Chapter 49

49.

Cheng Yajun's reason sounded too far-fetched, and Rui Xi and Guan Yue didn't really believe it.

Guan Yue asked, "You...don't want Cheng Lingjun to come home?"

Could it be that she dislikes Cheng Lingjun, which is why she's acting this way? Guan Yue couldn't help but wonder if this inexplicable woman harbored ill intentions towards Cheng Lingjun, but it didn't seem like it. When Cheng Xiuwen and Lin confronted her earlier, this Cheng Yajun didn't step in or speak ill of her, so she didn't seem that bad.

Could it be that they're afraid Cheng Lingjun will come back and fight for the family fortune? But in this world, men and women shouldn't be able to fight over it, right?

Cheng Yajun seemed to see what Guan Yue was thinking, and just smiled, "Whether he goes home or not has nothing to do with me. Rather, I just want to help him."

"he?"

"My younger brother, Cheng Lingjun."

"Why?" Guan Yue was still confused. "If you want to help him, shouldn't you help him go home? He was forced into this situation by you guys in the first place."

Cheng Yajun looked at Rui Xi beside her and said, "Village Chief Rui should know the reason, right?"

Rui Xi nodded. "Xiao Cheng used to want to go home but couldn't. Now, I'm afraid he won't want to go back."

Guan Yue frowned, still not believing it: "Are you saying he actually doesn't want to go home? But if he doesn't want to go home, why doesn't he refuse?"

He rejected her very readily.

“Well,” Cheng Yajun looked at her, “I’m afraid it’s because of you.”

“Me?” Guan Yue pointed to her own nose.

Cheng Yajun is usually quiet, but when she is willing to explain to someone, she can be very patient. “My younger brother always worries more about others and thinks less about himself. If he stays here, he will inevitably make you miss him. Of course, he will also make you miss him. He must think that he and you are not a good match, so he does not want to stay. Going home is a natural reason.”

"Why does he think we're not good enough? He's so great, I'm afraid he doesn't like me..."

As Guan Yue spoke, her eyes reddened. If she hadn't discovered that Cheng Lingjun would leave Dahuai Village, she would have been the coward who wouldn't have confessed her feelings. How could she compare to Cheng Lingjun? Back then, she was a poor, clueless newcomer, burdened with a bad reputation as a rogue. It was Cheng Lingjun who pulled her out of the mud. She just didn't want him to leave.

Cheng Yajun looked at her for a long time before nodding, "I didn't misjudge you."

"Hmm?" Guan Yue composed herself and looked at her.

“It’s nothing,” Cheng Yajun turned around, “If you really want to, I can help you keep Ling Jun.”

Guan Yue hesitated, "But he might not be willing..."

Guan Yue didn't want to pressure Cheng Lingjun. No matter what Cheng Yajun and Rui Xi said, she was still half-believing and half-doubting. Cheng Lingjun had never said he liked her from beginning to end, and she still didn't quite believe what others said. She really wanted Cheng Lingjun to stay, but she hoped it was voluntary and not forced.

Cheng Yajun pondered for a moment and said, "Alright, I happen to have met a few friends in the underworld. Perhaps I can ask them for help. Of course, I also hope that Village Chief Rui can help me out. In return, I'll stall here a little longer..."

Cheng Yajun called Guan Yue and Rui Xi closer and explained it to them. The two were dumbfounded. They really were from the underworld. This was too brutal.

Cheng Yajun assured them that nothing would happen, and Guan Yue and Rui Xi went about their own business.

At noon, the Cheng family members returned to Guping Town without having eaten lunch.

On the carriage, Cheng Xiu complained, "You're packing so slowly. If you had been faster, we could have gotten back sooner. Now we're going to go hungry for a long time."

Wen Lin was feeding Li Guang the leftover steamed buns from the morning. The buns were a bit hard, and the child was having some difficulty eating them. Cheng Lingjun was handing them water from the side.

Wen Lin said, "The master is fine, but it's Li Guang who's the problem. I should have bought some better snacks to take with me."

Cheng Xiu snorted, "I wonder who it was that was dawdling there doing nothing, making us take so long to clean up."

Cheng Yajun, who had been called out, pretended not to hear and closed her eyes to rest.

Cheng Xiu knew she couldn't reason with her second daughter, so she could only grumble and complain to herself.

Cheng Lingjun glanced at his second sister with a strange look. In fact, he had seen it. While his parents and he were packing things up, his second sister had been dawdling in the corner. At that time, his mother was busy instructing his father on how to put this and how to put that, so she didn't notice her. Cheng Lingjun was preoccupied and moved very slowly, so he saw that his second sister had secretly taken out the things that his mother had painstakingly put away.

The second sister noticed that he had seen her, but she nonchalantly walked to another corner and continued to secretly put the things out.

Cheng Lingjun was completely baffled. Just then, her mother saw that her second sister wasn't doing any work, so she loudly scolded her and told her to hurry up. Her second sister muttered to herself that since they were all coming back anyway, it would be a waste of time to clean up.

Cheng Lingjun found it strange at the time and was about to ask a few questions when his second sister saw him coming and turned to go in another direction.

"Does Xiao Li Guang want to go home?"

This guy even went to tease his own son. Cheng Xiu rolled her eyes behind him, and Wen Lin shook his head. Seeing that they couldn't count on Cheng Yajun, the two of them went to take care of the child themselves. It was better to let Cheng Yajun take care of the child so that he wouldn't cause trouble.

Seeing that his second sister was focused on talking to Li Guang, Cheng Lingjun didn't go forward again. It took nearly an hour to finally pack up the things. His second sister was also helping out, which made the packing even slower. But slow as it was, things eventually got packed up. Looking at the empty room, Cheng Lingjun felt a moment of disorientation, as if he had just moved here, but there was something different. Back then he was confused, but now he was reluctant to leave.

Cheng Lingjun stood at the door for a long time until Cheng Xiu came to urge her, then she took her son's hand and walked out.

The carriage stopped at the village entrance; they could simply walk there.

As Cheng Lingjun left, she hoped to see Guan Yue, but she didn't see her. She wondered where Guan Yue had gone, but she felt a little relieved. Guan Yue must have given up completely. That was good. Not seeing her meant she wouldn't be so sad.

After they got into the car, it was already noon and they hadn't eaten yet. Cheng Xiu complained that Cheng Yajun was dawdling and that's why they were delayed for so long; otherwise, they would have gone home for lunch long ago.

Cheng Yajun pretended not to hear and ate the cold steamed buns that Wen Lin had given him. Cheng Lingjun also took one, but he had no appetite and didn't feel hungry.

Wen Lin looked at him, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back.

Cheng Lingjun saw it but didn't say anything. Wen Lin couldn't help but whisper, "Lingjun, are you... telling the truth?"

"What truth?" Cheng Lingjun asked absentmindedly.

Wen Lin glanced at Cheng Xiu and noticed that her attention wasn't on them, so he leaned close to Cheng Lingjun's ear and said, "Based on what you said to Guan Yue, there really isn't anything between you two... huh?"

As a fellow man, Wen Lin was very perceptive. He immediately sensed something was wrong, but Cheng Lingjun spoke with absolute certainty, and in front of everyone, he couldn't ask anything. Then, they quickly started tidying up the house, and the expression on Cheng Lingjun's face while tidying up was indescribable.

Wen Lin's doubts grew stronger. If what Ling Jun said was true, then why was he so unwilling to leave Dahuai Village? Did he simply not want to go home? Come to think of it, he originally didn't want to go back, so why wasn't he refusing them now?

Wen Lin felt that her son's change was a bit too fast. At home, he was very firm in his words to his mother, but in Dahuai Village, he seemed to be less resistant to living at home.

Moreover, the way he looked at Guan Yue made Wen Lin increasingly uneasy.

Therefore, in the car, Wen Lin couldn't help but ask, and Cheng Lingjun was stunned for a moment before subconsciously replying, "No."

“But…” Wen Lin was about to ask another question.

The carriage jolted and came to a stop. It was far from Guping Town at this hour, and everyone was stunned. Cheng Xiu lifted the curtain and shouted, "Why did you stop...!"

The curtain was lifted, and everyone in the car could see that two people were blocking the desolate road.

The two women were both tall, each holding a wooden stick and a knife handle respectively, their gleaming light reflecting in the eyes of everyone in the car.

"Yes, yes... robbers..." Wen Lin trembled, hugging Li Guang and shrinking back.

Cheng Xiu was also pale, but she still mustered her courage and shouted, "What...what do you want to do?"

The two women chuckled. "What are you planning to do? You should know."

"I...we don't know..."

The two men got excited. "Take everything out of the car, and get the men out too. If you behave, we might spare your lives. Otherwise, hmph hmph hmph..."

As he spoke, he brandished his weapon, making a whooshing sound.

Cheng Yajun, listening in the car, couldn't help but roll her eyes. This act was a bit too exaggerated. They must have watched too many plays and gotten so into it.

However, as the person who arranged all of this, she was naturally not afraid, but the others in the car were terrified, especially Wen Lin, who was holding Cheng Lingjun and Li Guang's hands tightly, his forehead covered in sweat.

Cheng Lingjun was alright, but his face was pale. He was thinking about how this could have happened. It had never happened before. Moreover, this road was obviously not right. It was like a small path, not the main road they were used to.

Is there something wrong with this car girl? Or...?

Cheng Lingjun had no time to think, because the people outside the car were closing in step by step. He could only look at his mother and second sister, asking with his eyes what to do now.

The second sister seemed to be in a daze, just staring blankly outside without any reaction.

The mother did move, but she only trembled as she backed away, saying, "Please, kind ladies, spare our whole family. We'll give you any amount of money you want, as long as you let us go..."

Cheng Lingjun held Li Guang in her arms, afraid that he would cry and anger the robbers. But to her surprise, Li Guang didn't seem scared at all and even looked outside with curious eyes.

Has this child never seen robbers before? Is he just a fearless newborn calf?

Cheng Lingjun's mind was also in turmoil. He was thinking about how to escape. They weren't too far from Dahuai Village. If just one of them could run back...

At this critical moment, a voice that shouldn't have been there came from outside the car.

"Let them go!"