Chen Yan clicked her tongue in amazement: "Wow, it's quite unexpected to hear these words from the Third Miss!"
Chen Fang glared at her: "Stop being sarcastic with me. All people outside see is that Chen Kang got me into my current workplace and helped me get into university, as if I've taken advantage of everyone in the world. Let's be frank, ever since he brought you to this compound in 1965, you've been living a life of luxury. Have you ever suffered even the slightest grievance along the way?"
Chen Yan chuckled guiltily, "You were clearly talking about Lou Xiao'e and Yu Li, why are you comparing me to them?"
Chen Fang grew angrier the more she thought about it: "I'll compete! Chen Yan, it turns out you're the most scheming one!"
"..."
In the outer room, Benleihu cautiously asked, "Why did you start arguing while you were talking?"
Chen Fang simply came out from inside: "Second brother-in-law, you be the judge! Do you think Chen Kang is only biased towards Chen Yan?"
Benleihu glanced at Chen Yan with resentment, then shook his head against his will: "No way, everyone knows Fatty is the fairest and most impartial person."
Yes, that's fair enough, it's fair enough to let him marry into the family!
Chen Yan was furious: "What kind of look is that?"
Chen Fang laughed heartily: "See? The eyes of the masses are discerning!"
After arguing for a while, Chen Fang sat down again to discuss with Chen Yan: "I think we still need to focus on Chen Mengqi. We absolutely cannot let this matter pass us by."
Chen Yan agreed, letting out a weary sigh: "To be honest, it's all my fault. Third brother, you think you're so great, so aloof..."
Chen Fang was so angry that she tried to cover Chen Yan's mouth, but Chen Yan dodged her: "Did I say anything wrong? Don't think that just because you and Lou Xiao'e are being so secretive, I don't know what you two are talking about? And my older sister is unreliable too, she just wants to stay out of it, and I'm the only bad guy!"
Now, Chen Fang looked at her second sister with even greater respect.
When did this second young lady become so insightful about people's hearts?
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In a small room of the Qin family's house in the central courtyard, just a wall away.
He lay sprawled on the bed without even taking off his locust flower shoes, looking utterly exhausted, but his eyes were like the eye of a category 12 storm on the sea—seemingly calm, but actually possessing the power to tear everything apart!
She wasn't thinking; she was planning.
Huaihua has always been a model of decisiveness. Once she's made a decision, she does it immediately without hesitation.
Now that she has decided to win over Yu Qian, she will no longer think about those messy things, but will focus on how to maximize her benefits.
What does it mean to maximize benefits? First, Yu Qian owns a house and has a high salary; second, his mother and sister are both far away in Taiyuan, so after they get married, it will just be the two of them living together, just like Fatty and Yu Li, which is the envy of others; and third, of course, is how to get rid of her mother and her good older brother!
One treated her like a beast of burden, while the other simply saw her as a cash cow, like two ugly leeches clinging to her and sucking her blood.
And then there's Xiao Dang, she's really tough. She took a bag of rat poison, put on a show, and managed to extricate herself from this family.
Over the years, he's lived a life of luxury by following Sha Zhu, and now he even works at Fatty's restaurant, earning 700 yuan a month!
What makes her so special?
Huaihua's lips slowly curved upwards into a beautiful smile, but her eyes remained icy cold. She muttered to herself, "My dear sister, you've enjoyed enough of this life. Isn't it my turn? Just you wait, you all just wait, ha..."
"..."
The next day, Huaihua asked the porters waiting for work at the alley entrance early in the morning, "Do you know any moving companies called 'Where to Move'?"
People saw that she was a pretty girl, and her clothes were decent, so they assumed that she had made it big and was moving out of the tenement to live in an apartment building.
He quickly offered his services: "Young lady, you should hire me for your move. Don't let my thin frame fool you, I'm all muscle and a pro at moving things. Why waste money on a moving company?"
Huaihua thought to herself, "I'd love to move out as soon as possible, but where can I move to? Even Shazhu's wife has brought their son back. Where are there any single guys left in this courtyard?"
Huaihua said impatiently, "Just tell me if you know or not?"
The man replied, "Of course I know them! Who in our line of work doesn't know them? They're practically living up to that now!"
After saying that, he gave the locust flower a thumbs up.
Upon hearing this, Huaihua became interested and patiently chatted with the man: "What do you mean? They're not ordinary, are they? Aren't they just helping people move, doing hard labor to earn money? What's so special about that?"
“Oh my, young lady, you can’t say that. We only know how to do hard labor and earn hard-earned money; other people are different. Not to mention anything else, they serve families with some wealth, which we can’t compare to.”
The locust flower became even more interested: "Oh, is there anything special about them?"
The man sighed, “Special! Very special! When we move things, we just move them, and when we get there, we carry them upstairs or into the yard as you tell us; but these people, they draw up blueprints first!”
"drawing?"
"Yes, I heard it from someone else; they said that this 'Move Where' company moves people's homes, but when they arrive, they don't lift a finger. The people who do the work just stand outside. Two pretty women came into the yard and started drawing up plans. As for what they were drawing, they didn't know. Anyway, once they finished the plans, they started working."
The man's throat was dry from talking, so he took a can from his tricycle, took a sip of the brewed tea, spat out the tea leaves, and then continued brewing locust flowers, saying:
"With all these things in the room, there are people specifically in charge of the large items and people specifically in charge of the small items. Everything is arranged perfectly. When we get there, the most amazing thing will happen!"
At this point, Huaihua became a little impatient: "What are you trying to keep me in suspense for? Do you think this is a storyteller under a bridge?"
The man chuckled. "That's how all old Beijingers are," he said, "they're incredibly talkative. Especially the men with pretty girls, they can talk non-stop for ages."
"Once you arrive, they'll put everything back exactly as it was on the map they just drew. For example, in the bedroom, they'll put the bed, the cabinets, the TV—everything's become a habit. If everything's suddenly messed up, you won't feel comfortable, will you?"
"..."
A lot of time was wasted on this person, but Huaihua did find out more about their "Where to Move" moving company.
Is this what you call moving? Who moves people like this?
The homeowner doesn't have to lift a finger; they'll arrange everything perfectly. They can even redesign the space to make everything look better!
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