"What's wrong?" Suti noticed that she was staring at her stomach, so she looked down at it as well.
"It's nothing, it's just that your belly looks pretty big, maybe five or six months along?" Zhang Manli looked at Su Ti's belly and then touched her own.
"More or less." Su didn't mention that she was pregnant with twins less than six months ago. They weren't close, and saying too much would sound like showing off.
"That's good." Zhang Manli held the child and glanced at Su Ti one last time before reluctantly leaving.
Suti closed the door after everyone had left and went into the kitchen to start simmering the soup.
If it weren't for her large belly making things inconvenient, she would have liked to send some to Baichuan to try.
Suti had no idea that the person she was thinking about was now being thought about by someone else.
"Hello, comrade, I'm looking for someone. His surname is Li, and he's a driver. Could you call him for me?"
Meng Yixuan looked at the old man guarding the gate and quietly handed him a pack of cigarettes.
Everyone says that troublemakers are the worst, just like the gatekeeper of their reform department, who always had a big smile on his face when he saw them.
If she encounters a stranger, she acts all high and mighty; having grown up in Beijing, she's seen plenty of people like that.
"Driver Li, what's your relationship with him?" The gatekeeper's expression softened considerably when he saw the pack of cigarettes.
Looking at the woman in front of me, could she be Comrade Li's wife?
The old man at the gate knew a little about the drivers in the department. He wasn't familiar with driver Li, but he knew that Li was married.
Drivers are in high demand. When a new driver comes along, many people will inquire about him behind his back or openly.
After getting married, I suddenly received far fewer inquiries.
"I am..." Meng Yixuan looked at the person awkwardly, leaving only half of her words open to endless speculation.
"Okay, okay, I'll go in and call them for you right away. It's lunchtime, they should be in the cafeteria."
The old guard at the gate was quite dutiful; even though he knew who she was, he didn't let her in directly but instead prepared to call someone to the gate.
Meng Yixuan waited expectantly, wondering what she should say when she met the person.
She thought of her aunt, knowing that men sometimes say they love their wives and children, but they may not really think that way.
She needed to save face for him, and once she had his heart in her grasp, she could slowly plot against him.
"Driver Yu, could you help me find Driver Li? His wife is here and waiting at the door."
The old man guarding the entrance looked around the cafeteria for a long time and only saw Yu Qingfeng. He didn't know if the others had finished eating or hadn't arrived yet.
"Looking for Li Baichuan?" There was only one person with the surname Li in their transport team, and Yu Qingfeng felt that his opportunity had come.
"Yes, it's that driver Li who arrived a while before you." The old man at the gate only knew that his surname was Li, but he didn't know his given name.
"The transport team has a vehicle under repair today, and Driver Li is learning over there. He won't be able to come over for a while. How about I go with you and bring your wife in first?"
Yu Qingfeng thought that the border town had gone out to transport goods today, which was a rare opportunity.
Li Baichuan didn't want to be around him. If he could win over his sister-in-law, wouldn't it be better to whisper sweet nothings in her ear?
He knows the charm of a woman; his good brother-in-law was just like that, easily charmed into giving up everything.
He could also sense that Li Baichuan really liked his wife. He had heard from several people who attended the wedding that his wife was wonderful.
Whenever his wife is mentioned, Li Baichuan's expression, if genuine, clearly shows how much he adores her.
"That's fine then, thank you for your trouble, Driver Yu." The old man at the gate thought this young Driver Yu was really nice.
The key issue is that he doesn't have a boyfriend yet. Although he's not as good-looking as that driver Li, he's still presentable, but he looks too thin and not sturdy.
He was thinking that his niece was graduating this year, and it would be good to introduce her to Xiao Yu then, otherwise he would have to go to the countryside if he didn't have a job.
Yu Qingfeng was very excited, thinking about how to talk to the person he met later. Li Baichuan was difficult to approach, and he didn't know what kind of person his wife was.
When I saw Meng Yixuan at the door, my first impression was just so-so. Was this what Biancheng and the others meant by "very pretty"?
He's far inferior to his younger sister. Maybe he's just saying that to curry favor with someone out of respect for Li Baichuan?
"Hello, sister-in-law, my name is Yu Qingfeng, I'm a friend of Brother Chuan. Brother Chuan is busy inside, so he asked me to come and pick you up."
Yu Qingfeng wore a suitable smile, which was neither overly ingratiating nor lacking in respect.
"You... hello." Meng Yixuan didn't expect him to mistake her for that man's wife. He called him Brother Chuan. Could his name be Li Chuan?
Meng Yixuan didn't explain, since she hadn't said anything and it was all just a misunderstanding.
"Then come with me, sister-in-law, I'll take you inside." Yu Qingfeng sensed a hint of smugness in the man's eyes; it seemed he had done the right thing.
"Are you his colleague? How does he get along with everyone in the transportation department? Is he busy right now?"
"When do you usually rest? And what time do you get off work at night?" Before Yu Qingfeng could even ask, Meng Yixuan seized the opportunity to inquire about the situation.
"Yes, I'm in the same transport team as Brother Chuan. I'm also a driver, but I arrived a little later than Brother Chuan."
"Brother Chuan is usually very popular in the transport team and gets along well with everyone. If we don't drive, we get off work around 4 p.m.
Yu Qingfeng didn't know why she was asking these questions. Could it be that Brother Chuan was hiding something from the family, and his sister-in-law had come to find out?
Yu Qingfeng perked up, afraid of saying something wrong, and the two of them deliberately slowed down their pace, probing each other.
"So what does he usually like? For example, do you know what he likes to eat? Didn't you say he's his best friend? Let me test you."
Meng Yixuan was eager to know everything about that person, but she was also afraid that asking these questions would be a bit strange and that he would notice something.
"Brother Chuan isn't picky about food, he's fine with everything." Yu Qingfeng didn't know what she was up to; was she testing him?
Did Li Baichuan say something to her at home that made her aware of their strained relationship?
"Sister-in-law, what brings you here to see Brother Chuan today?" Yu Qingfeng quickly changed the subject, afraid of giving himself away, as he knew absolutely nothing about Li Baichuan.
It's all Biancheng's fault. If he hadn't been always hanging around people, he and Li Baichuan would have gotten along very well long ago. What don't he know?
"I...I just had a day off today, and since I've never been to their workplace before, I came to check it out."
Seeing his curious expression, Meng Yixuan was afraid that she might have let something slip.
She had just asked the gatekeeper, and it was clear that Suti had never been here, but it couldn't be ruled out that someone had seen her.
"Don't worry, sister-in-law, Brother Chuan is doing well in the transport team, he just doesn't talk much."
"But it's not Chuan Ge's fault, it's just that he's always being bothered by people." Yu Qingfeng seized the opportunity to try and sow discord.
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