frightfiction Chapter 293: Flattery, An Qiao's Memories
Chapter 293: Flattery, An Qiao's Memories
Everyone in the restaurant couldn't help but express their confusion about An Qiao's refusal to go to the front yard tonight. Even Qi Tao couldn't help but feel curious when he returned to the restaurant.
"Young lady, what are you doing?" He looked outside again and didn't see any strange people.
"I'll sit in the backyard for a while. When the people at that table leave, I'll go out." An Qiao spoke frankly and had no guilt about being "cowardly".
"What's wrong with the people at that table?" Qi Tao looked outside. Apart from a few drunk scholars flattering each other, there was nothing strange.
"That's my stepmother's brother. Both mother and son are so shameless. I'm afraid they'll take advantage of me."
If you can't afford to offend, you can't afford to hide.
Qi Tao nodded, not quite understanding, "Why don't we just not let them in next time?"
An Qiao thought about it and felt that Qi Tao had some point, but...it was such a big restaurant, and they never refused anyone, but only refused these few people. It seemed like he had something to hide.
"This is not a good idea. I don't think they have much money. My stepmother used to rely on my father for a living. Now that my father is gone, I don't think she can save much money. Anle won't come here to eat every day." An Qiao asserted. She was not the original owner and had little interest in these people who originally lived in this world. Besides, she didn't even have much affection for her so-called father.
She read the original owner's memories as if she were watching a movie, intermittent, but not much of the emotion in it was conveyed to her.
Since I have no attachment to them, it's best not to get involved with them.
In fact, if it were the original owner, he would probably be soft-hearted and treat his younger brother better.
But An Qiao is no longer the original An Qiao, and she doesn't want to give away the money she earned to an ungrateful person.
There was still a commotion outside. It was already getting late. Marquis An Yong seemed to have confirmed that An Qiao was his biological daughter, so he was not so anxious anymore.
Having dinner with Qi Ningliang tonight.
"Miss An is really good at cooking. Everything she cooks is delicious." Qi Ningliang exclaimed.
An Yonghou unconsciously felt a little proud. Yes, yes, that's right. That's how it is. No matter what I do, I can do it well.
In addition to the Marquis' table, there were a few scattered tables of guests, and the rest were all the group of students.
"Brother An, you have such talent, what are you afraid of? In this Kyoto Prefecture, there is no place that you cannot get into?" Brother Li, who was drunk and flushed, kept sighing, praising Anle and patting Anle's shoulders hard.
Anle said that Brother Li was exaggerating, but the expression on his face revealed the fact that he also liked to hear it.
"I heard that you have a sister who is in the palace. If Brother An passes the exam, your sister will have to spend a lot of money. I beg you to take her out of the palace." The rest of the people were also trying their best to flatter An Le.
An Qiao frowned as she listened from behind. What kind of "talent" did An Le have that made these gifted people praise him so much?
You know, it is the honor of the whole family to have a scholar, let alone a scholar who can be admitted to Kyoto Prefecture. Who wouldn’t have some pride?
Being surrounded by so many people and being an Enke, An Qiao really didn’t believe that he did it because of his own talent.
"My sister has lost contact with our family for a long time. Maybe... she has died a long time ago." Anle looked very sorry, but his tone was extremely cold. "It's all her fault for not listening when she was a child. Even when my father was sick, she still wanted to make trouble. She had to take all the family property out to learn her music, chess, calligraphy and painting. How can a country woman like us afford to let her learn those things?"
As I spoke, I even wanted to squeeze out a few tears.
"Father passed away so quickly and in such a hurry. I think it was because of my sister that he was angry. My mother had no other choice but to send her to the palace. Tell me, she was so unfilial, but my father and mother were still thinking about her all the time. If she were still alive, I would ask her why she was so unfilial."
As soon as these words came out, everyone around him rushed to comfort him, saying that he had a vicious sister.
At this time, almost everyone in the restaurant, in the front and back yards, knew that this was An Qiao's biological brother.
Hearing him say this, everyone was filled with hatred.
It's obvious that the young lady is not that kind of person. She is indeed an ungrateful person.
An Qiao wasn't that angry. She sat calmly in the back, as if An Le was not talking about her.
In fact, it wasn't her. The filial An Qiao had died long ago.
An Yonghou also heard it, and for a moment, he felt so angry that his teeth itched.
His guard was an upright man, why did his son become like this? Was he corrupted by the woman he married?
Seeing Anle surrounded by everyone, crying and laughing, it was really like she was acting in a play.
No wonder An Qiao wanted to hide. In fact, An Qiao just saw the original owner’s memories and remembered everything that happened after his father fell ill when he was a child.
The smart and sensible brother suddenly seemed to have changed his appearance, becoming hideous and looking like he always wanted to kill her.
The originally kind and amiable mother suddenly started to beat and scold me. Whenever my father was not conscious, she would give me all the work that I didn't need to do.
I also heard my mother telling my brother behind his back that the reason why he was not liked since he was born was because of my existence. My brother was beaten and scolded by his father since he was a child, and he could not learn what he wanted to learn, all because my father favored his sister, not only spent all the money on his sister, but also wanted my brother to be a servant.
The younger brother was still young and couldn't tell right from wrong. His mother told him that it was because his father's wife was from a wealthy family, so he was particularly partial to this youngest daughter.
After hearing those bad words so many times, they also entered my brother's heart.
The younger brother suddenly felt disgust and hatred towards himself.
Even on the day she was sold, my younger brother was still standing outside the door, laughing and cursing that without his father, my sister would be a useless person.
The original owner was heartbroken that day, and was worried about her seriously ill father. She cried all the way to Kyoto Prefecture.
Also, because she cried all the way, she displeased the eunuch in charge. When the selection was made, other beauties were eligible to come near the Empress and the Emperor to be selected, but An Qiao was directly sent to the Jingshifang.
From then on, no matter how hard I tried, I would be bullied.
In the palace, who would offend the eunuch in charge for a nobody like An Qiao?
It was during these long years of torture that the original owner died. When An Qiao came over, she found that she had opened a copy of hell. She had no money, no skills, and even no background.
He started from scratch and gradually gained the favor of the aunt who worked in the imperial kitchen with his good cooking skills.
Otherwise, An Qiao didn’t know if she could hold on.