Rebirth in Famine: She Thrives by Lucky Space

Jiang Xinyu’s face was adorned with a smile as she helped the two little ones take off their coats, while the three older ones had already tidied themselves up.

”Alright, you guys are familiar with the two of us, now let’s introduce you to our four children.”

The three older ones introduced themselves obediently and greeted everyone individually.

”Oh wow, this little girl is absolutely adorable.” A group of big men were also fond of pretty little girls.

Feifei pretended to be shy and lowered her head. Inside, she was grumbling, if it wasn’t for her father’s face, she wouldn’t have come out; staying at home would have been much better.

But she knew that her father thoroughly enjoyed such gatherings.

Just then, Qian Jun pushed the door open and came in. Everyone exchanged pleasantries once again.

Qian Jun happened to sit opposite the three children, and after exchanging greetings with him, they all looked at him with a peculiar expression.

Qian Jun was puzzled, wondering what was going on.

But soon he was called to drink.

Ding Shihong brought over three plates of blood sausage, ”This is something my sister brought over. I just tasted it and I can’t replicate that flavor.”

”You’re quite lucky, getting to taste all the goodies first.”

”That’s right. Just tempting you.”

”Xiao Wei, what do you mean? Not drinking?”

”I’ve quit smoking and drinking a long time ago, you guys go ahead, I’ll just have water.”

”What’s the fun in that?”

”It’s the same.”

”How can it be the same? I still remember when you got me so drunk I couldn’t get up the next day, and I’ll never get a chance for revenge now?”

”Please don’t make it difficult for me, I’ve quit smoking and drinking for years now. You all have fun.”

”Let’s understand him, folks, with his young wife around, if he doesn’t control himself, people might start gossiping about them being a father-daughter pair in public; what would Xiao Wei do then?”

Everyone burst into laughter upon hearing this.

Jiang Xinyu seldom participated in these gatherings of factory managers, so she was really at a loss for words with these rough men who spouted nonsense.

Feifei laughed and leaned towards Jiang Xinyu, ”Mom, I’d like to have some tea soup, I’m going to find Uncle Ding.”

”I’ll go with you.”

Wei Kaiyun immediately stood up.

”No need, Dad, I can find Uncle Ding myself.”

Actually, Feifei wanted to change the subject; they weren’t aware.

Wei Kaiyun didn’t feel at ease letting his daughter go out alone, so he held Feifei’s hand and went out.

”Xiao Jiang, when you two got together, it surprised all of us. Never thought you’d choose like this.”

Jiang Xinyu smiled, ”Feelings developed between us over time.”

”You used to be Xiao Wei’s secretary, you know his temperament and character, he’s someone who will certainly be loyal to his wife and family, you don’t need to worry about that.”

Jiang Xinyu nodded with a smile, ”I know, I won’t doubt him.”

”That’s true. Xinyu, your daughter is from the time when Xiao Wei first got into trouble and you sought him out, right?”

Jiang Xinyu nodded, ”Yes, I didn’t expect we would run into each other out of town back then.”

”This time when Xiao Wei got into trouble again, you left your future behind to find him, right?

If it were me, I’d keep you on a pedestal for life.”

”Haha, it’s not as you say, it just so happened that the place he was assigned to was where our child was.”

”Even if your child wasn’t there, you’d follow Xiao Wei.”

Qian Jun, sitting nearby listening to their conversation, moved to sit beside Shi Jing.

”Why are you looking at Uncle Qian like that?”

”That’s, uh...nothing?”

Qian Jun knew, as soon as he saw the children, what it was about, but the children hesitated to speak.

Jiang Xinyu also looked at Shi Jing, ”What’s wrong?”

”Earlier, the three of them gave me strange looks. Something must be up,” Qian Jun said with a smile, ”Shi Jing, tell Uncle Qian?”

Jiang Xinyu also looked at her son, ”If there’s anything, just tell Uncle Qian. It’s alright.”

”It’s just that this morning we ran into Aunt Gu, and she wanted to invite Uncle Han to dinner.”

Jiang Xinyu looked at her son in confusion, not understanding.

But Qian Jun quickly caught on. Combining the children’s looks, Qian Jun’s anger was almost uncontrollable.

He forced a smile. Inside, he loathed Gu Xiaoyu deeply.

He knew she had returned from the Capital, and the eldest sibling’s family is from there too, with the surname Han. Looking at this child, he immediately knew their family was well-off, with a capable father in the Capital.

This was too humiliating, what was Gu Xiaoyu thinking?

No, he had to get to the bottom of this situation, otherwise living with such a person for the rest of his life seemed too demeaning.

Wei Kaiyun returned, holding his daughter’s hand, feeling the atmosphere was a bit odd.

”What’s wrong?”

Jiang Xinyu shrugged.

”It’s just that the three of us met Aunt Gu this morning, and she wants to invite Uncle Han to dinner, several times over.”

Now Wei Kaiyun understood, looking helplessly at his son.

He gave an apologetic smile toward Qian Jun.

Qian Jun barely managed a smile in return, though it was stiff and unnatural.

The people here were all sharp-witted; although they weren’t sure what was going on, seeing Qian Jun’s unease, they let the matter drop.

Everyone continued, and since there were children, no one smoked.

However, their drinking had already opened the children’s eyes wide. Normally, only Master Shang would drink a bit, and wouldn’t overdo it.

The three children watched curiously as they drank. Qian Jun also held a wine glass; normally, he’d have left by now, but this time he wanted to ask Han Xiangjun, as he was sure he’d get some answers.

With Jiang Xinyu and Wei Kaiyun both as friends, today he could get the full story.

Everyone knew Qian Jun was upset, so no one pressed him.

For the two younger children, Jiang Xinyu fed them some rice porridge and vegetable soup. Shi Xian wasn’t willing and only after eating an egg did he settle down.

Feifei, seeing her younger siblings had eaten their fill, called her two brothers to take the younger ones to play nearby.

This left Jiang Xinyu in peace.

Qian Jun moved closer and whispered to Jiang Xinyu that he was going to find Han Xiangjun shortly.

Jiang Xinyu nodded, ”Alright, Old Han is staying at my place. The kids might not have the details right. Don’t overthink it.”

Qian Jun sighed, ”I know. I wish I were overthinking it.”

Jiang Xinyu didn’t know what to say, so she quietly sipped her porridge.

”Your lifestyle now is quite aligned with old age. Just having porridge?”

”Isn’t it? Eating porridge at night feels comfortable. Just like I always say, take care of yourself too.”

”I know, Xinyu, right now I’m just feeling fed up.”

Jiang Xinyu just laughed; she knew Qian Jun had a strong character. He might be able to discard his affairs and follow his heart, but Qian Jun would never do that.

”No matter what, you’re the most important.”

”Xinyu, back then, was I not good enough?” He finally asked.

Jiang Xinyu looked at Qian Jun, speechless. He hadn’t even drunk much.

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