How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 357 - 359: Petty_1

Li Qiao was so angry that she couldn’t listen to any of his words, packed her bags, picked them up, opened the door, and left, but he reached out and stopped her.

"Move aside, or I won’t just be running away from home!"

Qin Jin panicked.

Could it be that she also wanted a divorce?

He withdrew his hand, looking at her with puppy eyes, "You’re really leaving."

"Hmph!" Li Qiao didn’t even turn her head back!

Qin Jin was so anxious that he scratched the back of his head. Her leg injury had just healed; could she really walk that far? He quietly followed behind her.

Li Qiao had been in a wheelchair for over two months, and then she used crutches. Suddenly walking so much today, she wasn’t used to it and stopped halfway to rest when the figure of the young man appeared beside her. He said, "Qiaoqiao, shall I take you?"

Li Qiao didn’t give him a good look, "Go away!"

Qin Jin: "......" What a temper. "Haven’t you also doubted me?" Every time I came back late, you would question me non-stop. "I never blamed you."

"What are you implying? Are you saying I feel guilty?"

Qin Jin: "...." What kind of logic is this? Why is it a bit unreasonable? He had heard from his subordinates that when arguing with a woman, you can never win unless you use your fists. He wisely chose to keep quiet and quietly follow Li Qiao, stopping every now and then. The journey that usually took seven or eight minutes on foot took them half an hour until she entered her dormitory and he finally stopped.

Gazing after her figure, what should he do?

He knew how to do business. But he wasn’t good at coaxing women.

Qin Jin stood there pondering ways to cajole her.

They say to catch a man’s heart, you have to catch his stomach.

He hadn’t cooked in quite a while. Just this morning, she said she wanted to eat braised pork ribs.

He would go back and cook now and bring it to her at mealtime.

Not long after Qin Jin left, Li Qiao, embracing her books, and Ma Hongxiang, headed to the library.

As they passed under the ginkgo tree, a ginkgo nut fell on Li Qiao’s head. Startled, she yelped in pain, then looked down in confusion before looking up again.

Ma Hongxiang picked up the nut from the ground and tossed it aside, "It’s ginkgo. Are you okay?"

"I’m fine." Li Qiao grumbled to herself; she’s been having such bad luck recently. Her leg had just healed, and now her head was hit. Fortunately, it wasn’t a brick.

She glanced at the withered nut, and as if remembering something, said, "I asked you to send some goji berries from home to sell before, why didn’t you send them?"

Ma Hongxiang replied, "I did send them. There’s a big bag under the bed. You’ve been hurt and I figured you wouldn’t have time to take care of it, so I didn’t tell you."

Li Qiao smiled, "I might not have time, but I could find som... someone nearby. I’ll have someone come and get it in a couple of days, to help you sell the stuff."

Ma Hongxiang also smiled, "Thanks, I appreciate it."

"Don’t mention it." Li Qiao said.

"..."

At dusk.

Li Qiao and Ma Hongxiang left the library, ready to go to the cafeteria for dinner.

Just as they stepped out of the library, Qin Jin appeared in front of her with a food container. She immediately put on a stern face.

Ma Hongxiang, not noticing Li Qiao’s expression, said, "Li Qiao, your partner is here, seems like he brought food. I’ll go ahead." She left.

Li Qiao also walked away, but Qin Jin caught up with her, "Qiaoqiao, I made this meal for you. It has braised pork ribs and sweet and sour pork loin."

Li Qiao involuntarily salivated. Weren’t you not supposed to eat meat during pregnancy? Why was she craving it? She made an excuse, "The cafeteria has it, I don’t need yours." Their school’s cafeteria was as good as a restaurant. She wasn’t interested in his cooking at all!

"Then I’ll have to throw it away."

"That would be wasteful, wouldn’t it?"

Li Qiao spoke faster than her mind could react. As soon as she opened her mouth, Qin Jin was overjoyed. She was finally going along with his line of thought. He said, "I made it specially to your taste. If you won’t eat it, should I just throw it away?"

Li Qiao: "....."

Qin Jin: "I really threw it away," he said as he walked towards the garbage can.

"I’ll eat!" Li Qiao couldn’t bear to waste food having experienced hunger; she truly valued it.

The corner of Qin Jin’s mouth curled up, and the two went to the cafeteria.

Qin Jin opened the lunch box and took out the steaming dishes.

Li Qiao, having been hungry all afternoon, had an especially good appetite.

All the food that Qin Jin had brought was eaten up by her.

He said, "I’ll bring you some again tomorrow."

Li Qiao regained her composure, "That’s not necessary."

Qin Jin thought to himself, you don’t get to decide, and he reminded her to be careful while walking at night before leaving with the lunch box.

Old Mrs. Qin didn’t see Li Qiao when she got home and asked Qin Jin about her.

Qin Jin put her off, saying Li Qiao was busy with her studies and it was convenient for her to stay in the dorm.

Old Mrs. Qin: "Has her leg recovered well?"

Qin Jin: "It has." She just needs to rest after walking. But her complexion is very normal; she probably isn’t feeling unwell.

Old Mrs. Qin, hearing this, didn’t ask any further.

Qin Jin wanted to bring up Li Qiao’s pregnancy but didn’t dare to, fearing that Old Mrs. Qin would go to the school to fetch her daughter-in-law herself and learn the reason before hitting him. Disturbing the neighbours late at night would be too embarrassing.

The next day, around noon, he made food again and brought it to the school.

Li Qiao: "Don’t you have anything else to do?" Before, you were always busy and couldn’t be seen.

When she got angry, it seemed he had plenty of time.

Running around at night, in the daytime, and even having time to cook.

Qin Jin: "Nothing is more important than you and the child."

"Didn’t you say the child wasn’t yours?"

Qin Jin: "...."

Li Qiao huffed and walked towards the cafeteria.

Qin Jin followed with thick skin; this time, he had made steamed fish, home-style tofu, and seaweed egg soup—all her favorites.

Li Qiao couldn’t resist the temptation of delicious food and lowered her proud head.

Qin Jin started a conversation to break the ice, first mentioning that Jin Daxue craved spicy food during her pregnancy, then casually inquiring about Li Qiao’s preferences.

Li Qiao: "I want to eat everything."

Qin Jin: "The older generation says sour for a boy, spicy for a girl, could it be you’re carrying twins? It must be influenced by the good feng shui of the house near our hometown—doesn’t Peng Chunhua also have twins?"

"It’s not your baby, why do you care?"

Qin Jin: "....." Can’t I just admit my mistake?! So petty! During this special phase, he wouldn’t argue with her, and after a short pause, he changed the subject: "Remember the advertisement for the house sale we saw in the newspaper before? I reported that newspaper, and they were ordered to make corrections, and the house owner was arrested. The house has now been returned to its rightful owner. Our Qin family’s ancestral home should be recoverable too." In his memory, the Qin family homes were all connected, and after being occupied by neighbors who then divided it into their own territories and demolished the walls, every time he thought of it, he felt like hitting someone.

"Then you should go busy yourself with that."

"No rush," Qin Jin said.

He planned to wait until the factory was up and running and entering a profitable phase before bringing this matter up.

After eating her fill, Li Qiao rubbed her round belly and said, "Don’t make too much tonight; I don’t want to eat too much and have people notice." She left.

Qin Jin cleaned up and followed suit: "The idea you gave me for the shoe factory passed, and now those people are working very carefully. Li Jianguo has pulled in two big clients, if the orders can be completed, the shoe factory’s operations should get on the right track soon."

Li Qiao didn’t engage with his question, preoccupied with her own: "Earlier, I promised a classmate I’d help sell goji berries, and she has brought them now. Go get them from Ma Hongxiang."