Chen Chao’s face was flushed red from his younger sister’s teasing.
"You little rascal, talking like an adult."
"I just think that big sister is pretty! She’s almost as tall as you are — brother, what’s her na?"
Her brother Chao is great everywhere — he’s handso, honest, responsible, and a pure gentleman — except for being not very tall, just 173 cm.
"Gong Liuli, you can just call her Sister Gong." Thinking about his girlfriend made Chen Chao happy.
Indeed, it’s the sa Sister Gong from her past life, Qian felt reassured.
"Sister Gong is so pretty, she treats you so well, her gaze is so sweet it could lt soone. Such a wonderful woman, why haven’t you married her yet? You’re not young anymore, my fourth uncle is eager to have a grandchild."
"It’s not the right ti yet..." Chen Chao wasn’t very open when talking about relationships with his younger sister.
"Why isn’t it the right ti? Is it because of the house?"
Chen Chao looked at Qian in surprise, "Qian’er, how do you know?"
His parents were laid-off workers, still living in a ten-year-old unit’s old compound — a three-room bungalow, which was a bit shabby for a wedding.
Gong Liuli wasn’t an average girl; her parents were both university professors from a scholarly family, and she was an only child cherished as a treasure. Marrying her, a bungalow would be unseemly.
Chen Chao wanted to work hard for a few years, buy a house for the couple, and bring Liuli ho as his wife.
But he didn’t know that he would injure his back earning money abroad; while he had the money to buy a house, he couldn’t marry the woman he loved.
Qian wasn’t soone emotionally fragile, but thinking about her brother’s fate from her past life brought anxiety to her heart.
"Don’t mind how I know, Chao, do you plan to take Sister Gong abroad for the sake of a house?"
"You little rascal, where did you hear about that? The unit indeed has a few spots, both Gong and I want to go." He hadn’t even ntioned this to his parents, how did his sister know?
"Brother, outside it’s freezing cold and the locals are fierce; what about Sister Gong if you go? It’s chaotic out there."
"We’d stay at the company’s camp, not going out unless necessary."
"Have you considered the harsh climate there? Why does the company offer high wages? Because the natural conditions are terrible! If you go and get frostbite, then what? Sure, you might not get frostbite, but if Sister Gong does, a woman’s health can be permanently affected!"
"Well... I’ll go and let her stay here, wait for for two years." Chen Chao was indeed wavering.
"No way! Leaving such a beautiful girlfriend back ho, can you trust her with such a long-distance relationship? Chao, just look at your own height! With Sister Gong’s long legs, who wouldn’t chase her wherever she goes?"
Qian spoke frankly, but instead of being angry, Chen Chao was amused by her.
"Why do you speak of your brother like this?"
The relationship seed closer than before.
"I’m just worried for you! Brother, don’t go, really; a friend told once that the climate over there is unsuitable for our physique. I had a friend who went there and got bone marrow inflammation, seriously, a disease like that makes it hard to get married later."
Qian started to fabricate.
"That disease is rare, most people don’t get it."
Qian’s expression turned a bit sad, she gazed out the window and spoke softly.
"Everyone thinks that misfortune is a one-in-ten-thousand possibility, far away from us, but it’s only after sothing happens do we realize that Heaven doesn’t spare anyone."
Her brother thought the disease was unlikely, she thought her daughter could grow safely, but getting a rare disease and losing a child — to ordinary families, it seed so far away.
But people never know what will happen next; life cannot be dictated.
"Qian’er, why are your words so heavy when you’re so young?" Chen Chao could sense sothing was off with Qian.
"Feelings aren’t bound by age. Brother, listen to , don’t go. Do you think Sister Gong cares about your height and not a house?"
"Qian’er, why didn’t I realize before that your words could be so harsh?"
Repeatedly ntioning his height issue, fortunately, Chen Chao had a good temper, otherwise anyone else might have flipped.
"Isn’t what I’m saying true? Think about it; with Sister Gong’s conditions, what kind of person couldn’t she find? She doesn’t lack a house nor money, tall, beautiful, also a graduate from H University —"
"Did I tell you this?"
His girlfriend was 1 cm taller and better educated, how did Qian know all this?
"Don’t mind how I know, just think, she must value you as a person — being sincere, hardworking, responsible, and good to her — that’s why she agreed to be with you. You’re making it sound all cheap over a house!"
Qian, afraid her words weren’t clear, played her trump card.
"Brother, if you go abroad for two years and sacrifice your health, what do you give the girl for happiness? About the house, let assure you, your place will be relocated, you don’t need to worry. If it’s not in two years, you can co to and I’ll compensate you with a house!"
Chen Chao’s expression changed, seriously asking Qian, "Qian’er, are you telling the truth?"
Qian lowered her voice, "I’ve ntioned my friend, right? His brother’s na is Yu Mingli, he’s a real estate businessman in the city, and he has his eye on that area for future developnt, really, brother."
Bringing out Yu Minglang was brilliant.
Yu Minglang certainly wouldn’t tell Qian about this, and it was Yu Mingli who was in real estate developnt, not Yu Minglang. Qian deliberately spoke as if it were real, and indeed that area would be relocated in a year; Q City has developed rapidly these years, real estate is about to soar.
"Do you know Mr. Yu?!" Chen Chao was surprised.
This Yu Mingli is a legend in Q City, the youngest Mr. Yu everyone knows.
"Yes, if you don’t believe, next ti when I return on holiday, I’ll bring his brother Yu Minglang for a al. We are really close, his news can’t be wrong. Brother, after returning, use all your savings and build houses wherever you can, front and back. Add a layer to your rundown warehouse, whether sturdy or not, within a year, it’ll be relocated, guaranteed not to collapse, also plant trees in front and back."
If it’s relocated, it’ll be sothing significant.
Each square ter equals each square ter, and the trees will be accounted for in cash.
"Qian’er, is your news reliable?" Their area seed unlikely to be relocated, feeling it’s still far off.
"My word stands, brother. If it’s not relocated, however big your house is, I’ll reimburse you with as big a house!" The female boss style is just domineering!
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