Gu Xingdong sneered and retorted, "I have confidence in my wife, but I can't guarantee that other men won't lose control when they see how outstanding she is. My wife has new projects to work on these days and is already tired enough. I don't want to add more trouble for her."
Yang Zhiguo saw through it but didn't say it. He left with a sentence: "Don't worry, I'll find someone reliable to be an assistant. It'll take about two weeks."
"Okay." Gu Xingdong agreed and hung up the phone. After extinguishing the cigarette in his hand, he walked towards the alley.
About half an hour later, Gu Xingdong returned with a pile of late-night snacks.
Chen Lishu looked at him with all the bags and surprisingly got out of bed: "You're being too dramatic! I wasn't that hungry. If we had nothing at home, fine, but why did you have to go so far?"
"Eat up, I'm quite hungry too." Gu Xingdong took off his coat, and then he and Chen Lishu started eating.
Meanwhile, in another room.
Su Nian looked at Qin Yue, who had gotten up again, with an expression of impatience on her face. She said, "Qin Yue, you've gone in and out four or five times. You didn't eat anything soupy or watery tonight, did you?"
Facing Su Nian's urging, Qin Yue rolled her eyes and said, "What's it to you?"
"You..." Su Nian, unable to bear it, was about to argue with Qin Yue. But the moment she sat up, she was gone. She could only lie back in bed, suppressing her anger.
Qin Yue, who had disappeared from the room, had already come to the living room. To avoid making too much of a fuss and drawing Chen Lishu's attention, she simply sat on the sofa and didn't go anywhere else.
It wasn't until six in the morning, as the sky began to lighten, that Qin Yue stretched lazily. Her face, however, held an unprecedented joy! It seemed that Chen Lishu and Gu Xingdong's argument was a sure thing, and Gu Xingdong had even been kicked out of the house and hadn't returned all night.
It seemed the plan formulated long ago could now be slowly put into action. A determined glint flashed in Qin Yue's eyes, and then she yawned and returned to her room.
What she didn't know was that the moment she returned to her room, Chen Lishu's door was wide open, and the person lying inside was none other than Gu Xingdong.
After tidying up a bit for the two children, Chen Lishu took them to kindergarten.
The breakfast in the 90s used real ingredients without any additives, so the breakfast for the group was bought from street vendors at the school gate.
As Chen Lishu was eating breakfast, Xiaobai suddenly said, "Mom, look, isn't that Cousin?"
However, her mouth was full of steamed buns, so Chen Lishu didn't hear clearly what Xiaobai was saying. Yicheng added, "Mom, Cousin is selling sausages too."
Hearing this, Chen Lishu finally reacted and looked in the direction they were pointing. It was indeed Li Na and her man.
Perhaps because of the barbecue sauce, Li Na's stall was surrounded by familiar faces.
Seeing this, Yicheng was filled with confusion: "Mom, is Cousin stealing your business?"
Xiaobai, who was eating happily, heard the words "business being stolen" and the steamed bun in her mouth no longer tasted good. She directly burst into tears.
This sudden cry caught Chen Lishu off guard. Thinking Xiaobai was choking on the bun, she immediately got up to help.
But Xiaobai's next words made her sigh with relief. She said, "Mom, if our business is stolen, will you not wait for us after school anymore? I just want to see Mom, I just want to be with Mom. If Mom isn't here, I won't go to school."
Chen Lishu looked at Xiaobai's stubborn face and sighed helplessly. This personality was exactly like Gu Xingdong's, truly father and daughter.
To appease Xiaobai, Chen Lishu quickly explained, "No matter the weather, Mom will be here to pick up Xiaobai and Yicheng on time. If the sausage business is stolen, it's stolen. Mom will make a brand new thing for you to eat today, how about that?"
"New thing?" Xiaobai stopped crying, hiccuped, and then asked, "Is it delicious?"
Chen Lishu pinched Xiaobai's nose, feeling helpless. "Didn't you say that everything Mom makes is the best in the world? Then the new snack Mom makes today will definitely be delicious."
"Okay!" Xiaobai, who had been appeased, smiled slightly, her eyes narrowing into crescents, looking very cute.
Perhaps because the commotion here was too loud, Li Na, who was busy with her business, was also attracted.
She walked over with two sausages, saying in a good mood, "Come, Cousin is treating you two to grilled sausages. It's to celebrate Cousin's good business. I earned five yuan this morning alone!"
Xiaobai looked at the sausages in front of her and then at Chen Lishu, seeking her permission.
Chen Lishu watched Li Na's triumphant expression as she spoke and knew that the other party had deliberately come over to show off.
However, it was just a small sausage stall, and she didn't take it seriously. So, facing Li Na's boasting, she calmly said, "Xiaobai can take them if she wants, but what should you say after eating someone else's things?"
"Thank you, Cousin." Xiaobai smiled sweetly, revealing eight big white teeth.
"You're welcome. But this kind of stall life is really tiring. Being able to get this business going, it seems I have some business talent, right? Lishu, sometimes we can join forces. With our intelligence, we might achieve greater breakthroughs in our careers!"
As Li Na said this, she subtly observed Chen Lishu's reaction. After all, she wanted to work in the company. The stall life often faced harsh weather like wind and rain or scorching sun, but sitting in an office was completely different, it was pure enjoyment!
Chen Lishu, hearing the implicit meaning in Li Na's words, just smiled and shook her head. Talent? Wasn't it relying on some underhanded means to plagiarize in the past? Hiring such a person in the company would be like planting a time bomb next to oneself!
With that thought, she politely refused, "Sister Na, haven't I told you that the company doesn't have any positions needing new hires for now? I'll check for you later? Besides, I see your business is booming. How can the small money earned in an office compare to what you're earning now at the stall?"
Seeing that Chen Lishu was unyielding, Li Na snorted and said irritably, "That's natural. The stall is busy, so I won't chat with you!"
With that, she turned and left angrily.