Received A Wife From The Civil Affairs Bureau Ch.14

On Jiang Zitao’s wedding day, Shen Yumo didn’t come like she said. Although Jiang Ziquan felt a bit frustrated and depressed, she was still cheerful on the surface. After all, this was her big brother’s one and only wedding day, of course she should be happy.

The wedding went smoothly, and the smiles from the two newlyweds were blinding to Jiang Ziquan. 

Originally, she wanted to join in on the fun when the bride threw the bouquet but was stopped by Mrs. Jiang. Then she was told that as a married person, she shouldn’t participate in events made for single people. 

Jiang Ziquan pursed her lips. It’s not like she had her wedding yet, so she thought if she caught the bouquet it would bring good luck to her own wedding.

However, her usually sharp mother was unable to get this point she was trying to make.

“Sister Quan, Sister Quan!” A slightly deep male voice entered her ears, and she looked up to see Chen Feng and laughed: “Brat, you actually look pretty stylish when you dress up.”

Chen Feng snorted after hearing her compliment and then smoothed his clothes as he proudly stated, “ Of course, that’s because I’m handsome.” Then looking at her with his bright eyes, he teased: “And Sister Quan, you don’t look too bad yourself.”

Chen Feng is Chen Lanyi’s younger brother and it was Chen Lanyi who first introduced them to each other. When the two love birds were caught up in their relationship, Jiang Ziquan and Chen Feng often hung out together. And both being two energetic little lightbulbs filled with electricity, they got along and soon formed a revolutionary friendship. 

And in comparison to Chen Lanyi’s strictness towards him, Jiang Ziquan agreed to his every request. She would give him toys, take him to the amusement park, and using Jiang Zitao’s money, they would eat and drink whatever. 

These past few years, because of school and whatnot, the two had fewer and fewer chances to meet, The boy had grown taller and his voice had changed. His originally young and squeaking voice had become so deep. However, their friendship has not changed. 

Jiang Ziquan tapped him on the head and rubbed his hair angrily: “Brat, when did you learn to laugh at me?” Then seeing his eyes darting around as if he wanted to ask her something she said, “Did you run out of pocket money?” Then taking out her cell phone, she prepared to transfer some money over to him. 

Over the years, she had given Chen Feng a lot of pocket money to spend, so this wasn’t unusual.

“No, no. I just wanted to ask Sister Quan a question. Did you really marry Teacher Shen?” Chen Feng scratched his head and sat next to Jiang Ziquan, his eyes sparkling. Jiang Ziquan looked at him.

“How do you know Shen Yumo?”

“Sister Quan, didn’t you already know? I’m a senior now at Mingxing.” Chen Feng glanced at her in dissatisfaction. 

Although he personally didn’t have Shen Yumo as a teacher, she was known throughout the school for her good looks. Plus, Shen Yumo teaches the class next door to her, so he would see her once or twice a week.

“Ah.” Jiang Ziquan exclaimed and then smiled awkwardly. She really did forget about where he was going. Although, to be honest, she met him when he was only six, so naturally she didn’t follow up afterward and ask where he went for high school.

Chen Feng probably already knew that Jiang Ziquan was not so reliable in such matters and instead said coyly, “Sister Quan~ Do me a favor~”

“What do you want?” Jiang Ziquan looked at him in apprehension. As a child, Chen Feng was the most naughty kid she had seen.

In fact, he was even worse than her. 

“Everyone knows that next year will be time for the college entrance exams. My parents and sister want me to live on campus, but you know how bad Mingxing’s dorms are for their college students. It’ll be pure torture if I live there. So, can I live at your place instead?” Chen Feng said with a sullen expression, clearly indicating his disgust for the dorms. His parents were rather old when they had him, so naturally he was spoiled. Growing up, he got everything he wanted, so living in a dorm with no computer, no video games and his other toys, of course he was unwilling.

Jiang Ziquan looked at him, but she couldn’t agree. After all, this was decided by his parents for the good of Chen Feng’s future. She didn’t want to arbitrarily make a decision. Anyhow, Chen Feng’s grades weren’t too good, so if he lived on campus, it would actually be quite good for him. 

Therefore she could only say, “It’s not that I won’t help you, but this really isn’t something I can take responsibility for. I can’t help tutor you so if your grades drop, not only will I be held accountable, it will be bad for you in the future when you want to get a job. I don’t want to hinder your growth.”

“Sister Quan, if you can’t help me, then will Teacher Shen help me instead?” Chen Feng winked and then frowned, “Well you know, my literature grades are pretty bad.”

Jiang Ziquan was sipping her water and almost spit it out. This brat had a backup plan! Shen Yumo is a teacher, so she would be willing to tutor Chen Feng and his parents wouldn’t disagree either. On the contrary, they would willingly let him go live with her if Shen Yumo was there. 

“Brat, how come you never use your smarts for your studies, huh?”

Chen Feng smirked: “So do you agree now? Sister?”

Jiang Ziquan also laughed, “No.”

“Ahhhh, why?” Chen Feng narrowed his eyes, the dissatisfaction in his eyes was quite obvious. 

“I don’t live with Shen Yumo. She applied to live on-campus as well. During the week, I can’t even see her more often than you.” Jiang Ziauan explained. Most likely, since Chen Lanyi didn’t tell Chen Feng about her marriage to Shen Yumo and he found out himself, then he probably didn’t know they weren’t living together either. 

Chen Feng’s expression immediately shattered. Only God knows how many brain cells had died from him trying to think of a plan to live off-campus. Unfortunately, Sister Quan did not live with Teacher Shen so he could only bitterly say, “Well might as well give me some money and comfort my wounded heart.”

Feeling helpless, Jiang Ziquan could only transfer some money to him and advised: “Don’t waste it and with less than a year left, if you work hard, you might be able to change your situation. 

Chen Feng smiled and nodded.

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“Fellow teachers, seeing as how graduation is almost upon us, as their teachers I hope you work hard for another few months. Make sure to continue your hard work and teach this batch of students well. In order to celebrate our achievements so far, I invite everyone to a meal.”

This teacher’s surname is Hu and he is a physics teacher at the school. Although he was a little bald and not so good-looking, he was nonetheless deeply loved by the students and teachers alike. Therefore, during this Christmas season, he would always invite teachers out to eat.

Shen Yumo originally wanted to refuse, but then Mr. Hu specifically said: “Teacher Shen, Teacher Chen, I know that the science students tend to be lacking in both literature and language. Sorry for the trouble and thank you for your hard work. Please be sure to attend.”

Having said this, Shen Yumo could no longer refuse and smiled: “Naturally I will be going.”

“Good.” Teacher Hu nodded and turned to return to class when the bell rang.

Shen Yumo opened her WeChat, Jiang Ziquan had sent her a few photos. 

In one of the pictures, Jiang Ziquan was wearing a nice white bridesmaid dress. Her pink highlights were dyed back to black, adding a touch of maturing to her look. Her hair was tied into a simple bun, which paired well with her warm smile and playful look. The single strap design revealed Miss Jiang’s enchanting collarbone, which for some reason, made her feel a little hot when she looked at it. 

She replied back: “You look good.”

On the other end, the wedding was just about finished. Feeling the vibration from her phone, she naturally was happy. She guessed that Shen Yumo wasn’t in class right now and cheerfully wrote back, “This young lady is naturally very beautiful ๑乛◡乛๑ (●′∀｀●)”

Shen Yumo smiled, this little fellow really is quite cheeky, she texted back: “When did you dye your hair black?”

Jiang Ziquan raised an eyebrow. She dyed it black to show her seriousness for her brother’s wedding. Does Teacher Shen dislike black? 

“Doesn’t it look good? If not, I’ll dye it yellow, gray, even green is fine.”

After waiting a long time, she did receive a reply from Shen Yumo. She probably had to go to class. So she helped her brother see the guests off. Today, her brother’s friends didn’t drink too much, so they left quicker than usual. 

After sending off the guests, Jiang Ziquan returned to her place to sleep. She really was too tired after these past few days, so she didn’t even visit her restaurant and went right to sleep after washing up.

At around seven or eight in the evening, Mr. Hu and another math teacher named Xu drove a car each to pick up the few people going to dinner together. 

Shen Yumo came out late and Mr. Hu went ahead, so she could only ride in Teacher Xu’s car.

“Teacher Shen, you can sit in the passenger’s seat, the seats in the back are a little messy.” Xu Yao smiled embarrassedly. The back seats were covered in gifts and Christmas presents from his students.

Shen Yumo glanced at the back and then sat in the front, fastening her seat belt carefully.

Teacher Chen teased: “Teacher Xu must be really popular to receive all these gifts.”

“Teacher Chen jokes, Teacher Shen must be more popular than me.” 

The Shen Yumo whose name was suddenly mentioned, glanced over and said: “I didn’t receive any this year.” 

Usually, students didn’t have the time or skills needed to make money, so all the gifts given to the teachers came out of the parents’ pockets. With her temperament, Shen Yumo didn’t like receiving gifts from others, so she would only accept greeting cards and the like. Anything else, she would refuse. 

Afterward, the three made some more small talk and then arrived at the place. 

Stepping out of the car, Shen Yumo froze. The restaurant in front of her was none other than Jiang Ziquan’s hot pot restaurant. “Didn’t we say we’re going to a banquet hall? Why are we here?”  

Mr. Xu had finished parking his car and walked over: “I heard from Mr. Hu that the banquet hall was already full, but the hot pot restaurant here is pretty good, so we switched to this place.”

Shen Yumo could only nod and went in. 

Inside, other than Tang Jiu, none of the other staff knew that Jiang Ziquan or Shen Yumo were married, but knew that Shen Yumo was a friend of the boss, so they called Tang Jiu over to serve them. 

Tang Jiu hurried over. The boss hadn’t said anything in advance, so he guessed that she must be here out of her own volition. “Miss Shen, how many in your party today?”

A few teachers looked at her and Mr. Hu asked, “Teacher Shen, do you know this person?”

Seeing her indifferent face, Tang Jiu guessed that this must be a hidden marriage, and so as to not embarrass his boss’ wife, he quickly explained: “Miss Shen is a regular at our shop.”

“Is that so? Anyhow, there’s six people in our party, are there any spare private rooms open?”

Tang Jiu felt a bit embarrassed, there were no other private rooms, but looking at his boss’ wife, he could only grit his teeth and say, “There’s the palace-style private room that was just opened recently.”

“Then we’ll choose that one.”

As a designer, Jiang Ziquan personally designed her restaurant, each one had their own style designed step by step by Jiang Ziquan. 

The restaurant was split into two floors, one for partying and the other for more private matters. The lower floor was more suited towards younger customers while the upper floor was more suited for those who want to talk and eat in a quiet environment. 

Jiang Ziquan was in the middle of a dream when she was woken up by a call from Tang Jiu. Guessing that the restaurant was beyond busy and he might’ve met trouble, she sighed, “Are there a lot of people tonight?”

“Yes, there is,” Tang Jiu glanced up at the upper floor, “but there’s something else I want to ask. Today, your wife came to the restaurant. It looks like a dinner with colleagues, so I wanted to know if you’re planning on giving them a discount? Oh, I also let them use the newly furnished private room too.”

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