After Transmigrating, I Married the Male Lead’s Sister (GL) - Chapter 20
Life went on as usual, except that Li Enhua’s project was practically ruined. Fortunately, it wasn’t publicized in the news, and Li Enhua paid to cover up the scandal.
The talk of a century-long alliance between the Li and Qin families had spread, and it would have been embarrassing for not only the Li family. Since Qin Qing didn’t object, she tacitly approved of the Li family’s intervention in the matter of public opinion.
Li Enhua’s intention was still to get Li Suimei and Qin Zhan engaged as soon as possible. With chain supermarkets springing up like mushrooms after the rain in recent years, the Li family’s domestic market had become saturated, and they were facing several competitors. Under these circumstances, Li Enhua’s desire to open up new markets abroad was becoming increasingly stronger.
To develop overseas, both territory and money were issues, and he hoped to leverage the power of the Qin family.
Li Suimei put off Li Enhua and stayed at Qin Bay for two more days, choosing a weekend when neither Liu Ruoxi nor Grandma Qin was home.
Li Suimei officially moved out of Qin Bay and into her new home. Since it was a weekend, she invited a few of her remaining plastic friends over for a housewarming party.
She also invited Qin Zhan, but she hadn’t seen Qin Zhan or Gu Linxi in two days, and she didn’t know if Qin Zhan would come. Li Suimei was a bit reckless and didn’t want to care about Qin Zhan, Qin Qing, or the plot, and she didn’t want to deal with Gu Linxi either.
She also didn’t plan to tell her parents that she had moved out of Qin Bay. Firstly, she was worried that if they found out, she would be punished.
Secondly, since being exposed by Qin Qing last time, Li Suimei had also become more temperamental.
Constant tolerance and avoidance couldn’t make the Qin family value her. She could only improve herself so that Qin Zhan and Qin Qing would look at her differently.
She needed time and space to sort out her thoughts.
The July sun was still scorching hot, and the outside world was scorched by the red sun. This was the first time Li Suimei had proactively invited guests over since she had transmigrated.
Fu Yanxiao roared on the phone, “I’ll be there soon! Do you want any gifts?”
The doorbell rang, and Li Suimei rushed out of the kitchen, pulling open the door as she walked, “No need to bring gifts, just come over. The seafood I bought has arrived—”
“……”
Qin Qing stood at the door.
Fu Yanxiao: “Hello?”
Li Suimei hung up the phone neatly and stepped aside to let Qin Qing in.
“Why are you here?”
Qin Qing walked in and handed the bottle of red wine to Li Suimei, “Zhan’er has something urgent to do, so Mother asked me to come over and persuade you to go back to Qin Bay wisely.”
Li Suimei smiled sideways without speaking. In fact, she was a little relieved that at least Liu Ruoxi liked her, and it was not in vain that she had left a bunch of things for Liu Ruoxi.
Qin Qing changed her shoes and walked straight into the house.
The 300 square meter flat was larger than the room Li Suimei had used in the Qin Bay manor.
“Although Aunt treats me well, Qin Bay is not my home after all, and I’m not used to living there.”
It was a bit lonely living alone, so Li Suimei had prepared a lot of strange decorations. There were also some strange calendars hanging on the wall.
Qin Qing’s fingertips twitched, and she looked at the wall paintings nonchalantly.
Li Suimei said, “It’s a wild horse, and the line drawing is quite abstract.”
On the wall, the outline drawn with ink could be seen as a horse. The horse was leaping into the air with its head raised, flying over a cliff.
The cliff was a wide and distant chasm, and it was unknown whether the horse could fly over it.
“I remember you studied Chinese painting,” Qin Qing suddenly asked.
Li Suimei was stunned. She still had ink on the hem of her apron, and there were several buckets of used paint in the corner of the living room. The original body was not a freehand painter, so she casually replied, “I know a little.”
The doorbell rang again, and a call came in on her phone from a food delivery service.
Li Suimei went to the door to get the fresh food delivery. The sound of boiling water came from the kitchen, and Qin Qing walked in. Turning off the fire, she picked up a heat-resistant pad and moved the hot pot to the side. Qin Qing’s movements were very skilled.
When Li Suimei saw her, she realized that even on her day off, Qin Qing was still wearing a smoky gray suit and skirt. Her long black hair was permed into chestnut waves, and she was wearing bright red lipstick. When Li Suimei pushed the door open, Qin Qing raised her eyebrows slightly when she saw the things in Li Suimei’s arms.
The doorbell rang a third time.
Qin Qing asked, “Did you only invite one person?”
“…No”
Li Suimei put down the box and used a knife to scrape open the plastic packaging. She replied softly, “They’re late, maybe they’re stuck in traffic.”
As soon as Li Suimei finished speaking, the doorbell rang loudly.
“Li Suimei, open the door!” Fu Yanxiao shouted.
“Coming!” Li Suimei blushed, dropped the knife, and awkwardly tugged at her apron to hide her embarrassment. She didn’t dare look at Qin Qing.
Qin Qing smiled, and the trailing sound of her laughter reached her ears, “Thank you, I like seafood.”
Qin Qing was happy, but Li Suimei was a bit unhappy. The seafood was something she wanted to eat and had discussed with Fu Yanxiao. When Qin Qing said it, it just felt a bit strange.
Li Suimei pursed her lips, opened the door, and a group of people poured in, including Fu Yanxiao, a few girls Qin Qing didn’t know, a popular young star, and even Zhao Yi.
“Hey, why are you here too?” Zhao Yi asked as she changed her shoes.
Qin Qing also asked, “Why are you here?”
Zhao Yi admitted frankly, “Didn’t you say that Li Suimei doesn’t like your brother? So I came to pursue Li Suimei!”
“But you, I’ve already asked Meimei, and she said she didn’t invite you. Why are you here?”
Qin Qing: “…….”