"Mom, you can only know a person’s face, not their heart. The city’s temptations are big. I heard from her schoolmates that the guy has some connections there and promised her she could stay on at the school after graduating. Ye Qing might have been attracted to that."
"Staying on at the school isn’t that easy; only outstanding students with both character and grades can qualify, and the spots are limited," Lin Yinghui felt that Ye Qing was a decent person, and being from the same village, it’s tough for everyone. If they could help each other out, they would. But he didn’t expect her to stoop so low, seducing a school teacher, and the teacher was even a married man.
"Mom, brother, let’s not get involved in this matter. Whatever happens, it’s her business. Don’t interfere just because we’re from the same hometown. I heard it wasn’t that teacher who seduced her first, and Ye Qing has something on him. People like that aren’t worth our help. Let’s just mind our own business and do our own work," Lin Wan didn’t know if Ye Qing had something on Li Liang; she said it just out of fear that mom and her brother might feel sympathetic and help her.
But Lin Wan didn’t know that she unknowingly hit the nail on the head.
"Well, if she doesn’t come, she doesn’t. Sigh, how could such a nice girl do something like that? You guys should keep your distance from her in the future." Truly, appearances can be deceiving. She seemed so sensible not too long ago, but who would have thought!
With mom’s words, Lin Wan breathed a huge sigh of relief.
Just as she caught her breath, her aunt came to find her.
"Xiao Wan, Da Ming’s full month is coming up soon. Since our family runs a restaurant, I thought we could hold the celebration at yours," her aunt said enthusiastically, holding her hand.
Lin Wan subtly raised her eyebrows. They ran a restaurant, but they only told her it was near the military hospital. In the city, only Grandma knew, and there were just a few small rooms in front of the military hospital. "Aunt, how many guests will there be?"
"Not too many, just eight or nine tables would be enough."
"Our restaurant can’t accommodate that many; we only have four long tables that seat four each. Plus, uncle’s side are all leaders, won’t Saozi’s family have opinions?" One table can’t seat seven or eight people properly, especially if there are children; it wouldn’t be enough space.
"There’s just no other way. Your uncle and I spent a lot of money helping cousin Rongrong with her job. Even when your brother and Saozi got married, it cost a lot. Your Saozi is tight with the wedding money, so it’s all on your uncle and me for this banquet."
"Aunt, what level of banquet are you planning?" When she and Han Yi got married, it cost over two hundred. Of course, that was without any discounts.
"We can’t do without twelve dishes."
"Twelve dishes, five meat and five vegetarian plus two soups; it’ll cost around two hundred and thirty. I’ll go back to calculate..."
Before Lin Wan could finish, Zhang Huilan exclaimed, "What? Over two hundred? That’s outrageous!"
Lin Wan jumped out of fright.
"What are you yelling about? Nowadays, who doesn’t spend that amount on such an event? Even when Xiao Yi got married it cost that much, and the Wang family across the street spent nearly two hundred when they married their son at home before the New Year. And this is at a restaurant," Han Ying was annoyed seeing her daughter-in-law act . "Xiao Wan is family; she’s quoting you the low price, and you’re still complaining it’s high."
"Mom, I’m not shouting. It’s just too expensive. Now, a month’s salary for a person is only so much. Spending over two hundred at once is a real challenge for us," Wang Huilan said with a forced smile. "I thought that since we’re family, it might be cheaper than other restaurants, wouldn’t you say, Xiao Wan?"