Chapter 88: Effort
“Okay.” Sisi hadn't really watched TV before. She was curious.
Qin Yanci helped her adjust the channel.
Sisi leaned back in the chair and watched. Soon after, Qin Yanci leaned over.
They were close.
The atmosphere gradually became ambiguous.
Ying Sisi quietly covered her mouth and pretended to yawn. She didn't want to kiss.
Although it felt good.
But it made her head dizzy and lose her ability to think.
She didn't like that version of herself.
Qin Yanci said, “Are you sleepy?”
“A little. It's 4:30. I should go home. I'm not going to come over for the next few days. I'll see you when you come to pick me up.” Sisi planned to find other ways to make money in the remaining days.
“I'll see you off.” He said.
“No need. I came by bike. I bought a bicycle.” Sisi pointed to the new bike parked downstairs.
“Where did you get the ticket?”
Ying Sisi told him.
Qin Yanci praised her. “You're very capable.” If she had been born into a family like his, he doubted he would even have the chance to meet her.
He had to work hard too.
Ying Sisi quickly said. “I'm not capable. You're capable. You know more than me. I have a lot to learn from you. I'm not going to chat anymore. I'm going.”
“I'll see you off.”
"…"
~~~~~
At the Li family's home.
A quarrel was unfolding.
The cause was that Song Hanmei discovered that half of the vegetables in the cellar were gone.
She thought that Sisi had stolen the vegetables and sent them to Qin's house to curry favor with her in-laws. She demanded that Li Junlu discipline Sisi.
Li Junlu needed Sisi to put in a good word for him with father Qin. He didn't want to increase the tension. “Let her take them. We're not without vegetables.”
“You don't know the price of rice, oil, and salt until you run a household. Do you know how much vegetables cost now? The other day, cabbage was five cents, and today it's up to ten cents. Many people can't even buy them. The weather has been bad for the past few days. It might snow and block the roads. What will we eat then?”
“Besides, Sisi is nineteen or twenty years old. She has sticky fingers. If this gets out, won't it embarrass you? If you don't discipline her properly, what will happen in the future? Don't you think so, Yuwei?”
Li Yuwei felt very guilty. “Yes.”
At that moment.
There was a sound at the front door.
Song Hanmei was the first to go outside. Her eyes widened and she couldn't speak.
She saw Sisi pushing a brand-new bicycle into the courtyard.
Li Junlu's eyes twitched. “Sisi, where did you get the bike?”
“A-Ci gave it to me.”
“Your father-in-law gave it to you?” Li Yuwei stared at Sisi with malice.
All along, she had overlooked one thing.
In her previous life, when she married Qin Yanci, father Qin only gave her a red envelope during the New Year. He didn't give her anything else.
But for Sisi, he gave her a house, a dowry, and even bought her wedding clothes from outside.
Was it Qin Yanci who was getting married, or was it him?
The truth was obvious. He liked Sisi too.
He let Sisi live in the family housing complex to make it convenient for him.
Ugh…
Disgusting.
Ying Sisi repeated herself. “It's A-Ci.”
Li Yuwei sneered. “Does Qin Yanci have money?”
“Are you looking down on someone? He's been working on the farm for ten years. He gets a salary every month. You've only been working for a year and you can afford a mink coat. Can't he buy a bicycle?” Sisi gave Li Yuwei a withering look. She continued, “You can blame Dad. He hasn't prepared my dowry yet. A-Ci was worried that I would be looked down upon for marrying with nothing. He spent his own money to buy me a bike. And now he's gotten himself into trouble.”
Li Junlu was speechless. Then he became angry. “The wedding is still a few days away. Why are you in such a hurry?”
“Alright, I'll return the bike. You can buy me another one.” Sisi deliberately set a trap.
If Li Junlu bragged, he would have to buy her a bike.
If he didn't buy one, he would be admitting that he had never considered her dowry.
Comments
Post a Comment