The Reborn Sidekick Rejected The Male Lead-Chapter 412 - 401: Zhuang Yan

Zhuang Yan didn’t show up, but instead, it was He Tongzhang who did.

The man was rushing around with a cat in his arms in the middle of the day, apparently busy with something.

"Tongzhang?"

"Sister Xiao Qiu?"

"Where are you off to?"

With a helpless face, He Tongzhang sighed, "Ah, there are not enough cats at school for the students, it’s really troubling."

"Ah, you’re short of that at the Agricultural University?"

"We’re short of everything, not just cats, but also pigs."

"Tongzhang, how’s it going being a teacher there?"

"Don’t ask, I almost got sent to the hospital by my mom. Imagine me, a veterinarian, treating humans, this is nuts. I said I wanted to work at a veterinary station, and she said that I’m disgracing her."

Lu Jingqiu laughed, "Wherever you go, you won’t shame her. Sigh, it’s good you’re a teacher at the school, you’re really suited for it."

"Don’t even mention it, Sister Xiao Qiu, you’re right. It’s really freeing at the school. By the way, I’ve recently made some jerky, especially for cats. You just soak it in warm water and it’s ready to eat. I’ll bring you some another day for your Hua Hua to try for a bit. See if she likes it or not."

"Okay."

While Lu Jingqiu was chatting with He Tongzhang and walking along with him for a while, after they split up, she realized she had wandered some distance from Xia Lin’s factory.

Just as she was about to turn back, she spotted a familiar face in an alleyway.

The person seemed to have seen her too and hurriedly dodged out of sight.

"Zhuang Yan." After confirming it was him, Lu Jingqiu quickly rode her bicycle to pursue him, but after going around in circles, she couldn’t find any trace of him.

Seeing that it was getting late, she hurried back to her unit.

For the next two days, Lu Jingqiu made a point to stroll around.

But there was no sign of him.

Meanwhile, Zhuang Yan was quite surprised to see Lu Jingqiu.

After she left, he intentionally followed her for a day, discovering that she seemed to have a good relationship with someone from the Xue Family named Xue Jianian.

Only then did he remember something and arranged another meeting with Xia Lin.

"What, one hundred thousand? Do you think I run a bank? I just gave you fifty thousand, we had an agreement, this is compensation."

"Compensation, haha, that was murder business. My brother still dares not show his face because of you. If you don’t pay up, I’ll go find Lu Jingqiu."

"What do you want with her?"

"I remember before, you asked me to get Ge Dazhuang from next door to steal trees at midnight, he said he saw ghosts in the mountains that night. Ended up with a lifelong disability.

Now that I think about it, that night, Lu Jingqiu went up the mountain, right? Haha, Xia Lin, you had my brother attempt murder and conned me into harming others, though neither worked out but..."

"Enough, that’s too much money, I can’t come up with that much at once."

"I’ll give you one more week at most."

"I’m giving birth in another week, I don’t have time."

"Then you have two days."

"Impossible."

"How many days then?"

"After one month. You have to wait for me to be out of confinement at least."

"Humph, my brother asked Lu Jingqiu to find me, I can’t stay here that long."

"I’ll give you a place, you can wait there."

"I don’t have the time..."

"Zhuang Yan, you haven’t been out for several years, right? Have you seen the changes these years? With your brains and the money I give you, you won’t worry about not making money. I’m in your grip, are you afraid I’ll run away?"

"Fine, you handle food and drink. I’ll wait for you at most one month."

"Don’t worry. But let’s make it clear, we need to sign an agreement."

"Sign what. You think I’m an idiot?"

"Xia Lin, your parents are both in Ten-miles Village, don’t make me angry."

...

After she told Liang Zhuo about the encounter with Zhuang Yan, she hadn’t run into him since.

In the blink of an eye, Xia Lin had given birth, and without even seeing, one could tell she had a big, plump boy.

Xue Jianian said, "When his wife was pregnant, he wasn’t half as attentive as he is now that the baby is born. He’s running to the agricultural market every day."

Shen Manman said, "I’ve seen him, sister. What’s up with him?"

Luo Xinyue hugged her son Xiao Jun and said with a smile, speaking softly, "Before, he thought the child wasn’t his, but now that the baby has been born, just by looking at the eyes and eyebrows, no test needed, anyone can see it."

Lu Jingqiu smiled, thinking to herself, in her previous life, the eldest was indeed very much like Gao Shu.

But that was none of her business.

Xia Lin was in her confinement period, not stepping outside, Zhuang Yan surely wouldn’t be able to find her then.

This month, Lu Jingqiu was also quite busy, occasionally helping the newspaper with a couple of drawings, and the office occasionally had assignments for her.

The movie theater had many releases this season; she was busy with design work every day.

She was so busy she barely touched the ground.

Only in the evenings could she find time to chat with her son.

Her son was about to turn three, and during the day, whether it was grandpa or Aunt Zhang, everyone was teaching him to read. Lu Jingqiu didn’t just teach him to read characters, but also letters.

At night, Lu Jingqiu would ask him if he wanted to go to kindergarten.

"Mommy, if I go to kindergarten, there will be no one to play with Xiao Jun."

"Xiao Jun will also go to kindergarten."

"Can I go to the same kindergarten as Brother Xiao Jun?"

"Of course, you can. But if you go to kindergarten, you won’t see mommy during the day."

"I don’t see mommy during the day now either."

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Well, that seems to be true.

A month flew by, and Manman had developed a new distributor.

It was a department store, and after two months of negotiations, they finally agreed to stock her sanitary napkins.

Mainly because people around who knew her, once they used her sanitary napkins, felt they were good.

Those whose families weren’t short on money were willing to buy them.

For Women’s Day, Luo Xinyue’s mother’s employer handed out benefits, including toilet paper and even a pack of sanitary napkins to everyone.

Including Wei Jincheng’s factory, a clothing factory with many women, handed out sanitary napkins as benefits.

Wei Jincheng would brag, "My wife is making money off our own money."

The comment had everyone present laughing.

Even though Second Older Brother Yang was a man and didn’t feel comfortable discussing women’s products,

he thought these would sell well in Yangcheng City.

Manman also had this in mind, but the question was whether she should open a store there or develop the business further.

After some discussion, Lu Jingqiu felt developing the business was a good idea.

They should establish a wholesale point there.

If they could secure a deal with their department stores, it would be easy.

Luo Xinyue said, "If we do wholesale in Yangcheng, we can do it here too. You guys forgot about the small commodity wholesale near the train station. Nowadays, people from other cities come there to wholesale goods. Look how good Second Older Brother Yang’s business is."

Xue Jianian clapped, "Right, how could we forget that? Manman, let’s go have a look some day, find if there’s a suitable place, and rent one as well. For sanitary napkin wholesale, a small booth would be enough."

Luo Xinyue said, "I can handle this. I’ll have my mother-in-law keep an eye out; she’ll surely find a good spot."

Lu Jingqiu nodded and said, "Preferably in the daily necessities wholesale section."

"Okay."