Lucy was pressed for answers, her eyes darting away.
"What are you saying? I lost the hair clip you bought. I can't just take someone else's, can I?"
Xu Jie grabbed her arm and shook it: "Tell me the truth, what did you do that night? I bought that hair clip at a foreign trade store. It cost twenty yuan each. The salesperson said that each one was unique."
"Did you marry me just so I would give false testimony for you?"
He knew perfectly well that if the hair clip had fallen near the fire, and she had returned home very late that day, she was very likely the arsonist.
Upon hearing his words, Lucy slumped onto the bed, her face ashen.
"No, Xu Jie, you can't doubt me like that," Lucy said insincerely.
“You are my husband now, and you must stand with me.”
Xu Jie smiled wryly: "So, it's true that you set the fire. No wonder you were in such a hurry to get married; you just wanted me to cover for you and act as a cover."
As he spoke, he went berserk and threw the things he had bought that day onto the ground.
Lucy, afraid he would disturb the neighbors, quickly hugged him.
"Xu Jie, listen to me. Now that we're married, I'll definitely live a good life with you. Please don't tell anyone, okay? I'll listen to whatever you say from now on."
The most urgent thing is to keep her calm; she's willing to give up all dignity.
Xu Jie's body trembled slightly, and he turned around to hug her.
"Lucy, Lucy, let's live a good life together. I'll take you to meet my parents tomorrow."
After a night of passion, the two of them were as close as ever again.
The following day, Lucy went with Xu Jie to meet his parents, and also arranged for her grandfather to be admitted to the hospital, paid the fees, and prepared for surgery.
His parents didn't say anything because of the thousand yuan.
After meeting the man's parents, Lucy took Xu Jie to meet her own parents.
When her parents heard that they weren't having a wedding and had given the money to Xu Jie's grandfather, they were furious.
"Lucy, we raised you all these years, and this is how you treat yourself?"
"They didn't have money for a wedding, fine, but they even misappropriated the money! Is this how you get married? This is charity!"
Lucy knew her mother was a blabbermouth, and that they absolutely couldn't be told about the fire, so she helped Xu Jie by saying:
"Mom, this is a matter of life and death. We're all family now, what's there to argue about!"
Lucy's mother, exasperated and frustrated, poked her forehead in exasperation:
"You're such a silly girl. This is just the beginning. Their family situation is a bottomless pit. How could you get the marriage certificate behind our backs?"
"How about this, we'll let bygones be bygones regarding the wedding for now, and you can go and get your money back."
When Xu Jie saw her mother's face, she was so angry that she went berserk on the spot.
As soon as he left, Lucy's mother became even angrier. She dragged Lucy to the hospital and forced Xu Jie's parents to hand over the money.
The two sides started scuffling, and the grandfather, who was lying in his hospital bed, was so angry that he died on the spot.
Now, things have gotten out of control.
......
Two days later, the case made no progress, and Jiang Ning's goods were shipped as scheduled.
The order was more than half completed with her; the only thing left was for the customer to pick up the goods after they arrived and then transfer the remaining payment.
Lucy was overwhelmed with her own problems, but she still felt jealous and envious when she saw the bonus that Lucy was about to receive.
Why should she earn so much money from each order, while Xu Jie is forcing her to pay him 5,000 yuan in compensation?
She didn't have that much money herself, so she could only ask her family for it. Her family thought they were being unreasonable and refused to give it to her. She was caught in the middle, pleasing neither side, and cried every day.
Just then, she heard some news that sent chills down her spine.
The burned porter has regained consciousness, and they've also found remnants of the cotton cloth used to start the fire. With more and more evidence, the risk of her exposure is increasing.
Just when she was feeling extremely depressed, she suddenly remembered that the cotton cloth she had taken that day was cut from the towel that Jiang Ning had thrown away.
Jiang Ning has a habit of wiping the table as soon as she arrives at the company every morning.
She found ordinary rags ineffective, so she would use her child's old cotton bibs as rags.
She's the only one in the entire company who would do something like that.
That evening, she wrote a secret letter of complaint to the police station.
......
When Jiang Ning left the company after get off work, she saw Lin Chen leaning against his motorcycle, waiting for her.
He was dressed in a leather outfit, with slacks and chunky leather shoes. He wore glasses on his angular face, looking both cool and arrogant.
Seeing Jiang Ning come out, he quickly took off his glasses and opened his arms to welcome her.
"Honey, how do I look in this outfit?"
Jiang Ning punched him in the chest. "That's cool."
"If you pick up your child like this, the kindergarten kids will go crazy."
"I want to cause a sensation, so that the kids won't think Yu Xiao is their dad."
Lin Chen gritted his teeth.
Every time Jiang Ning went to pick up the children, she would run into Yu Xiao and the two would walk together and chat for a few minutes.
Some children thought that Yu Xiao was the father of the twins.
He was furious when he found out.
"Why don't you buy a car? That would be even cooler." Jiang Ning laughed at him for being jealous over something like this.
Lin Chen smiled and said, "Great idea! Let's both ask around and see where we can buy a car. It's not like we don't have the means."
In this day and age, a car costs over 100,000 yuan; he really dares to dream.
Wouldn't it be better to use that money to buy a courtyard house?
Lin Chen was very excited and drove her all the way to kindergarten, imagining life after buying the car.
When his motorcycle stopped at the kindergarten gate, the twins saw them and immediately ran over to call out "Dad" and "Mom." The heartwarming scene of the family immediately attracted a crowd of onlookers.
"No wonder the child is so cute, the couple is such a handsome man and a beautiful woman!"
"Mommy, Jiaojiao's dad is so cool! Next time, you have to ask your dad to pick me up on his motorcycle too!"
With a cacophony of sounds filling his ears, Lin Chen felt a little giddy.
Especially after seeing Yu Xiao leading Yu Pangpang out, Yu Pangpang's envious gaze filled him with vanity.
Seeing him displaying his peacock-like demeanor, Jiang Ning exclaimed, "Where did the reserved Lin Chen of the past go?!"
Yu Xiao was in his thirties and had seen all kinds of people. He casually went over and started chatting with him, even letting Yu Pangpang try sitting on the motorcycle.
"Brother, can I borrow someone from you? Our factory is holding a business conference soon, could you please ask Miss Jiang to help with the publicity?"
He spoke as if it were perfectly natural.
Lin Chen really admired his shamelessness.
But he never interfered with Jiang Ning's work, leaving the decision-making power to her.
Jiang Ning smiled and nodded: "Sure. It's been a pleasure working with your factory, and I'm happy to see your factory grow and thrive."
Lin Chen smiled and said he would take her there, but his heart was bleeding.
His wife is too career-oriented; he needs a strong heart.
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