Chapter 416
More than two years later, when talking about the past again, Zhu Qiaoting was much more calm and Ye Fuyue did not react much either.
Zhu Qiaoting continued, "After being bullied, I wanted to report the matter to the Youth League Office, but the scoundrel family threatened me. I saw that the team leader was also on their side, so I negotiated with him. When the college entrance examination was resumed, I went to the team leader and asked him to agree to let me take the exam and not to put any obstacles in my way. Otherwise, I would make a big fuss about the original incident. The team leader agreed."
"Among our group of educated youth, one had a bad relationship with the village, so the team leader made things difficult for him and prevented him from taking the college entrance examination. He has been detained by the village for various reasons and will not be allowed to return to the city. Seeing him, I feel lucky that I endured it. Otherwise, I might still be trapped in that small village."
"What about the baby in your belly?" Ye Fuyue asked.
Zhu Qiaoting smiled calmly and said, "I soaked in cold water every day and successfully aborted him."
"If your lies had not been exposed, would you have told the truth to Shen Kang?" Ye Fuyue asked again.
Zhu Qiaoting thought for a moment and said, "Probably not. I finally returned to the city and am living the life I wanted. I will probably keep it a secret for as long as I can."
"However," Zhu Qiaoting paused and said, "I'm very glad now that my lies have been exposed. My life now is closer to the life I wanted. If I had really married Shen Kang, I would probably have had to tell lie after lie to cover up my original lie. I would have lived in lies all day long, living in fear and anxiety of having my lies exposed. Life would not have been very comfortable."
"Now I'm actually quite grateful to you for exposing my lies." Zhu Qiaoting said with a smile.
"Have you said these words to Shen Kang?" Ye Fuyue asked.
Zhu Qiaoting shook her head: "I haven't seen Shen Kang since I left here two years ago and returned to the countryside."
"Then why do you want to tell me this?" Ye Fuyue stared at her and asked.
"I don't know either." Zhu Qiaoting shrugged and smiled, "I came here today just to get Xiaolan's belongings. I didn't plan to see you or Chen Kang. I just happened to see you on campus and called you."
Ye Fuyue looked at Zhu Qiaoting and knew that she was not lying. She smiled and said, "Congratulations on living the life you wanted."
Zhu Qiaoting smiled and stroked the hairpin in her hand, but her expression was somewhat solemn and deep.
Ye Fuyue noticed the hairpin in her hand and recognized it as Tang Lanhua's.
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When she returned home on the weekend, Ye Fuyue told Chen Yao about her encounter with Zhu Qiaoting on campus.
"I think Zhu Qiaoting and Big Brother really haven't been in touch anymore. Zhu Qiaoting probably doesn't know that Big Brother is also attending university in the south."
"Don't you want Zhu Qiaoting to have any contact with big brother anymore?" Shen Yao said.
"Whether they are in contact or not has nothing to do with me. I'm just gossiping. If they really get in touch and there's a possibility that their old love will rekindle, the one who would be most upset would be Mom." Ye Fuyue said.
Shen Yao said "hmm": "Don't tell Mom about your meeting with Zhu Qiaoting, so she won't think too much."
"Okay." Ye Fuyue also planned so and responded.
After chatting about gossip, Ye Fuyue and Shen Yao talked about business.
"Recently, I've been thinking about whether we should buy a shop."
"Want to buy a shop to sell buns?" Chen Yao asked.
"Well, with a shop, Zhong Lan and Cui Li won't have to ride their bicycles around town every day. Also, with a shop, it will be much more convenient to sell desserts like peanut butter."
There is another reason that Ye Fuyue didn't mention. Buying the shop now is an investment, and all you have to do is wait for the price to go up in the future.
Shen Yao pondered: "Having a shop is indeed convenient. However, although there are more small vendors on the road now, there are still no self-owned shops. They are still those state-owned shops. Even if you buy a shop, can you open it?"
"Even if we can't open it now, according to the current trend, the restrictions on personal shops will be relaxed sooner or later. If we wait until then to buy a shop, the price will definitely be much more expensive. Even if we buy a shop, the policy still does not allow individual businesses to operate it. We can also convert the shop into a house and rent it out, so it will definitely not be a loss to us." Ye Fuyue said.
Chen Yao said: "I'm not worried that the shop will fall into our hands. I'm just afraid that you will be unhappy if the shop can't be opened. If you have thought it through, then go ahead and buy it. The money in the family is in your hands."
Ye Fuyue smiled: "Aren't you worried that I'll spend all our money on it?"
Shen Yao also smiled: "You are the only one making money in the family now. You can spend the money you earn however you want."
"But our money also includes what you earned before," Ye Fuyue said.
Chen Yao's eyes were gentle: "I earn money to spend on my wife. If she spends it all, I will go and earn more."
Ye Fuyue loved hearing this and hugged Shen Yao happily: "My man is the best."
Chen Yao greedily sniffed the soapy scent on Ye Fuyue's body and whispered in her ear: "Since you think I'm good, shouldn't you show some appreciation?"
Ye Fuyue's eyebrows were as thin as silk: "I would like to express my opinion, but there are three light bulbs here."
She still remembered that last time, she and Shen Yao took advantage of the three little ones falling asleep to do some adult things.
The two of them whispered to each other for a while, and when they were about to get to the point, Ranran suddenly shouted in the dark: "Mom, where are you? I want to pee--" Ye Fuyue was so scared that she quickly hid in Chen Yao's arms. Chen Yao was also scared.
Ye Fuyue was still very worried about Shen Yao afterwards and checked to see if Shen Yao was frightened.
She didn't want to go through the same experience again, not only because she cared about her heart, but also because she cared about Shen Yao and her own happy life in the next few decades.
"Let those three light bulbs sleep with mom." Shen Yao whispered.
Ye Fuyue said to him sideways, "The bed in Mom's room is so small. It's barely enough for her to sleep with two children, but there's no way she can sleep with three. Besides, none of our three children who are good at sleeping tend to lie sideways on the bed, kicking their legs everywhere. It's hard for Mom to sleep well with all three of them alone."
"Then let Haohaoranran sleep with Shen Shun, and Qiqi sleep with mom." Shen Yao said.
Ye Fuyue nodded with shining eyes: "That's a good idea."
At this time, in the yard outside the window, Haohao and Ranran were hanging on Shen Shun, pulling Shen Shun to play with them.
Qiqi thought she was a little girl and should be more reserved and not be as wild as her brothers. She just said loudly to Shen Shun: "Uncle, I want to play too——"
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