AMRWFA -Chapter 168 Big Sis, Help!

Big Sis, help! I let something slip! Qiao An was sweating nervously, panic written all over her face.

Tao Hong frowned. “What’s wrong? Why aren’t you saying anything?”

“Well… how about you ask Big Sis yourself tomorrow? I’m afraid I won’t explain it clearly.”

Wuwu… why am I so dumb? Qiao An, who actually had pretty decent grades, felt like crying.

She was clearly the older one—so why did she always feel suppressed in front of Tao Hong?

“You want me to ask myself? Don’t you know? That’s your big sister… Big Sis…” Tao Hong’s eyes darted around thoughtfully. “Aunt Xu brought your Big Sis all the way here just to find me? So when Big Sis saved me today, it wasn’t an accident?”

“No, it was an accident. We did come to find you, but we didn’t expect you to be bullied. Big Sis just happened to run into it…”

“So that means I got lucky, huh? Just happened to meet Big Sis when something went wrong. Then why didn’t she show up the other times I had trouble before?”

“Because before, Big Sis didn’t know we existed. The moment she found out, she came to look for us.”

“Oh… so she’s our Big Sis. I thought she was just yours! How many sisters do you have?”

Qiao An, successfully tricked into revealing information: “……”

Damn!

Do you have to be this sharp?! Where did my brain go?!

“Say something. Why did you stop talking? Which sister are you to me?” Tao Hong looked her up and down. “You don’t look that much older than me… You’re not my youngest sister, are you? So what should I call you?”

Qiao An deflated. “Fourth sister.”

“Oh, so you’re my Fourth Sister. That makes her the eldest… which means I still have a Second Sister and a Third Sister? Where are they? Why didn’t they come?”

“They can’t come. They…”

Tao Hong rolled her eyes. “What’s wrong with their brains? Even I know—if you can live with someone, then stay; if you can’t, then leave. If they met men like that and still didn’t leave, just clinging on—are they crazy? Don’t tell me they take after our mom?”

“How do you know?”

“Isn’t that obvious?” Tao Hong pointed at herself, then at Qiao An. “Just look at us. I’m the fifth daughter—five girls! What kind of woman keeps giving birth to daughters like that? Obviously someone who had a bad life and no backbone. Do they have some throne to pass on? Of course not. If they did, they wouldn’t be so poor that they threw us away. You’ve had it rough too—ending up in an orphanage!”

Qiao An wanted to say she didn’t have it that bad. Sure, life in the orphanage was a bit hard, but the director was kind…

Tao Hong kept talking nonstop, commenting on each of their sisters and complaining about their original family. At the same time, she once again admired their Big Sister’s strength.

Same parents, yet as a left-behind child, their Big Sis had still managed to rely on herself, get into a good university, and even find them. That was seriously amazing!

Tao Hong said she had always known she wasn’t the old pervert’s biological child. She had long wanted to find her real family.

She wanted to know—was she abandoned, or kidnapped?

But deep down, she already had an answer.

She believed she had been abandoned.

Because she was a girl.

So many people discarded daughters, treating only sons as treasures.

Still… she wasn’t willing to accept it.

She wanted to search, just in case…

Just in case things were different.

Just in case she had parents who truly loved her.

She had always held onto that hope.

As she spoke, Tao Hong’s eyes turned red.

Qiao An felt a lump in her throat. “I’m sorry…”

“Why are you apologizing? You weren’t the one who abandoned me—you were abandoned too. Honestly, Big Sis has it the worst. It’s only because she was the first that she escaped the fate of Second and Third Sister. And it’s lucky she worked hard—if she hadn’t gotten into university and built a life for herself, she wouldn’t have found us or had the ability to come looking for us…”

After hesitating, Tao Hong asked, “Can Big Sis really support both of us on her own? Should I just go get a job? My grades are bad anyway—I could work and support myself.”

“No way, you still have to go to school,” Qiao An said firmly. “You’re younger than me. I haven’t even graduated high school yet—you definitely need to study.”

Tao Hong muttered, “My grades are terrible. It’d just be a waste of money.”

“That’s nonsense! My grades aren’t great either, but Big Sis said no matter what, she’ll send me to university. If I can’t get into a good one, I’ll go to a vocational college and learn some skills. That way I can still find a decent job—these days, big companies at least want college graduates.”

“How could Big Sis afford both of us alone? And she’s not that young either—what if she has a boyfriend? Does she not want to get married? Have kids?” Tao Hong counted on her fingers. “If she waits until we graduate from university, she’ll be in her thirties—a leftover woman.”

“I heard that once a woman is over thirty, no one wants her.”

Qiao An couldn’t take it anymore. “Who told you that? Women don’t have to get married! Big Sis is doing great right now. If you dare curse her, I won’t forgive you!”

“I’m saying this for her own good! I’m not cursing her—it’s the truth. Big Sis finally has a good life. We can’t drag her down… How about this—you study, and I’ll work to support you. That way we won’t burden Big Sis, and she can live her own life. She’s had it hard all these years…”

…

Lin Zhihe had originally come to check if they were asleep, but when she heard this, her eyes instantly reddened.

She pushed the door open and told them not to worry—she could support them.

“I earn thirty thousand a month. Even if it’s ten thousand per person, that’s enough. As long as you study hard and spend carefully, by the time you graduate, I might even have saved enough to buy a house…”

Lin Zhihe felt incredibly lucky that she hadn’t told her family about her new job. Her salary was still being held by Aunt Xu and hadn’t been handed over—otherwise, it would’ve been a disaster.

Thirty thousand a month—that was enough for them to live quite well.

Qiao An and Tao Hong were stunned. “Being a bodyguard pays that much?!”

They were suddenly tempted.

But when they looked at their own thin arms… and then at Lin Zhihe’s…

They both fell silent.

Wuwuwu…

We’re so useless!

Big Sis has to support both of us—it’s so hard for her!

They completely forgot that even without Lin Zhihe, they had still been surviving—just not very well.

Qiao An would have returned to the orphanage anyway. Even after recognizing Lin Zhihe, there were still procedures to go through.

Tao Hong’s situation was different. She had long wanted to leave that old pervert, but as a teenage girl with nowhere to go, she had no choice but to stay.

Now that she knew Lin Zhihe was her Big Sister, she wanted to leave with her and never go back.

Lin Zhihe understood and comforted her—since she had found her, she would never let her return.

Tao Hong didn’t mention the abuse she had suffered, and Lin Zhihe didn’t ask. She didn’t want to reopen her wounds. She would wait for the day Tao Hong chose to tell her herself.

But that didn’t mean Lin Zhihe would let that old pervert off the hook.

He had committed plenty of crimes in his youth. As long as they were still within the statute of limitations, they could be dug up again—and he could spend some proper time behind bars.

Anyone who dared bully her sisters would have to pay the price!