Chapter 327: A Woman's Beauty at 31

As a university teacher, Shen Jiale also has a dormitory in the school.

It is next to his sister-in-law, Daina.

The two usually go home after school, so the dormitory is only a place to rest at noon.

When he went to the school cafeteria to eat at noon, Shen Jiale found that his sister-in-law looked tired.

Daina was also absent-minded when she was getting her meal, and only got one portion of rice and one portion of tofu.

Shen Jiale asked, "Sister-in-law, why do you look listless? Are you too tired for the sports meeting?"

Daina shook her head and ate her meal in a sporadic manner, looking like she had no appetite at all.

Shen Jiale passed his chicken leg to him.

Dana took it back: "You eat it, I have no appetite at all."

Shen Jiale took out a small bag of hawthorn slices from his pocket and handed it to Dana: "Eat some of this, it will whet your appetite."

Dana took out a piece of hawthorn slice and put it in her mouth.

After a long time, Dana asked: "Jiale, your family's business is so big, do you want to quit your job and go back to help Mingfeng?"

Shen Jiale said while eating: "Mingfeng can do it himself, he doesn't need my help, he still helps me run the business."

Dana sighed.

"Sister-in-law, why do you ask this, do you want to quit?"

"I'm thinking about it."

"Teachers have winter and summer vacations, and the salary and benefits are good. Compared with other professions, it's easier. I haven't heard that my brother is too busy. Why do you want to quit?"

Dana glanced at Shen Jiale, hesitant to speak.

No matter how high the salary of a university teacher is, it is nothing in front of Shen Jiacheng. Shen Jiale thought it was his elder brother's problem, so he said, "Did your elder brother say anything in front of you? Tell your parents and let them teach him a lesson."

Daina shook her head, "Jiacheng didn't say anything. He has always supported my work. I have this idea myself."

"Sister-in-law, we have such a good relationship. Is there anything you can't say to me?"

Daina thought for a while and said she would talk about it when she returned to the dormitory.

...

When she returned to the dormitory, Shen Jiale realized that it was the secretary Qian beside her elder brother who caused the crisis for her elder sister-in-law.

"Sister-in-law, all your brother cares about is you and the kids. No matter how pretty someone else is, he won't care."

"I understand. Your brother doesn't want to find a young secretary who is efficient and can give him face when doing business, but you can't be sure if others do."

"Did Secretary Qian do something out of line?"

"His secretary takes such good care of him. She does everything perfectly and is very capable at work. Most importantly, she is young and pretty.

Once I went to the company to visit Jiacheng, and found that when Secretary Qian ordered food for Jiacheng, she ordered all the dishes your brother liked, and she also told the restaurant not to add spicy food, saying that Jiacheng had been suffering from internal heat recently.

I didn't even pay attention to these small details, but she noticed them."

"It shows that Secretary Qian is serious about his work. You don't have to worry, sister-in-law, as long as brother is careful. If you are worried, you can ask brother to find a male secretary, Mingfeng is like that."

Dana held her head in pain: "I changed to a female secretary, and there are other female employees in the company. I know my thinking is narrow, but I can't help but have wild thoughts."

Shen Jiale felt that sister-in-law was a little anxious, so she decided to go back to talk to her brother.

...

Lu Mingfeng came to pick up Shen Jiale, and just as she was about to get in the car, Ye Qing from the Chinese Department suddenly called her from behind.

"Teacher Shen, I have a stomachache. Can you please take me to the hospital?"

Shen Jiale saw Ye Qing holding her stomach with a painful expression, and hurried to help her get in the car.

Lu Mingfeng opened the car door.

Ye Qing stopped walking: "I'm carsick and can't sit in the back, can I sit in the front?"

Lu Mingfeng heard this and closed the car door: "I'll find another car for you."

Shen Jiale and Ye Qing were stunned for a moment.

Shen Jiale said: "Her condition is urgent, let her sit in the front and send her to the hospital as soon as possible."

Lu Mingfeng reached out to stop a car on the side of the road, paid the fare, and said to Ye Qing: "I have already paid the fare, you take his car to the hospital."

Ye Qing hesitated: "I'd better sit in the back seat. If I go to the hospital alone, I'm afraid I won't even have the energy to register."

Shen Jiale said: "You are carsick, so you should sit in the front of that car." She told Lu Mingfeng to go back first, and she would take Ye Qing to the hospital.

Lu Mingfeng nodded, waited for Shen Jiale to get in the car, and then drove behind.

...

Shen Jiale helped Ye Qing register for acute gastroenteritis, arranged for hospitalization, and notified her family before leaving.

On the way back, Shen Jiale asked, "Why didn't you let Ye Qing sit in the front just now?"

Lu Mingfeng said, "You bought the car for me. If she wasn't sick, I wouldn't have let her sit in the back seat. But she picked a seat."

Shen Jiale smiled and said, "Why do you care? She just gets carsick."

Lu Mingfeng said, "I have no relatives or friends with her. There's no reason to get used to her."

...

When he went to school the next day, Shen Jiale saw Ye Qing.

I asked her, "Are you okay? You're discharged so soon."

Ye Qing said, "Thank you, Teacher Shen, for sending me to the hospital yesterday. I'm much better now. I just need to stay on IV for two more days. My mother said she wants to invite you to her house for dinner."

Shen Jiale said, "It's a simple favor. You're welcome."

Ye Qing wanted to say something, but Shen Jiale raised her wrist and looked at her watch: "It's almost time for class."

When school was over, Shen Jiale was about to get on the bus when she met Ye Qing again.

Ye Qing came over and greeted Shen Jiale, then walked to the car window and said to Lu Mingfeng: "Mr. Lu, have you finished your snacks? If you think they taste good, I will send you some other flavors next time."

Shen Jiale glanced at Ye Qing, and Ye Qing smiled slightly: "I made snacks specially to thank you for sending me to the hospital yesterday."

Shen Jiale got in the car without saying a word.

Ye Qing didn't leave either, as if waiting for Lu Mingfeng to give her feedback.

Lu Mingfeng said, "I don't eat the messy things outside. I threw away the snacks. Don't send them next time. It's a waste."

After saying that, he started the car and left.

...

The car was very quiet for a while.

After a long while, Shen Jiale spoke: "Am I old? My sister-in-law told me that I feel a sense of crisis as I get older. At that time, I thought she was worrying too much.

Now that I think about it, it is really the case. These young girls don't take us seriously."

Lu Mingfeng reached out and touched Shen Jiale's head: "You are still the same as when I first met you, even more feminine than before."

"You still mean that I am old. It is said that women are like tofu dregs at the age of 30. Time flies so fast. I am already 30 years old!"

Lu Mingfeng gently pulled Shen Jiale's ear: "Nonsense, women are in their prime at the age of 31, and my wife is more beautiful than flowers."

"When did Ye Qing send you snacks? I was the one who took her to the hospital yesterday. How did she thank you?"

"I sent you off this morning, and she came right after you left. I didn't want her snack, so she stuffed it into my car and ran away, and I threw the snack away."

"My sister-in-law wants to quit her job to stay with my brother. Tell me, should I quit too?"

"Why do you want to quit? Are you unhappy at work?"

Shen Jiale looked at Lu Mingfeng resentfully: "I'm worried that someone will take you away."

Lu Mingfeng held Shen Jiale's hand and said: "Even if the king of heaven comes, he can't take me away. Just do what you like. You can always trust me!"