"Your coming all this way to see us is the best gift you could give us." Xu Qingning smiled slightly. She noticed that Luo Yao seemed to be carrying some kind of emotion. Thinking of what Tang Wenya had said before about Zhao Jingyu having someone he liked, she wondered to herself, could this Luo Yao be Zhao Jingyu's first love, his white moonlight?

It must be said that Luo Yao does indeed have the potential to be a "white moonlight" figure. She speaks very gently and softly, which is most likely to arouse a man's protective instincts.

Let alone men, even Xu Qingning would want to treat her well when she saw her.

However, Xu Qingning did not think that she was the one who broke up Zhao Jingyu and Luo Yao, because according to the plot of the book, even if she hadn't appeared, Zhao Jingyu and Luo Yao would not have ended up together.

In the original story, Luo Yao was just a childhood sweetheart mentioned only briefly by the author, and she did not have any emotional entanglement with Zhao Jingyu.

Tang Wenya's words are not credible.

"Sister-in-law really knows how to talk." Wu Yong was pleased but also regretful to see that Zhao Jingyu's new wife was poised and elegant, without any shyness, and also very beautiful. He knew his niece's thoughts, otherwise Luo Yao would not have traveled thousands of miles to the mainland to do business with him.

Before he came, he wrote a letter to Zhao Jingyu, saying that he was preparing to go to the mainland, without asking about Zhao Jingyu's marriage.

Because he felt that someone like Zhao Jingyu wouldn't get married too early.

Who knew they would get married so easily? No matter how much the niece wanted to, there was nothing she could do.

“Brother Wu, I’ll call you brother like Jingyu does. I’m practically an elder to your niece now. From now on, she’s our niece too, we’re all family.” Xu Qingning looked at Luo Yao with a smile and said with concern, “Luo Yao, it’s so hot, why don’t you stay at home!”

Anyway, they're not leaving anytime soon.

She might as well do a favor and accept Luo Yao as a junior.

"No, thank you." Luo Yao quickly waved her hand. Upon hearing that she had become a junior, her cheeks flushed slightly, and she whispered, "My uncle has booked a room at the guesthouse for half a month."

"You can cancel the reservation!" Yang Yuelan also tried her best to persuade Luo Yao to stay at her home. "Your uncle can stay at the guesthouse by himself. It's more convenient for a young girl like you to stay at home."

"Thank you for your concern. We just arrived, so we'll rest at the guesthouse for a few days." Knowing that Luo Yao was already feeling very uncomfortable, Wu Yong stood up and said, "We just came to familiarize ourselves with the place today, so we'll head back now."

"That won't do. Let's eat before we go back." Xu Qingning genuinely wanted them to stay for dinner, and said with a smile, "If Jingyu finds out we didn't treat you well, he'll definitely be angry. Brother Wu, please give us some face!"

“Yes, you can’t leave.” Yang Yuelan wouldn’t let them leave either, and got up to go to the kitchen. “Once you’re here, make yourself at home. Eat first, then we’ll talk.”

Unable to resist the enthusiasm of his mother and daughter-in-law, Wu Yong had no choice but to sit down and readily said, "Then I'll have to trouble you, sister-in-law."

"Brother Wu, we're family, let's not talk about this." Xu Qingning smiled, went back into the house to get the money and meat coupons, put them in her pocket, and went to the kitchen to say to Yang Yuelan, "Mom, you stay home with the guests, I'll go to the canteen to buy some dishes."

"You don't need to go, I can go." Yang Yuelan patted her pocket, pulled out a roll of change and grain coupons, and whispered, "If you stay with them, I don't know what to say."

"Alright, take all of these with you." Xu Qingning took out the money and food coupons from her pocket and gave them to her. "Go to the canteen and buy some dishes. We can cook a couple more ourselves. It's her first time here, so let's make it a bit more elaborate. We can also invite Yaqiang and Dawei over to eat together."

The food in the cafeteria wasn't expensive either; you could buy a dish for just a few cents.

Xu Qingning felt it was easier than cooking herself; there was no need to make her mother-in-law cook in the kitchen in the sweltering heat, getting all dusty and dirty.

She does it herself, so it doesn't save her much money; it's not like she's short of cash.

"I understand." Yang Yuelan took the money and meal tickets and carefully put them into her inner pocket. She then called the two boys to go with her to the cafeteria to buy groceries.

Yang Yuelan also felt that since her son's friends had come from afar, they should treat them well. They could save money on ordinary days, but they couldn't skimp on things when guests came.

While the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were talking outside, Wu Yong whispered to Luo Yao, "Jing Yu is married now, and he's married a good wife. Try to think positively, stay for a few days and then go back!"

"When he left, he said he would come back to see me." Luo Yao tried her best to hold back the tears in her eyes and bit her lip. "How could he marry someone else so quickly..."

"He said he came back to see you, not to marry you. You're just overthinking it." Wu Yong knew Zhao Jingyu well; he was usually unserious, and Wu Yong probably wouldn't remember what he said.

Even if he tells Luo Yao that he will go back and marry her, he'll probably forget about it as soon as he gets back.

Don't take it seriously.

Moreover, he didn't say that.

"But he's been really good to me..." From the moment Luo Yao saw Xu Qingning, her world collapsed. She thought that she and Zhao Jingyu didn't need to make things clear or confess their feelings. She thought that one day, he would come back and marry her.

Who knew... he would forget about her as soon as he came back.

“You two are about the same age, neighbors, and schoolmates. Plus, I visited the mining area with his grandfather. By seniority, you should call him uncle. He probably just sees you as a junior.” Wu Yong didn’t initially intend to match the two up, since they were both teenagers at the time.

After Zhao Jingyu returned to the mainland, the two exchanged letters several times.

Luo Yao repeatedly said she wanted to come to the mainland to find him, but Zhao Jingyu would be at sea for more than half a year, and the timing never matched up. Even if she came, she wouldn't be able to see him, so she didn't come.

Luo Yao remained silent.

Memories flooded back, and she felt her heart break. She had thought he still cared for her.

Wang Yaqiang and Liu Dawei, these two young men, were very helpful. They took half a day off from work to come and have drinks and dinner with Wu Yong.

Yang Yuelan and Xu Qingning prepared a lavish feast, with eight dishes in total, including chicken, ribs, and fish. Wu Yong was deeply moved and repeatedly said that they had gone to great lengths.

Everyone is struggling financially.

It was indeed a very lavish meal.

Luo Yao remained silent throughout, and being a young girl, Wang Yaqiang and Liu Dawei were too embarrassed to look at her or speak to her.

The two men warmly drank with Wu Yong, and the three strangers quickly became acquainted, chatting about things in the Northwest.

Xu Qingning listened quietly from the side. Zhao Jingyu had made many friends in the Northwest, but the only people he truly confided in were Wu Yong and Song Tao.

Wu Yong and Song Tao both worked in the mining area and are very knowledgeable about jade, especially Song Tao, who still works in a jade factory.

Luo Yao was reluctant to speak, basically answering only one question at a time, with a forced smile on her face.

Xu Qingning saw this and was basically certain of Luo Yao's intentions.

However, she did not dislike Luo Yao. Unlike Wu Huihui, Luo Yao kept her sadness to herself and did not act rudely.

Wu Huihui is blatantly robbing and stealing; she's shallow, brainless, and loves to gossip about her wife, making her utterly detestable.

"Sister-in-law, when is Jingyu coming back?" Wu Yong was a little drunk from being persuaded to drink by Wang Yaqiang and Liu Dawei, and his voice was trembling. "I plan to go to the south for two months first, and then come back to find him."

First update.