Chapter 208: You Deserve It, For Running Your Mouth!
Li Xiuying was busy braising rice.
Not to mention anything else, she had to make the rice first.
Her family was a dual-income household, with subsidies from parents and parents-in-law, and she herself worked at the First Department Store in Jiangcheng, but even so, they couldn’t often afford to eat rice, and looking at the remaining rice, she thought to herself, the rice was brought by Hengzhi, should she tell him later that the rice was for her?
As for spending money to buy it, that couldn’t be mentioned.
Then she heard what Zhou Shanshan said.
She stood up, holding back her temper, and still said in a low voice: “Zhou Shanshan, don’t always speak in such a sarcastic way, and what about Lu Qiaoge doing it well…
You’re older than her, how come she does it better than you? Isn’t that just implying that her family is poor and hasn’t seen the world? Really, Zhou Shanshan, I’m telling you my true feelings because I don’t treat you as an outsider.
They are comrades, but not an ironclad relationship, no one has to associate with anyone, only a blind person couldn’t see that Qin Hengzhi and Lu Qiaoge have good feelings, and only an idiot would think they could take her place!”
Li Xiuying was sharp-tongued, and her words came out in a rapid fire without giving Zhou Shanshan a chance to respond.
Zhou Shanshan was furious, tears immediately falling, and she said loudly and aggrieved: “Sister-in-law Xiuying, I just said Lu Qiaoge did it better than me, isn’t that praising her? Why drag in all that useless talk? I know, you look down on me and think I’m inferior to Zhang Qiaozhi in every way.”
Before the changed-faced Li Xiuying could retort, Zhou Shanshan aggrievedly wiped her tears, stomped her foot and said: “Sister-in-law Xiuying, time will tell a person’s heart, in time you’ll know what kind of person I am. I came to peel potatoes, really, I shouldn’t have said that nonsense.”
Li Xiuying stared at Zhou Shanshan in stunned silence.
She felt that working as a salesperson at the department store had trained her to be straightforward and bold in speaking.
She also knew Zhou Shanshan was no pushover.
But she once again clearly realized the true meaning of the saying that you can’t judge a person by their appearance, just as you can’t measure the sea with a bushel.
Zhou Shanshan might look delicate, but in this aspect, she actually had to admit defeat.
No wonder Liu Dahui was tightly controlled by her.
Li Xiuying slapped her own mouth.
Serves you right, for having such a loose mouth!
Zhou Shanshan curled up the corners of her mouth, smiled and said to Li Xiuying: “Sister-in-law Xiuying, Brother Hui said your braised rice is especially delicious, especially the crust is simply one of a kind. You’re so amazing, can you teach me later?”
Li Xiuying really felt like there was a fishbone stuck in her throat.
Just as she was about to say something, she suddenly closed her mouth.
Not far away, several jeeps pulled up one after another, and then people got out of the cars.
When one of them got out, Li Xiuying stared in shock with wide eyes.
Wasn’t that Zhang Qiaozhi’s second brother Zhang Lixue?
What shocked her was that there was also a very handsome young man wearing a pink shirt and tie.
Who was this person?
How could he wear a pink shirt and tie?
You know, no one dressed like that these days.
Although it looked strangely good-looking, it was also strangely intimidating.
Suddenly she remembered the Hong Kong exhibition fair from a few days ago.
Li Xiuying didn’t know that the exhibition fair was organized by Lu Qiaoge, but she heard Wang Zhiguo say that Hengzhi’s partner had been seconded to the trade group.
Li Xiuying was a salesperson and was good at reading people; she felt this person wasn’t from Jiangcheng, but didn’t seem much like a southerner either.
He actually resembled the Hong Kong people her colleagues described.
But at this time, Li Xiuying didn’t speak, because she saw Chen Feng, who was fishing by the riverside, put down his fishing rod and proactively go forward to greet them, clearly also very surprised.
Director Zhou was also surprised: “You… Old Chen, you’re here too?”
The next moment, he saw Lu Qiaoge.
Then he saw Liu Dahui walking over, oh my, that must mean Hengzhi was here too; turns out they were out playing.
After some pleasantries, he also introduced Mr. Zhen.
Mr. Zhen glanced at Lu Qiaoge.
Lu Qiaoge also smiled and greeted him.
Mr. Zhen didn’t walk forward, just stood in the flat area and scanned the scenery.
He didn’t seem very interested either.
Over there, Li Xiuying hurriedly pulled Lu Qiaoge aside, knowing that Dong Xiangqin had told her about Liu Dahui’s matter. As for what Zhou Shanshan had said about Lu Qiaoge earlier, Li Xiuying chose to swallow the loss and not bring it up, but she told Lu Qiaoge: “Did you see the man wearing glasses behind Director Zhou? He’s Zhang Qiaozhi’s second brother.”
Lu Qiaoge glanced at Liu Dahui; this person was quite composed, with a smile on his face, chatting with Director Zhou.
Director Zhou said: “We brought hunting rifles, planning to go into the mountains to hunt a few wild chickens and wild rabbits…”
Lu Qiaoge said straightforwardly: “It’s best not to use hunting rifles, and don’t go into the deep mountains; there are Siberian tigers in the vicinity.”
Director Zhou was startled: “Really? Where did you get that news, is it reliable?”
Earlier, Mr. Zhen had wanted to say they should go hiking.
It was he who said there was a road here, jeeps could drive in, and the scenery was nice, worth a look.
But if there really were tigers, forget about hunting, it would be dangerous.
If something happened to Mr. Zhen, that would be a big problem.
All their previous efforts with colleagues would go down the drain.
Lu Qiaoge said seriously: “It’s true, believe me!”
Before Director Zhou could speak, Zhou Shanshan interjected: “Lu Qiaoge, don’t talk nonsense. Qin Hengzhi and Big Brother Wang are hunting in the mountain forest opposite; if there were tigers, how would they dare go? Or if you know there are tigers, why didn’t you tell them?”
As soon as she said this, the cool riverside seemed to bring a chill of icy air.
Lu Qiaoge indifferently glanced at Zhou Shanshan: “If you don’t know, don’t butt in. Representative Qin and the others are using slingshots and are just nearby; Director Zhou and his group have hunting rifles and plan to go into the deep mountains.”
Director Zhou felt baffled; wasn’t this woman with Lu Qiaoge and the others?
Why was she undermining Lu Qiaoge?
Unexpectedly, Zhou Shanshan didn’t mind at all, and smiled without any psychological burden: “Oh, like that? I’m straightforward and ask when I don’t understand; Sister Qiao Ge, don’t take it to heart.”
Lu Qiaoge looked deeply at Zhou Shanshan: Don’t worry, I definitely will take it to heart!
Li Xiuying and Dong Xiangqin’s faces both changed.
Zhou Shanshan had been somewhat targeting Lu Qiaoge since getting in the car, and now that Qin Hengzhi wasn’t here, she was intensifying it.
Director Zhou hurriedly said: “We still wanted to hunt some wild chickens and wild rabbits for Mr. Zhen to try. Since that’s the case, we won’t go hiking either.”
The time was about right, and this was a good excuse to head back; otherwise, even without tigers, hiking would be dangerous.
He really didn’t want to bring this third young master out.
It was a big fuss, and not safe.
He said to Mr. Zhen: “Qiao Ge’s information is never wrong; let’s return to the city.”
Mr. Zhen didn’t make it hard for Director Zhou, nodded; since they couldn’t hike, there was no point staying by the river.
But actually, he really wanted to talk and chat with Lu Qiaoge.
It was just that this side was too conservative.
She always kept her distance from him.
But this was actually pretty good, to avoid her being suspected by her father.
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