Chapter 210: The Plan

Moreover, Qin Wenhao himself was not only handsome but also young and promising—a good match for her daughter.

The only downside was that Qin Wenhao had adopted his fallen comrade’s two children a few months ago.

’Doesn’t that mean my daughter would become a stepmother the moment she married him?’

She was hesitant because of this.

’After all, my daughter is beautiful. It’s not like she’d have trouble marrying into a good family.’

Unfortunately, her daughter had her heart set on that Qin Wenhao.

During the New Year, she had even laid it all out for her mother—the two children were there now, but once she had children of her own, couldn’t they just send the other two away?

’That made sense,’ she had thought.

She had thought they were just waiting to hold the wedding banquet, but she never imagined someone else would beat them to it.

Moreover, that bitch had also ruined her daughter’s job at the Art Troupe.

The news was enough to make her faint with rage.

If anyone found out her daughter had been fired from the Art Troupe, their entire family would lose all face.

"No! We can’t just suffer this injustice in silence. I’m going to confront her—"

Ruan Hongfei immediately pulled her back.

"Mom, don’t go. It’s useless! Qin Wenhao is on her side now. You’ll only be humiliated if you go looking for her. Besides, Qin Wenhao and I weren’t even officially dating. If we go to their door and cause a scene, we’ll be the only ones who lose face."

"So we’re just supposed to let this go?" Mrs. Ruan couldn’t stomach the injustice. "What about your future? What Art Troupe would dare to hire you now?"

Ruan Hongfei knew this, of course.

She had been dismissed, and it would be on her permanent record.

Unless she gave up on joining an Art Troupe and looked for a different kind of work.

’But what else could I do?’

"Mom, didn’t you say that Qin Wenshu’s mother was using a matchmaker to find him a wife? I want to marry Qin Wenshu."

’If I can’t marry Qin Wenhao, I’ll marry his cousin.’

"What? Qin Wenshu? What are you thinking?" She’d heard Qin Wenshu didn’t even have a proper job.

He was a good-for-nothing who was always stirring up trouble.

"But your cousin Zhao Sisi has a huge crush on Qin Wenshu. If she finds out you snatched him away, won’t she try to beat you up? No, that’s not going to work."

’Their family was no match for the Zhao family.’

’Besides, they were city folk.’

’The Ruan family, on the other hand, lived out in the suburbs.’

’Would the Qin family really be willing to take a bride from the suburbs?’

Ruan Hongfei flew into a rage when she heard this. "Mom, you and my aunt are cousins. She married better than you did. Don’t tell me you want her daughter to keep lording it over your daughter, too?"

Mrs. Ruan’s expression instantly turned grim.

It was true. She and Mrs. Zhao—Yao Xiang—were paternal cousins.

Unfortunately, she hadn’t done as well for herself; she hadn’t married nearly as well as Yao Xiang.

’That’s right. I’ve been beneath her my whole life—I can’t let my daughter live under her cousin’s shadow, too.’

"Fine. I’ll find a matchmaker and give it a try. But you remember this: don’t you breathe a word of it until it’s a done deal. Otherwise, that brat Zhao Sisi will really try to beat you up."

When that happens, even as her aunt, I won’t be able to stop her.

"Don’t worry, Mom. I know."

Once the mother and daughter had come to an agreement, Mrs. Ruan rode her bicycle into the city.

When she returned, she was beaming. "It’s settled! I went to Matchmaker Li, and she’s already arranged it. The meeting is set for tomorrow at noon at the state-owned restaurant. Make sure you dress up nicely."

Ruan Hongfei was delighted.

’Of course I’ll dress up nicely,’ she thought.

However, she also had to have a backup plan. ’In case Qin Wenshu isn’t interested, I can’t let all this effort go to waste.’

’After all, the Qin family already has one man with terrible taste. Who’s to say there won’t be another?’