"Your cousin?"
Ye Luo's eyes darted around. She had heard her mother mention checking Jiang Xiu's family background before, and she remembered who her cousin was...
"Yes, you actually know my cousin too, she is Jiang Wanqing."
Wow, upon hearing this, Ye Luo's eyes widened instantly. She never expected that she and Jiang Wanqing were cousins.
"What? She's your cousin! Then you're saying she's been harming you all along..."
"Sigh, this is a long story, it all started with a feud between our elders..."
Jiang Xiu wiped away non-existent tears, pretended to take her hand, and walked into her room. She glanced at the box on the floor, and her lips curled slightly. She had finally taken the bait.
"Actually, my cousin's current success is all because she stole the marriage that was supposed to be mine. Sigh... It's no use talking about this now. She's academically excellent, beautiful, and has plenty of people speaking up for her. Even the people in our village have turned black into white and are on her side. You have no idea how I've gotten through these years, sob sob sob..."
In terms of acting, Jiang Xiu has always been far superior. She can move Ye Luo with just a few words, and even make people forget that she is pregnant with an illegitimate child!
In reality, Ye Luo's attention was entirely focused on the part of the story she was telling about Jiang Wanqing.
After hearing all this, the last trace of struggle in her eyes vanished, and she let out a cold snort.
"So she also stole it from someone else, then why can't I..."
"Huh? What can't I do?" Jiang Xiu pretended not to understand and cried twice. "Did I say something wrong again? Of course you can do whatever you want. My relationship with your father won't affect you at all. If you insist on dragging the grudges of the previous generation into the next generation, the ending will be like my cousin and me. I really don't want you to become a second me."
As she spoke, she kept an eye on Ye Luo's expression. Sure enough, in the face of extreme emotions, all rationality was nonsense, and even the bond between mother and daughter had to give way to the pleasure of love between men and women.
Fortunately, her nearly two seconds of suffering were not in vain. She finally mastered the method of manipulating fools: either through interests or romantic feelings. In short, she could not escape these two laws.
People are like this in every era, and even Jiang Xiu, as a reborn person, still thinks this way.
"Alright, alright, I know. Stop crying and whining, or my dad will think I'm bullying you. Shut up!"
Ye Luo was lost in thought and didn't want to listen to her rambling or complaining anymore.
"I'm sorry, I..."
"I need to pack my things, you can leave now!"
Having obtained the information she wanted, she saw no need to continue speaking with Jiang Xiu. Pushing her out, she prepared to close the door.
"Hey... wait, there's one more thing." Jiang Xiu clung to the door frame.
"Is there anything else?"
"Can I invite you to visit the factory tomorrow? You'll see that my factory isn't like what your mother says. That's all her prejudice against me. Um... Jiang Wanqing's factory is there too, and Cheng Ran will pick her up. Sigh, you have no idea how painful it is for me to see scenes like that all the time."
Ye Luo originally didn't want to visit any factories; she wasn't interested in those things. But she heard that Cheng Ran often picked up Jiang Wanqing, which meant that she might bump into him if she went.
Moreover, she could also go and see what kind of person Jiang Wanqing was after leaving Huada University!
She snorted, "Fine, I'll go take a look."
“Great! I’ll have my driver take us there tomorrow. You can take your time packing. I’ll be going now.”
Jiang Xiu's eyebrows relaxed. She was finally about to achieve her goal. Tomorrow, she would arrange for Cheng Ran to meet with Jiang Wanqing. If Jiang Wanqing saw them together, wouldn't that be a perfect battleground?
Satisfied, she returned to her room and began planning for tomorrow...
The next day, Jiang Xiu deliberately scheduled the visit for the afternoon, but Gu Yu stopped them just before they were about to leave.
"Stop right there! Lolo, where are you going with this bitch?"
"Mom, you've misunderstood. It's not what you think. She invited me to visit the factory. Didn't you say the factory belongs to the family? I'll go and take a look on your behalf."
Ye Luo, with the demeanor of a dutiful daughter, explained to Gu Yu in a half-serious, half-joking manner.
Upon hearing her reason, Gu Yu was not pleased but angry, and grabbed her hand to pull her to her side.
"If you want to visit the factory, Mom will go with you another day. Why would you go with her? She definitely has ulterior motives!"
Ye Luo didn't care about whether it was a legitimate or not. Anyway, she felt that Jiang Xiu would definitely not dare to lay a hand on her, and she didn't intend to just visit. So, she gently pushed Gu Yu's hand away, tugged at the corner of her mouth, and shook her head.
"Mom, didn't Dad tell you not to go to the factory? I'm fine. The family driver is with me. I'll go back to school after the visit."
“Lolo…”
"Okay, Mom, you sometimes worry too much. Maybe things aren't that complicated. You and Dad have gotten through all these years, so why do you have to make things so ugly for everyone? I've moved to school now. I hope you two can get along well and stop fighting."
"What did you say?!"
Ye Luo didn't say that yesterday. Her daughter's face and words changed drastically overnight. Gu Yu could hardly believe what she was hearing!
"Mom, I'm leaving now, I have to go."
Gu Yu's hand missed its target. She tried to follow, but only received a provocative look from Jiang Xiu.
The car drove towards Xiuli Factory. Across the road, diagonally opposite, was Jiang Wanqing's factory.
As soon as he reached the door, Ye Luo opened the window and looked in that direction several times.
Some of the female workers had already gone home by this time, and there weren't many people left in the factory. Jiang Xiu led her on a symbolic walk around, and the two left the factory with their own thoughts on their own.
The timing was perfect. Just as Ye Luo was wondering how to find an excuse to stay and wait, Cheng Ran rode his old bicycle past the factory gate.
Ye Luo's eyes lit up instantly, and he forgot all about Jiang Xiu.
"Leave me alone, I have something to do!"
"Hmph, of course I won't care about you. I'd love for you to steal Cheng Ran away. Don't disappoint me."
Seeing her rush towards Cheng Ran, Jiang Xiu laughed even more wildly, "Go ahead, go ahead, it would be best if you chatted until the sun went down."
She waved to someone behind her, and a female worker stepped forward. She slipped a few bills to her.
"Go and tell Jiang Wanqing that you saw Cheng Ran outside arguing with a woman, and ask her to come out and take a look."
The female worker had worked in Jiang Wanqing's factory before, and she was quite quick-witted. As soon as she heard this, she understood what was meant, put away the money, and kept saying "yes."
"Okay, I'll go right away. Thank you, Comrade Jiang Xiu."
That's enough for three days' wages for her; it's just for passing on a message, it couldn't be easier to earn money like this.
She immediately took off running across the street, knowing there was a shortcut that led directly to Jiang Wanqing's office, which would be the fastest way to get the message there.
Over here, Ye Luo ran at almost the fastest speed he had ever ever seen, shouting ahead.
"Cheng Ran!"
He didn't answer her. With a determined look, she simply collapsed to the ground.
"Ah! Comrade Cheng, help me..."
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