Wei Mo had no choice but to compromise when Li Xiuxiu disagreed. He snuggled into Li Xiuxiu's arms and occasionally touched her body randomly when no one was paying attention.
Li Xiuxiu's beautiful eyes flashed with anger as she glared fiercely at Wei Mo in her arms, but she didn't say anything more.
The train slowly pulled into the train station. Many people got off, and quite a few got on, making the train exit extremely crowded.
Seeing Li Xiuxiu holding Wei Mo, Zhou Fen took the packages belonging to her group from Wang Changjun and thanked him.
"Thank you, Comrade Wang Changjun. Don't forget to write to me."
Wang Changjun nodded somewhat reluctantly to Zhou Fen and the others, and then the four of them slowly squeezed out of the train carriage.
Unable to see Zhou Fen and the others in sight, Wang Changjun quickly ran to the carriage and peered through the window.
Zhou Fen happened to look back and saw Wang Changjun leaning against the car window. She waved to him, and her mood became exceptionally beautiful.
The train station was bustling with people, each carrying enormous packages and luggage. It took Wei Mo and his companions a great deal of effort to squeeze through the crowd.
After the four of them came out of the train station, all eyes turned to Qian Manman.
Qian Manman seemed a little downcast. She said to Li Xiuxiu and the other two:
"Come on, everyone, follow me. I'll take you to my old house."
Everyone could tell that Qian Manman was in a bad mood, but Li Xiuxiu and the other two didn't say anything more.
Although they are family now, this is Qian Manman's own business, and they shouldn't interfere.
Led by Qian Manman, the three of them walked for about half an hour.
Li Xiuxiu and Zhou Fen tightly protected Wei Mo in the middle. Little Wei Mo rolled his eyes, feeling like a little kid. No, he really was a little kid.
The group finally arrived at Qian Manman's home, which was a dormitory in a factory area.
In this day and age, the houses where urban residents live are not as good as those in the countryside.
In rural areas, as long as you have money and a plot of land is approved, you can build a house.
However, in the city, the whole family is crammed into a small room, which is very crowded.
Led by Qian Manman, they stopped in front of a dilapidated four-story building.
She hesitated for a moment. To be honest, Qian Manman really didn't want to go back to this house. She glanced at Li Xiuxiu and Zhou Fen beside her.
Li Xiuxiu was born with superhuman strength, and Zhou Fen was exceptionally strong, which gave her immense courage. She had already guessed that her parents might be deceiving her.
But since they are my biological parents, I should still meet them no matter what.
Qian Manman walked into the apartment building, went up to the 3rd floor, stopped in front of a door, and knocked on the door.
As Qian Manman knocked on the door, a middle-aged woman opened it and seemed quite excited to see her.
She stepped forward and grabbed Qian Manman's hand:
"Manman is back, come in quickly."
But Qian Manman wanted to escape at this moment, for no other reason than that the woman who opened the door was none other than Qian Manman's mother, Dong Juan.
In the letter that Qian Manman received, her parents were already seriously ill and unable to get out of bed, but now they appeared in front of her perfectly fine.
Although Qian Manman already had a suspicion in her heart, when she felt deceived, she still wanted to leave, because they knew that calling her back meant nothing good.
But Dong Juan grabbed her wrist, and at the same time Dong Juan shouted into the room:
"Xuejun, come out quickly, Manman is back."
The name she called out was Qian Manman's father, Qian Xuejun. Qian Manman was heartbroken, but she had arrived home, so she decided to come back and visit.
She glanced at Li Xiuxiu and Zhou Fen, who nodded to her. She stopped trying to escape and spoke directly to Dong Juan:
"Mom, I have friends with me. Let's go inside and talk."
Once Qian Manman stopped struggling, Dong Juan nodded to her and then warmly invited Li Xiuxiu and Zhou Fen into the room.
Her gaze kept shifting between Li Xiuxiu and Zhou Fen. Qian Xuejun, having heard Dong Juan's shout, also walked from inside the room to the door.
Seeing that the three women had brought a child with them, he quickly and warmly welcomed all four of them into the house.
The room was extremely small, less than 20 square meters in total, and there wasn't even a place to sit.
Led by Qian Manman, Li Xiuxiu and the other two sat on a bunk bed.
Dong Juan warmly poured a glass of water for Li Xiuxiu and the others, then said to Qian Manman:
“Manman, you’re finally back! Mom missed you so much! You naughty child, you just went to the countryside without a word. You didn’t even tell us you were there. You know how worried we were.”
"That's great! Now that you're back, you don't have to leave anymore. I'll arrange a marriage for you. I'll take you to meet the prospective spouse tomorrow, and then you can get married."
Qian Manman sneered inwardly. Why did she leave? It was all because of this family.
She couldn't believe her mother would kindly arrange a blind date for her, forcing her to return from the countryside; there must be something wrong with it.
Qian Manman questioned her parents:
“Aren’t you all seriously ill? You’re lying to me. Did I say I wanted to get married? I’m not getting married. Since you’re not sick, I’ll leave in a bit. I still have to work on rural resource development.”
Qian Manman didn't want to push things too far, but things didn't go as planned. Her father, Qian Xuejun, stood up and said sternly to her:
“You’re already so old. Your mother and I have already arranged for you to get married when you come back. We can’t let you leave again this time.”
The atmosphere became somewhat tense for a moment. Qian Manman stood up and addressed Li Xiuxiu and the other two:
"Xiuxiu, let's go, let's leave this place. I never want to come back."
Upon hearing this, Qian Xuejun quickly intervened, blocking the doorway and saying to Qian Manman:
"I've raised you for so many years, what, you think I can't control you anymore? I've already arranged a marriage for you, you'll marry the deputy director of our factory, just wait and enjoy your life from now on, would I ever harm you?"
It sounded pretty good, but Li Xiuxiu and the other two heard Qian Manman retort:
“Since I was born, have you raised me? You just threw me to my maternal grandmother’s house, and it was my maternal grandmother who raised me.”
“I’m not getting married. How old is the deputy director of your factory? I’m so young. You promised someone else, so go and get married yourself.”
Although Qian Manman was not familiar with the factory where her father worked, she guessed that the deputy factory director was definitely a decrepit old man.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have a chance, and there would definitely be all sorts of problems.
Her parents' words sound nice, but they must be treating her as a commodity to exchange for benefits, promising the deputy factory director what advantages he would receive if she married him.
Qian Xuejun stood blocking the doorway, looking extremely angry. He said to Qian Manman:
"You have to get married whether you like it or not. This is not your decision. I'm telling you, just wait and see."
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