The Reborn Sidekick Rejected The Male Lead-Chapter 77 - 75 The Fury of a Future Father-in-Law

Chapter 77: Chapter 75: The Fury of a Future Father-in-Law

Chapter 77 -75: The Fury of a Future Father-in-Law

Lu Jingqiu, though she had lived for more than forty years in her previous life, was experiencing this for the first time as a young woman. She said somewhat shyly, “It’s the person I mentioned to my aunt last time, named Jiang Nanzhou.”

“It’s him, huh? You two are really together now? When did this happen?”

“It was during the last social gathering that we decided to be in a relationship. At the time, I had exams, and he happened to have a mission, so we just confirmed our relationship and didn’t have the chance to spend time together yet. Now that my dad is back, I don’t want to hide our relationship from you, so I told him about it. Everything was fine, and when he left, he told me to be careful on the way to work. But he didn’t come back all night yesterday. I went to his office and couldn’t find him. When I ran into Uncle Zheng and the others, I felt like they were avoiding me. Uncle, you don’t think something happened to my dad, do you?”

Yang Pinggui really didn’t know about this, but hearing that his niece was in a relationship, and with Jiang Nanzhou at that, he was genuinely surprised.

Compared to Father Lu’s anxiety, Yang Pinggui and Zhou Lanping felt that the person their niece had chosen was a good match, considering family background and capabilities, he was better suited for their niece than Gao Shu.

Yang Pinggui said with a smile, “Our Qiuqiu has good taste. The new king of soldiers in our team is Comrade Jiang Nanzhou. He was the best in every aspect during the latest exercise, and he always manages to surprise people on missions. It’s just that…”

Zhou Lanping asked anxiously, “Just that what?”

“Just that the kid always has a cold face, icy to everyone, with no warmth. Living day to day like that, how can there be any cozy feeling at home?”

Zhou Lanping wasn’t worried, “It’s definitely different at work than at home. Isn’t my brother-in-law the same way? Jingqiu, what was he like when you two were together?”

Lu Jingqiu also thought her uncle was worrying too much, “He’s very nice to me, always considering me in everything he does. Knowing that I needed to focus on my exams, he didn’t dare to disturb me. Before he went for the exercise, he even bought me a lot of nutritional products, malted milk, canned food, and meat.”

Zhou Lanping was surprised and pleased, saying with a laugh, “It seems he really cares about you, buying malted milk and meat like that, it must have cost quite a bit of money. To spend so much on a woman after just confirming the relationship shows he really takes you seriously.”

Yang Pinggui nodded in agreement, “Don’t worry about your dad. I’ll go find him later and see what he really thinks.”

“Thank you, uncle.”

“Child, no need to be so formal with us. Haven’t had breakfast yet, have you? I’ve made some vegetable pancakes and porridge. Let’s eat here today.” “Sure, uncle’s vegetable pancakes are the best I’ve ever had.”

Lu Jingqiu was all sweetness that morning, as if her words were coated in honey, which made Yang Pinggui put even more effort into making the vegetable pancakes.

Feeling much better today, Lu Jingqiu put more care into her work.

Recently, the editorial department was preparing to publish a common knowledge picture book for children aged one to three.

The content had already been compiled by well-known authors.

Zhang Miao had approached Lu Jingqiu and asked her to create the illustrations based on the content.

When Lu Jingqiu received the content, her eyes suddenly lit up. She had encountered this content in her previous life. At that time, while she was in the convalescent hospital and her mood had stabilized, she would also doodle on her drawing board. One day, she saw a newspaper call for illustrations and submitted her work, but in the end, only one of hers was selected.

The name listed as the illustrator of that picture book wasn’t hers, but someone else’s who wasn’t even in the same industry.

Because of that, she had regretted it for a long time.

This time… she was determined to complete this work with great care, and even break the style from her previous life.

She planned to rethink the layout and content on her own.

“Don’t worry, I’ll create with heart, not letting you down.”

Zhang Miao smiled, “For the illustrations, there’s no one I trust more than you. I won’t disturb you any longer. Once you have the layout done, let’s connect again.”

“Okay.”

After Zhang Miao left the room, Luo Xinyue, who was standing aside, huffed discontentedly, “Humph, who does she think she is anyway?”

Yang Bo didn’t dare to utter a word next to her, bowing his head and busying himself with his own work.

Lu Jingqiu also kept her head down, not wanting to engage, but the person didn’t give her the chance to withdraw into her shell.

“Lu Jingqiu, is my painting really not good enough for her?”

This time, Lu Jingqiu reluctantly looked up and replied, “Of course not, Editor Ban quite favors your style. You were in charge of two picture books this year, and both had great sales. According to the company’s survey, many children like them. It’s just that in the first half of the year, our company focused on supplementary materials, and we didn’t publish many children’s picture books. Right, Editor Yang?”

“Ah… oh, yes, you see, I’ve been preoccupied with illustrations for supplementary materials. Truth be told, allegorical illustrations are my forte. These targeted ones really give me a headache.” Not expecting to be dragged into the conversation, Yang Bo thought to himself that although it’s said three women make a drama, he felt the two female colleagues in their department were headache enough.

Luo Xinyue let out her signature huff again and tossed a piece of paper onto Lu Jingqiu’s desk, saying irritably, “Take a look, does it pass muster?”

Lu Jingqiu took one glance at the paper and exclaimed, “Hey, Editor Luo, can we have a better attitude here? You’re asking for a favor.”

“Who’s asking you? I’m just letting you have a look, if you don’t want to say, forget it.”

As she went to pull the paper back, Lu Jingqiu didn’t stop her, but still commented, “It’s quite good, the composition is rich, and the color matching is nice, too.”

Yang Bo’s interest was piqued, and he rose to take a look at Luo Xinyue’s desk, suddenly piping up, “Editor Luo, this composition is really good, and the colors are nice too. I heard you’ve been studying with an old professor and have made progress.”

Not daring to say too much, for fear that one wrong word might anger this young lady, he praised her and quickly returned to his workstation.

Feeling much better after their compliments, Luo Xinyue said, albeit a bit sheepishly, “But I’m not very good with visual space.”

“That’s okay, you can practice slowly. Besides, these days everyone likes this kind of flat style. Children also prefer these simple art compositions. Do you want to go to the countryside to sketch this Sunday?”

“Outside?” Luo Xinyue had never gone sketching outdoors, at most she had doodled from the comfort of her home.

Lu Jingqiu nodded, “Yes, although it’s hot, the scenery is beautiful right now, perfect for sketching.”

“Great, how should we get there?”

“Let’s meet at the entrance of the machinery factory at two in the afternoon. What about you, Editor Yang?”

Yang Bo immediately waved his hands, “No, I have other plans.” He didn’t want to get caught in the middle of the two. Working here could be so tough, he thought. How he wished the company would hire another male art editor, so he could have some company.

On her way home from work, Lu Jingqiu was pondering the matter of composition and didn’t even have time to check on the two chickens and Hua Hua at home. Instead, she ran upstairs and started sketching out the elements she had thought of on the way.

It wasn’t until past six o’clock, when she heard a knock at the door, that she put down her pen.

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As she opened the door and saw Jiang Nanzhou with his bruised and swollen face, she was stunned, “Are you… are you okay?”

Jiang Nanzhou tried to smile at Lu Jingqiu, but as soon as he moved his mouth, his whole face started to hurt, “I’m fine.”

“It wasn’t my dad who did this, was it?”

Jiang Nanzhou nodded, “Yes, Uncle Lu took me on a grueling training last night, but it seemed to have eased his anger.”

“I’m sorry, I didn’t expect my dad to react so strongly.”