Chapter 209: Poaching 1: It's none of your business to deal with matters between us...

Xu Wei had a lot of face, so the university responded quickly.

Before the summer vacation, a teacher in the library died of a sudden heart attack. The position was vacant, and the school leaders were preparing to recruit a new employee before the start of the new semester.

Since Xu Wei recommended Lao Chu's daughter, let her come.

When Chu Lingyi received the news, she was so happy that she almost flew away. It was a good opportunity for her to take good care of herself during this period and go back to work on September 1st.

In order to find an excuse to meet Xu Wei, she made two sets of small clothes for Zhou Juan. Although the child was still young, this time she did not ask Zhou Juan for the fabric, but bought it herself.

Zhou Juan was a little surprised. It was really too much that Xu Wei didn't even tell her about such a big thing.

But she couldn't show it in front of Chu Lingyi, otherwise Chu Lingyi would suspect that they were not in love.

So she kept smiling and chatted with the Zhang family and the Li family.

Chu Lingyi, intent on testing the couple's relationship, blamed herself, saying, "Oh, look at me. I was so caught up in my own happiness that I almost forgot you and Teacher Xu are planning on having a baby, right? Maybe it would be more convenient for you two to work together? How about I switch with you and go to the publishing house and work with my brother?"

Zhou Juan didn't know whether she did it on purpose or accidentally. Their publishing house can get commissions, and Chu Lingyi's father is now the president of the publishing house. It is impossible for Chu Lingyi not to know this.

So she raised her eyebrows and asked, "You mean, let me and Teacher Xu have a baby during work hours? Chu Lingyi, you are also a married person, can you think before you speak?"

Chu Lingyi smiled and said, "You're overthinking it. What I mean is that if you two go to get off work together, you'll have more opportunities to spend time together, and your relationship will be even sweeter."

"No need, we're fine now." Zhou Juan got annoyed and stood up and said, "I'm going to take a nap, you can go back."

"It's just dinner time, why aren't you cooking?" Chu Lingyi looked shocked.

Zhou Juan rolled her eyes and said, "No, we'll eat in the school cafeteria, and go to the museum cafeteria during the winter and summer vacations."

"You are so extravagant. Is it because you can't cook? How about I teach you?" Chu Lingyi was secretly happy in her heart. It turned out that Zhou Juan was not virtuous. She didn't know how long Teacher Xu could endure it.

Teacher Xu is so pitiful! It's summer vacation, and all the other teachers are resting, but the one from the Agricultural College has to go out to the fields to do research and then write reports. She works so hard, but she doesn't even have a hot meal when she comes home, and she has to run around outside. How tiring! This Zhou Juan is no good.

Their marriage was doomed to fail sooner or later.

Chu Lingyi couldn't help but have some evil thoughts. Anyway, Qi Changxiao's attitude towards her seemed impossible, so she might as well try Xu Wei.

If she could get together with Xu Wei, she could dump her husband from northern Shaanxi. At worst, she would have to pay some compensation to her in-laws.

Anyway, Zhou Juan doesn't seem to be very smart. Let's try to provoke her to quarrel with Xu Wei first. If they can start a quarrel, it means there is hope.

Who made Zhou Juan so neglectful of her family? If he wanted to marry a virtuous wife, he should have found someone like her who is diligent and capable. This way, Teacher Xu would have the energy to concentrate on scientific research.

Thinking of this, Chu Lingyi looked expectant, waiting for Zhou Juan to refute her.

Zhou Juan lived up to her expectations and immediately retorted, "Is it your turn to interfere in our marital affairs? How can you be so tactless?"

"I'm not... I mean well." Chu Lingyi heard the footsteps outside the door and immediately squeezed out two lines of tears, looking back pitifully at the door.

The midsummer sun is scorching, and shining on the tired man, there is a kind of miserable beauty.

Chu Lingyi cried and called out "Teacher Xu", then stood up and gave him the chair.

Xu Wei had just returned from the experimental field. His shoes and trouser legs were covered in mud, and his hands were not clean yet. He nodded after entering the door, went to the washstand to get the sulfur soap, and went to the public sink outside to wash his hands and face.

Chu Lingyi glanced at Zhou Juan, who was sitting there motionless, like a big boss, not considerate at all, which gave her a chance to show off.

He quickly stood up, took the towel off the washstand, and prepared to go outside to give it to Xu Wei.

Zhou Juan was so angry that she immediately stood up and snatched the towel from her hand: "What's your business? What do you want to do?"

"I didn't mean anything else. Teacher Xu looked very tired, and I wanted to hand him a towel. Sister-in-law, don't be angry. Tell me what I did wrong and I will change." Chu Lingyi cried so hard that she looked so pitiful.

When Xu Wei heard the crying, he turned around and didn't know what Zhou Juan had done to make her cry.

He quickly walked back and asked with concern after entering the door: "What's wrong with Lingyi? Did she bully you?"

Listen, listen! What do you mean she bullied others? Zhou Juan rolled her eyes in anger, threw the towel at Xu Wei's face, and scolded: "Can you be reasonable? I didn't provoke her, who knows why she suddenly started crying."

Xu Wei frowned and looked down at Chu Lingyi, but Chu Lingyi only looked at her Liberation shoes, twisting the hem of her clothes with her hands, not daring to speak, obviously frightened by Zhou Juan's momentum.

Really, it seems that he is too naive. Zhou Juan’s bad temper will never change.

Xu Wei was very angry, but he didn't want to lose his temper in front of others. He tried to speak calmly, "Lingyi, don't cry. I'll take you home. Next time if you have any problems, just come to me directly. My wife had a miscarriage some time ago and she's not in a good mood. Don't bother with her."

Zhou Juan was so angry that she was shaking all over. "Xu Wei, what do you mean? What do you mean I'm in a bad mood? You believe her but not me, right? I didn't provoke her at all!"

Xu Wei ignored her and directly asked Chu Lingyi to leave.

He personally rode his bike to send Chu Lingyi back home. When he arrived at the door of Chu's house, he did not forget to apologize: "My wife has such a bad temper. Don't bother with her. Go get a pen and paper and write down my office number. Come to me directly next time."

"Teacher Xu, you are so nice." Chu Lingyi's eyes were still red, but she was secretly happy in her heart.

This Zhou Juan is really stupid. She is easily irritated and easily provoked.

In that case, she should just stop here today and not be too hasty, otherwise she would easily completely anger Zhou Juan, which would be counterproductive.

It’s better to take it slow and boil the frog in warm water. By the time Zhou Juan realizes that something is wrong, it will be too late.

So Chu Lingyi went in right after she finished speaking, without saying a word of unnecessary nonsense.

Xu Wei sighed silently, looked at how sensible the other person was, and then looked at Zhou Juan.

There was no need to guess, there would definitely be another bloody storm when he returned. He suddenly didn't want to see Zhou Juan, so he turned around and went to his friend's house for a meal.

In the afternoon, he continued to go to the experimental field to do his work. Mr. Chang urged him to do it, so there was nothing he could do.

Poor Zhou Juan, she was wrongly accused for no reason and didn't even have a chance to clarify. Her husband didn't come back for dinner, so she had to wait for a long time with an empty stomach. When she was almost late for work, she just grabbed some peach cakes to fill her stomach and hurriedly rode her bike to the publishing house, crying as she rode. The more she thought about it, the more wronged she felt.

When Yao Zhizhi jumped out of Qi Changxiao's back seat, she happened to see Zhou Juan crying and locking the car in the carport.

Yao Zhizhi was quite surprised. Someone could actually make Zhou Juan cry? Could anyone else in the world be Xu Wei? Who knew what the couple was arguing about in the middle of the day?

She still showed some concern: "What's wrong?"

"I've been wronged!" Zhou Juan wiped her tears. "Do you have time? Please help me analyze it. I don't know where I went wrong. They said I was bullying others for no reason."

Yao Zhizhi saw that there were still five minutes before work started and nodded: "Someone will be here soon. If it's not convenient, let's go to the reception room and talk."

After entering the message room, Zhou Juan called out "Hello, Grandpa Xie". Xie Dayou nodded, tactfully left, and gave the place to the young man.

Zhou Juan closed the door and complained to Yao Zhizhi crying. Yao Zhizhi didn't say anything, but turned to look at Qi Changxiao. Her eyes seemed to say, this is your childhood friend's sister, come and tell me about it.

Qi Changxiao was not surprised: "You are indeed no match for her."

Zhou Juan looked at Qi Changxiao in surprise: "Has she always been like this?"

Qi Changxiao did know something. Zhang Wang happened to be at work, so he opened the door and said, "It depends on the situation. If she meets someone like you who is straightforward and doesn't know how to be roundabout, she will pretend to be weak and pitiful in front of the other person's relatives. If she meets someone who is as scheming as her, she will secretly make small moves to make the other person suffer. If you don't believe me, ask Zhang Wang."

Zhang Wang didn't know who he was talking about, so he asked, and couldn't help but curl his lips. "Her, indeed. I remember her three classmates were so angry that they transferred schools directly. If you met her, you would be completely suppressed."

"Then what should I do?" Zhou Juan was very depressed. She didn't provoke Chu Lingyi.

Zhang Wang shrugged. "Talk to her brother. He'll take care of it. Remember to speak nicely and don't lose your temper. If you lose your temper, even if you're right, you'll lose your temper. Think about it carefully, okay?"

Zhou Juan was silent. Indeed, most of the losses she had suffered so far were caused by her failure to control her temper.

She nodded silently and went to the editorial office to finish her afternoon tasks first, so that Xie Dayou would not report her mother for condoning her children's cheating and still receiving a salary.

It was not until four o'clock in the afternoon that she rubbed her sore neck and looked at Chu Lingze who was sitting at Ye Zheng's workstation.

She stood up and took a deep breath to make herself look more amiable.

Walking over, she knocked on Chu Lingze's desk: "I have something to talk to you about. Let's go downstairs to talk so as not to disturb others."

Chu Lingze had heard her sister complain at noon and did not have a very good impression of Zhou Juan, but for Xu Wei's sake, he still got up and followed her out.

On the street in front of the publishing house, Chu Lingze found a shady tree and squatted down. After listening to Zhou Juan's statement, he couldn't help laughing: "You mean my sister framed you?"

Zhou Juan didn't expect him not to believe her. She raised her voice in anger, "Yeah, can you please control her? She came crying in front of my man. What does she want? To poach him? Doesn't she already have a man and children?"

Chu Lingze didn't want to admit that his sister was good. Even if she really was not good, he should have disciplined her privately, so he said bluntly: "You said it yourself, she has a man and a child. Don't worry, we old Chu family members would not do such a thing. You should reflect on yourself. Maybe your tone was not good, and she misunderstood. Now you even wrongly accuse her of wanting to steal your man. Don't you think you are going too far?"

"I went too far?" Zhou Juan had experienced this before. No wonder Chu Lingyi was so arrogant. It turned out that her family members were backing her up.

Zhou Juan sneered at Chu Lingze, "I don't know if you're playing dumb or if you really think your sister is a good person. I'm making a bet with you today. If Xu Wei and I can't make it, your sister will definitely get involved with him. But don't get too complacent. If that's the case, I'd rather kill your sister than let her succeed. You and your family, take care of yourselves! Trash, drama queen, bah!"

After Zhou Juan finished cursing, she calmed down, strode across the street, and returned to continue working.

She had to write a few excellent articles quickly. She wanted to move up, and she wouldn't allow Chu Lingze to shit on her head!

Why can he, a person who has been sent down to the countryside for so many years, be an editor but she can't?

She can do it, too! She immediately flipped through the recent issues of the magazine, circled the best articles, and repeatedly pondered, analyzed, and learned from others' writing techniques.

Although she knew that this could not be rushed, she still wanted to give it a try.

Before leaving get off work, she went to find Yao Zhizhi and asked, "Can you recommend some books to me? I'm interested in Ye Zheng's position and I want to compete with her fairly."

Yao Zhizhi was a little surprised to hear the words "fair competition" from Zhou Juan's mouth.

You know what, she was actually quite relieved. After all, this was Zhou Juan.

Zhou Juan is arrogant, has red eyes, is a nagging person, has a spoiled daughter's temper, is competitive, and is difficult to serve.

As expected, this university of society has made outstanding contributions.

Yao Zhizhi found two introductory books on writing from the bookcase under the table and said, "Here, don't damage them."

"Thank you." Zhou Juan took the book and then decided to complain, "That Chu Lingze doesn't believe what I said."

"Maybe he's just being tough. My wife told me that he's very protective of his sister and usually only scolds her behind her back." Yao Zhizhi said with relief.

There was nothing she could do about this. Chu Lingze was the kind of person who would rather save face than suffer. Even if he knew that his sister was a bad person, he would never admit it.

Zhou Juan curled her lips in disdain: "This kind of person is the most disgusting, sanctimonious, a hypocrite, let your lover stay away from him, so as not to cause trouble for you."

"Okay, I'll convey your opinion." Yao Zhizhi looked at her watch and it was time to get off work, so she got up and locked the office door.