watching Mo Wenpei lead the siblings who were going to the hospital to deliver food to Grandpa Jiang, the group was just about to go back upstairs when they ran into Qiao Changdong and the others who had finished eating at the state-run restaurant and were returning home.

"Dad!" The little girl's eyes were glued to Qiao Changdong.

In Shen Qingyan's arms, it stretched its little body toward Qiao Changdong and waved its little arms, wanting a hug.

The moment Qiao Changdong entered the room, he disregarded everything else, beaming as he hugged his precious little daughter and gave her two big kisses on her cheeks.

"Sweetie, did you miss Daddy?" he asked.

The little girl wrapped her arms around the man's neck, rubbed her head against his shoulder, and whispered in a sweet, cuddly voice, "I miss him, I miss him so much."

Qiao Changdong felt a lump in his throat as he listened, then turned and gently pecked his daughter's forehead several times.

Until a young female voice came from beside him.

"Brother Qiao...you...you have a daughter?" Looking at the affectionate relationship between the father and daughter, someone asked in surprise, with an indescribable feeling in their tone.

Qiao Qiao heard the sound and looked over curiously.