Chapter 895: Encounter

For Jian Qiu, Jiang Yuping, Zhou Andong's ex-wife, had also seen her from afar several times.

Later, she heard that Zhou Andong and Jian Qiu were together, and just froze for a moment.

She sighed that Zhou Andong's dog-shit luck with women was too strong, that even a woman like Jian Qiu could be cheated by him.

But she didn't have too many thoughts, after all, they were already divorced, and it was none of her business who Zhou Andong was with.

After all, the relationship between the two couldn't be said to be a life-and-death hatred, but they were already at odds.

But now, as she saw the child in Jian Qiu's arms and Zhou Anqin accompanying them, her heart felt as if it had been fiercely grabbed by an invisible giant hand, aching faintly.

Countless thoughts instantly flooded her brain: if she hadn't been so single-mindedly focused on going abroad back then and had instead had a child with Zhou Andong, wouldn't the three of them be very happy now?

And there was Zhou Anqin. It had been less than two years since she divorced Zhou Andong, but in her memory, Zhou Anqin was just a thin, sallow, scrawny little girl. She never expected that she would have blossomed into such a graceful young woman today.

Her hair was tied casually behind her head, and she wore jeans and a red, blue, and white plaid short-sleeved shirt. She looked simple and refreshing, and it was impossible to connect her with the rural bumpkin in her memory. If they weren't so familiar with each other, she really wouldn't have recognized her.

A smile appeared on Jiang Yuping's face, though it looked a bit forced. She nodded toward them, then turned back, said something to the two women beside her, and the three of them continued walking a few steps before turning a corner and disappearing into the crowd.

"So that's Jiang Yuping!" An Jing smiled and shook her head. "When I lived at the distillery, I heard the employees mention her name many times, but this is the first time I've seen her."

Jian Qiu carried Su Su toward the children's goods section and asked curiously, "What did they say when they mentioned her?"

"What else could they say?" An Jing said as they walked. "They said she was a fool for kicking Zhou Andong to the curb, and that she didn't have the fate to be a chairman's wife."

Jian Qiu laughed happily and gave Su Su a big kiss on the cheek: "If she hadn't kicked Zhou Andong, how would I have had my chance? Isn't that right, baby?"

Zhou Anqin also pursed her lips and smiled. In the many years Jiang Yuping was married to her brother, she could count the number of times she returned to Tanghezi on one hand, and she never treated anyone in their family as kin.

Moreover, at that time, she was somewhat afraid of Jiang Yuping. Even when she went to her brother's house, she was always cautious, very afraid of upsetting Jiang Yuping and causing her to argue with her brother.

But Jian Qiu was different. From the first time they met, she gave her a sense of closeness. Not only was she gentle and beautiful, but she was so good to every one of them, as if she didn't know what it meant to be angry.

This was a feeling she had never experienced before. Many times, she had the illusion that Jian Qiu wasn't their sister-in-law, but a real older sister, taking care of them with meticulous attention.

When they reached the baby section, An Jing spent over two hundred to pick out an imported stroller with a sunshade.

Su Su sat in the stroller, curiously grabbing this and pulling that, then clapped her hands on the front bar and giggled.

"Why are you so excited?" An Jing pinched the little girl's tender cheek. "Shall your godmother push you?"

"Ma... Mama... push..."

"Oh!" An Jing said in surprise: "Qiuqiu, Qiuqiu, did you hear that? She said let me push!"

Jian Qiu rolled her eyes. Su Su was at the stage where she was just starting to babble; she would learn any word with a simple pronunciation.

But seeing An Jing so happy, she didn't want to dampen her enthusiasm.

"Then you push her!"

The three of them, plus the little one, headed toward the women's clothing section, planning to buy clothes first and then go buy daily necessities.

But what they didn't expect was to run into Jiang Yuping again, which made Jian Qiu sigh.

The Wang Fujing Department Store was still too small; they had walked a circle and bumped into her again.

"Xiao Qin, you're getting prettier and prettier." Jiang Yuping spoke first, a smile on her face. "I almost didn't recognize you just now."

Zhou Anqin now was naturally different from the Zhou Anqin of two years ago; she was full of youthful vitality, and her whole being exuded confidence.

First was her older brother's status and position, second was the change in their family, and third was An Jing, who had spent the most time with Xiao Qin.

Every day, she would instill in Xiao Qin ideas about fashionable and sexy external beauty, cultivating her confidence, independence, and inner strength.

Over two years, Zhou Anqin's changes were gradual for those around her, so they felt it less.

But for Jiang Yuping, it was truly earth-shattering, as if she were a different person.

Zhou Anqin smiled slightly: "In this world, besides the sun and the moon moving in fixed orbits, what else remains unchanged? I am changing, aren't you changing too?"

Jiang Yuping was stunned for a moment; she never expected that Zhou Anqin would say such a thing.

"Yes, we are all changing."

Jiang Yuping glanced at Jian Qiu again, then looked at Su Su in the stroller, and asked as if possessed.

"This child... is she yours and Dongzi's?"

"Yes, her name is Zhou Le, and her nickname is Su Su." Jian Qiu bent down to pick the child up and used her hand to wave the little arm. "Su Su, say hello to the auntie!"

The little girl blinked her big eyes, then twisted her body and buried her head in Jian Qiu's shoulder.

"This child, she even knows how to be shy."

Jiang Yuping kept a smile on her face, but it looked a bit forced no matter how you looked at it.

"We have things to do, so we're leaving."

Before Jian Qiu could speak, Jiang Yuping stepped away, and the two women beside her quickly followed.

Jian Qiu and Zhou Anqin soon forgot about Jiang Yuping, let alone An Jing.

However, Jiang Yuping no longer had the heart to continue shopping.

"I'm a bit tired, I'm going back first."

Jiang Yuping said to the two women beside her, not caring about their reaction, and walked toward the exit without stopping.

The two women looked at each other, and one of them, who looked quite plump, asked suspiciously.

"After she met those women, she started acting a bit strange."

The other taller woman asked: "Do you know that Jiang Yuping is divorced?"

The plump woman nodded: "I know, she told me that she divorced her husband because she was going abroad. But because her cousin became the head of Coca-Cola's China region, she ran back less than half a year after leaving."

The tall woman asked again: "Then do you know who her ex-husband is?"

The plump woman shook her head: "She didn't say, and since it's a private matter, I couldn't ask."

The tall woman smiled: "If I told you who her ex-husband is, you absolutely wouldn't believe it."

The plump woman immediately became interested: "Who? Tell me quickly!"

The tall woman parted her lips slightly and spat out a name.

The plump woman was stunned, then followed with a face full of disbelief: "You... say that again, who is it?"