Chapter 351: Chapter 351: Treat This Place as Your Own Home
It was Grandpa Du who finally convinced her, saying she didn’t need to wait for Shen Yi, that she should just let the boy starve.
For a long time, Qin Jiao felt her marriage was an empty one. If Mr. Du hadn’t been there back then, it would have been worse. When Shen Yi wasn’t losing his temper, it felt as though she were the only person in that entire, enormous house.
"Jiao Jiao, what are you thinking about? I’m ready. Let’s go eat."
"Mhm." Qin Jiao nodded and headed out, saying as she went, "Tell me, why were you so awful to me in our last life?"
Shen Yi said hurriedly, "Jiao Jiao, I..."
"Never mind, never mind. It’s all in the past. Besides, this marriage is fake now, so you don’t need to feel so bad about it."
Qin Jiao had truly moved on and wasn’t bothered anymore. She gave a dismissive wave and walked away.
But Shen Yi was filled with unspoken bitterness and sighed softly.
’But what can I do? The wrongs of our past life were all my own doing. Even if I could use the compulsory plot as an excuse, the pain Jiao Jiao suffered because of me was real.’
’So in this life, no matter what Jiao Jiao says or how much she resents me, it’s all okay—as long as she doesn’t leave me.’
The two of them entered the main house, where breakfast was already prepared. Qin Zhonghui and his wife were industrious people, and skilled in the kitchen as well. On top of that, since they were living in someone else’s courtyard home, they were especially diligent and made sure to get everything done.
Du Liya had reached a point where she couldn’t just watch anymore. She herself didn’t know how to do any chores; the little she knew about chopping vegetables and cooking was what she had recently learned from Su Yun. She had tried to persuade Su Yun and her husband not to be so formal, telling them not to wear themselves out and to treat the place like their own home.
But Su Yun said that they worked this way precisely because they *did* treat it as their own home.
And it was true. Working for oneself and tidying up one’s own home was, of course, more motivating than anything.
Seeing that Su Yun and Qin Zhonghui truly treated them like family, Du Liya was delighted.
’She’d always thought the couple were genuinely good people. So, in the future, even if she had to travel abroad often, she was confident that Mr. Du and Xiao Yi would be well looked after by them, and that they would all take good care of each other.’
As for taking over the garment factory, Sun Li and Qin Xiaolan wouldn’t be going just yet.
Meanwhile, Sun Jianhua and Qin Na, along with Xiao Cheng, were still at the guesthouse and would come over after breakfast. The two large families here had grown accustomed to eating together, since they had practically been doing so all along.
However, during breakfast, both Qin Zhonghui and his wife, and Du Liya, kept sneaking glances at the young couple.
They were itching with curiosity, desperate to ask how the two of them had slept last night, but everyone was too embarrassed to bring it up.
Qin Jiao wasn’t some naive, newlywed bride; of course she knew what they were all curious about. So she decisively changed the subject. "With so many of us, how are we all going to get there later?"
"Your uncle and aunt are coming to get us in a minibus," Du Liya said, then turned to look at her son.
Shen Yi knew what she was getting at. He ignored his mother’s incessant winks and nudges and said, "Xiao Shi, you stay here and keep Grandpa company, and look after little Xiao Cheng, okay?"
The whole group planned to go out in force—the more people, the more imposing their presence. Naturally, Xiao Shi, Xiao Cheng, and Mr. Du would have to stay behind.
Xiao Shi nodded solemnly. "Okay, Brother-in-law, I’ll definitely take good care of the house!"
Shen Yi was extremely pleased to be called "Brother-in-law." Grinning, he picked up the large meat bun that Beidou had been eyeing and placed it in Xiao Shi’s bowl.
Beidou: "..."
’This stepdad of mine has no standing whatsoever. Waaah.’
