Chapter 47: Gossip Gathering – The Daily Drama of the Sickly Young Lady in the Compound

Chapter 47: Gossip Gathering - The Daily Drama of the Sickly Young Lady in the Compound

The guard sighed, "Just now, hearing Zhou Qin say that, I almost thought I had misheard!"

"You didn't mishear, it's clearly Zhou Qin just overthinking it!" Yu Liang chimed in.

"Eh? How can someone be so full of himself and clueless like him?" the guard wondered aloud.

Everyone shook their heads, they had no idea either!

Yu Liang and Zhang Yuanyuan suggested that it might just be how he was born. They had just followed along and witnessed the entire conversation between Zhou Qin and Gu Hang, as well as how Zhou Qin went from confusion to certainty. The whole process was dominated by subjective factors, all based on his own wild imagination!

After chatting with Yu Liang and Zhang Yuanyuan, the guard, who had a strong desire to share, would say a few words to every worker entering the compound.

This led to everyone who came to work later knowing about Zhou Qin drunkenly proposing to the widow and being rejected the previous night. Only Zhou Qin himself was immersed in the belief that Qin Xianglian had accepted his proposal.

Zhou Qin originally planned to go directly to the workshop to find Qin Xianglian, but he thought that someone as diligent and hardworking as Qin Xianglian wouldn't want to delay work for personal matters. So, he decided to go back to work first and planned to find her during the lunch break.

"Tra la la, tra la la..." Zhou Qin, with his face all scratched up, excitedly wandered around the security office.

"What's wrong with Zhou Qin?" a colleague asked, very puzzled by his unusual behavior, so he quietly asked the colleague next to him.

He remembered hearing from the colleague at the entrance when he came to work that Zhou Qin's proposal had been rejected. Why was he so happy now?

The colleague next to him also looked helpless, "I don't know either!"

All the security colleagues in the office were confused, not understanding why Zhou Qin was so happy despite being rejected.

Finally, someone mustered the courage to ask, "Zhou Qin, why are you so happy today?"

Zhou Qin thought to himself, his behavior in the office was so obvious, had someone finally noticed?

He couldn't help but sit up straight, a slight smile on his lips, his head slightly raised, "You all know, right? I'm finally getting married, to my beloved Qin Xianglian!" So, hurry up and congratulate me!

Facing Zhou Qin eagerly waiting for congratulations, they suddenly didn't know what to say, and the room fell silent.

Other colleagues kept exchanging glances, passing messages to each other!

'Wasn't he rejected?'

'What's going on here?'

'Could the message be wrong?'

'But he's really covered in injuries!'

...

Perhaps the silence lasted too long, making Zhou Qin sense something strange, "Why are you all looking at me like that? Are you jealous?" Zhou Qin naturally assumed, after all, he thought he was so handsome and mighty, and could marry such a wonderful woman, it was only natural to be envied!

"..." Another day of barely holding back eye rolls.

"No, no, we're just shocked, yes, shocked, congratulations, congratulations! You must invite us to the wedding feast when you hold the wedding!"

As soon as he finished speaking, others looked over, 'Why did you say that?'

'If I didn't say that, would we have to watch him go crazy in the office later?'

"..." Makes sense, better not!

"Yes, yes, you must invite us to the wedding feast when you get married!" The crowd immediately chimed in once they understood.

Zhou Qin thought they were really happy for him, so he cheerfully responded, "Of course, of course, I will definitely invite you all to the wedding feast!"

...

Cen Xi never expected his colleagues to come to him for gossip one day, and this was just the beginning. He would often see this kind of situation in the future!

Cen Xi's team had just wrapped up a research project, so the atmosphere in the department wasn't very tense.

That's why, when Cen Xi arrived early in the morning, he overheard some colleagues chatting about this gossip.

As he got closer, it sounded more and more familiar.

"Have you heard? The long-time bachelor in our factory, Zhou Qin, is finally going to marry the widow from his neighborhood!"

"Really? I've heard for a long time that Zhou Qin was always following that widow around. Is he really getting married now?"

"Hey, you've heard it too? I heard it this morning!"

"Wow, you live so far away and you've already heard about it?"

Cen Xi thought to himself: The rumors spread really fast overnight!

"Cen Gong? Cen Gong, you're here!"

"Yes." Cen Gong nodded to everyone.

"Hey, Cen Gong, do you live in the same courtyard as Zhou Qin?" Someone suddenly remembered this.

The others instantly looked at him with shining eyes.

"Yes." Cen Xi nodded, looking at their bright eyes, he couldn't help but want to step back.

After he nodded, their eyes grew even brighter. He didn’t realize his usually serious colleagues were such gossips.

"So, is Zhou Qin really going to marry that widow in your neighborhood?"

Cen Xi adjusted his glasses and then slowly shook his head, "No, he's not."

His denial immediately piqued everyone's curiosity.

"Ah? What's really going on?"

"Tell us quickly!"

What could Cen Xi do with their eager eyes?

He had no choice but to explain.

"Last night, Zhou Qin got drunk at the Su family's gate, forcibly embraced the widow Qin, and proposed to her. The Su family’s two children didn’t like it and started hitting and kicking Zhou Qin, but he knocked them down. Then, the widow Qin and her daughter-in-law fought back, scratching his face. Finally, Uncle Zhou stepped in and said he’d never let the widow Qin into their family. The widow Qin also said she would never marry Zhou Qin." After he finished, he habitually adjusted his glasses.

"Ah? How could that happen?"

"So, Zhou Qin's proposal failed?"

"Then why is everyone saying he's going to marry the widow Qin?"

Cen Xi shrugged and said, "How should I know?"

"Sigh, rumors really can't be trusted!"

"Alright, back to work! It's time to get started. Let's focus on our tasks!" Cen Xi checked his watch and urged, trying to keep the group from getting too caught up in gossip and losing focus on their work.

He had just satisfied their curiosity by explaining everything. Knowing the full story should help them move on, so they don't get distracted all day.

"Yes, Mr. Cen."

The team in the research department is pretty capable. Once they decided to get back to work, they immediately got into work mode, completely different from their earlier gossipy behavior.

Besides, now that they knew the whole story, their interest naturally faded. The most important thing now was their work, since their tasks couldn't afford any mistakes!