Office supplies make quite a bit of money, right? Pencils and stationery cases for students, office docunts for companies, that sort of thing. Everyone needs them.
Yin Peibai’s saozi is a smart one.
When it cos to blind investnt, Lin Wan thought she should give those two a proper lesson. In the end, they talked until past five in the afternoon.
When Lin Wan drove back, she stopped by the supply store and bought so gifts to put in the car.
These were for Shuhua tomorrow.
When Lin Wan got ho, Mom had also just returned from the restaurant. These past two days, Mom had been going to the restaurant managed by Su Daii, and she was very satisfied with her choice of manager.
"Xiao Wan, guess who I saw today?"
"Who?"
"The family that ran off with your dad back then."
Lin Wan frowned slightly and said, "They couldn’t stay in Z City, so they ca here?"
"What Z City? After they made that scene, your grandpa chased them off to the border region. I don’t know how they ended up here."
"Mom, did they recognize you? Did you suffer any loss?"
"They didn’t recognize , but only one person ca, and they weren’t looking for . It was Li Yongfang’s son coming to find Su Daii."
"Ah, looking for Su Daii? What’s their relationship?"
"I heard him say sothing about wanting to see his daughter."
Lin Wan imdiately understood. Su Daii had a woman with a daughter; Li Yongfang’s son must be looking to see Su Daii’s daughter.
"So, they got married?"
"What marriage? Daii said they divorced a long ti ago. Actually, it was that Li Dacheng had a mistress back then. When that mistress got pregnant, and it was a boy, Li Dacheng grew more and more displeased with Su Daii, and he directly drove her out. Su Daii, a woman, lived out in the elents for several months. Then the mistress gave the Li Family a big fat boy and clamored to marry Li Dacheng. The Li Family had no choice but to find Su Daii to get a divorce.
Daii said she had no family and took the child and ran here after the divorce. Later, she ca to work here.
She only ran into Li Dacheng recently, and no one knows how he got here."
"What does Li Dacheng want to do?"
"He said he wants to remarry Daii. Daii doesn’t agree, so he keeps blocking her at the store. I haven’t let her co to work these days. Li Dacheng only knows where Su Daii works, not where she lives."
"Hiding like this isn’t going to work," Lin Wan realized that she didn’t know any decent Lis, but of course, she couldn’t let Brother Jianye or Brother Congnan hear that.
"I’ll discuss this with your dad when he gets back. Li Dacheng needs to be driven away quickly, or it’ll affect our business."
"Mom, you shouldn’t go tomorrow either. I’m afraid he might recognize you—those Li Family people are crazy."
"Mom knows what to do. I won’t go tomorrow. Let’s go see Shuhua."
"Alright."
In the evening, when Lin Guozhi returned, Liang Hongi told him about this matter. Apparently, Lin Guozhi didn’t expect those Li people to be in S City.
Lin Guozhi paused, thinking about his plans for the past few days, and then said, "Leave this to . I’ll handle it. Since he hasn’t recognized you, you can go as needed. If the manager doesn’t want to be bothered, let her rest at ho for a few days."
"Okay, I got it. Be careful yourself."
Lin Wan had a good sleep. It was so cold in the morning that she didn’t want to get out of bed. She didn’t get up until after ten. She skipped breakfast, waiting to have hot pot with Shuhua and Aunt Jin at noon.
Liang Hongi knew she’d sleep in, so she didn’t wake her. Now that she saw her up, she quickly took out the stead buns she had kept warm in the pot.
"Eat while walking. Let’s go over."
"Okay." Lin Wan took a bite, nodded, and accompanied Mom out the door. The two of them drove to South Street.
She knew Shuhua would definitely be at the store at this ti.
Because for the past two months, she’d been learning how to make birthday cakes. She’d just about mastered it, and now Shuhua’s was the only place in S City that made birthday cakes.
"Aunt Liang said you were coming today. I made a small cake for you especially—give it a try."
"Your belly is scary! At this point, you shouldn’t do this yourself. Isn’t there soone in the store?"
Yesterday, Lin Wan heard from her mom but had no concept. Seeing it today really shocked her.
"I’m fine. It looks scary, but I’m really healthy. I just have trouble sleeping at night. I’m actually quite happy about this—two at once, and our family is ecstatic."
Lin Wan wasn’t too happy seeing Shuhua’s belly. In this condition, will it be easy to give birth later? When Shi Lan was pregnant with twins, she wasn’t as big as this.
"Alright, alright, have a rest. I worry just looking at you."
"Whenever I tell her that, she doesn’t listen. Make her rest at ho, and she can’t sit still," Aunt Jin said, shaking her head as she held Hehe.
"I think it’s good for her to move around a bit, good for delivery," Liang Hongi said, not agreeing with lying around at ho right now.
"Yes, I also think so. Look at my big belly; if I don’t move around, it definitely won’t be easy to give birth," Shuhua said, smiling as she cut the cake into pieces and shared it with everyone.
Hehe laughed happily at the sight of the cake. After Aunt Jin put on his apron, he dug in with a spoon, savoring every bite.
"Sister Jin, in just a few months, you’ll have your hands full. Twins at once—it’s not easy to manage."
"Mom, it’s not just two; there’s also Hehe. He can’t go to kindergarten yet."
But if we grit our teeth, we could send him to daycare.
"Yes, I’ve been worrying about that. What will we do? Three all at once! How will we manage?"
"Weren’t you just excitedly happy? And now you’re starting to worry," Lin Wan teased with a smile.
"I’m thinking of doing like Pei Bai’s family. Look, they hired a nanny for their two kids. We’re not short of money; better to save ourselves so trouble," Aunt Jin reasoned—it was true that managing three kids was no small task for the two of them.
Plus, Shuhua is often needed at the store.
"Absolutely, a woman must take care of herself during confinent," Liang Hongi nodded in agreent.
"Alright, I’ll go with godmom’s advice, and we’ll hire a nanny," Shuhua and Aunt Jin had never argued because Aunt Jin was respected as an elder; what Aunt Jin and Uncle Jin said, Shuhua and Xiao Gu would heed.
"There’s no one at the store now, just your apprentice. Let’s go have hot pot and invite Uncle Jin," Lin Wan said, having only eaten a bun and feeling hungry already.
"Alright, let’s eat and chat," Aunt Jin said, getting up to call busy Uncle Jin.
Liang Hongi went to the store first to have soone prepare the hot pot in a private room. All the side dishes were ones they loved to eat.
Even though Shuhua and Aunt Jin lived close to this place, they rarely ca to eat because every ti, Su Daii would waive their bill, making them feel embarrassed to co.
But it wasn’t Su Daii’s fault; it was Lin Wan who had instructed her to do so.
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