Unveil Her Secret Identities
Chapter 224 bundles of yarn are helpless_1

Chapter 224: 224 bundles of yarn are helpless_1

Aunt Wen was still sitting in front of the cash register, holding two silver needles in her hands, crocheting.

"Girl."

Lu Qingyi just walked into the shop. Aunt Wen happened to look up and saw her. She smiled as she saw Lu Qingyi.

"Aunt Wen, what are you doing?"

Lu Qingyi walked up to Aunt Wen and asked with a smile.

"The weather is about to get cold. I’m knitting sweaters for this father and son. Store-bought just won’t be as warm as what I knit myself."

Aunt Wen said softly, all the while continuing knitting and chatting with Lu Qingyi.

Her hands moved with skilled agility, as if she had done this thousands of times before.

Looking at Aunt Wen, a woman aged by years but willing to live humbly in such a place despite her wealthy background, Lu Qingyi felt puzzled.

She was skilled at chores like cooking and knitting scarves and sweaters.

"How about knitting a scarf or a sweater for your boyfriend, girl?"

Noticing Lu Qingyi’s gaze, Aunt Wen looked up and asked.

She willingly subjected herself to these mundane things in life, and she seemed genuinely happy.

"Aunt Wen, are you happy now?"

Lu Qingyi asked. Each time she saw Aunt Wen, her face was filled with joyful smiles.

Except when she mentioned her best friend, her expression changed somewhat.

Lu Qingyi never believed that true happiness was about wealth and power, but she was curious about what Aunt Wen and her boss thought of it.

"Having the one I love by my side, raising a child, not having to worry about anything, being busy every day. Life is fulfilling and happy."

Aunt Wen paused her knitting, her face beaming with a genuine smile.

"Can I learn?"

Lu Qingyi conscientiously moved closer to the cash register. She walked to Aunt Wen’s side and looked at the yarn.

Her brow slightly furrowed. She was capable of doing many things, but she had never tried knitting before.

"Sure, I’ll teach you."

Aunt Wen pulled out a new ball of yarn and two silver needles from the drawer.

"Let’s start with casting on, like this. Do you understand?"

Aunt Wen demonstrated once, then looked up at Lu Qingyi.

Lu Qingyi: "..."

She didn’t understand, really.

She looked at Aunt Wen, stunned and confused.

"It’s okay if you don’t get it the first time. Practice with me."

Aunt Wen laughed a little. She took out another ball of yarn and two more silver needles from the drawer and handed them to Lu Qingyi.

Aunt Wen didn’t make a fuss about Lu Qingyi not getting it in the first try, but Lu Qingyi felt differently.

Was her renowned reputation going to be destroyed by this simple task of knitting? She usually picked things up pretty fast, but this casting on, she just couldn’t understand!

Lu Qingyi picked up the silver needle. She watched Aunt Wen demonstrate and followed along.

But, but... apologies, she seemed to be incapable of learning it.

"You’ll get it after a few tries. Like this, and this, and then this."

Aunt Wen chuckled a little. She patiently guided Lu Qingyi.

Lu Qingyi: "..."

She still didn’t seem to get it.

"Maybe I should not learn this."

Lu Qingyi put the silver needle and yarn on the table, her feelings in turmoil.

Her, Lu Qingyi, couldn’t even master casting on!

"Just like her."

Aunt Wen suddenly reached out to ruffle Lu Qingyi’s hair, but quickly drew her hand back. She sighed softly.

Her?

Lu Qingyi looked at Aunt Wen.

"My best friend. She was good at everything and a fast learner, but she was stumped by a small ball of yarn. Seeing you fumble about, it reminds me of her."

Aunt Wen put the yarn and needles on the table. She stared at Lu Qingyi without blinking.

She suddenly remembered that girl who seldom smiled, but when she did, she was exceptionally beautiful.

She was a quick learner, almost mastering everything at a glance, but for something as simple as knitting, she struggled for a week and still could not get it.

Her clumsy efforts back then were amusing.

Lu Qingyi’s current state reminded her so much of her past.

"Really?"

Lu Qingyi laughed and replied nonchalantly.

She reached out to remove a strand of hair that had fallen onto Aunt Wen’s collar, "There’s a hair on your clothes."

She crunched up a tissue in her hand, hid the hair in it when Aunt Wen wasn’t looking, and then put it into her pocket.

She had gathered hair samples from both Aunt Wen and her boss. Now, she only needed Gu Yansi’s.

Actually, she should return to Jin City and collect the samples of Lu Yao and Yao Meishu, and also Lu Jiayue and Lu Jiahao.

"You seem quite similar to Yansi all of a sudden."

Aunt Wen tucked a loose strand of Lu Qingyi’s hair behind her ear and mentioned casually.

Could it be just a coincidence? Aunt Wen didn’t believe in such numerous coincidences. How could Lu Qingyi be similar to Gu Yansi?

Such a story seemed like a fanciful tale.

"It’s probably just a coincidence."

Lu Qingyi replied slowly.

A coincidence?

No, she didn’t believe it.

"Your boyfriend didn’t accompany you today?"

Aunt Wen only thought to ask the question at this time.

"He is busy. I didn’t tell him I was coming."

Lu Qingyi answered. She was certain that if she had said it, Xu Boyan would have dropped everything to accompany her.

Being with Xu Boyan made her feel like she was a seductress like Yang Guifei.

Xu Boyan would abandon all his work, all for the sake of her happiness.

"That boy is Xu Boyan, right?"

Aunt Wen asked, unsurprised. Of course, she was acquainted with Xu Boyan.

Lu Qingyi nodded, "Hm."

"To marry into a wealthy family requires a matching background. Regardless of whether his parents mind, you can’t simply ignore the gossip. Especially considering Xu Boyan’s social standing."

Aunt Wen looked at Lu Qingyi seriously.

"You either need a family background that matches or you need exceptional abilities. Yes, I know that you young people value mutual affection more than anything. As long as there’s love, everything else is insignificant. But can you really ignore everything else?"

Aunt Wen gave a bitter smile and slowly shook her head.

She was once naive enough to believe that, as long as two people love each other, everything else could be ignored. But in the end, she realised that was just a naive fantasy.

While her boss was highly educated, his family background didn’t match hers. It was as if they lived in two different worlds.

Despite the odds, she chose to be with him. Her parents didn’t object, and they didn’t care about the gossip. But as time went by, the whispers grew crueler.

She could accept criticisms aimed at her, but she could not let them criticise her boss.

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