Chapter 425 Such a Coincidence

Jiang Zhizhi didn't know when Shen Luojia would come to find her, and she told Zhou Xiye about it after she got home.

Zhou Xiye held his daughter, listened attentively to Jiang Zhizhi's gossip, and asked questions appropriately, giving full play to her imagination.

The more Jiang Zhizhi analyzed, the more she felt that her analysis made sense: "I feel that the Shen family's attitude towards this daughter is very perfunctory, maybe it's just for a substitute marriage! By the way, do you know about the Chu family?"

Zhou Xiye thought for a moment and said, "There aren't many people with the surname Chu. The leader in charge of North China has the surname Chu."

Jiang Zhizhi thought it was very likely him: "I guess so. Someone who can make Shen Qingping go to such lengths to curry favor must be two or three levels higher than him."

He frowned as he spoke, "If that's really the case, then is there really something wrong with the Chu family's son?"

Zhou Xiye had indeed heard of this, after all, Zhao Haiyang had lived in Beijing for many years and he had met him twice recently, and Zhou had shared some gossip with him.

"I heard that the Chu family has a daughter and a son. The son should be over thirty years old. He has a mental problem and has been kept at home. He has never been out much."

Jiang Zhizhi asked curiously, "And then?"

Zhou Xiye shook his head: "That's all I've heard. I don't know anything else."

Jiang Zhizhi said with some regret, "Who told you that? You can ask them again when you have time."

She wondered if, like in novels, the other party was said to be disabled and mentally challenged, but was actually a hidden big shot who would rise up after being forced into marriage.

Seeing the gossip in her eyes, Zhou Xiye thought for a moment and said, "I'll ask her again later."

Jiang Zhizhi was satisfied: "You have to listen to the whole thing from now on, otherwise, my mom, my aunt, and I will have nothing to talk about at home."

Zhou Xiye: "..."

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Jiang Zhizhi didn't expect that Shen Luojia would come looking for her in the evening.

She refused to come to the house, so Jiang Zhizhi had to go to the front gate to find her.

As I stepped out of the gate, I saw Shen Luojia standing on the other side of the road, a little distance away from the gate. She was still wearing a floral shirt, with two long, dark braids hanging down her chest, thick bangs, and carrying a basket.

Her clothes and pants were a bit too big, concealing her slender figure.

Jiang Zhizhi looked around and, seeing no one, walked over and asked, "Why aren't you waiting in the duty room?"

Shen Luojia raised her hand to brush her bangs aside and smiled at Jiang Zhizhi: "No, if I go to sit in the duty room, it won't be like me."

Jiang Zhizhi instantly understood what she meant. Her persona was that of a country girl who had never seen the world, so how could she possibly sit openly in the duty room?

He suddenly laughed: "Aren't you afraid I'll tell your parents?"

Shen Luojia shook her head, her eyes serious: "I know you won't, I have a gut feeling about it."

Jiang Zhizhi looked around and said, "Shall we go into the woods and find a place to sit down and talk?"

Shen Luojia had no objections and followed Jiang Zhizhi into the woods.

Finding a dry spot, Jiang Zhizhi sat down on the ground and patted the area next to her: "Do you mind?"

Shen Luojia paused for a moment, then sat down nimbly, her eyes crinkling into a smile: "Why would I mind? I grew up in the countryside."

Jiang Zhizhi looked Shen Luojia up and down again. She was indeed very beautiful, but when she smiled, she had a kind of simple and honest charm: "Have you been living with your grandma in the countryside all this time?"

Shen Luojia nodded: "Yes, but I had a high fever when I was a child, and my mind isn't working very well. Sometimes I don't speak coherently."

Jiang Zhizhi shook her head: "I can't tell at all."

Shen Luojia smiled happily; "Really? When I was a child, the neighborhood kids all called me an idiot, and I would beat them up. Although I'm not very bright, I'm very strong, and they couldn't beat me."

“If they can’t beat me, they’ll go back and tell their parents. Their parents will then bring them to my grandma to complain. My grandma will kick them all out and then cook me eggs.”

When Shen Luojia looked up as she spoke, her eyes were bright and glistening with tears.

Jiang Zhizhi could imagine how hard it must be for an elderly person to take care of a small child, and how they would be bullied by the villagers.

Shen Luojia blinked and looked at Jiang Zhizhi: "So, Grandma is a very important person to me."

“My grandmother is sick. They want me to marry a mentally challenged man. I don’t want to, so they hide my grandmother and say that if I want to, they will find a doctor to treat her.”

"He even said that I'm an idiot, so it's perfect for me to marry an idiot. My dad said the miracle doctor he found is you, and that you can treat my grandma."

As she spoke, Shen Luojia suddenly reached out and grabbed Jiang Zhizhi's wrist: "Sister-in-law, can you save my grandma?"

Jiang Zhizhi was startled by Shen Luojia's sudden action. Seeing her anxious tone, she quickly comforted her, "Don't rush, tell me slowly, where is your grandma now?"

Shen Luojia was stunned for a moment, then suddenly let go, her eyes full of confusion, and kept shaking her head: "I don't know, I don't know where they hid my grandma. It's all my fault. I brought my grandma to Beijing for medical treatment."

He shook his head again as he spoke: "No, it was my dad who said he was bringing Grandma to Beijing for medical treatment, but after we arrived in Beijing, he hid Grandma and took me home instead."

Seeing her flustered and incoherent, Jiang Zhizhi held her hand and comforted her, "Don't worry, let's talk slowly. Did you see your grandmother again after that?"

Shen Luojia shook her head: "No, my dad said he'll send Grandma to a very good hospital. As long as I'm obedient and get married, I'll be able to see Grandma."

Moreover, after returning to the Shen family, her married older sister Shen Yuping also came back and called her a fool, and her younger sister Shen Yuzhi also called her a fool.

Even her mother said she was stupid, and that it was just right for her to marry a fool.

She didn't care about any of that, as long as she could see her grandmother. She had her own ideas: as long as she could see her grandmother and cure her illness, she didn't care what people said.

She can pretend she didn't hear it.

However, if they don't get medical treatment for Grandma, she won't let any of them get away with it.

As Jiang Zhizhi looked at Shen Luojia, whose gaze was gradually hardening, she suddenly had a bad feeling.

Shen Luojia's grandmother is probably really gone, but Shen Qingping is still using her as leverage to keep Shen Luojia from getting married.

Once Shen Luojia gets married, what can she do even if she finds out the truth later?

Jiang Zhizhi squeezed Shen Luojia's hand: "Don't worry, let me take a look at your illness first, okay?"

Shen Luojia asked in confusion, "Why are you treating me? I'm not sick. I'm just slow to react. I'm really not stupid."

Jiang Zhizhi quickly smiled and reassured her, "I didn't say you were stupid. Let me take a look at you first. Let's see if we can solve this problem of slow brain reaction. You have to trust my medical skills."

Shen Luojia gave an "oh" and let Jiang Zhizhi take her pulse.

Jiang Zhizhi took Shen Luojia's pulse, her expression gradually becoming serious, and then she looked at Shen Luojia incredulously.

Her pulse was exactly the same as Song Wanying's!