Chapter 403: After all the twists and turns, it’s still her
Lin Manli thought that the old couple's renovation of the old house was as simple as changing the tiles and painting the walls.
However, she had indeed oversimplified her thinking. She had only been away for a week, and the yard of the old house was already filled with various building materials. Workers wearing safety helmets were busy in the yard, and there was no place to step.
"Mom, what are you doing?" Lin Manli was shocked when she saw the scene.
"Didn't I tell you that we were going to renovate the house this year?" Seeing Lin Manli making a fuss, Mrs. Lu said calmly, "We renovated our two rooms last year. Now that the weather is getting warmer, let's quickly renovate the other rooms."
"Jingyou doesn't even know when he's going to get married, but you're so anxious." Lin Manli knew that the old couple wanted their son to get married in the old house, but she didn't agree with her son's relationship with Su Jiaojiao, as their relationship hadn't even started yet.
"Jingyou is old enough, so the family needs to prepare in advance. You don't have to worry about this matter." Mrs. Lu didn't want Lin Manli to interfere in Lu Jingyou's marriage at all. She sat down on the rattan chair and took the sewing basket. "Ever since your father went back to his hometown to take care of your cousin's funeral, he has been worried since he came back. He wants Jingyou to get married and see his great-grandson."
"But Jingyou doesn't have a girlfriend..." Lin Manli never told anyone about her son and Su Jiaojiao. She really didn't want to talk about it.
"Just because there's nothing now doesn't mean there won't be in the future." Old Madam Lu looked at her meaningfully. "Manli, although you don't have to worry about Jingyou's marriage, he is your son after all. If you want to do it for his own good, you should pay more attention to it and let him marry his wife as soon as possible."
"If there is a suitable one, of course I will be interested." Lin Manli smiled awkwardly. She and Su Jiaojiao had already fallen out. She couldn't just lower herself and ask Su Jiaojiao for forgiveness. She couldn't do it.
"Your room is temporarily uninhabitable. You'd better not come back for the next two months!" Mrs. Lu put on her reading glasses and carefully sketched the pattern. "Since Jiahe's matter was a misunderstanding, you should stop arguing. If you continue to argue, you will never come back."
Wu Xinyue had made a scene in front of them several times, which was already annoying enough for her. Now Lu Jiahe had done something like this again, and Lin Manli was not a pushover either. The two of them quarreled all day long, often in front of her.
If both sons were not her own, she would not want either of them.
"Mom, if he knew his limits, why would he let someone take secret photos of him?" Lin Manli got angry when she thought about it. "He's already old, and he even made it to the entertainment newspaper. He's brought shame to the Lu family."
"Alright, that's all in the past." Old Madam Lu continued to describe the situation. "The relationship between the second son and his wife is strained, which is understandable. You two should just be good people and stop making trouble. Don't let others think that our Lu family is a mess."
Lin Manli twitched the corners of her mouth and fell silent.
She knew that her mother-in-law would always favor her son and would never stand on the side of her daughter-in-law.
After Lin Manli left, Mr. Lu came in from the study: "Is Manli gone?"
"They left, acting like little kids. They've been making a fuss with Jiahe these past couple of days!" Old Mrs. Lu took off her reading glasses. "I told them they can't come back for the next two months."
"Don't come back in the future." Old Master Lu sat down on the table. "The two brothers combined are not as considerate as Jingyou. They can get lost as far away as possible."
"How's your investigation into Jingyou's case going?" Old Mrs. Lu asked him. Only the old couple knew what they did.
"Actually, I should have guessed it was Su Jiaojiao a long time ago, but she was still a high school student at the time, so I didn't pay much attention. Then I heard that Jingyou was close to a high school student, and I was worried that something might happen, so I transferred Jingyou to the northwest." Old Master Lu frowned and said, "She is now studying at Peking University, a college student. I thought it was not the same person, but who knew it was still her."
"So, Jingyou and her have known each other for four or five years." Mrs. Lu looked at Mr. Lu thoughtfully, "Jingyou actually hid this from us for so many years. Why did he hide it from us?"
"He might be worried that we wouldn't agree, or that the girl is too young." Mr. Lu pulled a piece of paper from his pocket and showed it to Mrs. Lu. "January 6, 1979, is actually the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in 1978. She was born in the Year of the Horse, so she's actually five years younger than our Jingyou, not six."
"Oh, but judging by their ID cards, they are six years apart." Old Mrs. Lu took the piece of paper with the matching horoscopes and read it over and over again. "Our Jingyou was born in the first month of 1973. At first glance, they are indeed six years apart."
"People use the lunar calendar to check horoscopes, not the solar calendar." Old Man Lu waved his hand, dismissing the question. "I asked Qi Heng, and he said that in their hometown, when talking about age, they use lunar years, not lunar years. Even though that girl was born in the twelfth month, she's 22 this year."
"Even if we give her a year older, she's still five years younger than our Jingyou." Old Madam Lu held her forehead and said, "No matter how anxious we are, her daughter is still in school. By the time she's twenty-four or twenty-five, our Jingyou will be thirty..."
"Twenty-two may not sound young, but 23 is the right age for marriage." Mr. Lu had already calculated it. "Their horoscopes are good, so they can get married by the end of next year."
He had hinted to Lu Jingyou several times that he should get married next year at the latest.
The sooner the better.
"The girl won't even graduate next year, how can you agree to this?" Mrs. Lu shook her head. "I think you're just wishful thinking..."
"Everything depends on human effort. How can we know if we don't try?" Old Master Lu sighed as he flipped through the almanac. "With my health like this, I don't know if I can make it until next year!"
"Don't talk nonsense. What am I going to do if you leave?" Mrs. Lu glared at him. "You have nothing better to do than to daydream. You might as well think of a way to marry your grandson's wife as soon as possible."
"Okay, okay, I'll find a way." Mr. Lu agreed repeatedly.
Su Jiaojiao didn't consider Lin Manling as her opponent at all. Her two tricks were just left over from Yu Mingyuan.
Su Jiaojiao is not afraid of Yu Mingyuan, so why should she be afraid of her?
She can lower the price if she wants to.
Su Jiaojiao had changed the track long ago and stopped playing with her.
Lin Manling felt helpless and powerless, like a punch on cotton, but she couldn't do anything about Su Jiaojiao.
Su Jiaojiao liked to see Lin Manling's angry face as she hated her but couldn't do anything about her. She knew that Lin Manling was spreading rumors in the mall, saying that she was kept by a big boss.
It doesn’t matter!
When Lu Jingyou came back, she told him to ask his aunt in person which big boss kept her.
The days without rivals go by quickly.
May Day is coming soon.
The batch of short-sleeved floral shirts that Su Jiaojiao made at Qimei were finally launched on the market after much anticipation.
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