Married the Tough Guy After Transmigrating

Chapter 164: Chapter 165 Zhang Lancao and Wu Qingsong

“I’m going!” Gu Fuying painfully got to her feet and walked over to Wu Qingsong.

“Wu Qingsong!”

“What do you want!” Wu Qingsong lifted his head, and his face fell as soon as he saw Gu Fuying.

“Thanks for rescuing me yesterday. Is this your partner? Let me treat you to a meal,” Gu Fuying said, looking hopefully at him, wishing he would say she wasn’t.

But Wu Qingsong didn’t offer an explanation, “No need. I would have saved anyone else in that situation. Thanks for the kind offer, but we’ve already ordered.”

“Mom, I’m hungry.” Zhang Lancao’s little son looked at the food others were eating, envy written all over his face, and began to whine.

Hearing the child call that woman mom, Gu Fuying was shocked, “Wu Qingsong, are both of these kids yours?”

Wu Qingsong hadn’t yet spoken when the older of the two kids immediately denied, “We’re not his kids.”

A complex expression flashed across Wu Qingsong’s face, but it quickly disappeared.

Gu Fuying heaved a sigh of relief, but soon felt even worse. She couldn’t believe she lost to a twice-married woman with children.

Zhang Lancao looked at Gu Fuying a bit nervously, especially noticing Gu Fuying’s attire and appearance.

After Gu Fuying left, Zhang Lancao’s face was filled with unease. “Qingsong, is that woman a friend of yours?”

Wu Qingsong nodded, then shook his head, “Not really a friend, I’ve only met her a few times.”

Zhang Lancao nodded, feeling a surge of hostility towards Gu Fuying.

Wu Qingsong was young, unmarried, while she was a twice-married woman with two children, and also several years older than Wu Qingsong.

She couldn’t compete with that young lady in terms of youth and appearance, but when it came to being caring and capable, she definitely could.

Zhang Lancao didn’t dare to order dishes, but the two children did order a few.

Once dishes were brought to the table, Zhang Lancao tenderly served Wu Qingsong several pieces of braised pork.

Zhang Lancao’s oldest son, filled with annoyance, remembered his grandmother’s words. She was right; if his mother were to remarry, she would not treat him and his brother well anymore.

“I and my brother want to eat too.” Zhang Xiaoda said angrily, his gaze towards Wu Qingsong as if looking at an enemy.

Seeing this, Zhang Lancao tapped her son with her chopsticks. “If you’re going to eat, just eat. Why all the fuss? Isn’t there enough for you?”

Zhang Xiaoda’s face was filled with resentment; he closed his mouth.

Zhang Lancao looked at Wu Qingsong, her face embarrassed, “He’s just a child, doesn’t understand things. I’ll give him a good talking-to when we get home.”

Wu Qingsong didn’t mind these things; he just hoped Sister Lan Cao would have a good life.

“Are Wu Qingsong and Sister Lan Cao dating? Are they getting married?” Xu Ying finished cooking and sat across from Huo Chen, her face full of curiosity.

In these times, widows faced much gossip, and Sister Lan Cao indeed had a hard life, raising two sons by herself with a less-than-kind mother-in-law.

If Wu Qingsong was serious, that’d be fine, but if it’s just for fun, sigh!

“They’re going to get married.”

“Will Sister Lan Cao’s mother-in-law agree?”

Huo Chen looked at her gossip-hungry face and couldn’t help but curl his lips, “Why are you worried about this?”

“I’m just curious!” Xu Ying pouted, her face full of worry.

[Congratulations, host. You’ve received 99 goodwill points and an additional eighty goodwill points.]

Hearing the system notification, Xu Ying’s worried expression vanished, and she looked at Huo Chen with shining eyes.

Huo Chen paused in the middle of picking up his food, glancing at Xu Ying from the corner of his eye; his expression was tense and slightly uncomfortable.

Xu Ying still found it surprisingly pleasant that Huo Chen looked so good while eating, those slender fingers were like a piece of artwork, elegant and imposing.

“Huo Chen, what do you like about me?” Xu Ying suddenly asked.

The soup that Huo Chen had just sipped almost came out in shock. He swallowed after his throat moved, his earlobes growing red as if to bleed, facing Xu Ying’s playful gaze, he felt that she was teasing him.

Huo Chen shot back a question, “Then what do you like about me?”

“I like that you’re handsome, tall, and in good shape. You look safe, and the key point is you can make money,” Xu Ying said thick-skinnedly, then sized up Huo Chen from top to bottom.

Her candid eyes stared at Huo Chen, making him feel as though his clothes had been stripped off, leaving him bare in front of Xu Ying.

Huo Chen sat there reservedly, his heart restless and his lips slightly dry.

“I like everything about you, everything!”

“Then do you have any part of me that you dislike?” Xu Ying asked cautiously.

Huo Chen shook his head, his face full of indulgence, “In my heart, every part of you is the best.”

Upon hearing this, the corners of Xu Ying’s eyes became slightly moist. This was the first time she’d heard someone other than her family praise her like this.

In her past life, after Dong Wenzhong got together with her, he would always criticize her for this and that. For a while, she actually believed she was just that inadequate.

“I need to get back to work now; you eat slowly.” Xu Ying quickly got up, not letting Huo Chen see her tears.

Once Xu Ying entered the kitchen, the system notification sounded incessantly.

[Congratulations host, goodwill value +99, additional goodwill value +86…]

[Congratulations host, a new recipe unlocked: Versatile Pork Products, Level 1 Healing Powder packet, second level Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill bottle…]

Versatile Pork Products, Xu Ying’s face lit up with surprise. It couldn’t possibly be what she thought it was, could it? Holding back her curiosity, Xu Ying quickly opened up the description of Versatile Pork Products in her mind and, as she suspected, it was exactly the same.

All were marinades and fried goodies, most importantly, including roasted pig trotters.

Checking the calendar, the payday was just around the corner. Xu Ying was still quite curious about how much she would make at the food factory.

“What are you so happy about?” Sun Lifang asked curiously.

Xu Ying didn’t hide anything, “I was just thinking about how much I might get paid.”

Everyone knew about Xu Ying’s two jobs.

Now hearing her say this, everyone was quite envious.

“Master Xiao Xu, this month you’ll definitely make over a hundred, even higher than my own master’s salary,” said Liu Guohua with evident admiration.

Sun Lifang also admired her, who wouldn’t respect someone with great culinary skills!

“That’s nothing, I just took some shortcuts,” Xu Ying humbly replied. If Chef Ge were as shameless as her, taking a part-time job, his salary would definitely be higher than hers.

“What shortcuts? You’re capable, that’s it,” said Gao Guihua, leaning in and smiling eagerly.

Had anyone else said this, no one would have found it odd, but coming from Gao Guihua’s mouth, it surprised everyone.

Even Chef Ge, who normally didn’t care to involve himself with their affairs, this time couldn’t help but lower his eyelids to glance at Gao Guihua.

With everyone looking at her, Gao Guihua’s face flashed with unnatural meaning, and she smiled awkwardly, “Why are all of you staring at me, did I say something wrong?”

“There’s nothing wrong with what you said, the problem is with you. Don’t you usually dislike Yingying, what happened today, did you have a change of heart?” Sun Lifang glanced over with a pointed question.

Gao Guihua chuckled, “What are you talking about? Why wouldn’t I like Yingying?

I can’t like her enough. Look, she’s beautiful and smart.

Most importantly, she’s kind. The Wu family’s situation, to this day, I think those people are malicious, but Yingying isn’t afraid of their power and even stands up to the Wu family. She’s such a good girl, isn’t she?”