Chapter 149 149 Perception
Lu Jiaze wasn't too surprised that Qiu Shaoli knew about this. He rubbed his brows and said, "Yes, it is true. I will take care of it. Don't worry."
"Jia Ze, it's best that you have no contact with her from now on. Let's discuss it when I come over, okay?" Jiang Yulan's call made Qiu Shaoli realize that her dislike for Ji Mingyue was not prejudice.
"You want to come over?" Lu Jiaze felt a flash of guilt in his heart.
"This matter has nothing to do with you. As soon as Ji Mingyue returned to the Ji family, the second and third sons of the Ji family became separated. While this may have something to do with the Ji family itself, I don't want to gamble on the odds. So, for the time being, please refrain from any further contact with her, okay?" Qiu Shaoli's tone was gentle. Lu Jiaze was her only child, and she didn't dare take any gamble. She had never questioned Jiang Yulan's warning. After years of love between them, there was no need for her to lie to herself about this matter, so she spoke with a firm tone.
"I understand. Be careful on your way." After hanging up the phone, Lu Jiaze rubbed his brow, his heart filled with guilt. He couldn't help but reflect on himself. If he hadn't been so arrogant and cut off contact with Ji Mingyue from the beginning, would this have never happened? Unfortunately, no matter how much he regretted it, there was no medicine in the world for regret. He just hoped that this time he could resolve this matter.
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In Jiang Lili's opinion, the matter was over after they reminded the Lu family. As for what they would do, it had nothing to do with her. Ji Mingyue's heroine halo was weakened, and she didn't know if it would affect her strategy system. Thinking of the message she sent during the summer vacation, she was more inclined to be unaffected.
"Lili, it's Xiao Cheng calling." Jiang Yulan waved at her holding the receiver.
She trotted over, her tone unusually anxious: "Sister Cheng, does Sister Mei have an answer?"
"Yes, although she didn't tell me directly, she asked us to meet again. I think there must be something going on, otherwise she wouldn't have gone through so much trouble." Cheng Yuntian guessed.
"Which day is the appointment?" Jiang Lili was calculating her class schedule in her mind.
"Don't worry. I know you have classes and we've made an appointment for the weekend. Whether she's willing to join or not, it won't change the establishment of Youbei. Having her is undoubtedly icing on the cake. Even without her, we can still make a name for ourselves, just like the original Tongqu players." Cheng Yuntian encouraged her across the phone line.
Jiang Lili's originally nervous mood slowly calmed down with her words, and she relaxed completely: "Sister Cheng is right, I am too utilitarian." Didn't the Tongqu players also start from nothing?
"Who doesn't like to take shortcuts? Your idea is human nature, but besides the Mei family, we also have other connections, such as Lu Hongzhe and others. Their clients are also our invisible clients." Cheng Yuntian sighed in her heart after she finished speaking. To be honest, after coming to Beijing for so long, her network of contacts did not seem to increase much. Most of the circles she integrated into were like her, unmarried and childless. After all, late marriage and late childbirth are advocated now.
"Well, this matter cannot be rushed. Let's complete the preliminary preparations first. Sister Cheng, do you have any suggestions on site selection?" Jiang Lili asked.
"At first I thought it would be better to live in the city center, but then I changed my mind and thought that these parents should care about the environment. The city center is too noisy and is not a good choice." Cheng Yuntian expressed his concerns.
"It seems that we have the same idea. Let's discuss it in detail when I have a holiday. I will be going back to school soon." Jiang Lili added.
"Okay, call me when you're on vacation. By the way, I can't get through to your phone." Cheng Yuntian reminded her.
"Okay, I'll check it later." After hanging up the phone, Jiang Lili realized that the SIM card in her phone was detached and she had to reinstall it. After reinstalling it, she found that there was a message from Dong Qiuyun, asking her to go back to school today and bring her some snacks from last time.
"Mom, I'm going to buy some snacks later. Do you want to come with me?" The snacks Dong Qiuyun asked her to bring were near them.
"Let's go together. Your grandpa takes Tongtong for a walk every morning. Let him take some with him tomorrow." Jiang Lili muttered a lot about Jiang Jianyi, making her laugh. She didn't know if there were any senior citizen universities nowadays. If there were, Jiang Yulan would probably be the first one she wanted to send him to.
After buying some snacks, the mother and daughter went their separate ways. When Jiang Lili arrived at school, everyone was still in the dormitory. Dong Qiuyun was the first to see her: "Lili, did you buy some snacks?"
"Here, share some food among you. I'll bring you some when I go back this weekend." After Jiang Lili gave them the food, she returned to her desk to sort out the previous materials and imagined the questions that Mei Huixiu would ask this time. However, no matter what the final result was, she just wanted to have no regrets.
"Busy man, what are you busy with? Are Meow and the others going to release new models?" Dong Qiuyun asked.
"Not so soon, but the annual blind box should be coming soon." This year's blind box series is entirely under the charge of Yan Wenyu, so the launch time has been postponed.
"It's been delayed for so long, it should have been released a long time ago. I don't know what series it will be this year." Dong Qiuyun leaned closer to her and lowered her voice, "Can you give us a hint in advance?"
"I really don't know this time." Jiang Lili looked helpless.
"Okay, the new dress I bought has arrived. We're planning to take some photos later. Do you want to come with us?" Dong Qiuyun glanced at the neatly arranged documents on her desk. As expected, behind every success is a belief.
"Okay." All the information that Jiang Lili had sorted out was already in her mind, and it would be nice to walk around with them.
"You're already a sophomore, and you run away as soon as you don't have classes, which makes the beauty of the department go to someone else." Dong Qiuyun felt angry when this matter was mentioned.
"Having the title but not getting any money makes little difference." Jiang Lili said, shaking her head.
"You are quite open-minded." Dong Qiuyun said as she quickly reached out and pinched her face. They had been angry with each other in the dormitory for a long time.
"Originally, we didn't care who the school beauty was, but she insisted on coming in front of us to show off her presence." Li Qian added angrily.
"Don't be angry, aren't we going to take pictures? Change your clothes, I will definitely take beautiful pictures of you." Jiang Lili reminded her. She never thought that one day she would become the best photographer in the dormitory.
"That's what you said. We can't give up halfway today." Li Qian still remembered the last time when everyone was playing together and she was called away in the middle of the game.
"I promise I'm free today. You guys change your clothes first, I'll be ready soon." Jiang Lili said as she sorted out the documents in front of her.
"Lili, why don't you change too?" Dong Qiuyun said as she handed her a new dress and then explained to her, "Shall we take a photo together later?"
Seeing her eyes fall on the skirt, Dong Qiuyun smiled and explained, "We bought this when we went shopping together the other day. We both thought it suited you very well, so I bought it. Speaking of which, we've lived together for a year and haven't had a single photo together. We need to take more photos today."
Jiang Lili subconsciously felt that pants were more convenient. She hadn't worn a skirt in a long time. She looked down at the long skirt in her hands and nodded: "Okay, then let's take a group photo every year from now on."
"That's possible." Everyone agreed with this proposal.
This time, Jiang Lili kept her promise and took pictures of them with her camera for the whole afternoon. The price she paid was that her arms and ankles were bitten by mosquitoes. She thought that she really couldn't go to places with a lot of flowers and plants because there were too many mosquitoes.
"I'll take the photos to the photo studio to have them developed this weekend and then bring them to you." Jiang Lili said to them.
"I'm fine with it. I think the photos taken today should be good, right?" Dong Qiuyun thought. After getting the photos, she would carry one with her. If someone came to her to show off, she would ask them to take a good look at it.
"I think it's okay." Compared to before, Jiang Lili's skills are much better now, but she still misses electronic photos. If she is not satisfied with them, she will delete them at any time or slightly edit them.
At school, apart from her studies, her time was basically divided up among her roommates. On Friday, when she was on holiday, she received a message from Cheng Yuntian, which contained the time and place for her meeting with Mei Huixiu. Whether it would be successful or not would depend on tomorrow. Perhaps because she had been too nervous before, she felt much calmer at this moment.
When Jiang Lili came out of school on Friday afternoon, she glanced at the time. It was still early for her to get off work, so she simply took a taxi to the factory. When she arrived, goods were being loaded at the factory gate. Zhao Dong was in charge of counting them. She stepped forward and asked, "Brother Zhao, are these orders for ornaments?"
"Yes, they are all ornaments. Recently, people who want the goods usually want them urgently. There are new orders every day. I don't know what happened to make them so popular." Zhao Dong scratched his hair after saying this. More orders are a good thing, but the inexplicable increase in orders is also very frightening.
"I guess it spread, and everyone thought that displaying these things at the opening would attract customers." Jiang Lili guessed.
"Maybe. The most sold one is the one with Meow holding gold ingots. It turns out that businessmen understand businessmen." After Zhao Dong finished speaking, he looked at Jiang Lili.
"When opening a store, who doesn't want to make money?" Jiang Lili found it understandable.
"That's right. Hey, go slower. Lifting like that can easily break something." Zhao Dong said as he hurried over to instruct the workers on how not to lift it that way. When he arrived, Jiang Lili greeted him before going to find Jiang Yulan. When she entered the office, the person inside was on the phone. Seeing her, he simply gestured for her to sit down and wait.
Soon, based on the content of her conversation, she guessed that the person on the other end of the phone was Qiu Shaoli. What they were discussing was actually finding a master to help Lu Jiaze. Jiang Lili was a little surprised. She was surprised that Aunt Qiu was willing to take the risk for Lu Jiaze. Because she was a doctor, she had always been a firm materialist, but now in order to find out the possibility, she was also willing to try this method. For a moment, Jiang Lili felt mixed emotions.
"I hope your Aunt Qiu can solve this problem when she goes to Nanshi this time." Jiang Yulan couldn't help but sigh.
"Aunt Qiu is going to Nanshi?" Jiang Lili's eyes flashed with surprise.
"She only has Jiaze as her one child, so naturally she is worried. You know, I didn't feel that way at first, but after hearing what your grandfather said that day, I think this matter is quite creepy. Look at those who are related to her, who has a good ending? Last time, Song Zhenzhen said that Ye Qiuju was kicked out by the new owner's family. Just now, your aunt Qiu said that Ji Yushu was admitted to the hospital for alcohol poisoning two days ago, and the third child is still in there. Although Yao Yan is fine now, it's unfortunate that such a good family has ended up like this. Fortunately, she only lived in the cotton mill for a month." When Jiang Yulan didn't say it, according to the secular understanding, Ji Mingyue came to the cotton mill, and she and Ji Yushu divorced, which was also bad luck. Although she felt fortunate about this matter, it was true that Ji Mingyue was weird.
"Maybe it's a coincidence?" Jiang Lili quickly denied this statement. It seems that her strategy system really absorbs the luck of the people around her. According to this development, the backlash should only be a matter of time.
"Once or twice is a coincidence, how can every time be a coincidence? I hope Shaoli can solve this matter this time. By the way, what is the matter that brings you to the factory now?" Jiang Yulan belatedly remembered that today is Friday.
"It's okay, I just came by to take a look. I'll confirm the time with Sister Cheng later. We are meeting with Sister Mei tomorrow." Jiang Lili explained.
"Is it about Youbei?" Jiang Yulan guessed quickly.
"Well, she will give us an answer tomorrow." Jiang Lili nodded.
"Don't push yourself so hard." Seeing the dark color in her eyes, Jiang Yulan felt a little distressed.
"I was a little nervous in the past few days, but now I'm relaxed. Don't worry." Jiang Lili felt that he was very stable now. No matter what Mei Huixiu's decision was, it would not affect him.
"Then go find her quickly. We'll go back together after get off work. We'll cook our own food tonight. I don't want to eat in the cafeteria anymore."
"Okay, I'll go right away." Jiang Lili quickly came to Cheng Yuntian's office. The two discussed the details of the meeting with Mei Huixiu tomorrow, and soon said they were going to do something else.
Jiang Yulan left work on time today, which surprised Jiang Lili: "Are we going to buy groceries now?" From Monday to Friday, one of them eats in the school cafeteria and the other eats in the factory cafeteria, and they usually don't prepare ingredients at home.
"No need, Xiao Jiang and the others are buying it." Jiang Yulan shook her head.
"You even called them?" Jiang Lili was a little surprised.
"Well, they always said they wanted to come for dinner, but they haven't come in such a long time. I thought I would cook tonight, so I might as well let them go to the market to buy the vegetables they want to eat, and I will only be responsible for cooking." Jiang Yulan explained to her.
"This is good, at least we save time buying groceries." Jiang Lili thought, this was the only way to comfort herself.
"Your grandpa just loves a good time. If we invite more people home, he'll be happy too." This was the real reason Jiang Yulan had called them. When the old man was working at the cotton mill, he knew all the neighbors and would visit him anytime, often inviting old friends to go fishing. After coming to Beijing, the old man had fewer friends and even fewer opportunities to go fishing. Although he didn't say anything, Jiang Yulan sensed it all, so today she arranged for someone to come to the house to liven things up.
"You are so thoughtful. I didn't even think of this." Jiang Lili praised.
"Compared to when we were in Yuncheng, your grandfather's smile is obviously much less. I don't know whether what we are doing is right or wrong." Jiang Yulan said with worry in her eyes.
"If he really can't get used to it, let him go back for a while. Your uncle is still in Yuncheng, so you and your aunt can take turns to take Tongtong to and from school every day?" Jiang Lili discussed with her.
"I'm fine with either. Let's see what your aunt is doing. Tongtong will go to the cram school with your aunt tomorrow, so your grandpa can relax a little. I'll quietly ask him what he thinks." At Jiang Jianyi's age, they all pursue returning to their roots. He probably regrets coming to Beijing with them now.
"Then you ask quietly. I don't think grandpa will go back." The idea of helping children reduce their burden has been engraved in his bones. Even if he is in a place he is not used to, he can endure it for the sake of his grandchildren.
"Well, Xiao Jiang and the others should be here by now." Jiang Yulan glanced at the time and estimated.
"Are they all here?" Jiang Lili counted in her mind. It seemed that she had not seen Lu Hongzhe since that time.
"Well, there are only three of them. I don't know what dishes they bought. Lili, what do you want to eat?" Jiang Yulan naturally would not favor one over the other. Since she asked them to order the dishes, she should at least let her order one as well.
"You decide. I'm not too hungry tonight." Jiang Lili said as she glanced down at the new message on her phone. It was from Lu Hongzhe: [Boiled Pork Slices or Boiled Beef]
Although she didn't understand his intention, Jiang Lili still made a quick choice and replied directly to him: "Boiled beef."
The other party quickly replied: "Anything else you want to eat? I'm at the market right now."
Jiang Lili unconsciously curled the corners of her lips and lowered her head to continue replying to the message [Just another vegetable and tofu soup will be fine]
Jiang Yulan turned around and saw this scene while waiting for the green light. She asked casually, "Who are you chatting with?"
"No, Brother Hongzhe asked me if I needed any ingredients to buy together." Jiang Lili quickly sat up straight and answered her seriously.
"Just let them do what they like." Jiang Yulan looked at her again, wondering if she had seen it wrong.
"Oh, okay." Jiang Lili agreed, but didn't send another message. She thought, this was just a reflex, but it was just a normal chat, and she didn't know why she was so nervous. Ultimately, she was thinking about other things, so she felt guilty. She quietly turned her head to look at the people around her, wondering if anyone would object if she and Lu Hongzhe were together.
When the mother and daughter returned home, the three of them had already arrived at their house and were busy in the kitchen. Jiang Yulan was a little surprised: "Why are you guys already starting?"
"How can we let you, Aunt Jiang, tire us out the whole time? Let's prepare the dishes first and then ask you, the chef, to come in later." Jiang Liangbo pushed Jiang Yulan out of the kitchen with a smile on his face. The originally spacious kitchen seemed very crowded with the three of them.
Jiang Yulan, who had been pushed out, walked happily into the living room. Glancing at Jiang Jianyi and Jiang Qitong who were watching TV, she casually asked, "Is Qingfen not back yet?"
"Aunt, my mom said we don't have to wait for her to come back for dinner. They opened an extra class on Friday." Jiang Qitong went to the cram school after school, and she just came back.
"Oh, so she has a lot of kids there?" She hadn't been to the cram school for a while, and now that they've added more classes, it seems business is good.
"Yes, many people. One brother said that he got full marks in the exam after taking tutoring lessons with my mom." Jiang Qitong looked proud.
"So amazing!" Jiang Yulan cooperated.
Jiang Jianyi looked towards the kitchen from time to time. Finally, he was really worried, so he simply got up and went to the kitchen to take a look. Well, it looked in good working order, so he didn't have to worry about them blowing up the kitchen.
The three people in the kitchen, though they were supposed to be preparing the side dishes, were actually Jiang Liangbo and Lu Ziming, following Lu Hongzhe's instructions. They did whatever he told them to do. Now that all the preparations were done, Jiang Liangbo gave him a hesitant look and said, "Then I'll leave this to you?"
"Let's go, this is a good opportunity for him to perform well." Lu Ziming pulled Jiang Liangbo's sleeve and asked him to come out quickly.
When they arrived in the living room, Jiang Yulan went straight to the kitchen. Lu Hongzhe was blanching the ribs in the kitchen. She stepped forward and said gently, "Hongzhe, go to the living room and watch TV with them. I'll take care of this."
"Aunt Jiang, let me join you. Let me learn how to cook." He remembered that the last time they had dinner together, Jiang Lili said that the spare ribs made by Jiang Yulan were the best.
"It's fine as long as you don't think the smoke is too thick." Seeing that he was determined to stay, Jiang Yulan didn't say anything else and started on her own.
It was almost an hour before all the dishes were served. Jiang Liangbo was running back and forth between the kitchen and the living room. "Aunt Jiang, these are so delicious! I feel like I can eat three bowls of rice tonight."
"Then eat more." Jiang Yulan also became happy.
"Grandpa Jiang, shall we have a couple of drinks with you?" Lu Hongzhe asked.
"Then let's have two drinks." Since Mr. Lu returned home, he has only had two drinks a day at most, and it has been a long time since he drank with others.
Just as Jiang Yulan had said before, with their joining, not only did the house become more lively, but Jiang Jianyi's mood was obviously much higher, and he talked a lot more than usual.
The meal lasted until Zhou Qingfen returned. The dishes on the table were mostly empty. Jiang Liangbo touched his belly, which was noticeably larger than usual, and asked, "Aunt Jiang, can we come back next time?"
"Of course, you can come every week from now on." While speaking, Jiang Yulan looked at Jiang Jianyi who was obviously happy next to her, and felt that this meal was well worth it.
"We will arrange it next week." Lu Hongzhe said first.
"That's all fine. We just get together to have fun." Jiang Jianyi said as he patted their shoulders. Although he drank a lot tonight, he was not drunk at all.
"Lili, I'll take care of it. You take them out." Seeing that they were about to leave, Jiang Yulan hurriedly asked her to take them out.
"It's so close, there's no need." Jiang Liangbo was pulled away by Lu Ziming before he could finish his words. This guy who couldn't read his expressions was really maddening.
Jiang Lili watched Jiang Liangbo being dragged away by Lu Ziming. Her brain froze for two seconds, then she quickly realized that they were creating an opportunity for her and Lu Hong. Sensing this possibility, Jiang Lili felt a rumble, and her entire body temperature rose. Of course, she wasn't worried about them noticing it. She was worried about whether they saw that he liked her, or she liked him?
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