Reborn as a Rich Woman in the Eighties
Chapter 235 - 234 I Like It

Chapter 235: Chapter 234 I Like It

When Jiang Mingyuan returned after starting the fire in the house, Lin Xia had already finished cooking the porridge.

Worried that the two of them might feel nauseous from vomiting, she had cut up some small radishes and pickles for them, tossing them with some minced garlic, sesame oil, vinegar, and MSG.

Jiang Mingyuan could clearly sense that Lu Zheng was in a good mood, as the lad had even had two bowls of porridge.

He felt something was amiss, had Lin Xia not mentioned to Lu Zheng about staying at his house?

Jiang Mingyuan deliberately asked, "Lin Xia! Have you found the bedding for Lu Zheng?"

Lin Xia got up to look for it, "Not yet!"

Lin Qiu asked Lin Xia, "Sis! Should we get Dongzi’s or big brother’s?"

"I’ll see!" Lin Xia said as she went into the Western House, with Lin Qiu following behind her.

Lu Zheng took a bite of the pickles, feeling that anything Lin Xia made, even a simple porridge with pickles, was delicious.

How wonderful it would be if he could eat her cooking every day in the future, he would certainly be very happy.

Jiang Mingyuan felt disappointed; with things being the way they were, Lu Zheng must have known about staying at his house, so why didn’t he show any signs of displeasure.

Could something have happened after he left?

The only person he could get information from was Lin Qiu, but now was definitely not the time to ask.

Lu Zheng noticed Jiang Mingyuan’s intent, but since Lin Xia had accepted the bracelet he gave her, he no longer minded staying at Jiang Mingyuan’s house.

After dinner, Jiang Mingyuan and Lu Zheng noticed it was getting late and couldn’t stay any longer.

Lu Zheng carried the bedding and followed Jiang Mingyuan out of Lin Xia’s house.

The Lin sisters, Xia and Qiu, walked them out to the front gate.

Lin Xia instructed, "Come back for breakfast tomorrow morning!"

Jiang Mingyuan smiled and waved to them, "Sure! Lin Xia, you guys should go back and rest early!"

Lu Zheng added, "Make sure the door is locked!"

"Got it!" Lin Xia didn’t know why, but watching him stand there tall and straight, looking at her, she could feel the intense warmth in his gaze, even in the dark of night.

Lin Xia and Lin Qiu waited until the two men were far away, then went inside after securing the front door.

As soon as they entered, Lin Qiu happily laughed, "Sis! Show me the bracelet!"

If it weren’t for Lu Zheng and the others not having left yet, she would have borrowed it to take a closer look much earlier.

Seeing Lin Qiu so lively for once, Lin Xia was pleased and pulled it out of her pocket for her, "Here you go! I’m going to wash my face!"

Lin Qiu took the bracelet into the Eastern House, admiring it as she tried it on her wrist, but felt it didn’t look as good on her as it did on her sister.

By the time Lin Xia came in after washing her face, Lin Qiu was already snuggled in her bed.

"Sis! I’ve put the bracelet next to your pillow. It looks better on you!"

"That’s just in your head!"

Lin Xia got into bed after undressing, taking out the bracelet from under the pillow. She played with the smooth beads and looked at it carefully, "Xiaoqiu, the person who made this bracelet is really skillful!"

"Yeah! I studied it for a long time and still can’t figure out how it was made!" Lin Qiu turned to her and smiled with her lips pursed, "Sis! Why did Lu Zheng come this time? It wasn’t just to give you the bracelet, was it?"

Lin Xia tucked the bracelet back under the pillow, "Who knows! He said he had some last-minute matters to attend to, and since he was near our place, he thought of dropping by to check on us!"

"Actually, I didn’t want this bracelet, but then he insisted on giving me the two hundred yuan he had left behind, so I thought I might as well accept it!"

Lin Qiu agreed, "Taking it is fine! Otherwise, that two hundred yuan floating around doesn’t feel right anyway! Besides, this bracelet doesn’t seem like anything too valuable!"

"That’s exactly what I thought! But I still felt a bit uneasy about it since he had given it to me as a gift!" Lin Xia still felt a bit uncomfortable about it.

"What’s there to worry about! Sis, it’s like you exchanged with each other!" Lin Qiu teased, "Sis, you should’ve seen Lu Zheng and Dongzi; they threw up so many times after leaving the hotpot restaurant! I think they eventually felt better after throwing up so much! They even ate quite a bit of porridge!"

It was really an eye-opener for her since the two of them didn’t seem like the type to do something like that usually.

Lin Xia frowned, "I don’t know what got into those two; I felt something was off when they were in the greenhouse! It seemed like they were competing with each other!"

"Lu Zheng came to our house looking for you, but then he saw Dongzi was home. They must have said something to each other!"

"True, but what on earth did they talk about?" Lin Xia wondered, tilting her head.

Lin Qiu blinked thoughtfully as well, suddenly voicing her concern, "Sis, they’re living together now, they won’t start fighting, will they?"

She thought, Dongzi knows how to fight, and Lu Zheng is pretty tough too. If the two of them got into a fight, who would win?

Lin Xia laughed out loud, ruffling Lin Qiu’s hair, "How could they? They were sober by then, there was nothing to fight about! But whether they can sleep well, I don’t know! They aren’t very familiar with each other after all!"

Thinking of Lu Zheng standing at the door with his luggage, she couldn’t help but want to laugh again, as if he were a big dog that had been abandoned.

Lin Qiu covered her mouth to suppress a giggle, "Yeah! Two men who aren’t close sleeping on the same kang!" She lay on her side and looked at Lin Xia, "Sis, can I ask you a question?"

"Ask away!" Lin Xia also lay on her side, ready to chat face to face with Lin Qiu.

"Do you like Dongzi or do you prefer Lu Zheng?"

Lin Xia was surprised and asked, "Xiaoqiu, why would you ask that? Dongzi is just like a real brother to me; he’s even said that he only sees me as a real sister!"

Lin Qiu was astonished; she had no idea about this and thought Dongzi liked her sister. Was it all a misunderstanding?

"Then, do you like Lu Zheng?"

Lin Qiu actually wanted to ask this the last time Lu Zheng came, but she didn’t because she noticed her sister kept changing the topic and didn’t seem to want to talk about it, so she never brought it up again.

But this time was different; she clearly felt her sister didn’t seem as resistant anymore.

Lin Xia pursed her lips, "I do like him!" She didn’t deny it.

Lin Qiu hadn’t expected her sister to confess so openly, "So are you... are you and he... a couple now?"

"No! Just friends! Actually, the last time he came to visit, we spent an afternoon together by the riverside. He confessed and said he wanted to be with me! But I didn’t accept!"

"Sis, why didn’t you tell me? Why didn’t you accept?" Lin Qiu didn’t understand. She thought Lu Zheng was quite good, and they both liked each other, so why not be together?

Lin Xia suddenly felt the urge to confide; she had kept so much bottled up inside without ever talking to anyone about it.

"Xiaoqiu, he’s an engineer, and I only graduated from junior high school. The gap is just too big! Moreover, I’ve met his family, and they are not ordinary by any means! His family would definitely not approve of us!

So, what’s the use even if I did agree? In the end, wouldn’t we have to break up after a while?

Knowing there’s no future, why start something that will just lead to pain for both of us?

He’ll be better off finding someone who matches his social status!

If he ends up breaking up with his family over me, he won’t blame me in the short term, but what about in the long run?"

No matter how deep the feelings are, once they go through the routine of daily life, they are bound to fade.