But on the day of Qiao Zijin’s surgery, Qiao Nan had no choice but to get out of the house because there was a delivery for her.

  When she heard that there was a delivery for her, Qiao Nan was confused. She did not have the habit of shopping online, and neither was it possible for anyone to send anything to her. More importantly, there were only a few people who knew that she was staying at the Zhai family’s house. So, who could have sent her a parcel?

  When she received the delivery, Qiao Nan confirmed that she was indeed the intended recipient. Someone had sent her a document.

  Qiao Nan squeezed the envelope. It seemed a little empty. There was only something that felt like a small booklet in the corner of the envelope. When Qiao Nan opened it up, she was dumbfounded. The envelope held a property deed! How could that person send a property deed in the mail? Was he not afraid that it would be lost?

  But what came next stunned Qiao Nan even more. When Qiao Nan analyzed the property deed, she realized that it was the property deed of the Qiao family’s courtyard! In that instant, Qiao Nan did not even know how to react.

  Qiao Nan closed the property deed booklet with mixed feelings and took out the paper that came along with the deed. The gist was simple. The property deed had been sent by her father, and her father had already consulted a lawyer to draft a legal will. Once he passed on, Qiao Nan would inherit the Qiao family’s courtyard.

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  Just in case, Qiao Dongliang had sent Qiao Nan the property deed of the Qiao family’s courtyard in advance.

  Aside from the property deed, Qiao Dongliang had mentioned another matter. Before the new year, he had received a call from Chen Jun. Chen Jun already knew where Qiao Nan was staying and had intended to let the Qiao family know. Qiao Dongliang understood what Chen Jun was trying to do and wanted Qiao Nan to know too.

  Of course, Qiao Dongliang had kept this phone call under wraps, and neither Qiao Zijin nor Ding Jiayi knew of Qiao Nan’s address for the time being. However, Qiao Dongliang reminded Qiao Nan to find a new residence or even a new city if she was only renting her apartment.

  The Qiao family’s courtyard would definitely go to Qiao Nan. The Qiao family owed this to Qiao Nan. But Qiao Dongliang had only one request. If he were to pass on, he hoped that Qiao Nan would not rush to take back the Qiao family’s courtyard. He hoped that she would allow Ding Jiayi and Qiao Zijin to remain there until Ding Jiayi passed on.

  After that, Qiao Dongliang did not care about how the Qiao sisters handled the matter.

  After reading the letter, Qiao Nan coldly ripped it apart. It was easy to deal with the letter. It was the property deed in front of her that Qiao Nan did not know how to handle. It was no trouble at all for Qiao Nan to receive the property deed. Just like the letter said, the Qiao family owed Qiao Nan the Qiao family’s courtyard. She was only taking back what belonged to her. There was nothing wrong with that.

  It was the second part of Qiao Dongliang’s letter that upset Qiao Nan. Qiao Nan was unsure about what Qiao Zijin had done to anger Qiao Dongliang so badly. But the letter clearly pointed to two possible scenarios. Firstly, Qiao Dongliang was angry at Qiao Zijin, and he was very angry indeed. That was why he left it up to Qiao Nan as to whether she would allow Qiao Zijin to remain in the Qiao family’s courtyard after Ding Jiayi’s death.

  Secondly, Qiao Dongliang knew that Qiao Zijin was unreliable. Instead of leaving the house to Qiao Zijin, it was safer to leave it to Qiao Nan. At the very least, Ding Jiayi would not go homeless if the house were to go to Qiao Nan.

  Qiao Dongliang was giving the house to Qiao Nan in case Qiao Zijin treated Ding Jiayi badly after his death.

  Qiao Nan did not have any more feelings toward the Qiao family. Qiao Nan’s cold heart toward them had not been warmed just because of this property deed. Qiao Dongliang cared about too many people and had too many considerations. Qiao Nan might have gotten the property deed, but the problem was that it came along with too much trouble and too many problems!

  In the face of such a situation, there was no way a mere property deed would rekindle Qiao Nan’s feelings and hope toward the Qiao family. Even until the very end, she would still be someone else’s slave. At this thought, Qiao Nan sneered. Should she thank her father for thinking highly of her?

  She stared at the property deed for a long while but could not think of a good way to deal with it. Out of her selfish desires, Qiao Nan wanted to take back what belonged to her. But at the same time, she was unwilling to get herself entangled in the Qiao family’s problems. Even if the property deed legally belonged to her, Qiao Nan felt uneasy holding on to it.

  This was just the property deed of the Qiao family’s courtyard, yet she was already feeling so uneasy. She wondered how she would feel if she were to get the property deed of the house that she paid for but became Qiao Zijin’s.

  “What’s wrong?” Zhai Hua saw Qiao Nan in a daze as she came out. “What are you looking at?” Zhai Hua glanced at the booklet in Qiao Nan’s hands and saw the words ‘property deed’. “A property deed? Can I take a look at it?” This property deed did not look like the Zhai family’s. After all, her parents were not the kind to use a property deed to win others over.

  Qiao Nan had not reached that stage with Zhai Sheng wherein he would entrust her with a property deed, and neither would her parents try to win Qiao Nan over with money. Because of that, Zhai Hua knew that this property deed could not possibly belong to her family.

  “Here.” Qiao Nan was used to interacting with Zhai Hua in her dream. It was just a property deed anyway, nothing indecent. Thus, Qiao Nan had no intention to conceal it.

  When Zhai Hua saw that the property deed was for the Qiao family’s courtyard, she was taken aback. “Didn’t you say that your family is biased toward your elder sister and treats you badly? Property prices have skyrocketed these days. The property prices in the courtyard have risen even more than anywhere else. Are they really willing to leave this valuable thing to you?”

  Could it be that the Qiao family was not as evil as the news had reported? But that did not seem like the case either. Ding Jiayi had sobbed uncontrollably while talking about Qiao Nan’s heartlessness in front of the camera. If not for the camera, Zhai Hua wondered if Ding Jiayi would go so far as to insult Qiao Nan using some mean words instead of simply accusing her.

  Anyway, Ding Jiayi had meant just that in her gaze.

  At that time, the people of Ping Cheng had been supportive of Ding Jiayi and Qiao Zijin and were sympathetic toward them. Qiao Nan had been lambasted badly. At that time, Zhai Hua had not had a good impression of Ding Jiayi because of her gaze. As such, she had not agreed with public opinion and scolded Qiao Nan for being heartless. Instead, she had her reservations toward Ding Jiayi’s words.