Chapter 281 - 283: A Wave of Scorn_1
Li Qiao chatted idly with the family of three until Xue Sufen came back from outside, at which point she suggested it was time for her to leave.
Old Mr. Xue, aware of the conflict between Li Qiao and Xue Sufen that had yet to be resolved, deliberately said to the two, "Sufen, you should see Qiaoqiao out."
"I certainly will not," retorted Xue Sufen with a dark expression as she strode upstairs.
Old Mr. Xue cursed under his breath, calling her a "stinky girl" before turning and saying, "Lingqing, you send her off."
Jiang Wanqiu immediately interjected, "I’ll do it. I was just about to go to Qiaoqiao’s house to dig up a couple of flowers to plant."
"Why would you dig up someone else’s flowers? Can’t you buy your own to plant?" Old Mr. Xue scoffed at her, labeling her a lazybones and a lover of bargains.
Li Qiao said, "Transplanting them now, I don’t know if they’ll survive. In the spring, I bought some seeds, the same kind that are blooming in the corner of my yard. I have plenty left. Madam Xue, you can take some back and scatter them, and in about sixty days they should flower, lasting two to three months."
Jiang Wanqiu said, "If I dig up the flower with the surrounding soil, it should survive when planted, right?"
Li Qiao, "...", Are you so insistent on digging up my flowers? "Well, you can try. Professor Xue, why don’t you come along? I can’t dig, and the sapling is quite large, Madam Xue won’t be able to carry it by herself."
Xue Sufen thought, You can’t dig? Putting on an act of frailty? You were stronger than anyone when you hit me! Hooligan!
Xue Lingqing agreed and stood next to Jiang Wanqiu.