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  Chapter 199: Love Known to All

  TL: Etude

  As the Spriival approached, another snowfall came iwelfth lunar month.

  Outside the window, snowfkes danced and fluttered down, c the world in a matter of hours with a b of white. The red nterns hung by the municipal department added a charming touch to the snoe.

  Retly, Jiang Qin had been stantly apanying a little rich dy a a bit weary. So, he ed himself in his quilt, intending to get some extra sleep.

  However, before he could drift off to dreamnd, his parents dragged him out of bed for a thh house ing to wele the New Year.

  Jiang Qin was responsible for tidying up the living room, while his father, Jiang Zhenghong, took on the bedrooms and bathrooms.

  Mrs. Yuan Youqin, his mother, had her task cut out for her too: preparing dumplings for the family from New Year’s Eve to the sed day of the lunar year.

  “Jiang Qin, after you start your semester, find me a daughter-in-w quickly, so I don’t have to make dumplings aloill it gets dark,” she mented.

  “Why bother? How about this: I’ll tighten my belt a less,” Jiang Qin replied, quick-witted as always.

  Mrs. Yuan Youqin, frustrated, waved her rolling pin, “You better at all!”

  “Why are you getting angry? I’m oeen, isn’t it too early to rush me?” he protested.

  “I don’t care; I want a daughter-in-w. Every year, I have to prepare dumplings for the entire family, enough for three days. Do you think it’s easy?”

  In Jizhou, there’s a of not using knives from New Year’s Eve to the third day of the lunar year, making dumplings both a staple and a y during this time.

  For families with many members, just making dumplings could take a whole day.

  Mrs. Yuan Youqin, year after year, longed for a daughter-in-w, especially during these times. When Jiang Qin was in high school, the idea seemed unrealistic, but now that he was in uy, she increasingly wished for someoo share the task of dumpling-making or at least keep her pany.

  Jiang Qin pursed his lips, focused on his ing, making the floor spotless, but deliberately avoided the topic to prevent further trouble.

  Just then, there was a knock at the door. Their neighbor from across the hall came to visit, cradling a chubby baby, all smiles.

  “Oh, Youqin, making dumplings alone?”

  “Sister Li, what brings you here?”

  “My grandson is g at home, so I had to take him out for a walk. He stops g when he sees people.”

  Neighbor Auntie Li cooed and pyed with her grandson, who ughed heartily, drooling from the ers of his mouth.

  Seeing this, Mrs. Yuan Youqi a mix of emotions aedly gred at Jiang Qin.

  Jiang Qin immediately uood. No wonder his mother stantly talked about wanting a daughter-in-w; the root of it all was their neighbor.

  After all, with his mother’s temperament, being frequently shown off by the neighbor must have irked her, expining her urgency for him to start dating since his first year in uy.

  “Jiang Qin, didn’t bring a girlfriend home for the New Year?”

  “No, Auntie Li, I’m not good with words and haven’t found one,” Jiang Qin modestly replied.

  Auntie Li grimaced, “You go to school and still don’t bring back a wife. Your mom has to make dumplings alone every New Year, how tiring.”

  “But I think my mom deserves a peaceful year after w hard. Bringing home someoroublesome is worse than being alone, right?”

  “…”

  Everyone in their building knew about Auntie Li’s stant cshes with her daughter-in-w. Even trivial matters could spark all-night arguments. But havily had a grandson, Auntie Li dared not say mud had been holding in her frustrations, almost to the point of illness.

  Jiang Qin’s remark hit right at the heart of the matter.

  Hence, Auntie Li left soon after with a forced smile, leaving behind Jiang Qin, who couldn’t hide his amusement.

  “A daughter-in-w like yours, Auntie Li, is indeed a formidable character, arguing without repeating a word. I have to find someoler; my mom isn’t good at arguing.”

  Mrs. Yuan Youqin locked the door and couldn’t help but say, “Without a daughter-in-w, there’d be numents, solving all problems at the root!”

  Jiang Qin, leaning on his mop, responded.

  “Jiang Qin, if you talk nonsense again, you’ll be spending New Year’s oreets.”

  Mrs. Yuan Youqied suauspicious talk, especially during the New Year.

  “Rex, Mom, there definitely won’t be any arguments.”

  Jiang Qin casually responded, feeling inexplicably fident for some reason.

  In the blink of ahe 28th day of the twelfth lunar month arrived.

  The temple fair was drawing to a close, and the sheep soup restaurant’s business was thriving. Many ers, after enjoying their meal, took a sed look at the advertisement board to find a branch closer to their homes.

  As the old saying goes, “Even the best wine needs a bush,” and this bustli had indeed helped spread the word.

  Jiang Qin had only visited the fair on the first day and didn’t return in the following days.

  After all, attrag ers depended oaste, not atg the stall. He wasn’t a human billboard, and his presence or absence made little difference.

  Without his uncle and aunt’s support, Yang Shu’an found the temple fair less enjoyable than on the first day.

  But he wasn’t bored, as many old cssmates specifically came to his stall to drink sheep soup and preteo casually inquire if Jiang Qin and Feng Nanshu were dating.

  Yang Shu’an remarked, “I’ve even taken my New Year’s money; how could it not be true?”

  Thus, with eyewitnesses aimohe rumor turned into a firmed fact, causing a major stir in their high school circle.

  The aloof moonlight of gnan High School, that radiant aial girl, was truly in love.

  Thinking of this, many were left sleepless at night, with some even ging their QQ Space background music to Ado’s “He Must Really Love You.”

  “I should be uhe car, not in it, seeing how sweet you two are.”

  Yang Shu’an took out his phoo update Jiang Qin on the day’s casualties.

  “Uoday another seven ht people came, asking if you and Auntie are in love.”

  Jiang Qin, who was at the Jizhou Library apanying the little rich dy, casually g his phone and couldn’t help but look up at her.

  In high school, he hadn’t seen many people flog around Feng Nanshu.

  But it wasn’t because she wasn’t popur; it was because she was too unapproachable.

  Seeing numerous boys in their online spaces menting their shattered dreams, Jiang Qin became even more aware of how sacred and perfect the name Feng Nanshu was to the boys of gnan, and of the little rich dy’s immense charm.

  Perhaps in everyone’s heart, no one was worthy of such a girl.

  Jiang Qin peeled a pistachio a to the little rich dy, actally toug her lips with his fiips.

  “Jiang Qin, feed me more,” Feng Nanshu opened her mouth, waiting for him to feed her.

  “Just one more, and that’s it. My hands are sore from peeling.”

  “Three more, please.”

  Jiang Qin, feeling helpless, peeled three more ahem to her, thely wiped the er of her mouth.

  Afterward, most small shops in Jizhou began to close for the holiday, leaving only the markets iowns and the big malls holdis to bee increasingly bustling.

  Promotion cars decorated with colorful balloons ran bad forth on the main streets, pying advertisements for various dists and attrag a lot of people.

  Oh day of the twelfth lunar month, watg the promotion cars outside the window, Jiang Qin spontaneously decided to go shopping with the little rich dy, buying a bunch of New Year goods.

  There were gifts for his parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, and cousins.

  After much pig and choosing, two small carts were gradually filled.

  tally, on their way to the checkout, Jiang Qin ran into Chu Siqi and Wang Huiru.

  In a small pce like Jizhou, running into old cssmates in the only big mall wasn’t surprising.

  The four exged ghe atmosphere a bit awkward, until Wang Huiru broke the ice with a “long time no see.”

  “There’s a css reunion on the sixth day of the New Year, Jiang Qin, do you want to go?”

  “I’ll see, if I make it, I’ll go.”

  “Okay then.”

  “Mhm.”

  Jiang Qin, apanied by Feng Nanshu, headed towards the checkout ter. After walking a few steps, the little rich dy slipped her hand into his pocket.

  Wang Huiru observed this se with some emotion.

  Feng Nanshu was incredibly beautiful, her delicate features fwless.

  And Jiang Qin was equally dazzling, making a perfect match as they walked together.

  Thinking this, Wang Huiru couldn’t help but gnce back at Chu Siqi and noticed her best friend staring bnkly at the couple, a hint of disbelief in her eyes.

  Thinking Chu Siqi set again, Wang Huiru was about to offer some words of fort when she saw Chu Siqi pull out a milk tea card from her bag, shakily holding it up for parison with the silhouette on the card and the couple’s departing figures.

  “So the two people on this milk tea card are them…”

  Wang Huiru was also surprised, “Really? What’s going on?”

  Chu Siqi shook her head, clutg the milk tea card, her expression indescribably plex.

  Everyo Lin Uy khat Xi Tian and Zhihu were strategic partners, but not many khat the owner of this milk tea shop was Feng Nanshu.

  Why? Because it was a business secret.

  If this fact became public, wouldn’t it expose the initial hype and advertising expenses?

  Everyone knew Feng Nanshu was the reized boss dy of 208, and using the boss dy’s tea shop to hype the boss’s advertising fees would be just self-promotion.

  So, Chu Siqi hadn’t pondered over who the characters on the card were, just feeling that the image of two people under a tree on the card was very appealing.

  But it was only at that moment, seeing Feng Nanshu and Jiang Qin walking side by side, that she realized the significe of the pattern on the milk tea card.

  Jiang Qin’s affes had beely shining bright, known to all.

  Suance was something only he could achieve.

  What exactly… did I miss?

  Chu Siqi’s face turned pale, the vast emptiness in her heart growing even more profound.

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