How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 456 - 458: Grown Up _1

Li Qiao was even more speechless.

One failed marriage wasn’t enough, she had to get married again?

Can’t she live on her own?

"Get a divorce and snatch the kid over, and just live as a single parent, Do you absolutely need a man?"

Jin Daxue: "How can it be okay without a man in the house?"

Li Qiao: "The one who first said that must have been a man, brainwashing women on purpose so that they can’t live without them. You think you can’t live without a man, so you don’t divorce. I think life without a man is just the same."

Jin Daxue suddenly started hemming and hawing, then whispered, "What if, if there are needs?"

Li Qiao understood in a second: "....Money is omnipotent. What kind of man can’t you get with money? As long as you have the money, you can easily find someone as handsome as Jin."

Jin Daxue: "....I still can’t divorce."

Li Qiao: "If you can’t divorce then just put up with it, you two are stuck together." Better that than to go out and harm others.

"...."

...

Jin Daxue stayed for a while before leaving. Li Qiao closed the door and went to sleep. When she woke up, the baby was sleeping beside her.

It was already dark outside.

She sat up.

Qin Jin entered from outside, his gaze chilly as he said, "Awake? I heard from Feng Kui that you’re looking for a man."

Li Qiao was utterly confused: "Huh?"

"Feng Kui said that if you divorce me, when there are needs, you would spend money to buy a man."

Only then did Li Qiao realize she’d been sold out by Jin Daxue. "Damn...mmp."

She caught herself mid-swear as Qin Jin covered her mouth: "Be careful not to let the son learn any bad words."

Li Qiao pulled his hand away: "I learned from you anyway."

Qin Jin: "....."

Li Qiao explained the reason: "I was just making a comparison. If you’re not looking for other women outside, why would I want to divorce you? Unless you’ve already found someone, then don’t blame me for turning against you."

Qin Jin: "Don’t talk nonsense. My family has a tradition of being faithful; my grandfather had the chance to take concubines, but he had only my grandmother. It’s even recorded in the family tree. My ancestors were mostly monogamous."

"Even a bad bamboo can produce a fine shoot, and conversely, a good family can have a black sheep. Who knows if this generation has changed," Li Qiao snorted coldly.

Qin Jin: "...." Seeing he couldn’t win the argument, he changed the subject: "The keyboard your former classmate was working on, I’ve invested money in it. But I feel like it will be a loss for the next ten years and I’m looking for partners. When everyone hears about this project, they run away completely."

Li Qiao didn’t hold onto the previous topic, and followed his line of thought: "Be confident. Technological products are the hardest to replace. I actually think that in the next ten or even dozens of years, Su Yu’s invention will be all the rage. By then, we will be making money lying down."

Qin Jin felt she knew about things in the future, hence the confidence. He laughed, "How much of a dividend do you think we should give Su Yu?"

"Knowledge is the most valuable, he should keep the lion’s share to stay motivated to develop new technology."

Qin Jin had an idea in his mind.

Li Qiao then asked, "When I got home from work, there was no one at home, not even grandma. Where did you all go?"

Qin Jin: "I took the kid out to play. Grandma should have been at the quadrangle house tidying up the flowers. How is your case going? Do you need to go tomorrow?"

"I’ve made progress on it, no need to go tomorrow."

Qin Jin: "Then I can go to work with peace of mind."

"....."

In the following few days, Li Qiao stayed at home taking care of the child and when bored, she wandered around visiting others or shopped with Nan Chuyi. The day before school started, Jin Daxue came to complain again, and Li Qiao no longer offered any advice.

Just sat there watching the other party vent out grievances, crying.

Until the other person left.

Through this incident, she had learned her lesson. Even if you have the best relationship, it’s best not to meddle in other people’s marital affairs. Let alone Jin Daxue, who was just Qin Jin’s brother’s woman.

......

After school started, Li Qiao went back to the routine life of point-to-point travel, with days tranquil and comfortable.

In the blink of an eye, two and a half years passed.

During this time, Qin Jin’s business grew larger and larger.

In Beijing, their northern hometown, and their southern hometown, there were factories he had invested in. The tech company around Su Yu as the technical backbone also started turning a profit in the past two months.

Li Qiao, after graduating smoothly from her postgraduate studies, fulfilled her wish to become a university teacher.

The classmates she studied with essentially all stayed to work locally.

Professor Xue and Mrs. Xue had a daughter who was already over a year old and looked just like her mother, a real beauty in the making.

Xue Jingyi and Yu Xiu also had a daughter, who had just turned one month old, fair and clean, extremely adorable.

Xu Feng and Ma Ling, whom she had always kept in touch with, had broken through colleague relationship and gotten married as well.

The pairs of educated youth, following graduation, naturally reached fruition.

Little Yunye and little Jiayue had also grown up and were sent to kindergarten at the start of autumn.

That day Li Qiao got off work early and phoned Qin Jin’s office. Once connected, she said, "I’ll pick up the child today."

Qin Jin replied, "Okay, come to my place after you’ve picked him up."

"Alright." Li Qiao arrived early at the kindergarten gate to pick up the kids and ran into Zhuang Shu, who was also there for the same reason.

Zhuang Shu asked with curiosity, "How come you’re picking up today?"

Li Qiao felt a bit embarrassed; having just started her job, she had been incredibly busy. This was the first time she had come to pick up her child since school started. She explained, "I had a class adjustment today, not much else going on in the afternoon."

After the kindergarten’s dismissal bell rang.

The children lined up and appeared.

Qin Baby spotted Li Qiao right away, his eyes lighting up instantly. Waiting for the teacher to announce dismissal, he immediately ran towards her, "Mom, how come you’re picking me up today?"

"Don’t you like it?"

"I do," Qin Baby said and then politely greeted Zhuang Shu, "Hello, Auntie."

Zhuang Shu responded, "Eh, hello."

"Hello, Auntie." Jiayue was equally polite.

"Hello, Jiayue. Did you get told off by the teacher today?"

"No, I was very well-behaved today." Jiayue pointed at Qin Baby, "Brother got called out by the teacher."

Li Qiao was surprised. She often heard Qin Baby tell tales of Jiayue’s mischief at school, like picking her nose and smelling it, or when a teacher asked her if she had secretly eaten something, she showed the boogers to the teacher.

Or like eating another child’s lunch during mealtime. When the child reported her, fearing punishment, she spat the uneaten food back onto the child’s plate.

For which she had not been spared a parents’ chastisement.

At this thought, she asked Qin Baby, "Why did the teacher call your name?"

Qin Baby said in all seriousness, "The teacher praised me for being clean and able to tie my own shoelaces."

Li Qiao burst into laughter, "What do you think of the teachers?"

"They are all quite fierce, always shouting and yelling," Qin Baby said, adding that Mom is tender and never yells or screams.

Li Qiao stroked his head, preparing to say goodbye to Jiayue.

Jiayue protested, "Auntie, why don’t you ask me any questions?"

Li Qiao smiled indulgently, "...Who do you like the most at school?"

"Brother," Jiayue giggled.

Li Qiao also smiled, "It’s getting late; see you tomorrow."

"Okay, I want to come over to your house this weekend," Jiayue said.

Li Qiao responded, "Sure, Auntie will prepare your favorite sweets when the time comes."

Jiayue, satisfied, waved goodbye to Qin Baby.

Li Qiao put the child on the bicycle’s rear seat and, after getting on herself, instructed him to hold on tight, "Don’t let go, understand?"

"Mm-hmm."

Li Qiao rode the bicycle with the child, not very fast.

"Mom, Dad always drives when he picks me up; when will you drive? Sitting on the bike kind of hurts my bum."

"Mom doesn’t really need a car," Li Qiao explained. The big courtyard where they lived was close to the school; if fast on the bike, it would only take five or six minutes. Moreover, the school didn’t allow cars inside, and parking outside wasn’t very secure, was it? She explained to the child, "Next time mom picks you up, I’ll tie a small chair in the back, and you won’t hurt."

"Okay."

On the way, Qin Baby said he was a bit hungry, to which Li Qiao asked, "Noodles or rice?"