Reborn as a Superpower Girl in the 80s
Chapter 596: Your Dad Wants to Find You a Stepmother

Chapter 596: Chapter 596: Your Dad Wants to Find You a Stepmother

As expected, when she picked up the phone, Cao Momo said with a laugh, "Speak of the devil and he shall appear."

Handing the phone to Luo Qiao, Luo Qiao took it and said, "I’ve already settled things on my end, don’t worry, I will leave for home shortly."

The two of them exchanged a few hasty words before Luo Qiao heard someone calling for Lu Yichen on the other end of the line, so she quickly told him to go attend to his matters.

Upon returning home, she heard someone crying inside the house, which startled Luo Qiao as she quickly propped up her bike and entered.

She saw her eldest maternal aunt sitting there, her eyes red and a handkerchief in her hand.

Zhou Guifang, seeing her granddaughter come in, said, "You’re back, come sit down, keep your aunt company and have a chat."

Luo Qiao put down her things and asked, "Aunt, what’s happened?"

Zhang Yuehua’s eyes were red, and she didn’t quite know what to say. After all, she was a grandmother and felt quite embarrassed crying in front of her niece.

Eventually, it was Zhou Guifang who recounted the whole incident.

It turned out that her uncle had run into trouble. Next to her uncle’s workplace, there was a widow whose husband had died. The previous day, that widow had come knocking on their door, insisting that her uncle had done something improper to her and demanded that he take responsibility.

But when her uncle came back, he flat-out denied the accusation. The widow threatened that if he didn’t take responsibility, she would make a scene at his workplace and ensure he couldn’t stay there.

Today, when her aunt talked about this issue with her uncle, he recounted the whole story, explaining how he had to stay late at work a few days ago due to some urgent tasks.

Not long after riding his bike away from work, he saw a bicycle overturned by the roadside and a woman sitting beside it. Being kind-hearted, he stopped to ask if she needed help, then the woman said she had sprained her ankle and couldn’t walk.

Her uncle, out of the goodness of his heart, wanted to find a female colleague to assist, but looking around, there was simply no one in sight. So he thought, since there was no one to help, he couldn’t just leave the woman there, and decided to take her home. But that good deed brought trouble.

The day before yesterday, that woman found her way to his workplace and said a lot of nonsense, which made Ning Hongda quite indignant, prompting him to kick her out.

Unexpectedly, the woman went to their house yesterday. The couple argued about this all night long, and the matter came up again this morning. Her uncle had left the house in anger without even eating breakfast.

Zhang Yuehua didn’t want to show the younger members of the family that something was wrong. Since her own family was from out of town and she had nowhere else to go after leaving home, she thought of her sister-in-law’s former mother-in-law, with whom the relationship had always been quite good, so she came here.

Luo Qiao said, "Aunt, don’t cry. This isn’t a grave matter. I’ll take care of it. Do you know that woman’s name?"

Zhang Yuehua said, "Your uncle told me she works at the water conservancy bureau, named Zhao Jinhua. Her husband died two years ago, and she now lives in the housing provided by the water conservancy bureau with her three children."

Luo Qiao stood up and walked out, heading over to call Uncle Sun. Initially, she planned to call Lu Yichen, but considering how busy he was and her own eagerness to resolve the matter quickly, she hesitated.

After a brief pause, she dialed a different number.

The call was answered after three rings: "Hello, who’s speaking?"

Luo Qiao said, "It’s me, Luo Qiao."

Jing Wanpeng was taken aback, "Is there something you need?"

Luo Qiao cleared her throat and said, "Have you finished the Nourishing Life Pills from before? Did they work?"

Jing Wanpeng replied, "They have quite an effect; I don’t have many left. If it’s convenient, could you make some more for me? My sleep quality has significantly improved recently."

Luo Qiao, somewhat distracted, said, "Okay, I’ll make more and bring them to you. How’s the old man doing lately?"

Jing Wanpeng poured himself a cup of tea, "He’s doing quite well. Oh, the old man had frostbite on his hands before. Maybe it didn’t flare up last year because it wasn’t very cold, but this year I’ve noticed it’s acting up again. Do you have a solution?"

Luo Qiao said, "I understand. I’ll make some ointment specifically for frostbite in the next few days and bring it along."

After the pleasantries, Luo Qiao mentally prepared herself and said, "There’s something I need your help with."

Jing Wanpeng sounded as if he already knew, "Go ahead."

Luo Qiao scratched the top of her head on her end of the phone and exhaled, "Help me investigate someone, quickly. A widow from the water conservancy bureau, Zhao Jinhua."

Jing Wanpeng responded with some surprise, "Your dad is looking for a stepmother for you?"