20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3484 Strategist Zhao Chang'an

"I didn't drink any water when I woke up this morning. Now I drink a glass of warm milk every morning. Do you have any here?"

Zhao Chang'an was also full of lies. He had eaten an egg pancake and drunk a bowl of spicy soup at Xu Wanrong's villa that morning.

However, he is young and has a lot of physical activity, so even after more than an hour, he can still eat.

“When we visit relatives here, we rarely bring milk. We think it doesn’t taste good. Do you want to drink Want Want Milk or Yogurt? We have some at home.”

The two walked towards the small building.

"It's too sweet, forget it, I can just not drink it."

Zhao Chang'an spoke in a pitiful tone.

Hu Qian's pretty face inexplicably turned blood red, and she said through gritted teeth, "If you really want to drink, it's not impossible."

Zhao Chang'an glanced at Hu Qian, a playful and teasing smile in his eyes that made Hu Qian's heart tremble and her legs go weak.

"Let's go upstairs and see my daughter."

While you can eat hot tofu in a hurry, it's not always the most delicious thing. Zhao Chang'an had plenty of time this morning, and sometimes these suppressed emotions and feelings were quite interesting.

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Led by Hu Qian, Zhao Chang'an went upstairs to check on the sleeping girl. Then Hu Qian went to brush her teeth, and the two ate breakfast together.

The meal was served with two bowls of eight-treasure porridge, a dish of spicy pickled cabbage seasoned with scallions and sesame oil, three large meat buns, a bowl of steamed egg custard, and a plate of scallion pancakes—a truly sumptuous meal.

Hu Qian glanced at Zhao Chang'an, seemingly wanting to say something but then stopping herself.

Zhao Chang'an knew that customers had to ask for these things themselves, so he asked with a smile, "Where's the pure milk?"

"Have!"

Hu Qian blushed and answered in a low voice, reaching for the top button of her pajamas with one hand.

Zhao Chang'an ate comfortably. After half an hour of contact and conversation, the two had become much closer. When going upstairs, Hu Qian was afraid that the stairs were too steep, so she took the initiative to reach out her small hand to hold Zhao Chang'an's big hand and pull him up to the second floor.

The little girl is still sleeping soundly.

“I went to bed very late last night, so she didn’t get enough rest either.”

Hu Qian lay on her side on the big bed, gazing lovingly at her daughter.

"I can see that your eyes are a little swollen from crying."

Zhao Chang'an's casual remark made Hu Qian burst into tears. She sometimes cried from anger at her in-laws' house, her eyes swollen, but it seemed that none of the three family members noticed.

Seeing Hu Qian's tearful face, Zhao Chang'an felt a pang of heartache. He stood up and walked to the bedside, leaning over behind Hu Qian. He put one arm around her slender waist and the other hand on the edge of the elastic cuff of her pajama pants.

Around 11 a.m., Hu Qian explained the whole story.

"Anyway, I have a feeling that in the next year or two, with his parents' encouragement, Xiao Zhou will definitely put more and more pressure on me, forcing me to divorce him because I can't take it anymore. People outside say I'm pretty,"

"It's really beautiful."

Zhao Chang'an held Hu Qian in his arms, as if he were holding a beautiful young girl. Although she had already given birth, she was still young and had a youthful charm.

Not only does she have a youthful appearance, but her body also has a cool, fair complexion and a firm, youthful feel.

"But I know that Xiao Zhou doesn't really think so. He just enjoys the envy of others, but he doesn't really think I'm pretty, at least not the type of pretty he likes. His mother knows best what type of woman he likes, so this time she specially selected two strong women like choosing a concubine. When I was giving birth to Zhou Zhou, I wanted to have a natural birth, but all three of his family members insisted on cesarean section. After Zhou Zhou was born, they said that if they had known to have a natural birth, they could have saved a lot of money."

“Why don’t you make a scene and open a branch of Zhou’s Lamb Soup in Zhengzhou? Even if you decide to divorce Xiao Zhou, you can’t just leave with nothing.”

Zhao Chang'an suggested to Hu Qian that they should expedite the process by three or four years.

“How could that be? His family’s money is so precious. It’s not like I thought I could gain status through my son. His family can just keep taking money from me. I’ve been married into the Zhou family for four years. I’ve deducted 40,000 to 50,000 yuan from my dowry and given it to my family. That’s only 10,000 yuan a year. My parents, brother and sister-in-law raise sheep in addition to farming and sell them to the Zhou family. They can earn 8,000 to 10,000 yuan a year. With the dowry money from before, we built this little house.”

Zhao Chang'an said in a low voice: "Let it go, guide it, catch them in the act, force them to take out some money as compensation, and then you can open a shop in Zhengzhou. I will make up the difference if you don't have enough money. But you can only tell the outside world that it is the divorce compensation given by the Zhou family, and part of it is a bank loan."

"Catch them in the act? I'm afraid they'll gang up on me and beat me up. But that waitress's arms are thicker than my thighs, I can't possibly beat them!"

Hu Qian really wanted to divorce Xiao Zhou. She even wanted to sever all ties with the Zhou family now and never have anything to do with them again.

“That’s easy to do. From now on, don’t take a single penny home for several months. And if I’m not mistaken, after the New Year, when Old Zhou and the others are buying sheep, they will become more and more picky and try to lower the price.”

Hu Qian looked at Zhao Chang'an with admiration: "It started before the New Year, and it made my dad and brother so angry that they cursed the Zhou family's mother!"

"I'm thirsty, I'm going to get some water."

Hu Qian sat tightly on Zhao Chang'an's lap, frowned, turned 180 degrees, and faced Zhao Chang'an: "Don't drink water, we still need to go downstairs to get some."

"I'll drive you to Jiangcheng later, and I'll buy two bottles of imported milk powder for my daughter; it'll help her grow."

It's not that Zhao Chang'an is a Western worshipper, but the issue of additives in milk powder won't be exposed for several more years, and Zhao Chang'an doesn't know when the additives started being added before that.

If you borrow and repay, it's easy to borrow again. Besides, it was his beloved goddaughter's food rations that he borrowed. As a godfather, Zhao Chang'an couldn't be too stingy; he had to repay double.

Moreover, Zhao Chang'an was so captivated by the beauty at that moment that he didn't care about going home to spend the night with his parents.

I was thinking of taking Hu Qian and Zhou Zhou to stay in Jiang for the night this afternoon and rushing back early tomorrow morning. Although the time was a bit tight, it would still be enough.

“I don’t want to go. My parents, brother and sister-in-law visited two relatives’ homes and didn’t come back until after dinner. Besides, I brought a can of milk powder with me.”

Hu Qian lazily cradled Zhao Chang'an's head in her hands and said to him, "This is good. It's quiet, and I'm not so bothered."

After waiting a while, Zhao Chang'an continued to give Hu Qian advice: "If you don't take money from your parents' home, and Old Zhou deliberately nitpicks and tries to lower the price until he stops buying your sheep altogether, it'll be like cutting off your family's source of income. Don't you think your parents, brothers, and sisters-in-law will be furious? Then you can cry and whine that the Zhou family wants you to leave with nothing, but now you have a chance to get the Zhou family to give you over 100,000 yuan in compensation. Don't you think your parents, brothers, and sisters-in-law will be tempted?"

Hu Qian's eyes lit up when she heard this.