When Xu An'an was happily sipping the soup, Lu Chuanbai suddenly spoke up, his voice cold. "If you have nothing else to do, you can leave first. Thank you for your hard work today."
Hearing this, Gu Anrou, with a face full of grievance, instantly looked ugly.
She knew that Lu Chuanbai's words meant he wanted to send her away. They hadn't seen each other for a long time, and yet he was sending her away right after meeting. She wasn't quite ready to leave. After the crisis of the Gu family during this period, seeing that Lu Chuanbai didn't offer them a helping hand, her parents had already strongly opposed their continued contact. They even told her to cut off all ties with Lu Chuanbai.
At this moment, Xu An'an looked up and asked in a childish voice, "Auntie, are you reluctant to leave this soup?"
"Who said that!"
"I'll leave then!"
After saying that, Gu Anrou grabbed her handbag and stormed out, slamming the door behind her.
"Goodbye, auntie." Xu An'an sweetly bid farewell to Gu Anrou's back.
Outside the door, Gu Anrou leaned against the door and clenched her fists tightly.
On the other side, at the Xiang family.
With a loud slap, Xiang Qiuwan was slapped to the ground by Lord Xiang.
"You good-for-nothing!" Lord Xiang roared angrily.
Xiang Qiuwan, who was sharp-tongued, was extremely angry at her father's behavior. But as she had always been afraid of her father, she didn't dare to resist.
"You're so useless!"
"You can't do anything right!" Lord Xiang said. He was very disappointed in his daughter. Xiang Qiushuang was also his biological daughter, but the gap between the two was so huge.
"I told you to learn from your sister. Where has all that learning gone? You finally got the chance to learn from Mr. Wen, but now you've been kicked out!"
Xiang Qiuwan knelt on the ground, her face swollen high.
"Sir, don't be angry." Mrs. Xiang pretended to comfort him.
When she saw Lord Xiang beating Xiang Qiuwan, she was secretly overjoyed. She had long wanted to teach this bitch a lesson. This girl was always going against her.
"Kneel in the ancestral hall for a whole day! No one is allowed to let her out before the time is up!" After saying that, Lord Xiang flicked his sleeves and left.
Xiang Qiuwan was already used to this kind of punishment. Whenever she made a mistake, her father would punish her by locking her in the ancestral hall.
She touched her swollen cheek and thought to herself that she wouldn't be able to go out for a few days again.
The servant came over and escorted her to the ancestral hall. When they got there, the servant just pushed her inside, not treating her like a young miss of the Xiang family at all.
"Xu Qingqing! You're dead when I get out!"
She vented all her anger on Xu Qingqing. If it weren't for Xu Qingqing, she was sure she wouldn't have been kicked out by Mr. Wen, and she definitely wouldn't have come back home to get beaten and punished to kneel.
...
To redeem the face she lost when buying clothes last time, Gu Anrou decided to go find the salesperson at that time and make her kneel and serve her!
Shopping alone was so boring. She called her friends out. The first person she called was Song Yahan. "Do you want to go shopping?"
As soon as the phone was connected, Song Yahan immediately agreed, with a flattering attitude, just like before. If it weren't for her attitude last time, Gu Anrou would have thought she had a wrong memory.
"Humph." She hung up the phone, feeling contemptuous in her heart. If it weren't for the fact that there were no good friends in the circle, she wouldn't have to be reduced to making friends with a third-rate actress like Song Yahan. She wasn't even worthy of tying her shoes.
Song Yahan, who originally needed to meet a client in the afternoon, postponed the dinner. Anyway, if she went, she would just be taken advantage of by those greasy bosses. Since the Gu family had overcome the crisis, she had been worried about how to contact Gu Anrou. Now that Gu Anrou had come to her on her own initiative.
...
On the other side, Xu Qingqing was burying her head in repairing the orders that Lu Qi had received in the past few days. The orders were not only numerous but also miscellaneous.
Lu Qi pushed open the door and said excitedly, "Qingqing, the materials needed for the jade pendant are ready. If you finish these, you can directly repair the jade pendant. If there's anything lacking, just tell me."
He patted his chest and promised, "I guarantee you'll be satisfied."
Xu Qingqing didn't look up. She was still repairing an object in her hand and replied, "Got it."
Because she had spent half a month outside with Professor Zhou, repairing cultural relic murals had consumed a lot of her physical strength. And she had come to work directly without much rest after coming back. Now she felt sore all over, with aching hands and eyes.
At ten o'clock, she changed out of her work clothes and was about to go back. Thinking of her pair of lovely children at home, she seemed to be full of energy again.
Just then, Lu Chuanbai appeared with Xu An'an in his arms. When Xu An'an saw Xu Qingqing, she excitedly shouted, "Mummy!" She jumped out of Lu Chuanbai's arms and stretched out her chubby little hands, asking Xu Qingqing for a hug. Xu Qingqing immediately picked her up.
"Why are you here?" Xu Qingqing asked in surprise.
"An'an missed you, so I brought her here." After saying that, Xu An'an and Lu Chuanbai exchanged a tacit look.
Actually, it was Lu Chuanbai who wanted to see Xu Qingqing. Since they had that direct conversation last time, Xu Qingqing had always been avoiding contact with him. She even said that she could never like him. Although he was very hurt in his heart, he still couldn't resist his longing.
"Mummy! I really want to go out and play with you and Uncle Lu." Xu An'an lay on Xu Qingqing's shoulder and said in a childish voice in her ear.
Such a soft and cute child, Xu Qingqing couldn't help but agree.
Come to think of it, since she came back to Qingchuan City, she hadn't taken Xu An'an and Xu Yiyi out to buy clothes yet.
...
"Call out the salesperson 0329!" As soon as Gu Anrou entered the store, she directly announced.
She had been made a fool of in public last time. With her personality, how could she let it go? So she had remembered the salesperson's code on purpose.
When the salesperson 0329 saw Gu Anrou, she still looked unhurried. She was sure that Gu Anrou couldn't do anything to her.
"Anrou, this isn't good, is it?" Song Yahan was afraid that something might happen and end up on the news. After all, even a third-rate actress was still an actress, and she still cared about public opinion. Otherwise, her agent would scold her to death.
"Not good?" Gu Anrou retorted. "Didn't you see how embarrassing she made me at that time?" She was even angry with Song Yahan.
One had to bow one's head under someone else's roof. Song Yahan didn't say anything more.
"May I ask what you need, ma'am?" The salesperson 0329 bent down and asked politely.
Gu Anrou walked to the clothes rack, waved her hand, and pointed at a few clothes. "Pack up all the clothes except the ones I just pointed at!"
The salesperson 0329 thought she was going to make a big fuss, but it turned out to be just this. Although she thought so in her heart, her face showed nothing. "Okay."
After a while, when the salesperson had packed up the clothes, Gu Anrou suddenly exclaimed, "Suddenly, I find that I'm not very satisfied with a few of these clothes." She casually picked up a packaging bag and threw it in front of the salesperson, asking her to return it.
The salesperson underestimated her after all. She took a deep breath and returned the clothes as required.