Li Xiujuan's words were like a sharp blade, piercing Jiang Sisi's heart.
Jiang Sisi knew that she could not refute, nor could she hide her inner jealousy and resentment.
She bit her lower lip tightly and withdrew her gaze from Jiang Yushan.
All around, there was the hustle and bustle unique to a fishing village. The sea breeze, with its salty and humid smell, brushed across her face from time to time, but it could not blow away the gloom in Jiang Sisi's heart at the moment.
"Why don't you hurry up and pick it up? Are you trying to be lazy again?"
Li Xiujuan's curses sounded particularly harsh in this context. Her words were like a sharp blade, mercilessly cutting through the moment of tranquility.
Her words were full of dissatisfaction with Jiang Sisi. Her calloused hands threw the seafood that she had just snatched from Jiang Sisi into the bucket with a loud "bang".
Afterwards, Li Xiujuan pushed Jiang Sisi roughly. Although the force was not enough to cause her to fall, it was enough to make Jiang Sisi's body stagger.
A flash of anger flashed across Jiang Sisi's eyes, but was quickly suppressed by reason.
She lowered her head silently and continued with the work in her hands, her fingers moving through the cold sea water, picking up seafood that could be exchanged for her family's livelihood.
Seeing this, Li Xiujuan walked away with satisfaction and went to slack off nearby.
After seeing the people leave, Jiang Sisi looked up again and glanced across the restaurant.
After seeing off the soldier, Jiang Yushan returned to the store.
Jiang Sisi had a strange feeling in her heart, vaguely wondering what would happen if Jiang Yushan didn't follow her path in her previous life?
In her previous life, she did not go out to work. She waited at home every day for Xiao Yishan to come to her, but Xiao Yishan had to train and had his own family, so he rarely came to see her.
At that time, she really missed him, and her emotions were fluctuating greatly during pregnancy, so she ignored Xiao Yishan's previous warnings and ran to the family compound.
As a result, she was discovered by Liu Chunhong. She was very strong and rude, so she grabbed Jiang Sisi and started beating her.
Jiang Sisi thought about it and couldn't help but close her eyes. The feeling of being beaten in her previous life and the child gradually disappearing from her belly was still vivid in her mind.
The loss of her child also affected Xiao Yishan's reputation and future in the army. Not only was she completely despised by Xiao Yishan, but her survival on the island also became difficult.
"He was so strict with me at that time and didn't want me to socialize with other people on the island. How could he let Jiang Yushan come to work near the army? Isn't he afraid of being found out?" The more Jiang Sisi thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong.
According to her understanding of Xiao Yishan, if he knew about this, he would definitely strongly stop Jiang Yushan's current behavior.
But Jiang Yushan has been working here for such a long time, it is impossible for Xiao Yishan not to know about it, but why has he not done anything?
Moreover, Jiang Yushan has such a good relationship with these soldiers. Isn’t he afraid of being discovered?
Jiang Sisi was thinking about it, and suddenly a bad premonition emerged in her heart. What if Jiang Yushan’s story was different from hers in her previous life?
What if Xiao Yishan was bewitched by Jiang Yushan's beauty and had different ideas, and wanted to make her his wife?
What if Jiang Yushan didn’t go to the family compound to look for someone and was not discovered, and An Ran gave birth to the child?
The more Jiang Sisi thought about it, the more panicked she felt. Unconsciously, she walked towards the restaurant.
"I told you to pick up the seafood properly. Don't even think about running over to enjoy the air conditioning. Pick it up quickly!" Li Xiujuan noticed her behavior, suddenly ran over, grabbed a handful of sand, and threw it at Jiang Sisi.
The sand hit her body, it didn't hurt, but it brought Jiang Sisi back to her senses.
Forget it, let’s observe for a while first.
Jiang Sisi comforted herself in her heart, picked up the bucket, turned around and continued to go to the beach.
From that day on, Jiang Sisi watched the restaurant more frequently. She was not focused on catching seafood, but was staring at Jiang Yushan, waiting for the day when her identity would be exposed.
But Jiang Yushan's belly is too big now, and she doesn't come to the restaurant every day, so Jiang Sisi often can't see Jiang Yushan.
"Why didn't she come?" This sentence almost became a mantra that Jiang Sisi repeated every day.
Whenever the restaurant was bustling with people but Jiang Yushan was nowhere to be seen, her heart felt as if it was being scratched by a cat's claws, itchy and painful.
"Could it be that he went to the family compound to look for someone?"
Once this idea took root, it grew like wild weeds, making it almost impossible for Jiang Sisi to control herself.
She had imagined countless times the scene where Jiang Yushan's identity was revealed in broad daylight and she was beaten up by the original wife Liu Chunhong, just like in her previous life.
For her, that scene was both a satisfying revenge and a twisted consolation for her inability to change the status quo.
Just thinking about it, she wished she could grow wings and go to the family compound to take a look.
So she waited, day after day, waiting for the moment that might never come.
But every time she finally caught sight of Jiang Yushan in the crowd, she saw that she was still calm and nonchalant, and the anxiety and unwillingness in her eyes were like being burned by a raging fire, burning her heart with pain.
"That Jiang Sisi is getting weirder and weirder. She doesn't go to the beach to catch seafood properly every day. She just stares at our restaurant whenever she comes. Sometimes she even runs over to look into the store." Hu Xiaowen saw Jiang Yushan coming over and explained the situation to her with uneasiness.
She had noticed that whenever Jiang Yushan came to the store, Jiang Sisi's eyes were obviously different.
Even though she was at a distance, she could feel the complexity and hatred in his eyes.
"You have to be careful with her recently. I feel like she might be coming for you." Hu Xiaowen warned worriedly.
"That's right. If it really doesn't work, you shouldn't come to the store for now. I feel like she's not mentally normal right now." Mao Dongling also echoed.
Not only the two of them, but also the military wives who helped in the store had recently noticed that Jiang Sisi often wandered outside the restaurant, especially when Jiang Yushan came to the store, she could be said to be staring at this side all the time.
Jiang Yushan glanced casually towards the beach, like a breeze passing by inadvertently, but he keenly caught Jiang Sisi's gloomy and persistent gaze.
That gaze, like a cheetah lurking in the night, was filled with complex emotions, sparks of unwillingness, and unspeakable jealousy.
When their eyes met briefly in the air, Jiang Sisi seemed to be electrocuted and immediately looked away in panic, as if she was afraid of being swallowed by some terrible secret.
This action made Jiang Yushan even more certain that Jiang Sisi must have some unknown plan in her heart.
Compared to the last time Jiang Sisi barged into the restaurant, her temperament has subtly changed.
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