Old Mrs. Xia stood on the rooftop of the workshop, looking at the sparse crowd in the factory. It was now time to get off work, and everyone who could go home went home, and those who lived in the dormitory went to the cafeteria to get food.
The view from this place is very good. It is not very high, but you can see the entire factory area.
In the distance, Team Leader Sun from the next workshop was pulling the director to apologize, saying something that made the director burst into laughter. As they walked out of the office together, they saw a woman pulling Team Leader Sun. After being yelled at by him, she bowed to the director, as if to apologize. Old Lady Xia scoffed, saying it was like a feudal society, where her man was inferior to others and even she couldn't stand up straight.
At the gate, Fang Yingdi, who lived in her dorm, was being pulled by a woman. She handed over some money, and after counting it, she put her hands on her hips, her mouth moving in and out, probably cursing. There was a boy next to her, who looked about Chen Xiangbei's age, pushing Fang Yingdi impatiently.
Although I don't know what she was cursing, it must be quite dirty. Fang Yingdi's back was twitching, as if she was crying.
At the back door, Qiao Yi had just emerged from the cafeteria, carefully holding her lunch box. Suddenly, she trotted over to someone she didn't know she was seeing. That gesture was new to Old Lady Xia; it was so awkward, like a man jogging with his balls stretched thin. She tried hard to see who it was, but the man's face was obscured by the branches.
Everyone's life is very rich.
So what could she do? Old Lady Xia looked at the gradually darkening sky, feeling lost for the first time. Back in that family, things kept happening one after another. The issues with Old Chen and the children were exhausting enough, not to mention the other things happening in the compound. She simply didn't have time to calm down and think about this problem.
She was young once, too. Back then, she came here alone with the few dollars her sister had secretly hidden away, and amid her sister's constant whispers urging her to run away and never come back.
At that time, she had passed the recruitment exam, but the start time had not yet arrived. So, she had no place to stay when she arrived here, so she just sat and slept at the factory gate for a night.
What was she thinking about as a young girl? She was thinking about her bright future, about escaping that home and surviving the ordeal, about making more money, settling down in the city, marrying a good man, and having some well-behaved children. Apart from that, she hadn't thought about anything else.
A girl or a woman seems to have nothing better to do besides these things. Just like men, they have nothing better to do except to start a family and build a career.
Thinking of the fawning man just now, Old Lady Xia felt a little unhappy. If a promotion depended on this, she really couldn't do it. But if she didn't work hard, would she just wait for death every day?
If she really just wants to endure the days and wait for death, just like Xu Meiyu said, she has no future at all. It would be better for her not to get divorced and just go out to watch the fun in the compound.
The weather after the New Year was still quite cold, and it was getting dark quickly. The workers on the night shift in the workshop had already returned to their posts, but Old Lady Xia on the rooftop didn't even have a flashlight. She just squatted in the corner silently, lost in thought.
Suddenly, voices were heard from the stairs on the rooftop, very quietly but with some ambiguous breaths.
As someone who had experienced this, Old Lady Xia immediately knew what the hell was going on. In broad daylight... uh... in the dark, someone was actually having an affair.
"Comrade Xiao Qiao, we've been together for such a long time, and you won't take me to meet your parents, and you won't let me touch you at all. Don't you want to be with me anymore?"
"Let me go. We shouldn't be like this. This is... wrong."
"But I really like you. I like everything about you. Can you just let me kiss you, just once?"
"No, I really can't. I'll convince my parents soon. Then we can do it openly, right?"
"It's only a matter of time. Why can't you promise me this once?"
Qiao Yi pushed him back even harder. She was a conservative girl. Although she liked the man in front of her, she would never do anything that crossed the line. At most, she would hold his hand. But tonight, she didn't know what was wrong with him. He acted so frighteningly. "No, you can't disrespect me like this. Let's take it slow, okay?"
Old Lady Xia pricked up her ears immediately. Wasn't this Qiao Yi, the same person who had timidly run looking for someone earlier? She was a little nervous, unsure whether to leave or remain silent. From her position, leaving now would definitely alert the other person. But if she stayed in, she could hide here without anyone noticing. This location was incredibly clever.
The other party seemed to be angry out of embarrassment, "Qiao Yi, do you really like me? You won't even do anything intimate with me, how can this be called love? Love should be open and aboveboard, not sneaky like you. You really disappoint me."
The eavesdropping Old Lady Xia:......?
Qiao Yi seemed to hesitate, but when the other person got closer and closer, she pushed him away, her voice trembling, "No, my mom said this is wrong."
The other party took a step back suddenly, "Qiao Yi, you... today you either agree to let us take it one step further, or we will pretend not to know each other from now on."
Old Mrs. Xia: Oh my, you’re even threatening me.
Seeing Qiao Yi's hesitation, the man softened his tone again, "Don't you believe I will be responsible for you? There's no one here, and no one will know what we're doing?"
Qiao Yi didn't say anything, as if she agreed to the other party's actions, but Old Lady Xia noticed with her good eyes that Qiao Yi seemed to be trembling.
Good-for-nothing! Old Lady Xia cursed in her heart, thinking that she was just as good-for-nothing as her own Chen Xianghong, who was fooled by a man like this.
When the man was trying to make more extreme moves, Old Lady Xia suddenly coughed.
"Who, who's there?" Both of them were frightened. The man shouted, "Don't be a coward. If you have the guts, come out openly and honestly. Don't be a villain behind people's backs."
Qiao Yi nervously grabbed the corner of the man's clothes and hid behind him, following the man step by step towards Old Lady Xia.
Old Mrs. Xia sighed. It seemed that she could not get any peace and quiet. But she, Xia Yue'e, was upright and had no reason to be afraid. So she nimbly jumped out from the corner.
"It's your grandma. Why do you want to kill someone to silence them after you've done something wrong?"
As soon as Old Lady Xia's voice came out, Qiao Yi's face turned pale. It was someone she knew. She thought to herself, it's all over, her reputation, everything she has is going to be gone.
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