Chapter 586 - 616: Not Yet Registered

"But we don’t have the secret recipe for Qin Jiao’s family’s noodle shop. We wanted to learn it, but they’re only willing to do a franchise."

Lu Jiuan was probing, bit by bit, but Meng Lanlan didn’t know much about business.

She said apologetically, "Jiuan, I don’t really understand business matters either."

"Oh, it’s nothing. I was just mentioning it to you."

Perhaps sensing his disappointment, Meng Lanlan quickly added, "Jiuan, even though I don’t know anything about business, Qin Jiao was still my classmate for all three years of high school. If you need help with anything later, just tell me. I can help."

Lu Jiuan’s eyebrows raised slightly, but he said, "It’s really nothing. As for the business stuff, I’ll let my uncle handle it himself. I was just talking. Besides, I don’t want you to have to call in any favors."

Meng Lanlan quickly replied, "Why are you being so polite? We’re husband and wife."

Meng Lanlan always felt Lu Jiuan was too good for her, that she didn’t quite deserve him. So in her daily life, she was eager to please, granting almost any request he made.

And Lu Jiuan, for his part, had never actually asked her to do anything.

So, even though Lu Jiuan said not to worry about it, Meng Lanlan went to find Qin Jiao two days later.

Qin Jiao wasn’t surprised at all to see her. Meng Lanlan’s arrival just proved that there was more to Lu Jiuan than meets the eye.

’If things follow the plot of that book, then Lu Jiuan is supposed to be on the opposite side of Shen Feng, which would make him a villain. But so many people’s fates have changed in this life. Maybe Lu Jiuan’s focus will be on me and Shen Yi instead.’

’More importantly, was the car accident that Shen Yi and I had in our past life a real accident, or... was Lu Jiuan involved?’

’Of course, there are still a lot of suspicious details. I’ll have to unravel this mystery one step at a time.’

’If he’s a fox, his tail is bound to show eventually.’

Meng Lanlan started by saying, a little embarrassed, that she hadn’t expected to run into Lin Nian at dinner the other day. Then she mentioned that Lin Nian had a daughter. "I was thinking, maybe I should go visit her and the baby sometime. I heard you two live very close?"

Qin Jiao nodded. "We are pretty close, in the same complex, but we don’t really interact."

Meng Lanlan paused, realizing that Qin Jiao and Lin Nian hadn’t gotten along in high school, and their relationship probably wasn’t any better now. That would explain their strange attitudes toward each other at dinner.

But she hadn’t come today to talk about Lin Nian.

However, just as Meng Lanlan was about to speak, Qin Jiao cut in, "Lanlan, when did you and your husband get your marriage certificate?"

’If the book’s plot holds true, Lu Jiuan will never be able to forget Lin Nian. Even after getting married, he’ll still pine for his ’white moonlight.’ That means he’s destined to fail Meng Lanlan.’

Meng Lanlan was taken aback, then said, a little sheepishly, "We haven’t gotten our certificate yet. We just had the wedding banquet back in our hometown. Jiuan’s company’s subsidized housing hasn’t been approved yet. We can only get our certificate after that comes through."

Qin Jiao just said, "Oh."

Since Qin Jiao had brought it up, Meng Lanlan quickly said, "I heard Jiuan mention that his uncle wants to open a restaurant and was hoping to partner with you, but the contract term is too long. Is there any flexibility on that?"

"Did Lu Jiuan ask you to come and ask me this?"

"No, no, no! He just mentioned it in passing, and I got curious. Besides, Jiuan is a very filial person. He’s on great terms with his uncles, and a while back he even went to Shencheng to help a cousin on his mother’s side with some things. I just... I don’t want to see him troubled. But please, Qin Jiao, don’t read too much into it. If it’s a problem, I won’t bring it up again."