novellhall Chapter 107 What Parental Orders?
Chapter 107 What Parental Orders?
Zhuang Qingxiang did not accept the two hundred yuan, and said the same thing again: if you need anything, go to Lu Congyue.
Just as Kong Yazhen was about to lose her temper, an uncertain shout came from the doorway.
"Zhuang Qingxiang? You have guests?"
As usual, Jiang Weihai came to pick up Zhuang Qingxiang to go to work at the cafeteria.
Zhuang Qingxiang immediately stood up and replied, "No, she'll be leaving soon. Please wait for me a moment."
"Okay." Jiang Weihai smiled憨厚ly and stood obediently to the side to wait.
Kong Yazhen didn't get the answer she wanted and was about to get angry when she suddenly saw a fat man coming to see Zhuang Qingxiang. She looked puzzled and immediately asked who Jiang Weihai was.
Knowing that Jiang Weihai was a cafeteria worker who had come to pick up Zhuang Qingxiang to help out at the cafeteria, Kong Yazhen looked puzzled and glanced back and forth between Zhuang Qingxiang and Jiang Weihai.
"impossible……"
She muttered to herself, unable to believe that anyone would abandon someone like Lu Congyue and choose such a fat and short cook.
Also, does Lu Congyue know about Zhuang Qingxiang's affair with this chef?
Or is Zhuang Qingxiang secretly two-timing someone else?
When Zhuang Qingxiang went inside to hold the baby, Kong Yazhen couldn't help but ask Jiang Weihai, "What's your relationship with Zhuang Qingxiang?"
Before Jiang Weihai could reply, Lu Congyue arrived in a hurry.
"Comrade Kong Yazhen!"
Kong Yazhen was taken aback, but immediately greeted him with a smile: "Brother Congyue, you're back! I was just looking for you."
Lu Congyue took a step back, avoiding her enthusiastic greeting, glanced at Jiang Weihai beside him, and said coldly, "I told you, if you have something to do, come to my office. I have many children at home and don't entertain guests! Don't you understand?"
After saying that, he turned to Jiang Weihai and said, "Master Jiang, Zhuang Qingxiang won't be helping out in the canteen for the next couple of days. She has work to do! Also, go to the finance department this afternoon to settle the accounts. The factory can't use your things for free."
After a few words of explanation, Jiang Weihai was somewhat bewildered, as was Zhuang Qingxiang, who came out of the house.
Lu Congyue glanced at her: "What? Weren't you in a hurry? Isn't it hard on your eyes to embroider with the light on in the middle of the night?"
With the factory manager speaking, what could Jiang Weihai say? He quickly nodded, "That's right, the gift for Mr. Ross is the most important. Then, then don't go over these next couple of days."
Zhuang Qingxiang thought for a moment and nodded: "Alright, I am indeed in a hurry, Master Jiang, I'm sorry."
"It's nothing, it's nothing." Jiang Weihai waved his hand repeatedly, then took his leave.
Lu Congyue stared at Kong Yazhen: "Is there anything else?"
"It's nothing, I just wanted to help watch the kids," Kong Yazhen said with a smile. "Isn't Comrade Zhuang very busy? Taking care of two children by yourself must be very difficult. I'm free anyway, so I came to help. Comrade Zhuang won't object, will he?"
When Kong Yazhen said the last sentence, she was speaking to Zhuang Qingxiang. As she spoke, her gaze swept over Zhuang Qingxiang's embroidery hoop twice.
He was secretly amazed: this rural widow's embroidery skills were indeed excellent.
"My child doesn't need your help, lest something happen to him." Lu Congyue sneered coldly with a gloomy face.
Kong Yazhen's smile froze on her face, followed by a hint of embarrassment and anger.
"Brother Cong Yue, do you have some misunderstanding about me? Or is someone talking badly about me behind my back?"
"I'm not interested in you, I don't want to know anything about you, and I don't even know if anyone's been talking badly about you!" Lu Congyue waved his hand. "Get out of here, or don't blame me for being rude!"
Kong Yazhen had never been treated so coldly before, and her face darkened.
She was a proud daughter of heaven since childhood, how could she have suffered such grievances?
Although Lu Congyue was the factory director, Kong Yazhen was also a deputy director, and the youngest female deputy director at that. Kong Yazhen was very proud of herself, so she couldn't stand Lu Congyue's sarcastic remarks at all.
"Lu Congyue, what kind of attitude is this? I came all this way to see you because it was my parents' arrangement. If you have any complaints, go and tell your elders. Why are you throwing a tantrum at me!"
"Then go tell your elders, they don't listen to their parents' orders, so why should I? And you, a modern woman from the new society, are talking to me about parental orders? What have you learned as a college student? You're just a joke standing here, how dare you yell at me?"
Lu Congyue spoke even more bluntly, which sounded like a bomb to Zhuang Qingxiang; she knew she wouldn't be able to handle it.
Kong Yazhen couldn't take it anymore. Her eyes reddened, and she stomped her foot and stormed off in anger.
With the annoying person gone, Lu Congyue's expression softened slightly. Seeing Zhuang Qingxiang carrying one child on her back and another in her arms, he quickly went to help and took the children back into the house.
Zhuang Qingxiang followed behind him, still unable to believe that he had run back from work. Mornings were usually the busiest time, and even if he was sometimes late or left early, he would choose to do so in the afternoon.
The hardest thing is that he spoke to Kong Yazhen so rudely.
"I'm sorry." Lu Congyue's first words after putting the child down were an apology. "I told them I wouldn't let them bother you, but I wasn't watching them for a second and that guy surnamed Kong still came over."
Zhuang Qingxiang shook her head, indicating that it was alright.
"What did she say to you when she came? Did she bully you?" Lu Congyue asked again.
Zhuang Qingxiang thought for a moment, then whispered, "She said she'd give me two hundred yuan to leave..."
Lu Congyue scoffed, but then looked her up and down and said, "Don't be stupid. I'm worth more than two hundred yuan."
Zhuang Qingxiang couldn't help but laugh, her eyes crinkling: "How pathetic, compared to two hundred yuan..."
They never mentioned that they had almost been tempted to choose the two hundred yuan option.
When she smiled, Lu Congyue's eyes widened and his heart began to flutter.
He leaned closer and whispered, "I was thinking of adding a room in the yard and building a kang (heated brick bed). Do you have any objections?"
Zhuang Qingxiang looked up and met his burning, deep eyes, her cheeks flushing slightly.
You can tell what that room is used for just by looking at him.
Sure enough, Lu Congyue himself said, "It's too inconvenient right now. Having another room would be much more convenient, don't you think?"
"I have nothing to say." Zhuang Qingxiang's face turned even redder. She was annoyed by his directness and glared at him. Her watery eyes almost melted Lu Congyue's bones.
He took a deep breath, suppressing his agitation: "Then it's settled. I've already found the people; have them start work immediately."
He still had to go to work, and he also had to deal with Guan Jing and Kong Yazhen. He didn't have time to stay at home, so he left in a hurry after talking to Zhuang Qingxiang.
A moment later, he returned, leaned in to Zhuang Qingxiang's surprised gaze, and gave her a hard kiss.
"You..." Zhuang Qingxiang covered her mouth, her face as red as an apple.
Lu Congyue originally thought that a kiss would be enough to satisfy him and allow him to focus on his work, but seeing her like this, he was even less willing to leave and wanted to have a good taste of her.
In the end, Zhuang Qingxiang angrily chased the person away.
Lu Congyue licked his lips.
They should have started building the house as soon as they found the right person, but because Zhuang Qingxiang refused to marry him, the matter was delayed, and as a result, so many things were delayed.