Chapter 75.1

“Jiang Nian.”

Lu Yu looked at her, his deep black eyes darker than the night sky. Jiang Nian listened to his deep, husky voice, and her hand on Lu Yu’s shoulder couldn’t help but tighten. At this moment, she dared not look into Lu Yu’s eyes. She pursed her lips and was about to look away, but her eyes suddenly darkened.

The man bit her lips, the scorching breath mingling between their lips and teeth, accompanied by his heavy breathing rolling into his throat.

Occasionally, someone would pass by on the side of the road, and Lu Yu would kiss her, then put Jiang Nian down, carry her back to the embroidery shop, and watch Jiang Nian enter the dormitory before turning around and leaving.

Gu Shizhou had been waiting at the entrance of the Red Star Hotel. Sitting in the driver’s seat, he watched as Lu Yu approached with his belongings, placing them on the back seat before opening the door and sitting in the passenger seat. Gu Shizhou asked, “Is there anything else you need?”

Lu Yu replied, “I’ll ask Sister Lan again when I get back.”

The house has been almost decorated, just waiting for the wedding day to come and pick up Jiang Nian.

The car left Yuan city and headed towards the military district.

Back in the dormitory, as soon as Jiang Nian returned, Su Na said, “Director Ge said to find her on the third floor when you come back. Someone wants to see you.”

Before Jiang Nian could ask, Shu Xue said, “It’s Sun Ying’s sister who came, and she’s been waiting in Director Ge’s dorm for an hour.”

Jiang Nian took off her scarf and hung it on the hook. “I’ll go up and see.”

At first, she thought Sun Yuan had left, but then she thought Sun Yuan was the kind of person who did everything for the show, and she didn’t know what Sun Ying’s situation was like now. If she left at this time, wouldn’t the show be over halfway through?

Jiang Nian opened the door and met Jia Yuan and Dong Shu at the door. The two came out of the bathroom with enamel basins in their hands. Jia Yuan said, “How are you?”

Jiang Nian shook her head. “I’m fine.”

Dong Shu also glanced at Jiang Nian, didn’t speak, and went into the dormitory with the basin. After talking to Jia Yuan for a few words, Jiang Nian went to the third-floor dormitory. As soon as she arrived at the door, Ge Mei opened the door. Sun Yuan was sitting on a bench, holding an enamel water cup in her hand. When she saw Jiang Nian coming in, a smile appeared on her face: “Jiang Nian.”

Jiang Nian closed the door and walked to the bedside, took the water cup handed by Ge Mei, and asked, “Where are you staying tonight?”

Sun Yuan said, “I’ll squeeze in with Director Ge for a night.”

Without Jiang Nian asking, Sun Yuan took the initiative to talk about Sun Ying’s situation in the hospital: “She gave birth prematurely and struggle for four hours to give birth. At this moment, she is very weak and has to hang on. I just called my father to tell him about this. I guess my father and that woman will come over tomorrow.”

Speaking of this, Sun Yuan sneered, “She lived secretly with Wu Youshan while pregnant. She has no status and her child cannot be registered. When she returns there, she will have to go through the Revolutionary Committee.”

She felt that she didn’t need to take any action now. With Sun Ying’s bad reputation, Ding Hua was too embarrassed to stay in the compound.

This matter is not small, and it is estimated that her father’s position as the director of the textile factory will also go down. Over the years, the old man has been working hard to climb up. As a result, because of the behavior of the mother and daughter, all his efforts have been wasted.

Sun Yuan felt that if her father didn’t blame Sun Ying, she would think that this father was very fake.

Ge Mei asked, “How about the child?”

This child is only seven months old, and I don’t know if he can survive. It is a suffering for a good child to have such a mother.

Sun Yuan said: “There is nothing wrong with the child, but the doctor said that the child will be weak in the future and needs to be carefully taken care of.”

That being said, I’m afraid it’s not possible to take good care of it.

After this trouble, no factory will accept Sun Ying and Wu Youshan. They even lost their jobs at the hospital. Without work and food, how could they raise their children? Even if Sun Ying married Wu Youshan and registered their children, would the Wu family be willing to raise the whole family?

There is only so much food, who is willing to take out what’s in their mouth?

Jiang Nian looked at Sun Yuan: “Where are you now?”

Sun Yuan said, “I’m working at the textile factory now, but I’m planning to move somewhere else.”

She took a sip of water, with a look of relief on her face. “The Sun family is in chaos now. Ding Hua was demoted by the factory recently and is now just an ordinary worker. My dad will also be implicated because of Sun Ying’s situation. We can’t hold our heads up in either the compound or the factory. I’ve done what I should do, avenged my grievances, and relieved my anger. Now it’s time to find a new start where no one knows me.”

Jiang Nian looked at her. “Where do you plan to go?”

Sun Yuan shook her head. “I don’t know yet. I’ll decide when I get back. Once I’ve made up my mind, I’ll go ask my leader for a letter of introduction.”

Jiang Nian didn’t say anything more.

There is not much written about Sun Yuan in the book, and now the plot has completely diverged from the book. She didn’t know where Sun Yuan’s path would lead in the future.

After talking with Sun Yuan for a while, Jiang Nian returned. She tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep until late at night. The next morning, after washing up and heading to the cafeteria, Ge Mei told her that Sun Yuan had left before dawn and left a message.

Sun Yuan said: “Jiang Nian, if I have the chance, I’ll come find you again.”

Jiang Nian felt that Sun Yuan must have already had a new destination in mind. She just didn’t want anyone to know where she was.

These past few days, because of Sun Ying’s affair, the embroidery progress had been delayed. After breakfast, Jiang Nian hurried to the embroidery shop.

The embroidery was nearing completion. Jiang Nian wanted to finish it in these few days and then spend the remaining time altering the clothes she would wear for her wedding. This was her first marriage, and the clothes she wore had to be something she liked. Shu Xue helped with lunch, and in the evening after work, Yu Xia came to Jiang Nian, unprecedentedly looking at her embroidery.

It wasn’t just a casual glance. It was only after a closer look that she realized that Shu Xue hadn’t exaggerated.

Yu Xia frowned, still a little bit unbelieving. How could Jiang Nian, who was so young, have such good embroidery skills?

She and Dong Shu had been embroidering for half their lives, following the same few sets of needle techniques. They had never seen anything like Jiang Nian’s needlework. It was no wonder Director Ge was so confident in entrusting overseas embroidery to Jiang Nian. With her skills, she surpassed Dong Shu.

Yu Xia couldn’t help but ask, “Who taught you embroidery?”

After asking, she glanced at Dong Shu. Dong Shu heard the surprise in Yu Xia’s tone. They had known each other for so many years in the embroidery shop. The fact that Jiang Nian could surprise Yu Xia showed that her embroidery was extraordinary.

Dong Shu tightened her fingers around the embroidery needle, resisting the urge to go look at Jiang Nian’s work.

Jiang Nian stitched a needle, her fingers nimble, and her embroidery flawless, making it impossible to find any flaws. “I learned from an old lady in my village. She was a skilled tailor and the best embroiderer.”

She used the same excuse as before.

Shu Xue said, “This old lady’s embroidery skills are even better than my grandmother’s. Jiang Nian, when you have time, can you take me to see her?”

Jiang Nian cleared her throat lightly. “She passed away.”

Shu Xue sighed with regret. “Oh.” Her grandmother had also passed away. If her grandmother were still alive and knew that someone could teach a disciple like Jiang Nian, she would definitely want to meet her.

Yu Xia looked at Jiang Nian’s confident and skilled fingers on the embroidery frame and smiled, “I think you were born to do this.”

During this time, many things had happened in the embroidery shop, and through these events, the atmosphere in the shop gradually improved. Ge Mei also noticed the difference.

When Jiang Nian finished the embroidery, it happened to be New Year’s Day. That morning, Jiang Nian and Shu Xue came to the embroidery shop. As soon as they opened the compartment door, they saw Dong Shu and Yu Xia standing in front of her embroidery frame, talking about something.

Seeing Jiang Nian come in, Yu Xia smiled and said, “Are you going to finish it today?”

Jiang Nian smiled. “Yes.”

Dong Shu looked at Jiang Nian unnaturally and then sat down in front of her own stool, looking at the embroidery frame that had completed two-thirds. She and Jiang Nian’s embroidery were the same size. During this time, she had been focusing on her own embroidery, never looking at Jiang Nian’s work until Yu Xia dragged her over just now. 

If Yu Xia hadn’t pulled her over just now, she would still be deceiving herself and thinking that Jiang Nian’s embroidery was just a floral rack.

But she didn’t expect that what she saw just now was completely different from what she thought.

Dong Shu pinched the needle, her thoughts as chaotic as the messy silk thread next to the embroidery frame.

These two embroidery designs from overseas didn’t need Ge Mei to compare them. She had already known the answer herself.

No wonder Ge Mei was so confident when she led Jiang Nian to the embroidery shop that day. 

Although Dong Shu still didn’t admit it, she had to admit that what Yu Xia said was right. Jiang Nian was born to do this, and at such a young age, her embroidery skills were so good that they had never seen some of the needle and embroidery techniques.

Jiang Nian finished the final touches at lunchtime and handed the embroidery to Ge Mei, completing the task.

Ge Mei was very satisfied with the embroidery and smiled, “You finished earlier than expected for your wedding.”

Jiang Nian smiled. “I want to make some changes to the clothes I’ll wear on my wedding day.”

Ge Mei said, “I’ve prepared some things for you here. I’ll send them over on your wedding day.”

Jiang Nian had no relatives here, and the wedding affairs were managed by her and Lu Yu.

She and Jiang Nian were colleagues at work, but also friends who are closer than family. She was older than Jiang Nian, so she should take more care of Jiang Nian’s marriage.

Jiang Nian smiled. “Thank you, Sister Ge.”

Jiang Nian had her clothes altered in the dormitory these days. Su Na and Jia Yuan also came to talk to her about marriage. On the fourth day of the New Year, Jiang Nian finally finished altering her clothes. She stayed in the dormitory every day these days and was cut off from any news from the outside world.

At lunchtime, Su Na brought back a message.

She handed the aluminum lunch box to Jiang Nian and said, “Sun Ying and Wu Youshan from the textile factory have returned with their child.”

Shu Xue also said, “I went to see her. Sun Ying suddenly lost so much weight that she was almost unrecognizable. It really seems like she’s been through hell. I think she deserved it, instead of living a good life, she messed around with Wu Youshan…”

Basically, it was Shu Xue and Su Na who were talking, and Jiang Nian was listening quietly.

Actually, Jiang Nian has always been puzzled about Sun Ying. Does she really have memories from a past life, or not?

Regarding the content of the book, it tells a story set in a historical period. According to reason, the male and female leads should naturally end up together. Why then, halfway through the book, do they go their separate ways?

What exactly happened in the book? Whether inside or outside the book’s world, Sun Ying and Wu Youshan have their own share of affairs.

Where is Lu Yu, the character from the book, in the end?

Jiang Nian fell asleep in a daze of thoughts, only to be awakened the next morning by Ge Mei.

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Ayalee: Their wedding scene is approaching guys!! ෆ﴿⇀。↼﴾ෆ