The next morning, as Li Yuzhu passed by the vegetable market on her way to work, she subconsciously glanced at Chen Jiayi's stall.
Seeing that Chen Jiayi's stall had been taken over by a different person, she took a few more curious glances.
After arriving at the hospital, she planned to go to Ding Haowen's ward.
It turned out that Dingxiang had been discharged from the hospital two days earlier.
Li Yuzhu was shocked. Dingxiang's illness required intravenous infusion to get better, so how could Ding Haowen have secretly discharged the child from the hospital?
She was somewhat dissatisfied, but she didn't go to find Ding Haowen right away.
She knew that Ding Haowen had been having some trouble at work these past two days.
Li Yuzhu passes by the vegetable market every day on her way to and from get off work. When she gets off work, she sees that there is still a different person selling things at Chen Jiayi's stall, which puzzles Li Yuzhu.
Why isn't Chen Jiayi setting up her stall?
She thought about it for a moment, went home to change her clothes, and decided to go to the Ding family.
Ding Haowen was practically going crazy at home.
He can't sleep or eat well these days.
Ding Haowen held the baby in one arm, tended the fire with the other, and occasionally stirred the food in the pot.
He couldn't help but miss the time when Chen Jiayi was at home.
Every time he comes back, the house is spotless, and he doesn't have to cook or worry about anything.
Chen Jiayi took the initiative to wash the clothes she had changed out of.
He just had to wait for Chen Jiayi to call him for meals every day.
Now he has to take care of the child, his mother, and that's not all; he also has to take care of Chen Jiayi's father.
Every day, I have someone in my family who eats for free, and I even have to give him a dollar.
Ding Haowen felt extremely uncomfortable.
He felt that he couldn't rely on Chen Jiayi's father, so he planned to go to Chen Jiayi himself to apologize and coax her.
Chen Jiayi had thrown a tantrum and threatened divorce before, but in the end, she always obediently came back.
This time, he may have heard some rumors, which is why he's been reluctant to go home.
Thinking this, Ding Haowen fueled the fire even more.
After finally preparing the meal, Ding Haowen and Li Shufang were about to eat when Chen Xiaowei returned right on time.
He feigned surprise, "Oh my, I'm back just in time! I didn't expect it to be dinnertime."
After he finished speaking, he ran to get a bowl and chopsticks and scooped up a full spoonful of corn rice.
Ding Haowen: "..."
Li Shufang felt heartbroken seeing this.
She glared at Ding Haowen, signaling him to hurry up and send him away.
Ding Haowen coughed, "Dad, my mother-in-law called and said there's so much chores to do at home, she's urging you to come back soon."
Chen Xiaowei frowned, "That damned woman, she makes such a fuss over nothing when I ask her to do a little work."
Although he cursed, he didn't say he didn't want to go back.
Ding Haowen's eyes lit up; he immediately sensed a chance.
"Dad, why don't you go home first? I'm resting at home these two days, I can take care of the child myself, and I can go and comfort Jiayi."
Chen Xiaowei immediately wanted to refuse, but then felt that it would make his intentions too obvious.
He smiled and said, "That works too! But Haowen, you have to give me all 7 yuan!"
Ding Haowen was shocked. "Why?"
Li Shufang was also dissatisfied and subconsciously wanted to ask why.
Chen Xiaowei snorted coldly, "Don't you adults say that you should do things with trust? Isn't ending it early a breach of contract?"
Chen Xiaowei's stay in the city these past two days has not been in vain.
He wandered around the city and listened to a lot of the local dialect.
Ding Haowen gritted his teeth, "Dad, this wasn't really a contract to begin with, we didn't even have a written signature."
"I don't care, you just have to give me the 7 yuan!" Chen Xiaowei shoveled a mouthful of rice into his mouth and glanced at Ding Haowen.
A surge of anger welled up inside Ding Haowen, and he took a deep breath.
"Seven yuan won't do. Today is your fifth day here, so I can only give you five yuan."
Li Shufang immediately objected.
"My dear in-law, the condition for giving this money is that you take care of the child and call Chen Jiayi back. You haven't taken care of the child these past two days, and you haven't called Chen Jiayi back either. Isn't 5 yuan too much?"
Chen Xiaowei tapped the bowl and chopsticks with his chopsticks, "At least four yuan!"
Ding Haowen said with a headache, "Okay, then Dad, you can go back today. I'm going to pick Jiayi up and bring her back to stay tonight."
Chen Xiaowei snorted coldly and said nothing.
Chen Xiaowei knew perfectly well that the other party was trying to get rid of him.
His father had tried to contact Chen Jiayi several times, but Chen Jiayi refused to come back. Ding Haowen could handle it.
Amidst the awkward atmosphere of the meal at the Ding family's house, Li Yuzhu arrived.
She knocked on the door and politely called out, "Brother Haowen, are you home?"
Upon hearing the woman's voice, Chen Xiaowei stared sharply at Ding Haowen.
Ding Haowen awkwardly tugged at the corners of his mouth and explained, "She's the friend I mentioned who came back from out of town."
Chen Xiaowei's eyes darted around, and he immediately thought of a money-making opportunity.
"I remember you said her husband died, didn't you?"
Li Yuzhu heard this sentence as soon as she came in, and she stood there awkwardly.
Chen Xiaowei said with a smile, "There's a man in my hometown who's 39 years old, divorced with two kids, and he wants to find someone else. How about I introduce them to each other?"
Li Yuzhu felt a surge of anger and turned to leave in a huff!
Seeing Li Yuzhu leave angrily, Ding Haowen shoved the child into his mother's hands and frowned at Chen Xiaowei.
"Dad, don't introduce random people to blind dates."
Chen Xiaowei curled his lip, "My family back home is super rich, and they might not even be interested in her!"
Li Yuzhu heard these words clearly as soon as she went out!
She was so angry that her face turned ashen, and she had nowhere to vent her rage.
Ding Haowen jogged up to Li Yuzhu, reached out and pulled her to explain.
"Yuzhu, don't be angry. That's Chen Jiayi's father. He's a country bumpkin and doesn't know any better. Don't take it to heart."
Li Yuzhu snorted coldly, crossed her arms, and ignored him.
Ding Haowen sighed, "Yuzhu, don't be angry with me anymore. Did you come to see me because you need something?"
Li Yuzhu was annoyed, and she rolled her eyes in exasperation.
“What could be wrong with me? Your wife quit her stall, so I came to tell you.”
After she finished speaking, she turned to leave, and Ding Haowen quickly coaxed Li Yuzhu.
When Ding Haowen learned that Chen Jiayi was no longer setting up her stall, he had a bad feeling.
After comforting Li Yuzhu, he decided to go find Chen Jiayi.
After packing, Chen Jiayi planned to leave today.
However, the giant dragon bus that runs from the town to the city is outdated.
Chen Jiayi could only wait until tomorrow to go to the city.
He glanced at the room and decided to go to the landlord to cancel the lease.
When she rented the apartment, the landlord said that if she stayed for less than a month, he would pay her on a daily basis.
As soon as Chen Jiayi opened the door to go downstairs, she ran into Ding Haowen who was going upstairs.
Chen Jiayi frowned, pretending not to see him, and continued downstairs.
Ding Haowen grabbed Chen Jiayi's hand, somewhat displeased.
"Chen Jiayi, I have something to tell you!"
Chen Jiayi tried to shake off Ding Haowen's hand, but she couldn't.
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