The girl who opened the door was dressed in pink. She had red lips, white teeth, and curved eyebrows, and looked very much like Ke Meiyu back then.
Lu Yuehai blushed instantly, but it wasn't noticeable on his wheat-colored skin. He nodded coolly, "Hello, is this Aunt Ke Meiyu's house?"
"Mom, a young uncle is looking for you..."
Lu Yuehai's face immediately darkened, and he emphasized through gritted teeth, "Not 'little uncle,' but 'little brother'!"
Suddenly, a little girl who looked exactly like him peeked out and said, "Hey, how shameless of you! You're clearly a big brother, why are you pretending to be so young?"
Lu Yuehai looked at this one and that one. They both looked equally cute, but those little mouths were really unappealing, weren't they?
Ke Meiyu came out and saw the three of them staring at each other. He laughed and pulled his two daughters apart, looking at him warmly. "Not bad, you used to be all white and chubby, but now the sesame seeds have been exposed. How come you've gotten so much darker?"
Lu Yuehai pursed his lips, his aloof expression vanishing. "Pretty lady, why are you saying that too?"
As expected of the mother and her two daughters, their words are equally infuriating!
Ke Meiyu smiled and invited him into the house, then asked mischievously, "I remember when you were little you kept asking me to give you a wife. A few years ago you wrote to me, asking me about it over and over again."
Mentioning this made Lu Yuehai angry, and he said with tears in his eyes, "Sister, you did send me the photos, and all my buddies know I have a mistress. But I don't know if they're twins, so which one is my wife?"
Ke Meiyu laughed wickedly, "My daughter is still young, so don't worry about her. Focus on your studies and development at school, and let things take their course..."
Lu Yuehai glanced at her, then at the pair of lively and pretty twins. Being a sucker for good looks, he snorted, "That won't do. They're the wives I've been betrothed to since I was a child. How can I just throw them away like that?"
"At worst, I'll just close my eyes and pick one?"
Ke Meiyu laughed in exasperation and slapped his head. "Do you think you're Pigsy from Journey to the West? Picking one with your eyes closed?"
Seeing his pitiful look, Ke Meiyu smiled and said, "We'll discuss this seriously after you graduate from university. Until then, you're their brother!"
Lu Yuehai gave a listless "oh".
Ying Yan, wearing silver-rimmed glasses and staring at the bulky laptop in his hand, raised his eyelids slightly and said, "If you want to marry my daughter, you'll have to beat me first!"
Ke Meiyu nudged him, "Does everyone who comes to ask for your daughter's hand have to do this? Do you want your daughter to become a nun?"
Ying Yan pursed his lips tightly, "I'll give them one hand!"
“You’re better than everyone else even with just one finger,” Ke Meiyu raised an eyebrow. “What, isn’t having me in the family enough?”
Ying Yan immediately laughed and grabbed her, "That's right, you alone are enough to keep me busy. Hurry up and send our daughter away after she graduates from university!"
The two little girls, eager to get started, were reluctant to pounce on him like little puppies.
The three handsome boys behind them, who looked about 70-80% alike, all shrugged helplessly with smiles. Women are so petty; jealousy and rivalry never seem to stop them from acting up.
Since there's only one father, and not enough for them to share, the three of them each take one, and they never give him a second thought...
In a clothing store in a wholesale market in Kyoto, a woman with disheveled hair stood motionless on a sewing machine. In the corner, an old radio crackled and creaked, playing a foreign language learning program that was repeated every two years. The announcer was none other than Teacher Xiao Ke!
The woman pressed her lips together tightly. She clearly had a chance to start over, so why had she remained so confused for the past ten years?
How could she be so heartless as to snatch away a man who had been married twice and had three children?
The man seemed quite capable at first, but even with that ability, he was only good at small-scale operations. He looked down on the job assigned to him by the school, and after two years, he went into business for himself. Unfortunately, he was all talk and no action; he invested a lot of money, but the returns were not great.
At the time, she didn't notice anything amiss; investing in real estate and becoming a landlady seemed like a perfectly viable option. However, the properties they bought were either haunted houses or had ownership disputes, forcing them to sell them at low prices. Instead of making a profit, they lost a significant amount of money.
Reselling electrical appliances, but the business was shut down halfway...
The shop her family owned was taken over by her family after she became pregnant and gave birth...
Yu Jingyuan's three previous children were not close to her and were very hostile towards her because of Yu's mother's influence. At that time, she devoted herself to Yu Jingyuan and used a lot of scheming to get pregnant twice before the one-child policy was implemented, both times with twins.
There are seven children in the family, and they all live in the city. The cost of schooling, food, and other expenses is quite high.
The couple tried many businesses, but eventually realized that they were not cut out for it. They could only settle down to one being a junior manager in a factory and the other running a clothing store in a wholesale market. Their lives were destined to be mediocre, unfulfilling, and helpless.
If, if she could live another life, she would definitely not compete with her cousin for a man, nor would she envy, be jealous of, or hate her cousin; she would wholeheartedly cling to her cousin's coattails.
I'm sure my cousin is good to me, even if she only shows a little bit of her love through her fingers. That would be enough to make her happy and carefree for the rest of her life, and she wouldn't have to live a life of toil and hardship anymore!
Listening to the woman's playful and energetic voice in the recording, Ko Eun-sook smiled, as if a new life was unfolding in her mind.
She was admitted to university along with her cousin, and then to graduate school in Kyoto. Later, she was assigned a job, helped her cousin open a senior citizens' university and nursing home, and quit her job to become a tour guide...
However, in her distraction, she cut her hand on the sewing machine needle, and blood gushed out, pulling her back to reality. There are no "what ifs" in life!
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