Chapter 270: Third Brother's Love Story 3 Give up, brother, I'm...

Across from me was Duan Cheng, whom I hadn't seen for a long time. His voice was muffled, and there was a sense of frustration and decadence.

Yao Zhizhi didn't expect him to call, and asked curiously, "What's wrong with you?"

Duan Cheng was a little embarrassed to speak, and after hesitating for a long time, he asked, "Can you ask Yao Taotao and the others if they are willing to help me take care of the child for a year or two?"

Yao Zhizhi didn't understand: "You don't want the child anymore?"

Duan Cheng was very embarrassed and said guiltily, "No, my father passed away, and my mother had a stroke and is also sick. I have to go to work and take care of my mother. I can't ignore the children either. I'm really too busy."

"I see." Yao Zhizhi sighed silently, and after much thought, she suggested, "How about this? You contact the university in Yicheng and see if you can transfer your job here. That way, while Yao Taotao and the others will still be taking care of the child, you can come visit him when you're free, so we don't become separated and become strangers. What do you think?"

"Okay, but I'm not sure if they are willing to help. Can you ask them for me? Thank you." Duan Cheng finally saw a glimmer of hope and tried to cheer himself up a little.

Yao Zhizhi asked him to wait half an hour and call back, and she went to the back to find Yao Taotao.

When Yao Taotao heard this, she immediately agreed and said with emotion, "It's quite pitiful. She met the wrong person."

"Yeah, his second-married wife is a troublemaker. I don't know what exactly happened. Anyway, I heard that Political Commissar Duan was angered to death by that woman." Yao Zhizhi was not at the scene after all, but it was not difficult to guess. After all, Duan Cheng had a son, and the woman probably couldn't tolerate the child.

Yao Taotao also sighed: "If he can be transferred here, Ningning and I can help him take care of his mother when we have time. You should take the trouble to ask Teacher Xu if their school is still hiring."

"Well, I don't know if Teacher Xu has gone to the countryside. I'll call and ask when I get back. Don't worry. Even if he can be transferred, we have to wait until at least after the New Year." After all, tomorrow is New Year's Eve.

Yao Taotao understood and quickly stood up: "Let's go, I'll go wait for his call. Having a sick old man at home is really torturous, and he doesn't have super powers."

Yes, Yao Zhizhi is also willing to help. Duan Cheng is actually a man with a strong sense of justice. Although he is a little silly when facing women, it cannot be blamed on him. After all, there are always people in this world who look at others with the greatest kindness. The wrong thing is to hurt them and betray their trust.

The two went to the courtyard by the lake, and Duan Cheng called on time.

Yao Taotao told him in person that she was willing to help him take care of the children and even the elderly. Duan Cheng was overjoyed and moved to tears.

Yao Taotao comforted him with a few words and asked him to send the child's clothes for spring, summer and autumn in the next few days, and keep the winter clothes for him to bring when he arrives.

Duan Cheng finally saw some hope, and finally let Yao Zhizhi answer the phone with some embarrassment.

"What's the matter? Tell me." Yao Zhizhi said in a kind manner.

Duan Cheng hesitated for a long time and asked, "What about the school..."

"I'll ask for you after the New Year. Please send a copy of your resume to me." Yao Zhizhi was very easy to talk to. She would not easily help others with such things, but Duan Cheng was really pitiful.

Duan Cheng was very grateful, hung up the phone, and went to make arrangements.

Yao Zhizhi called Xu Wei, but no one answered. He must have gone out to buy New Year's goods, so let's talk about it on the second day of the New Year.

She glanced at Yao Taotao and asked, "Shouldn't you discuss this with the others?"

"No, they won't have any objections." Yao Taotao was confident. She was the backbone of these sisters now. What's more, she had money and a lot of say.

Yao Zhizhi smiled and said, "Okay, then you can see about introducing an honest and decent woman to Duan Cheng."

"Yeah, I know." It was time for Yao Taotao to go back. This year, all her sisters except Yao Mengmeng were in the city for the New Year, so she planned to go to Liutiao Hutong.

Cao Guangyi had no objection, but as soon as she returned home, Cao Guangyi told her a hot news: Ma Xiangqin was pregnant.

"She came just after you left, looking like a smug villain." Cao Guangyi curled his lips, looking down on this woman as his sister-in-law.

Yao Taotao didn't say anything, since she wasn't her sister-in-law anyway.

She dug out her old sweater, found the thread ends, and took it apart.

Cao Guangyi was confused: "Isn't this sweater good? Why don't you wear it?"

"Duan Cheng might come over, so I'll prepare a new sweater for the child." Although the wool is old, the style is new, and that's enough. After all, he is her own nephew, and she must do her best to show her care.

Cao Guangyi was a little uneasy: "Why are you so concerned about other people's children? Do you want your own child?"

"Me?" Yao Taotao smiled. "I'm not that eager. I'll just go with the flow."

Cao Guangyi was still very uneasy. He immediately rushed to her and squatted down, his eyes eager like a pug. He held Yao Taotao's knees, his eyes full of eagerness: "If you really want a child, will you break up with me?"

"I don't know. Don't ask. Just let it be." Yao Taotao didn't want to make any promises to him. They were not husband and wife anymore, so why should she care so much?

Cao Guangyi had a sad face. When Yao Taotao went to find Yao Yingying to discuss the tricks, he could only return to his elder brother in frustration to see his mother.

Ma Xiangqin was now very proud. Seeing his dusty appearance, she deliberately sarcastically said, "What's wrong? It's New Year's Day, and your woman doesn't want you anymore?"

Cao Guangyi rolled his eyes and ignored her. He stood up to get a towel, poured hot water, and wiped his mother's face. He couldn't help but complain: "What are you doing? There's so much gunk on my mother's face and you don't even wipe it off."

"I'm just not feeling well because I'm pregnant!" Ma Xiangqin said smugly. "How can I compare to the leisurely life you two have? Oh, look at me, what are you talking about? There's no such thing as a couple. You're divorced. How about I find you someone who can take care of the child?"

Cao Guangyi glared at her, snorted coldly, threw away the towel, turned around and left.

I happened to run into Cao Guangyuan who was returning from shopping for New Year's goods. He warned me, "If my divorce gets out, don't expect me to support you in your old age!"

Cao Guangyuan was completely baffled. When he got home and asked, he realized that Ma Xiangqin had been talking nonsense. He quickly advised her, "Be careful, there are ears on the other side of the wall. If he lives with Yao Taotao, it will only benefit us. Yao Taotao is rich, and if our mother becomes ill in the future, we can still rely on them for money."

Ma Xiangqin wouldn't listen at all. She was very vengeful. During the seven days of detention, she wanted to beat up all the Yao sisters!

It was a pity that she was not pregnant at that time and had not yet established herself. Now she is not afraid anymore.

Just wait, if she doesn’t take revenge, she won’t be named Ma!

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The New Year's Eve dance is about to begin.

Yao Weihua wore a custom-made suit, top-grain cowhide shoes, and had his hair combed back, looking very handsome and charming.

Huang Yang's voice came from outside the door, and he said loudly: "Hua Zai, do you want me to arrange a dance partner for you?"

It is not mandatory to bring a dance partner to this kind of dance, but men in the business world will bring a female companion.

Nine out of ten men who have families will not bring their first wife, and those who don’t have families will either bring their rumored girlfriends or the popular Hong Kong beauties. In short, it seems that being single is a demeaning act for men.

Yao Weihua would rather lose his reputation, but he had to consider Ni Jiaxin's feelings, so he refused: "No, let's just leave it at that."

Anyway, as a Northerner, he was the one who was despised and excluded. Just because there are too many lice doesn't make people feel itchy, so having one more reason to be despised is no big deal.

When he arrived at the venue, he found that Ni Jiaxin had a dance partner.

He was her classmate when she was studying abroad in Cambridge, and also a wealthy young man who was among the top ten richest people in the local area. His name was Li Shida.

A very ambitious and very simple and straightforward name, indicating a bright career.

When their eyes met, Ni Jiaxin subconsciously let go of the arm that Li Shida was holding.

She wanted to explain something, but it was her mother who forced her to do this, not her own will.

But Yao Weihua was also a man who cared about his reputation. Without waiting for her to speak, he turned around and walked towards the shipping tycoon next to him with Lu Henian.

Ni Jiaxin hesitated for a moment, then politely apologized to Li Shida and walked towards Yao Weihua.

Lu Henian felt sorry for his brother. Knowing that it was impossible, he might as well give up early. Besides, if Li Shida saw Ni Jiaxin and Yao Weihua flirting, even Yao Weihua's medicinal materials business might be retaliated against.

Without thinking, Lu Henian immediately took the cocktail from the waiter's hand, and while turning around, he accidentally bumped into Ni Jiaxin.

"Sorry, Miss Ni, this evening dress is very expensive, right? I'll compensate you." Lu Henian quickly interrupted Ni Jiaxin's attempt to strike up a conversation.

Ni Jiaxin could only look at her wet evening gown and forced a nonchalant smile: "It's okay, I'll go change."

"I'm really sorry." Lu Henian apologized again.

No matter what, he is the fiancé of the Huang family's daughter. Although this group of people look down on him, they will at least be a little polite to him. Therefore, he would rather attract the firepower to himself than see Yao Weihua's self-esteem hurt.

Now that Ni Jiaxin had left, he was finally relieved of his alarm and quickly glanced at Yao Weihua, his eyes seemed to say: Give up, brother, everyone has started blind dates, and marriages between wealthy families are an iron rule that cannot be stopped even if a comet hits the earth, so why bother?

After all, when Yao Weihua came, although the Huang family gave him the identity of "son of an old friend from the mainland", without the support of the family, the Ni family would definitely not agree.

Yao Weihua didn't say anything. He just talked about the issue of medicinal material transportation with the shipping tycoon, and then went to chat with another electrical tycoon.

Soon, this group of people discovered that although this northerner had no family background, he had extraordinary conversation and did not seem like an ordinary person.

However, this northerner always had an inexplicable confidence in the mainland, which made everyone laugh.

In the crowd, there was a man with the same slicked-back hair who looked at him with admiration.

This person is the least decent son-in-law of the Ni family, a clerk in the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

He held up his wine glass and calmly walked over to Yao Weihua. He extended his hand and said kindly, "Hello, I'm Tan Zhihao. I've heard of your father's name."

Yao Weihua looked suspicious.

Tan Zhihao added: "When I was in the mainland."