Zhong Chengren was already getting irritated, and upon hearing this, he shouted impatiently, "What are you yelling about! Is the sky falling?"
The boy shrank back at the yelling, but still said hurriedly, "You...your mom! Your mom went...went to the grain and oil station to find recorder Meng...Meng!"
"What did you say?!" Zhong Chengren sobered up instantly and suddenly jumped up from the stool with his eyes wide open.
His mother went to find Meng Wanshu? And brought people with her?!
Zhong Chengren felt a chill running from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head, and cold sweat broke out on his back!
His mother's temper, and Meng Wanshu's troublemaker...if things get out of hand...
Zhong Chengren didn't even dare to think about it!
He pushed open the card table in front of him with a loud bang, and without even bothering to greet his fellow gamblers, he left a sentence "Damn it, bad luck!" and ran towards the grain and oil station!
When Zhang Chunxue heard Meng Wanshu's refusal to admit her mistake, she became furious.
Her eyebrows raised, she took a step forward, and her voice became even colder than before: "Meng Wanshu, stop playing tricks on me!"
"Even if that bastard Zhong Chengren is standing right here, you have to take this necklace off for me!"
"Or, just pay the money quickly!"
Meng Wanshu stiffened her neck and threw herself into a tantrum, "I'm telling you! You don't have the final say on this matter! Zhong Chengren must come! If he asks me to return it, I'll do it without hesitation! If he doesn't ask, no one can take it from my neck!"
Meng Wanshu knew very well that she and Zhong Chengren had never colluded in their testimony on this matter, and the more she said, the more mistakes she would make.
The only thing he could do now was to wait for Zhong Chengren to come over and let him speak first, so that he could counter his moves.
Just then, there was a sudden commotion outside the crowd.
"Make way! Make way!" A quick and rough male voice sounded.
Before he could finish his words, a figure squeezed in from the crowd, sweating and panting, like a weasel being chased.
It’s Zhong Chengren!
He immediately saw his mother Zhang Chunxue with an angry and domineering look on her face, while Meng Wanshu opposite him looked weak and pitiful, as if she was about to cry, and was staring at him eagerly.
Zhong Chengren's heart was twisted almost instantly.
When Meng Wanshu saw Zhong Chengren, her eyes lit up like a drowning person who had grabbed the last straw!
Before Zhang Chunxue could speak, she cried out in a sobbing, aggrieved voice, "Comrade Zhong! You're finally here!"
"Hurry up and explain it to your mother!"
"I...I just asked you to bring me a gold necklace! I didn't have enough money at the time, so I gave you 120 yuan first. We agreed that I would give you the remaining 30 yuan after I got my salary this month!"
"Auntie...she insisted that there was something unclear between us...between us!"
Zhong Chengren listened to Meng Wanshu's words, and then looked at her tearful face. His mind raced, and he immediately understood!
He nodded quickly and gave Meng Wanshu a reassuring smile: "Yes, Comrade Meng, you are right, that is what happened."
"It's only thirty yuan. Don't worry, just pay it whenever it's convenient for you."
“Wow—”
The crowd around them started whispering to each other again.
"Huh? So, Recorder Meng really didn't lie?"
"Could it be that this lady really misunderstood?"
"That...that's hard to say..."
Seeing that Zhong Chengren had indeed lived up to his promise, Meng Wanshu's heart fell back into her stomach and she breathed a long sigh of relief.
She immediately pressed the issue, turning to Zhang Chunxue and tearfully complaining, "Auntie! Did you hear that? There's really nothing wrong between Comrade Zhong and me! How could you wrongly accuse me like this? And... you even brought this to our workplace!"
Zhong Chengren immediately frowned and complained to Zhang Chunxue, "Mom! What are you doing here?"
"Comrade Meng was kind enough to ask me for a favor. How could you wrongly accuse him like this?"
He paused, his voice filled with hurt and dissatisfaction, and he defended himself to Zhang Chunxue, as if to the people around him:
"Besides, Mom, in your heart, am I, Zhong Chengren, that kind of person?"
"Besides, don't you hold all the money in the family? Where would I get so much spare money to buy someone a gold necklace?"
After saying that, he turned to the people around him who were watching the fun, and with a hint of embarrassment and helplessness, he waved his hand: "Alas, I made a fool of myself. My mother...she's old, and sometimes she's a little confused. Please don't be offended, please don't be offended!"
After hearing these words, Zhang Chunxue was so angry that she fell backwards and almost couldn't breathe!
She is only in her early forties, how can she be confused and senile?
Before Zhang Chunxue could react, a clear but somewhat cold voice sounded beside him.
"Zhong Chengren, your mother is only in her early forties this year, how can she be old?"
Zhong Chengren was just about to pull Meng Wanshu aside to calm things down when he was startled when he heard this voice.
He looked in the direction of the voice and saw Song Xingzhi standing in the crowd with a calm expression but sharp eyes.
"Song... Secretary Song?" Zhong Chengren's expression froze for a moment, a hint of surprise on his face. "Why are you here too?"
Song Xingzhi said calmly, "I came here to buy some rice and happened to run into them. Comrade Meng was agitated just now and pushed your mother, and she almost bumped into the corner of the counter over there."
Zhong Chengren frowned unconsciously upon hearing this, but then he muttered disapprovingly, "Then who told her to come here on her own to cause trouble..."
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