The Sweetness of the Seventies
Chapter 639 - 608: Don’t Want to Force, Decide _1

Chapter 639: Chapter 608: Don’t Want to Force, Decide _1

The child was still young, in the breastfeeding stage and couldn’t eat too much complementary food.

"Cui Ying, that’s enough, don’t feed them anymore," He Tiantian said softly. "If they eat too much complementary food, they won’t want to breastfeed properly. After all, compared to these snacks, the taste of formula and breast milk isn’t as good."

"Okay then!" Cui Ying stopped feeding them upon hearing that, and finished off the snacks in her hands in a few bites.

He Tiantian poured some warm water from the thermos into a bottle and gave it to the two children, encouraging them to drink more water.

But before drinking the water, He Tiantian and Jiang Lifang came over to help the children urinate.

He Tiantian greatly missed the diapers from her time, especially because when traveling, you didn’t have to worry about bowel movements or urination.

Just as He Tiantian was tending to her son, Cui Ying whispered, "Tiantian, look, isn’t that Qin Li over there?"

He Tiantian stood up, squinted, and took a few looks before nodding, "That is Qin Li! And there’s another woman next to her... "

Cui Ying looked and after thinking for a bit, said, "I know her. She’s Qin Li’s cousin, Wang Bing, a school doctor at our university."

Ah, wasn’t Wang Bing at the same hospital as her mother-in-law?

Hearing this, Jiang Lifang looked over and replied, "Wang Bing is quite skilled in medicine, actually. The hospital is focusing on nurturing her. It’s a pity she chose to become a school doctor at Nan City University."

A school doctor couldn’t hold a candle to a doctor from Nan City First People’s Hospital.

"It really is quite perplexing," He Tiantian remarked. As a school doctor, most of your time is spent dealing with headaches, fevers, colds, and minor wounds. It offers no benefits to the improvement or advancement of medical skills.

"Indeed!" Jiang Lifang lamented. There was a desperate shortage of doctors, and it felt unfair to her that such an experienced doctor would leave. But it was Wang Bing’s personal choice, so Jiang Lifang couldn’t say much.

After all, a school doctor was still a doctor!

Many people speculated that Wang Bing, still single, wanted to become a school doctor to have more time for matchmaking and finding a husband.

Qin Li was accompanying Wang Bing on a blind date. The man was a teacher from Nan City Forestry University, and both his parents were intellectuals. He was about 175 centimeters tall and quite decent-looking.

Qin Li felt that he was rather suitable for her cousin, but seeing her cousin’s perfunctory expression, she guessed that her cousin was not satisfied.

Wang Bing had intended to stay a while longer to handle the situation smoothly, especially since her aunt had arranged it for her, and her cousin was there too, so she didn’t want to appear too picky.

However, upon seeing He Tiantian not far away, Wang Bing’s good mood was ruined.

Why could this woman have Huo Yingjie, an exceptional man, and she couldn’t!

If He Tiantian was present, then Huo Yingjie wouldn’t be far off.

Wang Bing’s gaze searched around He Tiantian, and indeed she saw Huo Yingjie fishing with Deputy Mayor Huo.

Such a favored son of heaven, so dazzling.

If she couldn’t have a man like that, even with her beauty, she would have lived her life in vain.

The man had initially been very pleased with Wang Bing, but now seeing that her attention was elsewhere, he followed her gaze to a handsome man. Feeling inferior, he did not want to humiliate himself, so he found an excuse and left.

Seeing the man leave, Qin Li was quite dissatisfied and said, "Cousin, you... "

Wang Bing hung her head low, not speaking.

Qin Li saw her proud cousin reveal such an expression and couldn’t bear it anymore, sighing as she said, "Oh, cousin, you’re my sister, older than me, you should understand the ways of the world better than I do. Take care of yourself."

Wang Bing lifted her head, her eyes brimming with tears, and said softly, "Lili, I just don’t want to force myself."

Force herself?

The men today don’t catch her cousin’s eye; she had no idea what kind of man could make her cousin fall in love.

No, it wasn’t always like this; her cousin wasn’t so impatient at the beginning. Even if she was unwilling inside, she didn’t show it outwardly. It was only after she saw He Tiantian, or rather, after she saw Huo Yingjie, that she became perfunctory.

Huo Yingjie?

Qin Li was certain that just now, her cousin’s gaze had been on Huo Yingjie.

"Cousin, Huo Yingjie is already married; you can’t do that," Qin Li quickly intervened. Huo Yingjie was indeed outstanding, but he was already someone else’s husband. Any woman with a shred of decency wouldn’t destroy another’s family.

Moreover, Qin Li knew that the relationship between Huo Yingjie and He Tiantian was very good. They even had a pair of adorable twin daughters, a son, and a very happy and complete family.

If her cousin insinuated herself into the situation, it would not end well.

"Love is free, marriage is free. So what if he’s married? People who are married can also divorce!" Wang Bing said decisively, finally making up her mind.

Her previous hesitation had made her waste a lot, and at this moment today, Wang Bing finally decided, regardless of the outcome, she had to fight for it, to try, or else she would be dissatisfied for life.

Qin Li stepped back two paces as if she didn’t recognize her cousin, widened her eyes and stammered, "Cousin... What you’re doing is immoral..."

"But I love Huo Yingjie!" Wang Bing stubbornly said, "From the first time I saw Huo Yingjie, I liked him. It’s just that back then, we didn’t know each other very well and we missed our chance..."

Wang Bing’s mind flashed back to the first time she met Huo Yingjie; if only he had shown such demeanor and elegance at that time, how could she have misjudged him!

Time can’t flow backwards; Wang Bing knew that regret was useless!

Not wanting to live a life of regret, Wang Bing decided to go all out.

"The first time you saw Huo Yingjie?" Qin Li was astonished, "Were you at the school that day?"

Wang Bing tilted her head back, looking towards Huo Yingjie, and said, "Of course not, we met back in the seventies. When we first met, a misunderstanding prevented us from getting together. If I just give up like this, we’ll never have a chance in this lifetime."

Seventies, seven years had passed since then.

Seven years! If Huo Yingjie liked her cousin, something would have happened by now.

But Huo Yingjie hadn’t shown any interest at all!

"Cousin, you like Huo Yingjie, but does Huo Yingjie like you?" Qin Li asked. If it was a one-sided infatuation on her cousin’s part, then this was doomed to have no happy ending.

Why should one not only fail to obtain their own happiness but also bring harm to others or to another’s family?

Qin Li’s words made Wang Bing catch her breath.

Huo Yingjie didn’t like her?

This fact made it difficult for Wang Bing to breathe.

After a while, Wang Bing narrowed her eyes, looking at the sparkling surface of the lake, and said word by word, "If we were together, Huo Yingjie would like me..."

Qin Li could hardly believe her ears, my god, she had always known her cousin Wang Bing was beautiful and smart from a young age, always the "child of someone else’s family" mentioned by the elders in the house, and she was demanded to take her cousin as a role model.