Chapter 32 One who stays near vermilion gets stained red.
He begged for mercy while putting on a pitiful expression.
Lu Xiuye pouted, looked at him with disgust, and gave a cold snort.
Although he didn't immediately let go, the pressure was noticeably lighter than before, and his tone softened a bit.
Even so, she still kicked Qu Dong hard in the leg.
"Do you dare to do it again?!"
She shouted angrily.
Qu Dong quickly put on a smiling face and waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "I wouldn't dare! I admit it, I admit it!"
After he finished speaking, he made an exaggerated gesture of covering his head and shrinking his neck.
"Auntie, help me!"
He laughed while pretending to cry out.
"Your family members are all so ruthless, they beat people up at the drop of a hat!"
As Shen Cuifen listened and watched, her heart warmed, and a smile involuntarily appeared on her face.
The tension finally eased.
"Pfft—"
She couldn't help but laugh, her eyes crinkling with amusement.
She suddenly realized that when the neighbors were talking about it earlier, they probably mentioned that someone in Jinmantang had suggested that Lu Xiuye should accompany them for drinks.
The person referred to as Qu Dong's "partner" was actually Lu Xiuye.
In his previous life's memories, when Qu Dong stabbed the manager, it was to avenge Lu Xiuye.
That evening, before she breathed her last, Lu Xiuye recounted the incident in her own words, her voice trembling with tears.
At that moment, Shen Cuifen held the blood-stained knife in her hand, her heart filled with despair, wishing she could personally seek justice for her daughter.
"Xiuye, let him go!"
Shen Cuifen's face suddenly darkened.
Lu Xiuye was originally clutching the man's clothes tightly.
Hearing his mother's words, he was suddenly stunned for a moment before quickly withdrawing his hand.
Qu Dong, on the other side, rubbed his ears, but his expression remained smiling.
"Auntie, what brings you all here? What a coincidence! We really do have a deep connection!"
Qu Dong spoke with a relaxed smile.
"Don't talk nonsense! Who's that close to you! I have no connection with you whatsoever! Let me ask you, what gives you the right to loiter around in a place like this!"
Lu Xiuye immediately retorted with dissatisfaction, waving her hand away.
Qu Dong shrugged, scratched the back of his head, and pointed to the street corner not far away.
"Isn't this Jinmantang? The store wasn't open during the day today, so I just came out for a stroll since I had nothing else to do."
Shen Cuifen and Lu Xiuye looked in the direction Qu Dong pointed, and a huge sign slowly came into view.
That's the logo of Jinmantang Karaoke.
The signboard has a rich golden hue and is decorated with an exquisite carved border.
In the very center is a luxurious glass door, which looks very grand.
Shen Cuifen's face suddenly turned deathly pale.
She felt a sudden darkness before her eyes, and it felt as if someone had suddenly grabbed her chest.
He staggered and instinctively took a few steps back.
Jin Mantang...
That was the place that brought her endless nightmares in her previous life.
Lu Xiuwei, who was standing next to her, was the first to notice something was wrong and immediately reached out to support her.
Lu Xiuye panicked and quickly stepped forward to support Shen Cuifen's arm, steadying her while turning her head to glare angrily at Qu Dong, who was standing not far away.
"Qu Dong, you scared my mom, you know that! What you just said was so rude! You didn't even think before you spoke!"
She questioned him angrily.
"Let's go, let's get going!"
Shen Cuifen regained some of her senses and said with a serious expression.
Lu Xiuye glared at Qu Dong, her eyes filled with disgust.
She and Lu Xiuwei supported Shen Cuifen on either side.
The three of them walked hurriedly forward.
Qu Dong himself was startled by the sudden situation and stood there for a few seconds, feeling guilty.
Then, realizing what was happening, he quickly picked up his foot and chased after them.
"Auntie, I really didn't mean it. I really didn't expect it to turn out like this. Are you alright?"
He shouted urgently as he chased after them.
Shen Cuifen's hands, held tightly by her two daughters, gradually warmed up.
She lowered her head and thought for a moment, realizing that these were all things of the past and not worth mentioning again.
She took a deep breath to calm herself down, then stopped walking.
"Auntie, I didn't think it through just now."
Qu Dong finally arrived in front of them.
After saying his apology, he bowed to her, his movements sincere and his attitude earnest.
He himself was filled with remorse. In fact, when he first saw Shen Cuifen, he should have noticed the gauze on her head and the change in her complexion, instead of speaking carelessly without thinking.
However, his impression of her had always been that she was quite assertive.
Shen Cuifen knew very well that although Qu Dong seemed somewhat carefree and unreliable on the surface, he was still capable of achieving great things.
But in reality, he is not a bad person at heart, and his actions are not malicious.
Having lived to such an old age, she has long understood many things and has learned not to judge people by their appearance, nor to be easily misled by outward appearances.
"It's nothing, it's nothing. I just felt a little dizzy and wasn't feeling well. Don't worry about it."
Her tone was gentle.
"Mom, how about we go sit over there for a while?"
Lu Xiuye pointed to a bench not far from the roadside and suggested, her tone full of concern and heartache, "You don't look well, you need to rest."
Shen Cuifen waved her hand, her movement light but firm.
"We still have important business to attend to; we can't afford to delay."
She said, "I'll go back as soon as I'm done."
She didn't say what came next.
If they were any later, there would be no more buses back to town, but the two daughters seemed to understand and nodded in agreement, no longer trying to persuade them.
"Auntie, what do you need to do? Let me help you, as a way of apologizing."
Qu Dong cautiously made his request.
Lu Xiuye snorted coldly, refusing without even looking up, "We don't need your interference! Just do your own thing!"
Seeing Lu Xiuye's appearance, it seems that she doesn't have any special feelings for Qu Dong at the moment; it's just a normal friendship between classmates.
However, even so, Shen Cuifen still instinctively didn't want Qu Dong and Lu Xiuye to get too close.
After all, in her previous life, all the misfortunes that Lu Xiuye encountered were ultimately caused by Jin Mantang.
So anything that involves Jin Mantang.
Shen Cuifen was unwilling to let her daughter have any more contact with it.
"Don't work for Jin Mantang anymore, Qu Dong. Take my advice. If possible, find another job. This place really isn't suitable for you."
After saying these words, Shen Cuifen led her two daughters away.
Qu Dong stood there, touching his ear, still somewhat confused.
Why did Shen Cuifen repeatedly advise him to stay away from Jin Mantang?
I watched until the mother and her two daughters walked away.
Qu Dongcai sighed silently, turned around, and walked in another direction.
Meanwhile, Shen Cuifen, along with her two daughters, once again used the same old method to quietly enter the dormitory area of the steel factory and successfully sold another twenty pairs of shoes.
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