Chapter 120 Dong Siwei's Abnormality

"What a rare treat! What brings you two here? It's truly an honor to have your presence in our humble abode."

Dong Siwei and Xu Dongliang were taken aback by Cheng Jiajia's blatant disrespect; she didn't even bother with pretense and embarrassed them right there at the door. Their expressions turned somewhat awkward.

However, the next moment, the two of them still tried to put on a smile. Dong Siwei pretended to be affectionate and said, "Jiajia, you haven't been home for so many days since you got married. Aunt Liang misses you very much. She was worried that you weren't doing well, that you weren't eating or sleeping well. So, she sent me to check on you."

Dong Siwei raised her chin, exuding a sense of superiority. "This is my boyfriend, Xu Dongliang, the director of the supply and marketing cooperative in your area. I brought him here today to introduce him to you."

Cheng Jiajia: "..."

No, how come she can understand each word individually, but not when they're put together?

Your partner is your partner, why introduce them to me?

Are we that close?

She hadn't forgotten how Dong Siwei had insulted her so much when she first arrived at the Dong family, calling her "mud-legged," "country bumpkin," and "country bumpkin," and rolling her eyes at her constantly, her contempt barely concealed. It was only after she taught her a lesson that Dong Siwei quieted down. But Cheng Jiajia knew that was just on the surface; the other woman must have been cursing her a lot behind her back.

What I'm saying is, given their relationship, is it really necessary for Dong Siwei to introduce her to a potential partner?

Clearly, the two people on the other side felt it was necessary.

Upon hearing this, Xu Dongliang revealed a friendly and gentle smile. "Hello, Comrade Cheng. I am Xu Dongliang, your sister's boyfriend. We will be getting married soon, and then we will be family." He was still wearing a Zhongshan suit, and had a very refined and polite appearance.

Dong Siwei pursed her lips, then quickly smiled and said, "Yes, we'll all be family from now on, so we must keep in touch!" Although she said this with a smile, it had a condescending tone that made people want to punch her.

Cheng Jiajia raised an eyebrow. What were these two up to?

They inexplicably came to their house and said a lot of nonsensical things, all in an attempt to get closer to their families.

Cheng Jiajia didn't believe it. She said with a forced smile, "My surname is Cheng, your surname is Dong, and Comrade Xu Dongliang's surname is Xu. How can we be family? Dong Siwei, you seem to be quite smart, so why are you talking nonsense like this?"

Xu Dongliang's face darkened. This was the first time someone had ever humiliated him like this. If it weren't for... why would he have to put up with this humiliation here!

Dong Siwei's face also fell.

What an ungrateful wretch! He deserves it...

She glanced at Cheng Jiajia with pity and disdain. She deserved her bad luck; this was all she was destined for.

Cheng Jiajia: "..." Why is this person looking at me like that? It's so strange!

She rolled her eyes thoroughly. "If you're sick, go get treatment as soon as possible. Don't cause trouble for others outside."

Dong Siwei choked.

That little bitch!

Remembering her purpose, Dong Siwei suppressed her thoughts and said aggrievedly, "Jiajia, I'm still your stepsister, and we specially brought New Year's gifts to see you. We're guests, are you just going to let us stand at the door and talk like this? What will your neighbors think of you if they know you're so disrespectful to your elders? Jiajia, I'm doing this for your own good, you can understand, right?"

As he spoke, he glanced meaningfully at the middle-aged women around him who were peeking out, his words laced with threat.

Cheng Jiajia was speechless, thinking to herself, "It's not like I invited you here, so what kind of guests are you?"

But seeing many middle-aged women in the courtyard peeking in their direction, Cheng Jiajia, who loved watching the excitement but didn't want to become the subject of their excitement, was afraid that if they started arguing later, they would be laughed at. Besides, she felt that Dong Siwei was acting strangely today, and she wanted to see what she was up to.

So he reluctantly stepped aside from the doorway and said, "Come in."

Normally, Cheng Jiajia and Yu Junsheng would leave the inner room door open when they were home, but it was open at this moment. Dong Siwei immediately locked onto the door as soon as she entered the room and barged straight in without paying any attention to anything else.

Seeing that something was wrong, Cheng Jiajia's heart skipped a beat. She quickly stepped forward, grabbed the person by the back of the neck, and pulled them back.

Cheng Jiajia narrowed her eyes and asked in a dangerous tone, "What are you doing?" This woman was definitely up to no good.

Dong Siwei's eyes flashed, then her eyes reddened, and she looked aggrieved. "I wanted to ask you what you wanted. I just wanted to come inside and sit for a while. Jiajia, I'm your sister. Even if you don't like me and don't want to entertain me, how could you treat me like this? What will the neighbors think of you if they find out?"

Cheng Jiajia stared at Dong Siwei's face, and the feeling that something was wrong in her heart became even stronger.

Before she could think it through, Xu Dongliang came up to her with a dark face and scolded, "Comrade Cheng, you are too rude. Your sister kindly brought a lot of things to see you, and she just wanted to come in and sit down. How could you lay a hand on her? Is this how you treat your guests?"

Dong Siwei's eyes welled up with tears. "Brother Dongliang, don't blame Jiajia. She didn't mean it. She just... she just doesn't consider me family yet."

"Siwei, don't cry. It's not worth it for someone like that." Xu Dongliang comforted her by holding her in his arms.

He then added sarcastically, "You're so good to her, but she not only doesn't appreciate it, she's also wary of you. What an ingrate!"

Cheng Jiajia: "..."

Damn it, you two have said everything, haven't you?

She deliberately said sarcastically, "Oh, where did this guest come from, walking in and immediately rushing into the host's house without saying a word? I've never seen anything like it in my life. If you didn't know better, you'd think it was a thief!" Let alone going inside to sit down, they don't have the habit of entertaining guests in the inner room.

As soon as she finished speaking, Cheng Jiajia saw the two people opposite her freeze in shock.

Xu Dongliang retorted angrily, "What nonsense are you spouting! Siwei always praises you, her younger sister, in front of me, but I never expected you to be such a sharp-tongued and mean-spirited person! You slander your own sister over such a trivial matter!"

The change in their expressions was only momentary, and they quickly returned to normal, but Cheng Jiajia still noticed it.

There's definitely something fishy going on!

She pinched her thigh, her eyes reddening, and pouted, saying aggrievedly, "But I really did put money in the inner room. Yu Junsheng and I both keep our salaries there. What if someone steals it? I know Sister Siwei wouldn't steal my money, but what if? What if it's gone? Can I ask Sister Siwei to compensate me? Sister Siwei, I'm doing this for your own good. You'll understand, right?"

Dong Siwei and Xu Dongliang: "!!!"

Why does it feel so familiar?

Dong Siwei stared blankly at Cheng Jiajia, who looked aggrieved, and forgot to shed tears.

This country girl is different from what I imagined.

Cheng Jiajia sneered, ignoring the two dumbfounded people, and quickly calmed down to think about what these two were trying to do.

She didn't believe Dong Siwei's nonsense about sending her New Year's gifts.

The only thing Cheng Jiajia could think of was what Dong Siwei wanted to do in the inner room? Or what she wanted was in the inner room?

Framing? Theft?

In an instant, Cheng Jiajia thought of many things, and her eyes looked at Dong Siwei, who was sobbing in Xu Dongliang's arms, with an ambiguous expression.

Something's not right, very wrong. Dong Siwei today is very different from before.

The Dong Siwei of the past was spoiled, domineering, and arrogant, but she wasn't very bright, didn't have that many tricks up her sleeve, and certainly wouldn't pretend to be weak while selling tea.

Just as something flashed through Cheng Jiajia's mind, Dong Siwei finally finished crying.

Lifting her head from Xu Dongliang's embrace, she forced a smile and said, "Alright, alright, since you don't like me, I won't stay any longer. But I've heard that there's a very capable man named Zheng Haiyang in your courtyard, and he's also very loyal. After all, we're sisters, Jiajia, could you introduce us?"

Cheng Jiajia: "..."

She glanced at Dong Siwei with a strange expression, feeling that this person's information probably hadn't been updated in a long time.

Given Zheng Haiyang's current reputation, anyone who still wants to get to know him is no ordinary person.

What's wrong with her stepsister?

Cheng Jiajia was initially too lazy to pay attention, but when she noticed that the two of them hadn't put down the net bags they were carrying, she cursed them inwardly for being so stingy.

I've never seen anything like this in eight hundred years. They brought gifts as a parting gift and now they want to take them away.

Then, her eyes lit up, and she immediately patted her chest and assured them, "Sister Siwei, thank you so much for bringing New Year's gifts for me and Yu Junsheng today. Don't worry, since you brought so many things to see me, I'll definitely get things done for you." She made it very clear: she would only do things if there were gifts; without gifts, there was no point in talking.

Dong Siwei understood the unspoken meaning and her eyes reddened with anger again.

Damn it, that little bitch is really obsessed with money!

Even though she was very angry, she still gritted her teeth and stuffed the things in Xu Dongliang's hands into Cheng Jiajia's arms.

He cursed in annoyance, "You greedy wretch!"

Cheng Jiajia pouted and said angrily, "Sister Siwei, how could you say that to me? Didn't you say you were specially sending New Year's gifts to me and Yu Junsheng? Could it be that you and your boyfriend were just saying it for show and playing me for a fool?!"

"Then, I don't want them. You can take these things back with you!"

After saying that, she shoved the things into Dong Siwei's arms and was about to ask her to leave.

Dong Siwei: "!!!"

Dong Siwei hurriedly grabbed Cheng Jiajia, "Jiajia, no, no! I was just joking, don't take it seriously. Who else would I have brought these pastries and canned fruit for if not you?" Actually, she had planned to bring them for Zheng Haiyang, but now this little rascal had intercepted them. Dong Siwei reluctantly put the net bag she had brought on the table.

Cheng Jiajia looked at Dong Siwei suspiciously, "Really? Siwei, you're not going to change your mind later, are you?"

Dong Siwei pretended not to see those things, "Really, it couldn't be more real, little darling, please take us to meet him!" It wasn't that they couldn't go to Zheng Haiyang's house to meet him themselves, but that would be strange and easily arouse his suspicion. It would be better to have Cheng Jiajia, who lives in this courtyard, introduce them, so that they could naturally become friends with him.

Cheng Jiajia glanced at her and reluctantly said, "Okay."

Dong Siwei's lips twitched. "You actually forced yourself to go?"

Just then, Cheng Jiajia saw Chang Dafeng peeking out of the yard and called out, "Aunt Chang, these two people say they've heard so much about you and would like to pay you a visit!"

After saying that, he forcefully pushed the two of them away.

With a bang, he slammed the door shut and, beaming with excitement, went into the kitchen to continue stir-frying dried goods.

Chang Dafeng: "!!!"

What the heck?!

Dong Siwei and Xu Dongliang, who were outside before they could even react, were speechless.

Damn it, that little bitch tricked them!

The three looked at each other in bewilderment. Chang Dafeng gave the couple opposite her a look that seemed to say, "Are you out of your mind?"

After a long while, she sighed, shook her head, and said with a mysterious expression, "Don't ask anymore. I'll teach you the method: when you go down, pinch your nose and don't breathe. Got it?"

Dong Siwei and Xu Dongliang: "..."

No, what should they know?

Is this old lady a bit superstitious?

Before they could react, a withered hand was spread out in front of them. "Give it to me, five cents!"

The two were a little dumbfounded. "Auntie, what do you mean?"

Chang Dafeng's inscrutable expression vanished, and she put her hands on her hips, saying sarcastically, "What do you mean? What do you mean?! Didn't you come here to ask me how to fall into a cesspool? I told you and you still won't pay? What, you want to get something for nothing?!"

Chang Dafeng hadn't argued with anyone for a while, so she had a lot of energy saved up. In her excitement, she spat out her saliva.

Dong Siwei and Xu Dongliang used to be considered respectable people, when had they ever seen such a scene?

Forced into a retreat, they quickly shrank to a corner of the corridor.

...

After seeing the two off, Cheng Jiajia returned to the kitchen to continue helping with the fire.

Yu Junsheng quickly asked, "Wife, what happened?"

Hearing the noise outside, Yu Junsheng really wanted to go out and check it out, but he couldn't stop working. After thinking about it, he decided not to go out. His wife would scold him if he burned the sunflower seeds.

Judging from my wife's relaxed expression, there shouldn't be any major problems.

Cheng Jiajia chuckled, "My cheap stepsister sent us New Year's gifts."

Yu Junsheng asked in surprise, "Is it edible? Could it be poisoned?"

He remembered that his wife's stepsister didn't have a good relationship with her, so why was she suddenly sending New Year's gifts?

Cheng Jiajia: "..."

She chuckled. "You guessed right, she didn't bring it for me." Whoever she intended it for, she thought she could take it away from her house? No way!

Then she explained the whole story.

Yu Junsheng first praised his wife for being clever, then solemnly asked, "You mean she wanted to sneak into our inner room to steal something?"

"It's also possible they wanted to slip something in, but judging from their expressions when I tricked them, it's more likely the former."

Cheng Jiajia also looked at Yu Junsheng with a stern face, "Tell me, what is there to steal from our house?"

"She couldn't possibly know what we buried in the storeroom. Even if someone did find it, it should be someone from our compound first. How could someone who lives in the south of the city possibly find it?"

Yu Junsheng murmured, "Xu Dongliang, Xu Dongliang... this name sounds familiar."

"Of course you've heard of him. He's the director of the supply and marketing cooperative in our area. He's been married twice and is quite famous. I don't know what made Dong Siwei fall for him. I heard they're getting married soon."

Yu Junsheng slapped his thigh, "Oh, I know, this person later opened a company in my dream and did very well with Zheng Haiyang, but he didn't seem to have a wife."

"No wife? What happened to Dong Siwei? Did she also die from being 'cursed'?"

Thinking about the strange sense of superiority in Dong Siwei's eyes as she looked at him, and how she would occasionally look at him with a haughty yet pitying gaze, and then inexplicably decide to get to know Zheng Haiyang.

Suddenly, Cheng Jiajia had a flash of inspiration and a bad feeling crept into her mind.