Chapter 26 Yes, she was reborn!
This person looks so much like... that guy from the Jiang family!
Su Wanwan was startled by this possibility, even though she had only caught a glimpse of the girl's profile in the brief moment they brushed past each other.
But even just one glance was enough to shock her.
By the time she turned around to check again, Jiang Si's figure had already disappeared into the crowd.
"Wanwan, what's wrong?"
The girls who were with her had already walked quite a distance, but seeing Su Wanwan standing still, they jogged back.
"What are you thinking about so intently? I've been talking to you for ages, and you haven't responded at all."
"ah?"
Su Wanwan snapped out of her reverie, clearing her mind of all the jumbled thoughts before speaking.
"It's nothing, they probably mistook you for someone else. By the way, Manli, what did you just say?"
“I said, my brother will pick me up when I get to Qiongzhou Island tomorrow. Why don’t you spend a couple of days in the provincial capital? Anyway, there’s still a week before you officially report for duty.”
Su Wanwan also wanted to see him, but she had someone more important to see.
"I'm sorry, Manli, my sister has already arranged for someone to pick me up. I'll come to see you in the provincial capital when I have time, okay?"
No sooner had she finished speaking than Yu Manli leaned over with a gossipy look on her face, "Who is it? Who's coming to pick you up?"
"Let me guess, is it the little sweetheart you've been dreaming of?"
What young lover?
Su Wanwan blushed immediately, "Don't talk nonsense, it's not even close to happening yet."
"How come it's not even close to being settled yet? Before, one of you was in Beijing and the other was on Hainan Island, which was a huge distance away, so there was definitely no chance. But now it's different."
"You don't understand the principle of 'being near the water tower makes it easier to get the moon,' but you surely understand the saying 'a woman pursuing a man is like piercing a thin veil,' right?"
“I heard from my brother that the 4th Air Division has more than 3,000 people, but there are no more than 100 female soldiers in total.”
"You're so beautiful, you'll definitely seduce all those guys if you go!"
Yu Manli crossed her arms and clicked her tongue several times.
“Your eldest sister married his eldest brother. If you two get married, you'll become sisters-in-law, making your family even closer.”
"How wonderful! There won't be any more conflicts in the future!"
"But Wanwan, you're really not being fair. You kept your crush on that guy a secret from me for so long. Don't you even consider me your best friend anymore?"
If they hadn't gone to the post office together that morning to make a phone call, she still wouldn't know that her best friend had fallen for the man from the Huo family.
"I was wrong, I was wrong. Please forgive me this time, okay?"
While apologizing, Su Wanwan didn't forget to give a word of advice.
“Manli, it’s enough that you know about this. After all, he is still engaged.”
"I understand, I understand, it's just that you have a child that you love."
"Everyone in the compound knows about this," Yu Manli said dismissively.
"What era are we living in? Why are we still doing such feudal dregs?"
"But Wanwan, you don't need to worry. I think their marriage is unlikely to happen."
"Why do you say that?" Su Wanwan asked knowingly.
"What else could it be? You should know that his fiancée is a capitalist's daughter, right?"
Su Wanwan nodded; of course she knew.
All I can say is that some people are really lucky!
Actually, their family's conditions are already considered quite good in Beijing. Her parents work for the municipal government, and her grandparents were doctors at the municipal military hospital before they retired.
Both of her older sisters married into higher social classes.
Even so, her monthly allowance was only 20 yuan at most, which was less than a fraction of that person's allowance.
Su Wanwan still remembers that three years ago, her eldest sister accompanied the Huo family elders to Shanghai and came back with a look of envy on her face.
"Wanwan, do you know that the third brother's fiancée lives in a three-story villa? The room she sleeps in is bigger than the three of ours combined!"
"Also, do you know where she celebrated her eighteenth birthday?"
"She held the banquet at the Peace Hotel, which is the most upscale hotel in Shanghai. Even the cheapest table there costs several tens of yuan!"
"They chose the most upscale kind, and a table of food would cost more than 100 yuan without drinks."
"I've never eaten such an expensive meal in my entire life!"
"You have no idea how extravagant she is when it comes to spending money. In just one afternoon, she spent nearly two thousand at the department store!"
"Oh, by the way, her family also has a car, it's from Germany!"
"Sigh—it's true what they say, comparing people is just asking for trouble, comparing goods is just asking for trouble."
"You can say she's rich, and she's beautiful too, but just looking at how weak-willed the third brother is makes me angry!"
"And my mother-in-law is the same. She gave her such a big red envelope before she even entered the family. She's so biased."
"..."
Tell me, who wouldn't feel sour upon hearing this?
Anyway, Su Wanwan felt extremely upset after hearing this, but fortunately, the big exercise came soon after, and she was finally able to vent a lot of her resentment.
At this moment, Yu Manli said in a low voice, "This is a sensitive time. The Huo family isn't stupid. If they really form this kind of in-law relationship, what future do they have?"
"Think again, how old is that person in the Huo family?"
"If we really wanted to get married, we would have done it long ago. Why would we wait until now?"
Yu Manli said with certainty, "I reckon they haven't held a wedding yet because they want to put the marriage on hold."
After all, they've been engaged for so many years, and it wouldn't look good for their reputation if word got out that they were breaking off the engagement now.
Yu Manli's words are correct, but not entirely correct.
Their marriage did not go through, but it was not the Huo family who truly did not want to get married and wanted to derail the engagement.
It was the one from the Jiang family.
In her previous life, she only learned about these things much later, but by then it was too late; she had already married and had several children.
That's right, Su Wanwan was reborn!
In fact, she was deeply attracted to Huo Tingzhou the moment she first saw him in her past life.
Unfortunately, he was engaged and lived far away on Qiongzhou Island.
She had lived in Beijing since childhood, and although her circumstances couldn't compare to those of the Jiang family, she still had a privileged life.
But her parents were open-minded, her family was wealthy, and she was beautiful and in the prime of her life.
The men pursuing her were either children of leaders of large state-owned factories or powerful scions of families like the Huo family.
She had so many people to choose from!
So, after a brief moment of excitement, Su Wanwan followed her family's advice and chose the youngest son of the second-in-command of the Red Committee from among her many suitors.
After that, she married her husband from her previous life in a grand ceremony, and gave birth to three big, healthy sons for him in one go.
Although her husband was of average appearance and not very capable, he was born into a good family and had a good father!
Relying on her father-in-law's influence, Su Wanwan lived a very easy and comfortable life for those few years.
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