Chapter 279 - 255: Change of Mind (3)
Chapter 279: Chapter 255: Change of Mind (3)
Grandpa Tang squinted. "The system you’d be working in is quite cushy. Are you sure you want in?"
"Well, I’ll take a look first then! But Qingyun..."
"You can’t do things halfway. Since Qingyun has already taken that position, he has to see it through. He’s already making headway at work, so he needs to show some results before anything else. As for your father and mother, they should be able to return to Beijing around March or April to be settled and have their old jobs restored."
"And... how would you know that?" Wu Xiaowen paused. She glanced up at Grandma Tang and Tang Qingshan, letting her gaze linger on Grandma Tang for a moment. With a purse of her lips and a slight tilt of her chin, she said, feigning nonchalance:
"My parents went to great lengths and spent a lot of money just to get this opportunity! The transfer orders are already in hand, and they can leave for Beijing next month. I came back for the New Year, and I also wanted to ask about our family’s old house!"
’If she didn’t make it clear, she’d feel terrible. She couldn’t let the old woman think this was all thanks to the Tang family again!’
’The old woman had deliberately stood in her way, refusing to let the old man lift a finger to help. Did she really think the Wu Family couldn’t return to Beijing without them? What a joke! When one door closes, another opens. All she had done was catch up with Bai Lihua on the phone every day. She’d listened to the helplessness in his voice as he talked about his first wife, who had been so unromantic. He said she’d died in childbirth because she was so quiet and unsociable that she missed her chance to be saved. The woman he later married was purely a mother for his young child—a coarse woman who only knew how to work and couldn’t even knit a sweater. He hadn’t had a new sweater in over a decade... Wu Xiaowen’s heart had filled with pity, so she bought some wool yarn and knitted him a long-sleeved sweater and a vest. She’d also sent a few packages filled with New Year’s goods and local specialties from the South. In return, Bai Lihua asked Mr. Bai to pull some strings and arrange things for her parents in Beijing. The Bai Family didn’t ask her for a single cent, and the matter was settled with surprising ease!’
’It was nothing like when she had begged Old Tang, her heart in her throat with anxiety, only for him to do nothing in the end!’
Hearing Wu Xiaowen talk about spending money and getting an "opportunity," Grandpa Tang’s eyebrows twitched. He looked at her in surprise. "Why spend money? Who did your parents ask? If someone took money for this, they’re a scammer. You can report them to the police and have them arrested! This isn’t some special opportunity; it’s just the new policy being implemented. Your parents don’t need to spend money or do a thing. It’s like waiting in line—it’s simply their turn to return to their original posts and get their jobs back!"
Wu Xiaowen’s eyes widened. "B-But... didn’t people say that if we didn’t pull some strings, my parents would have to wait another year or two to return to Beijing?"
"Who told you that? That’s completely baseless! A policy is either not announced, or once it is, it’s meant to take effect immediately! Even if your parents didn’t want to come back, people would have been sent to persuade them!"
Wu Xiaowen felt faint. She slowly processed his words. ’Wait... now that I think about it, that was something my mother said! If it’s baseless, then it was just a rumor. I wonder where she heard it?’
’And Bai Lihua... No! Bai Lihua clearly said he had visited all the relevant departments multiple times, and that Mr. Bai had also called in favors. He couldn’t be lying to me! Mr. Tang must be mistaken. I can’t trust everything he says!’
While she was lost in thought, the faint sound of a car came from outside. A moment later, a man in his thirties wearing a work uniform walked in. It was the driver Tang Qingshan had called.
Tang Qingyun glanced up at the driver, his expression sour, but he remained silent.
Seeing Tang Qingyun’s silence, Tang Yaxuan grew anxious. She nervously squeezed in next to Wu Xiaowen, a look of grievance on her face. Wu Xiaowen comforted her while shooting a look at Tang Qingyun. He stood up and said to Grandpa and Grandma Tang:
"Dad, Mom, we’ll get going, then."
Grandma Tang nodded, and Grandpa Tang waved them away.