Chapter 133 Going to School

Yu Duoduo didn't have much luggage, so Molly took her to buy a few outfits. She was planning to buy more, but Yu Duoduo refused.

"I can't owe you any more," Yu Duoduo said.

Molly: "Just consider it as me paying you your salary in advance."

"No. I don't want to owe you anything. I'll owe Uncle Zhao something instead." Yu Duoduo smiled slyly. "Maybe he'll treat me better because he feels sorry for me."

Molly thought Yu Duoduo's words made sense, "It's a good method."

"Auntie, I want Uncle Zhao. You can't introduce him to any more girls." Yu Duoduo said earnestly.

"Have you thought this through? It's a major life decision." Molly was worried that Yu Duoduo was being too impulsive.

Yu Duoduo nodded, "Uncle Zhao is a good person and has good prospects. If I miss him, I will regret it so much that I won't be able to sleep at night."

Her father was no longer the battalion commander, and she hadn't even graduated from junior high school. She was a country girl, of average appearance, and had no special skills, so there were very few options for her.

Marrying Zhao Jian'an meant that, aside from everything else, she had food and shelter, and her future children would have a comfortable life. She was very satisfied.

Seeing Yu Duoduo's determination, Molly took her to the cake shop to register, and then drove her to Zhao Jian'an's house. Zhao Jian'an wasn't home at the time, but she had a key to the house. She opened the door and gave the key to Yu Duoduo.

"You can familiarize yourself with the house. I'll go buy you a bed nearby," Molly said to Yu Duoduo.

Yu Duoduo nodded, looking at the clean courtyard and the neatly arranged furniture, and she fell in love with it at first sight.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Molly thought she was dissatisfied and explained, "The new house hasn't been renovated yet. You two can discuss the renovation after you're married."

Yu Duoduo smiled, "I will get Uncle Zhao to agree to marry me as soon as possible."

Molly: "If you're going to marry Zhao Jian'an, shouldn't you change how you address him as Uncle Zhao?"

“Yes, from now on I’ll call him Brother Jian’an and you Sister. Although you’re San San’s mother, you look much younger than me now. Several years have passed, but you haven’t changed at all.” Yu Duoduo exclaimed, this aunt really has the secret to staying young.

“Your sister’s name isn’t San San anymore, it’s Mo Chuyang, and she takes my surname.” Mentioning Mo Chuyang made Molly miss them. All three of them were very promising and got into the most famous schools abroad, but their return was uncertain, it could be a few years or more than ten years.

"It's a lovely name, and it's good that it has your surname. It's her blessing to be your daughter." Yu Duoduo couldn't help but envy her younger sister. If only she had shamelessly asked Molly back then—

No, her mother wouldn't agree; it would only cause trouble for Molly.

When Zhao Jian'an returned home that evening, he found the lights on and the aroma of food wafting from the house. He had already eaten at the cafeteria and wasn't hungry, but the smell made him feel like he could eat a little more.

"Sister?" Zhao Jian'an subconsciously thought the person in the kitchen was Molly, since only Molly had the key to this place.

The person in the kitchen turned around and saw an unfamiliar face—thin, sallow, and resembling a refugee. Zhao Jian'an hadn't seen anyone this thin in a long time.

Zhao Jian'an had met Yu Jin'an's three daughters, but each time he only glanced at them briefly and didn't bother to remember their appearances. Besides, girls change a lot as they grow up, and Yu Duoduo now looked completely different from before. Only someone like Molly, who could remember people so clearly by their bone structure, could remember them so well.

"Brother Jian'an, you're back! Go wash your hands, there's only one dish left." Yu Duoduo smiled, but her heart was filled with anxiety. When Zhao Jian'an looked at people with his sharp eyes, it was somewhat intimidating.

"Who are you? Why are you here?" Zhao Jian'an already had the answer in his heart. He didn't expect that even though he had rejected Molly yesterday, Molly still sent him here.

“My name is Yu Duoduo. I have nowhere to go right now, Brother Jian’an, can you take me in?” Yu Duoduo lowered her head, her thin, claw-like hands nervously clutching the hem of her clothes, her fingertips turning white.

Zhao Jian'an: "I'll give you the money, go rent a place tomorrow."

If I'm going to rent a place tomorrow, does that mean I can stay tonight?

Yu Duoduo felt a sense of urgency. It seemed she had to take action tonight. Even if she couldn't force the issue, she had to find a way to cling to Zhao Jian'an.

"Did you send the person to Jian'an?" Ji Hefeng asked. The person who said he was staying there yesterday was nowhere to be seen today.

"She asked to go herself." Molly recounted her encounter with Mo Honghong at the hospital that day, emphasizing the conflict between the two women over one man.

After listening, Ji Hefeng praised, "Yu Duoduo has good taste."

Molly: "So you should talk to Brother Zhao. He's not getting any younger, it's time for him to settle down. Aunt Guihua calls me every few days, she's so worried her hair has turned completely white."

Ji Hefeng felt that there was no need to persuade them, "If the two of them like each other, they don't need anyone else to say anything."

“Brother Zhao’s situation is different; he has low self-esteem,” Molly said sternly. “He’s hesitant and needs us to give him a push. Can you bear to have both a son and a daughter while your brother is all alone?”

"It's not that I necessarily want to get married. If I hadn't met you, I would never have gotten married in my life," Ji Hefeng said confidently.

Molly was too lazy to argue with him, and simply said, "Zhao Jian'an himself also wants to get married and have children."

Ji Hefeng was speechless. Zhao Jian'an had never said he wouldn't get married. On the contrary, several years ago, he had asked Zhao Jian'an to introduce him to potential partners.

To Molly's surprise, Yu Duoduo won him over in just one night, and Ji Hefeng, the persuader, was completely useless.

The next day after work, Zhao Jian'an and Yu Duoduo brought gifts to Molly's door, saying they were a thank-you gift for the matchmaking. In addition to the gifts, they also gave her a red envelope.

Molly was stunned; it had already happened.

Yu Duoduo whispered to Molly, "He told me to rent a place outside the next day. In my haste, I took off all my clothes and went into his room that night, and that's how it happened."

Molly: "......."

Sometimes actions speak louder than words.

Zhao Jian'an's expression became uneasy when he saw Yu Duoduo and Molly talking together. Ji Hefeng came over and put his arm around his shoulder, "Want to talk?"

Before Zhao Jian'an could refuse, Ji Hefeng took him away.

"You changed your mind so quickly?" Ji Hefeng asked in surprise.

Zhao Jian'an blushed and avoided looking at Ji Hefeng, saying, "I'm of age now, and luckily someone doesn't mind."

"I think that girl is pretty good. She can stay in the car for two and a half days. Her resilience is no less than that of a man," Ji Hefeng commented objectively.

Zhao Jian'an thought to himself that she was not only resilient, but also shameless.

Ji Hefeng patted him on the shoulder, "It's not easy for this little girl. Now that you've made up your mind, be nicer to her from now on."

"Of course I'll treat her well." Zhao Jian'an felt a sense of relief. "I don't plan on having a big party, just two tables at Molly's restaurant will be fine."

Ji Hefeng: "Yu Duoduo agreed too?"

Zhao Jian'an: "She brought it up herself. She said she wanted to save the money for renovating the house."

Ji Hefeng: "You two can discuss it and decide. If she wants to live at the school, I'll find her a job as a librarian. It's easy and close to home."

Zhao Jian'an's eyes lit up, and he was about to agree, but then he changed his mind and said, "Let me ask her first, she should agree."

On Saturday, Zhao Jian'an booked a large private room at Molly's restaurant. He originally planned to invite two tables, but Molly's family alone took up one table, so it ended up being four tables.

He Pan also came; his truck took Yu Duoduo back to Beijing, making him a sort of matchmaker.

He Pan is five years older than Ji Hefeng and is thirty-five years old this year. He doesn't even have a girlfriend or any other woman around him.

He sat at the Ji family's table, looked at the six members of Ji Yi's family, and then at the two newlyweds, and suddenly realized that it might be time for him to settle down as well.

"Sister-in-law, why don't you introduce me to someone?"

"No, I'm not taking this job." Molly refused decisively; she simply didn't have the talent to be a matchmaker.

"Let me introduce you," Ji Hefeng said.

Molly raised an eyebrow. "You have resources?"

Ji Hefeng: "The school has recruited several hundred teachers, including many single female teachers, all of whom are highly educated and come from good families."

"My brother's happiness rests on your shoulders," He Pan said solemnly.

Ji Hefeng: "The school will be organizing a social gathering soon. Remember to make time to attend. I'm giving you a chance to meet people; the rest is up to you."

He Pan: "Isn't it a waste of time to talk about something? Can't you just get it right the first time?"

Ji Hefeng rolled his eyes. "Then why don't you arrange a marriage?"

He Pan seemed to understand something, "It's not impossible."

When Ji Yi was four years old, he asked to go to elementary school, which confused Molly.

Molly: "But everyone else starts elementary school at six or seven years old."

Ji Yi said with a serious face, "Kindergarten is too boring, I want to go to elementary school. I've already started learning second-grade material. Grandpa and Grandma both say I'm very smart, just like Dad was when he was little."

“Mom, my sister is right, we’re the same.” The other five retorted.

Molly was undecided. "We'll ask your dad when he gets back."

Ji Hefeng agreed almost without hesitation, "Let them go to elementary school if they want to. Look at their physique and height, they could easily pass for second graders."

So, when Molly was a freshman in college, Ji Yi's six children also started elementary school.

Molly didn't study finance or management; she went to study medicine, specifically clinical medicine. She didn't choose the university that Ji Hefeng had just established, but it wasn't far from Ji Hefeng's school—it was right next door.

When Molly registered for university, Ji Hefeng accompanied her, and he also visited several of Molly's teachers. The teachers were all very curious about the newly opened university next door, and they were even more astonished when they learned that this young man was the president of the university next door.

That's a comprehensive university twice the size of their school, and the president is so young?

Who is this man?

Later, Ji Hefeng would occasionally come to accompany Molly to class. Molly didn't expose his little schemes; instead, she found his peacock-like display of affection cute and funny.

Later, Ji Hefeng became increasingly busy, and Molly's studies became increasingly demanding, so the two had less time to meet at school.

However, there was no shortage of discussion about Molly in the college. Some said she was beautiful and had won the title of school beauty as soon as she entered the school; some were curious about her identity, since there weren't many students who drove to and from school every day; and some simply admired her because she always ranked first in every exam and her grades were far ahead of others, making her the darling of all the teachers.

Molly knew nothing about those topics about her; she spent her days either in class or at the library, and when she got home at night, the children were already asleep.