The thought of Shen Zhengfeng moving that mother and son into the Shen Family home, while brazenly continuing to occupy the clothing factory that should have gone to Xiao Yi, made Du Liya furious!

Beidou held her and said, "It’s not appropriate for Xiao Yi to bring this up, but you’re his mother. You can ask Qin Jiao for help. It would be best if her parents are there at the time. This way, it’s a request for a favor, which is different from Xiao Yi asking her directly."

Du Liya was a little confused. "How is it different?"

Beidou poured her a glass of water and said slowly, "Liya, if you ask directly, it’s just a favor. It won’t involve Xiao Yi’s feelings for Xiao Jiao. But since it’s a favor, you need to offer something in return. For example, if Xiao Jiao agrees to help you, you could consider making a sincere offer. Like, the factory’s profits for the next four years."

Otherwise, Shen Zhengfeng would just take those profits anyway.

More importantly, Shen Zhengfeng wouldn’t just take the factory’s profits for a few years. He would gut the company and run it into the ground, leaving behind nothing but an empty shell.

Du Liya clenched her fists. "I’d rather give the factory’s profits to anyone else than let Shen Zhengfeng get his hands on them!"

"Alright then. I’ll go with you to talk to Brother Qin. Oh, right, doesn’t the factory have a cafeteria? You could contract it out to Brother Qin and his wife. That way, they wouldn’t have to go and open a separate restaurant."

You have to understand, opening a restaurant these days isn’t so easy. Of course, if they settled down in North City later and became financially stable, they could still open their own place if they wanted to.

But that was all for later.

Du Liya was the type to act on a whim. "Let’s go right now!"

"Honey, it’s already past nine at night. Brother Qin and his family got off the train early this morning; they must be exhausted by now. Let’s wait until tomorrow when Xiao Yi takes Xiao Jiao to sign up for driving lessons. We can go find Brother Qin and his wife to talk about it then."

Du Liya was still anxious, but she knew Qin Zhonghui and his family needed a good rest. She also knew it was best not to let Xiao Jiao in on the conversation at first. ’What if the girl feels awkward about it?’

She finally nodded. "Alright then, we’ll talk to them tomorrow."

Meanwhile, Qin Jiao’s family of four was truly exhausted. After showering, they were all ready for bed. However, Xiao Shi had eaten too much and was walking in circles around the room.

Qin Jiao was folding her clothes. She said helplessly, "This is what you get for eating so much. Now your stomach feels upset, doesn’t it?"

"But Sis, everything was so delicious! I’d never eaten any of it before."

Looking at Xiao Shi’s bright eyes, Qin Jiao smiled and said, "There’s lots more delicious food out there. Not just in North City, but in all sorts of other places. When we have the chance, I’ll take you to try it all."

’Her younger sister, who had now seen more of the world, broadened her horizons, and grown more and more cheerful, was becoming a completely different person from the tragic little girl of her past life.’

Xiao Shi beamed and nodded. "Yeah!"

Back at the courtyard residence, the few families living there gradually went to rest one by one. But on the other side of North City, in a high-rise building, Shen Zhengfeng was sitting and looking over some documents when Li Xiaomei brought him a glass of warm milk.

Shen Zhengfeng looked up and said, "Xiaomei, so? My mom and my sister are easy to get along with, right?"

"Yes. They’re so easy to get along with, so why couldn’t they get along with Du Liya back then? It must be because Du Liya has a terrible temper."

Even now, Li Xiaomei was still bad-mouthing Du Liya.

But Shen Zhengfeng was happy to hear it. In the past, when his mother and sister were constantly clashing with Du Liya, he would only ever hear Du Liya complaining and even telling him to make his sister move out.

’His sister was divorced and raising a child on her own—how pitiful was that? Their house was so big. What was wrong with his sister, Xiao Ya, and her child moving in?’

’Du Liya’s spoiled-princess attitude was just too much. Xiaomei was still the gentlest of all!’