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Chapter 242 Who are you calling?

Chapter 242: Chapter 242 Who are you calling?

The night school returned to its usual calmness.

Aside from Xiaozhang’s silent disappearance, there was no more disturbance.

Wang Mengmeng seemed like a different person after she was discharged from the hospital, no longer making sarcastic comments at Suizi.

Although she was still a bit lazy at work, she wasn’t blatantly shirking responsibility like before.

When faced with Suizi, she seemed more fearful, akin to the fear a mouse has for a cat, her aura automatically lowered.

Wang Mengmeng realized how Suizi dealt with Xiaozhang.

She understood that Suizi was always a queen, her previous indifference was just a sign of not bothering with her.

If Suizi wanted to punish her, she could do it within minutes.

Not only Wang Mengmeng thought this, but the Principal did too.

The Principal’s wife Zhang Dashan had a discerning eye. Seeing Suizi’s methods and abilities, she realized it was pointless to press Suizi down, and it’d be better to maintain a good relationship with her.

She also warned the Principal that if he wanted to retire safely from this position, it’d be best not to offend Chen Hansui.

Since then, the Principal was courteous when he saw Suizi, offering cigarettes with both hands when he saw Yu Jingting. If one didn’t know, they would think that Suizi and her husband were the top leaders of the night school.

A week later, a director from the Education Bureau asked for Suizi to come over.

After a lengthy irrelevant conversation, the director finally pulled the topic to the Principal.

Suizi answered cautiously, saying that she had just arrived at the unit not long ago and was not fully aware of some situations. If the leaders needed specific information, she would answer honestly.

In other words, if you don’t ask, I don’t want to say.

Suizi clearly didn’t want to muddy the waters; since this kind of thing as pulling down the Principal, she didn’t want to take the initiative nor stop the Bureau Director.

The Director saw that Suizi was like a calm lake, her answers full of room for interpretation and found no handle on her.

She didn’t show any tendencies of a young person’s impatience or irritability. The Director secretly marvelled, this girl is born to be in the system.

After sitting for a long time, Suizi shifted her legs to a more comfortable position, which caught the Bureau Director’s attention.

"When you due?"

"In about five more months. Expected due date is in early August, as I’m carrying twins, so very likely to give birth earlier. I have already planned all my classes during that period. Adding the rest after giving birth, my work won’t be affected."

Suizi was very clear on what the leadership wanted to hear, her answer was seamless.

"What a pity, we have two spots to go study out of town, needs two months of study, you are not in a convenient position, right?"

Going to study out of town, insiders all know, this means there is a chance for promotion when you return.

"Yes, thank you for the organization’s kindness to me, but I’m still young, there will be many opportunities in the future, let’s give this to others."

Suizi had no regrets.

This straightforward attitude made the Bureau Director feel uncomfortable. This was the first time she had seen someone who didn’t covet a brighter future.

But Suizi was remarkably at ease.

Nothing is more important to her than her children and family at this stage.

If she had to choose between her work and family, she would choose the latter without hesitation. Even though she may be seen as having no ambition, she had no regrets.

Coming back from the Bureau, Suizi kept silent about her brush with the opportunity.

As the months went on, her abdomen swelled bigger, even after five months, it was bigger than others who were six months pregnant.

At first, Yu Jingting was quite proud, planting once and harvesting two, he felt like he had got a great bargain.

But the joy of this bargain didn’t last long.

The disadvantages of bearing twins soon became apparent.

Suizi had frequent leg cramps during this period.

Seeing her in distress, Yu Jingting was also anxious, the doctor said it was calcium deficiency.

Carrying twins naturally requires more nutrients than a single fetus, and calcium needed to be supplemented.

On one hand, she was taking calcium tablets, and on the other hand, supplementing with food.

Wang Cuihua and Yu Jingting brought all kinds of calcium-containing goodies into the house, such as big bones, shrimp shells, and milk.

As long as Suizi felt better, anything was good.

But Suizi couldn’t eat much, she always said she was hungry, but couldn’t take more than a few bites when presented with food, saying she wasn’t in the mood.

Seeing her lose weight day by day, Yu Jingting felt that this couldn’t go on, and he needed outside help.

This outside aid was his mother-in-law in Beijing.

He contacted Chen Lijun through Professor Sun and they arranged a time to talk over the phone.

While Jiaojiao was practicing piano, Yu Jingting had his mother take Suizi out for shopping, and then called his mother-in-law.

"Mom, please speak slowly, my writing is slow."

Chen Lijun was dictating recipes on the other end of the phone.

Yu Jingting was holding the phone and quickly recording with a pen on paper.

"Red bean milk cake... alright, I’ve written this down, what’s next — Sesame Sauce Noodles? Mom, this is too simple."

For the words he didn’t know how to write, he used some phonetics mixed with drawings, as long as he understood it.

"She used to love this dish when she was small. Oh, when making Sesame Sauce Noodles for her, make a cold dish on the side, sneak some shrimp shells in. She usually doesn’t eat shrimp shells, you have to grind it finely, and sneak it into dumplings for her."

Yu Jingting took note of everything and reported Suizi’s situation during this period to his mother-in-law.

Looking at his obedient behaviour, not a single trace of his outside arrogance, Professor Sun couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows.

This lad Yu Jingting, he was pretty good at cozying up to his mother-in-law, calling her "mom" affectionately.

Although Chen Lijun was very satisfied with Yu Jingting, she couldn’t help but admonish him a few times.

"Jingting, I know you treat Suizi well, and she also sincerely loves you, do you know she gave up a promotion opportunity for you to have a baby?"

"What?" Yu Jingting frowned.

He really didn’t know this.

"A friend of mine from your city said that there was originally a chance for study that lasts for two months, and smaller promotion when you come back, which should have been offered to her, but she refused it."

Half a rank, although it sounded small, there were many who had spent decades of their life for this half a rank.

Suizi was at a tricky time in her pregnancy where, if she had a bit of ambition, she might have agreed.

But Suizi refused.

She just wanted to stay home, calmly carrying her babies. She didn’t say a word to Yu Jingting when she returned home.

"Don’t make it difficult for her, there will be plenty of opportunities for promotion after this. She is also considering your small family." Chen Lijun probed Yu Jingting.

"I don’t care at all whether she gets promoted or not—" Yu Jingting was filled with mixed feelings.

His considerate little pig spirit was silently shouldering too much for this family. She didn’t tell him because she was afraid he would feel guilty, right?

"As long as you can understand her. Ah, sometimes I can’t understand how this child grew up overnight? As a mother, I really don’t want her to be so sensible."

Being sensible meant she had to undertake more.

The words of Chen Lijun were like a hammer, pounding on Yu Jingting’s heart.

"Don’t worry, I won’t let her down, I will take care of her."

"Jingting, who are you on the phone with?" Suizi walked in from the outside just in time to hear this.

"Ah!" Yu Jingting, startled by her arrival, dropped the phone on the table.

This might expose his plot, and that would be trouble.