Chapter 117 Chapter 117 She became more greedy. …
The affairs of the Cheng family made the compound seem particularly lively at the time.
First, the "eldest son" who was raised outside by the Cheng family was brought back. A group of people went to see the excitement. They were curious about what the eldest son of the Cheng family who grew up in the countryside looked like. They praised him in public and said all kinds of things in private.
It's such a pity that such a good boy is left to grow up in the countryside. It's very difficult to teach him better even though he's grown up.
Some even said something particularly harsh, saying that he was just a country bumpkin and was not the same kind of person as them.
After a while, as the topic became less and less popular, I thought the matter was over.
Regardless of whether the eldest son of the Cheng family is capable or not, with the status of the Cheng family, he will not be far behind in the future. Not to mention how much contribution the deceased Grandpa Cheng has made, the current pillar of the Cheng family is a rare technical talent in the country. He has presided over many key projects and developed many new products.
Cheng's mother has been a doctor for many years, and in her early years she even went to the front line to perform important medical tasks.
She has saved countless lives.
With them around, the eldest son of the Cheng family can't be that bad.
Even without the Cheng family mentioning it, the relevant departments would take the initiative to arrange work for the family members.
However, when the arrangements for this "eldest son" were still being made, news suddenly came out that something was wrong, causing a big ooze.
Now, the topic of the compound has become popular again.
Lin Lin also participated in this kind of topic at that time, wondering if that family was exchanging a prince for a cat. She was also surprised when she heard that the Cheng family was going to adopt the boy from the Bai family. She couldn't understand why the Cheng family made such a decision.
If this happened in her family, she would never allow an outsider to share what belongs to her.
Unfortunately, the biological son that the Cheng family found was not angry at all. Instead, he had a very good relationship with the fake son. The two brothers were almost inseparable, which made her more and more curious about them. In addition, because of the relationship with the Cheng family, she went to get in touch with them.
If she had known that Cheng Jing would trick her every time, she would never lend a helping hand to them. Instead of getting any benefit, she got herself into trouble. The stage that she had built with great difficulty was even dismantled. She didn't know how much effort it would take to rebuild it.
Lin Lin didn't want to hear him talk about these messy things, and asked impatiently: "Just tell me what you need me to do. Do you need me to help you drive Bai Yuanhua back to the countryside? Or do you want me to persuade him to return everything he has now to the Cheng family?"
Cheng Jing was stunned. This was indeed his plan.
But he didn't expect that Lin Lin would get straight to the point as soon as he opened his mouth. He asked uncertainly, "If I say yes, will you do it?"
"Why not?" Lin Lin knew what she wanted since she was a child, and she would do her best to do it. What she wanted was always the best.
Just like Gu Yuanwei, after experiencing a failed marriage, she realized that "love" is the cheapest thing, and if she gets married again, she will only choose the best partner.
So in her heart, she actually looked down on Cheng Jing. He gave away something that clearly belonged to him. What kind of brotherhood was this? If such friendship really existed, how could the two of them have gotten to this point?
To put it bluntly, all emotions are false.
Just like her love, instead of caring about this love, it is better to keep the power and money in her own hands!
She said in a lecturing tone, "You shouldn't have let him enter the Cheng family from the beginning. He is just a country boy. Everything he has now was given to him by the Cheng family. Every penny he earns from his work should belong to you."
"Ah...yes, that's right!" Cheng Jing couldn't help but take a half step back, a little unable to keep up with the rhythm. He swallowed his saliva and recalled what he was going to say before, and said it out loud without caring about any logic, "That's it, my last name is Cheng and his last name is Bai, he shouldn't have competed with me, he is such a bastard and not filial at all, and he even dared to grab the collar of me, his eldest brother..."
As he was talking, he became a little angry. "He never thought about how many times I fought for him in the countryside. The first time I lost a tooth was when he punched me. He said so nicely that we would be brothers for life and that he would never let me drink soup when he had meat. What's going on now?"
The more he talked, the angrier he got. What he said before was all bullshit. It was bullshit that he was not allowed to eat the meat or drink the soup. Now he didn't get to eat the meat or drink the soup, and he didn't know how many times he had been scolded.
Bai Yuanhua, this bastard, doesn't keep his word. He treats his brother like this for a woman!
Lin Lin was not happy to hear this, and she frowned and interrupted him, "You want him to leave, isn't that easy? Just find an excuse to sue him like you sued me. How can the Cheng family let him stay with its reputation?"
"Sue him? How can I do that..."
"Why not?" Lin Lin smiled sarcastically, "Didn't you sue me anyway?"
At this point, she hated the man in front of her, but she needed his letter of forgiveness, so she could only endure it.
But this doesn't mean that she can't do anything. She hopes that the two brothers will kill each other so that no one can live a good life.
Cheng Jing felt a chill in his back as he was stared at by her. At that moment, he felt that he did not recognize Lin Lin at all. They looked the same but were clearly two different types of people.
He was really blind. He couldn't see Lin Lin's true face until now.
Come to think of it.
If she was really as good as he imagined, how could she accept his money and things for so many years when she had no relatives or friends with him?
He smiled coldly, "That's right, you can frame me with the crime of hooliganism, so how can you care whether Bai Yuanhua will go to jail because of me? In your heart, he and I are the same, just garbage on the ground, you can step on it at any time."
"Don't mention this again!" Lin Lin scolded. She was now regretting why she agreed to go to the state-owned hotel for dinner. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many things. "It's just a reputation. Why are you afraid? You haven't been to jail or detained. It's just a bad reputation. But you don't live and work here. Who knows you? You can just walk away and pretend nothing happened."
Cheng Jing looked at her who was a little hysterical, and after a moment of silence, he asked, "If I sign a letter of apology and you are not detained, can we just pretend that this incident never happened?"
"How can it be the same?!" Lin Lin yelled, "Gu Yuanwei is in the army, how can we just pretend nothing happened?"
"Yes, your partner is in the army and so is my brother!" Cheng Jing also yelled loudly. This was the first time he yelled at her so angrily. "I can walk away with the charge of hooliganism, but have you ever thought about what will happen to my brother?!"
It doesn't matter if he has no future.
They can't let the most promising son of their generation be ruined because of him, right?
If this is true, then he is unworthy of his surname!
Without waiting for Lin Lin to answer, Cheng Jing tilted his head and said, "Do you understand now? Not only for myself, but if I don't explain this matter clearly, I am not worthy of being Cheng Jin's brother."
As soon as he finished speaking, a figure walked out from the room at the back. It was Bai Yuanhua, who Cheng Jing had said he wanted to drive out of the Cheng family.
It was obvious that the two men set a trap for Lin Lin.
Before coming, Cheng Jing did not hide it. He just said that he just needed to stay in the room until they finished talking. If he still insisted on him signing the letter of understanding after that, he would definitely go without saying anything.
Before entering the house, Bai Yuanhua was very determined. He firmly believed that he would make this choice by the end of the conversation.
But……
Now he didn't look as imposing as when he first entered the room. Instead, he had his shoulders slumped and looked a little dazed.
It was as if everything that had happened before was just a dream, and only the most terrible nightmare would make him hear those words.
"What tricks are you playing?" Lin Lin was not panicked when she saw the person coming out from behind the house, but became even more impatient.
From what he said before and the look on Bai Yuanhua's face now, she knew that he would never treat her the same way again.
But she didn't care. One more or one less didn't matter to her at all. As long as she wanted, she could find a second Bai Yuanhua and a third Bai Yuanhua...
What she cares about most now is the letter of understanding. "You just said that you would sign the letter of understanding as long as I agree to one condition. So can we go now?"
Cheng Jing didn't answer, nor did he even look at her. Instead, he kept looking at Bai Yuanhua in front of him, with some worry in his eyes.
He understood how Bai Yuanhua felt now. After all, he had experienced it himself a few days ago. He was so upset that he cried loudly and couldn't stop crying. He didn't know if Bai Yuanhua could make it.
"Cheng Jing!" Lin Lin was very anxious and reached out to grab his clothes, but Cheng Jing shook her off with a look of disgust, "Don't touch me!"
Lin Lin's face turned pale. When had she ever been rejected like this?
Especially since this person was Cheng Jing whom she particularly looked down upon. He was born into a good family and had a good surname. Otherwise, he would be working in the fields in some remote place. She said with hatred, "Don't make me angry. If you make me lose everything, believe it or not, I have the ability to make your life difficult too!"
"Are you threatening me?"
Lin Lin looked at him coldly, "You can try."
Cheng Jing's face turned particularly ugly.
But unexpectedly, Bai Yuanhua at the side spoke up, saying hoarsely: "Then let's give it a try and see whether you have more evidence against us or we do. At worst, the three of us can go to jail together."
"You!" Lin Lin was shocked and began to think whether they had any evidence against her. After thinking about it, she was not sure, but there was one thing she could not deny.
That is the number of items and letters received over the years, too many to count, but if you really want to check, you can find them all.
I didn't think much of it when I collected it, and I have every reason to use it.
But she also knew that it was a considerable sum of money. If it were to be made public, her reputation would only get worse. She couldn't even imagine what Gu Yuanwei would think of her if he knew.
She had no relatives or friends in the family, but she spent so much money on two men. No matter who she was in, it would be like tearing off her face.
But...are we just going to let it go like this?
Before Lin Lin could figure it out, Bai Yuanhua walked right past her and left, not wanting to say a word to her.
As soon as he left, Cheng Jing followed him. When he reached Bai Yuanhua, he couldn't help but say, "I told you that you blamed me wrongly, right? You scolded me so harshly yesterday. If you don't give me compensation and apologize, we won't have any contact in this life."
Bai Yuanhua glanced at him and said, "That's perfect. You just want to kick me out of the house, right?"
Cheng Jing felt a little guilty about what he said, "I already said it was just a show, if I didn't say that, would she reveal her true colors?"
"Oh, I thought you were just pretending to say what was on your mind..."
"Bah! Bai Yuanhua, you are nothing!" Cheng Jing pointed at his nose and cursed, "If I really didn't want you to come home, I wouldn't have agreed when my parents asked me!"
"……I know."
It was a very quiet voice, but Bai Yuanhua responded very seriously.
The two of them couldn't help but calm down and couldn't help but start recalling the past.
When they were young, their relationship was really good.
They are so good that they are willing to share the same piece of meat, and so good that they will roll up their sleeves and beat up anyone who is bullied without saying a word.
It is hard to tell how many times the two brothers, with injuries all over their bodies, lay on the straw mats, looked up at the sky, and chatted with each other, or talked about their expectations for the future.
At that time, they could never have imagined that they would end up in such a mess because of a woman. It's sad to think about it.
I don't know how long it took, but Cheng Jing suddenly said, "I want to go back for a while."
"Go home?" Bai Yuanhua asked. The home they were talking about was certainly not the one-room cottage in Pingyang Commune.
Cheng Jing nodded and smiled bitterly: "I have been thinking a lot these days and I just realized how much of a jerk I am. I want to go back and have a good talk with... with Huiyun. I have dragged her down for so many years and brought her so much trouble."
Bai Yuanhua sighed, "Have a good talk with your sister-in-law. Now that you have thought it through, treat her well..."
"How can I have the face to do that?" Cheng Jing shook his head. He understood Huiyun's character. If she was really willing to give him another chance, he would treat her well and would never let her suffer any grievances.
But belated sincerity is worse than shit, and Huiyun is not willing to accept a pile of shit again, otherwise she would not have left without looking back that year, decisively catching people off guard.
He understood that the relationship between them had really come to an end, but after dragging it on for so many years, he really didn't want to drag her along any longer. Without him, Huiyun could definitely find a better partner.
He said, "I went to the Wen family to apologize in person. It was all my fault and had nothing to do with Huiyun. If she wants to divorce, I won't hold her back."
The reason why the two of them only separated but did not leave was, firstly, because the elder of the Wen family had been in poor health in recent years, and Huiyun was worried that her unhappy marriage would bring disaster to the family, especially since he was too messy. She kept gritting her teeth and insisting that he had not done anything to let her down. When the time came, they quarreled and made a fuss, which would make the elders worry.
There is no other way, so I can only drag it out.
It has been delayed until now, and Huiyun’s best years have been wasted.
He really deserves to die.
Bai Yuanhua sighed again, "Then go ahead. I'll take care of anything that happens in the department. But if you want a divorce, you still have to pay compensation. After all, my sister-in-law has been with you for so many years."
Speaking of this, he also thought of Susu and the children.
Cheng Jing felt sorry for his sister-in-law, so how could he not also feel sorry for Susu and Songsong?
But he was not as brave as Cheng Jing. He did not dare to go back. He did not know how to face it and did not want to really quarrel with Su Su to the point of divorce...
"Of course." Cheng Jing nodded, "I'm not that stingy."
He couldn't give her anything else, so he had to compensate her a little, otherwise he would feel guilty.
Bai Yuanhua looked at him and asked, "Do you have money?"
"..." Cheng Jing was stunned and rubbed his face uncomfortably, "How about you lend me some?"
"...Do you think I look like a rich man?" Bai Yuanhua pointed at himself with his backhand. He didn't even need to look in the mirror to know that he looked like a complete fool.
After receiving a call from Lin Lin yesterday, he returned home and took all his family assets and rushed over. After a visit to the supply and marketing cooperative, he spent all his money except for the room and car expenses for the past two days in the guesthouse.
What else can Cheng Jing say?
The two brothers were both penniless and were more concerned with emptying their pockets than anything else.
At this time, they said in unison.
"How about I go ask mom for some?"
"Why don't you go borrow some from Dad?"
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The two brothers looked at each other in silence for a long time.
Oh, they are really useless. When they encounter problems, they only turn to their parents.
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Cheng Jing left the next day. Before leaving, he went to the Public Security Bureau to state his position, saying that he would never sign the letter of understanding. He also made a report and left with Bai Yuanhua.
He was indeed an impulsive person. He did whatever he thought of. Once an idea came into his mind, he could not wait to do it, and he even put aside the matter of assembling the bicycle.
But it was not a temporary decision. Other matters were handed over to Bai Yuanhua. As long as Feng Erchuan learned how to assemble the bicycle, he could return to the commune at any time with the assembled bicycle.
Cheng Jing's departure was actually an opportunity for him.
When the leader is away, Bai Yuanhua will take on the job concurrently but he also has his own work to do and it is impossible for him to stay in this department for a long time. Instead, more work will fall on Feng Erchuan.
But don't be afraid to move at this time.
The more work you do, the more opportunities you can seize. This truth is not only known by Feng Erchuan, but also understood by Jiang Shuangshuang. So he put aside his desire to watch the excitement for the time being and started teaching seriously. The sooner his brother-in-law learns, the more time he will have.
So on the third day after Cheng Jing left, Feng Erchuan and his sister boarded the departing bus with an assembled bicycle and a diary with detailed records.
After everyone left, Jiang Shuangshuang was the only one left in the courtyard.
But she didn't have much to do.
During the past few days of teaching, thanks to Sanxi, the house was cleaned. The furniture was arranged neatly and the house was tidy. Even the fruit seedlings they dug from the mountains were transplanted by her and Tang Xiaoyan, so the whole yard was no longer empty.
But there was still something missing.
Jiang Shuangshuang was sitting on the steps in the yard. She stretched her legs and leaned against the pillar at the back, looking at the transplanted wild grape vines in front of her. She thought it would be so comfortable to put a lounge chair under the vines!
"Sister Shuangshuang!" A voice came from outside the yard, and the unlocked door was pushed open a little. A head came in and grinned at Jiang Shuangshuang, "The preserved vegetable pancakes you mentioned are ready. Do you want to try them?"
"Yes!" Jiang Shuangshuang stood up immediately, patted her buttocks and followed Tang Xiaoyan into the opposite courtyard, "I smelled a fragrance just now and knew it was your house."
"Sis, I heard you say it was so delicious, so I tried to make it. I didn't expect to succeed in one go." Tang Xiaoyan thought her sister was amazing. She could learn by just listening. There were not many people in the whole family compound who could do it. She muttered softly, "Sis didn't work in the cafeteria. They were unlucky."
"But I'm lucky." Jiang Shuangshuang narrowed her eyes and smiled. She didn't know if it was because she left Jiang Xiaozhou, her private chef, that she became greedier, otherwise she wouldn't be so shameless as to run to someone else's house to beg for food.
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