Chapter 67 Chapter 67 Meeting the Original Book Characters

Xu Haitang remembered that although Sun Minjun earned a good salary, he was a very frugal person. After all, his own money was limited. He didn't even smoke or drink. When he was pursuing her, they did go to the movies together a few times, but he always bought her one bottle of soda; he never drank any himself.

At the time, Xu Haitang considered these things to be advantages. A man being frugal was fine; her father was also frugal, which was how the family lived a good life. The fact that he only bought soda for her showed that this man was frugal and also treated his wife well.

But everything changed after they got married.

Not only was he frugal himself, he also held her to the same standard, saying they wanted to save money together for their future children.

If he really cared about his future children, he wouldn't give all his salary to his mother. His eldest brother and that alcoholic third brother only had to pay a small amount for their living expenses.

Sometimes Xu Haitang couldn't understand why Sun Minjun looked smart and active, but as soon as he met his mother, he became like a fool and lost all his brains.

But they have divorced, and Xu Haitang doesn't want to think about this issue anymore.

But she hadn't expected that Sun Minjun, who was usually so frugal, would actually come to the ballroom to dance. Furthermore, from the quick glance she had just taken, his dancing moves seemed quite skilled, not like a novice at all.

Not only that, what shocked Xu Haitang even more was that the person he was dancing with was actually Jia Hong!

They were both "second-generation" garment factory employees. Xu Haitang wasn't familiar with her, but she knew her situation somewhat. Jia Hong's parents were both working, but she had two older brothers, so she was somewhat favored at home. However, she was a good student, and when she graduated from high school, the factory happened to be hiring, so she got in through her own admission.

Jia Hong got married four or five years after joining the factory, which was considered late for her peers. Unfortunately, her husband died of illness a few years after their marriage. They have two children, a son and a daughter, both of whom are relatively young. Because they have two children and her husband is an only child, her in-laws treat her well and continue to support her and her son.

When Xu Haitang was still working in the factory, she had heard people discussing that Jia Hong's husband had been dead for several years and she had never found another man.

Of course, people were ignorant these days, and when this happened, some people would gossip behind her back, saying that Jia Hong had good luck but a tough life and would bring bad luck to her husband. This was of course nonsense, but it did make some older women who had originally wanted to introduce Jia Hong to a date hesitate and back off.

Xu Haitang never thought that Jia Hong would get together with Sun Minjun. Jia Hong is seven or eight years older than Sun Minjun.

Jia Hong also saw Xu Haitang. She stood up straight and smoothed her hair. She looked much calmer than Sun Minjun, who stood there blushing and speechless for a long time.

"Haitang, what a coincidence, we meet here." Jia Hong glanced at Wu Heng standing next to Xu Haitang and smiled ambiguously, "Oh, you're pretty quick, huh? Are you dating again?"

She looked back at Sun Minjun and said openly, "Minjun and I are also dating, and we might get married soon."

Sun Minjun opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he pursed his lips and said nothing, just staring at Wu Heng with his eyes, as if he wanted to stare a hole in Wu Heng's face.

Wu Heng raised his eyebrows and looked at Sun Minjun indifferently.

His facial features were already cold and hard, and his eyes were now icy, adding a bit of hostility. Sun Minjun quickly looked away.

Xu Haitang felt very embarrassed and a little confused. He didn't want to explain anything more. He hurriedly said, "You guys have fun, I'm going over there," and walked away.

She lowered her head and recalled every little thing that had happened since she met Sun Minjun. She felt that she was really blind at the time to fall in love with such a hypocritical person.

There were so many people in the dance hall that she couldn't tell the direction and just kept walking forward. She almost bumped into someone again, and then Wu Heng pulled her into the dance floor: "Why are you walking? Aren't you dancing?"

Wu Heng naturally had excellent dancing skills, and he easily lifted Xu Haitang up with just a few steps.

Xu Haitang could dance. Even before she started dating Sun Minjun, she had participated in several social events organized by her workplace. These days, many social events were held in the form of tea parties and dances. She had also met two relatively good gay men, but after a few meetings, things fizzled out. Later, when she started dating Sun Minjun, who couldn't dance, Xu Haitang naturally stopped dancing.

But not long after the divorce, Sun Minjun, who couldn't dance, actually went to the dance hall to dance.

Xu Haitang thought of a word Liu Mianmian often said: magical.

She couldn't understand what magic was before, but at this moment she felt that it was magic.

Just put aside all thoughts and dance to the rhythm of the music.

On the other side, Sun Minjun looked in a daze at the direction Xu Haitang left. Jia Hong glanced at him, smiled, and said, "Don't look at it. Xu Haitang's new partner is obviously quite rich. The watch on his wrist is a foreign product. It's very expensive."

Sun Minjun's expression suddenly became even uglier: "Haitang is not that kind of person."

Jia Hong curled his lips. "Didn't you say your disagreement was primarily about money? If it's about money, then isn't it all about money? I heard she's earning a pretty good salary now, and she quit her stable job to work at a Western restaurant because it pays well. After all, who doesn't love money? It's just that some people act noble, while others are more straightforward."

Sun Minjun wanted to refute. He knew that was not the case. They quarreled because of the issue of salary submission, but Xu Haitang was indeed not a profit-driven person.

But he couldn't refute it. He couldn't say that his mother wanted to take all the money, right?

He hesitated for a moment, then finally said, "How can you say we're dating?"

Jia Hong raised her eyebrows slightly: "Aren't we dating? If we weren't dating, why would you dance with me every day? If we weren't dating, why would you hug me so tightly?"

Sun Minjun hesitated: "You and my brother..."

Jia Hong grabbed his hand and placed it on his waist. "What dynasty was that incident between your brother and I? We were all ignorant back then, just joking around. I've forgotten it long ago. But you, we've been in the same unit for so long, always helping each other. We have a revolutionary bond, sharing weal and woe."

The two of them pressed tightly together, and Sun Minjun felt the "turbulent waves" in front of him. The anger and loss in his heart gradually disappeared.

Liu Mianmian had no idea about the "Ashura Field" that Xu Haitang had experienced. She was dancing with Shen Weizhuo.

"I didn't expect you to dance so well." Liu Mianmian was quite surprised. According to the description in the original book, Shen Weizhuo was often bedridden. In addition, his personality did not make it seem like he would go out and participate in any group activities.

Shen Weizhou took Liu Mianmian in his arms and spun her around, saying casually, "I learned it by chance."

Although survival in the alien world is difficult, each region has one or two "safe islands," places where normal humans rest and trade, and also places where adventurers spend their money. As long as you have supplies, you can exchange them for anything there.

In order to trade supplies, Shen Weizhuo would occasionally enter those places. If he didn't want to look special, he naturally had to try hard to blend into the atmosphere.

At that time, he didn't understand why people who were fighting death every day would be willing to waste time on such meaningless entertainment. It was not until now that Shen Weizhuo began to appreciate the fun of it.

Suddenly, a scream was heard.

"You rascal!"

Liu Mianmian looked over and saw a little girl in a white dress not far away slap the young man next to her.

Everyone around looked over.

Amidst the blaring music, the young man suddenly yelled, "Jiang Youyou, how dare you hit me?!"

The girl was obviously in a bad mood. She glared at the young man and yelled at the top of her lungs: "Zhang Liangliang, you fucking touched my butt. If I don't hit you, who should I hit?"

As soon as these words came out, many people watching nearby started laughing, and some even started whistling.

Everyone thought these two people knew each other and were just a young couple flirting.

Of course, some people also reprimanded Zhang Liangliang and asked him to apologize to the lesbian.

However, Liu Mianmian felt something was wrong. The names of these two people sounded very familiar. She seemed to have seen them in the original book.

In the original book, Shen Weihong, hoping to cheer up Jiang Yingxue, takes her to a newly opened dance hall. There, they meet Jiang Youyou, the daughter of a department store manager. She's there with her friends when she's molested by a male classmate, who slaps him. Unexpectedly, the male classmate harbors a grudge and follows her out of the hall, nearly raping her on the way.

Fortunately, Jiang Yingxue caught a glimpse of her shadow and rescued her together with Shen Weihong. Later, she met Manager Jiang because of this. When she invested in opening a store, Manager Jiang helped her solve many supply problems.

The male classmate who molested Jiang Youyou seemed to be called Zhang Liangliang.

The original book did not specify in which dance hall Jiang Youyou was molested, because when Jiang Yingxue ran into them, they were already on the street a little far away from the dance hall.

Could it be that the dance hall was a disco?

Just as Liu Mianmian was recalling the contents of the original book, Jiang Youyou and Zhang Liangliang quarreled for a few more words. Then Jiang Youyou turned around and rushed out of the dance hall, while Zhang Liangliang stood there for a while with a red face, and then followed her out.

Liu Mianmian frowned as she looked at Zhang Liangliang's back and pulled Shen Weizhou: "Let's go over and take a look."

Shen Weihong has gone to the northwest, and Liu Mianmian doesn't know where Jiang Yingxue is now, but no matter what, since Shen Weihong is not there, it is impossible for him to bring Jiang Yingxue to the dance hall, and it is impossible for him to meet Jiang Youyou by chance, and then Jiang Youyou might really be in danger.

Shen Weizhuo looked back and saw Shen Weiyun with the group of people in the western restaurant. There were many of them, so nothing should happen.

The dance hall had a large flow of customers, and naturally there were many street vendors gathered on the street outside. Liu Mianmian and the others chased out, but they didn't see Jiang Youyou and Zhang Liangliang at first.

Shen Weizhou was frowning and observing. Liu Mianmian looked around and decided on a direction: "That way!"

Shen Weizhuo looked in that direction, but there were crowds of people and he didn't see the two people. However, Liu Mianmian was already jogging in that direction very confidently, so Shen Weizhuo had to quickly catch up.

After running for a while, the number of people on the road decreased, and the street became deserted. This made it possible to see people on the road more clearly.

Shen Weizhuo discovered that the hiding figure not far ahead was indeed the young man from before.

He couldn't help but turn his head to look at Liu Mianmian.

Shen Weizhuo believed that his eyesight and hearing were definitely far superior to Liu Mianmian's. If he didn't see it, it was impossible for Liu Mianmian to see it.

It seemed more like she knew these two people would run this way.

Shen Weizhuo lowered his eyes and stopped thinking about it. He knew that his wife had a secret, but he was not going to explore this secret.

Liu Mianmian suddenly pulled him: "Is that person trying to do something bad?"

Shen Weizhou raised his eyes and immediately frowned.

The young man named Zhang Liangliang suddenly caught up with the young woman who was a little further away, put his hand on her shoulder, and then naturally half-pulled and half-dragged her into the dark alley next to him.

The young woman seemed to struggle a bit, but the street lights were dim and there were few pedestrians. Even if someone saw it, they would just think it was a couple playing around.

Shen Weizhuo saw the young man covering the young woman's mouth.

Almost instantly, the two men disappeared around the corner of the alley.

Shen Weizhuo hesitated for two seconds. He didn't know what was going on ahead. He wanted to let Liu Mianmian wait outside on the street, but he felt it was not safe for Liu Mianmian to stay here alone.

But he made up his mind almost immediately, and he pulled Liu Mianmian and ran over.

Jiang Youyou was dragged into the alley with tears streaming down her face. She shook her head and struggled hard, but the strength gap between her and the other person was too great and she couldn't break free.

She felt Zhang Liangliang's disgusting breath on her face and heard Zhang Liangliang say in her ear: "Isn't it just a touch on my butt? You hit me in front of so many people? Who do you think you are? How dare you hit me? You ran to the ballroom to dance, and you still pretend to be an innocent girl? I heard it a long time ago, you are a slut!"

As Zhang Liangliang spoke, he began to touch her. He covered her mouth with one hand and pushed her against the wall, and lifted her skirt with the other hand.

Jiang Youyou was so scared that she trembled all over and struggled even more violently. Just when she felt desperate, she saw a tall and thin figure suddenly appear behind Zhang Liangliang. She widened her eyes, surprised and wanted to call for help, but she could do nothing. She could only watch this person knock Zhang Liangliang to the ground with one punch.

He didn't even give Zhang Liangliang any chance to explain himself. He stripped off his shirt and used it to tie up Zhang Liangliang's hands behind his back very skillfully and neatly.

Ten minutes later, the four appeared at the nearest police station.

The moment she walked into the police station, if she had a smartphone from later generations, Liu Mianmian felt that she would have to take a photo and check in at the police station door.

This is her nth time going to the police station, and each time it’s a different one. If this continues, she’s afraid she’ll be able to check in at all the police stations in South City.

After the facts were clear and the statement was taken, Zhang Liangliang was locked up.

Jiang Youyou was probably frightened. She asked the police station staff to help her call home, and then she sat in the corner with a blank look in her eyes.

Liu Mianmian glanced at her and left with Shen Weizhuo.

She chased out simply to save Jiang Youyou, and didn't think about getting any benefits from it.

After all, if she hadn't traveled through time, Shen Weihong wouldn't have gone to the northwest, and Jiang Youyou would naturally have been saved by Jiang Yingxue. After she traveled through time, everything changed. If she hadn't gone to save her, it's easy to imagine what would have happened to Jiang Youyou.

Liu Mianmian and the others left quietly. When her family rushed to the police station, Jiang Youyou came to her senses. She hugged her mother and cried for a while before she remembered Liu Mianmian and the others.

Hearing that the brave man had left long ago, the Jiang family hurriedly asked the police station for the address of Liu Mianmian and others. Of course, the police station could not tell the Jiang family such private information. They only gave the Shen family's phone number and asked them to contact them by phone first. If they agreed to meet, they would naturally tell the Jiang family the address.

Manager Jiang folded the note with the phone number on it and put it in his pocket, and once again expressed his gratitude to the public security comrades.

Liu Mianmian and Shen Weizhuo returned to the dance hall, which was still bustling. The onlookers who had watched from before would never have imagined what had happened to the girl after she left the dance hall.

The people in the western restaurant were a huge target, and they were quickly found by Liu Mianmian and the others. When Shen Weiyun saw Liu Mianmian, he rushed over and said excitedly: "Sister-in-law, Manager Xu's ex-husband was dancing with someone and was beaten up!"