The tycoon's wicked wife from the era of literature has been reborn.

Chapter 148 This sister-in-law is someone she's met before.
It took Huang Yanqiu and her husband a whole day to clean the rented house.

The good furniture in the old house was moved out by the owner a long time ago, leaving only a few pieces of old wooden furniture.

The house is uninhabited year-round, extremely damp, and wood chips fall off at the slightest touch, making it completely unusable.

Huang Yanqiu split all the old furniture into pieces and dried them under the window, intending to keep them as firewood.

In the morning, estimating when Gao Qinghe would wake up, Huang Yanqiu took a thermos lunchbox to a rice noodle shop to get a breakfast, and went to the staff compound to find Gao Qinghe.

After Gao Qinghe finished eating, he asked her to accompany him to the second-hand market to find some used furniture.

Gao Qinghe knew there was a small furniture shop in the west of the city. The owner was a local and would help acquaintances get rid of their old furniture from time to time. Sometimes you could find a lot of cheap and good stuff there.

After changing their shoes, putting on sunglasses and sun hats to protect themselves from the sun, the two of them lingered for a while before finally heading out.

Jiang Yu came at the exact time.

At 10:30 a.m., she thought that breakfast had already been eaten and lunch had not yet been started, so even if she went to buy groceries, she should be back by then.

Arriving at this time wouldn't be a disturbance, and there's no need to trouble the host to entertain me.

To my utter surprise, the person she chose couldn't be judged by common sense.

Suppressing her anxiety, Jiang Yu mustered her courage and knocked on the small iron door that the landlord had custom-made.

Half a minute passed, but there was no response from inside.

Jiang Yu hesitated, then tiptoed to try and peek through the open window above the iron gate to see what was inside.

Unfortunately, there's another balcony door inside the main door.

The door was tightly closed, as if it were locked.

The curtains on the balcony window were half-drawn, and the glass window reflected light, making it difficult to see clearly whether there were people or not inside.

Biting her lip, Jiang Yu patted the iron gate with even more force.

The metal doors were poorly made; if too much force was applied, the two doors would start to shake and make a piercing noise.

Passersby turned to look at her, and Jiang Yu blushed with embarrassment. She moved her lips as if to ask, but the passersby, seeing that she looked like an innocent student, walked away.

After a moment of silence, an elderly couple emerged from the stairwell.

Looking for Xiao Gao?

Jiang Yu's eyes lit up with surprise, and she nodded quickly.

The old man waved his hand and said, "I'm leaving now. I just went out. If you need someone, go to the pedestrian street. The brother and sister are selling clothes at a stall there."

We've gained another piece of information.

Jiang Yu thanked them gratefully and watched the two elderly people leave.

She hopped around outside the door to make sure no one was in the yard, then walked dejectedly toward the main gate.

When they reached the door, they hesitated again.

I think I'll just wait here; they might be back soon.

Most importantly, she didn't know what her sister-in-law looked like!
Mom said she's quite pretty. Her brother wasn't planning on going on blind dates, but as soon as he saw her photo, he immediately agreed.

Under the blazing sun, Jiang Yu turned her head and wiped the sweat from her temples with her shoulder, looking left and right before standing under the shade of a tree beside the flower bed.

This spot faces the main gate of the staff quarters, allowing you to see people coming and going immediately.

Jiang Yu gently placed the bag of fruit she was carrying on the edge of the flower bed, and then couldn't help but raise her hand to wipe the sweat from her neck.

She had shoulder-length short hair that she couldn't tie up, so it stuck to the back of her neck, which was very uncomfortable.

The cicadas were chirping in the trees, the sun overhead was casting a halo of light, and I was getting impatient waiting.

Jiang Yu thought to herself, "If I wait until noon and still haven't seen anyone, I'll go back to the hospital first."

But when she thought of her brother lying in the hospital bed, only knowing how to hug his cell phone, looking half-dead, she made up her mind that she would not go back until she saw him.

Anyway, she'll be going back alone, and her brother won't eat.

At this moment, the girl, who had never experienced the stirrings of romantic love, could not possibly understand her brother's lovesickness.

However, Jiang Yu was also a little scared.

She didn't know how her brother had offended her sister-in-law, and wondered if her sudden apology would worsen their relationship.
"Jiang Afu, you're such a nuisance!" The girl stood under the cicada tree and plucked a pile of green leaves from the ground.

An hour passed, and it was almost lunchtime.

Jiang Yu still didn't see the young woman who resembled her sister-in-law walk in through the main gate.

She was a little anxious. Although she knew her brother wasn't in the mood to eat, she still had to bring him lunch when it was time.

Perhaps she overlooked the fact that the person had already gone home?
Thinking of this, Jiang Yu quickly picked up the net bag containing the fruit and went back to the iron gate.

I peeked inside on tiptoe, and the balcony door looked exactly the same as I had just seen it.

"Sigh~" the girl sighed in disappointment.

Never mind, I'll go deliver lunch to Jiang Afu first.

As soon as I turned around, I saw a tall woman standing in front of me, wearing a red dress, sunglasses, and a large wide-brimmed sun hat that covered most of her face, leaving only her fair chin visible.

She was carrying a roast chicken wrapped in oil paper in her left hand and a bottle of orange soda that was one-third full in her right.

With her red lips biting a striped, colorful straw, she elegantly sipped her drink, spat out the straw, and asked softly:

"Jiang Yu, what are you doing at my doorstep?"

The woman's voice was very pleasant. Jiang Yu felt as if she were standing on a cliff waterfall, leaping off and "plop!" falling into a deep pool, with the clear, bubbling sound of water all around her.

The heat dissipated, and Jiang Yu felt refreshed all over.

So much so that I didn't immediately realize why the other person knew my name.

She hesitated for a moment before answering, "I'm looking for my sister-in-law."

"Oh." The woman nodded slightly, stepped forward, and handed her the roast chicken she was holding.

Jiang Yu first felt a light floral fragrance waft over, followed by the greasiness of the roast chicken, which she instinctively caught.

Gao Qinghe took out her key, opened the door, and gestured for the girl to go inside.

Jiang Yu walked into the courtyard, feeling dizzy. She paused, then turned sharply to look at the woman closing the door behind her, and tentatively called out:
"sister in law?"

Gao Qinghe took off her sunglasses, revealing a face that made Jiang Yu gasp for breath for a moment.

The girl blushed slightly and suddenly remembered a line that Jia Baoyu said when he first met Lin Daiyu in Dream of the Red Chamber.

She had seen this older sister before.

"Was it you last time?"

Gao Qinghe opened the entrance door to the balcony, took off her sun hat and put it on the coat rack. "It's me. The other one is my younger sister, Gao Qingya, who is a year younger than you."

She turned around and pointed to the dining table, indicating to Jiang Yu to put the things on the table.

I was a little surprised to catch a glimpse of the peaches and apples in her net bag.

These happen to be her two favorite fruits.

Was this a coincidence or was it premeditated?

Despite the girl's current shy and naive appearance, Gao Qinghe had never underestimated her abilities.

This person has exceptional execution skills, can leave on a whim, and even sever ties with family.

Like Jiang Baohai, he is ruthless to himself.

Gao Qinghe brought two sets of bowls and chopsticks from the kitchen and opened the oil paper package containing the roast chicken.

She's lazy; she even makes the owner cut all the roast chicken into small pieces before packing it up.

Now you can open it and eat it right away.

I ate late in the morning, so I couldn't eat much at lunch. Soda and roast chicken were just right.

Maybe I was really hungry, or maybe the roast chicken smelled too good.

By the time Jiang Yu finally remembered the purpose of her trip, she had already finished the bowl of roasted chicken that Gao Qinghe handed her.

(End of this chapter)