Chapter 392 A lean camel is bigger than a horse
When Su Jiaojiao returned home, Qin Shuang was sitting in the living room drinking tea and chatting with Chen Guilan. Seeing her return, Chen Guilan started to prepare dinner: "Why did you come back after dark? I said I would call you, but your Aunt Qin wouldn't let me, saying you would be back soon."
"Your mother is worried that you've been kidnapped." Qin Shuang joked with Su Jiaojiao, "I said, you're already a grown-up girl, and your mother still urges you to go home after you go out."
"I'm back!" Su Jiaojiao went back to the bedroom to change clothes before coming out. Lu Jiaping called Lu Jingyou and said they would have dinner together in the evening, so she came back.
Lu Jingyou suggested bringing Chen Guilan over as well, but Su Jiaojiao refused. They had just had dinner together yesterday, so there was no need to get together so often. Besides, she knew Qin Shuang was at their house.
"Lu Jingyou is having dinner with Xiuming and the others, why aren't you with them?" Qin Shuang obviously knew about this.
"I'm not hungry, so I came back first." Su Jiaojiao didn't want to eat with them. They would definitely talk about family and work matters, and she didn't want to listen.
Qin Shuang came, and her mother specially made red porridge, and she also drank a bowl.
Red porridge is made by mixing red beans, glutinous rice and millet porridge together.
The red beans need to be soaked overnight in advance. After being softened, boil them for half an hour, then add a little glutinous rice and millet. The porridge will be fragrant, sticky and delicious, and taste better than the eight-treasure porridge sold outside.
Qin Shuang's favorite thing was the red porridge cooked by Chen Guilan. She drank two bowls in a row and said, "I'm so lucky! If I come tomorrow, I won't be able to drink it."
"Just tell me whenever you want to drink it. Just soak some red beans in advance." Chen Guilan has been dating Qin Shuang for so many years and knows her taste to some extent. Perhaps because she lived in the countryside in her early years, Qin Shuang prefers to eat daily farmers' meals and is not interested in big fish and meat.
In this respect, she is quite similar to Chen Guilan.
Putting aside other things, Chen Guilan and Qin Shuang can eat together. Elm seed dumplings, small tofu, and various porridges are their favorites.
Lu Jiaping and Qin Xiuming were staying at the China Travel Service Hotel, and Qin Shuang had no plans to move back to her place, so she even brought her pajamas with her.
Chen Guilan didn't care, since they had lived together before.
Having someone of the same age to chat with makes you feel less lonely.
Su Jiaojiao didn't care at all. No matter what the reason was, Qin Shuang was friendly with them, it didn't matter to her.
Qin Shuang had never been to the imperial capital in her life. She knew nothing about what was going on there, and she had only heard about the Lu family from Lu Jiaping and Qin Xiuming: "Jingjiao, did Lu Jingyou tell you about the lawsuit he had a few days ago?"
"He didn't say." Su Jiaojiao was a little surprised. "Who is he suing?"
Chen Guilan also listened attentively.
In her eyes, litigation is a very bad thing.
Qin Shuang then told Su Jiaojiao about Lu Jiahe's secret meeting with Li Mo, which was secretly photographed. "I heard it caused a huge uproar, and even exposed Lu Jingyou's real estate development outside Beijing. Lu Jingyou then hired a lawyer to sue the entertainment newspaper. Although he won the case, Lu Jiahe still became Li Mo's rumored boyfriend. I heard that paparazzi even broke into the Blue Island Club to get information."
"I heard from Xiuming that you know Li Mo and her sister Li Nuo?"
"I know him." Su Jiaojiao wondered how Qin Xiuming knew she knew the Li Mo sisters. "The entertainment newspapers are all making things up. Mr. Lu and Li Mo are just business partners, nothing more."
Li Mo was in the luggage business. By chance, he filmed a TV series and gradually became famous.
She and Lu Jiahe had business cooperation, so it was inevitable that they would meet, and this became a scandal.
"Jiao Jiao, you're still young, how would you know the hidden truth? Xiu Ming's father said that the Lu family was being used by Li Mo. Li Mo dragged Lu Jiahe into this in order to hype himself."
Qin Shuang learned a lot about Lu Jiahe from Lu Jiaping. "Jiahe Group is not as prosperous as before due to its failed investment, but a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. Li Mo's popularity has also risen because of this incident. I heard that the investor of the TV series "Urban Beauty" she starred in immediately put her on the news. She is bound to be popular."
"Uncle Lu didn't say when this TV series will be released?" Su Jiaojiao was still most concerned about this. Qin Shuang thought for a moment and said, "They said it will be airing in the next two days, before or after the New Year."
Su Jiaojiao had an idea in mind.
She didn't take advantage of the popularity of this drama this year, but maybe she can after the New Year. When she returns, she will start producing another batch of baseball uniforms. She believes that only by standing at the forefront of the trend can she achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Since Lu Jingyou didn't mention the lawsuit, there was no need for her to ask. Their family affairs had nothing to do with her.
Su Jiaojiao went back to her room to sleep, and Qin Shuang continued chatting with Chen Guilan. They both liked to listen to Lu Opera. After talking about Xiao Guxian for most of the day, they talked about Lu Jiaping.
Perhaps it was the quiet of night, perfect for chatting about one's innermost thoughts. Qin Shuang said solemnly, "It's impossible for me and Lu Jiaping to be together. The Lu family recognizes their child, but not me. If Lu Jiaping divorces his wife because of me, then I'll become an unforgivable sinner, and I'll have a guilty conscience for the rest of my life."
"But because of Xiuming, you have to contact each other, which is bound to cause misunderstandings..." Chen Guilan didn't understand why Qin Shuang was so close to Lu Jiaping if he didn't want anything to do with him. At least last night, in front of her and her daughter, they regarded themselves as a family.
"I admit, I was selfish yesterday..." Qin Shuang was silent for a moment, then continued, "You know, I've lived in the dormitory with Xiuming for nearly twenty years. We've never had our own house. Even when we were at the Qinji Garment Factory, we lived in a dormitory. This house in Century Jiayuan was bought for me by Xiuming's father. It's my first real home."
"I do know all this." Chen Guilan knew how difficult it was for Qin Shuang. Because she got pregnant before marriage, she broke up with her family and had to live alone with her son. Qin Xiuming could be said to have grown up in the Jiali Garment Factory.
"Xiu Ming returned to the Lu family and lived with his grandparents. He spent very little time with his father. He had a vague concept of home. He rarely talked about this with me, but I knew deep down he longed to live with his parents."
Qin Shuang looked at her reflection in the glass window and continued, "To fulfill my son's wish, I moved into Century Garden with Lu Jiaping. We are both adults and know what we are doing. I told him that I never thought of marrying him, and that he just had to be good to the child."
After hearing this, Chen Guilan said nothing more.
She is an experienced person, and she certainly understands that once two people have that kind of relationship, it is difficult to break up.
How could Qin Shuang, such a smart person, make such a mistake?
The next day, after Qin Shuang left, Chen Guilan told Su Jiaojiao about this again. Su Jiaojiao said calmly, "Mom, if you have a chance, remind Aunt Qin that she should stay away from Lu Jiaping, even for Qin Xiuming's sake. If she continues like this, something bad will happen sooner or later."
Judging from Lu Jingyou's attitude, Qin Shuang has little chance of replacing Wu Xinyue.
Although Wu Xinyue and Lu Jiaping met through a blind date, the Wu and Lu families have known each other for a long time and have also cooperated in business.
The Lu family cares about their reputation and will not allow Lu Jiaping to divorce.
"Your Aunt Qin is such a strong-willed person, will she listen to me?" Chen Guilan expressed her doubt.
Qin Shuang is a well-known strong woman in Jiao County. She is decisive, smart and capable, and has single-handedly supported the Jiali Garment Factory for many years.
As soon as she left, Jiali Garment Factory went bankrupt and was eventually acquired by Qimei.
"Whether she listens or not is her business. As friends, we should stop at this point." Su Jiaojiao is a junior in front of Qin Shuang after all, and Qin Shuang will not tell her such private matters.
But Chen Guilan was different. They were of the same age and had a lot to talk about.
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