To prevent her aunt and uncle from sneaking in and taking things again, she changed the locks on the door.
Not far from the compound, she saw a familiar young couple on the street.
Yes, I'm very familiar with it.
The woman was her aunt's only daughter, her cousin Li Hongying.
The man, on the other hand, is Zhao Wensong, the man the original owner was betrothed to as a child, who has the typical face of a scumbag.
Zhao Wensong's father and Luo's father were old comrades-in-arms and had a life-or-death friendship. Zhao Wensong was two years older than the original owner of the body. He was handsome and had a pair of black-rimmed glasses on his nose. He looked very refined and cultured. He and the original owner had been betrothed since childhood.
Later, Zhao's father passed away due to illness, but the Luo family still honored the marriage agreement. However, the original owner felt that she was still in school and had not had much interaction with Zhao Wensong.
Li Hongying had been envious of her pampered cousin since she was a child. She envied her for having pretty clothes and shoes, for having pocket money, and even more so for having a face that was prettier than her own. Meanwhile, her family needed charity from the other girl's father to get food.
However, things will turn around in the future. Everything in the Luo family will become theirs, and Luo Jingyan's fiancé will also become theirs.
She walked arrogantly up to Luo Jingyan and said, "Cousin, your uncle and aunt have been arrested, how come you're not sad at all, and you're still running around everywhere?"
Luo Jingyan glared at her coldly and said disdainfully, "Who do you think you are? I can come and go as I please, what's it to you? You're so nosy, acting like a pig with a scallion in its nose."
Li Hongying was naturally very angry when she was scolded.
"Luo Jingyan, I'm just concerned about you, don't be ungrateful. Look at your family's situation right now, and I'm still willing to talk to you. If it were anyone else, they would have cut ties with you long ago and ignored you."
"You think I want to talk to you? Get away from me right now, no wonder I smelled something weird." She pretended to cover her mouth and nose.
"Luo Jingyan, you've gone too far. I haven't even complained about you yet. You're the one who smells bad, like you're rotting."
"You're filthy, cheap, heartless, and ungrateful."
"Luo Jingyan, can't you speak properly?" Zhao Wensong stepped forward, blocking Li Hongying, and said to Luo Jingyan, "Jingyan, you can't talk to Hongying like that. She's your cousin. She's concerned about you, but you insulted her first. You should apologize to her right now."
Luo Jingyan really wanted to spit on that scumbag's face.
"Oh, you seem to feel sorry for her. Are you her lover? Let me tell you, it's none of your business what I do with her."
She guessed that Zhao Wensong was going to tell her about breaking off the engagement, so she preemptively said, "Zhao Wensong, since we've met here, I don't need to go to your house to find you. I want to tell you that I, Luo Jingyan, never really liked you before, and now the more I look at you, the more I hate you. As for the arranged marriage, that's just a joke the adults make. From now on, we'll keep to ourselves and have nothing to do with each other."
"Luo Jingyan, you..."
Zhao Wensong felt a lump in his throat, unable to swallow his words. Shouldn't these be the words he was saying to Luo Jingyan? They were from different social classes, and he wanted to break off the engagement with her.
Whoever gets jilted loses face, and Luo Jingyan's words were so rude, she didn't take him seriously at all.
This woman is ruthless.
He actually looked down on the Luo family for their decline. Continuing to associate with Luo Jingyan would not only bring him no benefit, but he might also be implicated by her.
Although Li Hongying's parents were not capable, her uncle was the second-in-command of the Revolutionary Committee. By climbing such a high branch, he was sure to make a name for himself in the future.
Li Hongying spat at Luo Jingyan: "You hate Brother Wensong? Don't you even look at yourself? What right do you have to hate him?"
Luo Jingyan rolled her eyes at her: "I have something to do, so I can't chat with you anymore. Oh, and lastly, I wish you two bitches and dogs a long and happy life together."
"Luo Jingyan, how dare you!"
"Still being presumptuous? Do you think you're the chief eunuch by Empress Dowager Cixi's side in the Qing Dynasty? Hmm, look at your effeminate manner, you might actually be a eunuch."
Zhao Wensong was so angry that his face turned green, and he stared wide-eyed, unable to say a word.
Li Hongying advised Zhao Wensong: "Brother Wensong, don't pay attention to her. She's just jealous that I'm with you. Anyway, you two have nothing to do with each other anymore. Once she goes to the countryside, you won't see her anymore, so you won't have to worry about her. She'll have a hard time when she gets there."
Zhao Wensong hummed in agreement, and Li Hongying reached out and tugged at his sleeve: "Brother Wensong, let's go for a walk in the park, clear our heads, so as not to affect our mood."
"OK."
Luo Jingyan originally wanted to leave, but when she turned her head, she saw the watch on Li Hongying's wrist, the same one that Luo Aiqing had taken from her home.
"Li Hongying, give our watch back."
Li Hongying stopped and glanced at her: "This isn't your watch; I bought it myself."
"You bought it yourself? When did you buy it, and where did you get the money? My aunt was complaining to my dad about being poor the other day, saying that you don't even have money for food, how could you afford a watch? This is the one my mom bought. When she bought it, she even had something engraved on the back. Let me see if there are any words on the back."
Li Hongying glanced at the back of the watch face subconsciously and told Luo Jingyan, "There are no words on the back at all."
Luo Jingyan narrowed her eyes and said with a faint smile, "Li Hongying, you're still lying. If this really were your watch, wouldn't you know if there were any words on the back?"
She grabbed Li Hongying's wrist and looked at the back of the watch face. Sure enough, it was engraved with the words "Jingyan". It was a gift from her mother.
"Li Hongying, what else do you have to say?"
Li Hongying tried to pry Luo Jingyan's hand off with her other hand, but Luo Jingyan grabbed her wrist tightly with her other hand and squeezed it hard, causing Li Hongying to cry out in pain and immediately pull her hand back.
Luo Jingyan quickly took the watch off her wrist, then pinched her wrist hard, and another squeal followed.
In her previous life, Luo Jingyan's parents were afraid that she would be bullied outside as a girl, so they made her practice martial arts from a young age for self-defense.
The original owner had also practiced some martial arts with Luo's father since childhood. Although she was not as good as her in the later generations, she was still much stronger than the average girl in terms of fighting ability.
Luo Jingyan wiped her watch with her sleeve and put it in her pocket.
Li Hongying then went to Zhao Wensong and cried.
“Brother Wensong, Jingyan went too far. I only wore her watch for a moment, and look how fierce she was. How petty she is.”
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