Chapter 149 Meng Fan
Gu Siyan was stuffed, so Jinran took the good-for-nothing to digest. While they were walking, they ran into Meng Fan.
Jinran: What's wrong with these two? They're always finding new ways to annoy me!
Looking at the youthful and beautiful Shen Jinran and the handsome man beside her, Meng Fan felt an inexplicable sense of inferiority.
He always felt his life shouldn't be like this. He should be a successful person, shining brightly and envied by everyone. Instead, he's like this now, having studied for two years but still failing to get into his ideal university, and now he has to revolve around his family. He has to listen to his wife's complaints, endure his child's cries, and deal with all the trivialities of life.
How did he end up like this?
Meng Fan greeted them with a complex expression, "I just heard you're back. How's Beijing doing? It must be doing well! University life must be exciting!"
Not knowing how to respond, Jinran simply smiled and said, "Everything is fine."
Then they fell silent for a while, until Jinran finally broke the silence and took her leave.
Meng Fan said something difficult to understand: "I will still return to where I belong. This is all just a transition. Just wait and see!"
Then he turned around and left.
Gu Siyan squinted and asked, "Is this the husband who speaks without thinking?"
"Yes, he is also from Beijing. He is still working hard to take the college entrance exam. He has taken it twice already, but neither time was very successful. However, he is very persistent."
Gu Siyan advised Jinran, "Neither of these two are good people. Stay away from them. They are selfish and cold-hearted."
"I know, no one knows them better than me."
The two of them started chatting and laughing about other things as they took a walk. Then they ran into Zhang Hao, who was Shen Yanhong's scumbag ex-husband.
Why is he in the village? Shouldn't he have gone back to the city to attend university? She hadn't paid much attention to things in the village, and there were some things she really didn't know.
Zhang Hao glanced blankly at Jin Ran and the others, then continued walking.
Jinran felt that today's encounters were enough and she didn't want to run into any more strange people.
But after returning home, Jinran asked Grandma Chen curiously, "Grandma, I ran into the former educated youth named Zhang Hao today, right? Why is he still in the village?"
Grandma Chen sighed, "This child is unlucky. He couldn't stand hard work before, so he married a girl from the Zhang family in our village. The Zhang family didn't have a son to carry on the family name, so they only had a daughter. This girl was spoiled rotten and had a domineering personality."
I don't know how Zhang Hao managed to seduce them, but they fell for each other. The Zhang family only had one daughter, and they originally planned to have her marry into the family. However, Zhang Hao was handsome, and the Zhang family's daughter was smitten. Since they were mutually in love, the Zhang family figured that since Zhang Hao also had the surname Zhang, their child wouldn't have to change his surname. So they got married. But I heard that when Zhang Hao was going to take the college entrance exam, his daughter tore up his admission ticket and wouldn't let him go. I also heard that he was locked up and not allowed to leave easily. He was occasionally beaten, but since it's a woman beating a man, the village couldn't do anything about it. Life went on like this. After they had a son, the Zhang family's elderly couple only cared about the child; they didn't concern themselves with their daughter and her husband's affairs.
Jinran's mouth dropped open in astonishment. She swore that Shen Yanhong was definitely involved. No doubt about it.
She declined to comment on the gossip.
Afterwards, they played in the village for a few more days, taking Gu Siyan up the mountain every day. When the two were about to return to the county, Grandma Shen packed up all the things they had picked over the past few days and asked Jinran to take them back to the capital to Gu Siyan's family.
“Nini, these are all good things that you can’t find in the city. They’ve seen everything. Even if you bring them big fish and meat, they won’t be interested. But these wild vegetables are unique to Northeast China. You can’t easily find them in the market. It’s more meaningful since you went up the mountain to get them yourself. Also, take all the cured chicken and cured meat. The warehouse is full. We can’t eat them all.”
Jinran said with emotion, "Thank you for thinking of me, Grandma, but we plan to go to Guangzhou to see our brothers, and then return to Beijing. We'll just bring some wild vegetables for them. We can bring back gifts from Beijing next time."
When Grandma Shen heard that Jinran was going to see Shen Cong and Shen Ming, she realized it wasn't appropriate for her to carry a lot of things, so she picked and chose to pack a small package and said, "This way, your journey will be easier."
Gu Siyan thoughtfully invited Grandpa and Grandma Shen to visit Beijing next time they have a holiday, and he would take them to explore the capital properly.
Grandpa Shen and Grandma Shen were so coaxed that they couldn't see their teeth.
The two returned to the county. They had already bought their tickets, but they still had to transfer trains. Fortunately, Gu Siyan managed to get sleeper tickets.
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