Chapter 209 Suffered a Great Loss
"Once she makes real money, she'll definitely jump on the bandwagon!"
By then, who will still call it a crooked path?
Who would be afraid of this or that?
Shen Cuifen pointed out the way while urging them on.
"Yes, yes, that's the way! Turn left! Turn left now!"
She remembered this road clearly; the back gate of the vegetable market was just two hundred meters ahead.
That area has a large population, making it suitable for setting up a stall to assess market conditions.
She didn't want to waste time; opportunities don't wait for anyone.
As soon as Song Wenhua turned the corner, Shen Cuifen spotted three people sitting by the roadside.
Lu Jianguo, Lu Zhongping, and Zhou Wenjuan.
The three men lay sprawled on the roadside, leaning against the wall, their faces covered in dust and dirt.
His clothes were so dirty that their original color was no longer visible, and his face was covered in a mixture of sweat and ash.
Even breathing felt like he was about to stop, his chest rising and falling.
Lu Jianguo was the most severely paralyzed, with sunken eye sockets and pale lips.
He leaned against the wall, his head tilted to the side, his eyelids drooping, muttering something to himself.
He was so thin that he was just skin and bones, and his shoulder blades were pushing against his clothes.
Lu Zhongping and Zhou Wenjuan weren't in much better shape; their faces were sallow and their eyes were cloudy.
It looks like they relied on taking turns carrying people to get through the whole journey.
Their shoes were worn through, their toes sticking out and covered in mud.
"That's not my dad? Wait... no! It's Lu Jianguo!"
Shen Zhongshun slammed his fist on the car window and shouted.
He squinted and looked ahead for several seconds before finally confirming the man lying on the ground.
It was Lu Jianguo who abandoned his wife and children and left back then!
Upon hearing that it was Shen Zhongshun's father, Song Wenhua lightly applied the brakes and slowed down.
Although he didn't know about the Lu family's messy affairs, he could tell from their tone that their relationship was not simple.
Father and son should be given a chance to reunite, right?
He subconsciously slowed down, placing his hands on the steering wheel, ready to stop at any moment.
He had no idea about Shen Cuifen's messy affair with the Lu family.
It is unknown how Lu Jianguo swindled Shen Cuifen's savings back then.
All he knew was that the woman sitting in the car was unusually calm.
"Don't stop."
Shen Cuifen's eyes turned cold.
She stared at the three people in front of her, her eyes devoid of any pity.
"We don't know any of them."
She didn't want to get involved in past debts again.
She didn't want to bring up the pain of the past again.
The car had just stopped in front of them when the accelerator was floored again.
With a loud bang, the tire kicked up a cloud of dirt and sped off.
They didn't even have the strength to lift their heads; they could only listen to the roar fading into the distance.
Shen Xiuye, who was in the front row, thought she had arrived home and tried to stand up to take a look while leaning on the side of the car.
She is old, her eyesight is poor, and she is hard of hearing.
I only felt the car stop briefly, and I thought we had arrived at my own doorstep.
She shakily gripped the seat, her back bent, preparing to get off the bus.
As soon as the head of the car peeked out, it suddenly sped off again.
The sudden inertia made her lean back, slip, and almost fall off the car.
She stumbled and almost fell over.
Song Xiaomei reacted quickly and grabbed her arm.
She reacted extremely quickly, reaching out with her left hand and grabbing Shen Xiuye's sleeve tightly.
Are you alright?
She asked urgently, her face full of worry.
Why did the car suddenly brake just now?
She felt that the pause just now wasn't a normal way of giving way.
Shen Xiuye waved her hand, her face expressionless.
Zheng Mingyue was about to get up and go over to see what was going on.
She wanted to see what was going on over there, but then she suddenly uttered a cold remark.
"It's nothing. I just saw three dirty things, and I guess Brother Wenhua wanted to give them a ride on the way."
Zheng Mingyue's heart skipped a beat.
Three dirty things?
What is this thing?
Are they talking about their own people?
She frowned instinctively, feeling a pang of discomfort, and couldn't help but turn her head to glance behind her.
As far as the eye could see, it was indeed quite dirty.
The three men were covered in dust and dirt, their clothes were stained with mud, and their shoes were torn.
Especially Lu Zhongping, whose hair was messy and had a black mark on his face.
He looked exactly like a beggar fleeing famine.
The truck kicked up a thick cloud of yellow dust.
The choking caused the three of them to cough repeatedly, and tears welled up in their eyes.
Zhou Wenjuan quickly covered her mouth and nose, fanned the air in front of her with one hand, and squinted her eyes to try to see ahead.
"That...isn't that Sister Cuifen? How come it's her? And the woman next to her...isn't that the Song woman who was by Zhongshun's bed? What are they doing here?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Zhongping suddenly stood up from the ground, his eyes fixed on the truck that was speeding away.
His fists clenched unconsciously, his nails digging deep into his palms.
The situation inside the truck bed was clearly visible.
Shen Xiuye sat at the front, her expression indifferent.
Song Lei and his family stood close together, their faces showing a hint of pride.
"Pooh!"
Lu Zhongping spat hard on the ground, raising a small cloud of dust.
"What are you trying to prove! Just because you have a car doesn't make you any special. You have to stop in front of us and wave it around, what are you showing off for!"
He became increasingly angry as he spoke, and his voice began to tremble.
"A whole family of heartless, cold-blooded bastards who only know how to step on others to climb to the top!"
He kept cursing at the car's rear end, which was already out of sight.
Actually, just now, the instant the truck stopped, he almost cried.
For a moment, he genuinely believed that someone was finally willing to kindly lend them a hand.
But what was the result?
It was not a friendly stay at all, but a complete and utter humiliation!
It was Shen Cuifen who deliberately drove the car in front of them and stopped steadily, just so they could see it clearly.
How glamorous and wealthy she is now!
Thinking of this, Lu Zhongping was so angry that his hands were trembling slightly.
Seeing this, Zhou Wenjuan quickly stepped forward and gently patted his back.
"Calm down, don't get sick from getting angry. Getting angry won't do you any good. The important thing is that we have to live and fight for our dignity."
She paused, a stubborn glint in her eyes.
"When we're rich in the future, we'll buy a big truck and drive around their house every day, honking the horn loudly, to see who's more impressive!"
Lu Zhongping felt the warmth from her shoulder, and she gently leaned against it again.
The tightness in my chest actually dissipated little by little.
He looked down at Zhou Wenjuan, opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.
But he didn't see that not far behind him, Lu Jianguo's face had already turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
"I'll definitely let you ride in big trucks someday!"
Lu Zhongping suddenly turned around and boldly declared.
Then, she didn't forget to glance back at Lu Jianguo.
Lu Jianguo was startled by that gaze and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Perhaps I'm just overthinking it.
After all, one was his own son, and the other was just an outsider.
With such a large age gap between them, how could anything inappropriate happen between them?
Besides, Zhou Wenjuan has always respected Lu Jianguo from the bottom of her heart since she was a child.
For him, she didn't know how many cold looks she suffered from Shen Cuifen, or how many inexplicable losses she endured.
Even when others bullied her, she never complained or tried to shift the blame onto them.
If he doesn't believe in himself, surely he should believe in Zhou Wenjuan?
"OK!"
Lu Jianguo finally spoke.
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