Chapter 58
Zhou Mingshu sent Luo Jing to the house he rented. When he passed by, he saw that the door was open. Luo Jing subconsciously asked, "Is there a thief?"
In broad daylight, what thief would dare to steal so openly? Zhou Mingshu rolled his eyes at his brother and was about to enter the house when he saw a girl walking out.
Seeing an acquaintance, Luo Jing stepped forward and said, "Tang Jia? Why are you here?"
Tang Jia took off his mask and greeted Zhou Mingshu before looking at Luo Jing: "I was planning to come over to clean yesterday, but something delayed me yesterday, so I came today."
Hearing Tang Jia say this, Luo Jing took the rag from her hand: "Let me do it, you go back." After that, Luo Jing took the things and went in.
Seeing his brother being so rude, Zhou Mingshu said, "Thank you for your hard work. Are you free at noon? Let's have lunch together."
Tang Jia glanced at Luo Jing who was busy inside and said, "No need, you guys eat. I'll go back first. I've bought cleaning tools and various detergents, and I've asked someone to clean up inside."
Hearing that Tang Jia had contributed both money and effort, Zhou Mingshu thought about quickly paying: "How can I let you spend money?"
The two were arguing, and Luo Jing stood at the door and watched: "Sister, what are you doing?"
"Tang Jia also hired a housekeeper, and I wanted to give her the money."
Hearing this, Tang Jia quickly said: "No need, it's not much money. You guys go ahead and do your work. I'll be leaving now." After that, he left in a hurry.
Looking at Tang Jiayuan's back, Zhou Mingshu looked at his brother bending over to pack his things, shook his head, but said nothing.
Luo Jing went upstairs to decorate his room.
He just made his bed and put away his personal belongings. He didn't have much stuff, just the necessities of life.
Zhou Mingshu looked at the empty room and made a decision for him: "Do you want to cook for yourself? Let's go to the supermarket later."
"OK."
As the two were about to go out, they saw a middle-aged woman looking around at the door. When she saw someone coming out, she immediately stepped forward, but then took a few steps back with a look of disappointment.
Luo Jing walked out the door with a cold face, staring at the woman standing next to him without saying a word. Zhou Mingshu locked the door behind him.
Seeing the two men about to leave, the middle-aged woman immediately stopped them and said, "Is Mr. Tang, the boss who used to run the flower shop here, quitting?"
Zhou Mingshu and Luo Jing exchanged a glance, wondering what kind of trouble had Tang Jia gotten into that brought people to his house every day. But they didn't say anything.
"What's with the last name Tang? I don't know him." Luo Jing answered without any emotion.
Not hearing the answer she wanted, the woman became anxious and wanted to go forward and grab Luo Jing to stop him from leaving. Since they could rent this place, they could definitely contact Tang Jia. Thinking of this, the woman grabbed Luo Jing's clothes tightly.
Luo Jing shook him off with all his strength. The woman lost her balance and took a few steps back. She pointed at her and scolded her harshly, "Don't blame me for being rude if you keep looking for trouble."
"This house belongs to Tang Jia. How could you not know her?"
There were already people watching the fun nearby. Zhou Mingshu didn't want to be distracted by irrelevant people, so he pulled Luo Jing and walked away quickly.
The woman behind him was still shouting and even leaned on the glass on the first floor to see what was going on inside.
Entering the subway, Zhou Mingshu looked a little impatient. The last bit of goodwill he had for Tang Jia that morning had already dissipated. "What on earth is this Tang Jia doing? I think you should move to another place and not get yourself into trouble because of her. If you really open a shop, how would you do business like this?"
Thinking of what happened just now, Zhou Mingshu hurriedly urged: "Hurry up and give her the money for the housekeeping and the things she bought." She didn't want to have anything to do with Tang Jia anymore.
Luo Jing didn't answer the previous question: "I understand."
Since renting Tang Jia's house, except for the few days when he returned to Yuancheng and stayed at the B&B, he only came here for two days. Every time he came, he would meet strange people. Even if he felt that it had nothing to do with him, he couldn't say what would happen in the future.
Thinking of this, Luo Jing planned to find Tang Jia to ask him clearly. He returned to Haicheng just to seek peace and quiet. If it was like this every day, he would rather lose money than rent this house again.
Tang Jia heard from the convenience store owner that someone was making trouble at the door of his house and that he had met a new tenant. He hung up the phone and hurried over.
Seeing the person she was looking for coming, the woman who was waiting at the door stood up and yelled at Tang Jia, "Hurry up and return the money!"
Hearing that it involved a financial matter, several nearby merchants came out to watch the fun.
"What's going on?"
"I heard that this woman was engaged to the man, but she took the betrothal gift and no longer wants to get married, and she's unwilling to return the gift."
"Who told you that?"
The man cracking melon seeds was at a loss for words and stammered, "That's what everyone says."
"Don't spread rumors based on hearsay. Some men these days have bad intentions. Maybe he's the one who spread rumors about Miss Tang."
The people around also nodded, agreeing with this statement.
Tang Jia stared expressionlessly at her ex-boyfriend's mother, unwilling to say a word to her. As more and more people gathered around her, she knew the time was right and spoke loudly, "Auntie, before the engagement, we agreed on a betrothal gift of 188,000 yuan. Your family agreed, and on the day of the engagement, you came to my house with 18,000 yuan. My parents are kind, and your son and I have been in love for many years. We didn't want to cause any unpleasantness over money, so we thought we'd give you a chance."
After hearing this, the people around suddenly understood.
Seeing that it was working, Tang Jia continued, "Who would have thought that you would pay for the engagement dinner? After dinner, your whole family just walked out. My family paid for three tables and tens of thousands of dollars worth of dinner. You even took back the 18,000 yuan betrothal gift. You even said that I was still young and it was unsafe to handle so much money. Why, when you were urging me to get married, you kept saying that I was old, and when it came to money, you said I was young. Did I say all the good things to your family?"
"How shameless! He schemed against a girl like that. It's a good thing he didn't marry into her family."
The middle-aged woman blushed and paled when she heard her family's scandal exposed, but she still tried to argue: "Go and see who else's betrothal gift is asking for 188,000 yuan?"
The man who was eating melon seeds continued, "I gave my son 288,000 yuan for his wedding last year."
"What's it to you?" Seeing someone supporting Tang Jia, the middle-aged woman couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to leave, but Tang Jia grabbed her and said, "Want to leave? Go back and tell your son, if he comes here to cause trouble again, I won't let you and your family off so easily next time."
The people around him continued to chime in: "We should call the police and punish these people."
"Tang Jia, let my mother go!"
Following the sound, I saw a man shouting before he even got out of the car.
Seeing this, the merchant who was eating melon seeds threw away the seeds in his hand, picked up his phone and walked to the side of the road.
The people around him stared at him in amazement.
No one noticed what he did.
"Wang Changyuan, take your mother back quickly and don't show up in front of me again." Tang Jia let go of the person in his hand. Wang Changyuan's mother lost her balance and fell into her son's arms.
After she regained her balance, she pointed at Tang Jia and tremblingly threatened, "Son, teach this shameless woman a lesson."
When they saw the man, they were about to attack, and everyone who was watching the fun started to join in.
"You want to hit someone in broad daylight?"
Hearing this, Wang Changyuan glanced at him with disdain and walked around his mother: "What's it to you? What? Are you going to pay me back the betrothal gift for her?"
Tang Jia stepped in front of Wang Changyuan, shielding innocent passersby from being affected. "Wang Changyuan, spreading rumors will result in legal consequences."
"Are you trying to scare me?" After saying that, he raised his hand to slap Tang Jia. Tang Jia couldn't dodge in time and the slap landed heavily on her right cheek.
Everyone around was stunned. Luo Jing and Zhou Mingshu, who had just returned, happened to see this scene. Although Luo Jing didn't want to have too much contact with Tang Jia, at this moment, he still scolded Wang Changyuan.
Seeing Luo Jing, Wang Changyuan recognized him and said to Tang Jia, "Your little lover is back."
Tang Jia glanced at Luo Jing as he walked over and warned Wang Changyuan, "Watch your mouth."
At this time, Tang Jia's face had gradually become red and swollen. Zhou Mingshu followed over and took out a can of ice cola from her bag and handed it to Tang Jia.
"Thank you." Tang Jia took the Coke and rolled it gently on his face.
Luo Jing stared at Wang Changyuan with a dark face: "Apologize."
"Why should I?" Wang Changyuan was halfway through his words when he saw Luo Jing taking a step closer to him. He mentally encouraged himself and forced himself not to retreat. He stammered, "You, what do you want to do?"
"If you hit someone, apologize immediately."
"I won't. What? Fight back if you have the guts."
Just then, two traffic policemen came to the roadside, looked at the illegally parked car, and issued a ticket without hesitation.
After watching all this being done, the merchant who had just been eating sunflower seeds called out slowly, "Whose car is that over there? Doesn't he know you can't park here?"
The man who had just stiffened his neck to compete with Luo Jing showed a trace of panic on his face, and tried to make excuses for himself: "I've parked here several times and never got a ticket."
The aunt who had just witnessed the whole thing rolled her eyes when she heard this: "Old Liu, why did the traffic police suddenly come over to issue a ticket? I've never seen that before."
Lao Wang waved the phone in his hand with a proud look on his face.
"You're really good. You did a good thing after all."
Seeing everyone's puzzled looks, Wang Changyuan suddenly felt guilty. At this moment, his phone rang. He opened it and almost fell to the ground. "This, this, this, how is this possible? They never issue tickets here."
Wang Changyuan's mother leaned over to look at the message on the phone, rolled her eyes and collapsed to the ground.
"Mom! Mom! What's wrong with you?"
Those watching the excitement around also stood up and wanted to get closer.
Someone warned: "Be careful of being blackmailed."
What he said made sense. Everyone took a look and returned to their original positions.
Tang Jia watched the two of them put on a show with cold eyes. Zhou Mingshu pulled Luo Jing back and whispered, "Be careful not to get blackmailed."
Seeing no one coming forward to help, Wang Changyuan looked up and accused everyone: "You cold-blooded people, my mother fainted and no one helped?"
Tang Jia: "What? Don't you know the ambulance number? Instead of wasting time blaming others, why not call an ambulance right away?"
The lady, who had just fainted, suddenly opened her eyes and glared at Tang Jia.
"Mom, are you okay?"
"fine."
The mother and son helped each other up. Wang Changyuan's mother felt a pang of pain when she thought of the ticket. "Son, why is the fine two thousand here? They always make mistakes. Why don't you go ask someone?"
Wang Changyuan nodded: "Mom, you are right, I will find someone right away."
Money is more important. Wang Changyuan no longer cares about confronting Tang Jia and is about to leave with his mother.
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"Tang Jia, what else do you want to do?"
"You guys broke my glass, pay me."
Wang Changyuan denied it: "What do you mean by compensation?"
"There's surveillance? Then I'll have to call the police."
After giving the money, Wang Changyuan quickly took his mother away.
After the two of them left, the excitement died down and everyone went back to do their own things.
Tang Jia looked at Luo Jing walking towards the store and called him.
Luo Jing glanced at Zhou Mingshu, handed her the things in his hand, and turned back: "Is there anything else?"
"Thank you."
Luo Jing nodded, said nothing, and turned to go into the store.
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