For the next few days, Yue Qing rested at home. It wasn't that she didn't want to go out, but every time she suggested going to school, Madam Song would refuse, telling her to take more time off and rest at home.
At this time, the original owner, Song Jiaran, was studying finance and management at Yancheng University. It was the second semester of her third year, and she had planned to intern at the Song family's company in her fourth year after completing her current semester's courses.
Song Jiaran was considerate of her parents and wanted to share some of their responsibilities. However, the original owner was not cut out for managing a company. After marrying Shen Yi'an, she had stayed at home.
Father Song had given Song Jiaran fifteen percent of the Song family's company shares, which was enough to maintain her comfortable and secure life.
One of the reasons Father Song had insisted on an engagement was that Song Jiaran was currently attending school. Song Jiaran was twenty-one years old, and Shen Yi'an was twenty-five. Mother and Father Song were reluctant to let Song Jiaran marry so early and wanted to keep her at home for a few more years. Therefore, the alliance with the Shen family was planned as an engagement first, followed by marriage. Yue Qing's arrival prevented this alliance.
Yue Qing had experience in company management. The Song family primarily dealt in real estate, with some involvement in other industries.
The Shen family also primarily engaged in real estate, but on a smaller scale than the Song family. The Shen family had previously faced financial difficulties due to problems with a commercial plaza construction project.
Yue Qing repeatedly asked Madam Song to return to school, stating that she had moved on and would no longer be heartbroken over a scumbag like Shen Yi'an.
However, Madam Song was still worried, so Yue Qing had no choice but to ask for a few days off from school to stay home with Madam Song.
Yue Qing, however, did not remain idle. While Father and Mother Song were not paying attention, she discreetly took their pulses. Both were in good health, though as they aged, they would need to take better care of themselves in the future.
Medicinal cuisine was the method Yue Qing devised. She wrote down several recipes and gave them to Aunt Zhang, who cooked for the family, instructing her to prepare them for Father and Mother Song at specific times.
Aunt Zhang was an excellent cook, and Yue Qing learned from her, improving her culinary skills significantly. Previously, she could cook, but the taste was not great.
Father and Mother Song were pleased to see their daughter learning to cook for the family. They felt that after this incident, their daughter had matured, become more sensible, and learned to care for her family.
The day after the Song and Shen families called off their engagement, prominent affluent families in Yancheng were generally aware of the situation. Some families with good relationships with the Song family called to inquire about the reasons for the broken engagement.
Father Song simply informed them that it was due to Shen Yi'an of the Shen family, and he did not elaborate further. He did not want his daughter to become a topic of gossip.
These prominent families were shrewd individuals. Upon hearing Father Song's explanation, they sent people to investigate and learned about Shen Yi'an's situation. Such sordid affairs were common among affluent families.
Families friendly with the Song family, or those wishing to curry favor with them, unhesitatingly refused Shen Yi'an's pleas for help from the Shen family.
Shen Yi'an had initially believed that without the Song family's help, the Shen family could seek assistance from other affluent families. However, all their negotiations were met with refusal.
Shen Yi'an was in a frantic state. He also vaguely heard that those who had refused were all connected to the Song family. Shen Yi'an realized this was the Song family's retaliation, and he became filled with resentment, hating the Song family and Song Jiaran even more.
The more Shen Yi'an hated the Song family and Song Jiaran, the happier Chen Yu became. This was because the more hatred Shen Yi'an harbored for Song Jiaran, the less likely they were to be together, and the greater her chances of marrying into the Shen family.
Chen Yu believed that if she could weather this difficult time with the Shen family and Shen Yi'an, the Shen family would eventually accept her.
Yue Qing was unconcerned with these affluent family disputes and gossip in Yancheng.
She focused solely on her own affairs. Yue Qing returned to school to continue her classes and enrolled in a martial arts training class, wanting to learn more self-defense skills so she could protect herself in times of danger.
She diligently worked to compensate for her lacking abilities, believing that learning more would never be detrimental. Yue Qing lived each day to the fullest.
Yue Qing made it a point to go for a run outside every day to exercise. After running a lap around the neighborhood streets, Yue Qing prepared to head home.
She had to admit that the Song family's neighborhood had a truly wonderful environment, with lush trees, fresh air, and clean streets. After her run, Yue Qing felt a sense of joy and lightness.
On her way home, Yue Qing saw a dog lying on the ground. It was a white Samoyed, whimpering and whimpering, with an injured leg that seemed to have been bitten, its blood staining the fur.
Seeing Yue Qing approach, the Samoyed stared at her with its eyes, looking pitiful and wronged.
Yue Qing looked at it with compassion. This dog likely belonged to someone in the neighborhood. She wondered how it had gotten out and gotten injured.
She crouched down to examine its injured leg. The Samoyed affectionately leaned its head over and licked Yue Qing's hand.
Seeing that it couldn't walk, Yue Qing reached out and picked it up, intending to take it home to bandage its wound.
Fortunately, the Samoyed was still a puppy, weighing only about ten to fifteen pounds. If it were an adult, weighing thirty to fifty pounds, Yue Qing would have had difficulty carrying it.
Uncle Zhang saw Yue Qing carrying a dog and hurried over to take it. Yue Qing handed the dog to Uncle Zhang.
Uncle Zhang was the family's butler, and Aunt Zhang was his wife. They had a son, Little Zhang, who drove for Father Song. The three of them worked diligently for the Song family.
Yue Qing retrieved the medical kit, treated the Samoyed's wound, and then bandaged it.
"Uncle Zhang, do you know whose dog this is?" Yue Qing thought that since Uncle Zhang had lived in this neighborhood for over ten years, he would be familiar with the situation.
Uncle Zhang thought for a moment and then replied to Yue Qing, "Miss, I don't know whose dog it is. This dog is still young, likely brought here to be raised only in the last few days, so I don't recognize it. I'll take a picture later and post a lost and found notice at the property management office. That way, the owner will contact us if they see it."
"Okay, thank you for your trouble, Uncle Zhang," Yue Qing nodded.
Yue Qing played with the Samoyed in the yard for a while. After breakfast, she went to school.
When she returned home after classes in the afternoon, she saw a man standing in the yard talking to Uncle Zhang.
Upon seeing Yue Qing return, Uncle Zhang introduced the man standing in the yard to her, "Miss, this is Mr. Zhou, the owner of this Samoyed."
The man was around twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, with a handsome face. He wore a white shirt with the sleeves casually rolled up, exuding a simple and elegant demeanor. He was holding the injured dog in his arms.
Yue Qing looked at the man's handsome, unfamiliar face, and her heart trembled slightly. A sense of inexplicable familiarity followed, as if it were etched deep within her soul.
Yue Qing felt somewhat bewildered. She was certain she had never met this man in her previous life. Where did this inexplicable sense of familiarity come from?
"Miss Song, thank you for treating Bei Bei today," the man said, thanking Yue Qing. He had already learned the details of the situation from Uncle Zhang.
"It's nothing. I just saw it was injured and helped bandage it, which was within my ability," Yue Qing said, waving her hands. "Its name is Bei Bei?"