Chapter 74 Attitude

Chapter 74: Attitude

Zhou Yanze: "Zhou Jun and Sun Chun got their marriage license. The Zhou family flew into a rage. Zhou Jun got down on his knees and begged them, and Sun Chun even claimed she was pregnant, so the Zhou family grudgingly accepted it."

It was because they cared about Zhou Jun that they gave in—otherwise, no matter how much he begged, it wouldn't have mattered.

Lu Yun: "How do you know all this?"

Zhou Yanze: "In the evening, the Zhou family called me over, hoping to ask me for something. Didn't expect they'd put on a show for me."

Lu Yun laughed, her whole body shaking. "And then what happened?"

Zhou Yanze: "I told them it was a good show, and if they ever put on another one like that, they should give me a heads-up."

Sun Chun and Zhou Jun were deeply in love, but Sun Chun still had to go home. The Zhou family agreed to their marriage, but they could only live together after the wedding. Sun Chun was calculating too—no way she'd move into the Zhou house now. Zhou Jun walked Sun Chun back, and they caught sight of Chen Shu watching them.

The two, who had been so joyful moments before, both felt their mood sour at the sight of Chen Shu.

Chen Shu: "Your family agreed to let you be together? How did you manage that? Zhou Jun, did someone slap your face? Spill it, tell me everything!"

Zhou Jun: "Are you out of your mind?!"

Chen Shu: "Out of my mind? Zhou Jun, I think you're the one who's out of your mind!"

Zhou Jun being with Sun Chun and letting her wrap him around her finger—wasn't that proof he was out of his mind?

Chen Shu was also dying to know how they'd actually gotten together. She knew the novel's plot, but not every little detail. According to the original plot, Chen Shu and Sun Chun had barely managed to persuade the Zhou family, who were touched by Sun Chun's devotion to Zhou Jun and agreed to their union. But the original plot was just for the sake of this novel's story. Chen Shu only knew they'd gotten married in the end—as for why the Zhou family agreed this time, she had no clue.

Chen Shu said to Sun Chun, "You really do love Zhou Jun so much."

Sun Chun: "Don't be jealous of me!"

Zhou Jun: "I've finally got it figured out. You used to love me, and now you're just jealous! Sun Chun, stop butting into our lives!"

Zhou Jun added worriedly, "Who else is she gonna fall for next?"

Sun Chun rolled her eyes. Who else would she fall for? She already had her own future husband lined up, didn't she?

Sun Chun never expected the scrap yard owner to end up being her future husband. Luckily, even though a scrap yard didn't sound profitable, it actually raked in the cash. She'd be set for life—though she had zero intention of doing any of the scrap yard work herself! She'd just wait for her old boss to come chasing after her.

Zhao Lan and Sun Zhi got divorced.

Lu Yun got off work and came home to find Sun Zhi smoking outside the courtyard.

Sun Zhi: "Lu Yun."

Lu Yun looked over. Sun Zhi spoke up: "Tell me, after all this mess, what was it all for?"

At first, he wanted Lu Yun to regret her choices. Later, it was for the kid.

Lu Yun didn't want to get into some deep talk with Sun Zhi.

Sun Zhi: "Are you getting married?"

Lu Yun: "Mm."

Sun Zhi: "Then I'll wish you a happy marriage ahead of time!"

Zhao Lan and Sun Zhi were divorced. Aunt Han was relieved, Sun Zhi was relieved—the only one who wasn't was Sun's father. He was the Sun family's only grandson, after all. Sun's father raised a stink with Aunt Han and Sun Zhi, but they weren't scared of the pressure. Let him throw all the tantrums he wanted.

Sun Zhi: "It's not like he stops being your grandson just 'cause we got divorced. I'll pay Zhao Lan child support every month. If you miss your grandson, you can chip in some money each month too. And Zhao Lan won't keep you from visiting him."

Aunt Han: "Of course she won't stop us—she knows we'll be handing over cash!"

Widow Li felt totally at ease listening to the Sun family squabble from outside. She had really moved on this time. Aunt Jiang was chatting with Widow Li and passed her some melon seeds.

Aunt Jiang: "You've let it go?"

Widow Li: "Of course I have. I'm just curious—why did you even bother being friends with me in the courtyard in the first place?"

Aunt Jiang and Widow Li had been close at the beginning. Aunt Jiang had often taken the initiative to help Widow Li. Aunt Jiang had mulled it over many times—every reason seemed to fit, but she still couldn't pin down the real one.

Aunt Jiang: "He liked you."

Widow Li: "He liked me?"

Aunt Jiang: "Sun's father liked you. I was scared you might like him back. Even though he wasn't divorced, it's not like you two needed a divorce to get something going! So I decided to help you out. As long as I was helping, he'd never get a chance!"

Widow Li was speechless. "You still liked him back then?"

Aunt Jiang: "No, I didn't. I just didn't want him to get what he wanted. You have no idea how many times I caught him giving you those goo-goo eyes!"

Widow Li really hadn't known. After she married into the courtyard, she'd initially intended to deliberately antagonize Sun's father, but her husband was too good to her, so she let it go and simply ignored Sun's father. Later, when she became a widow, she hated Sun's father for trying to take advantage of her. She started biding her time, scheming against him. Sun's father cared most about his son and the Sun family's future! So Widow Li had formed her own scheme.

Aunt Jiang knew a lot, but there was one thing she didn't know—that her own daughter-in-law, Li Cai, had also been landed through her scheming! She had deliberately gone to the matchmaker with requirements tailored to Li Cai's qualifications. The matchmaker had hemmed and hawed about Li Cai, and Aunt Jiang had pretended to say no. The next day, she went back to the matchmaker and said it wasn't Li Cai's fault. Because of that, the Li family was super grateful to Aunt Jiang!

Widow Li: "He looked at me with lovesick eyes? Was he really that devoted to me? He weighed his options, picked his side, then tried to take advantage of me when I was down—is that devotion? That's just his self-righteous idea of devotion! Go on—why'd you start pulling away from me later? Because I used to date him?"

Aunt Jiang answered honestly, "Yes. Because you used to date him. I hated not just Aunt Han but also his country girlfriend. Who'd have thought that after all the help I gave, the one I was helping was his country girlfriend? How could I not hate your guts?"

Widow Li: "And now?"

Aunt Jiang: "No more hate. I've moved on. Why would I hate you? I actually kind of admire you."

Aunt Jiang then asked, "You still planning to do anything to the Sun family?"

Widow Li: "I don't hate 'em anymore. What would I even plan to do?"

Aunt Jiang: "Same here."

Early in the morning, Lu Yun was at the office sipping soy milk and munching on fried dough sticks. Chen Qiao came over and excitedly told Lu Yun about the money they were making. The shop had just opened and was really raking it in. Like Lu Yun, Chen Qiao kept a cool head and knew she couldn't let the first few days' earnings go to her head.

At noon, the cafeteria opened up, and Lu Yun and Chen Qiao headed over together.

The cafeteria had made Lu Yun's favorite, yuxiang shredded pork, so she piled on an extra serving. She passed on the other dishes but grabbed herself a bowl of seaweed soup.

Lu Yun: "The food at our factory cafeteria is actually pretty good."

Chen Qiao: "Is it 'cause you haven't eaten here in a while?"

Lu Yun: "How could it have been that long?"

Chen Qiao: "A whole week. It's Friday today, and this is the first time you've eaten at the cafeteria with me. I've been eating by myself lately and I've lost weight—look at me!"

Lu Yun wasn't buying that for a second. "You lost weight from eating alone? I think you lost weight 'cause the shop's been keeping you busy!"

Chen Qiao let out an awkward laugh. Lu Yun knew her too well—she really had lost weight from the shop being busy, because even when she was swamped, she still ate every meal with gusto!

Chen Qiao: "Come on, don't expose me like that!"

Lu Yun: "Okay, okay, so you lost weight because of me, huh?"

Lu Yun hadn't expected the Zhou family to come looking for her. Turns out it was Zhou Jun who came to see her.

Zhou Jun: "You're my uncle's girlfriend, right?"

Lu Yun: "If you call Zhou Yanze your uncle, then you can call me your aunt. Your uncle and I are already legally married."

Zhou Jun's face grew even more impatient. "Is this how your family raised you? You're about to have a wedding, and you still haven't visited the Zhou family? Do you even want to marry into our family or not?"

Lu Yun: "I'm marrying Zhou Yanze. But since you asked, let me ask you: do you even treat your uncle as part of the Zhou family?"

Zhou Jun: "Of course my uncle is part of the Zhou family!"

Lu Yun: "Then your attitude—your uncle probably doesn't need that. Also, you're Zhou Jun, right? I've got a few things to tell you. First, thanks for agreeing to that blind date—that's how I met your uncle."

Zhou Jun's face went a little pale. "What do you mean?"

Lu Yun: "It means you need to call me your aunt now."

Zhou Jun had no idea that Lu Yun was the one he was supposed to meet on that blind date. The moment he realized he'd have to call her aunt from now on, his expression darkened even more.

Lu Yun: "And the second thing—my cousin is named Chen Shu."

Zhou Jun's expression was absolutely priceless!

Lu Yun: "Your wife came to see me and asked me to tell Chen Shu to stop having feelings for her."

Zhou Jun: "Enough!"

Lu Yun said with a smile: "And one more thing—I've got Zhou Yanze's back from now on!"

Since Zhou Jun had come to find her, Lu Yun was definitely going to tattle on him. It was her first time complaining to Zhou Yanze, and she deliberately acted all huffy and angry. Zhou Yanze freaked out.

Zhou Yanze: "I'm sorry, I didn't handle this well!"

Zhou Yanze: "They won't bother you again! I'll make them apologize to you!"

Lu Yun could barely keep a straight face. The more Zhou Yanze talked, the more worked up he got, and he even seemed a little excited. He asked, "Are you... tattling to me?"

Lu Yun almost burst out laughing. She complained to Zhou Yanze, and he was this excited about it?

Lu Yun: "You like this?"

Zhou Yanze: "Mm, I like it!"

Lu Yun pinched Zhou Yanze's cheek. "Then I'll complain to you again next time!"

The next day, Zhou Jun came back. His expression was even worse than last time, looking forced and strained.

Lu Yun: "What do you want?"

Zhou Jun: "You little tattletale—I'm here to say sorry!"

Lu Yun: "And this is how you apologize?"

Zhou Jun knew he couldn't fool Lu Yun. This time, he tried to look sincere and said sorry to her again. As for whether he actually meant it—of course he didn't. Lu Yun raised an eyebrow and said nothing.

Chen Qiao: "After you get married, you don't have to deal with these relationships. I'm so jealous!"

Lu Yun: "Hm?"

Chen Qiao: "Just saying you found yourself a good man."

Author's note:

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