Chapter 667 - 697: People Change

Jiang Xiaoyue felt like her entire worldview had been shattered.

She was stunned for a long time, and her daze was only broken when one of the babies started crying from hunger.

After she finished feeding the two babies, Qin Jiao invited the three of them to stay for a meal. After all, she was still relying on them to help support the clothing company and the restaurant.

Li Man said, a little embarrassed, "Boss, are you sure we won’t be disturbing you?"

Qin Jiao smiled. "You don’t have to call me ’Boss’ at my home. Just call me Qin Jiao. You’re all my classmates. Besides, my parents are amazing cooks. You and Sun Lili have never tried their food, so you have to stay and taste it. Xiaoyue has, right?"

Jiang Xiaoyue had known Qin Jiao’s family since high school. She immediately grinned and said, "Let me tell you, the food Uncle Qin and Aunt Su make is especially delicious! You guys are in for a real treat today!"

Since she put it that way, they couldn’t very well leave.

But they didn’t want to just sit around either, so they all went to the kitchen to help.

Sun Lili didn’t usually cook at home, and the kitchen was only so big. It wasn’t long before she was shooed out.

Sun Lili thought for a moment, then went back to the room to see Qin Jiao and keep her company.

She said with a sigh, "I’m realizing I’m a terrible judge of character. If I had known Shen Feng would end up breaking the law, there’s no way I would have been so madly in love with him back then."

Qin Jiao said, "Maybe he wasn’t like that in the beginning. People change."

Sun Lili shook her head. "No, he might not have been this bad at first, but there were signs. For example, he was always wavering between me and Lin Nian. Any man with a sense of responsibility would never have done something so classless."

Seeing that Sun Lili seemed to have truly moved on, Qin Jiao was reminded of the contents of that book.

In that book, Shen Feng had started in a small town and staged a comeback against all odds, eventually becoming the richest man in North City.

’Indeed, he wasn’t supposed to be this kind of person.’

’But even if you say it was all because of Lin Nian’s appearance and the things she did that influenced Shen Feng, is Lin Nian truly to blame for how he ended up today?’

’For example, back in high school, if Shen Feng had rejected Lin Nian’s advances, the two of them would never have gotten entangled.’

’If he had stayed true to himself in high school and not let the situation with Li Xiaomei and Shen Zhengfeng affect him, his grades wouldn’t have slipped.’

’If he had focused on improving himself in college, worked diligently after graduation, and not been so fixated on competing with Shen Yi, he wouldn’t have repeatedly failed in business and become more and more unhinged.’

Later on, he was even goaded by Lu Jiuan and Lin Nian into mortgaging the paint factory, and he even resorted to the crime of kidnapping someone.

Qin Jiao said softly, "The path you walk is always one of your own making."

So, whether you walk a steady path or constantly stumble and fall, it is all your own choice, your own problem.

Sun Lili nodded heavily, deeply agreeing.

On the day of the New Year celebration, the whole extended family gathered together. To Qin Jiao’s surprise, her uncle, Qin Jiqun, had actually bought gifts for the two little babies.

A pair of silver locks.

"Xiao Jiao," Qin Jiqun said, a bit sheepishly, "I know this gift isn’t worth much, so please don’t mind. It’s just a small token for the children. As your uncle, I know I did a lot of things wrong in the past. I don’t expect you to forgive me right away, or to treat me the way you treat my older brother, but I truly realize what a bastard I was back then."