Chapter 67: Secretly Getting Up to Take Revenge
As the night deepened, the hustle and bustle of the family compound completely died down, leaving only the intermittent chirping of insects.
The kerosene lamp was turned down very low, and the bean-sized flame danced in the lampshade, casting shadows in the room.
Fubao was sleeping soundly on the kang, breathing evenly and softly.
Shen Lingning listened attentively to Zhou Weiguo's movements beside him. His breathing was low and steady, and he seemed to be asleep.
She gently lifted the thin quilt and sat up very slowly, trying not to make any noise.
The wooden edge of the kang made an extremely slight creaking sound.
Almost at the same time, Zhou Weiguo, who had his eyes closed, reacted immediately.
A deep voice with a hoarseness of just waking up: "Where are you going?" He subconsciously wanted to get up, but the wound on his left arm caused him to pause and groan.
Shen Lingning's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly reached out and gently pressed his uninjured right shoulder, his voice very low.
With a hint of deliberate discomfort, he said, "...Go to the toilet. Lie down and don't move."
She could feel the muscles of his shoulder blades tense beneath her hands.
Zhou Weiguo frowned and looked at her blurry silhouette in the dim light: "It's dark outside, I'll go with you."
He pretended to get up again.
It's almost become a habit.
When she first followed Lin Sanquan back to southern Shanxi, she was unfamiliar with the place and was most afraid of going to the simple and scary dry toilet at night.
Every time she was so scared that she cried silently, but dared not make a sound.
It was he who carefully discovered it, and after that he silently accompanied her every night and stayed outside, which made her gradually feel at ease.
"Need not!"
Shen Lingning's voice was a little hurried, with a hint of subtle embarrassment: "I can do it myself! You...you are injured, don't bother."
Afraid that he would insist, she quickly added, her tone softened, "Besides...if you follow me, I...it's not convenient for me."
You can't tell him that you have a space with a villa inside that you can enter and exit at any time for refuge, right?
And can she hear what Fubao is saying in his heart?
Apart from her and Fubao, she really didn't know how to tell anyone else about this incredible thing.
Including her lover Zhou Weiguo.
Zhou Weiguo fell silent. In the darkness, he seemed to sigh and stopped insisting: "Then be careful. Go quickly and come back soon."
He lay back down, eyes open in the darkness, listening to her tiptoe off the kang, put on her cloth shoes, open the door and then gently close it. The faint sound of footsteps disappeared outside the door.
The cool night breeze of early summer came in through the crack in the door, blowing away the smell of sweat and medicine that had been stuffy in the house for a day, and also bringing the scent of grass and soil in the yard.
Zhou Weiguo took a deep breath of the cool air, trying to suppress the inexplicable doubts in his heart. He told himself that he was just going to the toilet.
When he came back to see his wife this time, he always felt that something was different. It seemed that Ling Ning was much braver than before?
I became brave, which was a good thing, but then I thought that she would not be so dependent on me and would not need me so much in the future.
Zhou Weiguo felt a little uncomfortable, and his hand unconsciously patted Xiao Fubao on the other side of the kang, waiting for Shen Lingning to come back.
Shen Lingning did not go to the toilet in the corner of the yard.
She was like a shadow blending into the moonlight, sticking to the shadows of the walls of the low houses in the family compound, moving lightly and silently.
The moonlight was very bright, and its silver glow spread all over the ground, making the shadows even darker.
The air was filled with the coolness of night dew and the subtle aroma of grass and trees. With a clear goal in mind, she headed towards Jiang Weiyi's single dormitory at the end of a row of bungalows.
She is already familiar with every corner here.
Soon, she came to the back window of Jiang Weiyi's house.
The window was closed, and it was dark and quiet inside. Shen Lingning squatted in the shadow under the window for a moment, holding his breath and concentrating to make sure there were no unusual sounds inside.
Like a clever cat, she quietly went around to the place where miscellaneous items were piled up on the other side of the dormitory. Taking advantage of the miscellaneous items and the corners of the wall, she quickly and accurately stuffed something deep into an inconspicuous gap.
The entire process took only a dozen seconds, so fast it seemed like an illusion. After completing all this, she immediately retreated the same way, her steps still light and swift.
At the same time, in the dormitory.
Jiang Weiyi closed the dormitory door in shock, leaning his back against the cold door, his heart still beating wildly.
The humiliation of the afternoon and the fear of expulsion gnawed at her like a venomous snake.
She fumbled for the kerosene lamp on the table and tremblingly struck several matches before lighting it. The dim light barely illuminated the small, cluttered room.
She wanted to change out of the dirty clothes that were stained with mud and the smell of humiliation. Just as she unbuttoned two buttons, she stepped on something slippery!
"ah--!"
She let out a short scream, lost her balance and fell heavily backwards!
"Bang!"
With a dull thud, his elbow hit the corner of the wooden table next to him!
"hiss--!"
The piercing pain made her burst into tears instantly, and she gasped for breath and couldn't get up for a long time.
She curled up on the ground, holding her aching elbow, her face covered with tears and snot.
After finally recovering some strength, she struggled to get up, her eyes subconsciously sweeping towards her bed - she wanted to climb onto the bed to rest.
When she saw this, all the blood in her body rushed to her head instantly and froze into ice in the next second!
Next to the pillow!
Her tattered cloth shoes, which were covered with mud from the family compound and some other filth, were thrown out of the window while she screamed!
At this moment, the shoe was placed upright on the pillow with the tip facing her!
Under the dim kerosene lamplight, the dried mud and suspicious dark stains on the soles of the shoes seemed to be emitting a faint, disgusting smell!
“Ahhhh!!! Ghost!!!”
Jiang Weiyi's scream tore through the silence of the night, filled with extreme fear!
She rolled and crawled over, grabbed the shoes, and smashed them against the window with all her strength!
"Clang!"
The sound of shattering glass was piercing.
In another room outside, Jiang Weimin and Ma Linghua stood in the yard, their clothes draped over them, and asked, "Xiaoyi, what's wrong with you?"
Jiang Weiyi slumped on the ground, her back against the cold wall, her whole body shaking like a fallen leaf in the autumn wind, her teeth chattering, a huge fear gripping her, and she swallowed hard.
Then he said in a hoarse voice: "Brother, sister-in-law, I'm fine, I just fell, you guys go to sleep."
She couldn't bring trouble to her brother and sister-in-law anymore, now that she had lost her job.
If I continue to make trouble, my sister-in-law will kick me out.
It’s all Shen Lingning’s fault, it’s all that bitch’s fault!
Jiang Weiyi cried and murmured to herself: "There is nothing I can't get what I want. If I can't get it..."
"Then I'll destroy him!"
Jiang Weiyi's heart was filled with hatred, and he had nightmares all night.
Shen Lingning quietly opened the door of his own courtyard, his footsteps even lighter.
The yard was filled with the fresh scent of green grass wet by night dew, and the soles of her cloth shoes were inevitably stained with some grass clippings and moist soil.
As soon as she walked into the room and closed the door, she met Zhou Weiguo's gaze from the dark on the kang.
"What took you so long?"
He asked, his voice carrying a barely perceptible hint of inquiry.
"Hmm...my stomach feels a little uncomfortable."
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