Zhao Wei doesn't talk about girlfriends. When someone introduced girls to him for blind dates, he refused any of them.
The Power Supply Bureau is a good company with a stable job. Zhao Wei is young and in the eyes of many people he is a golden boy. Many people are rushing to go on blind dates, but he has refused to agree to any of them and has been dragging his feet until now.
The aunties in the alley kept gossiping about Zhao Wei for a long time, saying that at Zhao Wei's age, he would be a father of two children in the countryside, but he still refused to go on a blind date, and wondered if there was something wrong with him.
When they talked about these gossips, Mrs. Xu never participated in the discussion, but she also listened to them.
She would never have thought that Zhao Wei was actually thinking about his daughter.
Hearing what Mrs. Xu said, Lin Minjun took a breath of cold air. How old is Lingling? She is only a teenager and will take the high school entrance exam soon. The prime of her life has not even begun. Zhao Wei is almost a generation older than her. How can he be so embarrassed?
"How did you find out?"
Mrs. Xu's eyes were red again. "I worked the night shift today and forgot to take my tools. When I came back to get them, I saw Zhao Wei knocking on the door. He told me that he was drunk and went to the wrong door."
Mrs. Xu did smell a faint smell of alcohol on Zhao Wei, but she didn't think much about it. She told Zhao Wei not to knock on her door in the future and let him go back.
As a result, after entering the room, Mrs. Xu found that Lingling had thrown out all the things in the closet and was hiding in the closet shivering. The girl was crying and shivering all the time.
Mrs. Xu rushed over to ask her what was going on. Lingling cried and said, "He said he wanted to marry me. He said I could marry someone else before, so why couldn't I marry him?"
When Lingling was crying, her words were incoherent. Mrs. Xu didn't understand her at first. She suppressed her anger and asked Lingling to tell her what had happened.
Lingling said that she had noticed for a long time that Zhao Wei's attitude towards her was not right. He didn't talk to her, but the way he looked at her was not like he was looking at a child, but at a prey.
At first, Zhao Wei just stood far away and watched. Later, he would often come and knock on the door when Mrs. Xu was working the night shift. After opening the door, he would not say a word, but just stare at Lingling and laugh.
Lingling had already broken up with her ex-boyfriend at that time, but they reconnected because she couldn't stand Zhao Wei's harassment and didn't know who to tell, so she confided in her ex-boyfriend.
After being brought back from her ex-boyfriend's house, Zhao Wei became even more aggressive, as if he had discovered that she had grown into a grown-up girl, and he knocked on the door more and more often.
When Mrs. Xu talked about this, she felt heartbroken.
She asked Lingling: "Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you ever tell me?"
"Before, you always scolded me and forced me to study hard. I was afraid that you would blame me if I told you. Now that you don't force me to study, I'm afraid that you will be too tired." Lingling shivered and said, "Dad is gone, and there is no one to support us."
There is always trouble around a widow.
Mrs. Xu was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect that Lingling suffered so much because she felt that there was no one to support her at home.
Mrs. Xu looked into her daughter's crying eyes and said word by word, "Mom can also help you support your back."
She turned around, went out, picked up the axe, and knocked on Zhao Wei's door. Zhao Wei must have sensed something and didn't dare to open the door. So Mrs. Xu picked up the axe and smashed his door to pieces.
Then they rushed in and smashed his house to pieces.
After hearing what Mrs. Xu said, Lin Minjun was filled with rage and her fingertips were trembling with anger. She looked outside the window and found Zhao Wei hiding in the crowd.
Zhao Wei had a sly look in his eyes, and looked like he was about to run away.
Lin Minjun said, "This is a big gangster! Hurry up and hold him down."
She rushed out and smashed the bag directly on Zhao Wei's face. The neighbors nearby didn't know what was going on. After a while, a young man reacted and immediately rushed up and pressed Zhao Wei to the ground.
Lin Minjun added, "Go call the police, go call the police quickly."
The last rat dropping in the yard was finally found.
The police arrived at the scene quickly and took away Zhao Wei, who was so scared that he had wet his pants, and left the rest of the matter to the police.
At this time, the crackdown had just begun and Zhao Wei was caught red-handed. The police kept an eye on him and investigated him. During the investigation, they found out that this man was not a simple person. He had harassed other girls several years ago and no one discovered it at the time. Now all the evidence was revealed.
On the day of Zhao Wei's public trial, many people in the alley went to watch. After they came back, they all said that the man had a shaved head and was wearing prison clothes, and he was so scared that he wet his pants when he stood on the stage.
Lin Minjun didn't go to see him. She didn't want to look at this scumbag again. She felt relieved knowing that he would not have a good ending.
On the day of the public trial, Mrs. Xu did not go to watch it either.
The sun was shining brightly, the sky was blue, the shadows of the trees were swaying, and cicadas were chirping in the trees. Lin Minjun was taking a nap at home. When she woke up, she made herself a bowl of rice and cold shrimps. When she was scooping some to eat, she saw Mrs. Xu walk in.
Lin Minjun put down the bowl and said, "Sister-in-law, do you want to eat? I'll go get you a bowl."
Mrs. Xu smiled and said, "No need. Please sit down. I will come in and talk to you."
Ever since Zhao Wei was arrested, Lingling seemed to have no worries at once, except that she still had nightmares occasionally at night.
The girl was in a good mood and her academic performance was improving steadily. Her results in the high school entrance examination were very good and she could go to a good high school in the north city. Mrs. Xu was in a better and better mood.
Lin Minjun did not mention the relocation of the old tenants, but Mrs. Xu took the initiative to say, "Xiao Lin, I came to tell you that I want to move to the back room."
The school that Lingling was admitted to was not far from the courtyard house, and it was very convenient to get there by bus or on foot. Mrs. Xu didn't want to move away, but she thought it through and moved to the back house.
Because the space at the back was large, she chose the innermost back room. Usually no one passed by the door, so she made a door to separate the two rooms, and the mother and daughter lived peacefully.
Her husband had passed away many years ago, and it was time for her to move on, focus on herself, and live a good life together.
Lin Minjun was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile, "Okay, I'll help you move then."
Mrs. Xu moved out quickly. As expected, she built a door at the back. Usually, the mother and daughter went in and out by themselves. She also planted flowers in the yard. When Lin Minjun went to the study to study, she could smell the fragrance of flowers coming from the back when she opened the window.
Mrs. Xu was the first to leave. After she left, the others also felt that it was meaningless to continue staying in someone else's yard, so they also came over and said they wanted to move out.
Within a week, the entire yard was clean and tidy.
At night, Lin Minjun lay in Yan Li's arms, and the two discussed the renovation of the yard. The courtyard was old, and many structures were made of wood, which posed a safety hazard.
Yan Li said, "I'll ask someone to come over and take a look. Replace the wood that can be replaced with building materials that are not easy to catch fire. For those that cannot be replaced, apply a layer of fire-retardant paint."
"You don't need to look for anyone else, just look for Zhou Ran. The two brothers are now taking on projects everywhere and have a lot of people under them. I'll talk to them later." Lin Minjun said.
Yan Li said, "Okay, if you want to change anything else, I'll write it down and report it to Zhou Ran later."
Lin Minjun: "I want a restroom. By the way, can we install a toilet in our yard? It's too inconvenient to go to the official toilet now."
"I'll ask when the time comes."
The two of them discussed it for a while, and finally agreed to renovate the house as a whole first, then install a toilet and bathroom, and plant some trees in the yard.
Lin Minjun thought about it and thought that next year when these trees grow up, she would be able to sit in the corridor and drink tea and admire the flowers. It would be very pleasant just thinking about it.
For a moment, the couple sighed again, as the matter of the house was finally settled.
The next day, Yan Li had work, and Lin Minjun went to the Housing Authority to handle the remaining procedures for the house.
There were only two windows at the Housing Authority, and there were quite a lot of people, so Lin Minjun sat down and queued.
After waiting for a while, the team didn't move forward at all, but I saw two particularly familiar people in the crowd.
Lin Minjun was queuing at window number one, and the two people were queuing at window number two. When Lin Minjun turned around, she saw Lu Deping and Shen Hongyu.
What a narrow road the enemy meets.
Lin Minjun pretended not to see it and turned her head to the other side.
She didn't want to see either of these two people, and would find them disgusting if she saw them.
Fortunately, the progress at the window finally sped up a bit. Lin Minjun waited for a while, and finally it was her turn. She walked forward, followed the steps, had the document stamped, and signed herself.
After signing, he turned around and left without even looking over there.
From the time she met Lu Deping and Shen Hongyu to the time she left the Housing Authority, Lin Minjun didn't say a word to them.
Lin Minjun completely ignored them and didn't expect them to come to her on their own.
As soon as I walked to the door of the Housing Authority, I heard Shen Hongyu's voice behind me.
"Wait, wait a minute."
Lin Minjun pretended not to hear and continued walking forward.
Shen Hongyu was furious, "Lin Minjun! Wait a minute, wait for me."
At this time, many people at the door of the Housing Authority noticed the sound and stopped to stare at Lin Minjun.
Lin Minjun had no choice but to stop and turned around to look. She saw Shen Hongyu walking in front and Lu Deping walking behind, and the two of them were walking towards her one after the other.
Shen Hongyu still had a smug expression on her face, and her eyes were full of pride.
Lin Minjun was confused for a moment. What was she so proud of? Was she proud of her marriage to Lu Deping?
But she doesn't care at all.
As soon as Shen Hongyu opened her mouth, Lin Minjun finally understood where the smug look on her face came from.
Shen Hongyu said, "Ah Jun, do you know that we bought a house behind yours? From now on, we will see each other every day. We will be neighbors. Are you happy?"
"Behind our house?" Lin Minjun said with a frown.
"There is also a yard behind your house, with three courtyards. We bought it." Shen Hongyu was quite proud.
Lin Minjun remembered this house. The owner wanted to immigrate abroad and was anxious to sell the house to save money. Lin Minjun also inquired about it at that time, but gave up because the price was too high. Unexpectedly, it would be bought by this couple.
Lin Minjun asked with a headache, "Is your whole family coming to live here?"
"No, only Deping and I came here." Shen Hongyu smiled and said deliberately, "Deping loves me, so we two can live more comfortably here."
"Yeah, that's good." Lin Minjun said perfunctorily.
Lin Minjun didn't say anything unpleasant, but she was extremely surprised in her heart. For a moment, she couldn't understand what the couple was thinking.
Forget about moving in, but wouldn't it be awkward to say hello to her? The relationship between the three of them is so complicated, it would be so awkward to see each other every day.
Lin Minjun couldn't figure out what the couple was thinking.
"Ajun." Lu Deping had been looking at Lin Minjun and could not help but shout out, and was immediately pinched by Shen Hongyu.
Lin Minjun smiled faintly, "Don't call me that, it's too intimate. Just call me Comrade Lin from now on."
Lu Deping's pupils shrank and he looked at Lin Minjun with a particularly complicated look.
In fact, moving is not as simple as Shen Hongyu said.
Since getting married, he and Shen Hongyu have been living at home. As a result, Shen Hongyu and his mother are always quarreling. Some time ago, there was an incident of fake medicine, and when his mother came back from the detention center, the quarrel became even more heated.
Twenty hours out of the twenty-four hours in a day, there was chaos at home. Shen Hongyu quarreled with his mother and his sister, and the quarrels were endless.
Lu Deping really couldn't stand it anymore, so he asked around and bought a house to move out. Unexpectedly, by coincidence, he moved near Lin Minjun.
"Comrade Lin--" Lu Deping uttered these three words with great difficulty, with a somewhat bleak expression on his face.
The couple were both weirder than each other. Lin Minjun didn't want to deal with them anymore. She glanced at her watch and immediately said, "I still have work to do. I won't say any more. I'm leaving now."
She rode her bike in a hurry, wearing a windbreaker with her backpack in the basket. She looked neat and tidy. As she rode, her long hair fluttered behind her.
Shen Hongyu was standing at the back, and her smile immediately fell. She stared at Lin Minjun's hair, thinking that her hair was very smooth when she was in Yunnan. At that time, people said that Yunnan people were outstanding and well-mannered. Now that she has been in the capital for such a long time, how come her hair is still so smooth.
Looking at Lin Minjun's back, Shen Hongyu felt both envy and jealousy in her heart. She didn't know where her way out was.
In the past, Shen Hongyu thought it was good to be a rich lady, with no worries about food and clothing, just like Lin Minjun in her previous life.
But now that she has become a rich wife and has taken Lin Minjun's place, she finds that being a rich wife is not happy. Others only recognize Lu Deping and not her, and no one in the family treats her as a human being.
As a result, she discovered at this time that Lin Minjun seemed to be living a happier life than in her previous life. She heard that Lin Minjun opened a restaurant and his business was booming. He made a lot of money and became a famous and wealthy boss. She was very jealous of Lin Minjun and felt that Lin Minjun had found his own way.
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When I got home in the evening, Yan Li had already returned.
Two days ago, Lin Minjun mentioned that she suddenly wanted to eat pig's trotters. Today, Yan Li got off work early, so he went to the market and bought a few pig's trotters and is now roasting them.
Lin Minjun put down her bag and went to help. The two of them stewed pig's trotters together, prepared the dipping sauce, and called Erwa over for dinner. After dinner, Lin Minjun went to the study to read for a while before going to bed.
Only after lying down on the bed did Lin Minjun tell Yan Li what had happened today.
"Brother, I ran into Lu Deping when I went to the Housing Authority today to handle formalities. Not only him, but also Shen Hongyu. Shen Hongyu told me that Lu Deping bought the house behind us and will be my neighbor from now on." Lin Minjun lay in Yan Li's arms, her voice muffled, "I always feel weird in my heart, as if the two of them are haunting me."
Yan Li thought about it and said seriously, "How about this? I will ask someone to come and repair the house tomorrow. We will raise the courtyard wall, put glass shards on it, install a new door, thicken the windows and other things, and pay attention to sound insulation and privacy issues."
"This is the best. It must cost a lot of money to install it. The restaurant has been doing good business recently. How about I pay for the repairs?" Lin Minjun said.
Before he could finish, Yan Li hugged him and said, "I have money."
Lin Minjun did not ask him to hand over his family property, so Yan Li saved all his salary and bonuses. After saving a while, he finally saved a large sum of money.
My wife felt that the neighbors were annoying, so she wanted to renovate the house, and the money came from here.
The couple are both very young and have just gotten married. They are used to it and feel happy even if they just hug each other and do nothing.
Lin Minjun was held in Yan Li's arms, her whole body curled up in the quilt. Suddenly her eyes widened, and she rushed forward to kiss him.
Then it quickly retracted.
Yan Li crawled under the quilt to look for her. The two of them laughed and made noises. Yan Li was soon provoked and pressed her down on the bed to prevent her from moving. Lin Minjun laughed, "It's itchy!"
When she said this, someone outside suddenly stopped.
It was Lu Deping.
Shen Hongyu and Lu's mother had been arguing fiercely, sometimes they even cursed at each other, saying everything they should and shouldn't say at once, saying that the daughter-in-law was not like a daughter-in-law, and the mother-in-law was not like a mother-in-law.
Like an enemy.
Sometimes they got so desperate that they wanted to fight. Shen Hongyu even had a fight with Lu Xueping. All the anger she had suffered from Lu Xueping in the past was now taken back by her all at once, and the roof was almost blown off!
So after finding a house and completing the formalities, Lu Deping and Shen Hongyu moved in immediately. It didn't matter if they didn't move their things yet, they could just take their time, as long as they made the bed and went to sleep. Shen Hongyu really didn't want to stay under the same roof with her mother-in-law.
After moving, Lu Deping went to work. Shen Hongyu stayed at home to continue packing. Lu Deping was busy and just came back at this time. As soon as he walked into the alley, he heard a burst of laughter coming from the window of Yan Li's house.
Lu Deping stopped walking instantly and turned his eyes to the window of the room uncontrollably. He couldn't help but wonder, what is Lin Minjun doing at this time? Is she chatting with her husband, joking?
His home was not far away, but Lu Deping didn't want to go home at all at the moment. He couldn't help but walk to the window and listened quietly.
But I couldn't hear anything, it was too quiet.
It was this kind of silence that almost drove Lu Deping crazy. He couldn't help but wonder, why was there no sound all of a sudden? Could it be that the couple were doing something else?
He wanted to hear something, but at the same time he didn't want to hear anything. Lu Deping smiled with the corners of his mouth pulled up. He also felt that he had been possessed by a demon.
I hid in the corner and listened for a while, when suddenly a low laugh came from the window, accompanied by a man's satisfied breathing.
Lu Deping froze at that moment, as if he had been electrocuted. His legs were numb and he couldn't move at all.
After a while, he recovered and ran away as if he was a thief who was caught!
He ran to the entrance of the alley in one breath and stood there. For a moment he didn't know what he was going to do or where he was going. He felt like a wandering soul in this world.
Looking around, I saw that Lu Deping finally went to the nightclub. He had previously treated his partners to singing and dinner here, but now he didn't know where to go, so he had to come back here.
The receptionist at the front desk was stunned when she saw Lu Deping running back. "Did Mr. Lu leave something here?"
Lu Deping stroked his numb scalp and let out a sigh, "No, find me a private room."
He needs to be alone.
The receptionist led him to a private room with a polite attitude.
Lu Deping is a big customer here. He has a set process for inviting partners. They have dinner first, then sing and drink after dinner, and invite princesses to come over to drink and sing with them.
Lu Deping was a big boss in his previous life and had long since gotten rid of this approach, but now he has no choice because his partners all like it very much.
He leaned back on the large leather sofa in the nightclub's private room, feeling extremely dizzy.
After being reborn, he became rich ahead of time and earned more money than in his previous life, but he lost Jun. Jun now belongs to someone else. Maybe they will have a child soon. Every time Lu Deping thought of this possibility, he would feel heartbroken.
He didn't know whether he gained more or lost more.
Just as Lu Deping was thinking about this, the boss's door was pushed open again, and the owner of the nightclub came in.
The boss brought a few bottles of wine as per the old rules. Seeing that Lu Deping was alone, he smiled knowingly and asked, "Boss Lu, do you want to invite a few people to sing with you?"
Although it's called singing, we actually don't do anything in the box. But you can't say for sure what will happen outside the box. If you want to take it further, just talk to yourself.
Lu Deping never ordered anything when he came before, but this time he came alone, and the boss immediately thought something wrong.
"No need—" Lu Deping wanted to refuse, but changed his mind halfway through his words, "Call everyone on your side over."
"Wow." The boss thought to himself, Boss Lu has very high standards.
As a result, he brought the people over, and Lu Deping asked them to laugh for him one by one.
At this moment, Lu Deping especially missed Lin Minjun's laughter. Every time he brought back something or took her out for a walk, she would laugh, and her laughter was very clear and pleasant to hear.
Lu Deping suddenly missed that laugh.
He listened carefully to the women's laughter. Some of them laughed in a stiff and artificial way, while others laughed too roughly. Finally, he found a girl whose laughter was 30% similar to Lin Minjun's. He kept the girl and let her laugh for him like that.
The boss led the others out of the private room and couldn't help but say something as he left the room.
"ill!"