Although Ye Qing's words sounded a bit heartless, they were the truth. Even Quan Zhen's words, though unpleasant, weren't entirely unreasonable. Xi Quan was, after all, Xu Ying's ex-husband. No matter how bad Ye Qing's relationship with Xu Ying was, they were still cousins. Such a relationship was really not suitable for her to have any interaction with Xi Quan.
However, Ye Qing's heart skipped a beat at Xi Quan's attitude. Just as she was about to continue to express her own attitude to Xi Quan, she heard Xi Quan ask in return, "What is my mother worried about? We don't get along, and her attitude does not represent mine."
Ye Qing was genuinely puzzled and quite surprised by Xi Quan's words. She stared at Xi Quan for a long time, speechless. Just as she was about to ask her question, Xi Yue, who had been watching the commotion, spoke up: "Your mother doesn't want you to have any contact with Ye Qing. It seems like she's afraid you'll date Ye Qing. But Ye Qing's attitude is very clear: she doesn't want to be associated with you. But brother, your attitude is intriguing. You don't actually want to date Ye Qing, do you?"
This time, Xi Quan was dumbfounded. After his initial surprise, he glared fiercely at Xi Yue, telling her to shut up.
When Ye Qing saw Xi Quan looking at her, she avoided him like the plague and nodded hastily, clearly agreeing with Xi Yue's words.
Xi Quan pressed his tongue against his back teeth, barely able to contain his anger and confusion.
He wasn't bad himself, so why was Ye Qing acting like this...? At this point, Xi Quan seemed to have been struck by lightning, instantly frozen in place, wondering how he could have such thoughts.
Ye Qing looked at Xi Quan, feeling somewhat intimidated, since he looked like a lion on the verge of exploding at any moment. So Ye Qing nodded to Xi Yue and left first.
After taking two steps, I heard Xi Quan curse behind me.
On her way back to school, Ye Qing thought she had just escaped death. After today's ordeal, she wasn't sure if Xu Ying would come looking for her again. But she thought that someone as arrogant as Quan Zhen wouldn't bother her anymore. She had made her stance clear to Quan Zhen, which should be a one-time solution. After all, if she didn't have any connection with Xi Quan, Quan Zhen wouldn't bother her.
The more Ye Qing thought about it, the more convinced he was that he had done the right thing.
After arriving at school, Ye Qing didn't rush back. Instead, she went to Sister Zhang's tailor shop first.
Although it was still a bit messy, it was much better than before. Seeing that Sister Zhang was still busy tidying up, Ye Qing quickly went over to help.
In the midst of her busy work, Sister Zhang saw Ye Qing, paused for a moment, and then handed the things in her hand to Ye Qing, asking her to tidy up.
The tailor shop had two rooms, one inside and one outside. Ye Qing was tidying up in the outer room, while Sister Zhang went into the inner room.
Ye Qing glanced at Sister Zhang, but didn't think much of it and busied herself with tidying up. A little while later, Sister Zhang came out from the inner room and said, "Ye Qing, you don't need to do anything for now."
Stopping what she was doing, Ye Qing looked at Sister Zhang. When she noticed the money in Sister Zhang's hand, Ye Qing froze and had a bad feeling. Soon, Sister Zhang's words confirmed her guess: "This is the money you earned helping out at the store a while ago."
Ye Qing didn't take the money, and looked at Sister Zhang: "Sister Zhang, what are you doing...?"
Sister Zhang sighed and said, "Ye Qing, I never asked about your situation before because I thought it was unnecessary. Who knew... Of course, you're also a victim in today's incident. Strictly speaking, it's not really your fault that the shop is in this state. But Ye Qing, my shop can't withstand this kind of turmoil. It may seem like making a cheongsam costs a lot of money, but you know what kind of materials are used for cheongsams and traditional Chinese wedding dresses. I can't spend all my earnings on living in constant fear."
Sister Zhang's words left Ye Qing at a loss for words, unsure how to explain that such a thing would never happen again.
Liang Ziqiang was sent to the welfare home by the police, so he shouldn't cause me any more trouble. But it's hard to say about my cousin Xu Ying.
Ye Qing really liked her current job, which was related to her major, and she was also learning a lot from Sister Zhang. So she was thinking about how to explain it to Sister Zhang.
Just as Ye Qing was trying to figure out how to explain, she heard Sister Zhang say again, "Ye Qing, before, when you hadn't started school, I didn't say anything. But now that you're a fashion design student, although my little shop mainly sells Chinese-style clothing, for the previous orders, when you received clients, you gave a lot of your own insights and unique designs, and the clients really liked them..."
Sister Zhang paused for a moment and said, "I can't say I don't like it, but I feel very threatened. We should be colleagues in the future, and colleagues are rivals. We'll be in a competitive relationship. I appreciate your talent, but I may not be able to watch you surpass me with satisfaction."
Having said all that, Ye Qing swallowed back all the words she wanted to say in explanation.
Perhaps Xu Ying bringing Liang Ziqiang to cause trouble today was the trigger. Judging from what Sister Zhang said, even without today's incident, she might have found another excuse to resign later.
After a moment of silence, Ye Qing tucked a stray hair behind her ear, took the money Zhang Jie handed her again, and said, "Anyway, thank you, Zhang Jie. I'm sorry to have troubled you today..."
As Ye Qing counted the money Zhang Jie had given him, he thought he should bear some of the losses from today.
Seeing Ye Qing's actions, Sister Zhang pressed down on Ye Qing's hand: "What I said just now might have made you think I was a little petty, but I'm not that stingy. The shop is messy, but it won't affect anything once it's cleaned up. Even if it costs some money, I can afford it. You still have to go to school and don't have much money. If you had money, you wouldn't be working here. So take it."
Sister Zhang gave him thirty yuan, which was about the same as Ye Qing's monthly meal allowance at that time. Since Sister Zhang didn't need it, Ye Qing didn't stand on ceremony.
After helping Sister Zhang tidy up the shop, Ye Qing went back to school.
The dividends from the Xiaoyao Village coal mine were used to pay for Ye Qing's tuition, and he earned all his living expenses by doing odd jobs, the most of which came from Sister Zhang's tailor shop.
Now that he's stopped going to the tailor shop, Ye Qing isn't starving, but he can't just sit around doing nothing. He's been in university for four years, and he won't touch the coal mine dividends unless absolutely necessary.
While thinking about what kind of work to do in the future, Ye Qing was queuing for food. When it was almost her turn, she heard people arguing behind her, so she turned around and looked back.
I saw Xu Xiaoyue.
Xu Xiaoyue squeezed through the back of the line, saying as she did so, "I already told you I'm looking for someone, why don't you believe me? I didn't even bring my lunchbox."
He walked to the front window, glanced at it, and then told Ye Qing what he wanted to eat, asking Ye Qing to help him get his food.
Ye Qing glanced helplessly behind him, but didn't refuse Xu Xiaoyue. Xu Xiaoyue took Ye Qing's arm and said, "I heard about it. What are your plans?"
"What did you hear?" Ye Qing didn't react for a moment and asked Xu Xiaoyue.
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