Bab 196: Chapter 198: Marrying No One Else_1

"I have other matters to attend to, I'll go back first," Qiao Duo'er said.

Jiang's Clan left contentedly.

Throughout the entire process, she didn't even glance at Chao Lian, as if all of this was only to be expected.

The others felt disgusted as if they had swallowed flies.

Although Qiao Duo'er had anticipated that Jiang's Clan would take Chao Lian's wages and had prepared for it, she still felt an unpleasant taste in her heart.

Of course, the most heartbroken was Erhu.

"Chao Lian, what chores did your mother make you do?" Sun Erhu asked angrily.

"Nothing much, just some odds and ends. I didn't have much to do this morning anyway," Chao Lian replied.

She stated it in an offhand manner, but it broke the hearts of those listening.

It seemed that Jiang's Clan had dumped all the housework on Chao Lian.

Sun Erhu stamped his foot: "She's not even your birth mother, why are you so afraid of her? If she dares to marry you off to some good-for-nothing, I'll kill her!"