How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 432 - 434: Making an Effort_1

Li Qiao paid attention for a while and then decided to leave first to avoid further disrupting Qin Jin’s plans.

As she turned around, she heard the young man’s clear voice.

"Qiaoqiao."

Li Qiao looked back.

Qin Jin was already striding towards her, and when he got closer, he asked, "Is your speech over? Was there a big audience?"

"Quite a lot, and some students even called me ’teacher’ after it ended. Did holding the baby interfere with anything important?"

Qin Jin’s eyes twinkled with amusement, "Not for the time being."

"Let me hold him." Li Qiao reached for the Qin Baby.

The Qin Baby did not respond but leaned on Qin Jin’s shoulder instead.

Li Qiao felt a little sad. Was it because she hadn’t spent the day with him? While they spoke, people followed from behind.

Qin Jin introduced Li Qiao and the client to each other, giving Li Qiao the opportunity to communicate freely with them.

The other party exclaimed that she didn’t look like someone who had had a child.

Li Qiao made simple small talk with them. She was knowledgeable and well-educated, so she quickly got along with the client.

The conversation flowed nonstop during the meal as well.

Aside from the client’s own people, Qin Jin was the only one who could understand the conversation between the two. Liu Er whispered to Qin Jin, "Your wife is amazing, you know. She’s so quiet and gentle usually, but she’s even more composed than I am in a big setting. What on earth are you two blabbering about? Are you discussing business?"

Qin Jin, beaming with pride, responded proudly, "Delivering a speech in front of hundreds of college students... This is nothing to her. We’re not talking business, just discussing family matters and how to raise children. This foreign friend also mentioned that the men in her country all take care of children just like me."

Liu Er laughed and said, "To avoid being laughed at for carrying your child, you spin such tales."

Qin Jin, scowling, retorted, "Believe what you want."

He believed it was true – once a woman starts working, she inevitably can’t take care of the family as well.

Children should of course be looked after by whoever can balance work.

At the end of the dinner, the client still seemed eager for more, arranging to meet Li Qiao again the day after tomorrow.

Li Qiao was delighted to be able to contribute to Qin Jin’s business, naturally agreeing to the proposal.

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After the two parties separated,

Qin Jin carried the baby in one arm and held Li Qiao with the other, walking toward the sedan.

Once in the car, Li Qiao finally got to hold the child, "Daddy needs to drive, so he can’t hold you. Now you can’t refuse Mama, right?"

The Qin Baby uttered a sound.

Li Qiao: "Are you resisting me?"

The Qin Baby shook his head and then fidgeted a bit, Li Qiao almost couldn’t hold on, "Don’t move, you’re so heavy."

The Qin Baby made another sound, then puckered his lips and gently kissed Li Qiao’s cheek.

Li Qiao finally understood, "Are you worried that your body is heavy, and it would be tiring for me to hold you?"

"Mhm." He finally got it.

Qin Jin affectionately scolded, "Little ingrate! I thought you preferred me."

The Qin Baby giggled.

Liu Er chimed in, "Your kid is so clever, knows everything. He’s bound to be as brilliant as your wife when he goes to school. You should groom him some more, and then the Qin family’s business will really have a successor."

Qin Jin said, "For someone like us who has sons, it would already be good if he doesn’t squander everything."

Liu Er: "Marrying a good wife brings prosperity for three generations."

"The crux is whether you can marry one. If you have poor taste and choose a wife that needs your help for everything, wouldn’t that be a burden?"

Li Qiao suddenly remembered a scene from her dream, where a kid was helping another little girl arrange red threads, almost messing up her own choice of a mother.

She prayed that her son would never encounter such a woman who would seek help with tears at the slightest issue. Just like the heroines in those old CEO stories, who couldn’t even use Word. The CEO would be discussing business, and she would call him because she was sick, disrupting a project worth several billion.

Every time something went wrong, she would cry and say, "I didn’t do it on purpose."

I didn’t know it would turn out like this, sob sob...

Messing up and still feeling so wronged!

If that were really the case, she wouldn’t even want her son anymore.

After walking for a while, the child leaned against Li Qiao’s chest and fell asleep, giving Li Qiao and Qin Jin a chance to speak alone. "That lady said she’ll meet the day after tomorrow, does that mean the foreign trade deal is likely to happen?"

Qin Jin, "Pretty much." He planned to draft the contract when he got back and prepare the initial steps.

He dropped Liu Er off at his place first, then returned home with Li Qiao. Their Hutong couldn’t accommodate the car, so he parked it near the large Siheyuan and took the child from Li Qiao’s arms. The moment the child was in his arms, he opened his eyes, looking around, before Li Qiao covered his face. "Baby, it’s cold outside, we need to keep you covered."

The child exhaled a deep sigh.

Li Qiao smiled, "Don’t sigh, it’s just that we don’t want you to catch a cold."

"Mama."

"Yes."

The child lifted his arm, pointing to the south.

Li Qiao, "Want to go to the park? It’s quite windy there at this time."

The child babbled.

Li Qiao didn’t understand and looked to Qin Jin for answers.

Qin Jin thought for a moment, "He probably wants to go to someone else’s house. Who lives to the south?"

"Jiayue? Do you want to go play at her house?"

The child hummed a yes.

Li Qiao, "At this hour, wanting to go over for a meal? Isn’t that a bit embarrassing? How about waiting until we’re free?"

The child hesitated but obediently said, "Oh."

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The family of three returned to the courtyard house.

Jin Daxue and Mrs. Feng came over with the children to visit:

"The whole family coming back together, huh," Mrs. Feng said. "I heard from Old Mrs. Qin that Qiaoqiao gave a lecture at another university today. Did you go find Jin and the baby afterward?"

Li Qiao, "Yes."

Jin Daxue followed up, "Kui told me that Jin was taking people to visit a major client and discuss business today. Was it convenient with the baby?"

Mrs. Feng continued, "Why didn’t you ask Kui to join the talk?"

Qin Jin, "I didn’t ask Fugui either, I arranged for them to run business with Li Jianguo and work on commission. Hosting clients doesn’t pay, and if you think following me is easy work, I’ll take him with me on everything I do from now on."

The implication was, if Feng Kui earns less money, it’s not because I didn’t include him.

Mrs. Feng laughed along, "You’re the boss, so you make the call. Daxue and I know nothing about these matters."

Old Mrs. Qin, "If you don’t understand, why ask? I never like to pry into Jin’s business, especially not nag at him. It’s not only unhelpful but could even affect his judgment. The last thing a man working hard outside needs is a woman bossing him around. Just take care of the kids properly."

"Isn’t Qiaoqiao still leaving the child with Jin?" Jin Daxue said.

Li Qiao was at a loss for words, knowing that Jin Daxue wouldn’t let it go, always criticizing her about Jin taking care of the child.

If you want Feng Kui to take care of the kids, just tell him, why must you harp on Jin doing it?

Old Mrs. Qin, "Jin is in business, and who knows, one day he might go bankrupt and need Qiaoqiao’s support. Besides, Jin won’t have a pension when he’s old but Qiaoqiao is different. Just the consultant position at the Criminal Investigation department guarantees her a pension, and if she gets sick and needs to stay in a hospital, just showing her work ID gets her a private room immediately. Her status is incomparable to Jin’s. He should indeed do the childcare and the housework, that’s only proper. Isn’t that so, you rascal?"

She had learned all this from brother Xue.

Even more impressive than the Xue family’s third child.

With such an excellent granddaughter-in-law, she wouldn’t mind even if Qiaoqiao didn’t take care of the children, or if she had to serve her in return.

If her grandson and granddaughter-in-law argued, she’d be the one to blame herself for not raising her grandson well enough.