The Alley Residents 2: The Hard Road

Zhuang Tunan worked overtime during the New Year and injured his leg. He accompanied his parents back to the alley. Although Li Jia wanted to walk with him, his family always opposed it. Lin Dongzh...

Chapter 74 The Sounds in the Office

Zhuang Tunan could only nod and say, "It's Auntie's house, so naturally she should make the decisions. I respect her wishes!"

Seeing that Yiming's mother had no objections, she said, "Alright! In that case, I'll head back now!"

As she spoke, she got up to leave.

Song Ying quickly said, "Sister-in-law, since you're here, why don't you eat before you leave? This is Xiang Pengfei's wedding banquet!"

Yiming's mother readily agreed, downing her glass of wine in one gulp and saying, "Alright! I've had my share of the wedding wine. This is your family banquet; it's not appropriate for me to be here!"

As Yiming's mother spoke, she walked outside.

Seeing that he couldn't persuade her to stay, Xiang Pengfei said, "Auntie, wait a minute. I came to pick you up, so of course I have to see you off!"

As soon as Song Ying saw Xiang Pengfei leave, she said to Lin Wufeng, "Old Lin, go pay the bill! Although Pengfei was going to treat us, he's been busy doing all this for us!"

Lin Wufeng didn't move, and said, "Okay, okay, I understand!"

"What do you know! Hurry up and go, we're not short of money for this meal!"

Lin Wufeng sighed, stood up, and said, "Sigh, my wife says one word and I have to run my legs off. I'm going to pay the bill!"

Xiang Pengfei drove Yiming's mother back to the alley entrance, then focused on looking in the rearview mirror, preparing to reverse. While looking in the rearview mirror, he saw a car suddenly stop next to Wu Shanshan's kindergarten, and someone got out of the car.

This person was none other than his brother-in-law, Zhou Chengzhi.

Xiang Pengfei watched as Zhou Chengzhi greeted the security guard and went inside.

Although Xiang Pengfei was very puzzled at the moment, he was more concerned about the guests in Deyanglou, so he stopped thinking about it and drove away.

This week, Cheng Zhi was wearing a black mink coat. Through the window, he saw Wu Shanshan in her brightly lit office, eating sunflower seeds and reading a book.

So he went to the door and knocked.

Wu Shanshan, who was eating sunflower seeds, was startled and her face changed. She called out to the door, "Who is it? Who is it?"

Zhou Chengzhi could tell from Wu Shanshan's expression that she was scared. After all, Liu Jian had just had an accident, and it was so late, and no one had come looking for her, so she felt guilty.

Zhou Chengzhi originally wanted to scare Wu Shanshan, but knowing her personality, he was afraid she would make too much of a fuss, so he simply said, "I am Zhou Chengzhi!"

Upon hearing Zhou Chengzhi's voice, Wu Shanshan immediately became as happy as a different person. As soon as she got up, instead of opening the door, she first drew the curtains before walking to the door and opening it for Zhou Chengzhi.

As soon as the door opened, Wu Shanshan saw Zhou Chengzhi and said with a smile, "President Zhou! What brings you here so late?"

"Did something happen to your family? I was worried you'd be too upset, so I came to check on you!"

"You rascal, come in!"

As soon as Zhou Chengzhi entered the house, Wu Shanshan quickly closed the door.

As she closed the door and turned around, she saw Zhou Chengzhi opening his arms to embrace her.

Wu Shanshan quickly said, "Don't be so impatient! I have security guards here!"

"So what if there are security guards? It's all up to you. Besides, Liu Jian is gone, so you're single. If you're single and I'm single, then we're a couple, aren't we?"

"Have you thought this through? I'm a widow with a mentally challenged son. Aren't you afraid I'll bring you bad luck?"

“The child isn’t with his grandmother. Once you get divorced, he won’t have anything to do with you anymore. Then we can be together forever!”

"You really want to be with me?"

"Of course, I dream about it!"

"You can be with me, but from now on you have to listen to me in everything, and you can't argue with me!"

"Okay, okay, I'll do whatever you say, because you're my wife!"

"Hehe, you've got a fast tongue!"

"Isn't it because I'm in a hurry to consummate our marriage?"

After Zhou Chengzhi finished speaking, he tried to hug Wu Shanshan again.

Wu Shanshan pushed Zhou Chengzhi away and said, "No, I'm on my period today!"

"So what if I have my period? I'll still run red lights!"

Aren't you afraid of bringing bad luck?

"Come on! Stop being so coy!"

After Zhou Chengzhi finished speaking, he hugged Wu Shanshan and kissed her.

Xiang Pengfei returned to Deyang Tower and went to the private room. Seeing everyone waiting for him, he hurriedly said, "I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry to have kept you all waiting!"

As soon as Xiang Pengfei approached the table, he picked up the wine bottle again, intending to toast everyone.

Zhuang Tunan said to him, "Alright! Pengfei, stop toasting. It's getting late. Let's just have something to eat. I still have to set up my stall tomorrow!"

Xiang Pengfei then sat down and asked everyone to eat.

After a while of eating and drinking, about half an hour later, everyone was full and ready to leave.

Zhang Min pushed Zhuang Tunan and followed Xiang Pengfei into the lobby. Xiang Pengfei asked the receptionist, "How much is the bill for my private room?"

"Oh, sir, the bill for your private room has already been paid!"

"What?"

Xiang Pengfei paused for a moment, then turned to look at Zhuang Tunan.

Zhang Min said, "It was Uncle Lin who calculated it!"

Xiang Pengfei was somewhat unwilling and wanted to go to Lin Wufeng to give him the money.

So he said to Zhuang Tunan, "You two wait a moment, I'll go and take the money to Uncle Lin!"

Zhuang Tunan stopped him, saying, "Pengfei, forget it! There will be plenty of opportunities in the future. It's not like we'll never see each other again. We're not strangers!"

Xiang Pengfei seemed unwilling to give up and wanted to keep going.

Zhang Min urged him, "Brother Pengfei, hurry up! I need to go to the post office at two in the morning!"

Only then did Xiang Pengfei give up on giving money. He led Zhang Min and Zhuang Tunan out of Deyang Tower, and the three of them returned to the alley entrance as soon as they got into the car.

Xiang Pengfei helped Zhuang Tunan into the wheelchair, then lifted him out of the car and said to Zhang Min, "Alright, I won't go in. You take Brother Tunan home!"

As soon as Zhang Min got out of the car, she saw that the light was still on in the kindergarten office. Worried that her sister Wu Shanshan was still grieving, she turned to Xiang Pengfei and said, "Brother Pengfei, why don't you take Brother Tu Nan back? I'm going to check on my sister!"

Xiang Pengfei glanced at the kindergarten, then said nothing more and pushed Zhuang Tunan into the alley.

Zhang Min crossed the road and arrived at the kindergarten. She found the security guard dozing off, so she knocked on the glass. The security guard woke up, saw Zhang Min, and dared not doze off anymore.

As Zhang Min approached the office door, she heard a woman groaning inside, sounding like she was in great pain. Worried, Zhang Min knocked twice and asked, "Sister, are you alright?"

Wu Shanshan and Zhou Chengzhi, who were in bed, were both startled. Wu Shanshan shushed Zhou Chengzhi and said, "I, I'm fine. It's Zhang Min, right? You should go back! We can talk about it tomorrow!"

"Sister, I heard your voice. Are you hurt? Let me see you! I'm worried!"

"Oh, I told you I'm fine, don't worry about it, let's go!"

"Sis, is something wrong? If you don't open the door, I'm going to call Dad!"

Upon hearing that calling for help might escalate the situation, the two panicked even more. Zhou Chengzhi put on his clothes and said without making a sound, "What should I do?"

Sitting on the bed, Wu Shanshan looked around the room and then pointed to the storage cabinet. Zhou Chengzhi immediately understood what she meant. Not daring to put on his shoes, he ran barefoot to the storage cabinet, quietly opened the door, and slipped inside.

"Here they come! Here they come!"

As she spoke, Wu Shanshan tucked Zhou Chengzhi's clothes and shoes into the blankets, covered them with other things, then put on her pajamas, went to the door, opened it, and pretended to yawn, saying, "Aren't you annoying? What are you doing here in the middle of the night?"