Chapter 133 The Filial Goddaughter

Zheng Haihua was found and brought back, but he was terrified. He was no longer the domineering person he used to be, and he started crying loudly whenever he saw someone.

Chang Dafeng was heartbroken; it was only then that she noticed the gauze wrapped around his neck.

He let out a scream and started cursing.

Although the police officers rescued Zheng Haihua, Chang Dafeng felt no gratitude at all when she saw the long scar on her son's neck. Instead, she couldn't help but curse them, calling them useless cops who were just wasting their time!

If they had arrived a little earlier, her son wouldn't have suffered like this.

The mother and son hugged each other and cried for a long time, calling out "my precious child" for quite a while before Chang Dafeng gruffly ordered Jiang Qiubai to make some good food to nourish Zheng Haihua and also to entertain Dong Siwei and Xu Dongliang.

After this incident, Xu Dongliang and Dong Siwei's relationship with the Zheng family became noticeably closer.

Specifically, Xu Dongliang and Dong Siwei have been visiting the courtyard more frequently these past few days. And each time they come, they're never empty-handed, carrying bags and packages that leave all the older women in the courtyard in awe. They all praise Chang Dafeng for being such a good goddaughter, saying, "Look at how much she's given to her godmother in just a few days!"

Chang Dafeng is so beautiful that her eyes are almost invisible. She's been very proud of herself these past few days, and every time she opens her mouth she talks about her goddaughter.

It was worth having such a goddaughter!

Cheng Jiajia clicked her tongue in amazement. Dong Siwei probably wasn't even this filial to her own parents. This person was really going all out to get on the male lead's good side.

However, Dong Siwei probably didn't know that people's appetites can grow bigger and bigger, especially for a family like the Zheng family, who are insatiable.

She wanted to see what she would use to keep the Zheng family in check once they got used to her generous spending.

...

On New Year's Eve, the dutiful "god-daughter" Dong Siwei didn't even stay home to celebrate the New Year properly. Instead, she and Xu Dongliang came to the tenement, ostensibly to have their first New Year's Eve dinner with their godmother, Chang Dafeng.

Seeing that the man was carrying a lot of New Year's goods, Cheng Jiajia finally couldn't help but laugh. She said sarcastically, "Dong Siwei, you're really filial to your godmother. I wonder if your biological father knows that you've found him a godwife outside?"

"Pfft, hahahaha!"

"Oh dear, girl, you really need to tell your parents about this. Otherwise, your godmother and your biological father won't recognize each other when they meet. That would be terrible!"

The elderly women who had gathered in the courtyard to watch the spectacle couldn't help but laugh.

Don't be fooled by how they all praise Dong Siwei, their goddaughter, for being filial, and how lucky Chang Dafeng is, all in front of Chang Dafeng.

In reality, everyone thought Dong Siwei was foolish. Didn't they know what kind of person Chang Dafeng was? Would she be nice to an outsider? This sudden act of recognizing a goddaughter—who knows what mischief she was plotting? And this girl, she'd only known her godmother for a few days, and she was already so eager to please her; wasn't she just being a sucker?

Dong Siwei's face flushed red, and she wanted to curse, but her eyes darted around, and she swallowed the curse that was about to come out of her mouth. She only gently scolded, "Jiajia, my dad's wife is your own mother. How can you say such things? Where does that leave Aunt Liang?"

Cheng Jiajia was quite nonchalant. "Oh, I almost forgot I had a biological mother. She's been a good stepmother to you all these years, hasn't she? So why did you find yourself a godmother? Are you not satisfied with her as your stepmother? Should I go and give her some advice for you another day? Sister Siwei, please don't be shy, I'm just that kind of person."

Dong Siwei choked again.

This little bitch, this is a threat, right? This is definitely a threat!

Her father really didn't know that she had recognized a godmother for herself outside. After all, these days, godparents are not someone to be trifled with; once you recognize one, you have to treat them like family.

It's obvious without even thinking that, given her father's snobbish nature, he would never agree to her becoming godparents to a family like the Zheng family.

However, we can't afford to break ties with Cheng Jiajia yet.

After stabilizing her relationship with the Zheng family, Dong Siwei started to have other ideas.

I must get my hands on that valuable thing from the Yu family.

Thinking this, Dong Siwei smiled and said, "Jiajia, what are you saying? I just... I just feel a connection with my godmother, how can you say that about me?"

He glanced at the east wing behind Cheng Jiajia, then took her hand and walked towards the east wing in a seemingly affectionate manner.

"By the way, Jiajia, it's Lunar New Year's Eve this year, and we sisters haven't seen each other for a long time. Let's chat!"

Cheng Jiajia shoved it away, wiping it on her pants as if it had gotten dirty, showing no mercy like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves. "I don't care who you're destined to be with, we're not! There's nothing to talk about!"

Dong Siwei: "..."

Ugh, that bitch, that bitch! I didn't even look down on her, and she dares to look down on me!

How dare she? How dare she?!

Dong Siwei patiently tried to coax her a few more times, but no matter what she said, Cheng Jiajia wouldn't allow Dong Siwei to enter her home. She was completely impervious to reason!

Dong Siwei gritted her teeth

Dong Siwei didn't want to waste any more time on her, so she made up her mind and slipped into the east wing while Cheng Jiajia wasn't paying attention.

Cheng Jiajia swiftly stopped her, her two hands gripping Dong Siwei's wrists tightly like iron clamps.

Waaaaah! This little brat, when did she get so strong?!

Dong Siwei's face twisted for a moment.

Cheng Jiajia was very satisfied, and secretly added a little more pressure, "It'll hurt you to death!"

"What are you doing? What are you doing? Why did you barge into my house without even saying hello?"

Dong Siwei: "!!!"

Ugh! Does this bitch want to cripple her own hand?

Dong Siwei was on the verge of tears. "Jiajia, I just wanted to visit you since we haven't seen each other for so long. Is that not allowed?"

Of course not!

Cheng Jiajia was certain that this thing had no good intentions, so she deliberately looked puzzled and said, "Didn't we see each other a few days ago? At that time, you and your fiancé were being scratched all over the yard by Chang Dafeng. You looked like a monkey."

Dong Siwei: "!!!"

You're the one who's like a monkey, your whole family is like monkeys!

"Jiajia, what happened to you?"

Dong Siwei thought she looked aggrieved, but in reality, her face was distorted with pain, which almost made Cheng Jiajia lose her composure.

She said the most hurtful things, "My husband is sleeping alone at home. What are you doing in there, a young woman? Do you have some ulterior motive? Let me tell you, my husband is not like Zheng Haiyang. He only has me in his heart. So give up! Don't think that by coming to my house a few more times and bringing more things, you can seduce my husband. He's not that kind of person! No matter how many tricks you use, it's all in vain!"

Dong Siwei's cheeks flushed red, and she gritted her teeth in anger, glaring fiercely at Cheng Jiajia, "What nonsense are you spouting?!"

Damn it, damn it!

Who would want that cannon fodder?!

It was intentional, that little bitch definitely did it on purpose!

Aaaaah! She's going to strangle this little bitch!

Cheng Jiajia said meaningfully, "We don't get along, so don't come to my house unless it's important. Otherwise, who knows if you have ulterior motives?" After saying that, she stared at Dong Siwei with a half-smile.

Dong Siwei felt a sudden tremor in her heart.

Looking into Cheng Jiajia's clear yet sharp eyes, Dong Siwei momentarily thought that Cheng Jiajia had read her mind. But then she thought, how could that little bitch Cheng Jiajia know? She must be referring to her feelings for that deadbeat man.

Bah! Why don't you take a piss and look at yourself in the mirror? Do you really think your good-for-nothing cannon fodder is some kind of hot commodity?

If she didn't not know exactly what Zheng Haiyang found in Yu Junsheng's room, she wouldn't bother with these two damned cannon fodder!

If only she knew what it was, she could just sneak over and get it at night, why go through all this trouble?

"Cheng Jiajia, don't talk nonsense. Who has taken a liking to your man?" Dong Siwei vehemently denied it.

Several middle-aged women who had been watching the commotion in the courtyard suddenly realized what was going on and slapped their thighs, saying, "Oh my, so that's how it is! I knew it! I knew it! What kind of girl would be so foolish as to recognize an old hag like Chang Dafeng as her godmother? It turns out she's taken a liking to that boy Zheng Haiyang! That explains it! So all those bags and packages were for Zheng Haiyang!"

"That's right, that's right! We were the fools all along! We were all fooled by this shameless person!"

Dong Siwei's eyes flickered guiltily: "...I didn't, I didn't!" But in her heart she was thinking, how did these gossipy old women guess what she was thinking?

After seeing this, is there anything else that everyone can't understand?

They immediately started pointing and whispering about her.

Aunt Yan now despises these mistresses who destroy other people's families the most. She spat fiercely, "Knowing that someone has a wife, she still tries to seduce them. She's really shameless!"

"Xiao Cheng, you'd better keep a close eye on your Junsheng!"

This time, Dong Siwei was very confident: "...I didn't, I didn't!!" She looked down on cannon fodder like Yu Junsheng, who would die sooner or later!

"Hey, wait a minute, doesn't this girl have a fiancé? Does her fiancé know how she feels about Zheng Haiyang?"

"He definitely wouldn't know, otherwise why would he be carrying so many bags and packages to the Zheng family's house with her?"

Aunt Cao shook her head as she looked at Dong Siwei. "Young people these days, they just don't care about appearances, tsk tsk..."

She had previously thought she had some misunderstanding about this girl and wanted to explain it to her best friend, but now it seems she was just being redundant; who knows what kind of wicked scheme this girl might be plotting.

Aunt Ma was even more direct. She glanced at Dong Siwei with disdain and cleared her throat.

"Hei-tui!!!"

A glob of phlegm almost flew straight into Dong Siwei's face.

Dong Siwei: "!!!"

When she realized what it was, she nearly went crazy, screaming, "Aaaaaah!!! You bitches, you're all bitches!!"

"They're all a bunch of scumbags! Absolutely scumbags! They're all helping Cheng Jiajia bully me!"

Dong Siwei was so angry that she cried, covered her face, and ran away.

Dong Siwei didn't see it; Jiang Qiubai stared at her back with a gloomy face for a long while.

She thought this guy was stupid, bringing home bags of nice things, but it turns out he was trying to steal her boyfriend.

She sneered, "Just you wait, I'll make you pay!"

...

After getting rid of the angry person, Cheng Jiajia went into her room feeling refreshed.

Yu Junsheng was not asleep. Cheng Jiajia just didn't like Dong Siwei's shifty eyes looking around her house, so she deliberately said those things to embarrass her.

Yu Junsheng was tinkering with an old radio that Cheng Jiajia had salvaged from a recycling center a couple of days ago. Yu Junsheng took it apart, said it could still be repaired, and Cheng Jiajia let him do as he pleased.

Cheng Jiajia recounted what Dong Siwei had just done.

"Wife, we really don't have anything valuable in our house. I grew up here, don't you know me?" Yu Junsheng was very helpless. How come he knew his own family less than an outsider?

However, if Dong Siwei was convinced that their family had something valuable, then they must have it.

Cheng Jiajia and Yu Junsheng carefully recalled what valuable things they had in their home. What exactly were they?

Finally, their gazes settled on the rosewood furniture in the room; these were the only valuable things they owned.

Is this what Dong Siwei is looking for?

Cheng Jiajia recalled the plot of the original book, which seemed to only say that Zheng Haiyang accidentally discovered something valuable left in Yu Junsheng's house, and made a fortune by selling it, thus opening up his business empire.

Could it really be these pieces of furniture?

Regardless of whether it is true or not, she will not let Dong Siwei succeed.

However, this can't go on forever. We have to find a way to get this damn woman to focus her attention elsewhere and stop staring at me and Yu Junsheng.

...

The new year is fast approaching.

People are busy all year round and rarely have a few days off during the Spring Festival, so they take the opportunity to visit relatives as much as possible.

The young couple didn't have any relatives to visit, but with so many people coming and going in the courtyard, they felt uneasy staying at home, so they simply locked the gate. Yu Junsheng rode the bicycle he had just brought home before the New Year, taking Cheng Jiajia for a stroll in the parks and zoo in the northern part of the city.

Oh, and the Forbidden City, which Cheng Jiajia insisted on visiting.

However, it was a huge disappointment. Decades ago, the Forbidden City had no lighting at all, and it was pitch black, giving it a truly eerie feel. The main halls were empty and desolate, the display stands were covered in dust, and the Imperial Garden looked quite desolate.

In short, it's a place you wouldn't want to visit a second time. At least, Cheng Jiajia doesn't plan to come back for the next twenty years. She'll come back after the Forbidden City is reopened, tourism booms, and the palace is restored.

Yu Junsheng was still very confused and kept muttering to himself about what was wrong with his wife, why she insisted on wandering around in such a dilapidated house.

Cheng Jiajia: "..."

Naturally, Cheng Jiajia didn't forget to take some time on the first day of the Lunar New Year to visit the food factory's residential compound, just to tell her dear stepfather that her sweet little girl had found a godmother for her outside.

As for whether Dong Dalei will be angry, whether Dong Siwei will argue with Dong Dalei at home, and how Liang Shuangyue will be caught in the middle, that's none of her business.

Yes, she is just that kind and considerate.

Therefore, Cheng Jiajia was very happy throughout the Spring Festival.

Soon, another piece of good news made Cheng Jiajia's mood even more wonderful.

On the first day of the new year, Zheng Haiyang went to work full of energy, only to be suspended by the factory!