Chapter 8 Dead!

Her gaze swept over Yu Junsheng, who was watching the commotion in the crowd, and an idea immediately came to her. She concealed her anger and forced a smile.

"Junsheng, your aunt has always treated you well. Tell me, if you had agreed to go out with Dong Xiangxiang that day, how could this have happened today? Isn't this your fault? If anyone should be responsible for what happened today, it should be you to Dong Xiangxiang. I think you and Xiangxiang are a perfect match. How about this, you marry her, and your aunt will forgive you. We'll pretend nothing happened!"

Guan Ailian felt from the bottom of her heart that Yu Junsheng was the one who harmed her son, so there was nothing wrong with making him take responsibility for marrying Dong Xiangxiang. If he married Dong Xiangxiang, they would still be good neighbors.

Ren Yongsheng's eyes lit up. This was a great idea! It could perfectly resolve the matter without him having to take responsibility! As expected of his mother!

The entire room fell silent.

What the heck? Did they hear that right? Yu Junsheng is to marry Dong Xiangxiang? Didn't that girl just sleep with Ren Yongsheng? How can Yu Junsheng still be allowed to marry her?

What else is there to ask you to forgive them? What did they do to deserve your forgiveness?

Listen to this, listen to this, is this even human language?

They didn't understand; they were astonished. Their eyes practically popped out of their sockets as they stared at Aunt Guan.

You'd never guess Aunt Guan was like this before. She's so shameless!

Even though he was prepared, Yu Junsheng was still amused by this shameless remark. It seemed that he had overestimated this person's bottom line. Some people really would do anything for their own benefit.

He sneered inwardly, but outwardly feigned bewilderment. "Aunt Guan, what are you saying? I have a boyfriend, how could I marry this woman? Besides, how did it become my fault that Yongsheng was harmed? Did I pull him into bed, or did I make him sleep with this woman?"

"It's just..." Guan Ailian hesitated. She wanted to say that he was the one who did it, but no one believed her.

Ren Yongsheng was also extremely embarrassed. What was Yu Junsheng saying in public? He was really shameless!

Yu Junsheng said loudly, "And this lady, I don't know her at all. The first time we met, you brought her to my doorstep. To avoid suspicion, I didn't even let her in. Everyone saw that. I didn't even exchange three words with this girl."

"Who knew? Who knew that even after I've been avoiding suspicion like this, I'd still be dragged into this mess?"

“Aunt Guan, in my heart you have always been a kind elder, the most respectable person in our courtyard, but how could you do this? You have really disappointed me!”

After he finished speaking, he shook his head in disappointment, as if something inside him had shattered.

"What does this have to do with the Yu family boy? Aunt Guan, have you lost your mind? You're making baseless accusations and blaming people without any sense of reason! Have you no sense of decorum at all?"

"That's right, it was clearly Aunt Guan and her niece who cornered the Yu family boy at home. To avoid suspicion, the Yu family boy immediately closed the door and spoke to them through it. I saw it clearly; the Yu family boy and Dong Xiangxiang only exchanged one sentence." It wasn't anything nice, and it almost made the girl cry. The person didn't dare to say the second half of the sentence.

"Pah, Guan Ailian, you're shameless! Your son has already slept with someone, how can you still say you want the Yu family boy to marry her? What, do you want the Yu family boy to pick up your son's discarded trash? Tsk tsk, Guan Ailian, I really didn't realize you were so vicious, much more ruthless than this old woman!" Even Aunt Chang, who considered herself the most shameless shrew in the compound, was shocked. Goodness, when it comes to being ruthless, she really couldn't compare to Guan Ailian. This old hag really knows how to pretend.

Yu Junsheng's eyes darted around, and he offered his "sincere advice," "Aunt Guan, you really need to handle this matter carefully. A woman's reputation is so important! If things go wrong, this woman might not be able to live, and that would be a huge mess. Yongsheng might even end up in jail! You two must discuss this carefully and not do anything rash!"

Did you hear that? A woman's reputation is important and cannot be compromised!

Did you hear that? A shark threat, a big threat! A fence-hugging threat!

Does she really think she's an easy target? Her schemes failed, so she resorts to another, hoping I'll clean up her messes. Doesn't she even care if he'd like it? This Dong Xiangxiang is useless; all she does is cry and complain. What good will that do? Does she think she can get the Ren family to marry her? Let's make a scene!

Clearly, Comrade Dong Xiangxiang received his signal. She immediately burst into tears, looking utterly humiliated. She struggled to her feet and rushed towards the courtyard wall, crying, "I don't want to live anymore! Brother Yongsheng, you don't have to marry me, but you can't humiliate me! You've already... done this to me, and now you not only don't want to marry me but also want to marry me off to someone else. How can I have the face to live in this world! Waaah..."

Everyone was startled. Several strong women quickly stopped her and advised her, "Why are you so desperate, girl? It's better to live than to die. If you die, you'll have nothing left."

Ren Yongsheng was also startled, but fortunately he was stopped. Otherwise, if things had escalated, he might have really been shot.

Guan Ailian didn't believe it. She thought this little bitch was just pretending, trying to threaten her. This bitch was hoping to marry into the city and live a good life; how could she possibly want to die?

She was still yelling, "Who do you think you are, you little bitch? You think you can get my Yongsheng to marry you just by shouting a few words? Let me tell you, dream on! Go to hell! If you really die, I'll look at you with more respect!"

Dong Xiangxiang struggled and cried out, "Let me die! Let me die! I've been humiliated like this, how can I face living in this world!"

She somehow broke free from the hands of her aunts and shouted at Guan Ailian, "Auntie, I remember what you said!" Then she slammed her head against the wall.

He collapsed, his face covered in blood.

"Aaaaaah! Someone's dead!!!"

Both Guan Ailian and her son turned pale with fright. "She...she...she really did crash?! Ahhh!!!"

Yu Junsheng also gasped. This had nothing to do with him. He had only hinted at making a scene, not actually told her to bang her head against the wall! This girl was ruthless! That "crack" sound was terrifying to him!

Someone shouted in a shrill voice, "Quick, quick, get him to the hospital!!!" It was Zou Qianjin, the hospital manager who was always late, though he was never the first to arrive.

Zou Qianjin didn't like getting involved in their messy affairs between men and women, so he didn't come over to watch the commotion. Later, when he heard the commotion at the Third Hospital getting louder and louder, he came over to check it out.

Who would have thought that when he arrived, he would see Dong Xiangxiang lying on the ground with her head covered in blood, and he almost had to send her to her death! He was so scared that his heart stopped!

Good heavens, he wanted to live a few more years to hold his grandson, but he couldn't withstand such a shock!

What kind of mess is this?! How could he be so unlucky as to become this gatekeeper?!

My Buddha, Guanyin, and Mazu, please bless this girl so she'll be alright, otherwise he'll be in deep trouble!

Zou Qianjin, with a gloomy, expressionless face, directed the others: those who wanted to borrow a cart, those who wanted to carry people, and those who wanted to pull the cart.

A group of people were making a ruckus on the road, and a girl with a bloodied head was lying on a cart. Something was definitely fishy about this.

Fortunately, someone came to inquire about the situation, and everyone just said that they had accidentally bumped their heads.

We've all been neighbors in the same courtyard for years. Although we have our share of minor squabbles, we don't harbor any deep-seated hatred, and we always know what's important when it matters. Things are tense right now; if people find out about Dong Xiangxiang and Ren Yongche, they might really be in trouble. But it won't come to that, it really won't!

They rushed all the way to get Dong Xiangxiang to the hospital. They shouted for the nurses to take her to the emergency room, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. It was only then that Zou Qianjin had the mind to ask what had happened.

"What's going on?! Huh? How did it escalate to the point of banging your head against the wall?"

Everyone got very excited when this was mentioned, and they started talking all at once, recounting what had happened.

It took Zou Qianjin quite a while to figure out the cause and effect.

Zou Qianjin: My head is balding, my brain hurts, and it's another day I don't want to do anything!

Tell me, tell me, why is there so much trouble in this courtyard every day? Can't we just live peacefully? Huh? Are we eating too much? Can you find a more troublesome courtyard manager in the whole of Beicheng? Look, look at the hair on his head, it's getting thinner every day, they've almost shattered it all!!

With a stern face, he spoke to the mother and son, who were sitting pale-faced in the corner like quails:

“Old Guan, whether your family marries this girl or not is none of my business as the neighborhood manager, but she can’t commit suicide in our compound. If word gets out that people in our compound are having illicit affairs and causing someone’s death, you have to appease her even if you don’t marry her. You can’t let this cause trouble and damage the compound’s reputation! You two need to discuss this yourselves, or I’ll report it to the neighborhood committee and have your family moved out of our compound!”

Without waiting for the mother and son's drastically changed expressions, he turned around and dispersed the crowd of onlookers.

"Alright, alright, everyone disperse. What kind of behavior is this, gathering together like this! It's disrupting the hospital's work!"

Everyone had no choice but to go home, but they all had a feeling that this matter was definitely not over yet!

...

But whether it's over or not, it's none of Yu Junsheng's business anymore; he didn't go to the hospital to join in the fun.

He was supposed to visit his future father-in-law's family today, but he couldn't let the Ren family's troubles delay him. Just look at Guan Ailian's crazy behavior of asking him to take over Ren Yongsheng's business. He couldn't possibly go and help her family at this time. Everyone has a temper.

...

The water room in the dormitory building of the food factory.

A woman washing clothes in a basin glanced at the middle-aged woman next to her who still had a slender figure, and asked with feigned concern, "Shuangyue, I heard your eldest daughter has changed boyfriends again, is that true?"

The sarcasm in her words was almost overflowing. Liang Shuangyue gripped the edge of the sink tightly and said with a forced smile, "You can't say that. What partner? It's not even close to happening yet. Our Jiajia is just going on blind dates. If it doesn't work out, she'll just move on to the next one. Isn't that normal? I remember Hongmei, you didn't just go on one blind date with your man either, did you?"

The woman smiled sheepishly, "Oh, right, I misspoke. Shuangyue, please don't hold it against me."

Liang Shuangyue ignored the man and, with a sullen face, picked up the vegetable basin and left the water room.

The woman muttered behind her, "Pah! What's with the attitude? Vixen! Even her little one is a seductive vixen!" They lived on the same floor, all of them were remarried women, so why did Liang Shuangyue live such a comfortable life? Why did she have to be tormented by her stepchildren every day? The woman touched her rough, sallow cheeks, thinking of Liang Shuangyue's fair and delicate skin, and her heart bled with jealousy.

Once outside, Liang Shuangyue's face was long and drawn. She cursed under her breath with a string of negative adjectives, such as gossipy woman, chatterbox, lunatic, etc., before she could finally let out a sigh of relief.

It wasn't that Liang Shuangyue was particularly protective of Cheng Jiajia, but rather that soon after Cheng Jiajia returned from her blind date, news of her finding a new boyfriend—or rather, a new blind date—spread throughout the family compound. In the past few days, Liang Shuangyue had endured no shortage of open and covert ridicule.

Some people openly or secretly mocked her daughter for her improper conduct, saying that she, as the mother, was just like her daughter!

Liang Shuangyue has always maintained the air of a director's wife and considers herself a respectable person. When has she ever been ridiculed like this?

She was absolutely furious!!

And all of this is thanks to Cheng Jiajia!

That brat is a real nemesis, she's just here to bring misfortune upon her own mother!

She couldn't win an argument, and she didn't dare to fight back; she was so frustrated!

Liang Shuangyue was somewhat dazed. Clearly, she and her husband had planned to marry this girl off to the mentally challenged son of the fertilizer factory in exchange for a dowry.

They figured a country girl like her, who should be grateful to them for letting her stay in the city, would have no reason not to agree. Even if she didn't agree, they had plenty of ways to make her. She was just a naive girl who had never seen the world; they could easily manipulate her.

But how did all of this come to be like this?