Seeing that Jiang Lili's complexion was not good, Lin Qingyu asked out of concern.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Lili suddenly stood up, not even bothering to ask Lin Qingyu for help, and stammered as she was about to leave.
"I...I'd better go first. I have something to do. I'll come another day, another day!"
After saying that, he picked up his cloth bag and walked out of the restaurant, disappearing in a flash.
Zhou Jiahui looked at Lin Qingyu with a puzzled expression, "Boss lady, what's wrong with her? She seems a bit strange, like there's something wrong here!"
She spoke softly, then pointed to her head.
Lin Qingyu shook her head. "She was my neighbor in the county. She and her husband were both workers at a state-owned steel factory, but I don't know why they suddenly went back to their hometown."
She watched Jiang Lili's departing figure and shook her head thoughtfully.
"Forget it, let's not talk about it anymore. Let's figure out what to do next. The shop is almost broke!"
Zhou Jiahui joked, "Where are we starving? Every day when we come to the store, there are fresh vegetables and pork on hand!"
Lin Qingyu chuckled, and Zhou Jiahui teased, "Even if the sky falls, Boss Gu will hold it up. What are you afraid of, Boss's wife?"
Recently, everything in the shop came from Lin Qingyu's spatial dimension. In order to save money, she secretly took things out of the space every day.
Fortunately, there weren't many people around, and no one suspected anything, but they kept reminding her not to carry such heavy things.
When Lin Qingyu got home, she told Gu Shi about it. The two lay in bed, and Lin Qingyu carefully turned over.
She now has some difficulty turning over, and she needs to put a pillow between her legs to feel more comfortable after turning over.
Lin Qingyu looked at Gu Shi and said, "Do you remember Jiang Lili from the steel factory? She used to be our neighbor."
Gu Shi gently touched Lin Qingyu's belly, occasionally feeling fetal movement, which he found quite novel.
Hearing this, he looked up and asked, "What's wrong?"
"She came to the restaurant today and said she wanted to work for me."
Seeing that Lin Qingyu seemed completely unaware, Gu Shi hesitated for a moment before speaking to her.
"Something happened to her family, so she probably can't stay in her hometown anymore."
Lin Qingyu's first reaction was, how did Gu Shi know that someone had an accident?
Then he thought, something big must have happened, otherwise how would Gu Shi know!
"Is her husband alright? When I asked her today, she just stammered and didn't say anything. She left without even eating."
Gu Shi said in a deep voice, "Don't worry about other people's business. Let me see why the child hasn't moved for so long."
Seeing his stiff attempt to change the subject, Lin Qingyu, though still curious, decided not to press him further.
She held her belly and laughed, "How can the baby move all the time? Doesn't the baby need to rest for a while?"
Can I hear the child talking?
Gu Shi pressed his ear against Lin Qingyu's round belly and looked up at her.
Lin Qingyu burst out laughing, and said in an annoyed tone:
"No, you won't be able to hear the baby even after it's born, because babies don't start talking until they're a year old!"
Gu Shi blushed and turned his head away, feeling somewhat embarrassed.
Lin Qingyu continued with a laugh, "They say pregnancy makes you stupid for three years, but they don't say the father of the child becomes stupid too!"
The person on her stomach suddenly stood up and crawled towards Lin Qingyu's neck.
Lin Qingyu was ticklish, and every time Gu Shi rubbed her with his hair, she would give in and beg for mercy.
However, since Lin Qingyu's belly was quite big, Gu Shi didn't dare to bother her too much, and only touched her lightly before stopping.
Meanwhile, the elderly couple in the next room were also awake, talking, though the atmosphere was tense.
"I disagree. I advise you not to do it either, otherwise I'll never take care of you again!"
Li Xiuhua's voice was somewhat agitated; she was afraid of disturbing the young couple's sleep, but dared not speak loudly.
Lin Aiguo lowered his voice and said, "I just see that Qingyu and the other girl don't have any burdens, and they both have their own businesses. What's wrong with helping our family?"
"What's wrong? Tell me what's wrong! Didn't Qingyu ask you before? Back then you wanted to stay home, but now you don't?"
"Who knew Xiao Gu was so rich, owning so many factories and paying such high wages?"
Li Xiuhua was furious. She sat up abruptly and shouted, "So now you're shamelessly trying to get into their factory?"
"Back then, Xiao Gu and Qingyu personally agreed at home that if we didn't go, we wouldn't have another chance."
Lin Aiguo tried to argue, but Li Xiuhua cursed him in a low voice.
"Say whatever you want, I can't afford to lose face like this. If my daughter only remembers you for making things difficult for her, don't blame me for not warning you!"
After she finished speaking angrily, she really didn't want to stay there, so she went to the living room.
I poured myself a glass of water and drank it before I felt better.
Lin Aiguo is a real scoundrel; he only thinks about his own family all the time.
Why don't you think more about Qingyu? Bah!
Li Xiuhua thought resentfully, "I should have known better than to let him come; it would have been so annoying to see him."
Li Xiuhua felt some guilt towards Lin Aiguo back then, but now all her feelings have been worn away. Looking at Lin Aiguo, she can't imagine what it was like to marry him back then.
She tried not to make any noise, and then sat down on the sofa.
Moonlight streamed in from the balcony, and Li Xiuhua suddenly noticed a newspaper on the coffee table.
At first she didn’t notice, but then she saw that it said something about a major case.
Li Xiuhua had attended school for a few years, but she couldn't recognize all the characters. However, she picked up the newspaper and started reading it as if by some strange impulse.
The cover story was about Yamanashi Prefecture, and by the moonlight, Li Xiuhua immediately saw the bloody scene on it.
"A family massacre recently occurred in XX Commune, Yamanashi Prefecture! A family of five was attacked. Two elderly people died on the spot, a young man died after being taken to the hospital, a young woman was rescued, and a six or seven-year-old child, who was hiding in a closet, narrowly escaped the attack, but has not spoken since!"
Although the picture was in black and white, Li Xiuhua still felt somewhat uncomfortable looking at it.
"I wonder who put this here. It would be bad if it scared Qingyu."
She picked up the newspaper, intending to throw it into the trash can.
Then, after thinking about it again, he tore the newspaper into pieces before throwing it in, so that Lin Qingyu wouldn't see it.
After finishing these tasks, Li Xiuhua went inside.
It was already past midnight, and the whole house was quiet, without a sound.
She pushed open the door and found Lin Aiguo fast asleep, snoring away.
"You heartless dog, ptooey!"
Now she could only lie back down, and Li Xiuhua thought she would ask Xiao Gu to take Lin Aiguo home another day.
He's useless here, can't help, and just being there is annoying.
The shredded newspapers in the living room lay quietly in the trash can, as if they had never appeared on the small coffee table.
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