826 Too Hasty
Qiao Mei had no intention of going to the police station to confront Jiang Yi, so she decided to stop at this point.
“If you can’t produce any evidence, don’t come here to spout nonsense in the future. Get lost as far away as you can,” Qiao Mei said to Jiang Yi.
Jiang Yi covered her head and ran out of the alley dejectedly. Once there was nothing more to watch, everyone dispersed one after another. Qiao Mei rubbed her temples tiredly. She did not expect to have to run into such a shrew in the capital.
“Why? Are there still moments when you cannot cope?” Suddenly, a voice came from outside the door.
It had been a few months since Qiao Mei last saw Qian’e but she seemed to have changed into a different person. Not only was she dressed very fashionably, but she also looked much better. If not for the fact that her voice remained the same, Qiao Mei would not have dared to call out to her.
“Why are you here?” Qiao Mei asked in surprise.
“I’m just here to see if you’re doing well. I’m happy to see that you have so much trouble to deal with,” Qian’e said as she stood outside the door.
Qiao Mei knew that Qian’e was joking. After that incident, the misunderstanding between them had long been resolved. Qian’e did not have many close friends for many years and her only friend, He Mei, had even betrayed her ruthlessly.
In her mind, Qiao Mei was her good friend. When she heard that Qiao Mei had returned, she immediately came to pay a visit.
“You saw everything that happened just now?” Qiao Mei asked.
“No, that woman had already run away when I arrived. If I was here just now, she wouldn’t have been able to do anything at all. As if she can still bully you? But who is this person? Who else did you become enemies with?” Qian’e asked worriedly.
Qiao Mei also did not know how she had offended the Tan family, but they had come knocking on her door all of a sudden. This might be what people meant when they said that the winds would howl around the highest peaks. However, she would still have bought those houses no matter what. If she had to blame someone, she could only blame herself for being too ostentatious and doing things too fast.
“This matter can’t be explained with a few words. By the way, how are you now? You look much better,” Qiao Mei said with a smile.
Ever since He Mei was punished, Qian’e lived a completely different life from before. Not only did she learn to dress up, but she also bought a lot of tonics and supplements for herself.
As what people said, a woman’s face was her asset. Qian’e was originally born beautiful, but she had given up on herself and looked like an old hag. However, she had now regained her self-worth and did not live with hatred in her heart anymore.
“I’m a piano teacher now. I guess I’ve found the joy I had when I was young. I was working in an assembly line in a factory but it was boring and mind-numbing. I plan to further my piano studies and regain my dream,” Qian’e said expectantly.
Confidence would make a person look different. Qian’e looked radiant now, but her infertility had always been her sore spot. She was unwilling to be in a relationship and be a burden to someone else.
“Are you still in contact with that person from the village?” Qiao Mei asked.
Qian’e lowered her head slowly. Back then, in order to avoid detection from the He family, she had moved in with a relative of the Xia family who lived in the countryside. She did not expect to meet a nice man by a freak combination of factors.
She knew very well what kind of woman she was. As one of their neighbors had said, trash was trash. Even if she had turned over a new leaf, she was still trash.
How could such a woman stay by his side? He should find a better woman, or at least an ordinary woman, and live a peaceful life with a child of his own.
“We didn’t keep in contact. He sent me many letters, but I don’t want to be a burden. Let’s leave this matter to fate. My heart is in a mess,” Qian’e said gloomily.
“There’s still a long way to go. It’s good to put him through a test. He’s a good man,” Qiao Mei said.
“You have never met him. How do you know that he’s a good man?” Qian’e asked.
In Qiao Mei’s heart, any relatives of the Xia family would not be too bad. Moreover, Xia Wen was the one who arranged for Qian’e to stay with this family, so these people must surely be upright and trustworthy.
“I… It’s just my guess! By the way, are you free to come to my house to teach?” Qiao Mei asked.
Qian’e stared at Qiao Mei’s stomach and said in disdain, “Aren’t you a little too anxious? The babies are still inside and you already want them to learn the piano. Are you planning for your children to be able to do handstands at the age of one, memorize poems at the age of two, and become a pianist in the capital at the age of three?”
