Return of the Antagonistic Lady Boss

Chapter 719 - 693: Being Busy Isn’t an Excuse—Just Ask Xiaoqiang

Qian’s brainwashing course has always been gradual. She is gradually implanting a brand new concept into Liumei, along with the actions of the Ma Family, guiding Liumei to discover her true inner needs.

Each time she stops just short of calling it quits, but every time she manages to leave a ripple in Liumei’s heart, prompting Liumei to reflect on her own.

"Look at my mom and her ex-husband. My mom worked hard all her life, just like you said, giving every day from dawn to dusk, overworked and sick, and after ten years, she hadn’t warmed the heart of her ex. Can you say she didn’t try hard enough? But after remarrying Fugui’s dad, she never cooks, just eating and having a great time, putting on weight and smiling all day long. Everyone strives, but it’s whether the direction is right that determines the outcome. The same goes for work, study, and love. Being stuck in a dark tunnel blindly with just a mere 0.02 difference, all efforts are in vain. Better to switch paths."

Yu Minglang spoiledly watched Qian as she earnestly poured out life lessons, while out of the corner of his eye he noticed Mai pondering over his wife’s grilled fish, chuckling...

"Still don’t understand? Fine, I’ll give you a fast-track version with a live demonstration, watch me!" Qian cleared her throat and then called the daydreaming Shuixian.

"Shuixian!"

Only after calling twice did Shuixian, pushed a little, come back to her senses, looking at Qian as if to ask why she called.

After Yu Minglang casually led Shuixian astray, Shuixian became absent-minded, seeing the world as colorless, with only one phrase left in her heart: Dadao is going on a blind date, he’s going to find another woman...

"Dadao is going on a blind date, are you upset?"

"You want to end our friendship again, don’t you?" Shuixian didn’t want to bring up this topic now.

"So if I comforted you, how long would it take for you to feel better?" Qian continued to ask.

"Please don’t mention him to me, I don’t want to hear that name for a year." Although she initiated the breakup, how could he do this to her? She had been thinking about Dadao these past few days, but he wanted to go on blind dates with other women!

"Come, everyone admire this bitter woman’s expression, Liumei, look at her current state, it’s equivalent to the 0.99 state. Even if I comforted her for 365 days, she would still be like this, maybe even worse."

"Hey!" Shuixian was a bit annoyed.

"But, look at what happens when I use a different approach, one sentence and she’s instantly fine—Xiaoqiang just lied to you, Dadao isn’t going on a blind date, he’s just talking nonsense."

"Really?!" Shuixian instantly rejuvenated, brushing away the gloom from earlier.

Qian pointed at Shuixian’s expression, saying to Liumei,

"See, this is the 1.01 state. Without any effort, her mood lightened up, no need for 365 days, just one second!"

Saving a deeply loved heart takes just a second, but even 365 days can’t make most people forget their true love, that’s the difference.

Beside him, Yu Minglang gave Qian a thumbs-up, his wife is remarkable, this poisonous life lesson was dispensed flawlessly!

A bowl of life lessons not only woke up his silly sister but also enlightened Shuixian, who was in an emotional haze.

Wife, you’re amazing, simply the best!

"What if I can’t find that 0.02 person for a lifetime..." Liumei asked Qian in confusion.

"Better to be on your own than with the wrong person."

"But I still want to try, I don’t have much time left..." Liumei’s mentor said if she doesn’t marry this year, it won’t be good for her or her family.

"Sounds like late-stage terminal illness, haven’t you heard superstitions are nonsense?"

"How come you sound like Brother Fugui, always talking about the leader..." Fugui accidentally planted himself again in Liumei’s mind.

"Because your Brother Fugui has no issues with certain views. No point in mentioning that family’s attitude, just talking about this man, he comes to Lishi so close to you, why didn’t he think to notify you, would a call be too much?"

"He’s busy..."

"Don’t talk about being busy with so many excuses, being busy has a way of doing things. Fugui also works non-stop when busy, but you see whenever he’s not working, he helps my silly brother, helps my mom cook whenever he can. When has he ever used being busy as an excuse to ignore family?"

Of course, Comrade Liao Fugui hasn’t found a partner yet, but according to Qian’s observations, even when he does he won’t forcefully require the other party to be filial like Ma Lv.

Qian continues her subtle brainwashing, incidentally and quietly creating scenarios for her stepbrother, making his presence felt, and Liumei really listened.

"Brother Fugui is a forensic scientist, he’s different from Brother Fugui." This excuse came out even she felt it was a bit unreliable.

"Haha, what’s different, Xiaoqiang, what do you do when you’re busy and miss me?"

"Do you want me to say it with or without color?" Yu Minglang asked mischievously, knowing after Qian pinched him to definitely answer without color, he solemnly said.

"When I’m busy, I call my wife, if I have time I write her letters, sometimes I’m really tired, and just want to collapse when I get home, then I use the bullet shells from my shooting days to make crafts, one day without a call, one day without writing a letter, just save a shell, I want to use it to make a shell craft for my wife."

Oh my god! That’s so romantic! Liumei never realized her mischievous Lang brother from childhood had such a tender side.

"This is our fourth year, do you know how many bullet shell crafts I’ve collected?" Qian asked.

"A wall full?" Everyone knew Yu Minglang’s busy work nature was relentless.

Qian shook her head, "He wants to use the shells to create a 3D heart pierced by an arrow piece spelling ’love you’, but it’s only half done."

"Damn! Who’s the little brat that leaked this?! I was making it secretly, planning to surprise you! Tell me who told you, I’ll bag them with a burlap sack later!" Yu Minglang was both annoyed and embarrassed to hear this.

The surprise for his wife, how did it get leaked?

Who else could it be but his general manager, Qiao Zhen, because Qiao Zhen’s wife Shi Touyu is Qian’s best friend and roommate, Yu Minglang’s little secret was long exposed.

This dog food, it’s enough to make anyone choke and their throats ache.

"Come on, that can’t be right, are you saying my brother writes you letters or calls you daily? That’s impossible, he’s busy enough to fly from it all." Liumei seriously doubted the authenticity of this dog food.

It’s scientifically unsound!

"The letters he sends me aren’t all long ones, some are just quick notes or phrases scribbled on small pieces of paper. The most ridiculous time he drew a heart on toilet paper with charcoal, I suspect he did it while squatting in the loo?"

This dog food is not only real but strikes painfully, in this day and age, people still write letters, handwrite letters!!!