Summer rains come and go quickly, as if they were deliberately sent to protect the Lou family.
That night, the fat man tossed and turned in bed. Yu Li, exasperated, questioned him, "Are you reluctant to part with Lou Xiao'e?"
The fat man said guiltily, "How could I not want to part with her?"
"Then you're flipping around like a pancake!"
The fat man sat up: "I'm worried about that bracelet. I don't feel safe leaving something so valuable anywhere."
Yu Li was also affected by his emotions and became nervous along with him.
Actually, the bracelet was sitting properly on the table in the Stardew Valley cabin, along with four gold bars.
With these four "yellow croakers," we'll have the start-up capital to open a restaurant in the future.
Since she couldn't sleep anyway, Yu Li simply sat up, walked to the gramophone, and said to the fat man, "Shall we listen to 'Destiny' one more time?"
Didn't she complain about the noise in the evening?
The fat man put the needle back down in surprise, turned down the volume, and listened as the music slowly began to play.
After a long pause, Yu Li suddenly said, "The tone is dark and low..."
The fat man felt a surge of admiration for her, along with a profound joy at finding a kindred spirit: "You could tell?"
Yu Li said irritably, "I know I'm uneducated and not as pretty as Lou Xiao'e, so why don't you keep her? I'll make room for the two of you!"
The fat man nervously lunged forward, shouting, "Mount Tai crushes you!"
After a long while, he sat up amidst Yu Li's pleas for mercy and said to her, "Between a man and a woman, once they become lovers, it's impossible to go back to the way things were before. If you want to end this relationship, one of you will inevitably get hurt."
Yu Li seemed to understand but not quite: "Don't treat me like a three-year-old."
The fat man coaxed her, "Really, really, only those who are loyal and devoted to each other will not disappear from each other's lives."
Yu Li was still jealous: "She gave you all her family heirlooms!"
"So the chances of us being together became even slimmer..."
Yu Li understood; without that bracelet, anything was possible.
Having figured out the reasoning behind it, Yu Li pouted and never mentioned it again.
She leaned on the fat man's shoulder, listening to the music coming from the gramophone, and asked, "What is this piece about?"
The fat man hugged her and said, "This piece of music perfectly illustrates what it means to achieve final victory through fierce struggle."
"Final victory?"
“Let me tell you a story. During the siege of Leningrad, the symphony orchestra played this piece. When they got to the second movement, bombs started falling nearby, but the orchestra members kept playing until the very last note.”
Now Yu Li understood. Thinking about what was happening outside and the hasty departure of Lou Xiao'e's family, wasn't this a struggle?
The next morning, when Fatty returned from emptying the chamber pot, Chen Yan questioned him: "Did you and Yu Li have a fight last night?"
"No, I'm just jealous."
Chen Yan pinched him: "No wonder you're jealous! A woman, a divorced woman at that, gave you something so important without a second thought. If I were in your shoes, I'd be angry too!"
The fat man panicked: "Second sister! They only asked me to keep it safe, they didn't give it to me!"
Chen Yan sighed, "It's better that she left. She's so beautiful and from a well-to-do family. Yu Li and I both felt quite insecure in front of her..."
The fat man was amused by her: "You learn what you learn from others. Over the years, Xu Damao has exhausted all the talent and charm she had."
"..."
As soon as I got to work today, Fatty heard on the loudspeaker that Xu Damao had been promoted to deputy director.
Xu Damao acted swiftly. He led his men to raid the property on Xinzheng Street overnight, seizing a considerable amount of valuable assets, enough to shut Li Huaide up.
Lou Xiao'e and her family took advantage of this time difference and escaped safely.
The fat man breathed a sigh of relief. With the bracelet as collateral, Lou Bancheng hadn't managed to trick him again before leaving.
Even the best things are useless if you're not alive to enjoy them. Number 317 was their family's "life-saving money."
Lou Xiao'e left, and had no further contact with Sha Zhu. Naturally, she wouldn't give birth to another He Xiao for him; it's just unknown whether a Chen Xiao will appear in the future…
Qin Huairu was not heartbroken because Sha Zhu was actually getting married.
She could ruin the lives of textile workers, Qin Jingru, Ran Qiuye, and Yu Haitang, but she was powerless against Lou Xiao'e.
In this timeline, although there was no Lou Xiao'e and Sha Zhu to provoke Xu Damao, he still betrayed the Lou family without hesitation in order to climb the ranks and get the position of deputy director.
Therefore, Qin Jingru also played him. She deliberately pretended to fall, which led to a miscarriage, shattering Xu Damao's joy at being promoted and made rich by confiscating the Lou family's property.
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Autumn begins with dew, autumn chill, and frost; winter brings snow, heavy snow, and the Lesser and Greater Cold.
Half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.
Chen Rong gave birth to a big, healthy baby boy. They say that a nephew resembles his uncle, and the little guy's chubby cheeks made the fat man beam with joy.
When it came to naming, the fat man suggested, "Let's give each child a nickname before registering their birth."
Zhou Haiqin glanced at him sideways: "Do you have a suitable nickname?"
The fat man clapped his hands with a mischievous grin: "Yes! It's called Turpan!"
Zhou Haiqin raised her hand and slapped him: "I'll make you Turpan, I'll make you Turpan... I should have named you that in the first place!"
The three Chen sisters were laughing so hard they couldn't stop. Yu Li, on the other hand, felt a little embarrassed and pulled the fat man aside, whispering, "Don't talk nonsense anymore."
The fat man chuckled and said, "You don't understand, the name has a good meaning."
Yu Li doesn't understand "The Overpopulation Guerrilla Team" at all! Giving birth to several children at once, of course, has a good meaning!
Ultimately, with Zhou Haiqin's approval, the little one was given a name: "Lele".
While Zhou Haiqin was happily holding her grandson, the fat man secretly slipped Chen Rong eighty yuan.
Chen Rong pushed it back without even looking at it. The fat man explained, "Big sister, you can keep it. I was planning to buy a longevity lock, but these things all belong to Fourth Uncle... can't we do that?"
The two were still struggling when Old Chen said, "Eldest son, just take it. It's for the child; it's a token of his affection as his uncle."
At lunchtime, the fat man showed off his culinary skills and cooked two delicious dishes.
One of the dishes was "squid egg soup," and a bowl was specially served to Yu Li as well. However, after only two sips, she suddenly felt nauseous, covered her mouth, and ran outside to vomit.
Everyone looked at each other in surprise. Zhou Haiqin reacted the fastest, asking with delight, "You've got it?"
The fat man said, "It's been over a month, and I've had a check-up at the maternity hospital."
Zhou Haiqin was extremely anxious: "You brat, you didn't tell me about something so important! You almost drove me crazy!"
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