Lu Jiangting: "..."

"Yes, I lent her money, but not in the way you think."

"What is that?"

What?

The truth seemed even more embarrassing than his family using him as collateral for their debts.

Lu Jiangting stammered and couldn't say anything.

"Look at you, you are such a loser." Lao Wang pouted and squinted at him and said, "Anyway, you and your ex-girlfriend have broken up and called off the engagement. From now on, you can get married and she can get married. You two are no longer related."

When he heard that he had no relationship with Lin Yuyao anymore, he was extremely sad.

"No, no, there is just some misunderstanding between her and me. Once the misunderstanding is resolved, we will be together."

Lao Wang thought that the mystery had not been solved yet. It was likely that people didn’t know about what happened between you and Fang Qing.

It would be strange if the misunderstanding could be resolved.

But to be on the safe side, he decided to visit the girl and ask her what was going on.

If the girl also feels that there is some misunderstanding between her and Lu Jiangting, and the two of them really have a connection, then the love story cannot be messed up.

Otherwise, all three of them will blame him in the future.

Lao Wang asked Lu Jiangting to go back first, and then asked other people who knew Lu Jiangting’s ex-girlfriend.

Someone stood up and said, "We don't know each other, but Fu Huaiyi and Yi Yunshuo should know each other. They almost attended the wedding of Lu Jiangting and his ex-girlfriend."

Oh, he thought about it and it seemed to be true.

He hasn't asked yet, why didn't the marriage take place?

I’ve approved his marriage leave, but next time he gets married, he won’t get it.

"Go and get..."

He thought that Fu Huaiyi didn't like to talk about other people's affairs, so he might not get anything out of him.

But Yi Yunshuo has a lot of mouths, and you can probably tell him anything you ask.

He hesitated for a moment and said, "Go and call Yi Yunshuo over."

Yi Yunshuo arrived soon after and stood in front of him, like a dog with its ears drooping and its tail tucked in.

Seeing him like this, Lao Wang's mouth twitched and he asked angrily, "What did you do again?"

Yi Yunshuo shuddered all over and stammered, "I'm revising it now. I promise to finish it before I leave work."

Lao Wang: “…”

Forget it, let’s talk about work later.

"Let me ask you, did you go to Lu Jiangting's wedding banquet?"

Yi Yunshuo nodded, then shook his head again, thinking that he hadn't gotten to drink.

Lao Wang's mouth twitched again, "You can't even tell whether you went or not? What does it mean to nod and shake your head? Did you go or not?"

"I went, but they didn't drink, and they broke off the engagement."

Just go and it'll be done.

"Let me ask you, how did they break off the engagement?"

"Two things. One is about borrowing money, and the other is that Lu Jiangting took too much care of Fang Qing and her son. The woman is so angry that she wants to cancel the engagement."

"Well, please explain it carefully."

"It was like this. Fang Qing wanted to open a store, and she didn't have enough money, so she asked Lu Jiangting to borrow it. Lu Jiangting was also confused. He didn't have that much money, so he lent his own money and the woman's dowry to Fang Qing."

Um?

Lao Wang was shocked.

"Have you loaned out your dowry?"

"Yes."

"How come the bride's dowry is in his hands?"

Yi Yunshuo said, "He lied to the girl, saying that a fellow soldier's father was seriously ill and dying, and he was borrowing the money to save his life. When the girl heard that, she thought that life was more important than anything else, so she gave him the money. But what happened? The girl found out that he didn't use the money to save his life, but lent it to Fang Qing."

Is there such an operation?

Lu Jiangting told him it was a misunderstanding?

Lao Wang was so shocked that he could hardly believe it.

Yi Yunshuo continued, "The girl found out she was cheated and was so angry that she went home crying and complained. That day, her parents came to the door with weapons, and they were followed by a group of people from two miles away. If Fu Huaiyi and I hadn't been there, that group of people would have turned Lu Jiangting's house upside down."

Lao Wang was stunned: "You're using weapons? How many guns?"

Yi Yunshuo: “…”

"No, no guns, just... a flat shoulder pole and a rolling pin."

Lao Wang: “…” You call this a weapon?

Lao Wang was speechless, then said, "Go on."

"I thought they were here to cause trouble when they showed up so suddenly. I immediately confiscated their weapons... ahem, their shoulder poles and rolling pins, so I couldn't start the fight."

"Yeah." Lao Wang nodded and said, "It's hard to end this mess."

"Yes, the woman wanted to cancel the engagement, but Lu Jiangting didn't want to. After Lu Jiangting's parents found out about this, they scolded him and asked him to pay compensation and apologize to the woman's family. I don't know what happened afterwards. When we saw that we couldn't drink at the wedding, we left.

It was not until we got here that we realized that the woman was determined to break off the engagement with Lu Jiangting. She came here for two reasons: one was to break off the engagement with Lu Jiangting, and the other was to get back the few hundred yuan of dowry that Lu Jiangting had cheated her out of...

Only then did Lao Wang understand the whole story.

So the two of them didn't get together because of money, but it is true that they couldn't get together because of money.

"What about now? Is the girl still here?"

"I'm working part-time at the bookstore across from the cafe in Chenshan Town."

On his day off, Lao Wang went to the bookstore where Lin Yuyao worked.

Among the three waiters in the store, he recognized Lin Yuyao at first sight.

The last time this girl was blocking the door to ask Lu Jiangting to pay her back, what he heard at that time was that a very beautiful girl was asking Lu Jiangting for money.

Of these three shop assistants, only she looked like a foreigner, so she must be the one.

She was indeed very pretty. Even though he didn't like girls who were too well-behaved, he still thought she was very pretty.

Fang Qing is not bad, but she is far inferior to this girl.

Boy Lu Jiangting is so lucky.

"Hello, what kind of book do you need? I'll get it for you."

Seeing that the middle-aged man was staring at her, Lin Yuyao took the initiative to step forward and ask.

Lao Wang said directly: "I came to you not to buy books, but to confirm something with you."

"You say."

Lao Wang briefly explained the entanglement between her, Lu Jiangting, and Fang Qing, and he was probably right.

But Lin Yuyao didn't care, after all, she had nothing to do with them anymore.

"I'm sorry, I don't understand why you are telling me this. I have no relationship with Lu Jiangting any more. As for the money Fang Qing owed me, Lu Jiangting has already paid it back for her."

"I know about this. I came here just to ask, is there still a possibility for you and Lu Jiangting?"

Lin Yuyao's expression changed, "Impossible."

"Is it really impossible?"

"Yes, I don't want to have anything to do with him in my life."

Lin Yuyao looked disgusted and didn't want to mention anything about Lu Jiangting anymore.

Seeing her reaction, Lao Wang believed a few of her words.

But in order to avoid misunderstanding, he still asked, "Since you don't want to have anything to do with him, why don't you go back to your hometown?"