Chapter 177 - Dinner ("You mean the mean-looking uncle who's a hero?") (3)
“You are back?” An old lady walked out from the house. When she saw Feng Zeyu, she smiled and said to him, “Have some dinner. I’ll go heat them up for you.”
“That’s alright, Grandma. I’ve brought food home with me,” said Feng Zeyu as he walked over to lend support to the old lady.
This is the sister-in-law of the old lady who had shown Shu Yan the place. She was younger than that old lady but, as she had received a series of bad news one after another, she had aged a lot over a very short period of time. She was only in her seventies but she looked like she was in her eighties.
“You brought home food?” The old lady helped him take the lunchbox out of the bag. When she saw the food inside, she took a look at Feng Zeyu and said with a smile. “They look good. She must be a very virtuous person.”
Feng Zeyu thought about Shu Yan. She was, indeed, a kind a virtuous person.
The old lady did not ask too many questions but returned to the house to go to bed. Others said that Feng Zeyu became her grandson for her house. They didn’t know anything. The old lady was ill and needed medications every month. The supplements she received from the government every month did not cover the cost of the medicines and they were all paid for by Feng Zeyu. He also bought her clothes and other necessities and took good care of her. He was even better to her than her own grandchildren were. Plenty of times he wanted to explain to others but she was stopped by Xiao Yu. How unlucky of him, to have such awful parents and a stepmother who couldn’t stand to see him well. Now he wasn’t able to find himself a wife. She hoped that the one who cooked for him was a single woman. The old lady could go in peace if Xiao Yu could find himself a wife.
Other the other end, Shu Yan had already finished having dinner, cleaned up, bathed Tianbao, and bathed with JingJing. The three of them played for a while in bed and were ready to turn in.
Shu Yan noticed that ever since she came to this world, with the exception of the days she needed to go merchandizing, she’d be in bed by 10 PM at the latest and get up at 6 AM. It did feel a lot better going to bed and getting up early.
There were certainly benefits not having cellphone or computers. She was forced to go to bed early. Shu Yan pinched her hand. Another day that she missed her cellphone. Go to bed. Perhaps she could dream about it.
She wanted to buy breakfast for Feng Zeyu as well but she didn’t see him in the morning. Shu Yan waited for Feng Zeyu purposefully when she got out of the bus.
“I am going to have lunch with a friend today and I should be safe. I’ll leave dinner inside of the flowerbed again tonight. Don’t forget to pick it up.” Having said that, Shu Yan turned and left.
Shu Yan had given Hu Ruixue a call after she returned from merchandizing yesterday and arranged for a lunch date with her.
She thought it was going to be a simple lunch but Hu Ruixue brought up working together again.
“I asked to work together before and you said you have no time or energy. Welp, then you turned around and partnered with someone else,” said Hu Ruixue with feigned anger.
“That is different. My partnership with Lao Zhang is just temporary. These fall tops and pants involved no technical skills. They will be all over within a week. I am just making a few quick bucks.” Shu Yan had planned to pull out when the profit diminished.
“Yes, just a few quick bucks the way you were doing it. But haven’t you noticed a much bigger market?” Hu Ruixue knew that the fall outfits would be super popular the minute that she saw them. “I looked for you this time to establish an undergarment brand with you. We will focus on undergarments and fall outfits. We won’t need too much investment at the early stage. What do you say?”
“We can throw pajamas in there as well,” said Shu Yan.
“I know you have a flexible brain. What a bummer that you family didn’t send you to school before.” Hu Ruixue revisited the same subject. “Just give me the words. Are we partnering up or not?”