Yang Xiu is getting married soon and is preparing for the wedding. Yang Lu occasionally gives them advice and cares more about other people's weddings than she does about her own.
She was slightly surprised to hear that Wang Xiufen and Yu Qi were having a late-life romance.
"Aunt Wang, you did a really good job keeping this a secret."
Wang Xiufen's smile was faint; she was no longer the tearful woman she had been yesterday, and a blush had crept onto her face.
"Don't listen to their nonsense. I just get along well with Mayor Yu, and we go out for walks occasionally."
She's come to terms with it; whether the two of them can stay together depends on fate.
Yang Lu glanced at Jiang Ning, and seeing that her attitude was one of approval, she then chimed in with her conciliatory words.
"I think Mayor Yu is quite good. I heard that his wife and children died in an earthquake when he was young, and he never remarried. How many men can do that nowadays? Many are loving and affectionate with their spouses one month and then marry someone new the next."
He also claimed they didn't know each other before, spouting nonsense that even he himself didn't believe.
Lin Qiao and Luo Guangming got up late today and missed the latest gossip, only hearing about Mayor Yu's situation. They quickly asked Yang Lu about it.
"Mayor Yu is getting married? To whom?"
Lin Chen tapped her head with his chopsticks. "Editor-in-Chief Lin, can you sometimes pay attention to things at home? Mom is about to be kidnapped by Yu Qi."
Lin Qiao stopped eating the shredded potato she was holding, and didn't react for a long time.
"You mean Mom and Mayor Yu are dating?"
"Great news! Mom is finally going to have a second spring in her life."
Lin Qiao is very open-minded about this kind of thing.
Perhaps because she was an editor-in-chief and interviewed too many stories of joy and sorrow, she now has a philosophy of living for the moment.
She hasn't had children all these years because she doesn't want children to tie her hands and feet or affect her quality of life.
Over the years, while Song Jia and Yang Lu have been struggling to raise their children and even have to carefully plan their time to watch a movie, she has been living the most carefree life.
With so many children in the family, some well-behaved and sensible, and some mischievous, she would occasionally play with them.
She also realized a serious problem: she didn't love children that much.
Perhaps because she lost her father when she was a teenager and had a difficult life with her mother, suffering a lot of grievances, she didn't want her child to have to endure those things from birth.
Fortunately, Luo Guangming wasn't in a hurry to have children. His older brother and sister-in-law had given birth to twins a few years ago, so they didn't have an urgent need to carry on the family line.
Lin Chen impatiently sent his sister off to work and decided to go and meet Yu Qi himself.
Over the years, Yu Qi has provided a lot of convenience to their company, and the two sides have met several times.
This time, I met him at a teahouse.
While drinking tea, Lin Chen got straight to the point:
"If you really want to marry my mother, then hurry up and get the surgery done and get your health back in shape. My mother has had a hard life, and she can't be married to a sick person when she's old."
This is a very real problem.
What if the tumor in Yu Qi's brain is malignant? What's the point of getting married then?
Yu Qi hadn't expected Lin Chen to bring this up, and felt a little frustrated, but he still spoke politely:
"I have three years left until retirement, and I want to do my job well until the very end. I don't want to delay my work because of the surgery."
What he meant was that the mayor wouldn't be able to serve for many more years. Generally, two years before retirement, he would be given a temporary, sinecure position to transition, and then officially retire. He would be able to relax for about a year.
Upon hearing this, Lin Chen's face darkened. "Mayor Yu, your health is more important than your job. Just say you're not feeling well and retire a few years early."
"My mom can take care of you even if you have surgery."
But no matter how he tried to persuade him, Yu Qi just wouldn't listen.
Lin Chen stormed out of the room, uttering harsh words.
"If you keep being so stubborn, I'll tell my mom to never speak to you again!"
Yu Qi watched his departing figure, took a sip of tea to moisten his tongue, and thought to himself that it was good to have children; they could help him out when something happened.
He had actually made up his mind when he learned about the illness that it was best to cut ties with Wang Xiufen to avoid implicating her.
He originally pursued her because he liked her and wanted to give her a happy old age. Now that he's like this, what's the difference between marrying her and hiring a housekeeper?
He never contacted Wang Xiufen again.
......
Wu Jing's wedding preparations are proceeding smoothly.
The wedding was naturally held at the Wangfujing Hotel.
The wedding planning company was also found in advance. By this time, there were already agencies that specialized in helping others plan their weddings, and they could handle the wedding venue setup, wedding car arrangements, and other related tasks.
Yang Xiu and Wu Jing's job was to quickly finish taking their wedding photos, select the best ones, and use them as life-size figures at the wedding venue—these are the most popular wedding styles right now.
We need to take wedding photos, and we also need to buy the wedding dress and suit for the wedding day.
Western-style weddings are becoming increasingly popular, and pure white wedding dresses are highly sought after.
Yang Xiu was not short of money, so naturally he wanted to buy a complete set.
Even if you only wear it once in your life, you still want that dress to be yours.
Wu Jing happened to have some free time to look at wedding dresses, and Yang Xiu even canceled an important meeting to accompany her in choosing one.
At this point, the sales staff's income was already linked to commissions, and they were very enthusiastic towards customers.
Wu Jing tried on several wedding dresses, but was not satisfied with any of them.
Xue Mei was a new saleswoman at the store. Seeing how difficult she was to please, she deliberately tampered with the wedding dress that Wu Jing was trying on while Yang Xiu was out taking a phone call.
"Oh dear, miss, the wedding dress you just tried on has a hole in it! How are we supposed to sell it now?" She deliberately raised her voice so that the other customers choosing wedding dresses in the store could hear her.
Wu Jing took the wedding dress and looked at it. Sure enough, there was a tear in the waist area.
When she tried on the wedding dress, she did feel that it was a bit tight around the waist and not very comfortable to wear, which is why she gave up on it.
Could it really be that she broke it by accident?
"How much is this wedding dress?" Although she wasn't entirely satisfied, she still intended to buy it.
Xue Mei raised an eyebrow at the saleswoman from before, then turned to Wu Jing with feigned difficulty:
"This wedding dress is the most expensive in our store. Since it's already like this, I'll give it to you at a discount, two thousand yuan."
She had sold several wedding dresses using the same method before, earning several hundred yuan in commissions. Now, thinking she was about to succeed again, she was naturally pleased with herself.
When Wu Jing heard the price, her eyes widened. She had asked about the prices of several wedding dresses earlier, and they were all only a few hundred yuan. This one wasn't anything special, so why was it two thousand?
She felt like she had been scammed.
When Yang Xiu came in, she secretly told him how she felt.
Yang Xiu was furious. It wasn't that he couldn't come up with the two thousand, but he didn't want to be extorted by such a despicable person.
Without saying a word, he picked up the ink bottle next to him and poured the ink inside onto the surface.
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