Chapter 26 Jiang's Restaurant's business is booming...
Jiang's Restaurant is becoming increasingly popular, with not enough chairs to sit on. Many people are eating while standing or squatting, urging Jiang Can to buy some small stools so that everyone can have a place to sit.
Eating while gossiping is so delicious.
They don't like to chat; just listening is enough.
Nobody dislikes gossip.
Some people who didn't have a seat and didn't want to stand would bring their lunchboxes and listen for a while.
People have uncovered many more secrets. Fan Zhongkai, who had poor grades but went to university, is not an isolated case. There are several others who just coasted through high school but ended up going to university after the college entrance examination.
I used to think they were just lucky, like the God of Literature had descended to earth, and they knew everything without even studying! But now that I've opened my mind, who wouldn't have doubts?
Jiang Can sat at the cashier writing a test paper, multitasking by memorizing all the names.
Behind every student who took someone else's place in university, there is a student with a tragic fate.
Others study hard for ten years to change their own destiny, not to change the destiny of rich kids.
Before dinner was even sold out, Shen Lang arrived on his bicycle, immediately attracting the attention of many people.
There's no way around it, Shen Lang is just too good-looking, like a movie star, especially his eyes, which are incredibly captivating, and his blond hair makes him very flamboyant.
He waved to everyone, and when he heard an interesting topic, he chimed in with a few words. He walked over to Jiang Can, sat down next to her to watch her write her exam paper, and asked Fang Yuan to make him a cold dish, with extra beef and pig's ears, and the usual amount of chili peppers.
While waiting for her food, she leaned over and watched Jiang Can intently, occasionally reaching out to touch the back of Jiang Can's hand and cheek.
He reached out to touch Jiang Can's eyelashes again: "They're like little fans, longer than mine. Look at mine." He leaned closer, closing his eyes for Jiang Can to see. Jiang Can found him too in the way and replied dismissively, "Yours are long too."
Shen Lang: "You haven't seen me all day, and you don't even bother to look at me properly. Look at me, and I'll give you something good."
Jiang Can turned to look at him.
Shen Lang blew her a kiss. "Do you like it?"
Jiang Can: ...
Shen Lang: "Close your eyes."
Jiang Can asked warily, "What do you want?"
Shen Lang: "What can I do in public? You're so boring, not cooperating at all."
Jiang Can: ...
She obediently closed her eyes and saw Shen Lang take her right hand and put a ring on her middle finger. He then adjusted the ring and tightened it, saying, "Wearing it on your middle finger brings wealth. I guarantee your future fortune will be even better."
Jiang Can opened her eyes and saw a gold ring shaped like a bow, sparkling in the sunlight. She raised her hand, looked at it again and again, and liked it so much that her eyes started to ache. She said, "Let's make a fortune every day!"
Shen Lang: "Don't cry! I'll buy it for you every now and then!"
Gold and silver are always welcome; buying them is like saving money.
Jiang Can: "Who's crying? I'm overjoyed."
Huang Xiaoling happened to see this when she brought over the braised meat and rice. She thought Shen Lang was really good to his boss, picking him up from school every day. The atmosphere between the two of them was enviable.
Shen Lang accepted the food and sat down to eat.
Jiang Can stood up, grabbed a bottle of beer, opened it with a bottle opener, poured two glasses of beer, handed one to Shen Lang, and drank one with him.
Shen Lang noticed that his wife treated him even better when she was in a good mood! Look, she's not even doing her homework anymore, and she's drinking beer with him.
As the diners gradually left, Shen Lang finished his meal and emptied a bottle of beer. Jiang Can couldn't hold his liquor; a little alcohol would flush her face, and right now her cheeks were rosy, more beautiful than peach blossoms in March.
Jiang Can gave Fang Yuan some instructions, leaving the restaurant to the two of them to clean up, while she and Shen Lang carried a bag of bones and left first.
This is for Tiger.
I told Fang Yuan this morning that we don't need to hold the puppy anymore. Shen Lang brought back a big Tibetan Mastiff. If we raise another puppy, it might bite it to death.
Shen Lang was riding his bicycle home with Jiang Can on the back when they encountered two young men on a motorcycle. The motorcycles sped past them, kicking up clouds of dust.
Jiang Can: "I'll buy you a motorcycle tomorrow. You'll look really cool riding one."
Shen Lang: "When is tomorrow?"
Jiang Can thought for a moment: "After becoming rich."
Shen Lang thought the pancake was big and round: "Alright, I'll wait for my wife's motorcycle."
Back home, Jiang Can fed Hu Zi a big bone. This bone was specially reserved for Hu Zi, and the muscles and flesh on it hadn't been completely removed; it even smelled delicious.
Shen Lang: "Whose dog can gnaw on a bone and still eat the meat?"
"This is a good dog to guard our house." Jiang Can tossed a big bone to Hu Zi, squatted down beside him and watched Hu Zi gnaw on the bone, which he was really enjoying! After watching for a while, he tossed the rest of the bones over to Hu Zi as well, and said to Shen Lang, "You're back really early today."
Shen Lang: "The clothes from the cotton mill aren't very stylish, but the quality is undeniable. People who don't care about style all like them. I saw a house today, it's quite nice, I'll take 22,000 yuan from home tomorrow and reserve it."
Jiang Can exclaimed in surprise, "We've got our third house sorted out? How big is it?"
Shen Lang: "Seventy-eight square meters, with a small supermarket of about ten square meters on the first floor."
Jiang Can was so excited he ignored the dog and stared at Shen Lang: "We're going to have a shop! So cheap? Is it legitimate? You didn't threaten them, did you!"
Shen Lang rolled his eyes and flicked Jiang Can on the forehead: "I have to put all 18,000 yuan I earned today into this, making it a total of 40,000 yuan."
Jiang Can covered his forehead and reached out to flick Shen Lang's forehead as well.
Shen Lang teased Jiang Can, making her hide and try to keep her out of reach. This finally aroused Jiang Can's competitive spirit, and she pounced on him. Shen Lang then embraced her tightly, clinging to her affectionately, taking the opportunity to take advantage of her.
Jiang Can's forehead was covered in a thin layer of sweat. In the end, Shen Lang let her have her way, and she gave him a hard slap.
Shen Lang hissed: "I just flicked you lightly. You didn't hold back at all, you almost made me spit a bump on the head."
Jiang Can felt he had gotten a great deal and was quite happy: "Buying a shop is really worth it! The compensation for demolishing a shop is different from that for a residential property. After we have the shop, we can open a hot pot restaurant. Young people these days love to eat hot pot."
Shen Lang: "Selling clothes is also a good option; the profit margin is high."
Jiang Can showed Shen Lang the newly acquired property certificate. Shen Lang kissed the property certificate, then kissed Jiang Can, and carried her into the house to talk.
Jiang Can washed and cut the fruit, grabbed a handful of peanuts and melon seeds, and made two cups of brown sugar water.
Shen Lang: "I don't drink this stuff. It's for women."
Jiang Can: "You've depleted too much of your energy and blood, drink some to replenish it."
Shen Langle said, "Then we should also eat kidneys, bull penis, and leeks."
Jiang Can paused for a moment, then decisively changed the subject, bringing up the matter of Scarface taking revenge on Chang Qing, and added, "Chang Qing is Sun Wenfeng's brother-in-law."
Shen Lang peeled a peanut and threw it into his mouth. "Scarface, you good-for-nothing. What's the use of just reporting back to Chang Qing? You didn't even break Sun Wenfeng's legs. Looks like you didn't hurt him enough last time."
Jiang Can then brought up Sun Wenfeng's visit to the store: "How did you manage to do that with Sun Wenfeng? You're really amazing."
Shen Lang: "How far has it progressed?"
Jiang Can then told Shen Lang what he had overheard at the restaurant. Shen Lang was quite satisfied: "He should repay you for how he bullied you back then. It's not enough yet; you haven't been beaten or fired."
How could Jiang Can not be moved? She said, "Shen Lang, thank you."
Shen Lang: "Isn't that a bit too perfunctory? Just a verbal thank you?"
Jiang Can cupped his face and kissed his forehead.
Someone knocked on the door, and Tiger barked. Shen Lang came out to open the door, where a middle-aged woman stood. She was dressed neatly, and her hair was combed neatly.
She sized Shen Lang up and down, then asked coldly, "Are you that blond thug? Is Jiang Can home?"
"What the hell!" Shen Lang slammed the door shut. "Tiger, keep yelling."
Tiger barked loudly.
The middle-aged woman outside the door was stunned. What kind of scoundrel was this blond-haired punk?! How dare he treat her like this!
She worked for the Shen family for over twenty years, and she raised the young lady herself. Everyone treated her with utmost respect.
The woman wanted to turn away, but remembering her wife's instructions, she could only continue knocking on the door.
The more she knocked on the door, the fiercer the dog barked, sending chills down her spine. That damn dog has no sense of propriety, what's with all that barking! Next time, I'll poison that dog.
Just then, a young married woman who was buying soy sauce was walking by with her two children. She said, "This dog is barking like that, aren't you going to do anything about it? You should knock on the door and ask them how they raise their dog."
The young woman was the daughter-in-law of Widow Qian from the next courtyard. She glared at her and said, "Are you sick?!" She quickly grabbed her two sons and ran away.
The two sons were very well-behaved at this moment, their little legs moving as they ran very fast.
Now, no child in the entire Pomegranate Alley is afraid of Shen Lang and Jiang Can. If a child cries, the adults will say, "If you cry again and disturb Shen Lang, he will throw you to his death and bury you in the yard."
In the children's hearts, Shen Lang was a ruthless demon who killed without blinking an eye, and the yard was full of dead children.
Shen Lang and Jiang Can only keep a dog. Even if it barks at night, no one would dare say a word. Besides, that dog is silent during the day. You can pass by or linger without any problem, unless you deliberately touch Shen Lang's door and yard.
Middle-aged woman: Is she sick?
She yelled, "You're the one who's sick!"
The young woman ran away without looking back, and after turning into the courtyard, she locked the gate from the inside.
The middle-aged woman became even angrier. She continued knocking on the door, banging on it loudly, while Tiger barked even more fiercely. The woman was somewhat hesitant to knock anymore, but then she thought that the dead dog was definitely tied up, so what was the point of barking? She increased the force of her knocking.
After Jiang Can finished eating a piece of fruit, he came out of the house and praised Hu Zi: "Good dog, it stopped barking. I'll bring Hu Zi a meat bone again tomorrow."
Tiger wagged its tail once, then quickly let it fall back down.
Jiang Can noticed immediately and wagged its tail at her, though only once.
Shen Lang opened the door and spoke first: "Think carefully before you speak."
The middle-aged woman swallowed back her anger and the words she wanted to utter. She huffed, "My surname is Lu, and I work for the Shen family. I'm here today on behalf of Madam. There are some things you'd better give up on, otherwise..."
Jiang Can: "Otherwise what?"
The middle-aged woman said, "Be sensible. You can still do business in this remote county. Otherwise, you'll lose everything you have now." She glanced at Jiang Can and said, "A lowly country bumpkin like you doesn't deserve to go to university. Do you even know how to drive or get out of town?" She took an envelope from her bag and threw it at Jiang Can. "Here's two thousand yuan. Go back to doing your business properly and stop thinking about such unrealistic things."
Jiang Can was speechless, thinking that this woman was a bit dim-witted. She shouted, "You think you're so great just because you have a little money? You think you can trample on my dignity and steal my university spot! Take your stinking money and get out!" As she said this, she quickly took the envelope and shoved it into Shen Lang's hand.
She deserves it!
Anyway, it was pitch black, and she hadn't seen any money.
The middle-aged woman scoffed. She knew these two were short-sighted; the lady had said she'd give them five thousand yuan, why would they need so much! She said, "Since you..."
Jiang Can chuckled, grabbed the middle-aged woman by the hair and dragged her into the yard. "You villain, how dare you come here and act so arrogantly? Don't you even know our family's reputation?"
The middle-aged woman was stunned. She was staggered and dragged into the yard, her scalp feeling like it was being ripped off.
Jiang Can kicked her in the stomach, knocking her to the ground, then straddled her stomach and punched her repeatedly.
Of course, you shouldn't hit someone in the face; there are too many places that can hurt.
The middle-aged woman screamed in agony, "How dare you hit me!"
Jiang Can felt that these words were too familiar; he had heard many people say this recently.
"That's what you say when you get hit. You shamelessly offered yourself up, so why wouldn't I dare?" The fist landed on her chest again.
The middle-aged woman groaned, tears welling up in her eyes. She tried to fight back, reaching out to slap Jiang Can, but Jiang Can wouldn't let her hit him. He grabbed the sole of his shoe and slapped her face repeatedly.
It's true that you shouldn't hit someone in the face, but it's not that you can't hit them at all.
The middle-aged woman screamed shrilly, "Our Shen family will not let you go. You'll be tortured to death by the Shen family!"
Jiang Can beat her again, and finally grabbed her hair and dragged her out of the yard, saying, "Get out."
She and Shen Lang had been busy making money and had never taken the initiative; they had always been reactive. Now, they had finally run into the Shen family, and even though she was just a nanny for them, it was still satisfying to vent their anger.
After throwing the person about ten meters away, Jiang Can clapped his hands, went home, closed the door, and asked in a low voice, "Two thousand?"
Shen Lang: "I'm waiting for you to count the money. I haven't opened it yet." He handed the envelope to Jiang Can, as he loved watching Jiang Can count money.
The two happily went back to their house to count their money.
In the neighboring courtyard, Widow Qian and her daughter-in-law stealthily peeked over. They didn't dare to peer over the wall, but luckily the wall wasn't high. Hiding behind the eaves, they could vaguely see Jiang Can riding on top of a middle-aged woman and beating her mercilessly. The sight made their stomachs ache.
The woman's heart-wrenching cries, combined with the 'bang bang bang' sounds, were too intense.
The two Qian boys huddled obediently beside their parents, as docile as quails. They'd only ever heard the adults scare them before, never actually seen it with their own eyes. Although they couldn't see it, they'd heard it—the woman's agonizing screams were terrifying.
Widow Qian carefully walked to the door, opened the door and looked out. She saw a middle-aged woman lying under a street lamp about ten meters away. She lay on the ground for a while before finally getting up, her hair disheveled, and standing by the street lamp. It took her a long time before she staggered to knock on the door.
She needs someone to save her and take her to the hospital.
She was in pain all over her body, feeling like her ribs were broken, and the pain was so bad that she couldn't straighten her back.
She knocked on the door for a long time, but the family not only didn't open the door, but also turned off the lights, as if they were asleep.
Then she knocked on the next door, pleading, "Help! Help me! Take me to the hospital! Call the police for me! I'll give you money, I'll give you ten yuan!"
She knocked on four or five doors in a row, raising her price to fifty yuan each time, but not a single one opened the door or even responded.
Who would dare open the door? Who would dare take the money? I'm afraid I might have the life to take the money, but not the life to spend it.
She kept knocking on the door, and this time, someone finally opened it. She gave them fifty yuan, but the person took the money and slammed the door shut again.
"Hey, take me to the hospital."
Granny Cai took the money, her face crinkling with a broad smile. Why wouldn't she take this free money? She happily ran back into the house with the money in her pocket.
The other neighbors were immediately filled with regret. That's right! Why wouldn't they take the money? Several households opened their doors and surrounded the woman, promising her that they would go to the police station after taking the money, since the police station wasn't far away.
The middle-aged woman wasn't stupid; she looked at the crowd warily. "Take me to the police station or the hospital first, then I'll pay you."
Widow Qian: "We risked a great deal to help you. Give us the money first. Don't worry, there are so many of us here, would we possibly take your money?"
The middle-aged woman took out another wad of cash from her pocket and gave each of them ten yuan. "I'll give you another ten yuan once the job is done."
After taking the money, everyone scattered.
Middle-aged woman: ? ? ?
She was absolutely furious, she almost fainted. What kind of people were these?! She was going to call the police! She was going to call the police!
She leaned against the wall and walked out with difficulty.
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Jiang Can counted the money, exactly twenty hundred-yuan bills, no more, no less. "The Shen family is really stingy. They're shameless to give two thousand yuan. Wen Ming even gave eight thousand yuan."
Despite saying that, he smiled broadly while counting the money.
I counted the restaurant's revenue for the day again, rounded down to two thousand three hundred yuan. After deducting costs, the profit was one thousand eight hundred yuan.
Shen Lang also took out today's income and let Jiang Can count it together.
A table piled high with money was quite a sight. Jiang Can started complaining about the Shen family's stinginess again, "I wonder how much money they'll bring next time. I also wonder if the Shen family's nanny went to the police or went home to call for backup? Oh, by the way, your parents came to the shop today. I don't know who instigated them to prevent me from going back to school. They caused trouble as soon as they arrived, spewing profanities and saying the most awful things. I taught them a lesson and took them to the police station. She said she'd let you break my legs tonight."
She looked at Shen Lang, waiting for his reaction.
Shen Lang praised Jiang Can for doing a good job: "It's good that they came today. If they hadn't come, I would have gone to the Shen family tomorrow morning and given them a good scolding."
Jiang Can was satisfied. He gathered all the money together, took out a small notebook to record the expenses, and finally took out 40,000 yuan, wrapped it up along with his household registration book, and placed it on the table, saying, "House purchase expenses."
Shen Lang: "Okay."
It was still early, and Shen Lang wanted to kill some time in bed, but he couldn't very well be stopped halfway through by someone outside, or the Shen family's nanny would definitely not be able to handle that.
Jiang Can took the test paper and did the questions. It was one of the sets of test papers that Sun Wenfeng had given him today. Although there were some problems, the quality of the test paper was not bad.
Shen Lang watched as she got tired of doing her homework and lay down on the bed, feeling sleepy.
Tiger started barking outside again. Shen Lang: "Coming!"
Then came a series of knocks on the door, but they were all drowned out by the barking of the dogs.
Shen Lang walked out unhurriedly, calling out, "Tiger, shh."
Tiger immediately stopped barking, its eyes sparkling as it looked at Shen Lang, its tail wagging so hard it could be used as a fan.
Shen Lang laughed, "Good dog." He reached out and opened the door.
There were many people standing outside. The Shen family's nanny was in a wheelchair being pushed by a middle-aged man, with four uniformed police officers beside her.
The nanny started crying as soon as she saw Shen Lang: "Police, they're the ones who beat me and stole two thousand yuan from me! My ribs are broken."
Shen Lang: "Tsk, big sister, you have a lot of nerve, accusing me of hitting you. I don't hit women, and I've never robbed anyone."
Ma Qiaoyun's eyes blazed with anger. She hadn't expected Shen Lang to deny it. Pointing her finger at his nose, she yelled, "You can't deny it! I was beaten so badly, and all the neighbors heard and saw it. I'm going to make sure you all spend the rest of your lives in jail."
Jiang Can put on his clothes and followed him out. "What's wrong? Why is someone coming to the door in the middle of the night?"
Ma Qiaoyun was even angrier. "Police, and her too! She snatched two thousand yuan from me, sat on my stomach and pounded my chest, and even slapped my face with the sole of her shoe. The marks on my face are exactly the same as the sole of her shoe."
Jiang Can: "Don't you dare slander me. Do you think I'd slap you for two thousand yuan? Who do you think you are?"
The two of them denied it at all.
Ma Qiaoyun shouted, "The neighbors are all listening!"
Shen Lang couldn't help but laugh; she actually expected to rely on her neighbors.
The police called over the neighbors for questioning, and soon a dozen or so people gathered.
Widow Qian muttered to herself, "What's going on here in the middle of the night, waking up my child?"
When the police asked them if they had seen Ma Qiaoyun being beaten and robbed, Granny Cai insisted, "I haven't seen this woman, and I haven't heard anything." She then stared at Ma Qiaoyun and shone a flashlight on her face, saying, "Hey, isn't this the woman who was loitering around here this afternoon? She was wandering around and staring into people's houses like a human trafficker. I didn't even dare to let Niu Niu come out to play."
Most people gave the same answer: they didn't see anything, didn't hear anything, and knew nothing.
What a joke! Beating you up a few times might lock Jiang Can up for a few days at most, or even if you add two thousand yuan, you could lock him up for ten or eight years. But what good would that do? Are you going to leave Shen Lang out there to kill them?
Ma Qiaoyun: "Do you even know who I am! How dare you lie like this!"
Widow Qian: "Are you really a human trafficker, trying to abduct children and women? You think Shen Lang and Jiang Can are good-looking, so you want to abduct them?"
The others nodded in agreement. "It seems like that."
The man behind Ma Qiaoyun said, "I am Secretary He of Director Shen of the Education Bureau. Have you been threatened? Don't be afraid. As long as you tell the truth, we will protect you and will not let you be bullied."
Who would believe him?
Widow Qian: "What a high-ranking official! Are you threatening us? If we don't do as you say, are you going to prevent our children from going to school?"
Granny Cai spat out a mouthful of saliva: "Pah! If you dare to ruin my grandson's studies, I'll wail at your doorstep every day, I don't care what kind of bureau chief or secretary you are!"
So what if he's the director of the Education Bureau? If he's so capable, why doesn't he kill Shen Lang?
They themselves are incompetent, yet they expect them to fight on the front lines. Would they dare to offend Shen Lang?
And it wasn't a capital offense, so Shen Lang didn't even lay a hand on him.
Once Jiang Can goes inside, and the bureau chief leaves, Shen Lang will surely be ready to chop them up with a knife.
Jiang Can looked like he had just realized something: "I understand now, I finally understand! You broke your ribs and had your money stolen, this is all a deliberate attempt to slander me, to make me spend the rest of my life in jail, so that I can't go back to Moling No. 1 Middle School for my repeat year the day after tomorrow."
No wonder I got such good grades; no school in the entire county's top high school wanted to hire me. It turns out I had the director of the education bureau backing me up.
"Your Director Shen has ruined me terribly, tarnished my reputation, stole my university spot, and almost killed me before. Now that I know the truth, you're framing me for assault and theft, trying to put me in jail."
She walked up to Ma Qiaoyun and stared at her, "Don't you evil people have children? You have no conscience, aren't you afraid that your children will suffer retribution?"
Enraged, Ma Qiaoyun grabbed her by the collar and raised her hand to slap her: "I'll teach you a lesson for talking nonsense, you bitch."
Tsk, rich people all beat each other up the same way.
Jiang Can turned her head to dodge: "You framed me and you still dare to hit me! I'll fight you to the death." She raised her hand and slapped Ma Qiaoyun hard across the face, "You heartless, rotten woman."
Ma Qiaoyun was stunned by the beating; blood was drawn from the corner of her mouth. After being slapped more than ten times, Secretary He and the police tried to stop them, but Jiang Can stopped before they could.
Secretary He was anxious and couldn't let Jiang Can continue talking nonsense: "Miss Jiang, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. Don't bring trouble upon yourself by making things up without any basis."
Jiang Can: "I have always had such good grades since I was a child, and I have never had a bad day. I did very well in the college entrance examination. I estimated my score to be 610 points. How come I didn't get in? I am a child from the countryside. I gritted my teeth and chose to repeat the year. Then I was slandered and expelled from school. I couldn't even find a high school to repeat the year. I was cursed like a rat in the street. I gritted my teeth and persevered through those dark days."
Just when things were finally starting to look up, you guys kept coming to smash up my stall and ruin my business, making it impossible for me to have a single day of peace.
I'm going to repeat my studies at Moling No.1 High School. I can retrieve my own records now. Of course you're scared and want to undermine me by sending me to jail.
"You think you're superior? You're not even human!"
Secretary He tried to interrupt several times but failed, as Jiang Can's voice always drowned out his words. Once Jiang Can finished speaking, he quickly said, "Miss Jiang, how can you think like that? The college entrance examination is the fairest and most just thing. No one can tamper with it. Director Shen is a fair person who values education the most. He will not tolerate anyone doing this."
Jiang Can: "Really? I wonder if Director Shen or any of his relatives have any children who had terrible grades but still got into university. I've heard there are quite a few. Director Shen's daughter, Shen Jiajia; Director Shen's nephew, Shen Fangzhou; and the children of all his aunts and uncles."
"Hehe, the Shen family's ancestral graves are emitting auspicious smoke! All these relatives are reincarnations of the God of Literature, able to go to university without studying."
Secretary He felt a chill run down his spine. This Jiang Can was truly troublesome; she knew so much! The Shen family had underestimated the situation; they should have been ruthless from the start! He warned again, "Miss Jiang, please watch your words. If you don't have evidence..."
The neighbors in Shiliu Alley were greatly surprised.
Granny Cai: "The purpose of putting on this whole show is precisely this!"
No wonder she gave him two thousand yuan. So she ruined Jiang Can's life so badly? She was wondering before, Jiang Can didn't seem like a scoundrel. She thought it was because Shen Lang was keeping an eye on him that he calmed down.
More and more people gathered to watch, and even neighbors who lived a little further away came to join the commotion. Hearing all this, they could hardly believe it. Someone actually impersonated another person to get into university?
Jiang Can scoffed, "Evidence? Is that so hard to find?"
Those who can get into university are not stupid. They just didn't realize it before and never thought about it in this way, just like she did before.
They will realize it soon.
Perhaps some people realized this before, but due to reality, they had to give up; people have to live.
Now that Jiang Can has stepped forward and is confronting the Shen family head-on, as long as she moves forward safely, others will follow.
They're taking away university spots, but their bright futures are being replaced. Who can accept that?
Secretary He kept saying that Jiang Can was making baseless accusations against the Education Bureau Director, to which Jiang Can sneered, "Didn't you also make baseless accusations against me for assault and robbery? Secretary He, do you know how much money Wen Ming had to pay me in compensation after he hired someone to falsely accuse me of poisoning a restaurant and then refused to apologize?" She gestured, "Eight thousand yuan. Your Director Shen directly set me up with an IOU and put me in jail. How shameless of him!"
Secretary He had no choice but to stop the matter from escalating further, as it involved the issue of someone else getting into university, which would have a very negative impact. He said, "It's all a misunderstanding. Sister Ma's eyesight isn't good; she mistook me for someone else."
With her face swollen, Ma Qiaoyun had no choice but to lower her head: "I'm sorry, it's all my fault for not seeing clearly. When I saw people running in this direction, I thought... it's all my fault."
Jiang Can sneered: "Are you scared now that you've brought up the matter of impersonating someone else to get into university?"
Ma Qiaoyun gritted her teeth and slapped herself twice: "I'm sorry, it's all my fault."
Jiang Can really wanted Ma Qiaoyun to pay compensation, but Ma Qiaoyun slid down to her knees too quickly. She said, "Don't be blind next time."
Four policemen dispersed the crowd, and Granny Cai and her group quickly slipped away. They really didn't expect Jiang Can to be so capable. They had only used words and not physical force back then, which showed that Jiang Can was too soft-hearted.
Look at Ma Qiaoyun's face, it's swollen like a toad, and right now she's just staring at people with her eyes open.
Zhang Yuning touched her belly, lost in thought. Jiang Can really got into university? Was her reputation all slandered? Shen Lang married a college student?
Jiang Can opened a shop? And someone else even compensated him 8,000 yuan?
Eight thousand yuan! You could buy so many things with that money.
And the jewelry Jiang Can is wearing on her hands and wrists, is it really gold?
Is Shen Lang's family living such a good life?
The more she thought about it, the more frustrated she became. She pinched Liang Kaiwen and said, "Let's go home."
Liang Kaiwen: "You go back first, I'll go check on Brother Lang."
Zhang Yuning immediately clutched her stomach, "Ouch, my stomach hurts."
Liang Kaiwen quickly helped Zhang Yuning up, "How serious is it? I'll carry you home."
Hiding in the shadows, Shen Weizhong and Zhao Yufen's legs were trembling. They could use filial piety to suppress Shen Lang, but with Jiang Can added to the mix, they couldn't win.
Shen Weizhong: "Let's forget it. Going up there would just be suicide missions. Shen Lang won't hit the two of us, but Jiang Can will. Anyway, we've already taken the money and done the job. If it didn't work out, it's not our fault. That woman is so difficult to deal with. A thousand yuan is only enough for us to make a scene this afternoon."
Zhao Yufen thought the same thing. The two exchanged a glance and ran away without looking back. Whoever had the ability could stop Jiang Can from going to school.
Anyway, I've already received the benefits.
After running several dozen meters away, Zhao Yufen angrily pounded her head: "That slut really got into university? She'll be a university student in the future? How lucky Shen Lang is! Why couldn't our Zhenzhen marry a university student? I hope he doesn't leave the county with that slut, or it will affect Xiao Xun."
Shen Weizhong: "The big boss won't let her go to university. How can she possibly get in? I don't think either of them will end up well. It would be best if they both went down together. Then we can inherit this courtyard, sell it, add some money, and buy an apartment."
Zhao Yufen thought about it and became happy again, cursing, "You heartless bastard! He has money to buy a courtyard, but no money to support his elders. He's been raised for nothing. I should have strangled him back then."
If they really strangled him, it wouldn't affect Xiao Xun's status at all.
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Jiang Can: "I'm going to Henan University tomorrow. Things have come to this point, so why should Shen Jiajia be able to study at school with peace of mind?"
Shen Lang: "I'll go with you."
Jiang Can felt that she couldn't let Shen Lang make money, so she could go to the provincial capital herself. As long as she didn't go to a remote area, there wouldn't be any problems.
Shen Lang: "Tomorrow's main task is to distribute goods to various large markets. Many merchants have already sold out of their stock. Zhu Zi and Zhan Junzhuo can go together." How could he let Jiang Can go alone? What if something happens on the way? Where else could he find such a good wife?
Jiang Can nodded: "Let's buy a house first, and then we'll go."
The next morning, Jiang Can went to the restaurant first and told Fang Yuan, "We're not open today. I'm going to the provincial capital to see who's studying at Henan University. Tell Xiaoling to let them know." He also wrote "Closed for one day" on the blackboard.
Shen Lang left home early and rode his bicycle straight to the Shen family home.
The Shen couple were both employees of the food factory and lived in the factory's staff quarters. No one was home, and there was a large padlock on the outside of the house, with security bars added to the windows.
This apartment is quite spacious, with two bedrooms and a living room.
The couple slept in the large, sunny bedroom, while Shen Zhen slept in the smaller, shaded bedroom. As for him, there was a small folding bed on the balcony, which was fine in the summer but miserable in the winter, as it was drafty and the blankets were thin.
He got through it when he was a child, but when he got a little older, after a few tantrums, his folding bed was moved from the balcony to the living room after being persuaded by the Women's Federation.
As he grew older, in order to avoid going hungry, he started hanging out with other people and was able to get a full meal. Later, he was even able to eat meat.
The couple could no longer control him and would still chase after him with a belt to beat him. But he was fast, and even if he wasn't fast, he could still grab the belt and strangle the couple's hands, and then find someone to scare Shen Zhen along the way.
The couple didn't dare to do anything, and he came back less and less.
At that time, he always felt that he wasn't the couple's child, so why did they only love Shenzhen and not him?
He increasingly enjoyed being involved in the underworld. He was a fierce fighter, and after learning martial arts from others, he became even better at fighting. Wherever he went, people called him "brother."
Unfortunately, his older brother, who was even older than him, offended someone, was arrested, and later executed. He was lucky; sensing something was amiss, he didn't follow and escaped punishment. Furthermore, he was only fifteen or sixteen years old, so no one pursued the matter.
He witnessed his elder brother being executed, so he quit his life of crime. Because of his fighting skills, he became a security guard at a cotton mill, where he continued to drift through life, occasionally buying some fabric from the mill to sell and earning a considerable amount of extra money.
Folding beds have now disappeared.
Looking at his reflection in the glass, Shen Lang realized he was no longer the pitiful child. He took a brick and smashed the glass, shattering several panes. He then threw the brick into the house, hitting the color TV with a loud 'bang'.
After finishing, Shen Lang left without looking back.
When the neighbors saw it was Shen Lang, they didn't dare to say a word and pretended not to see him. They all stayed inside the house, listening intently to what was happening.
When the noise stopped, the neighbor went closer to take a look and, lo and behold, the 14-inch color TV that the Shen family had just bought had been smashed.
That's wonderful!!!
Let Zhao Yufen continue to gloat!
Zhao Yufen's foul language was so offensive that the neighbors hated her. Seeing her family suffer made them eat extra bowls of rice for breakfast. The couple was also problematic; they were lucky enough to have twins, a boy and a girl. During her pregnancy, they boasted everywhere that they were carrying two boys, but after the children were born, it turned out to be a boy and a girl.
This is a good thing, something others envy. But this couple only dotes on their daughter, afraid their son will have an easier life. Isn't that a bit odd?
Shen Lang rode away on his bicycle to buy a house.
When he finally got the property certificate, it was not yet nine o'clock. He went straight to the bus station and saw Jiang Can waiting for him at the entrance. He caught the bus that was leaving at nine o'clock.
After getting on the bus and finding a seat, Shen Lang pulled Jiang Can close and hugged her, saying, "Lean on me and sleep for a while. I'll wake you up when we get there."
Jiang Can has been quite tired lately, but she doesn't feel sleepy and is in great spirits. She looks forward countless times to getting into university, taking a bus to the provincial capital, and leaving Liaoxian County behind.
This was her first time traveling far from home, and her first time leaving Liaoxian County.
Shen Jiajia, I've come to find you.
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