No need to guess, Qi Si was sitting in the Cantonese teahouse, and Cheng Fuxing, a young man from Guangdong, fell ill from the heartbreak of his breakup.
"That kid's such a coward. He has plenty of women. If this one doesn't work out, he can just move on. No matter how I talk to him, he won't listen. He even cried and said he wanted to go back to Guangdong and didn't want to earn any more money." Qi Si stomped his feet in anger.
"He's quite the romantic." Qin Xiaoyu chuckled.
"You're still laughing? I'm already at my wit's end." Qi Si took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat, and Qin Xiaoyu quickly snatched it to look at it. It wasn't a handkerchief at all; it was clearly a diaper.
"Brother! You've gone too far!"
"Hehe, I didn't notice. It's okay, it's my son's, I don't mind." Qi Si grinned widely.
"I'm planning to treat Ding's parents to a meal. You can have Cheng Fuxing arrange it. Just let me know the time when everything is ready."
"Hey, I told you, my sister can't just ignore me. Okay, just wait for my call." Qi Si grinned from ear to ear.
Qin Xiaoyu went out and upstairs to check on the two children. The little ones, now out of confinement, changed every day and were exceptionally adorable.
Qi Sizhen hired two nannies, one to take care of the children and the other to do the laundry. Fourth Sister-in-law's mother only needed to watch over the children, and Fourth Sister-in-law didn't lift a finger. She gained weight after giving birth, and her breasts were huge. Qin Xiaoyu thought they were enough to feed two children, which was quite amusing.
"Little Fish Sister, sit down, don't carry her, she's too heavy." Fourth Sister-in-law brought over a glass of juice, which was a rare treat. It seemed that Qi Si's attitude towards his little sister-in-law had changed a lot.
"The children are so well raised, they all love their parents so much." Qin Xiaoyu kissed each of them and couldn't bear to put them down.
"Your sister came that day, brought clothes for the child, and left shortly after, without even holding him," Fourth Sister-in-law said, pursing her lips. Little Fourth Sister-in-law quickly gave her a wink.
"She's afraid that if she sees too much, she won't want to leave." Qin Xiaoyu understood Tang Wenwen's predicament best. Although it was her own fault, she was truly pitiful.
"Does the child's father know?" Fourth Sister-in-law, always eager for gossip, quickly asked while the nanny was out.
"I don't know, do I?" Qin Xiaoyu didn't want to say more.
"I knew it! How could we bear to give up such a good child?" Fourth Sister-in-law muttered to herself as she went off to do her work.
"Fourth sister-in-law, thank you for your hard work." Qin Xiaoyu was quite grateful to her sister-in-law. It was clear that she hadn't favored either child; they were about the same size.
"I should thank you! Fourth Brother told me that he'd give me 100 yuan for every pound my child gains. These two boys have made me quite a bit of money!" Fourth Sister-in-law said happily.
"My brother really knows how to do things!" Qin Xiaoyu couldn't hold back her anger. Qi Si was treating this like raising pigs, and even giving cash rewards.
"This baby, even if I work myself to death, I'll only gain a few pounds. Now it's doubled. I have to feed my precious baby properly." Sister-in-law Xiao Si took the black chicken soup handed to her by the nanny and drank it in big gulps.
Qin Xiaoyu looks greasy. Both are pregnant women. Thinking of Tang Wenwen, I feel inexplicably sad.
She bought a bunch of nutritional supplements and sent them back in large and small bags. Although Tang Wenwen had finished her postpartum confinement, Qin Xiaoyu still felt that she hadn't recovered well, as her face looked sallow.
"Xiaoyu, come in." As soon as I entered, I saw the lady standing at the door with a cane, her face not looking too good.
"What's wrong, ma'am? Who has upset you again?" Qin Xiaoyu said with a smile. Sometimes, when dealing with unreasonable people, you have to be nonsensical and get away with it.
"Tell me the truth, is Wenwen hiding something from me?"
"What is it?" Qin Xiaoyu asked in surprise.
"Some people are saying that she went out to have a baby during this time."
"Having a baby? Whose baby?" Qin Xiaoyu was trying to get information out of her wife to see how much she knew, but her wife, seeing her serious expression, mistakenly thought that she was also unaware.
"Sigh, it seems you don't know."
"What exactly happened?" Qin Xiaoyu asked, seizing the opportunity to ask.
"Your Aunt Yu heard it from someone else. Someone saw her at the military hospital, and she was heavily pregnant. Later, someone else said that two pregnant women were fighting, and she was one of them. But the timing seems about right, so she went home and stopped going to work. She's just eating and taking care of herself every day," the wife said anxiously.
“Madam, look at my affair, which is still far from settled, yet it’s already become the talk of the town. People can say whatever they want, as long as we’re doing the right thing.”
"The question is... is it really all right?" The lady jabbed her cane into the ground a few times, and Qin Xiaoyu felt a little guilty.
"Mom, let's eat." Grandma Hanhan came in to rescue her.
Tang Wenwen didn't have a good appetite and only ate a few bites before pushing her bowl away. The old lady didn't give her a friendly look either; it seemed that in the old lady's mind, the matter was already settled.
"Sister-in-law, I want to go out to work with you. I'm out of confinement now, and staying at home is pointless," Tang Wenwen pleaded, pulling Qin Xiaoyu aside.
"Rest a few more days; you don't look well."
"Do you think I can be properly cared for in this home?" Tang Wenwen lowered her head sadly.
"You seem a bit off. You're not usually like this. What's wrong? Are you depressed?" Qin Xiaoyu reminded her.
"Maybe, I'm trying my best to control it, so I'm in a hurry to get to work to distract myself." Tang Wenwen's tears came really quickly.
"It's not just your fault. Your hormone levels haven't returned to normal. This is common for postpartum women. I learned about this when I was studying psychology. So, come and work at the factory."
"Sister-in-law, I've never regretted anything I've done, but this time, I really made a mistake. I'm not worried about anything else, I'm only worried about Zichen. I've let him down." Tang Wenwen was already deeply immersed in her emotions and couldn't pull herself out.
"I've gone to see him, and Xiao Zichen is fine. The sooner you get yourself settled, the better you'll have a chance to bring him back sooner. If crying will do any good, I'll cry with you." Qin Xiaoyu knew that persuasion was useless, so she might as well give him a few injections to clear his head.
After whispering to each other for a while, Tang Wenwen saw Qin Xiaoyu out the door, and Hanhan's grandmother followed.
"Mom, is something wrong?"
"Xiaoyu, take her with you. I'm entrusting her to you. And this too." Grandma Hanhan stuffed a roll of money into Qin Xiaoyu's hand.
Why would you give me money?
"This is for that child. As his grandmother, I can't even take a look at it. Take it and buy something." Grandma Hanhan wiped away her tears.
It's not that Qin Xiaoyu is crooked, it's that people's hearts are crooked. When Hanhan and her younger sister were around, she would scrimp and save even when buying a bag of candy, but now she's so generous to her grandson.
Qin Xiaoyu had little to do today and went home to the Zhou family early. She hadn't spent much time chatting with Zhou Xing's mother lately, probably because she had a lot to say.
Upon entering, I saw my younger sister drawing by herself. Zhou Xing's mother wasn't there, and Xiao Chen was sitting to the side watching.
"Mom!" The little sister rushed over, almost knocking Qin Xiaoyu over.
Where is Grandma?
"Grandpa has a friend who is sick, so he and Grandma went to visit him at the hospital." The little girl spoke clearly, and you couldn't tell at all that she was a late talker.
"Thank you, Xiao Chen. I'll take my little sister upstairs now." Qin Xiaoyu led her little sister up to the second floor, where she changed out of her coat, intending to relax a bit.
"Mom, Grandma has been crying secretly lately," the little sister said seriously.
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