Chapter 6

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Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Jiang Ci took Lu Xingxue to Tong’s house. Lu Xingxue prepared gifts for everyone, and everyone except Tong Zhenni was at home.

Tong Tingkai was far less successful in his career than the Lu family, and he was always polite to Lu Xingxue; Lu Xingxue had a humble attitude and responded politely. Tong Tingkai was in a good mood and the atmosphere at home was also very relaxed.

After dinner, but before the pair left, Tong Tingkai and Jiang Lin sent them out. Jiang Lin smiled and said to Lu Xingxue: “Xiaobai, our Ah-ci has a bad temper and she is not sensible. Please bear with her.”

Jiang Ci knew Jiang Lin’s thoughts, but these exhortations are meaningless. She and Lu Xingxue are not partners in the true sense.

She looked away casually, and listened to Lu Xingxue’s words in a serious manner: “Jiang Ci is very good, but I am busy with the company and often cannot take care of her.”

Lu Xingxue said again: “I will accompany her more in the future.”

Jiang Lin felt a wash of relief, and she became even more satisfied with Lu Xingxue. ——A good family background, good personality, good looks; there was nothing to complain about. Everything she does helps her daughter be more successful. So as soon as the two of them left, Jiang Lin texted Jiang Ci.

It was a long text message, half of it was used to praise Lu Xingxue, and the other half was used to scold Jiang Ci, that she must cherish Lu Xingxue and cherish this marriage.

“If I were you, I could meet someone like Lu Xingxue. But I have to wake up from my dreams.”

Jiang Ci tossed away the phone, holding the window to watch Lu Xingxue drive.

When the contract period is over, Jiang Lin has a high probability of not accepting the peacful divorce calmly. In the final analysis, it was because Lu Xingxue was just too outstanding. Thinking of this, Jiang Ci inevitably had a headache.

The mid-autumn festival arrived in an instant.

Grandpa Lu had two cousins, each with several children. On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Lu house, which was always deserted, was lively for a time.

Jiang Ci followed Lu Xingxue, and during the meal, she half-way remembered who was who.

Grandpa Lu had been arguing all day, and he was used to going to bed early. After dinner, Lu Xingxue sent him back to the room. The rest of the people either went to the hall to drink tea or had fun.

Jiang Ci sat down in the tea house, and was dragged to chat.

“I heard the old man talk about it last time, but human beings, when you get older, your memory doesn’t work…what is your job?”

Jiang Ci looked over, and discovered it was the fat middle-aged woman surnamed Wang. She followed Lu Xingxue’s example and addressed her with respect.

“Auntie,” Jiang Ci said politely: “I am a piano tuning consultant.”

Ms. Wang: “Oh, yes, a tuning consultant, it’s a kind of piano tuner, right?”

Jiang Porcelain: “Not only tuning, but also participating in piano design——” [1]

“We Yuanyuan is learning the piano, and the piano shop recommends several tuners all the time, but they are not good, the technology is not good, Yuanyuan said that the sound they tuned is not as good as she tuned with that… that or something. It’s accurate.” Ms. Wang interrupted Jiang Ci without waiting for Jiang Ci to finish her words, “Ah-Ci, what tuning do you use? Do you also use a tuner?”

Jiang Ci: “……”

The tuner is an auxiliary tool for the first-time tuner, and Jiang Ci relied on her own ears to become the chief. What the tuner tunes is only the mechanical accuracy, but tuning requires not only the absolute accuracy of a single tone, but also the harmony between different intervals.

But with Ms. Wang’s attitude, Jiang Ci knew that she didn’t need to explain too much to her, and only said, “I don’t use that.”

Ms. Wang: “How about the salary in this industry? It must only take only a few hours to tune it up and down. It sounds like quite boring and hard work to me.”

Jiang Ci: “I can feed myself.”

“That’s really not easy. Few young people can stick to it!” Ms. Wang took Jiang Ci’s hand: “Your family started a company, it’s also a listed company, why don’t you go work in your home company? Look at Xiao Bai, who is so filial and excellent that she manages the Lu family’s industry smoothly.”

From work to family, this lady has something to say. Jiang Ci withdrew her hand calmly, and after pulling her hair out of her ear, her tone remained the same: “I can’t do that.”

At this time, someone else sat down beside Ms. Wang and talked about gossip: “The one outside the Wang’s house is making trouble for the inheritance, oh, it has been a lot of trouble these past two days, do you know?”

Ms. Wang disdainfully said: “What kind of situation can the illegitimate girls outside have, they will stretch out their hands for money, and they will look ugly!”

Jiang Ci slowly moved back, leaning against the back of the sofa. She took a sip of tea and turned to look out.

Just then, she saw Lu Xingxue standing by the door listening to the phone.

Lu Xingxue: “Thanks for your hard work, I will send the contract terms to Assistant Yao later.”

Wan Wen on the other end of the phone is a group lawyer. She has known Lu Xingxue for many years and has a good personal relationship. When the work came to an end, her attitude became much more casual, and she asked Lu Xingxue: “I heard Assistant Yao said that you are spending the festival with Lu Dong today?”

Lu Xingxue: “Yeah.”

Wan Wen said with a smile: “Did you take your little wife?”

Lu Xingxue ignored the rest of her teasing, and went to the tea shop. As soon as she appeared, everyone’s eyes naturally fell on her.

Especially Ms. Wang burst into laughter in an instant: “Little Bai, come here, this auntie wants to tell you something.”

Lu Xingxue sat down beside Jiang Ci and brought her a plate with a small snack on it: “Aunt Yun gave it to you.”

Waiting for Jiang Ci to pick it up, Lu Xingxue looked at Ms. Wang, “You said, Auntie.”

Ms. Wang, who watched this scene, curled her lips disapprovingly, but she quickly adjusted her expression: “We Yuanyuan, we have been working in the design department of Forest headquarters for a week. This kid, she won’t let me tell you for fear of trouble. You, but everyone is a family, there is nothing to hide, Xiaobai, right? Even if you don’t tell it now, you will know it sooner or later?-Yuanyuan has taken you as a role model since she was a child. Going to learn jewelry design is also for you…for the Lu’s company. Now everyone is happy, you have to take care of her more.”

Lu Xingxue really didn’t know about this. After listening to Ms. Wang, she nodded and said, “I will take care of the design department.”

Jiang Ci ate snacks one after another. When the banquet was over and on the way back, she asked Lu Xingxue: “Who is Yuanyuan?”

Lu Xingxue: “Auntie’s niece.”

Jiang Ci nodded thoughtfully.

She had never expressed any curiosity about the Lu’s family. This was the first time Lu Xingxue intuitively felt that Jiang Ci still had something to say. Seeing her did not speak, she asked her: “When I was away, you and What did Auntie talk about?”

The question is right in Jiang Ci’s arms: “There is nothing new.”

After a pause, she added half a sentence: “I am an illegitimate daughter, she thinks I am not worthy of you.”

Lu Xingxue glanced at Jiang Ci in surprise and quickly, frowning her eyebrows: “What she thinks is not important, you don’t have to take it to heart.”

Jiang Ci calmly said: “Oh.”

Lu Xingxue solemnly said: “Jiang Ci, you are the Lu family’s granddaughter-in-law, if we are not equal, then you are first.”

Since childhood, Jiang Ci has heard things that are worse than Ms. Wang’s words a hundred times. Moreover, Ms. Wang was not as straightforward as she did not say her name. Jiang Ci only thought that it was because of Lu Xingxue that she received the anger from her relatives for no reason. If Lu Xingxue were to stay out of the matter, she would be at a disadvantage.

Since Lu Xingxue took it seriously, Jiang Ci’s careful thoughts will naturally disappear. What’s more, Lu Xingxue speaks so eloquently and gives her a lot of face.

Jiang Ci turned to the window: “I know, I didn’t care about it.”

Lu Xingxue moved her lips, but stopped talking. After driving out for a long time, she said two words silently.

“Little liar.”

On the second half of the journey, Jiang Ci fell asleep, dreaming of thunder and lightning, and woke with a start. It was almost home, the wind was blowing outside, the moon was gone, the street lights were a dizzying yellow, and they flashed by endlessly.

Jiang Ci’s voice was small and a little shaky, and she asked Lu Xingxue: “Is it going to rain?”

Lu Xingxue: “The weather forecast says it will rain.”

Soon after the two arrived home, thunder crashed incessantly, and the downpour battered the roof and windows. Jiang Ci walked into the room quickly and opened the bedside table, but the box for earplugs was empty.

Before she was busy on tour, running around through several countries were spinning around, and lost several pairs of earplugs.She always thought there was still some left at home, who knew it was all used up.

Scarlet lightning tore through the night, and the thunder blasted again.

Jiang Ci grabbed the cat doll on the side. It was also a stormy day, when that fierce and evil man broke into Yushui Nanyuan, smashed her home, beat her mother, and beat her.

Lu Xingxue passed by her door, and saw her back to the door, keeping her stiff posture motionless.

“…Jiang Ci?” Lu Xingxue approached her suspiciously.

Jiang Ci asked, “Is there something wrong?”

Her voice was tense, Lu Xingxue pulled her around and said, “What’s wrong with you?”

Jiang Ci’s lips were pale, and her eyes were watery. She took a deep breath and replied pretentiously: “…It’s nothing.”

Lu Xingxue was silent for a while, and then said, “…Would you like to have supper together?”

Jiang Ci is not hungry, but instead of being alone in a thunderstorm, she prefers to have something to eat with Lu Xingxue, and immediately replied, “Yes.”

Lu Xingxue: “What do you eat? I think there were some dishes in the refrigerator. Let’s go down and have a look.”

Jiang Ci: “I’m not picky.”

Following Lu Xingxue into the kitchen step by step, Lu Xingxue opened the refrigerator: “There are vegetables here, and the crab sauce made by Aunt Zhuang…Can we eat noodles?”

Jiang Ci nodded: “Yeah.”

There was lightning and thunder outside the house, but the kitchen was quiet and bright. Lu Xingxue had changed her home clothes, her sleeves reached her elbows, and she washed the vegetables in the water.

Jiang Ci was behind her, still holding the cat doll firmly in her hand, and the fluffy cat tail shook slightly.

The phone rang suddenly.

If Jiang Ci hadn’t heard of it, Lu Xingxue reminded her: “The phone.”

“Huh?…oh.” Jiang Ci flipped out the phone, it was Wen Nian.

The thunder continued, and Wen Nian’s voice ran along the electric current into Jiang Ci’s ears: “Ah-Ci, don’t be afraid.”

Wen Nian’s opening remarks are like that day when she rescued her from a nightmare.

Jiang Ci walked away a few steps: “I’m not afraid.”

When the person behind her was far away, Lu Xingxue turned off the water, arranged the leaf vegetables neatly on the cutting board, and shredded them finely.

Wen Nian told Jiang Ci about something that happened recently. At this time, Jiang Ci just listened quietly. When the two were at their best, Wen Nian sang to her because they were tired of being together all day long. As long as Wen Nian’s voice could be heard, Jiang Ci felt that the thunder was not that terrible.

-But, it shouldn’t be like this anymore.

Jiang Ci knew that she should no longer rely on Wen Nian psychologically. She can do what she can do. In the early years, Wen Nian fell in love with boys and completely left her behind in those thundery rainy days. Didn’t she survive the most difficult times?

Not to mention now.

After listening to Wen Nian for another two minutes, Jiang Ci made up her mind to interrupt her. She asked her, “Are your health okay? Have you paid attention to rest?”

Wen Nian: “…I’m fine.”

Jiang Ci: “That’s good…. Lu Xingxue is preparing for supper, I will help her, and we will talk next time.”

Without giving Wen Nian a chance to say even a word, Jiang Ci hung up the phone and returned to Lu Xingxue’s back.

Feeling her return, Lu Xingxue straightened her back, and she turned her face to Jiang Ci: “Jiang Ci, can you help me prepare a dinner plate?”

Jiang Ci said listlessly: “I don’t want to.”

Lu Xingxue: “…”

Lu Xingxue turned around, the two were facing each other, and they were too close together. Lu Xingxue’s home clothes collar was slightly open, Jiang Ci was about to retreat, and there was another thunderous sound outside.

She didn’t move anymore.

The water in the pot was bubbling, and when the thunder was over, Lu Xingxue lowered her eyes and looked at Jiang Ci, who was nearby, and asked, “Are you afraid of thunder?”

Jiang Ci put her pride aside: “Not afraid.”

Lu Xingxue: “Little liar.”

Those two words had a little breath, and the tail tone was slightly elongated and drawn out.

Jiang Ci scratched her ears, feeling inexplicably itchy.

[1] I’d just like to say that i have no idea what it is that Jiang Ci does. From my understanding, it’s something of a tuning consultant? Raw is ‘lawyer’ but i think that has more to do with the lack of a proper translation. someone tell me on discord LOL

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