The Reborn Sidekick Rejected The Male Lead
Chapter 289 - 280: Bonus Ah

Chapter 289: Chapter 280: Bonus Ah

The next day, she didn’t go anywhere but arranged the other room into a study for the two of them.

She also made a trip back to Academy Street to bring back her brushes and paints.

On Monday, Lu Jingqiu went to her workplace to check in.

The first person she saw was Zhang Miao, to whom Lu Jingqiu hurriedly said, "Editor Zhang, you’re back at work so soon. What about the child?"

"The child is at home with her grandmother helping to take care of her. I’ve only just returned to work for a week. The office is really busy, so they asked me to come back. I still need to feed the child, so I go back home once around ten in the morning and again between two and three in the afternoon."

"The office is very busy then."

"It’s always like this in the summer, so they asked you guys to come back too. Come on, I’ll take you to the office."

"I haven’t reported to Deputy Editor Yang yet."

"Deputy Editor Yang has gone out of town. Before he left, he asked me to arrange things for you."

"Oh, he’s on a business trip."

Zhang Miao said with a smile, "I heard it’s personal business."

The Art Editing Department’s office is right next to the editorial department; it’s not a big room and usually only Yang Bo works there.

It seems they knew she was coming, as they had her desk all set up.

"There’s a fan inside, and this side isn’t so bad. It’s just a bit hot in summer and cool in winter."

"Haha."

"Hehe."

"Where’s Yang Bo?"

Zhang Miao shrugged and said, "He’s on sick leave."

"What happened? Did he catch a cold?"

"Editor Ban said he broke his leg and even had surgery. It’s been half a month now, before I came back to work."

"It’s that serious?"

"Injury to the muscles and bones takes a hundred days to heal. He has to stay at home for at least a month or two, so your workload this month is going to be heavy."

"What do you need me to do now?"

Zhang Miao took her to the editorial department and greeted the old colleagues.

Editor Ban had become the team leader, Wang Meilian seemed much softer after getting married, Sister Qin was still the same, and Zhao Wencai was looking quite pleased with himself, claiming that he had gotten a girlfriend.

Her task for the day was to complete the illustrations for several storybooks that had been accumulating.

There weren’t many illustrations required for each book, and the quality wasn’t held to very high standards, but someone still needed to do them.

Because Luo Xinyue couldn’t come due to the autobiography of the old master, she had to finish all these tasks alone now.

Of course, these illustrations were not difficult for Lu Jingqiu.

Within one day, she had completed six or seven sets of illustrations for a book.

Children’s literature is somewhat scarce on the market now, and their children’s publishing house not only needs to publish educational picture books but also storybooks and fairy tales, which the editorial department has been working hard to compile.

Last year alone, the publishing house released more than ten storybooks.

This year, they plan to publish at least fifteen or more.

The editorial department is also collecting stories from external sources on a large scale and contacting authors to compile them.

Although it wasn’t difficult, it was still quite mentally taxing after a full day.

After work, she went straight to the cafeteria, got two meals to take away, and then made porridge at home.

When the porridge was nearly cool, Jiang Nanzhou came home.

He also brought a meal with him.

"There we go, we’ve doubled up," he said.

Looking at the three or four dishes, Lu Jingqiu worried, "What should we do? We can’t finish all this."

"No worries, I’ll eat it. Were you busy at the unit today?"

"Yes, currently I’m the only one at the compilation department, as the other comrade has taken sick leave."

"Don’t bother cooking tonight, I’ll get takeout from the cafeteria after work tomorrow; you can rest up when you get home."

"Okay."

The two of them had quite a few dishes for dinner tonight, which were a bit salty, but they didn’t dare to drink tea.

Fearing it would keep them awake at night.

They could drink hot water though. Tonight, Jiang Nanzhou brought back some books, and Jingqiu took a look, they were all about mechanical engineering.

She couldn’t understand them.

Fortunately, the desk in the study was big enough for her to sit beside him, quietly painting and keeping him company.

These days she had been busy with her own things and hadn’t found time to submit her work.

Now that she had some free time, she planned to send some submissions to newspapers and earn a little extra money.

Jiang Nanzhou had told her that Uncle Gao already knew about the Wei Family’s affair.

She didn’t know the details, but the Wei family had slunk away not long after.

However, Aunt Gao somehow found out about it, but what she knew wasn’t quite accurate.

Xia Lin informed her that Uncle Gao had an affair.

Considering Wei Jincheng and Gao Yi were about the same age, and at that time, Aunt Gao and Uncle Gao had already been married for seven or eight years.

It was an extramarital affair.

When the Gao Family children learned of this, they all hurried home. During dinner, the Gao Family members returned to find their home in shambles, with Mother Gao sulking alone in the room looking exhausted, the light gone from her eyes.

Uncle Gao, unusually, wasn’t at his post, but was in the study, and anyone paying attention would notice several bloodstains on Father Gao’s neck.

The children were all shocked; their parents rarely argued.

And even rarer over something regarding Father Gao.

This was known to the children because Xia Lin had inadvertently told Second Sister-in-law Gao, but unfortunately, this time she did not fall for it. Instead, she innocently reminded her mother-in-law, causing quite the commotion as the old lady found out.

Originally, this wasn’t a big deal; it was an affair from many years ago, and there were no children involved. They wanted to take in a child as their own, but the ruse was discovered by the child that was stolen.

That family came making a fuss, but it was peacefully resolved. Everything could have been left as if nothing had happened, but now they had to let the old lady know, stirring up family conflicts.

When Gao Qing learned of this, she came back and furiously pointed at Xia Lin’s nose and scolded, "Xia Lin, it was you who caused this mess again, wasn’t it? Ever since you entered our home, you’ve constantly disturbed our peace. Did you have a grudge against our family in your previous life and have come to torment us in this one?"

Xia Lin was not angry, and even looked smug as she replied, "Yes, I did have a grudge against your family in my previous life, that’s why I’m here. I’m the one who told Aunt Gao about this. Did I do anything wrong? It’s the truth after all."

"You vile woman, I’ll kill you today." As she spoke, she raised her hand to slap Xia Lin’s face, but Xia Lin, as if prepared, grabbed her hand.

Gao Shu watched, his heart pounding with fear, as he quickly stepped forward to hold Xia Lin and pull her behind him: "Qingqing, have you lost your mind? Your sister-in-law is pregnant."

"So being pregnant means she can do whatever she wants? She deserves a beating for the kind of person she is."

As she tried to push Gao Shu aside, Xia Lin did not dodge but instead stepped out from behind him, and taking advantage of Gao Qing’s distraction, she slapped her right across the face.

With a loud smack, the living room suddenly went quiet, and everyone looked at Xia Lin in disbelief, even Gao Shu frowned at her with reproach in his eyes.

Once Gao Qing recovered, she touched her stinging cheek, not caring about respecting her brother or sister-in-law.

She had never been humiliated like this in her life, her anger flared, and with unexpected strength, she pushed Gao Shu away and raised her hand to hit Xia Lin.

Unfortunately, she couldn’t reach Xia Lin’s face, and in her haste, Gao Qing kicked Xia Lin on her leg.

Xia Lin lost her balance and fell to the ground.

"Ah."

"Linlin."

Eldest Sister-in-law Gao and Second Sister-in-law Gao hurried to cover the children’s eyes, not letting them see.

"Qingqing, stop it."

Big Brother Gao intervened quickly.

Gao Qing herself hadn’t expected Xia Lin to fall; she merely wanted to slap her, and she stood there dumbstruck.