Besides the benefits I received from Zhou Jinglan, I also had to give up my meager savings. How could I do that?

"Dad, Mom! We can't touch our family's savings. If we empty our coffers, how will I ever get married? My life will be over!" Leng Yaozu finally panicked.

Because he realized that they simply didn't have the ability to repay all of this.

“Yaozu, it’s not a matter of whether we have to empty our coffers or not. Even if we do, we still won’t be able to pay it back!” Xu Fangfang cried out. She felt sorry for her son and for the money, but she was even more afraid that if she didn’t pay back the money, she would be arrested and locked up.

What should we do?

The family was filled with worry and stayed at home all day—they couldn't go out now, because if they did, all the villagers would point and whisper about them.

The details of the compensation are like a knife hanging over their necks, ready to fall at any moment.

At best, it will peel off a layer of skin; at worst, it will be fatal.

"Old Leng, what should we do? Should we run away and go somewhere the police can't find us?" Xu Fangfang was always coming up with terrible ideas.

She figured that since she was now a pariah in Lengjia Village, staying there would only be unbearable. So she might as well run away. That way, she could change her environment, and maybe if she got lucky, the police wouldn't be able to find her and she could save the compensation money.

“Where do you think you can run away and get away with it? The police found you as soon as they said they were looking for you!” Leng Qisheng said.

If running away was effective, how come the police could have caught up with me when I ran back from Beijing?

Besides, living that kind of unstable, nomadic life would definitely cost more money, and their current financial situation can't support that kind of lifestyle.

"It's over, it's over, I'll never be able to find a wife, I'll never be able to find a wife..." Leng Yaozu kept repeating this sentence, and he even deliberately provoked Leng Qisheng, "If I can't find a wife, the Leng family line will end! Dad, it's all my fault for being unfilial, it's all my fault for being unfilial!"

Is the Leng family line dead?

No, absolutely not!

The Leng family's assets cannot be touched; they are meant to be saved for Leng Yaozu's wedding. But the family's assets also need to be used to pay compensation. Where will this money come from?

"Old Leng, Big Shadow!" Xu Fangfang suddenly thought of Leng Yingying.

With such a big thing happening in the family, everyone has suffered, but Leng Yingying is completely unharmed. How can Xu Fangfang feel at peace with that?

Besides, Leng Yingying isn't Xu Fangfang's biological daughter, so why should she care about Leng Yingying's life or death? If she doesn't exploit her, who else should she exploit?

As for Leng Qisheng, he never cared about his daughter. In his eyes, his daughter was just a tool for collecting dowries, whether it was Leng Yingying or Leng Yinghong.

Now that the Leng family is in trouble, everyone has to find a way to contribute, and this is the time for Leng Yingying to dedicate herself to the Leng family.

Leng Yingying should feel honored by this!

“Yes, and her too,” Leng Qisheng finally smiled, licking his back teeth as he said, “How could I forget her? She’s in the army now, so she must have some income, which can help us out!”

“That’s exactly right! Lao Leng, you raised her all these years, it’s only natural that you expect her to be filial to you now!” Xu Fangfang calculated.

"That's right..."

Upon hearing this, Leng Yaozu realized that he had a chance to save his wife, and he immediately became happy again.

“Even if Big Shadow can’t come up with that much money right now, we can deliberately have her borrow from her comrades. They’re all soldiers, they all have income, they can definitely scrape together that amount of money!” Xu Fangfang said.

"Yes, let her raise the money!"

Leng Yingying is now in the military. They also have her address; they kept it when they sent the letter.

However, having learned from their previous experience in the capital, this time when they went to the capital again, they did not pack all their belongings. Instead, they planned to go alone, get the money, and come back as soon as possible.

"It would be best if we could ask for more. Let's negotiate and the rest can be considered as her way of showing filial piety to us," Xu Fangfang said.

Having previously received financial assistance from Zhou Jinglan, and having grown accustomed to a comfortable life, who would want to return to a less fortunate existence?

And so, the family, with their wishful thinking in mind, headed to the capital once again.

At that time, Leng Yingying was chatting with Su Yueya in the medical department—and incidentally, she was stealing some snacks that Su Yueya had brought.

"Them? They're much more obedient now, they don't dare to cause me any more trouble," Leng Yingying said confidently.

Even a platoon leader, no matter how low their rank, is still an officer. Those three cowards are easy to manipulate, whether they're officers or not. Might makes right!

Su Yueya: "..."

This certainly fits Leng Yingying's personality; she believes in the power of strength and that might makes right.

Such a personality is indeed well-suited for a career in the military.

Today he's just a junior platoon leader, but his future is limitless.

"Now that you're a platoon leader, how about we bring up the issue of changing dormitories again?" Su Yueya suggested. After all, it's quite annoying to be with people you don't get along with every day.

"Forget it, sigh... the platoon leader isn't qualified to bring this up yet. If I bring it up now and get rejected, it'll only make me more upset," Leng Yingying said. She was well aware that the platoon leader's influence wasn't significant enough.

"I heard your sister was getting married. How is it? Have they moved to the capital yet?" Su Yueya asked again, intending to reveal that they had already let Zhou Jinglan know the truth.

"No! But I don't know either. They haven't sent another letter since they didn't reply last time."

[Hey, female lead! You and your sister need to step up your game! Whether Leng Yinghong's marriage will go through depends on whether her sister acknowledges her! I wonder if I was clear enough last time...]

"It's quite a coincidence. Xinruo saved that Battalion Commander Zhou when she was on a mission. She had a connection with him when she was a child. When we visited him last time, it just so happened that..." Su Yueya gave a brief account of how they recognized each other.

"It's quite similar to your sister's story with her fiancé. I just wonder if Xinruo and this Battalion Commander Zhou will have the same fate..." Su Yueya said deliberately.

She thought that perhaps she could learn from Leng Yingying's thoughts whether her sister and Zhou Jinglan would develop feelings for each other.

Wow! That's amazing! That's so awesome, so awesome, so awesome, hahaha!

Leng Yingying appeared calm on the surface, but inside she was already having fireworks—no, fireworks exploding.

[Marriage? Let's see how that heartless Leng Yinghong gets married now. She's doomed, her dream shattered, she's going to be abandoned, hahaha!]

[Hopefully Zhou Jinglan has a temper; it would be best if he settled accounts with them. It would be such a waste if he let them off so easily, tsk tsk tsk...]

【I'm tempted to go back and watch the show! But forget it, I'd better not get involved. Who knows what other trouble this family might cause? Anyway, it's none of my business!】

Su Yueya almost laughed when she heard this, so she quickly picked up her cup and took a sip of the spiritual spring water to hide her expression.

To replenish her spiritual spring water, Su Yueya drinks spiritual spring water from her cup every day. She takes a sip whenever she remembers, without deliberately drinking more, mainly emphasizing spontaneity.