Chapter 238 - 230: The Inner Courtyard
Tian Manlan and the other daughters went home that same day, while Tian Manxing and her husband Hu Dingbei left the next day for work. There were no Chinese New Year holidays at the time, and particularly for Tian Manxing, the textile factory operated without a break throughout the year, never resting.
Liu Qiqi and her husband Hu Weichao left after lunch on the eighth day of the first lunar month. As Tian Manjin parked the car at the Tian Family’s doorway, indeed, when Liu Qiqi got into the car, Tian Lili saw the foreign doll she was holding, and her eyes bulged with envy.
"Liu Qiqi, is that foreign doll in your hands a gift from Tian Sisi?"
The shout came out of nowhere, startling everyone in the Tian Family. Tian Sisi couldn’t help but touch her forehead, thinking that Tian Lili really was simple and rude. No wonder things ended up so badly for her in her previous life!
Tian Aiguo’s brows furrowed. Daddy and Mama were right. Lili indeed had been raised wrongly by his wife, lacking manners. He planned to re-educate her properly once back home.
"Lili, where are your manners?"
Tian Aiguo still held considerable authority in front of Tian Lili, who dared not raise her voice and simply glared at the doll in Liu Qiqi’s hands, certain that it had been given by that annoying wretch Tian Zhaodi. Hmph, that irritating wretch would rather give it to outsiders than her own family. No wonder she was abandoned by her biological parents, she’s no good!
Liu Qiqi sneered inwardly, thinking to herself how foolish they were, but on the surface, she feigned being startled by Tian Lili and quietly replied, "Lili, you’ve misunderstood. This foreign doll was something I asked Sisi to buy for me in Beijing, and it cost me all the money from my piggy bank!"
Tian Sisi found it secretly amusing—Liu Qiqi vs. Tian Lili, with Tian Lili utterly defeated.
Tian Lili did not believe it and wanted to cause more fuss, but when Tian Aiguo glared at her fiercely, she reluctantly shut her mouth, thinking that she must get that large foreign doll from Tian Sisi.