After Zhou Hongyu finished speaking, she got off the bus, and Chen Zhaodi quickly followed her.
She reflected, "I apologize to you, okay? I won't be angry anymore even if you keep talking nonsense!"
Zhou Hongyu didn't want to talk to her. Chen Zhaodi was easily startled, so she didn't bother to say anything more to her.
That's what Zhou Hongyu was thinking, but she couldn't stop Chen Zhaodi from muttering to herself as they walked, saying that Zhou Bing and Wu Xiufang had feelings for each other, and that the age gap was too big and they would be disliked by their future in-laws.
Zhou Hongyu listened the whole way, and finally couldn't help but stop when she got downstairs.
Zhou Hongyu dropped a bombshell on Chen Zhaodi: "Didn't you notice that Zhou Bing and Lijuan are getting along well?"
Chen Zhaodi was stunned by the explosive news and stood there for a while before she came to her senses and went to chase after Zhou Hongyu.
At this moment, Zhou Hongyu was standing in front of room 104, holding a key to open the door.
When Zhou Hongyu opened the door, Chen Zhaodi followed her in without a word and quickly closed the door behind her.
She then began to express her shock and incomprehension.
"How could Zhou Bing and Lijuan possibly be having an affair? Lijuan is already married!"
Zhou Hongyu inspected the simple furnishings in her new house. She planned to start ordering custom furniture after the factory reopened after the New Year, and then let the house air out for a while before moving in.
Without turning her head, she said, "It's a pity we didn't meet sooner. Sometimes fate is just that clever; when the feeling comes, you can't stop it!"
Chen Zhaodi was both shocked and unable to understand the two young people's thinking: "How did you figure that out?"
Zhou Hongyu picked up the packaging bags that the renovation workers had thrown on the ground: "You can tell from Lijuan's attitude. She didn't complain once when she went out to discuss business with Zhou Bing this time. She was all smiles every day! Moreover, I think Lijuan particularly appreciates capable young men, so I'm not surprised at all that she's interested in Zhou Bing!"
That's right!
Whenever Chen Lijuan does work beyond her job scope, she starts complaining incessantly, playing the victim to gain sympathy, and constantly demanding more money from Zhou Hongyu. This time, she doesn't seem as annoying as before!
Chen Zhaodi was startled: "But Lijuan is already married..."
Zhou Hongyu carefully collected the discarded packaging bags: "That's why I said I wish we had met sooner!"
Chen Zhaodi sighed, "Who told that brat to act on her own initiative and marry herself off without even telling us? Now that she's met someone she likes, she has nowhere to cry!"
Chen Biandan's family made a fuss with Chen Zhaodi several times over this matter. Chen Zhaodi, unable to bear it any longer, gave Chen's mother ten yuan as a reward for her hard work, and only then did she manage to suppress the matter.
However, Chen Biandan's family still harbors resentment towards her to this day.
A few days ago, I heard that the store was hiring new employees, and I complained to Chen Zhaodi, the aunt, that she didn't care about her niece. Sister Chen Lijuan complained to relatives every day about how hard it was to work at the slaughterhouse, but Chen Zhaodi let the store hire new employees from outside and didn't do anything for her own relatives.
Chen Zhaodi had nothing to say, because Chen Biandan's own daughter worked in the shop!
Chen Zhaodi worried, "Don't you think they'll cause trouble in the shop... Lijuan has a husband's family!"
If employees in a store have questionable private lives, it will greatly affect the store's business.
Chen Zhaodi knew that many people, seeing the booming business of their shop, figured they were making a lot of money and had already started planning to open similar shops on this street to steal their business.
If Zhou Bing and Li Juan get into trouble and their competitors use it against them, they will really lose a lot of money.
Zhou Hongyu shook her head: "As I said, liking someone is an instinct, and you might not be able to control yourself at first, but Lijuan isn't someone who prioritizes feelings; she knows how to keep things in check!"
Chen Zhaodi nodded vigorously. Her niece from her maternal family was so selfish that she would never do anything that would do more harm than good!
Chen Zhaodi suddenly laughed. Zhou Hongyu looked at her strangely and wondered what was wrong with her.
Chen Zhaodi explained, "I feel that Wu Xiufang also likes Zhou Bing. Since you say that Lijuan likes Zhou Bing, how can the two of them behave themselves in the store?"
Zhou Hongyu shrugged: "That's your problem. You spend most of your time in the shop, so you're the one who has to mediate any issues!"
Chen Zhaodi opened her mouth, which meant that her future days would not be peaceful!
How foolish of her! She should have thrown a tantrum and begged Zhou Hongyu to bring in Sister Chen Lijuan; Chen Lijuan would probably have agreed then.
Zhou Hongyu: Hahaha... Lijuan will agree? There'll be chaos then, and you won't be able to care about anything else!
After browsing around 104 and completing the inspection, Chen Zhaodi suggested going upstairs to see her apartment.
204, 504, 604.
Climbing the stairs, Chen Zhaodi complained: "204 is okay, but 504 and 604 are a real pain. If I had known, I would have just grabbed 304 and 404 of the three-bedroom apartments. Only after buying them did I find out that they weren't from the same family. If I had known, I wouldn't have held back and could have avoided climbing two floors!"
At this point, in order to avoid climbing a few floors, people no longer felt that 404 was taboo.
With a bunch of random things in her bag, Chen Zhaodi spent a long time just looking for the key to room 204.
Zhou Hongyu leaned against the railing, looking down out of boredom, when she saw two unexpected people walking downstairs.
Evergreen sisters!
Zhou Hongyu turned around and called out to Chen Zhaodi, who was still opening the door, "Don't open it yet, what are you doing here, eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law!"
"where?"
As they were talking, the Chang Lanhua sisters came up the stairs, their voices very loud, and Zhou Hongyu and Chen Zhaodi immediately became very quiet.
Passing by on the second floor, I continued upwards, only to hear the Chang Lanhua sisters excitedly discussing something.
"I never imagined that the third son and his wife had something good hidden away! I had no idea they bought apartments behind their family's back! Two apartments, no less!"
"Big sister, let's not tell anyone about this. You tell one story, I tell another!"
The Chang sisters went up to the third floor and came to the door of room 304. Chang Lan took out a pair of pliers from her bag and snapped the lock hanging on it.
Then take out a new lock and hang it up.
Chang Lanhua proudly boasted to her sister, "See? I was so prescient! It was something that could be solved with just a pair of pliers!"
Chang Meihua laughed heartily: "Big sister, I'll need your help when I go to 404 later!"
"Don't mention it, Second Sister. If you hadn't heard about this, I wouldn't have known that Third Brother and his wife bought a house. Now that one of them is locked up and the other has resigned from the school and is about to leave for Guangdong Province to make a fortune, this house will be ours from now on!" Chang Lanhua couldn't stop smiling.
After hanging up the new lock, she couldn't wait to go into the room.
Chang Meihua lagged a few steps behind, looking regretfully at the old lock that had been snapped in two. In fact, not long ago, she had replaced it with a new lock.
Sigh, just in case, she reluctantly gave up a house to her eldest sister to protect her from any potential trouble. Otherwise, she would have kept it a secret and never let a word out.
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