Reborn as a Rich Woman in the Eighties
Chapter 545 - 544: Resentful

Chapter 545: Chapter 544: Resentful

Actually, Miao Xue was really afraid that Lin Qiu might end up without a partner.

Then, she didn’t know when her old flame with Wu Zhengyang might reignite.

After all, the two had already talked about marriage and even gotten engaged, their relationship was good, and it was she who had used tactics to snatch him away.

Miao Xue took off her shoes, climbed onto the kang bed, and continued to lie down, her gaze slowly drifting off as she stared at the white ceiling.

She wondered what kind of person Lin Qiu’s train conductor partner really was!

However, she felt that he probably wasn’t much to look at! Perhaps it was because he fancied the family background of Lin Qiu’s grandfather, and so he reluctantly chose her!

Yes! That must be it!

The more Miao Xue thought about it, the more she felt certain it was the case...

Lin Xia and Lu Zheng were walking and chatting, also discussing Kang Yijun.

"Xiaozheng! I think he’s quite nice, fairly honest.

But," she said, "he mentioned that festivals are the busiest times, when it’s simply impossible to reunite with family, and that seems too hard."

Lin Xia couldn’t help but worry, feeling he wasn’t a good match.

She hoped her sister would not live the same kind of life as in her previous one, and that she would be happy forever.

But if she really married such a man, a life of hard work and sometimes having no one to rely on seemed inevitable.

"Wife! The kid’s really not bad! In fact, I wanted to talk to you about his job in private, but he ended up bringing it up right at the dinner table.

Wife, I think you should have a good talk with Lin Qiu and see what she thinks.

After all, this is something she has to decide on her own. We, as her family, can only offer an opinion!"

Lu Zheng hadn’t expected Kang Yijun to be so forthright without pretense, so just for that, he had an even better impression of him!

Lin Xia frowned in distress, "Xiaoqiu might not be able to think that far ahead. In marriage, can they live well with so much time apart?

And Xiaoqiu’s temperament being as it is, can she really handle running a household on her own? I’m really worried...

If this kid would change his job, then the two of them could be together every day."

Lu Zheng felt Lin Xia was thinking too simply and spoke his mind directly, "How could he possibly change jobs just for the sake of getting married?"

"But if he doesn’t change, won’t my sister suffer too much?"

Lin Xia knew her thoughts weren’t right.

But this was her little sister’s major marriage decision!

How could she not be somewhat selfish? How could she bear to let Lin Qiu live such a hard life?

Seeing his beautiful wife’s face creased with worry, Lu Zheng felt a pang of distress and promptly offered a suggestion,

"Wife! Maybe we should do this! Why don’t you ask your grandfather to find out how Kang Yijun is doing at his job?

Being a train conductor is only temporary, after all. If he does well, he can still move up, can’t he?

People in the railway system get married and have children too, don’t they say so?"

He had a good impression of Kang Yijun and was willing to serve as a bridge.

But Lin Qiu was his sister-in-law, just like his own sister, and he needed to consider more for Lin Qiu!

A girl’s marriage is akin to a second birth; the kind of man she chooses will directly determine the happiness of her latter life.

If Lin Qiu wasn’t happy, he and his wife wouldn’t be at peace either!

Lin Xia nodded incessantly, "You make sense! Then I’ll take some time to call my grandpa and talk about this."

Anyway, since he’s coming, we might as well treat him like Xiaoqiu’s friend!

I still need to give this some serious thought—it’s not a minor issue; it’s about my sister’s lifelong happiness!"

Doesn’t she know that she is married to Lu Zheng now?

At least until she goes there, they’ll have to continue living apart like this.

If anything happens, she can only rely on herself; Lu Zheng, being far away, can’t be counted on.

Hearing Lin Xia’s final casual sigh, Lu Zheng felt a surge of guilt and heartache.

He was about to return to his unit, and there was Lin Xia who, though married, might as well be a widow!

Lin Xia had felt all of this in reality and certainly wouldn’t want Lin Qiu to make the same choice if possible!

Lu Zheng was very clear that sometimes, due to work, there was just no helping it!

Lu Zheng reined in the emotion that had momentarily surged up, comforting her with a smile, "Wife, don’t think too much! After all, they are just getting to know each other now, whether it will work out or not is still too early to tell!

You find time to talk to Lin Qiu too, see what she thinks!"

"Okay! For now, that’s all we can do." Lin Xia noticed the change in Lu Zheng’s eyes, and she saw a fleeting sorrow in them, and she asked curiously, "What’s wrong?"

Lu Zheng shook his head with a smile, "Nothing." He didn’t want to share his recent thoughts with Lin Xia, so he looked up at the gray sky to change the subject, "Looks like it’s going to snow, doesn’t it?"

Lin Xia also looked up at the cloudy sun, "Yes, it’s going to snow!"

She felt a sense of resignation in her heart about the possibility that her eldest brother, Lin Chun, might like Jiang Mingqing.

She had originally thought that her sister’s boyfriend would be good, and upon meeting him, Kang Yijun seemed like a really nice young man, yet she was faced with such a difficult choice.

Life, indeed, you never know what will happen next!

On the other side, Lin Qiu and Kang Yijun had returned to the store, and Lin Qiu began to skilfully light the stove.

Kang Yijun perceptively helped her, and noticing that there were not many small branches left for the stove fire, he asked for directions and went to the courtyard woodshed to fetch firewood.

Once Lin Qiu had the stove going and the fire was burning well, she sat down at the sewing machine to work, to avoid the awkwardness of just sitting and staring at each other.

Yet because there was someone in the shop, and that person was Kang Yijun, she couldn’t calm down at all, sewing in straight lines purely by feeling.

Kang Yijun naturally sat next to the cloth-cutting machine, observing Lin Qiu’s reactions.

He chatted with Lin Qiu from time to time, but didn’t bring up the embarrassing incident that had just happened.

Gradually, Lin Qiu relaxed and calmed down, grateful to him for not asking about it.

Even now, when she recalled the scene of Wang Lan asking questions, her cheeks still faintly burned and even spread to her ears.

Kang Yijun admired the shy look on Lin Qiu’s face as she worked with her head down, pleased inside and smiling at the corners of his mouth.

He knew Lin Qiu was a girl with a thin skin, and that for her, to admit in front of others that he was her partner was already enough; he wouldn’t be so foolish as to ask those silly questions to her face.

For the moment, the atmosphere in the shop was warm and relaxed.

Though it was morning, the sky darkened a bit due to the snowflakes swirling down from all around.

In no time at all, a thick layer of snow had already settled in front of the door.

Kang Yijun didn’t hesitate, taking a broom to go outside and sweep the snow, clearing away the area in front of the clothing store.

As for next door and across the street—sorry, one was Lin Qiu’s ex-boyfriend’s place, the other the house of that gossipy woman—he wasn’t so charitable as to help them.