Lin Chuxia came over early in the morning to interview the little lady about her engagement feelings as soon as possible.
Also, she wanted to find out what method Su Wensong used to make her have an epiphany all at once.
But when she entered the Bun Shop, she didn’t see Sun Lanlan; there were two new servers at the window selling buns, and Granny Sun was making buns in the back kitchen.
A young man was bustling about in the main hall, a new addition that Su Wensong had transferred to their shop.
Seeing Lin Chuxia, everyone respectfully greeted her as Mr. Lin.
Lin Chuxia told them to carry on with their work and was just about to ask Granny Sun where Sun Lanlan had gone when she saw a certain little lady coming in through the back door, her eyes still smiling.
This is the Su Family’s wing room, and the back door of the Bun Shop leads directly to the Su Family’s courtyard.
Lin Chuxia coughed heavily and looked at Sun Lanlan with a teasing gaze.
The moment Sun Lanlan saw Lin Chuxia, her smile grew even wider, and she even raised her wrist to show off the jade bracelet to her.
“Does it look good? Granny Su gave it to me.”
Lin Chuxia had seen this jade bracelet before; when she wanted to buy a yard urgently for her cooked food business, Su Wensong had taken out this bracelet for her to sell.
This thing was clearly the Su Family’s heirloom.
Lin Chuxia pulled her to a side seat, propped her chin on her hands, and after a while, said, “Indeed, good spirits come with happy events, just look at your radiant face; even I, a woman, am moved by it. But Lanlan, you’re smiling a bit too cheaply.”
“I’m not,” Sun Lanlan stubbornly denied, but the smile on her face never stopped.
Lin Chuxia started to reveal her past, “I don’t know who was the one who told me that all men are bastards, that money is almighty, it’s better to earn money than to want a man. Said they had no intention of considering marriage now, that making money comes first…”
“You’re going to die.”
Having her past dug up, Sun Lanlan angrily reached to pinch Lin Chuxia’s arm but was dodged with a laugh.
Lin Chuxia caught her wrist and reminded her to be careful, “This is the Su Family heirloom, it’s meant to be passed on to the Su Family’s daughter-in-law, are you really sure?”
Sun Lanlan looked at the bracelet and nodded.
“Speaking of which, your change of heart this time is a bit sudden,” which caught Lin Chuxia off guard.
She thought that Su Wensong would have to go through a marathon of love pursuit.
“Chuxia, I have to thank you.”
“Thank me?”
Sun Lanlan nodded, “It’s you who made me see my own heart clearly.”
That day, when Lin Chuxia mentioned Su Wensong to her, her initial reaction was rejection.
But when Lin Chuxia asked her to think about the way Su Wensong usually treated her, for some reason, the details of the past half a year they spent together all popped into her mind.
She hardly slept that night.
She thought of the day Su Wenmao came to the shop to cause trouble, the first time she learned that Su Wensong had such an unfortunate past.
Returned from the countryside, his job snatched away, and those people coming to his door to bully and insult him.
In that moment, she was unexpectedly furious, wishing she could beat those people up.
Later, when she heard that people from the Su Family side were coming, she rushed out immediately each time, not wanting those people to hurt Granny Su and Su Wensong again.
Also, when Granny Su gave her the red scarf, there was a hint of joy in her heart, and a bit of loss too. She didn’t know what she was feeling lost about at the time.
Then, someone came to make trouble in the shop, and when that person raised a stool to smash her head, her mind went blank. She thought she was done for and that at the very least she would be seriously injured.
In that critical moment, a familiar figure appeared. He kicked the man away, and the falling stool was also deflected by him.
At that moment, her heart nearly stopped for an instant. Seeing Su Wensong fighting with the man, she felt the blood in her body boiling.
It wasn’t until Cai Jun called out to her repeatedly that she regained her senses.
She had never really thought about what was going on with herself until that night, when she realized that someone seemed to have already moved into her heart.
Even when Lin Chuxia told her that Su Wensong wanted to date her, her initial reaction was to refuse, but deep down she was delighted.
The more delighted she was, the more she avoided it, fearing that his feelings for her were only out of pity.
Until the next day, Su Wensong came to her in person. They talked a lot that day, and only then did she realize what they had missed out on in the past half year.
“By the way, the issue with Liu Dahui has been settled. He was sentenced to three years.”
Bringing up Liu Dahui, a hint of hatred flashed in Sun Lanlan’s eyes.
Such a lowly person deserves to be shot.
Lin Chuxia also thought the sentence was too light. Though Liu Dahui was the instigator, he had not caused any actual harm; still, it was because of the crackdown that he was given a heavy sentence.
“What about the other two guys?”
Sun Lanlan sneered coldly, “Those two were charged with hooliganism, one sentenced to eight years, the other to ten. Both were under Liu Dahui’s orders. After the verdict, their families went to the Liu Family, demanding compensation.”
“It serves them right. The Liu Family didn’t cause trouble for your family, did they?”
Lin Chuxia knew all too well the nature of Liu Dahui’s family.
“You guessed it right. Yesterday, Liu Dahui’s second aunt, Er Shunzi’s mother, led the Liu Family people to our house, hoping we’d speak to the police on their behalf for a lighter sentence. Before they could finish talking, my three brothers kicked them out.”
The two continued talking when Qin Lihua walked in.
She usually managed a bun shop in the city and seldom came here.
Seeing Lin Chuxia there too, especially sitting so close and chatting so intimately with Sun Lanlan, a hint of something strange flashed in Qin Lihua’s eyes.
She approached them directly, first calling out to “Auntie Four” and then to Sun Lanlan, “I have something to ask Manager Sun.”
Sun Lanlan didn’t have much feeling towards Qin Lihua; she hadn’t taken her seriously even when she knew Qin Lihua was with Cai Jun, not to mention now that she was engaged to Su Wensong, she cared even less about the past.
Nodding her head, “What is it?”
Lin Chuxia stood up, “You two talk, I’ll head back to the office.”
But Qin Lihua stopped her, “Auntie Four, I also have something to discuss with you, don’t leave yet.”
Lin Chuxia saw her demeanor and roughly guessed what it could be.
Sure enough, the next moment Qin Lihua said to Sun Lanlan, “First of all, congratulations Manager Sun. I heard you and Factory Director Su are engaged, and it won’t be long before I can celebrate at your wedding, right?”
Sun Lanlan admitted graciously, “Indeed, these days we’re discussing the wedding. Once we set a date, we’ll send invitations to our colleagues.”
Qin Lihua’s face showed a moment of discomfort. She took a deep breath and continued, “Then thank you, Manager Sun. I came today to ask for your help. Could you persuade Cai Jun not to resign?”
She looked towards Lin Chuxia, “I was going to see Auntie Four about this, but then I thought it over. Cai Jun’s resignation is because of Manager Sun. To unring the bell, you need the ringer, so I came to you.”