The next day.
Wu Lamei woke up from her dream with a flushed face, feeling incredibly ashamed. She was almost sixty years old, and yet she still had that kind of dream...
Wu Lamei covered her burning face, her mouth dry. She was about to ask Jiang Yue to pour her a glass of water when she looked at the cot and saw that Jiang Yue had taken off his pants, revealing his large buttocks, with two red handprints on them...
Wu Lamei couldn't help but scream, waking Jiang Yue from his deep sleep.
He sat up irritably, rubbing his hair, his voice hoarse: "Mom, what are you yelling about so early in the morning?"
"How dare you say that to me! Jiang Yue, how old are you! You still take your pants off and expose your butt while sleeping..." Wu Lamei's face turned red, and she dared not look at him anymore, telling him to put his pants back on quickly.
Jiang Yue then realized that he had taken off his pants at some point, and he felt extremely tired. A certain private area was also aching and cold, making him feel uncomfortable all over.
He hurriedly pulled up his pants, trying hard to recall what he had done the night before, but he couldn't remember anything, only a chill running through him...
Unable to recall, Jiang Yue attributed his discomfort to sleeping on the cot, since the cot was quite hard and uncomfortable.
But this is just the beginning.
For the next few days, Wu Lamei, Jiang Yue, and Jiang Songshi all had some indescribable dreams, and their spirits and energy became increasingly weak.
Jiang Yue and Jiang Songshi made frequent mistakes at work, were scolded by their boss, and were soon fired from the company.
Jiang Yue and Jiang Songshi were very dejected. Jiang Yue wanted to comfort his girlfriend, but when they were being intimate, he suddenly saw that his girlfriend had turned into a greasy, bloated, pale-faced fat man who looked like a dead man. He was so frightened that he screamed and pushed his girlfriend away.
His girlfriend lost her balance and fell to the ground, causing her to miscarry her three-month-old pregnancy.
When Jiang Yue saw that his son, whom he had been looking forward to for so long, was gone, he argued with his girlfriend, blaming her for being so frail and unable to stand properly. His girlfriend had a big fight with him and broke up with him.
Jiang Songshi had nowhere to go, so he stayed at the hospital with Wu Lamei, spending his days either watching videos or playing games, using the excuse of being a caregiver to slack off.
Jiang Songshi used to spend most of his day at the company, and Wu Lamei could tolerate some of his shortcomings. Now that he has been laid off, he has become quite irritable.
During the time he was taking care of her in the hospital, he often argued with her, calling her useless and incompetent, which made Wu Lamei's injuries even harder to heal.
Looking at Jiang Songshi's unkempt and disheveled appearance, Wu Lamei suddenly realized that he was no longer as pleasing to the eye as before, and looked almost indistinguishable from a homeless person on the street. Suddenly, she remembered the man she had been dreaming about recently, the man who had been exceptionally gentle and cherishing towards her in her dreams...
Compared to the other woman, Wu Lamei, who had always revered her husband, couldn't hold back any longer. When she was discharged from the hospital, she directly told Jiang Songshi, "Old Jiang, let's get a divorce."
Jiang Songshi thought he had misheard, and after a few seconds of stunned silence, he suddenly flew into a rage: "What did you say? You want a divorce?!"
"Wu Lamei, are you crazy? Don't you know how old you are? Are you trying to make a fool of yourself by getting a divorce? Besides, who else would marry you but me?"
Wu Lamei blushed and said, "That's none of your business. I have plenty of people who want me."
Seeing her like this, Jiang Songshi's face instantly turned ashen, and he glared at her with terrifying fury: "Wu Lamei! You've been having an affair behind my back?!"
Wu Lamei's face changed, and she stammered, "That's not true! Don't wrong me!"
Jiang Songshi knew Wu Lamei very well. He could tell from her appearance that she was definitely having an affair. His recent bad luck and his irritable mood from not being able to sleep well for many days made him lose control and he directly attacked Wu Lamei.
The couple got into a fight in the hospital. Wu Lamei was forced to slam her head against the wall, and her body, which had just recovered, was covered in bruises again, forcing her to return to the hospital.
While Jiang Songshi was cursing and swearing on his way to the toilet, he suddenly shouted that there was a ghost in the toilet. When he ran out, he accidentally fell and hit his head on the floor, and was admitted to the ICU. The doctor determined that his chances of waking up were slim, and he would likely be in a vegetative state for the rest of his life...
Jiang Hua, who lived nearby and was deeply concerned about their fate, soon found out. She cried and laughed, but eventually felt relieved and left the capital when the Jiang family was in chaos.
Meng Qingwan, who lived in the same hospital as the Jiang family, soon heard about this somewhat absurd gossip, and her only comment was—serves them right.
Selling their daughters for their sons leads to the destruction of their families and even death.
Feng Yuli keenly sensed something, lowered his eyes to look at Nan Yuanman, who was sitting on the small sofa, her cheeks puffed out, eating candy and happily swinging her little feet, and asked her, "Did you help her?"
"No~" Nam Man Yuan said, her mouth full of candy, her words somewhat indistinct, "I don't know anything."
Feng Yuli met his younger sister's innocent big eyes, chuckled softly, and reached out to tap her little head: "You little rascal."
He didn't believe that the kid wasn't involved.
Nan Yuanman chuckled and pretended to be clueless. Feng Langqing lazily played with Fruit Ninja, then suddenly remembered something and sat up straight from his slouching back on the sofa: "By the way, Yuanman, isn't your birthday coming up soon?"
He remembered that Xiao Yuanman's information stated that she was born on July 14th, and it was already July 9th, so there were only a few days left until the 14th.
Nan Yuanman's tender little face showed a hint of confusion: "Birthday?"
Feng Xingchi noticed her reaction, and the smile on his lips faded slightly: "Has Yuanman never celebrated her birthday?"
“No.” Nan Yuanman shook his head: “Grandpa said my birthday is a bit special, as I was born when the gates of hell are open, so he doesn’t celebrate my birthday that day, but goes out to perform rituals for the lonely.”
Meng Qingwan asked curiously, "Shi Gu? What's that?"
"Burning paper money and offerings to the lonely ghosts who have no one to worship them helps to dispel their obsessions and resentment, so they can be reincarnated in the underworld sooner." After Nan Yuanman explained to Meng Qingwan, her face instantly changed: "Oh no, oh no, I forgot about offering sacrifices to the ghosts, and I haven't prepared the things yet!"
In the past, her grandfather would prepare the orphanage items, but this year, after his accident, it was the first time she was preparing the orphanage items on her own, and she almost forgot.
As the little dumpling spoke, it jumped off the sofa as fast as its bottom could burn, ready to run outside.
Feng Yuli helplessly pulled her back: "Don't rush, tell me what items Shi Gu needs, and I'll help you prepare them."
"Otherwise, how long are you going to prepare all by yourself?"
Nan Yuanman hurriedly grabbed his hand, her little mouth chattering away as she told him a whole bunch of things: "First, there's the paper money. Besides the commercially printed ghost money, you also need folded gold ingots and handmade yellow paper money, and then there's..."
While Nan Yuanman was telling Feng Yuli about the items Shi Gu needed to prepare, Feng Langqing quietly approached Feng Xingchi: "Pfft, pfft, hey, second brother..."
"This is Yuanman's first birthday since returning to the Feng family. If she doesn't celebrate, we can't just let it pass by like this. We need to do this..."
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