Qin Yu, who had just been buried in his work, immediately raised his head upon hearing these words.
When he saw Su Qinghe and Qin Wang walking in, Qin Yu was somewhat surprised, “Why are you here?”
Li Meilan frowned as she looked at Su Qinghe, “Who are you?”
Even though she already had a guess in her heart, Li Meilan still did not want to admit it.
Su Qinghe did not speak, only looking at Qin Yu with a smile at the corners of her mouth.
Who she was, wouldn’t that depend on what Qin Yu said?
“Qinghe, this is Comrade Li Meilan, an officer from the Propaganda Section of our factory. Comrade Li Meilan, this is my wife, Su Qinghe.”
Qin Yu’s voice was already pleasant to begin with, and when he made such a solemn introduction, his voice sounded even more pleasant.
Regarding this introduction of his, Su Qinghe was quite satisfied.
However, Li Meilan’s form of address just now still made Su Qinghe rather dissatisfied.
“Old Qin, just now I heard this comrade call you Brother Qin? It seems your relationship is usually quite good!” Su Qinghe said.
Hearing this, Li Meilan raised her chin even higher, her eyes filled with complacency.
She and Director Qin had known each other for several years, after all!
They worked together, met and talked every day, so of course their relationship was good!
Where on earth did this Su Qinghe pop out from?
Could it be that the Qin Family forced Director Qin to marry her?
It must be an arranged marriage!
Otherwise, why wouldn’t Director Qin mention it if he was married? He didn’t even hold a wedding!
What qualifications did the product of an arranged marriage have to show off in front of her?
Li Meilan thought to herself and was just about to speak when she saw Qin Yu shake his head.
“Qinghe, Comrade Li Meilan and I are just in a purely professional relationship. There is not any other relationship at all, let alone a good relationship! As for the form of address, I really didn’t pay attention to it before, but I will pay attention to it in the future! Comrade Li Meilan, in the future, you should still address me as Director Qin! I am already married so I am not afraid of anything, but you are a young female comrade. If you don’t pay attention and someone overhears and misunderstands, it will also be a hindrance to your reputation!”
Hearing this speech from Qin Yu, all the color drained from Li Meilan’s face.
“Director… Qin!”
Li Meilan was still unwilling to just leave like this.
“When did you get married? Why didn’t you tell everyone in the factory? And you aren’t even holding a wedding.”
“We just registered yesterday.” Qin Yu answered decisively, “The factory is busy, and we don’t plan to hold a wedding for now. However, everyone will definitely get wedding candies.”
They had actually already registered!
Li Meilan could barely stand steady, holding onto the desk to barely stand straight, “Then… where does Comrade Su work? She must be a very outstanding talent, right! Otherwise, she wouldn’t be worthy of Director Qin.”
Su Qinghe smiled, “I just graduated from high school and haven’t started working yet! If you ask what is outstanding about me, it should be my youth! After all, I am only eighteen years old.”
Only eighteen years old?!
When Li Meilan saw Su Qinghe, she had guessed that Su Qinghe was very young, but she never expected her to be this young!
Qin Yu was already thirty this year!
Su Qinghe was only eighteen!
The two of them had a full twelve-year age gap!
Li Meilan had always felt that she was very young, only twenty-four.
Yet she was six years older than Su Qinghe!
Look at Su Qinghe’s face, fair and tender, almost able to pinch water out of it!
If she were Qin Yu, she would also marry someone as young and pretty as Su Qinghe!
Li Meilan’s heart was thoroughly broken, “Then I won’t disturb you two anymore, I’ll be leaving first—”
“Wait!” Su Qinghe called out to her, pointing to the aluminum lunchbox on the desk, “Comrade Li Meilan, don’t forget your dumplings!”
Li Meilan bit her lip, picked up the lunchbox, and strode out.
Watching Li Meilan’s departing figure, Su Qinghe shook her head.
Tsk tsk!
There was another heartbroken person in this world!
Seeing that Su Qinghe was still staring at Li Meilan’s back, Qin Yu thought she had misunderstood and continued to explain, “Comrade Li and I really don’t have any relationship—”
“I know.”
Su Qinghe interrupted Qin Yu’s words.
Li Meilan was interested in Qin Yu, but Qin Yu clearly had no interest in her.
Otherwise, they would have gotten married long ago, how would there be any business of hers, Su Qinghe?
Thinking this in her heart, Su Qinghe was also somewhat curious, “Why didn’t you marry her?”
Qin Yu, “…”
He had already said he had no relation to Comrade Li Meilan!
Qin Wang raised his hand at this moment, “Because of me! She didn’t want to be my stepmother, and didn’t want to raise a cheap son like me.”
Qin Yu glared at Qin Wang; this brat had to stick his nose into everything!
Was this a time for him to speak?
No!
Shouldn’t this kid be having classes at school right now?
“Why aren’t you having classes at school?” Qin Yu asked with a cold face.
Qin Wang instantly panicked, worried that Su Qinghe would blurt out what happened in the morning.
Su Qinghe only glanced indifferently at Qin Wang, “It’s nothing, I just strolled over to the school in the morning and saw them pulling weeds and watering, so I asked for leave for him.”
Hearing this, Qin Wang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but still didn’t dare to raise his head.
Upon hearing this, Qin Yu frowned as if he had something to say, but in the end, he swallowed it back.
Nowadays, there were plenty of schools not holding classes properly.
Elementary schools only made students grow vegetables and pull weeds, which was still relatively peaceful.
But middle schools…
Some things could not be said, so Qin Yu simply changed the subject.
“What are you holding in your arms?” Qin Yu asked, looking at Su Qinghe.
“These!” Su Qinghe smiled and placed the things on the desk, “These are what I bought for you, jiangmitiao, walnut crisps, sponge cakes, as well as melon seeds and candies!”
Qin Yu couldn’t help laughing, “I don’t eat these things, take them back and eat them with Qin Wang!”
“You don’t eat them? Then what do you eat? You haven’t eaten yet, right? Then we’ll accompany you to the Cafeteria for dinner! People are made of iron and food is steel, go hungry without a single meal and you’ll panic, how can you not eat? If you don’t eat, where will you get the strength to work? Without the strength to work, how will you support me and Qin Wang? So you still have to eat!”
Normally, if someone spoke these work-unrelated words in his ear, Qin Yu would have already been annoyed.
But now, listening to Su Qinghe chattering away and looking at her radiant face, Qin Yu didn’t feel annoyed at all; instead, he smiled and agreed, “Good! I’ll get my lunchbox! Have you eaten?”
“We’ve eaten!” Su Qinghe answered crisply, “We’ll just accompany you!”
Once Qin Yu grabbed his lunchbox, the three of them went downstairs together.
As soon as they reached downstairs, Qin Yu saw that brand-new women’s bicycle.
Su Qinghe trotted over and stood beside the bicycle, “Look! The bicycle I just bought, how is it? Does it look good?”
Qin Yu smiled and nodded, “It looks good!”
It suited her very well!
Su Qinghe raised her left hand to show Qin Yu the watch on her wrist, “And this watch, I just bought it too!”
“It also looks very good!” Qin Yu praised.
“If there is anything you want to buy, just buy it. If you run out of ration coupons, just tell me!”
Su Qinghe instantly blossomed into a smile.
Looking so handsome and being so generous to his wife, she really loved it!