Islands 烟火人家 Episode 4

Meng Yian found Qiu Xia in the name of Qiuqiu and took him to visit private schools. But when Qiu Xia learned that this school had been boarding since elementary school, he couldn't accept it anyway, and even had a big quarrel with Meng Yi'an because of it. Qiu Xia accused Meng Yian of choosing boarding school for the convenience of starting his own business, but Meng Yian emphasized that it was for the sake of Qiuqiu's future. The two of them had their own opinions and refused to give in to each other. In order to stop his parents from quarreling, Qiuqiu said that he could not go to this school, which made Meng Yian very distressed.

His father, Li Chengzhi, took the initiative to call Li Yijin. He first expressed greetings and then got to the point, saying that she had grown up and it was time to make money to support the family. He hoped that Li Yijin would send home a monthly salary of 1,500 for living expenses. Although Li Yijin was heartbroken, he still agreed to Li Chengzhi's request.

The next morning, Li Yijin went to the company and learned that her mother, Meng Mingwei, had resigned on her behalf. Li Yijin, who had no idea about this, was very angry and called Meng Mingwei to question her, blaming her behavior for affecting his work. However, Meng Mingwei didn't think there was anything wrong with her. On the contrary, the reason why Li Yijin failed so much was because she was disobedient. Meng Mingwei's words made Li Yijin sad, and he immediately made a decision to share the apartment with Tao Shuna.

Later, Meng Yi'an helped Li Yijin and Tao Shuna move. Tao Shuna, who was not aware of the situation, even called Qiu Xia over, which surprised Meng Yi'an. Considering Qiuqiu's feelings, Meng Yian also revealed to Qiu Xia that he would let his daughter go to a public school. At this time, Qiuqiu's dance teacher Xiao Yao took the initiative to contact Qiu Xia, originally intending to invite him to watch a movie together. However, after she heard Meng Yi'an's voice, she suppressed her dissatisfaction, pretended to be considerate, and deliberately Set the circle of friends to be visible only to him.

While Li Yijin was packing her things, she received a call from Zhou Xie's friend and learned that Zhou Zhou had been laid off and could not be reached at the moment. Worried about Zhou Zhou's safety, Li Yijin went directly to find Meng Yian after he left, and sure enough he found him at his original residence. Li Yijin misses the seemingly ordinary but happy days in the past, but she is puzzled as to why it has become like this. Despite this, she still hopes Zhou Zhou can live a good life as a friend.

After careful consideration, Li Yijin contacted Meng Yi'an and asked Meng Yi'an to help Zhou Zhou find a job, and Meng Yi'an readily agreed. On the other hand, Meng Mingwei suffered a recurrence of his leg injury due to overwork and the weather. Meng Wanqing and Meng Mingwei each called their daughters, and their attitudes were completely different. Li Yijin didn't want Meng Mingwei to know about the shared apartment, so she covered it up during the video call.

Because Li Yijin and Tao Shuna had different work and rest patterns, Meng Mingwei frequently sent messages to Li Yijin, and the sound woke up Tao Shuna who was sleeping in, making her very unhappy. Li Yijin was in a hurry to go to work. When he saw Tao Shuna's shoes scattered at the door, he couldn't help complaining, but he still helped her put the shoes away.

But it was precisely because Li Yijin was too mysophobic and liked to collect bottles that Tao Shuna felt dissatisfied and complained to her friends. Li Yijin called Zhao Yuan to tell her story, but Cui Baohui happened to hear her. Cui Baohui was worried that Li Yijin and Zhao Yuan had a good relationship and Zhao Yuan would take the opportunity to say bad things about him, so he made some insinuations. Fortunately, he did not hear any bad news. He encouraged Li Yijin to continue to follow up on the Cranberry project, but unfortunately, Manager Yao was on a temporary business trip and the two could not meet.

On the other hand, Li Chengzhi stole Meng Mingwei's money to trade in stocks and misappropriated Qiao Haiyun's pension. After Meng Mingwei found out, he wanted to get the money back, but Li Chengzhi made excuses to hide it, causing the family to have no money to buy food. Qiao Haiyun realized this and wanted to use money to support his family. Meng Wanqing brought fresh fish to the door for dinner, and transferred a thousand yuan to Meng Mingwei.

Li Yijin heard Tao Shuna call Meng Wanqing and begged her not to tell Meng Mingwei about the shared apartment. Meng Wanqing happened to be in the kitchen. When she heard this, she quickly went to the balcony to prevent Meng Mingwei from knowing about it. Tao Shuna didn't know how to mop the floor after taking a shower. She didn't take care of the water stains on the floor, causing Li Yijin to fall. Li Yijin came over to remind her.