Chapter Nine: How terrifying, Zhou Congsheng
Chen Huatao sat on the sofa drinking tea. His wife glared at him with a grim expression. Her parents had told her not to marry someone from another place, but she hadn't believed them. Now, something had happened at home, and she couldn't even help. She was furious.
"Can you please take your feet off the coffee table? Aren't you dirty?"
Chen Huatao didn't even lift his eyelids, looking down at her and saying, "Wu Caiyun, if you can live like this, then live it. If you don't want to, we can get a divorce. Anyway, you don't even look down on me."
Wu Caiyun's face stiffened. Chen Huatao was a director, a respectable job with a high salary. Although he wasn't from Haicheng, he was very shrewd and had made many connections over the years. It wasn't impossible for him to climb the ranks further. She was out of her mind to divorce him at this time.
"I... I didn't mean that. My niece's inability to find a job is troubling me. I'm just very confused."
“Our Pengpeng doesn’t have a job either, why aren’t you worried? If this drags on any longer, he’ll be forced to go to the countryside. As his mother, why haven’t you cared about him at all?”
"He's a boy, so what if he goes to the countryside? Wanwan is a girl, can she handle the heavy work in the countryside?"
Wu Caiping spoke with some impatience. Just then, Shen Yuzhu and Chen Pengpeng walked in together. Upon hearing this, both of them looked very displeased.
When Wu Caiping saw her son return, she quickly forced a smile, but the smile looked incredibly stiff.
"Yuzhu, what brings you here?"
“Uncle, I came here to talk to you about work. I happened to see my cousin at the door, so he brought me along.”
Wu Caiping knew about the Shen family, but at this time, anyone associated with the word "capitalist" was bound to suffer, so she didn't even greet Shen Yuzhu when she saw her.
"Pengpeng, pour your cousin a glass of water. Yuzhu, come and sit down."
"Thank you, Uncle. I won't stay any longer. I'll explain the situation to you and then I'll leave. I'm planning to go to the countryside, and I definitely won't hand the job over to Shen Yuxia. On the way here, I was thinking about selling the job to my aunt's daughter who didn't have a job, but now... I'll give it to Pengpeng instead!"
"What?"
Chen Huatao and Chen Pengpeng looked at her in shock, while Wu Caiping also stood up abruptly.
“How can I give this to Pengpeng? How much does this job cost? I’ll buy it and give it to Wanwan.”
Shen Yuzhu ignored him completely and turned to look at Chen Huatao.
“Uncle, we are really relatives. I only need 1,500 yuan for Pengpeng to do the job. You can prepare the materials. I will watch Pengpeng sign them before I leave.”
After she finished speaking, she looked at Chen Pengpeng and said, "Pengpeng, you are a boy, and we are not much different from siblings. Be firm at this time, or you will have to go to the countryside. Take care of yourself and your father. You have a good father."
After she finished speaking, she turned to leave, and Chen Huatao quickly pulled Chen Pengpeng to see her off. Wu Caiping couldn't catch up with her.
After leaving the family compound, Chen Huatao still wanted to persuade her, "Yuzhu, this is such a big deal, can't you think about it again? Work is so important. Like your aunt said, you are a girl. If you and Pengpeng had to choose one to go to the countryside, I would be willing to let Pengpeng go. After all, he is a boy."
“Uncle, don’t say that. The Shen family is about to be purged. There’s no benefit for me to stay in Haicheng at this time. I’m going to Heilongjiang Province. It’s much easier there. There are several months of winter there, and they have heated brick beds. They also have abundant resources. I’m bringing a lot of money with me, so I definitely won’t suffer.”
"But you..."
Shen Yuzhu shook her head. Seeing that he couldn't persuade her, Chen Huatao could only sigh. Chen Pengpeng didn't say a word the whole time, but he was really grateful to this rare cousin.
He had already made up his mind to go to the countryside, but unexpectedly, things took a turn for the better, and not only did he get a job, he got such a good one.
"Cousin, take care. Once you've settled in, remember to write to us. I'll send you things."
"Why!"
Shen Yuzhu didn't go home until after dark. She deliberately didn't lock the door properly when she left today, and sure enough, there were a few people sneaking around the house.
She had already stored everything in the house in her spatial dimension; they probably wouldn't be able to find a single thing.
Shen Yuzhu was about to go in when Zhou Congsheng pulled her back.
"Sister Yuzhu, don't go in, it's dangerous!"
"Um?"
Zhou Congsheng didn't speak, but raised his chin at her, gesturing for her to look upstairs. Shen Yuzhu blinked, and then transformed into a movie star.
"Oh dear, who is that? How scary! What should we do, Zhou Congsheng?"
She huddled up, her body trembling, and leaned against Zhou Congsheng, placing her small hand directly on his chest.
With the soft, fragrant woman in his arms, Zhou Congsheng froze on the spot. He nervously swallowed, unsure of what to do with his hands.
"I, I, I...you, you, you...don't be afraid, I'll go in first, you go find someone, then call the police, hurry up, be careful."
Shen Yuzhu knew his skills, so she grabbed his hand, her watery eyes filled with a timid tenderness.
"Be careful and don't get hurt, or I'll be heartbroken."
"Um!"
Zhou Congsheng agreed very solemnly. After Shen Yuzhu had run far away, he turned his head and looked coldly at the two-story building of the Shen family. He carefully pushed open the courtyard gate, walked over quickly, and then took a running start and jumped directly to the second floor.
When Shen Yuzhu led the group over, she heard several screams. She frowned and seemed to hear Zhou Congsheng gasping for breath. Panicked, she rushed inside.
"Zhou Congsheng, Zhou Congsheng, are you alright, Zhou Congsheng?"
Pushing open the door of the Shen family's house, everyone was stunned. In the empty living room lay several people with their faces covered. The most promising and successful man in the compound was now holding his bleeding arm with one hand, his hair disheveled, and his face haggard as he looked at Shen Yuzhu.
"Hey, didn't I tell you to be careful? How did you get hurt? Does it hurt?"
Zhou Congsheng originally wanted to shake his head, but seeing the urgency in her eyes, he nodded slightly, even staggering a little. The thieves lying on the ground, seeing his appearance, forgot their own pain and wished they could tear that bastard man apart.
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"Heavens above! This isn't just a case of being robbed, it's a complete ransacking! Yuzhu, please don't let these thieves get away with it! They've stolen everything! Are they going to starve your whole family?"
"That's right, where are the police? Why haven't they arrived yet? We are all witnesses, we must severely punish these villains."
"Yuzhu, quickly help Congsheng to the hospital to get bandaged up. Leave things here to us. Don't worry, with us here, we'll make these bandits return everything they stole."
The aunties, grandmas, and uncles from several courtyards were still angry and went up to kick the thieves lying on the ground. In the midst of the shouting, Liang's father loosened his grip, and a cloth bag suddenly fell out of his arms.
Shen Yuzhu's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly shouted loudly, "This, this is my aunt's, Yuxia's, and my dad's underwear! Shameless scoundrel, how could you even steal this? You have no shame!"
Mr. Liang was so angry he felt like he was going to vomit blood. When they arrived, the Shen family's belongings were already empty. They hadn't stolen a single thing. Underwear, such a small amount of fabric, he thought it was a handkerchief!
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