When Qin Chu walked in the door, both hands were loaded with large and small bags.
She couldn’t even enter before setting things down on the steps for Aunt Lan to carry in, and herself went back to the car trunk to fetch things twice before she was finished.
Upon returning to the living room, the entryway was already brimming with items.
Strawberries and cherries that Ye Li loved to eat, her familiar skincare products, and the bird’s nest with wild ginseng and goji berries she needed for her recent illness to nourish her health.
Storybooks, toys, Legos, and clothes for Xiao Bao.
There was also a coat and a scarf for Aunt Lan, and a perfu that she bought only to find she had fallen out of love with it by the ti she got ho.
In the past, there would have been even more.
Vitamins for dad, limited edition handbags for mom – there were always heaps of complints saying the family had gained another daughter.
Already accustod to her ways, Ye Li leaned against the liquor cabinet with folded arms and said, "Why don’t you stop living in your apartnt and just move in with ? It’s tireso just looking at you hauling all this stuff over every so often."
"Your house, huh..."
Qin Chu looked around from top to bottom, "Brother Mu lives on the first floor, you and Uncle Fu on the second, and everything above the third floor is a gym or a dia room. Mrs. Fu, you’re not planning to let stay on the rooftop terrace, are you?"
Hehe.
Ye Li rolled her eyes dramatically, "As if there are no guest rooms in my house."
"Forget about the guest room!"
With a mischievous smile on her face, Qin Chu said, "If you’re willing to share the guest room with , I might actually consider moving in."
Sharing a room would an snuggling up with a sister, having bathroom concerts together, doing facemasks together, gossiping about so green tea b*tch or white lotus in the circle, or critiquing so up-and-coming fresh at.
Staying in a guest room, would she have to suffer through a lonely and cold night, and by day watch her cuddle up with Uncle Fu and go dundundun spreading couple vibes?
"A golden nest and a silver nest isn’t as good as one’s own straw nest; I’d rather not co over and be the third wheel!"
Saying this, Qin Chu pulled Ye Li to cozy up on the couch, grabbing a fruit platter that Aunt Lan handed over, and the two enjoyed afternoon tea, watched variety shows, and chatted idly.
"When are you two planning your wedding?"
Her eyes never left the top male star on the television, Qin Chu casually said, "After you graduate, we’ll have to get it done, right? So you better hurry up!"
Ye Li said with an amused look, "I’m the bride, you’re the bridesmaid, have you ever seen a bridesmaid more eager to have the wedding than the bride herself? Qin Chuchu! You better confess..."
Skeptically eyeing Qin Chu, as if trying to read sothing from her expression, Ye Li asked, "You’re not in so kind of situation, are you?"
The two had made a pact: whoever marries first, the other would be the bridesmaid.
She and Fu Yanci were already married with a certificate, so even if Qin Chu had a situation and needed to marry, Ye Li couldn’t be her bridesmaid anymore.
And when the ti ca for her own wedding, if Qin Chu was already married, she couldn’t be a bridesmaid at her wedding either.
Their playful promise from the past would then co to nothing.
"No situation."
With one sentence, Qin Chu interrupted Ye Li’s speculations, "It’s just... I want to move sowhere else."
Sighing, Qin Chu turned back to smile at Ye Li, "But don’t worry, even if I must leave, I’ll wait until after your wedding."
"Where will you go?"
Ye Li looked concerned, "Did your mom say sothing again? Or did soone from the Qin family do sothing to you?"
Qin Chu shook her head, "No. I just feel like the air here isn’t quite right for , maybe a change of scenery will be better."
Ye Li fell silent.
No one knew better than she did what kind of life Qin Chu had lived all these years.
As a child, following Yao Wanying through life’s up and downs, they went to so many countries, yet there wasn’t a place where they could stay for long.
Returning to Imperial City, but burdened with the identity of an illegitimate daughter, she faced exclusion everywhere.
Until Yao Wanying’s high-profile involvent with the Imperial Capital’s rich families, when those people dared not berate her, all the shouts and scornful looks fell on Qin Chu instead.
"Co here..."
Ye Li opened her arms for a big hug and said, "I’ve always believed that God won’t let down anyone who lives their life earnestly. Chuchu, both you and I, we’ll find happiness!"
Qin Chu smiled.
And then Ye Li nodded earnestly, "I’ve decided, I’m going to cling tightly to Fu Yanci’s coattails and secure my place as Mrs. Fu! Don’t worry, Chuchu..."
Ye Li glanced up at Qin Chu, "From now on, when I step out, I’m under Uncle Fu’s protection, and you’re under mine. If you round it up, you’re protected by both Uncle Fu and Mrs. Fu, and no one will dare to ss with you!"
"Okay..."
Qin Chu dragged out the word in response, her face filled with smiles.
When Fu Yanci’s voice ca from the door, Ye Li’s head shot up instantly.
She saw him standing in the entryway, tall and smiling, "Mrs. Fu, how do you plan to cling tightly to my leg?"
When had he gotten back?
Why was he moving around so silently?
Exchanging a look, she saw Qin Chu’s head shaking in confusion.
Ye Li: !!!
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