My Life with Narration

Chapter 441 - 433: Auntie Shen Protects Her Husband with Swagger

Even though she hasn’t learned to walk yet, she already wants to run. That’s Su He for you.

You can’t even edit a video, yet you want to do social media and make short videos? Isn’t that a joke?

Of course, if you had a company, it’d be different, since the company would have people responsible for shooting videos. But you don’t now, do you?

Finally, he recommended a few software programs necessary for making videos to Su He, telling her to research them on her own. After all, nobody is born knowing how to do these things. Use them enough, and you’ll naturally get it.

He was quite confident that Su He could learn video editing. Aside from driving, her ability to learn other things was quite impressive.

After studying for quite a while, Su He sat there, dazed and lamented, "I didn’t expect making short videos to involve so much. It’s way too hard, and I’m exhausted!"

"What did you think? You really expect that after graduating, a boss would pay a high salary for a fresh grad who knows nothing? Let me put it this way: unless you take a civil service exam, every penny you make won’t come easily. Learn it! Editing is a skill, after all. As the saying goes, the more skills you have, the better, you might need it after graduation!"

Su Qing patted Su He on the shoulder and laughed.

The only reason he learned editing was out of interest. He figured it out during college, and his skills were pretty good.

When someone is passionate about something, they learn it very quickly, like with games!

Whether they’re good is another matter, but they definitely know how to use it.

"Alright then, I’ll start self-learning when school starts. Oh, where’s sis?" Su He asked.

She could clearly feel that the traces of two people in her brother’s house were becoming more obvious.

The two pairs of slippers at the door, towels, toiletries in the bathroom, even the pink tablet on the sofa, and the female facial masks in the trash can—all these small details indicated that there was a woman at her brother’s place.

"Nan is here. They went out to have fun."

"What? Nan is here? Where, where? I want to go find them!" Su He said excitedly.

Hearing this, Su Qing looked at Su He lightly and couldn’t help but sigh. He didn’t speak, but his eyes carried a hint of helplessness.

The reason was simple: why would she meet you? Who are you? What makes you think meeting a celebrity a couple of times makes you friends?

Even he wouldn’t usually contact Tang Nan. Simply put, Shen Yi and Tang Nan are friends, but he isn’t. He wouldn’t overstep his boundaries by assuming they were close.

He was very self-aware, but Su He didn’t seem to have this understanding. It’s not that she had bad character; she just hadn’t experienced much and hadn’t faced setbacks. Simply put, things had gone too smoothly for her.

Even as Shen Yi’s boyfriend, he wouldn’t contact Tang Nan without tact, but Su He felt she could go look for her. Seriously, just because she’s in Jiang City she has to see you?

Perhaps sensing the meaning behind his gaze, Su He embarrassingly coughed a couple of times: "Uh, maybe not then. Having sis-in-law there is great. Oh, can I take Da Huang home?"

"The leash is in the drawer by the door. Put it on yourself!"

"Got it!"

"Remember, if you want to do social media, don’t do too many live streams at this stage. Of course, if you’re just looking to make money, it’s fine. You should think about how to proceed, since you’re in college now, you should figure things out yourself!" Su Qing gave a final piece of advice.

Although it was under him that Da Huang became popular, Su He doing live broadcasts would use up what he had built over the past few months. But ultimately, Da Huang wasn’t his—it was their mom, Zhou Hui’s, so he wouldn’t dictate what Su He should do.

"Got it, bro, don’t worry!" Saying this, she put the leash on Da Huang and ran out.

[Your advice made the pretentious little sister give up the idea of doing another live stream. Money is tempting, especially for a young person just starting college!]

Su Qing couldn’t help but nod at this. Although Su He had many faults, most could be corrected. Even without his reminder, she would learn from society later, as society doesn’t care who your family is.

Meanwhile, at the entrance of a villa on the outskirts of Jiang City, little girl Wen Yun was bare-handedly fighting with two big geese, one in each hand, and was locking their necks.

The wings of the two geese flapped vigorously, but being locked by the neck, they could only honk pitifully, even while being dragged by their necks toward home by the little girl.

As Wen Yun walked, she shouted, "Grandpa, Grandpa, quick, start a fire, let’s deal with them!"

Her combat prowess was so fierce that even Da Huang felt a bit inadequate. Hearing the commotion, Old Man Wen quickly ran out from the courtyard. Seeing the sight, he exclaimed in surprise. His granddaughter must be craving them, so preparations were in order. Coincidentally, there were many people at home today, and the geese honked even louder.

Inside the house, Wen’s mother, the landlord’s wife, Shen Yi, and Tang Nan were present, and even Wen Jingqi and his wife had come back.

"Hey, why did it take you so long to get here? Auntie has been missing you!" Wen’s mother said, holding Tang Nan’s hand with a smile.

As for Tang Nan, the old lady only knew a little about her.

"Busy with work as always. It’s the holiday, so I rushed over to see you first thing!" Tang Nan tried to appear as an obedient girl with a very innocent smile; only Shen Yi and the landlady knew what she was really like.

"It’s good that you’re here, it’s good. By the way, Xiao Yi, where’s Xiao Su? Why didn’t he come with you?"

"Auntie, he’s busy with work. There’s quite a lot to handle lately!" Shen Yi explained. Now that the two of them were finally a couple, she didn’t have to worry about Wen’s mother trying to matchmake anymore.

Upon hearing this, Wen Jingqi couldn’t help but be surprised: "Isn’t that kid working at your company? You’re on holiday, but he still has to work?"

"Brother, Xiao Su works at the company to make it easier for him to date, alright!" Wen Nanqing explained.

Upon hearing this, Wen Jingqi nodded, "I see!"

"Su Qing? Is he the one you mentioned in his early twenties?" Wen Jingqi’s wife, Lu Ran, asked.

Wen Jingqi nodded, "Yes, that’s him!"

On hearing this, Lu Ran laughed, "Initially, when my husband said Xiao Yi found a guy in his early twenties, I didn’t believe it. But Xiao Yi, have you really thought it over about dating such a young guy? A man’s current lack of means is not the issue, it’s more about ambition. Earlier this year, when I heard you came to Jiang City, I wanted you to meet my cousin. He’s ambitious, and his conditions are..."

"Xiao Ran!!" Wen Jingqi interrupted her with a suddenly serious tone, then glanced at his wife.

This matter had indeed been mentioned by his wife a few times earlier in the year, but what kind of person was Wen Jingqi? Though not as influential as Mr. Wen senior, he could handle things independently. How could he say anything about this?

He was all too clear about what his wife’s cousin was like: after high school, he didn’t study further, wasn’t particularly good-looking, had been loafing about, and came from a middle-class family. It was only in the recent years, by following him around, that his family conditions had improved a bit.

But to put it bluntly, all of his cousin’s family’s assets combined probably didn’t amount to even a tenth of Shen Yi’s. Just a few million, and how could he bring that up?

Unexpectedly, his wife brought it up herself today. But the key was, Shen Yi already had a partner. By saying this, wasn’t she indirectly saying that her current boyfriend’s conditions are poor and that he has no ambition?

That’s why he spoke up to stop her. How to describe his wife—certainly not a squanderer, but surely not a virtuous helper either, just an ordinary housewife. She hadn’t faced many hardships since a young age, so she was somewhat lacking in social savvy.

Of course, in an ordinary family, his wife would undoubtedly be considered a good daughter-in-law. But in his family, she was somewhat lacking in outlook and social savvy.

After all, even he only matured in recent years, and his wife, being younger and without the opportunity for such experiences, caused this incident.

Suddenly being shouted at by her husband left Lu Ran a bit dazed, with traces of displeasure on her face. To her, her cousin’s family seemed decent. If she heard Shen Yi had found an outstanding young man, she wouldn’t have said a word. But hearing it was a young man just a year out of college, without much to offer, she felt she was looking out for Shen Yi’s best interests.

"Xiao Yi, your sister-in-law, she..." Wen Jingqi tried to explain, but he immediately noticed that the previously smiling Shen Yi now had a faint shadow cast on her face.

"Brother Wen, it’s okay. Your sister-in-law meant well, but I’m just not that interested in the so-called ambition. I believe men and women have their own taboos when choosing partners: men shouldn’t try to ’rescue a fallen woman’, and women shouldn’t ’force a man to rise above his circumstances.’ Some people are just drawn to this. The essence of the ambition talk is exactly that, making someone rise above.

Women who aren’t all that capable themselves but demand ambition in men likely fall into one of three types: one, they’re young and don’t know what they want; two, they’re in awe of strength, their hearts forever restless and dissatisfied; three, they’re lazy and vain, hoping their partner ’wins the top prize,’ so they can become a grand lady. But whichever type they are, I see no good outcomes.

Arrogantly speaking, I consider my own conditions quite good already. I am the top prize myself; why should I force someone else to become one?

Turning love into a gamble isn’t good because gambling invites retribution!"

Shen Yi’s words seemingly explained why she didn’t require her future partner to have ambition. In reality, she was declining Lu Ran’s offer, telling her cousin to rest easy while also subtly mocking Lu Ran: we’re not the same. You like wealthy men and found yourself one, but for me, money is no longer essential. We’re simply not on the same level.

But Lu Ran didn’t quite understand and couldn’t help but smile, "You can’t say that, it’s because you’re outstanding, Xiao Yi, that typical..."

"Alright, why are you meddling in their business anyway? Do you want Xiao Yi to break up?" Wen Jingqi’s tone grew a bit stern.

Perhaps only he could fully grasp the situation here. Even Wen’s mother hadn’t quite caught on. Of course, if Mr. Wen senior was outside the courtyard, he’d surely understand too; this is the emotional intelligence of a businessman.

What kind of man I’m with, does it need to be discussed by others? Even your sister-in-law, Qingjie, can’t.

But despite Shen Yi’s gloomy face, everyone could see it.

Wen’s mother hurriedly spoke up, "I think Xiao Su is quite nice!"

She truly thought highly of Su Qing, and the landlady next to her chimed in, "Sister-in-law, matters of the heart are personal. Xiao Yi has a boyfriend, no need to worry about it!"

"I was just speaking offhand," Lu Ran said awkwardly.

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