Chapter 30
Zhang Yunniang blinked in disbelief.
If she saw correctly, it was Jun Zhili who was helping her out just now?
Jun Zhili also kicked the other person, and now it was confirmed that it was he who kicked him just now.
"You are such a despicable thing, you have polluted my eyes."
"Sir, please spare my life, Sir, please spare my life."
The two evil servants looked as if they didn't know what they had done wrong and knelt on the ground begging for mercy.
"Jun Qingmo, Jun Qingmo, where is your previous arrogance? Now you look so cowardly and let others bully you. It's disgusting to watch. Fine, fine, get out of here. I won't bother with you."
After leaving Anle Palace, Jun Qingmo didn't know where to go for a moment.
As the sky grew darker, the sound of the wheelchair's wheels rubbing against the ground became particularly loud on the road.
Zhang Yunniang kept pushing him, and it seemed that they were heading towards the west of the city.
As a householder, he realized how expensive daily necessities were. The west side of the city seemed like a good place. Regardless of whether he was in a good mood or not, where he would live in the future was something he urgently needed to consider.
"Today, let's go to the inn and stay for one night. Don't worry, I will find a way to deal with the money." Jun Qingmo was not confident and pretended to be calm.
Although he has some money in his hands now, he has left the palace and is homeless, so this time he has no one to rely on.
If Zhang Yunniang wanted to leave now, he knew he couldn't keep her.
The hoarseness in his voice revealed his emotions. The panic of loneliness and helplessness enveloped him deeply.
Only when you have truly experienced this deep feeling of powerlessness can you know how difficult it is to endure.
Previous experience taught him that no matter how he felt, the first thing he had to solve was always the dilemma in front of him.
If the problem is not solved one day, the dilemma will always be there and will get worse.
He has nothing now. If he wants to live with dignity, he must control his emotions. No matter how difficult it is, he has to hold on.
"Actually, there's no need to stay at the inn." Zhang Yunniang was now thankful that she hadn't rented out the house again, and that the previous tenant had left early. She promptly returned the deposit, a perfect ending.
"I have a small house in the west of the city. It's not big, but it's okay for me to stay here temporarily."
Jun Qingmo looked back and found that this man had already planned to leave. Yes, Zhang Yunniang had already helped him a lot, and he was just greedy.
As the saying goes, you reap what you sow. Zhang Yunniang had already reminded him that he should plan everything in advance. It was all his fault.
His eyes were covered with mist, and he was already panicking. He forced himself to be calm and said, "Okay, I'll go first."
"Why are you looking at me like that? Hey, no, I bought this house with my own savings, not with your money."
Zhang Yunniang couldn't let herself be stigmatized. She had to be upright and have a clear conscience. Otherwise, she would always feel guilty and unable to find peace.
"I bought that house more than half a year ago, and it's clearly written on the title deed. I didn't confuse finances, misuse public funds for personal gain, or embezzle your money."
More than half a year ago? Jun Qingmo heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this. "That's not what I meant. I thought you wanted to leave."
"oh."
Zhang Yunniang pushed the cart back towards her house. It was the place she had bought to live in for retirement, where she would call home, and she didn't want to be involved in any disputes.
"This place is a little out of the way, so the price is a lot lower. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to afford it."
Jun Qingmo looked at the yard in front of him and chuckled softly, "Now I have no place to stay and no stable source of income, so I have no choice but to live with you. How much is the monthly rent and how long you can keep me here? Give me a definite answer."
There is an immense sadness in the laughter. If one does not plan for the future, he will surely have immediate worries.
In the past, Zhang Yunniang repeatedly reminded him to make plans early.
At that time, he was still acting ridiculously like a prince, and never thought that he would really fall into a situation where he had nowhere to live.
"I'm helping you, but of course it's not for nothing."
"Aren't you writing a book now? As long as you write well, it won't be difficult to make money. In that case, I still have work to do."
Zhang Yunniang now wheeled the patient back to the east room of the main wing. She didn't have any notion of primary or secondary; she simply felt that this room had better lighting, which would help the patient relax.
The main wing is divided into two rooms, east and west, with a small hallway in the middle.
"I live next door, call me if you need anything."
She took out quilts and other things from the cupboard and began to make the bed.
"Thank you very much. If I ever succeed, I will never forget your help today."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yunniang took out a piece of paper and pen from her bag, spread it out on the table, and said, "Words alone are not enough, so writing in black and white is more reliable."
Jun Qingmo didn't know what this man was going to do, so he took the inkstone and started grinding ink very skillfully.
"What do you want me to write?"
"A letter of commitment. A man should keep his word. Even if I want to repay you in the future, I need proof. If you send someone to beat me up, I won't be able to get justice even if I report it to the police."
“…”
"Here, just write: I, Jun Qingmo, received a great deal of help from Zhang Yunniang in my time of need. As a man, I must be grateful and repay kindness. Today, I hereby promise that when I become prosperous in the future, I will voluntarily pay you a thousand taels of silver as a token of my gratitude. If I break this promise, I will become a pauper again. Then write the date and sign your name."
Jun Qingmo actually wrote it down word for word.
Watching the man solemnly put the note away, he couldn't help but ask, "What if I'm poor my whole life? Wouldn't this promise also be a blank piece of paper?"
"Everything depends on human effort. As long as you don't give up, with your intelligence, there will always be a place for you in this world."
"Why are you so sure that I will make it?" Jun Qingmo looked at the person's confident look. He himself did not have this confidence, but this person took it for granted, as if she already knew how the future would develop.
Zhang Yunniang put the pen and ink back in its place, looked at him seriously and said, "Do you believe in God's will?"
"God willing?"
"Yes, for many things, you just have to do them. God will take care of the outcome. But if you give up, even the gods can't help you."
Zhang Yunniang placed her hands on the table and looked into Jun Qingmo's eyes. "Three years ago, if you hadn't pitied me and given me a job to make a living, I might have died. If you hadn't been considerate of the servants and given me generous rewards during the holidays, I wouldn't have had the chance to save enough money to buy a house. In the few years I've been in the mansion, you've never found fault with me. You've paid me money on time and never withheld anything. I've felt very comfortable here. So, I stayed. If any one step had gone wrong, I might have died, or I might have left long ago, but you didn't."
"So, the good deeds you do will be rewarded. As long as you want to live a good life, there will always be a chance. Even if there really is no chance in the future, and you really face a desperate situation where you can't survive, the worst that can happen is you can just cut your neck and end it all. There's no loss at all."
"Who cares what will happen in the future? When you helped me, you weren't thinking about my current situation, were you? Why are you asking so many questions?"
"Okay, I'll buy some daily necessities tomorrow. You should take a good rest for a few days and calm down. You can cry if you want, curse if you want, and howl if you want. It's not shameful."
"After that, I have to focus on my creation. Otherwise, I won't be able to submit the manuscript on time. This road will be blocked, and it will be troublesome later."
"Well, you need to let out your emotions. Cover yourself with the quilt and cry. Then you can do whatever you need to do after you're done."
Zhang Yunniang talked to herself, pushed the person to the bed, picked him up and threw him onto the bed, and quickly pulled the quilt over him.
Her strength had increased significantly due to her training. Although Jun Qingmo had gained a lot of weight, she could still easily lift him up.
After finishing the work, he clapped his hands and left, very considerately leaving the space to Jun Qingmo.
With so many things happening, Jun Qingmo must be feeling bad.
But, as the saying goes, as long as you are not dead, you have to go on with your life.
What can I do about sadness? Can it be eaten? No.
Perhaps because she is used to the separation of life and death, or perhaps because she has experienced a matter of life and death, she now seems to have an emotional barrier and is terrifyingly calm.
Seriously speaking, I feel like a heartless robot.
There is nothing wrong with this. At least, she is happy and has no worries.
I came to the west room, but there was no bed there. I could only sleep on the table tonight and go buy a bed tomorrow.
When they left the palace, they couldn't take anything else with them, so she could only pack a few sets of clothes and the manuscript she had written.
Jun Qingmo guessed that she didn't need to eat dinner and was definitely not in the mood to eat. She was hungry and planned to go to the kitchen to see if there was anything to eat.
All the daily necessities have to be purchased again. Just thinking about all this hassle makes me tired.
Jun Qingmo was lying on the bed, pulling down the quilt covering his head. Seeing this, he couldn't help but laugh.
Zhang Yunniang's way of comforting people had never changed. She would always make him cry under the quilt. He still remembered the first time, the more he struggled, the tighter she held him, and the bitterness in his heart was immediately drowned out by the feeling of suffocation.
He felt that the person was really strange. Everyone said that "men don't shed tears easily", but she said, "It's not a sin for men to cry."
The words are often vulgar, but always soothing.
He thought he would feel very uncomfortable leaving the palace and becoming a homeless person, but he didn't.
A fragrance came in from the window. He curled the corners of his lips and marveled at the man's strong vitality.
Whether in the luxurious palace, the bustling city, or this small house, she can remain calm and adapt quickly in a comfortable manner.
His health is much better now than before, and his arm strength has also been developed.
After devilish training, he can now take care of many things on his own.
He pulled the wheelchair over, carefully dragged his body to sit on it, opened the window, and the smell of oil became stronger.
Through the window sill, under the eaves not far away, Zhang Yunniang was sitting on a small stool, eating something like a pancake on a plate.
Perhaps she didn't expect him to suddenly appear at the window. She forgot to bite the cake in her mouth and looked at him with blinking eyes.
"Anything else? I'm hungry too."
"Hey, you're up?" Zhang Yunniang came over with a plate, still finding it unbelievable.
From what happened today, she expected that no matter what, this person would be depressed for three to five days. Why is he hungry now?
There were no tears in the corners of her eyes, and her eyes didn't look red or swollen from crying.
"You didn't cry."
“…”
"You really didn't cry." Zhang Yunniang looked at him carefully and gave up when she really didn't see any signs of crying. She found it unbelievable.
“…”
“That shouldn’t be the case.”
"Did you not cook for me?"
“…”
Jun Qingmo grabbed the half-eaten pancake from the plate and put it into his mouth without hesitation.
"Ah! I bit it."
"I don't mind. Compared to living, this is nothing."
“…” She was still hungry.
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