novelraw Chapter 317 - 295: Sharp and Slow-witted
Chapter 317 - 295: Sharp and Slow-witted
The direction between Mr. Yu and Dong Yi seems to be heading into unknown territory; look at Mr. Yu’s satisfied expression...
Qian hesitates to speak.
Even Yu Minglang has noticed something, he looks at Mr. Yu in surprise.
"Did you let Dong Yi stay in the house you rented during the winter break?"
"Yes." Mr. Yu doesn’t see anything wrong with it.
Dong Yi has nowhere to live, and since he stays at his workplace, Dong Yi came over, Panpan gets to see her dad during the holidays, and Dong Yi can also provide treatment. Everyone benefits from this, so why not do it, Mr. Yu thinks.
Qian thinks her Xiaoqiang’s emotional intelligence is not very high, after all, there are many stories about slingshot on glass; it now depends on who you’re comparing him to.
Objectively speaking, Xiaoqiang is a bit silly when facing her, slightly inexperienced in emotional matters, but judging from how he interacts with Jia Xiufang and Qian’s friends, there’s no issue at all; he considers all concerns.
Compared with Mr. Yu, he’s as sharp as a monkey; Yu Mingyi truly has low emotional intelligence!
"Mr. Yu... didn’t your colleagues ask about Dong Yi? How did you explain it?" Qian asked.
"They asked, and I said she’s a doctor, not a nanny." Mr. Yu respects Dong Yi.
His colleagues asked if the woman who often takes his child to watch him at the airport is the nanny he hired.
Little Panpan has a particular fondness for airplanes, and Dong Yi takes him daily to see them.
Of course, Mr. Yu didn’t say Dong Yi is a nanny; she’s set to be a doctor, and he believes she has the ability.
Qian was speechless; Mr. Yu doesn’t like to talk much, nor does he bother to explain to others. Otherwise, how could he have such a fuss with Wang Xiaohong? In this way, people who don’t like to explain easily cause misunderstandings!
He said she’s a doctor, but who knows she’s a psychologist? Maybe they thought Mr. Yu’s second wife is a doctor!
"Mr. Yu, did your workplace... give Dong Yi anything?" Yu Minglang decided to inquire further to see how many people find this odd.
"They did, they gave rice and oil."
"After all this, you still don’t find it strange?!" Yu Minglang finds his brother quite unusual.
"Xiaoqiang, why are you asking this?" Qian doesn’t quite understand these matters.
"If I rented a house near our station and you came over, even if you’re not family, they’d treat it as a family visit. For family like that, the workplace would send rice and oil; we don’t send impractical things, we choose carefully what’s appropriate—Mr. Yu, did you let Dong Yi accept these?"
Yu Xiaoqiang couldn’t believe it; such a slow guy is his own brother.
"I was on a business trip when they came; they went directly, knocked on the door, left the things, and left."
When those people came, Panpan was crying badly, Dong Yi was pacing back and forth holding him. The staff were too embarrassed to ask much, so they just left the stuff and went. When Mr. Yu returned, Dong Yi asked what to do with the stuff, and Mr. Yu thought, since Dong Yi had to cook, it didn’t matter to keep it.
No, it doesn’t matter!!!
Qian and Yu Minglang exchanged a glance; Qian sighed.
"Xiaoqiang, thankfully you’re not like your brother." Otherwise, she’d have run away long ago; how oblivious can one be?
"He doesn’t take after anyone..." Yu Xiaoqiang muttered; having such a brother is a family disgrace.
"What are you two talking about?"
"Mr. Yu, I’ll be blunt; your colleagues have mistaken Dong Yi for your wife. I reckon soon, your boss will want to talk to you."
Mr. Yu was visibly stunned, he had never thought of it this way. Qian and Yu Minglang always complemented each other, Xiaoqiang looked from one angle, she reminded from another.
"Moreover, within that neighborhood, others must be gossiping behind Dong Yi’s back—a young woman with a child and a man who always leaves late at night, what do you think the rumors are like?"
"Nothing better to do, always peeking into others’ lives." Mr. Yu frowned deeply.
"Rumors are like wild beasts... Many middle-aged women love gossip like this; since neither you nor Dong Yi likes interacting much, you can never be sure of others’ perceptions."
To see his son, Mr. Yu stays there for hours at night, having rented a place for a young woman and his son; even if people at work don’t gossip or spread rumors, the neighbors certainly won’t let them off the hook.
Some people find others’ business more exciting than their own and never stop gossiping.
Qian thought it necessary to find an opportunity to see Dong Yi’s reaction, but more urgent now is understanding why Mrs. Yu summoned her here.
On the way, Yu Minglang and Qian collaborated in discussing Mr. Yu, leaving him somewhat reflective. Arriving at the Yu Family, it was clear that it wasn’t only Dong Yi troubled by rumors; this time, Qian was the target.
Before returning home, Yu Minglang did not know what had transpired; he just felt his mother gathering everyone meant something significant. To comfort Qian, he claimed the issue wasn’t crucial, but deep down he knew bringing everyone together implied a considerable matter.
At the Yu Family residence, the eldest brother and sister-in-law were in the living room holding the younger brother’s child; Mrs. Yu sat upright on the sofa, and seeing this, Qian wondered why she was dressed so formally.
What’s going on?
Mrs. Yu is a doctor and rarely dresses so formally outside the hospital.
Upon seeing Mr. Yu arriving with Qian and Yu Minglang, Mrs. Yu waved her hand, signaling the eldest brother’s wife to take the children away, and gestured for the three Yu brothers and Qian to enter the room.
Mrs. Yu invited her here because the matter concerned Qian’s reputation; it could be minor or significant, and with her husband absent, she had to handle the matter herself.
Mrs. Yu sat behind the desk; Mr. Yu’s elder and younger brothers sat on the sofa, while Yu Minglang sat with Qian on the luohan bed.
Yu Minglang was the first to speak.
"Mom, you gathered us here; is anything serious happening?"
"Today I received three calls, all asking about Qian, almost all confidently claiming that our family’s Qian has been abducted."
After Mrs. Yu spoke, Yu Minglang’s relaxed expression disappeared, replaced by anger. His hand instinctively placed around Qian’s waist, pulling her into his embrace.
This was an unconscious protective gesture.
Qian patted his hand, signaling him to calm down.
If it involves Qian, Yu Minglang easily becomes agitated and angry; his sharp mind quickly perceives something.
"How did they find out?" Yu Minglang asked; only a few within the family knew this, and it hadn’t been revealed.
Who could be so malicious to attack his Mei this way?! Words carry weight, purposefully aiming to leave Mei no room to live, how can hearts be so dark!