The Reborn Sidekick Rejected The Male Lead-Chapter 454: Extra 10

Years passed in the blink of an eye, and although their days grew better and better, Grandpa didn’t accompany them for much longer.

Shortly thereafter, Grandpa Xue and Grandma Xue also passed away.

Xue Jianian had made every possible effort, and though there was Spirit Spring Water in the space, it wasn’t the kind that could bring the dead back to life. When someone reached a certain age, there was no turning back.

Of course, no one knew about this.

After Grandpa passed away, Aunt Zhang decided to leave.

Lu Jingqiu and Jiang Nanzhou both remembered her kindness, as she had taken care of Grandpa for over a decade. Her own son had severed ties with her.

Having no one to rely on here, Lu Jingqiu bought her a two-bedroom apartment in a high-rise in front of Happy Valley.

She helped out with cleaning and took care of the children at Lu Jingqiu’s home on normal days.

Feeling restless in her spare time, she rented a stall on the first floor of Lianhao Shopping Mall and sold underwear, pajamas, socks, scarves, gloves, and the like.

Every day was not tiring for her, and she could earn money. Aunt Zhang was very content.

Over these years, Lianhua Supermarket became a symbol of West City, making the department stores seem deserted.

Recently, the buildings on Academy Street had been completed, and those in the suburbs had been finished last year.

Lu Jingqiu found a decoration team and did some minor renovations on the properties before renting them out.

She also planned to refurbish the properties on this side and rent them out.

Once, her daughter went to the basement and saw stacks of notebooks in the cupboard. Out of curiosity, she said, "Mom, why do we have so many houses? This can’t be Dad doing something wrong, can it? You need to talk to Dad, he mustn’t make a mistake."

Hearing his daughter view him this way, Jiang Nanzhou couldn’t help but laugh, "What mistake did Dad make to worry my daughter so much?"

Jiang Zhiman was now a middle school student. She somewhat understood things and furrowed her brow, deep in thought, looking very cute.

As a mother, Lu Jingqiu certainly knew what her daughter was thinking. She smiled and said, "These were all bought with the money Mom earned, meant to be left for you and your brother. Why are you rejecting them? Fine, if you don’t want them, I’ll leave them all to your brother."

"Ah, Mom, do you earn that much from drawing picture books?"

Jiang Nanzhou and Lu Jingqiu had never told the children about the family’s wealth over the years.

They believed that letting the children know too early could affect their mindset and make them lose their grounding.

They had always let their two children know that they were part of the working class, and their home was very ordinary.

The reason they could eat meat and fruits every day was that they benefited from Aunt Xue.

Their only difference from others was that the old house was demolished and they received several new apartments as compensation.

Their daughter, being clever since she was young and now thirteen or fourteen years old, they thought there was no need to keep it from her any longer.

When Xiao Cheng came home during the holidays, he told the siblings about how their mother had gradually bought so many houses over the years.

After all these years, they owned a total of over ten properties.

Xiao Cheng knew a bit, but he was quite impressed upon hearing how his mother had anticipated the future housing prices when she was younger.

Both children praised their mother for her foresight. A jealous Jiang Nanzhou said on the side, "It’s as if these dozen apartments weren’t left by your dad for you."

Jiang Zhiman hurried over to hug her dad and said, "My dad is also amazing. You don’t know how much my classmates envy me for having such an amazing dad."

Xiao Cheng added from the side, "Dad, she is just good with sweet talk."

Jiang Nanzhou enjoyed his daughter’s flattery, what could he do? After all, she was his, Jiang Nanzhou’s, daughter.

Lu Jingqiu watched her children surround their father, feeling an indescribable sense of fulfillment at this harmonious scene.

Her son was now at a military academy in Capital City and would definitely serve in the military; she didn’t know where he might be assigned, which meant fewer chances for them to meet.

Lu Jingqiu suggested that each year during their winter and summer vacations, the whole family should make time to go out and travel together.

Like her father and Aunt Zhou, Lu Jingqiu bought him a car.

Whenever he was free, he would take Aunt Zhou traveling. Both had their retirement pensions.

With such a successful daughter who occasionally gave money to Lu Xianrun, which he refused, they secretly took his card, recorded the number, and transferred money into it from time to time.

Although Zhang Ting’s side didn’t have as much money, she would come over once in a while with gifts of meat, fruits, grains, and a bit of money — not much but it showed that all the younger generations were doing what they could to make the elders happy.

They all stayed out of the elders’ lives. Zhang Ting worked in the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, and her husband had now become a regimental commander.