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Chapter 253 - 244: Second Cousin’s Plan

Chapter 253: Chapter 244: Second Cousin’s Plan

The next morning, Jiang Nanzhou took Lu Jingqiu to school and promised to pick her up after school in the afternoon.

Lu Jingqiu arrived earlier today, when several people had not yet come downstairs to the dormitory.

She brought back the leftover food from the wedding and said, "Although it’s been two days, nothing has gone bad, and it’s still warm. You haven’t had breakfast yet, have you? Hurry up and eat."

Luo Xinyue teased, "Wow, you’re glowing! We thought you were going to take the whole week off."

Lu Jingqiu glared at her and said, "Isn’t there enough food to shut you up?"

He Yu and Chen Qingru had already quickly poured themselves a cup of hot water and were eating the buns that Lu Jingqiu had brought, hurrying to finish.

He Yu said, "Jingqiu, why did you bring so much? We can’t finish all this."

Chen Qingru said, "Right, a whole chicken, and this stir-fried meat, even if the four of us eat together, we can’t finish it."

"We prepared a lot for the wedding, and there’s too much left over for our home to finish. We can’t waste it. I could only bring it to school. If we don’t finish it in the morning, we’ll continue at noon."

Luo Xinyue said, "At noon, let’s get some hot soup from the cafeteria and eat it with this; we can also make some rice."

He Yu said, "I think that’s a good plan. Jingqiu, are you going back tonight?"

"I am. My partner is coming to pick me up."

Luo Xinyue burst into laughter, "Now it’s not ’partner’ you should call him, but ’spouse.’"

"Get going, eat up, be careful not to be late. What did you learn yesterday? After class, you’ll have to catch me up."

"Don’t worry, they didn’t teach much new stuff yesterday; the teachers were discussing matters about the new students."

Chen Qingru chimed in from the side, "Our department has already arranged everything; this Friday, it’s close by, just in the suburbs."

He Yu said, "How come your department is so quick?"

"Our department only has one class, a dozen or so people; how can it not be quick? All the teachers are going too. And our sketching is different from yours; we need to visit the villages in the suburbs and then tour a local earth deity temple. We need to create portraits of the earth god and goddess as they are seen in folk customs."

Lu Jingqiu said, "Your department really has it good, with teachers accompanying you. Each teacher shares some of their experiences, from which you all can benefit a lot."

Luo Xinyue said, "Speaking of which, I’ve only gone on a sketching trip once with Jingqiu. She opened up my understanding, and I’m quite looking forward to it."

After breakfast, everyone went to their classes.

During the break, Mi Qiaomai saw Luo Xinyue tutoring Lu Jingqiu and asked curiously, "Wow, the study committee member needs catch-up lessons too? Classmate Lu, why did you take leave yesterday?"

Only Lu Jingqiu’s dormitory and Professor Shi knew about Lu Jingqiu’s marriage. When Mi Qiaomai asked her like this, Lu Jingqiu deliberately said, "I went to handle an important matter. Classmate Mi, are you a professor that I need to report to you?"

Mi Qiaomai was not truly curious about her whereabouts and chuckled awkwardly, "No need for that, but I haven’t seen your brother at our school recently."

Lu Jingqiu turned and glanced at her again and said indifferently, "He’s busy dating; he doesn’t have time to come here. Is there anything else, Classmate Mi? I need to get back to my lesson."

Mi Qiaomai smiled and said, "No, that’s all. Continue studying."

Once Mi Qiaomai had gone, Luo Xinyue snorted, "I heard she has a partner now, but she’s still interested in other men; people are not always what they appear."

"Let her be, as long as she doesn’t set her sights on Shen Mu’s time."

"It’s better if your brother doesn’t come to our school in the future, lest he gets entangled by such women; that would be unlucky."

Lu Jingqiu nodded and dropped the subject of Mi Qiaomai.

In the afternoon, as Lu Jingqiu stepped out of the school gate, she saw Jiang Nanzhou, "How long have you been waiting?"

"I timed it just right. I passed by the supply and marketing cooperative and saw they were selling tofu; I bought two blocks."

Lu Jingqiu casually carried the tofu and got into Jiang Nanzhou’s car.

The two of them hurried toward the compound.

Arriving at the compound, Jiang Nanzhou first took her to the apartment building and found that an extra bed had been moved in.

"Which bed in my room is this?"

"Well, I had it moved this morning along with the wardrobe and desk. But the desk from your study is too long.

Xiao Shun and Xiao Yin like it though, Aunt Liu said she’ll find someone to take it away in the next few days."

"Well, Aunt Liu’s house is bigger than ours; it should fit there. It’s perfect for Xiao Shun and Xiao Yin to study on."

The two of them walked around the room before carrying their things back to Father Lu’s place.

Upon entering the house, Lu Jingqiu put the items in the kitchen, then hugged Hua Hua and Hua Guoguo for a while: "Let’s take the two of them home tonight."

"Okay."

Lu Jingqiu didn’t dilly-dally; she went to cook in the kitchen.

Jiang Nanzhou went to his aunt’s place and called for her and his uncle.

At that moment, Father Lu also came back with a piece of beef.

Lu Jingqiu made some rice porridge and fried two dishes, and her aunt also brought over two dishes.

"You two coming over so late, won’t it affect your classes tomorrow?"

"It won’t. Auntie is leaving in a few days, and dad too. I wanted to see more of you all. Once you leave, who knows how long it will be till I see you again."

Zhou Lanqin affectionately tapped her on the head but then added, "You’re right, though. If your older cousin’s wife gives birth, I definitely won’t be able to come back this year."

Lu Jingqiu asked, "What about New Year’s?"

"New Year’s... we’ll see. If your uncle gets a holiday, I won’t come back. If he doesn’t, I’ll come back."

"Ah, but if you don’t come back, then Second Cousin will spend New Year alone again."

"He’s grown up, always not at home anyway. Didn’t he also spend last New Year away from home?"

"Who’s badmouthing me?"

Speak of the devil, and he shall appear, holding a small basket of cherries.

"Second Cousin, where did you get these cherries from?"

"A buddy’s place. He gave me some, and they tasted really sweet. Qiuqiu, coming over the day after getting married?"

"Hmph, Second Cousin, what do you mean, not welcoming me?"

"How dare I? I wish you would live here. It’s such a hassle to find you after you’ve moved so far away since getting married."

"What happened? I was busy last week and forgot to ask you. Did you get your car back?"

"Got it back. Got three trucks, one new and two used, but they’re also around seventy to eighty percent new.

These couple of days, Ah Da and I have been looking for a place. We’ve even picked out a name for the transport team. It’s called Chaoda Transport Team, what do you think?"

"That’s good, that’s good. The name’s nice."

Yang Mingchao smiled and said, "This fleet is ours, all three of us, but I don’t plan to manage it. I’m leaving it entirely to Gao Da to operate. We’ll just own shares."

"Ah, Second Cousin, you’re not managing it?"

"Yeah. Partnerships are tricky to run. Even with the best of friends, conflicts can arise. To avoid that, I’ve handed it over to Gao Da. I plan to focus on electronics first."

Lu Jingqiu nodded and didn’t say much, as Second Cousin was right; partnerships are difficult to maintain. Plus, in her previous life, Gao Da didn’t run a transport company, so what may happen later was still unknown.

Moreover, one person can’t focus on two things at the same time without getting distracted.

Since Second Cousin believes in the electronics industry, he should just focus on that.

He really did make his fortune from electronics, after all.