Gao Ruoyun was at Yang Meina's house, chatting with Yang Meina's mother. The latter thanked her, saying, "Thank you so much. If it weren't for Wang Wenhao, whom you introduced, my Nana would still be single."
Gao Ruyun shook her head: "They are destined to be together. When do they plan to hold the wedding banquet? Have they set a date yet?"
Yang Meina's biological mother replied: "We have talked with Wang Wenhao's parents. Their children are all getting older and can't afford to waste too much time. They plan to get married during the Chinese New Year."
"That's great, it's lively during the Chinese New Year."
As the two were chatting, a neighbor walked by and asked, "Rou Rou's mother, why are you laughing so happily?"
Gao Ruoyun: "???"
Why not laugh?
Should I cry?
The neighbor slapped his forehead and said, "That's right. For your family, it's no different for Zhong Ping to lose more than a thousand yuan than to lose no money at all."
Gao Ruoyun slammed her hand on the table: "What?!?!"
Gao Ruoyun rushed to the village's card room but couldn't find her husband. She learned from the villagers that Zhong Ping had lost all the money he had saved to buy corn and then went home with the wooden stick.
There was no sign of her husband either; a letter lay on the living room table:
Goodbye, my dear wife. Please forgive my mistakes. I should never have walked into that wicked card room, which led me down a path of no return.
I know you are very sad and upset, and so am I.
I hate myself, I hate this version of myself that loves playing cards.
But... don't worry, your man is brave, upright, and dares to face mistakes and solve them with his own abilities.
I will go out to work and earn money to pay back all the money you gave me for the corn. I will stand before you looking brand new.
Please believe me, cherish your wife.
Love, my husband~~~
... ...
"Huh? Your dad ran away from home?" Chu Fang's eyes widened.
Zhong Tingyue shook her head: "It's not running away from home, but fleeing to avoid punishment."
Zhong Ping lost over a thousand yuan and was afraid to see Gao Ruoyun, so he simply ran away and went to work elsewhere.
Chu Fang was silent for a few seconds: "My father-in-law... he runs quite fast, he has the potential to be a reporter."
Zhong Tingyue rolled her eyes at him and then buried herself in her work.
"Hey, are you just going to abandon this?" Chu Fang sat on his desk.
“My mother doesn’t care, so why should I?” Zhong Tingyue said, her head down.
“I can use my connections to find your father.”
"Need not."
“My dad is a grown man, he has his own ideas, he can do whatever he wants, we can’t control him.”
Zhong Tingyue looked up and saw the worry on her fiancé's face. She smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry. My father is different from your mother. Your mother is inexperienced and has been protected too well by you. She knows nothing about the outside world. It's normal for you to be worried when she suddenly runs away from home, afraid of being deceived or taken advantage of."
“My father is different. When he was young, he traveled all over the country and saw a lot. He didn’t suffer outside. This time he lost money and was afraid of my mother, so he ran away. Once my mother is no longer angry, he will obediently come home.”
Chu Fang craned his neck: "How long will it take for your mother's anger to subside?"
"At least three months."
Chu Fang: "..."
Since Zhong Tingyue had said that, he was no longer worried and joked, "My father-in-law is quite skilled. He lost over a thousand yuan playing Dou Dizhu, which costs only one yuan."
"It's all because of you."
"Me? What's it to me!" Chu Fang refused to take the blame.
Zhong Tingyue punched her fiancé: "My dad used to have very little money, which was managed by my mom, so his expenses were quite small. But ever since you added him on WeChat and started sending him red envelopes all the time, he's had his own little stash of money and developed a habit of spending lavishly."
“My dad used to play cards for just a few cents, but now he plays for a dollar. Do you think that has anything to do with you?”
Chu Fang: "So it was wrong of me to send red envelopes?"
“That’s right.” Zhong Tingyue smiled. “Just give my dad fewer red envelopes in the future, and don’t give him too much money. As soon as my dad has money, he becomes arrogant and acts like the world is the most important thing in the world.”
Then Zhong Tingyue told Chu Fang about his father-in-law's past actions, and Chu Fang realized that compared to his father-in-law, he was probably the one who had never seen the world.
Someone who could live so freely in the 1990s doesn't seem like someone who was deceived.
... ...
In the Central Plains, it is late at night.
A shadowy figure was crouching outside Zhong Tingyue's door. It was Zhong Ping. When he looked up and saw that the lights in the bedroom were off, he couldn't help but say, "No, you're really not going to take care of me? You're leaving me out here, hot and hungry."
Click...
Just then, a figure walked up from the front. It was Yang Meina's biological father. Zhong Ping said excitedly, "Old Yang, you're here. How's the matter I asked you to inquire about?"
Yang Meina's biological father came over and said, "Your wife is really angry this time. She said if you show up in front of her, she'll break your legs."
"Oh no, what should I do?" Zhong Ping paced back and forth, anxious and restless.
Yang Meina's biological father said, "Go away and hide for two days, and come home after he calms down."
"That's the only way."
Yang Meina's biological father said, "I've found you a job in Shanghai."
"Shanghai?"
Yang Meina's biological father understood what his childhood friend meant and said, "Shanghai is so big, there are people everywhere, you won't be able to see Yueyue and the others."
Zhong Ping thought for a moment and nodded: "That makes sense."
"I'm leaving. Keep an eye on the house for me. Call me if anything happens."
After saying that, Zhong Ping put his hands in his pockets and left.
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