The Reborn Sidekick Rejected The Male Lead-Chapter 440 - 423: End of text

Before they knew it, it was November, and the temperature had plummeted, especially in the mountains which were even colder.

The boilers in their factory started burning, and every household was supplied with heating.

Lu Jingqiu was still warm last night under the new blanket.

She glanced at the time in the morning, just past six, and hazily looked at Jiang Nanzhou beside her, finding him lying on his side, propping his head with one hand, gazing at her with tender affection.

Lu Jingqiu squeezed into his arms and whispered, "Husband, don’t bother me this early, I still have to go to work."

Jiang Nanzhou stroked her hair and said, "Qiuqiu, I had a dream."

"Hmm, what dream?" Lu Jingqiu didn’t open her eyes, listening to him sleepily.

"In the dream, we were old, around forty or fifty, and we didn’t have Xiao Cheng."

"What kind of dream did you have, dreaming all the way to our old age?"

"Yeah, in the dream, I was saving you from under a car in a snowy day, covered in blood, and you were taken to the hospital for over a month.

Then..."

"What happened after?"

"After that, we were together."

Lu Jingqiu laughed, "We’ve been together for a long time already."

"It’s different, in the dream we didn’t know each other, we met on that snowy night after fifty, and in my previous life, it seems I was always deep in the mountains researching things, not married, and that time I had just been transferred from the mountains, passing through West City."

Lu Jingqiu’s originally groggy eyes suddenly brightened, and then she hugged him tightly, saying, "And then, did you marry me?"

"Yes, we lived in Capital City, going to the market to shop for groceries every day, sitting together while you painted, basking in the sun in the courtyard. You loved basking in the sun in the courtyard. Later, I bought a car to take you traveling."

"Husband, we must have been very happy at that time."

"For sure, I especially liked it."

"You met me when I was that old, how come you fancied an aging me."

"Just like the first time I met you, just because a person is old doesn’t mean their feelings are old, I was still heartstruck too."

Lu Jingqiu found it hard to imagine herself being hit by a car and covered in blood, still being able to stir his emotions.

But... why did her husband dream such a dream?

Could it be that she lived a previous life and eventually ended up with Jiang Nanzhou?

Lu Jingqiu looked up at the comfortably content Jiang Nanzhou and said, "Husband, could it be that in a previous life you felt we met too late in our lives, so in this life you hurried over to me?"

Jiang Nanzhou laughed, pinched her nose, and kissed her, saying, "Those weren’t my words, they were yours. You wondered why I appeared so late, telling me to come out earlier in the next life so you could come find me. But no, it’s all a dream. I feel this dream was too vivid, it might really be something from a previous life."

Lu Jingqiu laughed, wrapped her arms around his neck, and kissed him fiercely.

Jiang Nanzhou quickly responded, and the two of them, who should have been getting up, tumbled in bed for half an hour.

By the time they got up, they found the outside world covered in a vast expanse of snow.

They didn’t even know it had snowed last night.

With such heavy snow, cars probably couldn’t get through.

Lu Jingqiu planned to laze at home, as the main subjects’ teachers were taking over her classes because of the approaching end-of-term exams.

The art teachers had no classes to teach in the school.

The community organized everyone to come downstairs to clear the snow, and Jiang Nanzhou went down with Xiao Ze.

Lu Jingqiu stayed at home to make breakfast.

Feeling good today, she made several stuffed buns, a pot of rice porridge, and sticky bean buns.

With the mountains sealed by the heavy snow, those working in the county couldn’t make it, and the factory’s school closed for the day.

Lu Jingqiu joined Sister-in-law Cao and Sister-in-law Chen to call their workplace from the community center.

Understanding the situation, her workplace gave her two days off.

In the past few days, Lu Jingqiu had been helping the child study at home.

Writing and drawing, she actually drew inspiration from it.

She planned to create a picture book, titled: Kindergarten.

That winter, Jingqiu had drawn many drafts at school.

Commissions from the People’s Liberation Army Daily and West City Daily News, including an entire book for the Moon That Doesn’t Sleep.

Jingqiu also submitted illustrations to the North City press, and one was selected.

At the end of the year, one of her New Year’s paintings was solicited by the Youth Daily in Capital City.

It was well-received, but it was a shame she couldn’t return this year.

Because her husband had to be on duty this year.

That winter, Jingqiu wrote several letters, to her father and grandfather.

To her mother-in-law, to her aunt and Manman, to Xue Jianian and Luo Xinyue.

And to Chen Qingru; this girl was going to marry Liang Zhuo during the New Year.

She had bought a wedding gift in advance and mailed it to her.

She also wrote a letter to He Yu, and to Yun Yuzhi and Li Yinger.

That year, they also received many gifts.

Her father, grandfather, mother-in-law, and aunt had sent them lots of food and useful items.

That year, the family of three gained quite a few pounds.

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In the blink of an eye, three years had passed.

Jingqiu had gone from a newly employed art teacher to an outstanding one.

The reason was simple: with the addition of arts students to the college entrance exam, Jingqiu had identified students with a talent for drawing and suggested they pursue an arts pathway.

Over three years, she successfully helped the school produce several students who were admitted to prestigious universities.

Moreover, during these three years, Jingqiu’s picture book won an award—the one titled "Kindergarten," rich in content, vibrant in color, cute and interesting in style.

It was particularly popular with children who were just beginning their education; for this picture book, Jingqiu received a national children’s book award. Because of this book, she became famous in the factory district, and everyone knew her as a children’s book illustrator.

Aside from that, she had another book in hand called "The Coldest Place," telling little stories about geography and science, with a cute style and soft use of colors.

During this time, a publishing house from North City contacted her, wishing to publish this book. ƒгeewebnovёl.com

Certainly, West City was reluctant to let go, but the key was that a children’s book publisher from Capital City also reached out to her.

Jingqiu was in a quandary when her husband received new orders.

This time he was transferred to the south, to a place where people loved to eat chilies.

He was to take over a new project and serve as the director there.

Her book was subsequently contracted by a publishing house from Capital City; it wasn’t that she was unwilling to go with West City, but the royalties offered there were more generous.

So, Jingqiu followed her husband to that place, and another three years went by.

In these three years, there were even greater changes outside.

Manman had resigned from her stable job to focus on managing the factory, expanding from the initial single machine to now having three machines.

Xue Jianian became pregnant in her second year in Guan Mountain—remarkably, giving birth to a pair of twins.

Xinyue also had her second child last year, a daughter.

The world is indeed wonderful; when Luo Xinyue became pregnant, she was also expecting, with their daughters being born just a month apart.

Luo Xinyue said it was fate and proposed their children be sworn sisters, which frightened Jiang Nanzhou. During the New Year, he dared not visit West City when in Capital City.