Chapter 342: Extravagant Wishes
Jiang Ran and Huo Lingyin attacked each other verbally all the way and went to the market together.
The two beautiful girls walked together, attracting countless glances along the way.
Within half an hour, the news that the Huo family expedition team had arrived at Xiling Base spread throughout the base.
Old Yan, who had just taken Yan Jue back, also received news from his subordinates.
The old man sat on the sofa in the living room, his face showing dejection and fatigue where no one else could see him.
The butler tossed him a cup of hot tea. The old man looked up at the butler who was about to speak but hesitated, and smiled bitterly: "I was wrong. I underestimated Jiang Ranran. That girl is a resourceful woman. Yan Jue and I were too careless."
The housekeeper didn't know how to answer this question, so he could only reply: "Old man, I think it's best for us to avoid Miss Jiang for the time being."
"Yes." The old man laughed, leaned back on the sofa and closed his eyes, "It's better to avoid it."
If we don’t avoid it now, I’m afraid the entire Yan family will be finished.
…
After Huo Lingyin came to the base, Jiang Ran never held a base meeting again, but those who were craning their necks to watch the situation gradually discovered that the Yan family had been less active recently than before, and seemed to be preparing to fade out of the circle.
"I still chose to avoid it."
Some people sighed.
"We have to avoid it. The Huo family has sent people here, and the Luo family is still here. Who does the Yan family think they are?"
"That's not what I meant... I just feel that compared to a little girl like Jiang Ranran, Mr. Yan is more steady in his approach."
"What are you talking about behind my back? Go tell Jiang Ranran about this. Telling it to us is useless."
"Hey, you're such a... I'm just complaining."
“…”
Shen Yang sat on a chair. The early autumn wind still carried the lingering heat of summer. He raised his head, and the sunlight cast mottled light through the gaps between the leaves, falling on his body, making him look soft and gentle.
Those people walked away while talking, and didn't notice who was sitting under the tree opposite.
After the people walked away, Shen Yang stood up with the help of the chair back and tried to move his hands and feet.
He had been lying in bed for nearly a month and was finally able to get out of bed and walk around in recent days.
Seeing what he was thinking, the little girl who was taking care of him took him out for a walk without asking his opinion.
As a result, she saw something on the road and ran away in a panic, leaving him alone here.
The man was considering whether to go to the Military Control Building to look for his sister who was so busy that he could not see her all day. From a distance, he saw the girl who had left him and ran away coming back with her head hung low.
She stopped in front of him, and before he could ask, she began to gesture and explain what had just happened: "I just saw my stepmother and my brother, and I didn't want to cause you any trouble, so... I'm sorry."
"Tao Luyi." He called her name, and seeing her look up in panic like a rabbit, he began to wonder if he was too harsh on her. "It was your family who sold you out. Seeing you, they should be the ones feeling guilty, not you."
He remembered the miserable look of the girl when they met.
If she hadn't met him that day, if he hadn't been in a good mood and meddled in other people's business, she would have become a pile of bones underground.
Tao Luyi looked at him in a daze, nodded obediently, and then shook her head: I'm not feeling guilty, I just don't want to cause trouble.
If her stepmother knew that she was working for the Shen family now, she would definitely continue to pester her and seek benefits for her son.
——Just like when she instigated her father to sell her.
Not wanting to continue talking about unhappy things, Tao Luyi held Shen Yang's arm and gestured: "Where are you going? Home?"
Shen Yang pressed his aching chest and whispered, "Go back."
She didn't ask any more questions and helped him walk towards the Shen family manor.
Someone on the road recognized Shen Yang and stopped to greet him politely.
"Oh, they weren't like this before." The man said sarcastically after separating from the others. "You see, people are like this - if you treat them politely, they will become arrogant. But after a beating, they will obey you."
He used to think it didn't matter. As long as they didn't really provoke him, he could turn a blind eye and pretend not to know their little actions in private.
The zombie wave came unexpectedly, he was injured, and in just a few days he witnessed the warmth and coldness of human nature.
When the girl stood in front of his bed regardless of everything, he suddenly realized that his previous thoughts were too naive.
If he didn't care, those people would not think it was a favor, but would only think that he was incompetent - they would despise him, laugh at him, and wish they could trample him under their feet immediately.
Seeing his gloomy face, Tao Luyi gently tugged at his sleeve. When he looked over, she gestured: "Miss Jiang is very powerful."
When the girl gestured this sentence, her eyes were full of admiration.
Shen Yang smiled and agreed with her: "Yes, Jiang Xiaoran is very powerful."
He looked ahead, his voice lowered, and murmured, "She's so amazing, she doesn't need me to do anything for her..."
She has been unable to speak since she was a child, so she has become more sensitive than others.
Noticing his sudden drop in mood, she quickly corrected him: "It's a blessing to have loved ones by your side."
The fact that they, as brothers and sisters, can still meet and protect each other is already enviable in this doomsday world.
After she finished speaking, she saw that he still looked depressed, so she clapped her hands and said, "Wait for me."
Shen Yang stopped.
Tao Luyi ran around the corner of the street in two steps and disappeared from his sight.
I thought I would have to wait for a long time, but after a few seconds, the girl came back with her head down and empty hands.
Just as Shen Yang was about to speak, he saw a haggard woman following behind her.
"Stop! Tao Luyi!" the woman chased after him, shouting, "Why are you running? You didn't even say hello to your family when you saw them! Stop right there!"
She had subconsciously run towards him, but when she heard the woman's cry, she suddenly realized that she couldn't let them know her current situation, so she kept moving and prepared to rush past him.
"Why are you panicking?" When the girl passed by him, Shen Yang grabbed her hand and forced her to stop.
Tao Luyi gestured frantically, trying to get him to let go first.
While the two were fighting, the woman had already caught up with them.
"Well, you... you're living a good life now, so you don't want to care about your parents who gave birth to you, right?" The woman put her hands on her knees, panting heavily, "You, you heartless bitch!"
The woman cursed, and Tao Luyi suddenly stopped struggling.
She stood beside Shen Yang, with her head lowered, not daring to look up at him.
They met at her most embarrassing moment. She thought that would be the most unsightly side of her that she would show to him. Now that she saw her family, she realized that she seemed to have never had a good side.
Embarrassed, powerless, weak... He had seen all kinds of people, and he must have seen through her bluff at a glance.
But she still had the delusion that she could hide those ugly things in front of him, hoping to at least keep a little bit of beauty in front of him.
When they separated, he would occasionally smile knowingly when he thought of her as a passerby.
However, reality ruthlessly told her how greedy and extravagant her little wishes were.
(End of this chapter)
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