Chapter 977 The Taste of Matchmaking
However, the two of them kept a low profile and avoided appearing on camera whenever possible. Lu Yuanqiu strongly resisted the company's marketing department's suggestion to use the "Xia Yiwan Noodles founder has a super high appearance" as a marketing tactic. Logically speaking, in today's Internet age, if this tactic could be used effectively, the sales of instant noodles would definitely be even higher.
But he refused, and even spent money multiple times to suppress Bai Qingxia's online popularity, which puzzled many people within the company.
There was no particular reason; he just didn't want his wife to be exposed to the public eye, and Bai Qingxia herself was very resistant to it.
Besides making money, he also has his own happy and warm little family. His wife is almost 30 years old but is still as innocent and lovely as she was when she was 18. This is a rare thing. Lu Yuanqiu doesn't want his wife and daughter to be tainted by the secular world.
I heard that Long Liandong had a similar experience during her childhood.
Apart from the company, the second master and grandmother were both doing well. Even after changing residences this time, nothing much changed, which made Lu Yuanqiu feel fortunate.
There were also the Taoist priest and the senior student, who fought on the front line. Every day they would take time to let everyone know they were safe and chat in the group. Just like usual, they both protected themselves very well. After only a few months, they were surprised to find that Chi Caocao had also gone there without saying a word.
They really know how to hide things!
According to Xu Siyang, Chi Caocao didn't say anything because she felt Bai Qingxia would definitely not agree and would do everything she could to stop her.
Bai Qingxia is like this: in her eyes, the closer the relationship, the more important the person is. To put it bluntly, she is very selfish. Her family is always above everything else. She doesn't really care about the life or death of strangers. She will only choose to help someone if she thinks that helping them will not have any impact or harm on herself or her family. Otherwise, she will ignore them completely.
When she was in junior high school, she would never give money to beggars, let alone give them any. She would even covet the coins in their bowls. When she encountered beggars with missing limbs or other relatively pitiful features, she would either ignore them or walk around them.
Lu Yuanqiu had no complaints about this. Bai Qingxia's personality was a result of her childhood environment, and it was her way of protecting herself and her family. Moreover, as her husband, he had always been the one who was heavily favored by Bai Qingxia. What was there to be dissatisfied about? Not secretly laughing was already a sign of his restraint.
Ahem, let's get back to the main topic.
During the mask-wearing period, Lu Yuanqiu and Bai Qingxia also heard another thing from their senior... They heard that Xu Siyang and Chi Caocao's relationship was becoming increasingly ambiguous during their work interactions.
Even though everyone was wearing thick white protective suits, the two of them could immediately recognize each other from afar from their unmarked backs... Of course, that's how the senior student saw it. The two involved didn't say anything, and when asked, it was clear that they were innocent.
The phone on the table is vibrating.
Lu Yuanqiu lifted his face from the instant noodle container and looked over there.
Who sent the message?
"Willows Gazing at Spring".
In the group chat, Liu Wangchun was once again lamenting about being pressured by her father to go on blind dates.
Lu Yuanqiu clicked on the screenshot of the chat between Liu Wangchun and her blind date that Liu Wangchun had forwarded. The other party's words were very domineering, which amused Bai Qingxia, but Lu Yuanqiu did not laugh.
When Su Miaomiao posted a screenshot of her chat with Zheng Yifeng, and saw the identical domineering CEO remarks, Lu Yuanqiu actually choked on his instant noodles with laughter.
Su Miaomiao: That's good. He must be quite handsome, since he speaks with the same tone as my husband.
Bai Qingxia: Hahaha.
Zheng Yifeng has evolved to the point where he no longer uses ellipses, but he must be speechless outside the phone screen.
Liu Wangchun: Handsome my foot! He looks older than my dad, he could be my grandpa.
Lu Yuanqiu: You're already 30 years old, and you're still being picky. Your nephew is old enough to run errands. What are you going to do if you can't get married?
Liu Wangchun: If I can't get married, I can't get married. I'll never get married in my life. I'll live a comfortable life on my own.
This WeChat group chat, titled "Remembering Those Bygone Days," represents two extremes.
The people inside either get married very early or very late. Although they are all the same age, some have children who are nine years old and the youngest is five years old, while some don't even have a partner.
Apart from Lu Yuanqiu, Zheng Yifeng, Zhong Jincheng, and Liang Jingfeng, everyone else is still single. Of course, the status of Daoist and Chi Caocao is still questionable.
As for the others—
Long Liandong is still growing old with her grandfather, Liu Wangchun is still being forced to go on blind dates by her father, Ruan Yueru finally chooses to inherit the family business after changing jobs many times, Finger is still thinking about his third sister, Zhang Yang is still a simp after changing from school to hospital, Azhen is still saddened by the news of her counselor, Bucktooth Qiang's, marriage, Gao Qiang is still working hard every day, Wang Haoran has been gone for a long time and his whereabouts are unknown, and Chen Fei has become a travel blogger pursuing ideals and traffic.
The third sister, who isn't in the group chat, is already 32 years old and still enjoys painting every day. Recently, she's become obsessed with outdoor sketching. Lu Yidong, the little girl from back then, is now 27 and has become a true "leftover woman" (unmarried woman over 30), currently pursuing her doctorate.
In her previous life, she was a rebellious young woman; in this life, she is a female PhD.
Bai Qingxia opened her private message and said to Lu Yuanqiu, "Teacher Su asked me if I've decided which primary school to enroll Yanyan in yet? Whether it's a private or public school. She said there's a good bilingual school that costs only 28,000 yuan per semester and is close by."
Lu Yuanqiu: "She means to have Yanyan and Junjun enroll in the same primary school, right?"
"Um."
Lu Yanhe looked up at her parents and said, "But I made a promise with Brother Shuo Shuo to go to his school..."
Bai Qingxia patted his head and said with a smile, "That bilingual school also has a swimming pool, where you can learn rock climbing, and they also organize summer camps. Isn't camping your favorite activity, Yanyan?"
Lu Yanhe frowned and emphasized, "But I made a promise with Brother Shuo Shuo, and I can't break my word. It's a promise between men!"
After saying that, he made a rather childish hand gesture in front of him, like a Naruto character's hand seal. Bai Qingxia heard that it was his and Zhong Yuanshuo's "brotherhood seal," and that women couldn't touch it, or they would die...
Therefore, Bai Qingxia would always avoid him whenever she saw him, and dared not touch him.
Lu Yuanqiu didn't dare to touch him either, fearing that handsome men would also be affected.
Bai Qingxia looked at Lu Yuanqiu and saw that he only had a smile on his face. She shrugged helplessly: "Okay~ Mom knows that you men value your promises, so... let Dad decide."
"Huh? I've made the decision?" Lu Yuanqiu's eyes widened.
Bai Qingxia chuckled to herself and lowered her head to eat her noodles.
Zhong Yuanshuo attended the same primary school as Bai Qingxia, Xia Zhi Road Primary School, but Bai Qingxia thought that since better resources could be provided, it would be best to attend a good private primary school.
But she respected her son's wishes, even though he was only six years old.
Moreover, she did not expect her son to achieve anything academically, because her son's name was Lu Yanhe, not Lu Yanhe.
As long as my son has enough to eat and drink and I'm happy, that's all that matters.
Being a mother is enough.
Lu Yuanqiu pondered for a moment, then snapped his fingers: "Then let's go to Xiazhi Road Elementary School. It's just elementary school, it doesn't matter. Your father didn't go to any elite elementary school back then."
"Why don't you talk to Teacher Su about it?"
Bai Qingxia typed a reply, then exclaimed in surprise, "Teacher Su said that Junjun should also attend Xiazhi Road Elementary School."
Lu Yuanqiu narrowed his eyes: "I smell a hint of..."
Bai Qingxia narrowed her big eyes: "It smells like matchmaking..."
Lu Yanhe looked up with a blank expression: "What do you mean by 'matchmaking'?"
"Don't ask, hurry up and finish eating so we can continue shopping. Your mom hasn't taken enough cat photos yet."
What are cat videos?
Seeing Bai Qingxia raise her fist, Lu Yuanqiu quickly explained, "A panda photo!"
2023 is the last timeline in the main story, and the 2025 timeline will be mentioned briefly as an Easter egg in the side story.
(End of this chapter)
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