"Su Ran, are you going back tonight?"
Fu Wan asked in surprise, and Su Ran smiled awkwardly, looking a little embarrassed.
"Comrade Xiao Fu, my brother and I have already caused you a lot of trouble. We've already returned to the village, and we're too embarrassed to bother you any further..."
At this point, Su Ran's eyes reddened slightly. Su Jianshe, standing beside her, remained silent. He knew that it was because of him that Su Ran felt ashamed to stay there and wanted to return to the county town as soon as possible.
Fu Wan laughed and snatched the bicycle keys from Su Ran's hand.
"Why are you leaving? When we were on the boat you called me A-Wan, but now that we're ashore you're calling me Comrade Xiao Fu?"
Su Ran, how come I never realized you were so fickle?
Upon hearing this, Su Ran immediately panicked, "I... I just think you definitely don't want to be friends with me anymore!"
Fu Wan rolled her eyes at her, "If you keep being so dramatic, I really don't want to be friends with you anymore!"
"After all, I can't stand when a pretentious person gets dramatic!"
"I...I'm not being dramatic!"
Su Ran hurriedly explained, and seeing that Fu Wan treated her no differently than before, her heart finally settled down.
Ye Xiaocui was unaware of the specific events that occurred on the boat, so she didn't understand why Su Ran insisted on returning to the county town.
But Su Ran knew that everyone had been focused on dealing with the pirates on the ship and hadn't had time to argue with Su Jian.
My relationship with Fu Wan was really just a mutual appreciation between two women.
Now that they were ashore, Su Ran felt embarrassed to stay any longer, recalling Su Jianshe's behavior on the ship.
If her bicycle hadn't been locked at Fu Wan's house, she would have taken Su Jianshe straight back home as soon as she got off the boat.
But once she entered the courtyard, she couldn't just leave without saying goodbye. Ye Xiaocui had just prepared dinner, so she had no choice but to eat dinner before going back.
Hearing Fu Wan say this, she breathed a sigh of relief, as if she had been given a reassurance. At least she was certain that Fu Wan really wouldn't stop being friends with her because of Su Jianshe.
After listening to her rambling on and on, Fu Wan was both amused and exasperated.
"Su Ran, what are you thinking? Your brother is your brother, and you are you."
If I take my anger out on you because of him, what kind of friend would I be to you?
Upon hearing this, Su Ran immediately beamed with joy. She wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and said through her tears, "Thank you, Fu Wan. I knew I had good taste; I've met another good person!"
Fu Wan had no choice but to push her into the house.
"Alright, alright, let's go eat. My mom and the others have been waiting for ages!"
Su Ran nodded emphatically, and at this moment, Su Jianshe, who had been silent all along, could no longer hold back.
"Comrade Fu, I'm really sorry for what happened these past few days."
Fu Wan's smile faded, and her expression turned cold. She knew that Su Jianshe hadn't initially thought highly of them.
This is a common problem among many people in the city who have formal jobs, especially in this era when people can't even get enough to eat. Su Jianshe, who went to high school and works at a TV station, always felt that he was a cut above farmers and fishermen.
The last visit to the cannery was fine, since it was a county factory. This time, Su Ran dragged him to Fujia Village and even asked him to buy gifts.
So, with a quick thought, he brought along the canned food that someone had given him from home.
Fu Wan noticed that the canned food didn't have much time left before its expiration date, but she didn't say anything at the time. She just laughed twice and asked why she bought canned food from their cannery.
Su Jianshe had actually apologized once on the ship, but Fu Wan knew that he was more afraid than he really thought he was wrong.
Now, he looked ashamed, and his posture was much more humble than when he was on the ship.
He's probably figured out a lot of things since he was on the ship.
Fu Wan said coldly, "What's the point of apologizing to me? Apologize to everyone at dinner later. There are so many people on the ship. If it weren't for the others, you would have lost your life long ago."
“Yes, we should also sincerely apologize to Comrade Fu Ming and the others!” Su Ran nodded in agreement.
Seeing this, Su Jianshe quickly replied, "Okay, then I'll apologize to them later."
Seeing that he was serious and didn't seem to be faking it, Fu Wan then pulled Su Ran and gestured for Su Jianshe to come inside.
Inside the main house, Ye Xiaocui and Ye Jianguo had already prepared a table full of food.
Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu were sitting in the room watching TV. Fu Wan leaned over to take a look. Qin Mingzhu was sitting on a stool, seemingly watching TV, but her eyes were not on the TV at all.
“Mingzhu, I’ve called Uncle Qin in Beijing. Don’t be afraid. I assure you, that person absolutely cannot take you away.”
"Godmother, is it true?"
Qin Mingzhu's eyes immediately turned red, and tears welled up in them.
She was very comfortable in Fujia Village. Although Fu Ling and she were not blood sisters, they ate, went to school, and slept together every day. They were closer than blood sisters.
The Fu family treated her very well; Ye Xiaocui and Fu Laoda were much kinder to her than her grandparents were to her in the Zhao family.
Sometimes she envied Fu Ling, who could snuggle in Fu Wan's arms and act coquettishly without any worries. There was something that person said when he came today that she could never forget.
She considered this place her home, but her mother was in the capital, in that cold, lifeless grave.
Her home was also in the capital. Her father was the bad guy, the one who would tacitly allow the bad aunt to secretly sell her.
These are facts she cannot escape.
Seeing Qin Mingzhu's heartbroken appearance, Fu Wan's heart was breaking.
After living in Fujia Village for a year, Qin Mingzhu has grown up a lot, and her face has matured considerably.
Fu Wan only recently realized why Qin Mingzhu looked familiar when she first met her next to the outhouse.
In her past life, she searched everywhere for spirit charms. Finally, through a clue, she found a remote mountain village and encountered a mute woman whose temperament was completely out of place in that village.
The mute woman also had a pair of bright, large eyes. Although she couldn't speak and was lame, she was willing to lead Fu Wan over several mountains and find the small hill where Fu Ling was buried.
And that mute woman was none other than Qin Mingzhu.
This was also the fact that Fu Wan realized after waking up from a dream one night.
But she didn't investigate further. She figured that in her past life, Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu were sold to the same small mountain village and got to know each other. Qin Mingzhu might have encountered some mishap during the abduction, which is why she couldn't speak and had her leg injured.
These are all things from her past life. Fu Wan didn't want these things to affect Qin Mingzhu; she only hoped that Qin Mingzhu could live happily in this life.
But Zhao Dong wanted to ruin all of this.
Fu Wan patted Qin Mingzhu on the back, a hint of ruthlessness flashing in her eyes. She gave birth to Qin Mingzhu but did not raise her. She had a son who abandoned her daughter before, and now that she can't have children, she thinks of the daughter she abandoned.
What's the difference between this kind of person and Shen Dongsheng, who sold his daughter back then?
If Qin Fu can cause trouble for the Zhao family, he should also be able to find some dirt on Zhao Dong.
At worst, she'd take out her most treasured ambergris and exchange it for Zhao Dong spending his entire life in prison!
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