Bathroom Stories

After being busy for a while, Song Xiaojuan finally had some free time.

Qiu Yao called her and said that she wanted her to go shopping with her. Song Xiaojuan thought that she really had nothing to do in the afternoon, so she agreed over the phone and asked her to come directly to the company.

The building of Song Xiaojuan's company looks quite shabby from the outside, but Song Xiaojuan decorated it very uniquely inside. As soon as you enter, the first thing that catches your eye is the company's name and logo. Next to it is a display cabinet containing various qualification certificates and brochures. The receptionist leads you inside and you will reach the office area. Song Xiaojuan built it according to the style of a modern office cubicle, and the walls are covered with photos. Although there are not many people, everything is in good order.

Qiu Yao was so surprised that she was speechless. She originally thought that Song Xiaojuan's workshop was just a small one, but she didn't expect it to be so big. Qiu Yao's mentality changed unconsciously.

She used to feel that she and Song Xiaojuan had nothing in common and even didn't want to contact her. But after Li Fengjiang's affair, she found that although Song Xiaojuan was uneducated and her words and deeds were vulgar, she had to admit that some of her words touched her heart.

These are words that her friends in the so-called "circle" would never say, so she is willing to have more contact with Song Xiaojuan.

She came to her company to find her today on a whim. After arriving, she found that her previous thinking was really narrow. It would be impossible for Song Xiaojuan, a country girl with no background in the countryside, to run a company and a factory now without some skills.

When she looked at Song Xiaojuan again, her eyes were different.

When Song Xiaojuan came out of the office, she saw Qiu Yao with envy in her eyes. When she handed her a glass of water, she chuckled and said, "You must be frozen silly."

Qiu Yao restrained her expression and shook her head: "How come you've recovered your figure to be even better than before giving birth?"

When Song Xiaojuan heard her say that her figure had recovered well, she instantly felt very proud. She looked for a place to exercise as soon as she was out of confinement, but as you can imagine, there was no place to exercise.

She practiced yoga at home based on the yoga poses she had learned from memory, skipping rope at night and running in the morning, and the results were amazing.

One night when taking a shower, Zhao Guomin came in in a hurry to go to the bathroom. When he saw Song Xiaojuan's figure, his eyes were full of anger. She said she would not go out and that there were people at home. Of course, he could not do so and could only satisfy his desire.

When Song Xiaojuan thought about it, her ears turned red unconsciously.

Qiu Yao fanned her hands in front of her: "What are you thinking about?"

Song Xiaojuan quickly put away the unhealthy memories in her mind. She raised her eyebrows mischievously and said, "If you want to know, buy me a beer tonight and I'll tell you the secret."

"Haha, ok, no problem. Not to mention beer, I'll even pick the stars in the sky for you."

Song Xiaojuan took her to her office and asked her to sit down because she had to hold a small meeting.

Since the factory started recruiting workers, she also hired a few sales people and a designer Liu Yu.

Liu Yu was lucky. This girl studied art and should have been assigned to be an art teacher when she returned, but someone else took her place.

With the mentality of giving it a try, he went to the county talent market and was discovered by Song Xiaojuan, who promised him a high-tech job and recruited him.

The company has no other offices, so meetings are held in the big office. Song Xiaojuan sits in the front office and asks: "Xiao Dong, how many female workers have been recruited in the factory now? How is the environment in the dormitories?" Song Xiaojuan is quite strict during meetings.

"We are now fully staffed, and most of them can get started quickly. Those who have never done this have been assigned to mentors."

Song Xiaojuan nodded. "I'll leave that to you. If you have any questions, please let me know. How's the communication going with the fabric factory and the zipper factory?"

"I have already contacted the person in charge there."

Song Xiaojuan crossed this out. "Okay, go check out their factory right away. The company will reimburse your travel expenses. Liu Yu, do you have any problems submitting the design draft before Friday?"

"No problem, Mr. Song."

This meeting was very brief and focused on the key points.

Qiu Yao was sitting in Song Xiaojuan's office and heard everything clearly. She finally understood why Li Fengjiang admired Song Xiaojuan so much. This woman was indeed charming.

But even the most charming woman failed in driving. Song Xiaojuan was a little clumsy when driving.

Qiu Yao sat in the passenger seat, one hand tightly gripping the handlebars and the other hand pinching the backrest: "Hey! Hey, let's drive slowly, there's no rush, or... let me drive." Qiu Yao asked cautiously, she was afraid of angering the woman driving and losing her life.

Song Xiaojuan also knew that she had a bit of road rage when driving. When she saw the car in front of her driving slowly, she got anxious and always wanted to step on the accelerator to overtake it.

Zhao Guomin even got angry with her because of this.

After looking at the frightened Qiu Yao, she slowed down the car.

Seeing that she had slowed down, Qiu Yao patted his chest and said, "Let's go to the department store. I want to buy some clothes. Can you help me pick some?" His eyes swept over Song Xiaojuan again. Song Xiaojuan was wearing a knitted skirt, a fluffy down jacket with a belt around her waist, and a hat that she couldn't name.

Song Xiaojuan has fair skin and is wrapped in a black scarf, revealing only her small face and a pair of big eyes. If you don't tell me, who would know that she is a mother of a child?

Qiu Yao never knew that such an ugly down jacket could become so... fashionable and good-looking with a belt. No one in the county dared to wear it like this, but when someone wore it, it would be a lie to say she wasn't envious.

Song Xiaojuan didn't know what was going on in Qiu Yao's mind. Her clothing style was always matched according to modern fashion, and she did the same when she helped Qiu Yao pick clothes.

Qiu Yao didn't dare to try it on at first. Song Xiaojuan thought that since she was a teacher, the school might not allow it, so she put the clothes she had picked back and wanted to take Qiu Yao away.

Qiu Yao hesitated again in the store: "...Well, I could give it a try."

Song Xiaojuan laughed in her heart. Qiu Yao was probably a good girl since she was a child. She had never tried anything out of the ordinary, let alone worn this kind of clothes. She felt a little conflicted. On the one hand, she wanted to try it, but on the other hand, she couldn't get out of her own framework.

Song Xiaojuan didn't urge her and waited for her to make her own decision.

Qiu Yao looked at her clothes and then at herself in the mirror, gritted her teeth, went behind the curtain and changed her clothes.

I have to say, clothes make the man. It turns out that her dressing style shows that she is a teacher and an intellectual.

After changing her clothes, her whole temperament changed. Qiu Yao looked at herself in the mirror and thought about Li Fengjiang's cheating. Why did he cheat so unscrupulously? Wasn't it because he felt that she cared about him, his reputation, and the children and would not get divorced, so he was so fearless.

Why should she care about those things? If she is good enough and beautiful enough, there will still be a lot of men chasing after her even if she leaves him. Is she still afraid of divorce? Of course not.

Qiu Yao figured it out at that moment. She bought the clothes and didn't even change them. She wanted to wear them home.

Song Xiaojuan didn't know what Qiu Yao was thinking. She was so hungry that she just wanted to eat quickly. Of course, they didn't drink alcohol in the evening because they still had to breastfeed Zhao Jianian.

When she thought of her son's lotus-root-like arms and legs, her expression softened.

Qiu Yao teased her: "You miss your eldest son, right? When your Zhao Jianian was just born, did you adapt well?"

Song Xiaojuan shook her head, a look of deep resentment on her face. "I'm not used to it. When he was first born, I often forgot I had a son. Then I slowly got used to it. Oh, by the way, when your Lingling was little, did she look at people... well, I accidentally saw her eyes, and they looked so mature, like an adult. But when she saw me looking at her, her eyes became so innocent. It scared me so much that I couldn't sleep in the middle of the night. Zhao Guomin even said I was overthinking it."

Qiu Yao nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, Lingling..."

The two of them forgot about time while chatting. When Song Xiaojuan returned home with the supplies she had prepared for the afternoon, it was already nine o'clock. She hadn't been so relaxed since she became pregnant with Zhao Jianian.

The house was quiet. When Aunt Chen came out of the bedroom to see Song Xiaojuan, she gave her a look and whispered, "Your mother-in-law seems a little angry."

Song Xiaojuan frowned. She had called Zhao Guomin and told him that he would be back late today. Why was Li Cuifen angry?

Li Cuifen came out of the master bedroom at this time and glanced at the pile of packaging bags on the floor. She immediately became furious: "You didn't come home in the middle of the night to buy these things and didn't even care about the children. Are you worthy of being a mother?"

"I have a child, so can't I have my own space? Aunt Chen will help me watch the baby when he cries, and there is milk stored in the refrigerator when he is hungry, so why can't I go out to do things?" Song Xiaojuan spoke to Li Cuifen in a flat tone while packing up the cosmetics she brought back from the counter.

In fact, she also bought a top for Li Cuifen. Although she didn't want to live with Li Cuifen, she had to admit that Li Cuifen was indeed working hard in taking care of the children.

Song Xiaojuan is not the kind of unreasonable person. She will treat things one way or another. She will give what she deserves and she will not endure what she shouldn't endure.

Li Cuifen kept chattering: "The nanny is an outsider after all, how can you trust her so much! If you can't raise the child, I will take the child to the village! And you spend money on cosmetics all day long. You are a married person, but you dress like a fairy for whom to see? You run outside every day, eat with this person today and that person tomorrow. Who knows if you are doing business for the sake of business? What can you do as a woman? Give all the business to the fourth brother and let him take care of it. You just stay at home and take care of the child. Look at your three sisters-in-law, aren't they all law-abiding?" The fourth brother had always emphasized that Song Xiaojuan was rich, and she was also frightened at first.

Later she figured it out. How could she, a woman, make money? She dressed up beautifully every day for who to see. Isn't this just cheating on the fourth brother? No, the little business she had must be given to the fourth brother. If she, a woman, could surpass the fourth brother, the fourth brother would be able to hold his head up high at home in the future.

Li Cuifen took advantage of the fact that Zhao Guomin was not at home today and told him everything she had been thinking about these days. Seeing that Song Xiaojuan had been silent, she thought she felt guilty, so she talked even more excitedly.

"You've said enough." Song Xiaojuan was not silent, she was just suppressing her anger because she was afraid of scaring the child.

Her eyes were frighteningly cold: "Everything I have now was earned bit by bit by my own hands. Times have changed. Not all women make money by selling things. Let me emphasize again, I have never thought about staying at home to take care of my husband and children. Ask Zhao Guomin if he can accept it. If not, we should divorce as soon as possible. You can live in this house if you like. Aunt Chen, pack Jianian's clothes, we will move tomorrow." After that, she went into the bedroom with her cosmetics.

After returning to the room, Song Xiaojuan realized that her hands were shaking. She was so angry!

If Zhao Guomin dares to smooth things over this time, she won't even want him anymore!

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Xiao Zhao: You get shot even when you're lying down.

Xiao Song: Do you still dare to smooth things over?