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Chapter 526: Chapter 526: Uh... Why Must I Be the One to Go?
Wen Yun sat next to Tong Yao, noticed she was still reading the newspaper, and quietly asked, "Yaoyao, is the man in the paper Achun’s husband?"
Tong Yao nodded, "Mom, I think Lin Man’s death is probably linked to Zhao Wenkai."
Wen Yun was stunned, "Didn’t they break up a long time ago? Manman was married to Shi Yan, how could she be involved with Zhao Wenkai again?"
Tong Yao shook her head, indicating she wasn’t quite sure either, after all, it was just a suspicion without solid evidence, "The police have arrested Zhao Wenkai now. If it was really him, it will be investigated soon."
Wen Yun sighed, "I thought Manman had found a good husband and was going to turn over a new leaf. Who knew such a thing would happen." Although she didn’t like Lin Man, Wen Yun felt it was a pity for her young niece to die like this.
Especially since, the couple had only just got married not too long ago, and now they were both gone.
Tong Yao reassured quietly, "Mom, there’s no need to sympathize with her. If Lin Man had really turned over a new leaf, she wouldn’t have thought of smuggling merchandise, much less get into such trouble. She was smuggling with the goal of making the milk tea shop I own go bankrupt."
"Really?" Wen Yun was greatly surprised. She had been away from Kyoto for some time and didn’t know what had happened.
"After her marriage, she purposely carried out promotional activities as if she was practically giving away milk tea for free, which caused my several shops to close down. I guess she ended up losing quite a bit of money because of this, and that’s probably why she thought of smuggling. If she had not had this evil intention and focused on running her milk tea shop, she and Shi Yan wouldn’t have been living a difficult life."
As she mentioned this, Tong Yao couldn’t help but feel a bit scared. Luckily, she was stopped by Gu Hongwei. If she really got on the train that day, whether she and Guo Jinnian wouldn’t have died, they would have suffered major injuries. This type of business was too risky for her, she would prefer to stay in the country and make her money safer!
At least, there were some safety guarantees. Now that she was pregnant, she didn’t want to get too involved.
Having heard what Tong Yao said, Wen Yun didn’t know how to express her feelings, she exclaimed, "Manman was always taking things too seriously with her own family. Why?"
Thinking of what happened in the hospital, she frowned and said, "Could it be possible that Manman had a crush on Xiaochen?"
Tong Yao laughed lightly, "Mom, you’re only thinking of this now? Actually, Lin Man has had thoughts of Ahchen for quite some time, but I didn’t want to upset you, so I didn’t tell you. She must have been instigating with Ahchen’s mom, so although she’s dead, I don’t feel any grief."
Surprised that Lin Man had really admired Si Chen all this while, Wen Yun was immediately enraged, "At that time when your father got hospitalized, I didn’t think too much about it, but after some time passed, I completely forgot about it."
The more she thought about it, the angrier Wen Yun became. She got up to leave, "I’m going to call your dad back, we will not attend her funeral anymore. What kind of person is she really."
Tong Yao held on to Wen Yun and chuckled, "Mom, she’s already dead, if dad wants to go to the funeral, just let him go. Although we didn’t have any feelings for Lin Man, after all, she was dad’s niece."
Hearing what Yao said, Wen Yun thought about it and agreed, then sighed again, "You’re pregnant now, don’t think about those unhappy things, you should be resting well. Wait until the baby is born, your dad and I will come back and help to take care of the baby. You and Xiaochen can continue with your careers."
"Mom, you’re the best."
Tong Yao snuggled up to her mother’s shoulder.
The mother and daughter chatted a bit more, Tong Yao started yawning, and Wen Yun quickly asked her to go to bed.
Back in her familiar place, Tong Yao slept very deeply. When she woke up, it was already broad daylight. Tong Yaohui hadn’t returned all night, and Gu Hongwei and some others had arrived and were sitting in the living room talking.
Wen Yun made breakfast, and everyone had their meal. After that, they went to the furniture market to buy furniture, and along the way, bought some personal living supplies.
For convenience, Tong Yao decided to allocate the third floor to Gu Hongwei and the others to live rather than renting it out. Considering that Tong Yaohui and Wen Yun were getting older and climbing the stairs might not be convenient, they lived on the second floor.
Everything was sorted, and the day almost came to an end. In the afternoon, Hu Haiyun stayed to rest in the house at the suburb. Tong Yao, being pregnant, shouldn’t get too tired and she and Wen Yun went home to rest, while Guo Jinnian and Gu Hongwei went to the flashlight factory to discuss business.
It wasn’t until dusk that the two returned. The flashlight business was going smoothly, and they were going to load the goods on the train back to Li City the day after tomorrow. Guo Jinnian decided to leave on the same day.
This was good news, but Tong Yao noticed that Gu Hongwei’s expression was a bit strange. She wondered, "Did something happen?"
Gu Hongwei was hesitating on how to speak when Guo Jinnian spoke straightforwardly for him, "The Egg Waffle Cake Factory is willing to cooperate with your Breeding Farm. However, they have a requirement that you must personally go for the negotiation tomorrow."
"Uh... why do they specifically want me to go?" Tong Yao couldn’t comprehend what Cheng Feng was up to.
Tong Yaohui and Wen Yun were also looking at Guo Jinnian with confusion. If it were someone else, they might respond with ’I don’t know’, but Guo Jinnian answered directly, "I suspect he fancies you and finds you attractive. When we were having dinner, I felt that he seemed quite interested in you."
Tong Yao twitched the corner of her mouth and shook her head, "There is no shortage of women around such people, they shouldn’t mix business with personal feelings or take a liking to a pretty woman without understanding her situation, it definitely isn’t for this reason."
Although she looked good, she wasn’t so beautiful that everyone would fall in love with her at first sight. She had seen Cheng Feng a few times, and although she didn’t understand him well, she didn’t think he was the kind of person who would lose his way at the sight of a beautiful woman.
Hearing Tong Yao’s analysis, Guo Jinnian felt it made a lot of sense and was perplexed, "Then I can’t guess it, my brain can only think this far."
Tong Yaohui thought about it for a while with a serious expression and then said, "I will go with you tomorrow."
Tong Yao considered it, and then agreed. She then turned to Gu Hongwei and said, "Hongwei, we will go to negotiate the poultry farm business tomorrow. You and Jinnian handle the car and cargo matters, let’s split up."
"Okay."
Gu Hongwei nodded.
Guo Jinnian, looking at Gu Hongwei, said, "Over my side, everything is cash payment, as soon as the goods arrive, it’ll be settled. I also don’t want to stay at my own house. When I send the goods, I will go to Li City, by that time, we can come to Kyoto together."
Gu Hongwei scrunched his eyebrows, without even giving it a thought, he immediately refused, "The conditions at my house are not great, you won’t have a place to stay."
Guo Jinnian widened his eyes, "In this summer, all I need is to find a place to lie down, even sleeping in the courtyard is okay. We’ve become so familiar, but staying at your place for just a day or two, it doesn’t bother me, a woman, but you have an issue with it. What do you mean by that?"
