Granny Zhao rubbed her eyes in disbelief and counted the wad of money in her hand again and again.

One hundred yuan, not a penny less.

Shen Honggang had heard last night that Shen Jingyan had made some money by partnering with someone in town to do business. He thought the young girl was just dabbling and had made twenty or thirty yuan to buy some odds and ends.

To everyone's surprise, Shen Jingyan suddenly took out one hundred yuan!

That's equivalent to five months' salary for him!

He then realized with a start that he had underestimated his niece!

Shen Yuqin was even more astonished when she saw Shen Jingyan take out one hundred yuan without hesitation.

Yesterday, she and Chen Feng saw Shen Jingyan buying clothes lavishly, spending at least sixty or seventy yuan.

With the hundred yuan she took out today, Shen Jingyan has at least two hundred yuan on her!

What kind of business does she run that can earn two hundred yuan?

Shen Yuqin's eyes gleamed with jealousy. She had never even seen what two hundred yuan looked like, let alone owned two hundred yuan!

"Are you sure you've counted them correctly? Are there any missing?"

Calmly ask Granny Zhao.

“Not a penny less! Not a single cent less!” Granny Zhao hurriedly said.

"Then why aren't you leaving?" Shen Jingyan raised her voice slightly, and a sense of oppression followed.

Granny Zhao waved to her group of relatives, who had nothing to say and kept quiet before leaving the Shen family.

As she reached the door, Granny Zhao glanced at Shen Jingyan with great regret.

"What a wonderful girl! She's such a perfect match for my son. Why won't she marry into our family?"

He listened calmly and sneered.

“Aunt Zhao, your family is wealthy, I am not worthy of your status. You should find a daughter-in-law whose intelligence matches your son’s.”

Normally, if anyone dared to say that Granny Zhao's youngest son was mentally challenged, she would definitely give that person a thorough dressing-down.

But for some reason, when she faced Shen Jingyan today, her fighting spirit seemed to dissipate like loose sand, unable to coalesce.

He could only snort angrily twice and leave with his group of relatives.

"Ding—Congratulations, Master! You have completed the mission and earned 1,000 points!"

Shen Jingyan felt a little happy when she heard the system notification.

Although a thousand points isn't a lot, it brings her a little closer to her goal of one million points.

After the person left, Shen Honggang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but a feeling of guilt immediately welled up in his heart.

He's so useless; he even has to have his niece pay off his debts.

He held the thirty yuan he had lost and found in his hand, his heart filled with mixed feelings.

After hesitating for a while, he stuffed the thirty yuan into Shen Jingyan's hand.

"Jingya, it's my fault for being incompetent. Take this thirty yuan first, and the rest..."

Shen Jingyan smiled and pushed Shen Honggang's hand back.

“Uncle, you are my own uncle, blood is thicker than water. How can a hundred or two hundred yuan compare to our friendship?”

"That's right, that's right. Jingya is rich now. Use this money to buy me a coat."

As Shen Yuqin spoke, she tried to snatch the money from Shen Honggang's hand.

She's now focused on looking glamorous and becoming the center of attention when visiting relatives during the Chinese New Year.

Before her hand even touched the money, Shen Honggang angrily slapped her.

"Why are you buying a coat? All you ever do is buy things for yourself. Do you even know how you're going to spend that money? And will you feel at ease spending it?"

He was utterly disappointed in his youngest daughter.

She didn't learn any of the virtues of kindness, friendliness, diligence, or intelligence. Instead, she learned a host of bad habits from Chen Feng, such as selfishness, meanness, and greed.

Sometimes he even felt regretful, wondering why Jingya wasn't his biological daughter.

This slap stunned Shen Yuqin.

She was used to being carefree and spoiled since childhood, and Shen Honggang couldn't bear to slap her.

She felt the slap was particularly painful, especially since she was hit in front of Shen Jingyan!

In the past, she would gloat as she watched Shen Jingyan get beaten by Chen Feng. Every time Shen Jingyan was beaten and covered in bruises, she would run up to her and stab her in the back with cold words.

Unexpectedly, the tables have turned, and today Shen Jingyan has witnessed her being beaten up in such a pathetic state!

She turned red with anger and started wailing and crying at Shen Honggang.

"What's wrong with me spending money? What girl doesn't get new clothes for the New Year? Jingya got some, so why can't I?"

Shen Honggang was so angry at her unreasonable words that he almost fainted.

"Jingya buys clothes with her own money. You're a grown woman of eighteen or nineteen. How much money have you ever earned?"

Enraged, he slapped Shen Yuqin again.

This slap was louder than the one before, startling the old hen in the yard into clucking loudly.

Chen Feng came out of the closet and heard the sound of slaps coming one after another, mixed with Shen Yuqin's crying. She felt extremely distressed.

He rushed out in two strides, yelling and shouting at Shen Honggang, his face contorted with rage.

"Shen Honggang, what kind of skill is it to hit your daughter? So many people came and made a scene just now, why didn't you dare to fight back? You're only good at bullying your own family!"

Shen Yuqin threw herself into Chen Feng's arms and burst into tears.

"Mom, I don't even have a decent outfit for the New Year. What's the point of me living..."

“Gangzi, Granny Zhao has been sent away. Why don’t you take out the money and buy Yuqin some clothes? My dad has been wanting to smoke Xiangyang brand cigarettes for a year now. I’ll buy him two packs for the New Year.”

Chen Feng's eyes darted around like a mouse's; she had already set her sights on that thirty yuan.

Shen Honggang was heartbroken by Chen Feng and Shen Yuqin's words and actions.

Shen Jingyan used her hard-earned money to pay off the Shen family's debts, but the mother and daughter showed no gratitude whatsoever and only thought about spending money on themselves.

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