She won't clear her name; she'll throw away all the scum.

Chapter 368

On her first day back at work after being allocated a new apartment, Grandma Xia received envious and jealous glances from many people.

Qiao Yi met her at the gate and, together with Fang Yingdi, took Xia Laotai's hand. "Master, you're here so early today. Did you sleep well last night?"

Grandma Xia grinned, "Good, very good."

Fang Yingdi: "Hmph, none of the people living in that compound are good people, what's there to be happy about?"

Grandma Xia: "You really don't know how to talk. I was in a good mood and you had to come and dampen my spirits. I haven't even called you a brainless bloodsucker yet, and you're already bringing it up. At least I have a house, and I can spend my money however I want. What about you? You haven't even gotten married yet, but you've already saved up quite a bit of money, haven't you?"

Fang Yingdi's face turned pale, then black, then white, then red. Where would she get the money? Her money was gone as soon as she got it. She was not like Old Lady Xia. She had a large family to support. She had to save money for her younger brothers' weddings, she had to support her parents who were in poor health and could not earn many work points, and she had to pay for the house repairs. She was already grateful if she could keep some money for food each month.

“You’re having a good time on your own, but you’re unlucky to have a family member like you.” Fang Yingdi didn’t want to be looked down upon. “Although I don’t have money, I’m the pillar of my family, and my parents value me very much.”

Grandma Xia immediately noticed the jar of pickled vegetables in her basket. "We value you so much that we feed you pickled vegetables every day, but you can't even get food from the canteen? Once you go back to your workplace, they might be eating meat at home."

"Nonsense! You have such a wicked heart. You've caused so much trouble for your family, and now you're trying to sow discord between me and my family. You just can't stand to see me doing well." Fang Yingdi put the pickled vegetables under her factory uniform, her face flushed with anger.

Qiao Yi couldn't understand why Fang Yingdi would give all her money to her family. Qiao Yi's mother wasn't in good health either, but her father worked hard to earn money, and the four of them lived quite well. Even when she offered her mother money, her mother wouldn't necessarily accept it.

Qiao Yi had met Fang Yingdi's parents. They were physically strong and had rosy complexions. They spoke with a strong voice and were even more robust than Fang Yingdi. Fang Yingdi, on the other hand, had a sallow complexion due to not eating properly for a long time. Compared to them, who would believe that Fang's parents were in poor health, except for Fang Yingdi, who was considered an idiot?

But Fang Yingdi felt that her parents were in poor health and would travel a long distance home every weekend, and none of the several boys in the family would come to pick her up. Qiao Yi thought about the past few years and realized that apart from when Fang Yingdi received her salary, her parents had never come to see her.

A girl walked for several hours to get home, and before she was even halfway there, it got dark. Her home was so far away, and she had to cross a small mountain. Especially in winter, no one ever went there. If something happened to her, she couldn't even imagine what would happen. Weren't they worried at all?

She was, after all, the only child in their family who earned money. If Fang Yingdi were gone... Qiao Yi's eyes widened. Could they be planning to kill Fang Yingdi so that their son could inherit her job?

Qiao Yi felt a cold sweat break out on her back. It shouldn't be like that. After all, she was her own daughter. Although their family was different from hers and they were more patriarchal, it shouldn't be like that... that they would deliberately kill their daughter just for her job.

"Xiao Fang, that's not what my master meant. But you also need to think about yourself. Look how thin you've become. When I saw your parents last time, they were even fatter than you. Health is the most important thing. You need to eat something better. You can't just eat pickled vegetables with rice every day." Qiao Yi didn't dare to say anything bad about her parents and family, so she could only gently urge her to eat more.

Fang Yingdi wouldn't listen to Qiao Yi at all. She shook off her hand and said angrily, "Are you still thinking about the little bit of meat I get from you every month? I only ate a tiny bit. How can you be so stingy? Didn't I also give you the pickled vegetables my mom made? Just because I don't buy meat, you look down on me? We have a lot of kids in our family, so of course we have to be frugal. Unlike your family, which only has two kids, and your brother even provides meals for them, so of course you have plenty of money."

“My parents raised me with such hardship, what’s wrong with me giving them some money? I have so many brothers, I’ll have a good life ahead of me, it’s nothing to suffer a little while I’m young. You’re even telling me to eat more meat, if I had any spare money, wouldn’t I eat more meat? If you’re really kind, why don’t you buy me some meat to eat?”

Fang Yingdi didn't know the logic behind her words. She knew in her heart that no one had an obligation to support her, much less to treat her to a meal.

But she suddenly started yelling like that, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. The words she said made her face turn even redder. She felt that she was actually quite shameless, but that strange sense of pride made her not want to be advised or have her current situation explained in front of others.

She didn't want others to think of her as a pitiful person who even had to beg for meat.

Qiao Yi watched helplessly as her grandmother stormed off, her hand brushing away from her. Hesitantly, she asked Old Madam Xia, "What did I say that offended her?"

Grandma Xia: "It wasn't your words that offended her; it was her own inferiority complex and arrogance that offended her."

Qiao Yi: "She's quite pitiful. Otherwise, I'd like to get more food for lunch and eat with her. Otherwise, her health will really be ruined."

Grandma Xia: "Even if you share some of her meat with her, she won't remember your kindness now."

Qiao Yi: "It's okay. I share a dorm with her. I would feel bad if I didn't help her when she's in trouble."

Grandma Xia: "Her difficulties are of her own making, and they will continue to be difficult in the future. Are you going to help her for the rest of your life?"

Qiao Yi: "Master, you are so cold-hearted. I will definitely help when I can. As long as it doesn't hurt me, what's wrong with helping? I have a clear conscience."

Grandma Xia retorted, "If you're so kind, why were you always cricketing at me when I first came to the dormitory?"

Qiao Yi said awkwardly, "Well, it's just that a complete stranger suddenly showed up, and he's so much older than us. We can't accept it right away. Okay, okay, I apologize. After my mom finishes drying the salted fish, I'll bring you one as an apology, okay?"

Grandma Xia: "Don't try to use your mother to do favors."

Qiao Yi: "We're family. My mom often talks about you and Xiang Bei at home. If it weren't for you two, my brother might have been bullied to death by those thugs."

Grandma Xia: "Your brother has such good qualities, how come he's so timid? If I had all that fat on him, I could walk around here with my head held high."

Qiao Yi imagined what Grandma Xia would look like with her muscular body. "Master, please stop talking, I'm scared."