Chapter 42 "The Working Girl" Saving the Villain's Childhood (Part 5)...

Although Qiu Hui was very inquisitive, she was not familiar with Ye Xiqing at all. As an adult, reason stopped her, and she waved her hand repeatedly, saying, "No, I should go back and cook."

Ye Xiqing, sitting opposite her, opened the insulated box and smiled at her, saying, "Perfect timing. I found a delivery job today, and the boss gave me two boxed meals before I left. I can't eat them all by myself, so I ate two of your steamed buns for lunch. Let's share this box."

Qiu Hui: Huh?

I shouldn't have trusted a stranger so easily.

But Ye Xiqing's unexpectedly stable mental state and unexpectedly simple work made Qiu Hui gradually lower her guard.

She had already eaten dinner at her workplace, but Qiu Xiaoya hadn't eaten yet.

She only just got off work at this hour; you can imagine how exhausted she was that day.

Sometimes, when she was so tired, she didn't even want to move for the time it takes to eat a meal. Ye Xiqing's invitation clearly moved her.

Restaurant owners may be stingy with wages, but they won't skimp on meals for their employees. So these two boxed meals were made with the best ingredients.

But looking at the greasy ribs in the lunchbox, how could Qiu Xiaoya console herself? She burst into tears in front of the lunchbox.

Ye Xiqing only stopped crying completely after opening all the cabinets and refrigerator doors in the house to confirm that no murder and body concealment had occurred, and after being yelled at by her mother.

He started shoveling rice into his mouth, but eventually couldn't resist the temptation and picked up a piece of pork rib.

It's pretty delicious...

The essence of fast food is to entice customers with the most straightforward appetite, so businesses are very bold in using ingredients, making the food taste very straightforward.

Qiu Hui didn't want to eat at first, but seeing how deliciously the two of them were eating in front of her made her mouth water.

To avoid making people hear her swallowing and think she was drooling, Qiu Hui took a sip of water to distract herself.

Looking at Ye Xiqing, who was eating with her head down, she became curious: "What happened today? Why did you send the child away?"

Ye Xiqing calmly ate her rice: "It's nothing, I just figured it out."

“Keeping the child with us is painful for both of us, so it’s better to give him to his father.”

“His dad is quite wealthy, so he can definitely take good care of him.”

These words immediately sparked a flood of thoughts in Qiu Hui.

Is it because the man is rich that he doesn't want her anymore? Or did she fall in love with a rich man, but that man doesn't want her in the family?

This kind of plot often happens in TV dramas and is quite relatable to women, so Qiu Hui immediately felt sorry for her and forgot all about her past misdeeds.

It's pitiful to be hurt like that by a man.

Having let go of their reservations, the two chatted about some lighthearted topics, and their relationship gradually grew closer.

Seeing that the atmosphere was just right, Ye Xiqing spoke up: "Then, Sister Qiu, what about you? All along, it seems like only you have been going in and out, busy with everything, taking care of the children. Where is your older brother?"

Qiu Hui: ...

"I'm also divorced, and now I'm raising my child alone."

"Oh, why did you get a divorce?"

If it were someone else asking, Qiu Hui would just laugh it off, but Ye Xiqing was different. Both of them had suffered with men, so they had something to complain about together.

"What else could it be? He's seeing someone else!"

“I did his laundry, cooked for him, gave birth to his children, and took care of his parents at home, and in the blink of an eye, he found another woman outside!”

"People really can't have a conscience; if they do, they'll just be fed to the dogs!"

"I'll see if that wild woman and the child she brought will take good care of him when he gets old!"

This kind of topic shouldn't be brought up, because once it is, it's hard to stop, and Qiu Hui's emotions are getting more and more agitated.

She talked on and on about all the contributions she had made to that family over the years, and how shameless and heartless that man was, until her throat was dry.

Ye Xiqing listened quietly, and while she was drinking water, she asked, "Then why didn't you go home after your divorce?"

"Go home?" Qiu Hui was taken aback by this statement.

It took me a while to realize that she was referring to her maternal family.

However, her family's attitude during the divorce also hurt her feelings.

They either made her endure it pointlessly, or after her divorce, when they entrusted their newborn child to her parents' family, they frequently complained to her, subtly or overtly asking when she could take the child away, or whether to return it to her ex-husband's family.

She harbored resentment, but since they were her family, she didn't want to say too many bad things about them.

In short, driven by a deep sense of indignation, she took her daughter out of the house when she was three years old and able to take care of herself a little, determined to make a name for herself and show everyone!

But real life isn't a TV drama. There aren't that many uneducated, inexperienced middle-aged women who can get rich quick by getting a divorce and find a better husband to support them.

When she was exhausted from work and had to take care of her child who didn't understand anything, she sometimes wondered if she should have listened to her family and just endured it.

But no, the moment that thought crossed her mind, it felt like a betrayal of herself. She had a very strong personality and couldn't stand the slightest bit of anger. Even if she had to grit her teeth, she would still get through life!

So when asked this, Qiu Hui didn't want to complain anymore. She pretended to be relaxed and said, "Why go home? I'd be crammed in with that whole family, young and old. I'm fine on my own outside. Once I've put my daughter through university and she gets married, I'll be able to relax."

“I’ve been paying into the pension fund for five years now, and I’ll be able to get through another ten years.”

"When I get old, my daughter will have finished supporting me and I'll have enough money. Wouldn't it be better if I could just grow flowers and plants by myself, without having to take care of anyone?"

Ye Xiqing nodded in agreement: "Then, Sister Qiu, how much do you earn in a month?"

Qiu Hui: ...

Salary is a very private matter, but she didn't want others to look down on her because of what she had said to Ye Xiqing earlier, so she stubbornly said, "It's not much. When the performance is good, I can earn seven or eight thousand. It's enough for Xiaoya and me."

"Oh." Ye Xiqing continued to nod: "But I see that you work very hard, getting off work so late, and you also have a child to take care of. Have you considered changing to an easier job?"

Ye Xiqing's words had already made Qiu Hui somewhat uncomfortable, but having put on such a show, she couldn't back down now. She continued nonchalantly, "So what if it's tiring? What job that pays well isn't tiring? Earn more when you're young, so you'll have security when you're old."

Ye Xiqing saw her resistance and smiled slightly: "But you have to find the right direction to work hard. Why not do some work that you are good at and that makes money, like selling breakfast?"

"At noon today, Xiaoya brought over two steamed buns. Sister Qiu, did you make them? I ate some, and they were so delicious!"

"With your skills, if you were to sell breakfast, I would definitely buy it, not to mention anyone else."

"ah?"

Realizing that Ye Xiqing's words didn't carry a particularly sharp meaning, Qiu Hui gradually lowered her guard.

But to start selling breakfast as soon as you open your mouth is a bit too much of a stretch, as if you're talking without understanding the situation.

"Everyone knows that selling breakfast is profitable, but the costs are also high."

“You can sell them from a cart; I see many breakfast stalls like that on the roadside.”

"Ah...it's not that simple. Not to mention that all kinds of permits are hard to get, the urban management officers will also take action. If you make money, it's fine, but if you don't, you'll lose your original job."

"My current job is a bit tiring, but at least I earn seven or eight thousand a month and they pay social security. In the current job market, it's not easy to find a job like this again..."

Ye Xiqing smiled slightly.

If you've considered the consequences of failure, then it naturally means you're interested.

But if the person in question doesn't make up their mind, Ye Xiqing will absolutely not try to persuade them any further.

So Ye Xiqing smiled lightly and said, "Sister Qiu, don't find me annoying. Actually, it's because I talked with you for a while before and suddenly felt that you are a really nice person. I wanted to team up with you."

"I'm planning to start delivering food from now on, and my workplace will be in the city center."

"The rent over there is too high, so I'm looking for someone to share an apartment with. I don't know anyone here, and for some reason, I thought of you, Sister Qiu."

“Think about it, if we’re going to live together, and you switch to selling breakfast, one of us can handle the sales and the other can handle the delivery. It would be a good match.”

"The shop I took over doesn't serve breakfast. You can go there at 10 a.m. If you live nearby, you can free up a morning."

“Work pressure is high now. Many of the people working in the building are single white-collar workers who are not married and whose parents are not around. No one cooks for them in the morning, and they don’t have the energy to cook for themselves.”

"And breakfast is so important. From 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. the next day, you are fasting for almost 12 hours. It will be very uncomfortable if you don't eat."

"So as long as breakfast isn't too expensive, many people are still willing to buy it, and they'd be even happier if someone was willing to deliver it to their door."

"Sister Qiu, your skills are still very competitive. I think if we work together, we can surely achieve something."

"But thinking about it carefully, it really is too presumptuous. If you don't want to, Sister Qiu, then forget it."

"I won't renew my lease when it expires. I'm still very happy to have a heart-to-heart talk with you, Sister Qiu, before it ends."

Qiu Hui: ...

She initially thought Ye Xiqing was just acting on a whim, but for some reason, what she said next swayed her...

Two people sharing a house can save half the rent.

By partnering in a business, we can increase our sales channels by half.

Besides, Xiaoya is getting older and needs to go to school, so going to the city center would be closer to the school.

Her cooking skills are actually quite good; everyone who has eaten her food praises how delicious it is.

One steamed bun costs one yuan... two steamed buns cost two yuan... Ah! To earn two hundred yuan, wouldn't I have to sell two hundred steamed buns!

How many people live in a building? To think they could buy two hundred steamed buns? That's clearly unreliable...

Tossing and turning, Qiu Hui pulled the blanket over her head. She needed to sleep; she had to work tomorrow!

But for some reason, in her dreams, one blurry figure after another started asking her for steamed buns...

...

Qiu Hui returned to her room with a pounding heart, but the system exploded: "Host! What are you doing!"

Ye Xiqing glanced at it impatiently: "What, you're going to interfere with me finding a roommate?"

system:……

Fine, go ahead and look for her! But why her?! She's the "female lead's" mother!

Although this "female lead" may be the female lead of another book, as a crossover character, she will also appear at the end of the story.

The original storyline was about a cheerful and lively girl named Qiu Xiaoya who, during her childhood, encountered a neighbor who was abused by his alcoholic mother and a wealthy but unhappy male classmate from elementary school. She healed them with her warmth.

But an accident at work caused Qiu Xiaoya to lose her mother.

After returning to her father's side, she became sensitive and insecure under the combined oppression of her stepmother and stepsister.

When she was called Qiu Xiaoya, she was a fearless and carefree little sun.

When she grew up and was named Qiu Tianyi, she became a true ugly duckling who never dared to lift her head.

This contrast was heartbreaking for the readers, so the male lead, who gently guided Qiu Xiaoya and gave her the courage to face life again, finally became the true male lead.

While the villains are beautiful, strong, and tragically pitiful, readers also agree that the male lead is the only and best solution for the female lead and do not want to separate them.

So at the end of the book, the villain, having found a mother's love, stopped being obsessive and began to wish Qiu Xiaoya happiness.

The protagonist and the villain are not locked in a life-or-death struggle; their two families even begin to cooperate, grow stronger, and create a brilliant future together.

Everyone was satisfied, and the system even had ownership of the small world where Qiu Xiaoya was the female lead.

Now, seeing the "crossover heroine" deviating from the plot, even though her plot is unimportant, the system's heart is starting to ache. Ye Xiqing really is a plot destroyer that can happen anytime, anywhere!

But it seems impossible to say it directly to Ye Xiqing.

It mentioned the minor villain's name before, and then the minor villain was directly given to his father. If it mentions "Qiu Xiaoya's plot" again, will she also take down the future young male lead?

So, in this kind of situation, you just have to endure it. The system stammered, "It's already not easy for girls to live alone. Won't something bad happen if they just casually share an apartment with someone else?"

Ye Xiqing said nonchalantly, "It's fine. If anything happens, I'll just die and go back to the system space. I'm an illiterate person who went to university in this world, so what am I afraid of?"

Moreover, what was originally just a guess that Qiu Xiaoya was the female lead has now been confirmed by the system in its excitement.

She lives with the female lead and her mother, so what is she afraid of?

...

Qiu Hui dreamed of steamed buns all night after returning home, while Ye Xiqing slept very well because she had done a lot of work.

Early in the morning, there was a knock on the door. When I opened the door, I saw Qiu Hui holding a large bowl of porridge with vegetable leaves floating in it, and two steamed buns in a plastic bag in her hand.

Upon seeing Ye Xiqing, Qiu Hui stammered, "Uh... I made a bit too much breakfast. If you haven't eaten, you can take it..."

Ye Xiqing's gaze fell on her unique breakfast, and she smiled, accepting it very naturally: "Thank you, I will bring Xiaoya a boxed lunch tonight."

Qiu Hui was very flustered, probably as flustered as when facing Boss Zhipin: "No, no, I didn't make this meal to trade with you."

Ye Xiqing laughed and said, "It's okay. I told the boss that I have a child at home, and she readily gave me two lunch boxes. Of course, I can't say I lied; they were indeed for the child."

"You work hard all day, so why not cook one less meal and worry less about it?"

Qiu Hui: ...

She still had reservations about what Ye Xiqing said.

But what can I do? We haven't even moved in together yet, and I'm already experiencing how wonderful it is to share an apartment with her...