Qin Lili came to her senses and immediately pulled Yun Qiao into the house, tears in her eyes, "Yun Qiao, I really didn't expect you to come see me! I thought... I thought I would never see you again in this life!"
Yun Qiao was also touched. She patted Qin Lili's hand gently and said comfortingly, "How could that be? We are best friends."
"What best friend? You don't even come to see me." Qin Lili said with red eyes, "You are such a heartless person! Other educated youth would at least come to visit their relatives every two or three years, but you are so different. You only come once every five years."
"I also want to come and visit relatives, but I have to have relatives to visit..." Yun Qiao sighed.
Qin Lili then remembered: "I'm sorry... I was so anxious that I forgot about the Ye family..."
The baby-swapping case three years ago caused a sensation throughout Shanghai. Yan'an visited the alley many times, and everyone knew that Yun Qiao was not the Ye family's child.
All the neighbors in the alley couldn't help but sigh, let alone Yun Qiao, the person involved.
Yun Qiao smiled faintly, "It's okay, it's all over."
She is living a good life now, and her past experiences can no longer cause her any harm.
Qin Lili looked at Yun Qiao distressedly and asked her: "Yun Qiao, are your biological parents treating you well?"
Yun Qiao nodded: "Very good, very good."
"Then I'm relieved." Qin Lili breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the genuine smile on Yun Qiao's face. "Someone claiming to be your brother came to our alley before and asked people about you. His eyes were red several times. I could see that his heartache for you didn't seem fake. Unlike that thief from the Su family, every time he came, he would touch things here and there, with greed in his eyes overflowing."
"You must be talking about my biological brother. He is indeed very kind to me." Yun Qiao's lips curled up and he smiled: "Come to think of it, my last name is Qin now, the same as yours."
"That's true."
Qin Lili was busy pouring water for Yun Qiao. Yun Qiao bent down, put He Yan on the ground, and pinched his sore arm.
He Yan weighed almost twenty kilograms, and Yun Qiao carried him all the way, so tired that her arms could hardly lift them.
Qin Lili smiled and said, "Yun Qiao, your daughter is so beautiful. I remember you told me in your letter that her name is Yanyan?"
Yun Qiao nodded: "Yes, her name is Yanyan, He Yan."
"What a nice name." Qin Lili couldn't help but raised her hand to touch He Yan's face, and then she was busy taking out peach cakes from the cupboard, took out a piece and handed it to He Yan, asking her to eat it.
He Yan took it and said softly, "Thank you, Auntie."
"Yanyan is so polite."
He Yan was fair and tender, and looked soft and cute. Qin Lili liked her the moment she saw her, and said to Yun Qiao, "Your Yanyan is really good-looking, she looks like you."
Yun Qiao raised the corner of his mouth, "Everyone says so."
Qin Lili patted Yun Qiao lightly and teased, "You are really not modest at all."
Yun Qiao chuckled and turned to ask her, "What about you? Now that you're married, when are you planning on having a child?"
"Let's wait a little longer. Our workshop's deputy team leader won the boss's favor and was transferred to the union as a cadre. Now the position is vacant, and I'd like to compete for it." Qin Lili said, "If I'm accepted, I definitely won't be able to have children for the next one or two years."
"Is that so? Then your career must be the most important thing." Yun Qiao said, "If you have a child and are tied down by it, it will be difficult to move forward in the future."
Qin Lili nodded, "That's what I think."
Yun Qiao asked, "Does your partner support you?"
Qin Lili replied: "He supports the decision I made and has no objection to it."
"That's good."
Qin Lili blushed slightly and nodded in agreement. "I think he's a good person, too. Although he's not particularly handsome, he's very down-to-earth, reliable, and open-minded. He even encouraged me to go to night school and learn a new skill so I can stand out in the factory's recruitment competition. It's just that I'm not very good at studying. I get a headache just looking at books, which makes me feel like I've let down his good intentions."
"Actually, studying isn't difficult. As long as you master the method, you can achieve twice the results with half the effort." Yun Qiao said with a smile, "You can ask your partner to teach you. Since he's willing to give you such advice, he must have his own little tricks in this area. You're still husband and wife, so if you learn from him, it can deepen your relationship."
Qin Lili didn't know what she was thinking about. Her pretty face suddenly flushed red. After hesitating for a long time, she said, "Well, boss... boss, I'll ask him for advice."
Qin Lili's newlywed shyness was evident on her face, but Yun Qiao pretended not to notice. He pulled a jewelry box from his bag and handed it to Qin Lili: "Here, this is for you."
"What is that?" Qin Lili took it suspiciously, opened it, and found a pair of silver earrings inside.
She quickly declined: "This is too expensive, I can't accept it."
"Keep them. They're only five grams of silver earrings. They're not as expensive as you think." Yun Qiao held her hand and said with a smile, "I didn't receive the letter you sent me when you got married. This pair of earrings is a belated wedding gift."
"That will cost a lot of money." Qin Lili was still a little hesitant.
She had gone to the grocery store to look for items before her wedding. A three-gram hollow silver ring cost eight yuan, and it wasn't crafted at all, just a simple hoop. But these earrings were so beautiful, carved into leaf shapes. The craftsmanship alone must have cost a dollar or two, so the total was at least seventeen or eighteen yuan, about the same as an apprentice's monthly salary.
Yun Qiao patted her hand and said with a smile, "Marriage only happens once in a lifetime, so I'll give you this wedding gift. Just accept it. It can be regarded as repaying your kindness in helping me in my time of need."
"Huh?" Qin Lili was confused. "When did I ever help you out?"
"Have you forgotten?" Yun Qiao reminded me with a smile, "Back when I went to the countryside, on the morning before I left, you not only gave me several hot eggs, but also stuffed several national food coupons into my pockets."
Qin Lili laughed dumbly: "It's just a few eggs and a few national food coupons. How can it be worth such a generous gift in return?"
"It's easier to add icing on the cake than to help someone in need." Yun Qiao smiled. "When my family was in trouble, all my childhood friends in the alley avoided me, but you were the only one willing to lend a hand. Lili, I will always remember your kindness."
"Yun Qiao, we are friends, and it is only natural that we help each other." Qin Lili's eyes were a little sore and swollen. She was very touched. She didn't expect that Yun Qiao would take this little thing to heart.
"Because we're friends, you should accept it." Yun Qiao forced the jewelry box into Qin Lili's hands and said, "This is a wedding gift I picked out specifically for you at the grocery store. If you don't accept it, I'll be angry."
Seeing this, Qin Lili couldn't refuse any longer and had to carefully put the silver earrings away. "Thank you, Yun Qiao."
Yun Qiao smiled and waved his hand: "Don't always say thank you to me. It seems distant when you're too polite."
"Okay, I won't say anything more." Qin Lili put the jewelry box in the drawer, turned around and sat down opposite Yun Qiao, and asked her, "How long can you stay in Shanghai this time?"
Yun Qiao: "It can probably last until after the Lantern Festival."
"That's plenty of time." Qin Lili said, "There's an event at the City God Temple during the Lantern Festival. Do you want to go and see it?"
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