Once reborn, Su Jiaojiao returned to the year she was forced into marriage. This time, she no longer escapes; she calls off the engagement, fights against scoundrels, earns money herself when broke...
Chapter 91 He Wants to Give Her a Warm Home
"Okay, I'm willing to go." Chen Guilan finally made up her mind.
Since Su Jiaojiao agreed and Qin Shuang was so sincere, she had nothing to worry about.
Now that she had an income from work, Su Jiaojiao could concentrate on attending classes at school. These days, Su Jiaojiao had not had time to study and had not touched the several test papers she had bought.
"It's great to be able to work with Sister Guilan." Qin Shuang was very happy and said to Su Jiaojiao, "Your mother was gone for a day and helped me clean the dormitory. I felt embarrassed. From now on, we will go to get off work and go home together, eat together, and I will have company."
"Mom, if you get off work late, you can stay at the factory. Don't worry about me." Su Jiaojiao knew that Chen Guilan was worried about her. "You know, the neighbors on this street are all very nice and safe. I'll move back to the school after school starts. I'll rent this house for now. I'll come over on weekends to sell some goods or something, so we'll have a place to stay..."
As he was speaking, a loud noise came from next door. Chen Xiaoqing's heart-wrenching cry was like thunder from the plain: "Tian Erzhu, you have no conscience. Why did you do such a thing behind my back? If you don't want to live like this, just say that you want to go home and live here by yourself!"
"What have I done to deserve your madness? I just bought a hundred yuan lottery ticket!" Tian Erzhu's voice was even louder and angrier than hers. "You have to control me even when I buy a pack of cigarettes. This money is all saved by me. I buy whatever I want. I don't visit prostitutes or gamble, so what's wrong with me buying a lottery ticket?"
"You're heartless for buying lottery tickets behind my back." Chen Xiaoqing was furious and started throwing things again. "How many vegetables do I have to sell to make a hundred yuan? You heartless person, get out of here! Why don't you just go to hell?"
"I'll go take a look." Chen Guilan couldn't sit still any longer, so she stood up and walked out. Qin Shuang, curious, followed her. Just as Su Jiaojiao reached the door, she saw Tian Erzhu coming out angrily. "You said you'd be free if I fucking died."
Qin Shuang wasn't familiar with the couple, so it was hard for her to say anything. Su Jiaojiao stepped forward and grabbed Tian Erzhu, saying, "Brother, calm down."
"Don't worry about me, I'm going to die." Tian Erzhu pushed Su Jiaojiao away and said, "Tell Chen Xiaoqing that we won't see each other in the next life."
"Brother, where are you going in this cold weather?" Su Jiaojiao was almost pushed down by him, but her hand was still holding his sleeve tightly, "Calm down, you can't go anywhere."
Qin Xiuming, who had been sitting on the chair, was afraid that Su Jiaojiao would fall, so he stood up and dragged Tian Erzhu into the house with Su Jiaojiao.
Su Jiaojiao forced Tian Erzhu to sit down: "Brother, you can't take what Sister Xiaoqing said when she was angry seriously. If you leave, what will Sister Xiaoqing do?"
"I can't live like this. I really can't live like this." Tian Erzhu shouted excitedly, "Jiaojiao, you can see it too. I get up at three in the morning every day to serve food and come back at seven. I only get a two-hour break at noon, and I can't go to bed until ten at night. I'm so tired, I don't even have time to watch TV. What's wrong with me buying a lottery ticket and taking a chance?"
Then he yelled at the neighbor next door, "I'm fucking fed up with this life of being treated like an ox or a horse. Enough of that."
He also knows that the probability of winning the lottery is very low, but what if he wins?
Doesn’t he deserve to have a dream?
"You've had enough, and I've had even more." Chen Xiaoqing was swearing at him from the next room. "I'm going home tomorrow. You can buy as many lottery tickets as you want. When you have money, change your wife quickly. I'm fucking done with you, too. You men are all bad."
Hearing this, Qin Xiuming frowned. Is this the good neighbor Su Jiaojiao was talking about?
"Xiaoqing, stop talking and calm down." Chen Guilan advised Chen Xiaoqing, "He just bought a lottery ticket. He bought it and that's it. He doesn't buy it every day."
"He can't afford it. If he could, he would buy it every day." Chen Xiaoqing cried, "He dreams of getting rich, then dumping us and my mother and living happily on his own."
"Bullshit!" Tian Erzhu was furious. He stood up and went home, continuing to argue with Chen Xiaoqing, "I bought lottery tickets for this family. When have I ever had any thoughts about other people?"
"You're not having any extramarital affairs, so why are you hiding this from me?" Chen Xiaoqing saw him coming back and reached out to scratch him, but Tian Erzhu pushed her to the ground. "That's because you don't agree. If you agreed, how could I have kept this a secret from you?"
"Hey, stop arguing, stop arguing." Chen Guilan stood in the middle and persuaded the two, "If you have something to say, talk it over. It's not worth it to make such a fuss over a hundred dollars."
"Brother, calm down." Mr. Tang, the owner of the audio shop across the street, came over to persuade Tian Erzhu. "You were wrong to hide this from your sister-in-law. Just apologize sincerely. Women should be coaxed. Why are you so angry?"
"That's right, it's late at night, stop making noise." Old Zhao from the bun shop also went over to mediate. The people next door were talking at once and criticizing Tian Erzhu, and Chen Xiaoqing gradually quieted down.
Qin Xiuming and Su Jiaojiao were the only ones left here. Su Jiaojiao had little to say to Qin Xiuming and was just about to go next door to find Chen Guilan when Qin Xiuming said, "I heard that you and Mr. Lu went to the Mocheng Clothing Wholesale Market a few days ago?"
"Yes." Su Jiaojiao stopped and asked, "Why, are you okay?"
"It's okay, I just find it strange." Qin Xiuming looked at Su Jiaojiao thoughtfully. "Mr. Lu is very busy. He was busy negotiating a contract with the municipal government a few days ago. Why is he so keen on these school uniforms?"
"You should ask him about this." Su Jiaojiao said lightly, "Instead of asking me."
"It's because it's inconvenient for me to ask him that I came to ask you." Qin Xiuming saw that Su Jiaojiao was still indifferent to him, so he stopped asking. "I'm transferring to the Imperial Capital next year. The only thing I can't let go of is my mother. My mother likes you and Aunt Chen. Seeing that you two are getting along well, I'm relieved. If anything happens here, you must tell me. I will write to you when I go to the Imperial Capital. I hope we can keep in touch."
"My friendship with your mother has nothing to do with you." Su Jiaojiao refused immediately when she heard that he wanted to write her a letter. "Don't write to me. Even if you do, I won't accept it. Qin Xiuming, I've said many times that I don't want to have any contact with you. I hope you respect my wishes."
She never wanted to see his letter again.
It’s not that she was worried that she would be soft-hearted, but these letters from him would only remind her of the painful days in her previous life.
She was too young at the time and took feelings so seriously. Now she has come to terms with it and no longer wants to have anything to do with him.
"Whether you accept it or not is your business, and whether I write it or not is my business." Qin Xiuming felt that Su Jiaojiao had no reason to dislike him so much, but if he didn't say some things now, he might not have the chance to say them in the future. Thinking that he would be returning to the imperial capital with Lu Jingyou tomorrow, he mustered up the courage to say, "Jingjiao, I like you. I like you very much. After I settle down in the imperial capital, I will wait for you there. I want to give you a warm home."
"Qin Xiuming, do you know what you're talking about?" Su Jiaojiao's eyes were filled with sarcasm as she spoke word by word, "Who do you think you are? Why should you give me a warm home? I'm telling you, I don't need it!"
Qin Xiuming also said something like this in his previous life. He said that he would give her a warm home.
If she believed such youthful and frivolous words, she would be a fool.
"You're unwilling to associate with me, but you're close to Mr. Lu..." Qin Xiuming was furious. "Su Jiaojiao, I didn't expect you to be this kind of person."
If he had the same status and worth as Lu Jingyou, Su Jiaojiao would never treat him like this.
Su Jiaojiao clearly looked down on him, his background, and even more so, him as a person.
"What kind of person I am is none of your business!" Su Jiaojiao looked at him calmly, "Who I associate closely with is none of your business either!"
Chen Guilan and Qin Shuang stood at the door, looking at each other.
Why are these two people still arguing?
On the way back, Qin Shuang couldn't help but scold Qin Xiuming: "Why can't you say it nicely? Why are you bullying Su Jiaojiao? You're leaving soon, can't you leave a good impression on her?"