MGASC -Chapter 33 From Now On, I’ll Earn for the Family, You Just Stay Beautiful

Zhang Qiao focused on eating her noodles, not paying the slightest attention to his words.

Lin Jin’s toy gun was still pressed against his chest. The eldest, Lin Xun, winked at Lin Tianyue, silently urging him to respond.

Tianyue looked a bit embarrassed but, thick-skinned as ever, decided to swallow his pride and say: “All right, all right, I apologize. I was wrong, I was unfair. I falsely accused your Aunt Qiao; I’m a terrible person. I beg you, Xiao Qiao, give me one more chance. Let me make it right. From now on, you’ll be in charge at home, I’ll earn the money for the family, and you… you just focus on being beautiful as always!”

Tianyue, unaccustomed to speaking softly, felt his face burn; even his ears were visibly red.

He looked at Zhang Qiao, silently hoping that, for the sake of the children, she would show him some leniency.

Zhang Qiao stirred her noodles. At that moment, Lin Xun carefully placed two movie tickets in front of her:

“Aunt Qiao… Dad bought these. He wants to invite you to the movies.”

He had mustered up the courage to call her “Aunt Qiao,” and realized it wasn’t so difficult after all.

Lin Xun breathed a sigh of relief and carefully watched Zhang Qiao’s reaction.

Four handsome men in the room, all watching her—this was… electrifying.

Good looks can be so distracting!

And now they were even offering financial authority. This was a double temptation of wealth and charm.

Impossible to resist—truly impossible!

Zhang Qiao picked up the movie tickets and looked at them: “Only two tickets?”

Then she looked at Lin Tianyue with her big, sparkling eyes, teasingly, as if to say something but stopping halfway.

Tianyue reacted quickly this time: “No problem. I’ll buy five tickets tomorrow, so our whole family can go together!”

The children cheered.

“Great! Finally, we get to watch a movie!”

“But… what’s a movie?”

“Who cares? We’ll just see!”

Tianyue had offered her a way out, so Zhang Qiao didn’t want to push things into awkwardness.

In this era, women’s status was relatively weak. She was pregnant, her natal family was a bunch of leeches, and if she divorced, she would have no backing—more harm than good.

Although Tianyue was straightforward, he wasn’t malicious and could handle her family. It was better to take it one step at a time and observe.

So Zhang Qiao called to the shopkeeper: “Boss, another bowl of noodles, please.”

“Sure!”

Tianyue’s heart leapt. He quickly pulled up a chair. When the noodles arrived, he picked out the beef and put it in Zhang Qiao’s bowl: “Eat more, after all…”

Zhang Qiao: “After all, I’m pregnant… don’t want to disturb the baby, right?”

Tianyue froze. Under the table, Lin Xun discreetly kicked his leg.

Tianyue hurried to correct himself: “No, no, you’re too thin. You need to eat more.”

Zhang Qiao thought, well, that was a reasonable thing to say.

She wasn’t being picky; she just minded that the man always talked about the children.

Children are important, but does that mean the wife isn’t?

Pregnancy is hard—physically, mentally, and emotionally—and women need more attention and care.

Unfortunately, in this era, many men didn’t realize this.

Tianyue corrected himself quickly enough.

It seems that with proper guidance, this man still had plenty of room to improve!

After finishing the noodles, the three kids had to go back to the hospital for injections.

Zhang Qiao had planned to go with them, but Tianyue insisted she stay at the guesthouse one more night, saying the hospital was full of germs and she shouldn’t be exposed. He told her to go the next day at noon; by then, the kids would be discharged, and they could all watch a movie together before going home.

Zhang Qiao asked, “What about you? Where will you sleep tonight?”

As far as she knew, the hospital didn’t have beds for family members—usually they slept on the floor or in the corridor.

Tianyue seemed unconcerned: “Don’t worry about me. I’m a grown man; I can handle a night anywhere.”

“All right, just make sure to rest. Otherwise, spend the money on a bed. Don’t be stingy.”

Zhang Qiao thought it was fine that he wasn’t coming—she could work a bit longer and finish translating another book.

Back at the guesthouse, after a short rest, Zhang Qiao got busy. Before going to sleep, she finished translating another book, counted her earnings, and went to bed satisfied.

The next morning, Zhou Xiaoxiao came as usual for tutoring.

As class was about to end, Zhang Qiao looked out the window.

The jeep that would take Xiaoxiao home had arrived—but it wasn’t the driver; it was Zhou Junlin.

Even more surprising, Zhou Junlin was chatting happily with Lin Tianyue downstairs. Tianyue even handed him a gift box politely.

Since when were these two so familiar?

Downstairs, after repeated insistence, Zhou Junlin finally accepted the local specialty Tianyue had brought.

Actually, Tianyue had deliberately come to see Zhou Junlin. He wanted to learn the ropes of business and factory management. One was good at teaching, the other was humble enough to learn.

Sitting there under the guesthouse, they could talk endlessly. At key points, Tianyue even had moments of revelation.

Soon, it was time for Zhou Xiaoxiao to finish class.

Tianyue politely shook Zhou Junlin’s hand: “Director Zhou, your words are worth more than ten years of study. Zhang Qiao and I are incredibly fortunate to meet a benefactor like you.”

Zhou Junlin responded courteously: “Not at all. It was Xiao Zhang who saved Xiaoxiao and worked so hard tutoring her. I should be the one thanking you. Honestly, Xiaoxiao’s mood has improved these days—she laughs more, talks more, and really likes Aunt Qiao. You don’t know, after her mother passed away, I’ve been juggling work and caring for my daughter; it’s been exhausting. But the hardest part isn’t that—it’s communicating with her. As a man, sometimes I really can’t figure it out…”

Tianyue was stunned once again.