Yan Heqing had recovered, and at this point, he honestly told Tong Xuejiao everything.

"Heh..." Tong Xuejiao sneered twice after hearing this, "Since you all conspired to deceive me about the engagement, what happened to my factory when problems arose? How did you resolve that?"

Yan Heqing said helplessly, "Jiaojiao, let's not even talk about how we were among the first to go into business after the reform and opening up. If the connections we've built up over the years can't even solve this small problem, then all my hard work over the years has been for nothing."

Take the positions of those uncles and elders in our old compound, for example. If our business were to target them for no reason, would they just stand by and do nothing?

The matter at your factory wasn't a big deal to begin with. Even if I didn't interfere, He Xiao only needed to talk to Uncle Tong and Aunt Tong, and they could easily resolve it. There was no need for you to get involved.

Tong Xuejiao then realized that the reason she subconsciously felt that He Xiao's words confirmed her parents' words after hearing about the factory yesterday was entirely because her parents had first told her that Yan Heqing had agreed to the engagement with that suitor in order to solve the company's problems, and she had a preconceived notion.

Although it would take some effort to resolve the matter at her factory using Yan Heqing's connections, it was definitely not to the point where she would need to sacrifice her own marriage for a political alliance.

"Jiaojiao".

At this moment, Yan Heqing looked at Tong Xuejiao with deep affection and solemnity, "I know it was wrong of me to ask Uncle Tong and Aunt Tong to help me deceive you."

But you won't even give me a chance to meet you, so I really have no other choice.

I swear, I'll never yell at you again, never argue with you again, and I'll take good care of you and Xiaopiao. Please give me a chance, okay?

When Tong Xuejiao learned that she had been deceived, she was still filled with anger.

Hearing Yan Heqing's words and looking into his deep eyes, her anger vanished without her noticing.

In fact, she had been considering whether to accept Yan Heqing these days.

Little Pretty will grow up gradually, and when she's a little older, she'll realize that there should be a father in the family.

Although she doesn't care about what others say, children lack sufficient judgment and strong beliefs when they are young, so they will care about what others say.

Moreover, putting aside her prejudice against Yan Heqing since childhood, objectively and fairly speaking, Yan Heqing is indeed a good person.

He's good-looking, from a good family, and capable—he's good in every way.

After careful consideration, Tong Xuejiao nodded, "Okay, then I'll give you a chance."

A smile instantly appeared on Yan Heqing's anxious face.

He couldn't resist pulling Tong Xuejiao into his arms and kissing her.

Not one to back down, Tong Xuejiao immediately returned the kiss.

As they kissed, they somehow ended up rolling around together again.

When Yan Heqing discovered that his abilities in that area were not affected by Tong Xuejiao's kick, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He was genuinely worried that if Tong Xuejiao's kick crippled her, he would have no choice but to give her up. He couldn't afford to ruin her life's happiness.

*

With the New Year over, Yang Qiaoqiao and Huo Beixiao got busy again.

The garment factory has already resumed construction yesterday.

As for Rong's five-star hotel, Yang Qiaoqiao and Huo Beixiao revised several versions of the design drawings before the Lunar New Year and finalized the decoration plan. They are just waiting for the construction company to start construction after the New Year.

The transport team didn't even get a break during the Chinese New Year.

Currently, domestic transportation methods are limited. During the Spring Festival, the demand for goods surges across the country, making transportation teams exceptionally busy.

Before we knew it, the Lantern Festival had arrived.

Yang Qiaoqiao and Huo Beixiao had already reached an agreement that no matter how busy they were, they would put down their work and make time to spend with their family on holidays.

Ever since the two little ones discovered that they could get a lot of goodies every time they went shopping, they have come to love shopping.

So, as usual, Yang Qiaoqiao went shopping with Huo Beixiao and Su Pan in the morning, taking the two little ones and Zhou Ling'er with her.

She transferred Zhou Yang to work in Haicheng, so naturally she couldn't leave Zhou Ling'er alone in Yun County.

So a few days ago, she enrolled Zhou Ling'er in a primary school in Haicheng and arranged for Zhou Ling'er to transfer to a school in Haicheng.

Taking advantage of the day's shopping trip, she brought Zhou Ling'er along and bought her a new schoolbag and school supplies.

I also bought some small jewelry and several sets of clothes.

Zhou Ling'er was always sweet-talking, and now that Zhou Yang was making more money, the young girl was materially wealthy and became more and more poised and generous.

After accepting Yang Qiaoqiao's gift generously, he used his New Year's money to buy her an exquisite ring at a jewelry store as a return gift.

At noon, Yang Qiaoqiao invited Zhou Yang, Guo Tao, and Deng Hongying to her home for lunch.

Liu Hongjun didn't come because he was still leading a transport team to deliver goods and couldn't come back for the holiday.

After dinner, Zhou Yang discussed with Yang Qiaoqiao, "Sister Qiaoqiao, I'm thinking of buying a small house in Haicheng. What do you think?"

"Of course that's great, it's a good thing." Yang Qiaoqiao agreed wholeheartedly. "Have you found a house yet? If you have, but don't have enough money, I can give you some first."

She now pays Zhou Yang a monthly salary of 1,000 yuan, not to mention that at the end of last year she also gave him a bonus of nearly 20,000 yuan.

In addition, Zhou Yang rarely spends money on himself, except for spending money on Zhou Ling'er, so he has saved at least 30,000 yuan.

This amount of money is actually a huge sum of money in this day and age.

After all, people with 10,000 yuan in income are still rare these days.

But now the housing prices in Haicheng have also risen. Even if you buy a house in a slightly remote location like their factory, it will cost about 1,000 yuan per square meter.

Therefore, Zhou Yang's savings were not enough in the face of housing prices.

However, the current housing prices in Haicheng seem insignificant compared to the future prices that will easily reach tens or even hundreds of thousands of yuan per square meter.

Therefore, it's best to buy this house as soon as possible.

Zhou Yang exudes a powerful aura in front of outsiders and employees, completely unlike someone in their teens, but he still reveals his youthful side in front of Yang Qiaoqiao.

Hearing Yang Qiaoqiao say this, he scratched his head a little embarrassedly, "I haven't decided yet, and I don't really know how to buy a house."

But I want to buy near Ling'er's school, I don't know how expensive the houses are in that area, and whether I have enough money.