Guan Lian went over and watched the popcorn popping for a while with An An.
"They're gone."
Song Qing reached out and tugged at her daughter's neatly tied braids. "Aren't you going to the zoo this afternoon?"
An An sighed. She preferred the zoo to popping popcorn and reached out to grab Aunt Guan's hand.
"Aunt Guan, let's go."
Guan Lian carried a stack of books in her other hand and held her hand with the other.
Song Qing: "Sister Guan, this Teacher Liu is really nice."
Guan Lian nodded. Indeed, when Xiao Liang first transferred here, it was Teacher Liu who helped him adapt to many things, not to mention lending her books.
“Nowadays, nobody dares to lend books out, for fear of getting into trouble. Teacher Liu has lent me books several times already, and I still don’t know how to thank him.”
"Sister Guan, you're so good at knitting now, why don't you knit some gloves and a hat for Teacher Liu?"
"It's spring now, why bother knitting gloves?"
The two were chatting and laughing as they walked toward the department store when Song Qing suddenly stopped and gestured for Guan Lian to look to the side. Not far away, Teacher Liu was holding his bicycle and talking to a woman.
Guan Lian was completely confused. After Song Qing confirmed it once, she quietly pulled them away.
"……What's wrong?"
"Teacher Liu got married?"
"Xiao Liang said he has twins, a boy and a girl, who are only three or four years older than An An.
"Was that his lover just now?"
Guan Lian didn't know that; Xiao Liang hadn't mentioned anything about Teacher Liu's husband.
Song Qing sighed. Guan Jie's group of technicians arrived later. Wei Lan had already left when they arrived. Song Qing felt a little embarrassed and quietly led them away.
"The man opposite him is the former deputy director of our textile factory. Sister Guan, you arrived late, so you might not know."
Song Qing briefly told Guan Lian about Wei Lan and Zhou Lian.
"...I really didn't expect that."
"Yes, I heard that this Deputy Factory Director Wei has quite a lot of connections. She has already been transferred to another place, and it hasn't affected her at all."
Later, Zhou Lian felt too embarrassed to stay in the family compound any longer and took her child back to the countryside. Her husband also applied for a transfer to another place. Lu Yang said that Chen Minggui had come to see him before he left, but he didn't say what the two talked about.
The two sighed for a few moments, and just then they arrived at the department store. An'an was already jumping around excitedly for a few steps, and Song Qing quickly came to her senses and led her inside.
As the weather warms up, the department store is getting more and more crowded, and their fabrics are selling better and better, with the counters packed with people.
Song Qing and Guan Lian only had time to take An An to some of the less crowded stalls. They ate lunch in the city and then went to the zoo that An An had been longing to visit. They didn't catch the last bus back until it was almost dark.
An'an had played all day and was exhausted. She leaned on Song Qing's shoulder, her eyes glazed with sleep. Song Qing carried a bundle in one hand and held her in the other, while Guan Lian was also carrying a lot of things.
"Sister Guan, you go back first. I can carry the things."
"You're still holding her, let me take you inside."
Just then, someone from the factory's security office poked their head out and called out to Guan Lian, "Comrade Guan, your family just called."
"Then Sister Guan, you go answer the phone first. We can get back by ourselves."
Guan Lian saw that Song Qing could indeed manage on her own, so she went to the reception room to make a phone call.
"Ah Lian, Mom has something to tell you. Chen Wei is getting married."
"What?"
"He's started dating someone, and I reckon it'll be time for them to get married soon. I just don't know how his new girlfriend will treat me."
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Chen Wei was distracted at work today. His mother cried and made a scene last night, scolding him for being an unfilial son. To appease her, he didn't mention going to Xiaoxia's house again.
But he had already promised Xiaoxia last night, and she was probably waiting at home this morning, so she didn't come over to bring him breakfast. The thought of her waiting for so long and him not going made Chen Wei feel extremely regretful.
After getting off work, he rushed to Xia's house without paying attention to the stares of his colleagues, even though he had never been to her house before and their relationship was still not public.
In addition, Xiaoxia had previously mentioned that his parents and brother and sister-in-law were not good people, so Chen Wei hesitated downstairs for a long time.
At home, Liu Xia was constantly ridiculed by her mother and sister-in-law. They looked at her with malice and even cursed her, as if they wanted to eat her up. So she simply took her two children and ran outside.
But there was nowhere to go, so at noon, all I could do was spend the money I had left to buy a biscuit for the two kids to fill their stomachs.
"……mom?"
The two children thought they would have nowhere to go and would be left to wander the streets. They clung to their mother's clothes, afraid that she would abandon them.
Liu Xia reached out and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes. "Don't be afraid."
She told her not to be afraid, but her worries were no less than those of her two children. Hadn't he already promised? Why didn't he come today?
What went wrong?
But clearly he liked her. Liu Xia wanted to wait for Chen Wei at his door, but she waited until after get off work and a long time passed without him returning.
People on the street were gradually heading home for dinner. She couldn't stay on the street with her two children until it got dark. Why hadn't Chen Wei come back? Did he not even go home to avoid her? Liu Xia didn't believe it.
Yang Chunhua wasn't the kind of person who would believe her son's promises. Men of that age would agree to anything if a woman used her body to coax them.
Now that she's her mother, she still has a say, but if that vixen whispers in her ear every day, her son might just kick her out the door.
To stop that vixen from clinging to their family and leeching off them, Yang Chunhua decided to take matters into her own hands and find her son someone worthy of him.
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