When the female supporting role has a beauty system

Chapter 1246 Qiao Mai of the 1970s 14
Tan You thought for a moment and smiled: "If you were my daughter, I would definitely do my best to support you and raise you to be as outstanding as Wen Ting. You would grow up to be strong and confident, with a broad vision, instead of crying your eyes out over the clothes that a man sent you, just like now."

Qiao Mai chuckled: "I'm not crying because of the two gifts from the men. I'm just envious of Wen Ting. She's really so happy, so happy that sometimes I'm even jealous."

Tan You gave a half-smile: "That's your daughter."

“But she’s closer to you,” Qiao Mai muttered. “I don’t care. If I have any more children in the future, you have to let Wen Ting help me raise them. I’m not asking you to take care of them, but Wen Ting is someone you raised yourself. She’s better at raising children than I am.”

Tan You: "Let's see what Wen Ting thinks. Her company is so busy. You've already thought about all this before anything's even started?"

Qiao Mai counted on her fingers: "I'm 38 this year. If I'm considering remarriage, I'll definitely have to think about these things. I don't want my children to be young while I'm already old."

Tan You snapped her fingers in front of her, and a water mirror appeared before her: "With this face, you're aging much slower than your peers, so what do you have to worry about?"

After being comforted, Qiao Mai rested her chin on her hand and looked at herself in the mirror: "I never thought I would be this beautiful one day. Mr. Tan, you are so kind!"

Tan You ignored her. Some people, even if they lived for over sixty years in their previous life, are still simple-minded and don't keep anything to themselves. Rebirth doesn't increase intelligence, it only increases experience.

Qiao Mai is inherently fond of fashion and beauty, and she also has resilience, but this resilience is not usually seen and only shows itself in difficult times.

For example, she commuted to school for three years during junior high, and she persevered with Guo Jiantao despite her difficulties. These are all things that her inherent resilience has been supporting her.

Now that she has handed over her company to Qiao Wenting and is running her own pastry shop, without the urgent pressure to survive, her resilience has been hidden away, and she has become more and more spoiled.

This kind of coquettishness isn't a bad thing; it's her way of loving herself. Although it might seem a bit strange or pretentious to outsiders, it's Qiao Mai slowly nurturing the little Qiao Mai who was once criticized and ignored.

Tan You let Qiao Mai grin foolishly in front of the mirror, then returned to Qiao Wenting's side. Qiao Wenting took off his glasses: "She agreed to Gu Jingyue's request?"

“No, but I think it will happen soon,” Tan You said without holding back when speaking to Qiao Wenting: “I think her love star is moving. As for Gu Jingyue, he’s like an old house on fire, with his love star shining bright red.”

"It's really strange that such an old fox can actually have genuine feelings." Qiao Wenting was surprised for a moment, but quickly laughed and said, "We won't interfere and will let them develop on their own. I will definitely not help them."

"By the way, if she gets married, what kind of dowry should I prepare for her?"

Tan You: "I can't give you shares. You can figure out the rest yourself."

Qiao Wenting nodded: "That's fine. I can't give her the shares, but I can set up a trust fund for her. She can't be shortchanged on things like a house and a car, after all, she's President Qiao."

Tan You let her ponder, suddenly realizing that Qiao Wenting and Qiao Mai's identities seemed to have been reversed. That was fine too; she liked Qiao Wenting the way he was now.

Qiao Mai got up and went straight into the walk-in closet. She lingered there for a long time before finally changing into that familiar woolen skirt. After picking and choosing in the closet, she finally took out a pair of leggings.

Before leaving, Qiao Mai put on her lambskin shoes again. As luck would have it, the elevator came down from the 8th floor just as she stepped out. Hesitant and conflicted, Qiao Mai pressed the down button anyway.

As expected, Gu Jingyue was in the elevator. Upon seeing Qiao Mai outside, he immediately smiled and said, "Good morning." After carefully examining Qiao Mai's outfit, he realized that the woolen skirt was a gift from him and the shoes were also a present. Gu Jingyue was in a great mood, understanding the meaning behind Qiao Mai's actions: "You look beautiful today. I'll buy you even more beautiful clothes in the future."

There were only the two of them in the elevator. After Qiao Mai stopped, she hummed softly, "I'm beautiful every day."

Gu Jingyue chuckled and extended the invitation again: "Yes, you look especially beautiful every day. Shall I drive you to work?"

Qiao Mai shook her car keys: "I drive myself. Wen Tingxin bought this car for me."

Gu Jingyue was also shameless: "Can I hitch a ride?"

Qiao Mai felt that Gu Jingyue was shameless enough to have managed to sit in his current position: "Your driver is already downstairs. Isn't it a bit inappropriate to make him make a wasted trip?"

“There’s nothing wrong with it,” Gu Jingyue couldn’t let this opportunity pass by: “Qiao Mai, I want to spend more time with you.”

Qiao Mai had never met a man who would show weakness, even though it's a big no-no in relationships to compare people. But when things really come to a head, how can you not make comparisons?
Take Guo Jiantao, for example. He has never shown weakness. He is not violent, but he has never lowered his pride. Whenever they argue, he resorts to all sorts of passive-aggressive tactics.

Gu Jingyue, on the other hand, could easily utter words of weakness. Qiao Mai had never encountered anything like this before, and her mind went blank for a moment. Especially when he lowered his voice and called her name, Qiao Mai's brain almost turned to mush.

She mumbled, still half-asleep, "Okay...okay then."

As soon as she said those words, Qiao Mai regretted it when she saw Gu Jingyue's smile. But seeing him so happy, she couldn't help but smile too. She hadn't felt this kind of pure joy and happiness from a man in many years.

Stepping out of the building, Gu Jingyue waved to the car in the distance. The driver glanced at Qiao Mai beside him and tactfully drove out of the complex. It seemed his job as a driver was much easier now.

After sitting down in the car, Qiao Mai casually asked, "Have you had breakfast?"

Gu Jingyue's mind raced: "No, I'll just grab something to eat at the cafeteria later. It's just that after eating at the cafeteria for so long, even the best food gets the same old thing."

Qiao Mai glanced at him, paused for a moment, then took out a thermal lunchbox from her bag: "This contains pumpkin porridge and vegetarian steamed dumplings. If you don't mind..."

“Of course I don’t mind,” Gu Jingyue said with a delighted smile. “Then what will you eat for breakfast if I eat all this?”

"With so many ingredients in the store, are you worried I'll go hungry?" Qiao Mai's lips curled up slightly: "You eat first, I'll take you to work first."

Gu Jingyue readily agreed, showing no intention of living off Qiao Mai. Based on his salary, unless he got involved in criminal matters, he would never earn as much as Qiao Mai in his entire life.

Since that's the case, then we should eat and drink as we please, and the main point is that we can get food by being shameless.

Gu Jingyue opened the lunchbox, and instead of eating it himself, he first picked up a steamed dumpling and gave it to Qiao Mai. Qiao Mai naturally opened her mouth to take it, her big eyes squinting with satisfaction.

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