Chapter 344 - When Did They Make Peace?

Chapter 344 When Did They Make Peace?

It sounds reasonable.” Section Chief Xu kept nodding. But soon she felt that something was wrong. So, she glared at Zeng Quan. “You’re so wordy. Do you think I don’t know it?”

It was you who was eager to ask, OK? Zeng Quan was reluctant to retort. He was exhausted these days, so he went back to the cot behind and lay down.

“Zeng Quan, do you know when Young Master Mo and Xia Yu made peace?” Section Chief Xu couldn’t help asking, so she went near him again.

“How did I know?” Section Chief Xu’s question was weird because Zeng Quan didn’t find that Young Master Mo became nice to Xia Yu. He thought it was inappropriate to use “make peace” to describe them.

“Didn’t you hear Miss Zeng say anything about it?” Section Chief Xu lowered her voice, with expectation in her eyes.

“Why should Miss Zeng say that to me?” Zeng Quan couldn’t bear her nagging, so he lay down again. “I’m sleepy. Let me have a rest.”

What a dumb! No wonder he was still a junior section member. Section Chief Xu didn’t feel like talking to him anymore. Without getting any useful information from him, she glared at him with discontent and left with disappointment.

After Shen Mo left with Xia Yu for a while, he asked, “Are you tired these days?”

Xia Yu smiled and said, “I’m fine.”

“Li Wen is a rogue, who regards himself as the No.1 playboy of S city. However, a nosy person told him that Young Master Yan was the No.1 if he was there, which was supposed to be a joke. Li Wen took it seriously, so he was determined to prove himself by competing with Shen Yan for everything. Later, Shen Yan went abroad, so Li Wen became less aggressive. But not long ago, Shen Yan was back, and he just went to Canata. People had thought he was nearly thirty, a grown man and didn’t expect that he continued to compete with Shen Yan as soon as he was back.” Shen Mo knew the reason why Xia Yu came to aid after the disaster, and he could not bear it when seeing she was so exhausted these days.

Xia Yu bothered with Li Wen’s childish behavior. She hoped that when she was back, he could behave like a grown-up. “I’m OK. That’s a challenge to help me grow stronger.”

“Xia Yu, you are really different from others.” Shen Mo said. He knew his younger brother very well, who would spoil his woman as much as he could, and no one could be his rival.

Xia Yu was his true love. According to his behavior habits, he would treat her like a princess or at least give her some high-value gifts.

However, according to Shen Mo’s knowledge, Xia Yu didn’t receive even a car from Shen Yan.

“What’s the difference?” Xia Yu asked with a smile.

“You’re Shen Yan’s girlfriend now, after all. You don’t have to do everything by yourself.” Since she wanted to evade Li Wen, she didn’t need to make so much effort to do her task. She was Shen Yan’s girlfriend, so no one dared to judge her.

“My relationship with Shen Yan won’t bring any change to my work.” Xia Yu said calmly, “As my cousin said, it’s my destiny to toil.”

Shen Mo laughed, and then he turned the topic to Wu Shiyu. “Do you know that Li Yan is leaving for Kolea?”

Xia Yu said, “I heard it from my cousin. He’s leaving after finishing the play.”

“Actually, I must take some responsibility for it to a certain degree. You know that my mother has a preference for Mina, which caused some trouble for them.” Shen Mo felt helpless about it.

He was in a dilemma because of his identity and couldn’t do much to help.

Xia Yu cast a caring look to him. Seeing that they had arrived at the market, she asked him with a smile, “What would you like to eat?”

“Let’s see around before we decide.” Shen Mo smiled and said.

But when they went into the market, they were stunned. The vegetables in such a small town were not of various kinds, most of which were grown by the farmers nearby and were only sold in the market when they were excessive for family demand.

Usually, these vegetables were on sale in the morning while in the afternoon there were not many left, except for some special circumstances. Now this town was struck by a flood, and the vegetables were spoiled by too much rain, which made the supply of food in a great shortage.

“It seems that we need to live by instant noodles tonight again.” Seeing the empty market, Shen Mo forced a smile.

“Don’t be pessimistic. Let’s have a try and maybe we will find something.” Xia Yu was determined to search for vegetables in the market, and then she thought of something. She said, “How can I forget that place? Come with me!”

There was only one vegetable store in this town. Xia Yu passed by it when she came to this town. She thought there might be some vegetables if they could get there now.

After they went into the store, they found some cabbages which were not very fresh and some yam. Xia Yu looked at Shen Mo and said with a smile, “It seems that we have to get through hard with them.”

Shen Mo answered with a smile, “We’re here to relieve the people in disaster. These vegetables are beyond our expectations, which are not so bad.” He was satisfied with the food.

Xia Yu picked some vegetables which were relatively fresh as well as some bamboo shoots cans and beef meatballs. Then she with Shen Mo went back to the camp.

Section Chief Xu had thought Xia Yu would bring back some delicious food, but when she saw those vegetables Xia Yu bought, she felt so disappointed, wondering what the difference was from eating instant noodles.

Her disappointment was explicit on her face at once. She had intended to cook by herself, but now she didn’t feel in the mood. So, she let Xia Yu cook and prepared to eat instant noodles if the meal didn’t taste good.

Shen Mo didn’t take on a cold-president look. He helped Xia Yu prepare the meal on the side and did a good job.

Though those food ingredients were ordinary, they became a miracle in Xia Yu’s hands. Even Section Chief Xu who was particular about food enjoyed the meal and praised that it was really delicious.

Shen Mo also wore a rare smile on his face and said, “Xia Yu cooks well, right?”

“Far beyond ‘well’. It’s excellent.” Xiaoliu said while eating on the side. “Xia Yu, how can you make the ingredients so delicious by frying them several times?”

Xiaoliu watched Xia Yu cook on the side just now, but he couldn’t figure out how she could make the meal so delicious by using the ordinary seasonings which were the same as those bought by his parents at home. But his parents could not cook so well.

“Thank you for your compliments. Help yourselves as much as possible if you like it.” Xia Yu smiled and said.

Two days later, they finally had a satisfying meal. As they had no other assignment in the evening, they went to bed early. The next day, there was only some wind-up work to do, which didn’t take them much time to finish, and everyone felt relieved.

Perhaps since she was going back home, Section Chief Xu wore a smile on her face all the time. Then in the afternoon, they got into the car, returning home. On the way home, Xia Yu called Shen Yan, telling him that she was going back in the evening.

When Xia Yu was about to say yes, Shen Mo said to her that he would send her back. So, Xia Yu instantly told Shen Yan to wait for her at home. Shen Yan didn’t say anything after he heard it. He hung up and let Aunt Ma buy some delicious food back.

Aunt Ma set off immediately after hearing his words. At about 9 p.m., Shen Mo sent Xia Yu home. When Xia Yu invited him to come in and eat something, Shen Mo agreed straightforwardly without refusal.

Liu Sijie was also together with them, and they all had a good time. Shen Yan suggested drinking some wine originally. Considering that Shen Mo needed to drive home, Shen Mo only drank one glass of wine.

Shen Mo went back after the meal. Xia Yu was exhausted these days, so she lay in the bed after a shower. Then she texted her cousin.

Wu Shiyu texted back very soon, telling Xia Yu that she decided to go to Kolea with Li Yan, which was also agreed on by her parents.

Since Uncle and Aunt agreed, Xia Yu had no argument, too. She swore to her cousin that she would take good care of Uncle and Aunt for her cousin.

Wu Shiyu also told her that she was with Li Yan at hometown and they might stay there for several days. They wanted to spicily hang out with Xia Yu and Shen Yan for several days after they came back.

They were going abroad soon, so it was good for them to spend some time accompanying the parents. Xia Yu asked her cousin to convey her wishes to Uncle and Aunt and then hung up.

Then she got a call from Lv Wushuang after putting down her phone. “Xia Yu, you must have known that Shiyu will go to Kolea. She wanted to take me with her at first, but you know my family. My parents didn’t let me go, fearing that I might take less care of my family. So, I had to find another job. Do you have time tomorrow? Can you accompany me to look for housing?”

Since she was no longer Wu Shiyu’s assistant, she couldn’t live in her house anymore. However, she didn’t want to live at her own home because of the fear of her parents’ nagging all day.

“OK. I will go with you tomorrow.” Xia Yu agreed without hesitation.

The next day, Xia Yu went to the company first. When she got to the gate of the company, she was anxious and cast a look at the opposite side of the gate, only to find that billboard was gone. She finally felt relieved.

It seemed that after Xia Yu left, Shen Yan had a talk with Li Wen. Xia Yu thought that it was less possible that Li Wen would take the initiative to remove the billboard.

“Xia Yu, you get tanned and become slimmer.” Fang Feifei said with surprise.

“You are exaggerating. I have been there for only three days.” Xia Yu smiled.

Fang Feifei took out a mirror and gave it to Xia Yu. “Look at yourself.”

Xia Yu just knew what she looked like, so she ignored her image in the mirror. She turned to Fang Feifei and said with a smile, “What about going to the beauty salon together?”

“Shall we go there after we’re off duty and finish our dinner tonight?” Fang Feifei made a good arrangement.

Xia Yu was OK with Fang Feifei’s arrangement, and then she continued to go towards her office section.

“He’s fishing for compliments. Since the company has sent people there, there is no need for Young Master Mo to go with them. Look at the way he laughed. Believe it or not, he has never laughed like that.” Upon Xia Yu entered her office section, she heard Cai Yanyan’s voice.

“What are you talking about?” Xia Yu approached.

“Xia Yu, come here and have a look. Isn’t it the place where you went to aid after the disaster? Young Master Mo is so good at fishing for compliments.” Cai Yanyan cast a newspaper to Xia Yu.

A headline caught Xia Yu’s eyes. “The philanthropic President of Sheng Da went to the disaster area in person and cared about victims so much”.

The picture in the newspaper was shot when they were having a meal together. Xia Yu put the newspaper aside. She thought in her heart that it was less likely that Shen Mo went to the disaster area just because he wanted the journalists to report him.

But she didn’t say her thoughts out. Instead, she walked directly into her office.

At noon, Xia Yu accompanied Lv Wushuang to look for housing. Lv Wushuang preferred a house with two bedrooms and one sitting room on 58 house renting website yesterday. The house was a little remote, but its price was rather cheap. So, she made an appointment with others to visit the house today.

The two people took the subway and transferred twice. It took more than one hour before they came out, and then they took a taxi. After that, they finally got to the community. They called the landlady and told that they had arrived. Then a stout middle-aged woman went to receive them after waiting for a few minutes.

“Did you call me just now? To rent my house?” The woman looked at them and asked.

After Lv Wushuang said yes, the woman led them into the community, which was built many years ago and looked so old. But it had a good greenery coverage.

When they went upstairs and entered the house, they were disappointed because it was dim rather than bright, which was a sharp contrast from the picture online before.

“Look! There are appliances and furniture, so you can move in at any time.”

The landlady opened the bedroom door while speaking. It was not big, with a bed, a wardrobe and a computer desk in it. Except for these things, there was not much space left. Then they were shown around another bedroom, which was even smaller.

They also had a look at the kitchen and bathroom, but they were still disappointed.

“Sister, would you please lower the rental a bit?” Lv Wushuang thought that if the rental could be cheaper and perhaps she could get a few hundred yuan off the rental, she would rent it. Otherwise, she would rather look for another one.