Chapter 46 Chapter 46 Marriage Proposal
After briefly reading the transcript, Master Jia Cheng beat his chest in regret at the police station. Who could have imagined that he, a deputy chief of a police station, would be fired for the position he had risked his life for in the first half of his life just because of a small case!
Sun Dachang saw that Master Jia Cheng had become a useless chess piece. He didn't even look at Master Jia Cheng. He turned around and dragged Sun Ruxue to chase Zhang Tianzheng. He had seen the world. No matter what he did, he couldn't let Sun Ruxue go to jail.
Not to mention two weeks, even two days won’t work.
Sun Dachang pulled Sun Ruxue past Master Jia Cheng. Master Jia Cheng, who was sitting on the ground, hugged Sun Dachang's legs. He was so angry that he vomited blood. "It's all your fault! If you hadn't used the money to corrupt me, how could I have lost my job?!"
Sun Dachang kicked Master Jia Cheng aside and cursed, "Get lost, you can't even handle such a small matter. Why didn't you show any mercy when you collected the money? When something went wrong, you turned around and blamed me?! You are a brainless idiot, you only know how to act arrogantly! If you had used your brain a little more, read the transcript, and come up with some other roundabout ways, would my daughter have been sent to jail?!"
Master Jia Cheng looked at Sun Dachang in disbelief, it was as if he was meeting Sun Dachang for the first time. Every time they met before, Sun Dachang would run after him with money and cigarettes in his hands, and he disdained the way Sun Dachang bowed and scraped to him.
Why did Sun Dachang change his attitude just after he lost power?
Sun Dachang didn't care what Master Jia Cheng was thinking. He scolded Master Jia Cheng and quickly pulled Sun Ruxue to the door. However, the jeep had already started, and Master Jia Cheng could only watch Zhang Tian walking away under his nose.
Sun Dachang was so angry that he wanted to curse and turned back to kick Master Jia Cheng. "It's all your fault. If you hadn't stopped me just now, I would have definitely been in touch with Zhang Tianzheng by now!"
Master Jia Cheng was already furious and was wondering how to vent his anger, when Sun Dachang kicked him. Master Jia Cheng then grabbed Sun Dachang's leg and started biting it.
Sun Dachang cried out in pain from being bitten, but he refused to suffer any loss, and the two men soon started fighting each other.
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Unlike the chaos between Sun Dachang and Jia Chengshi, Shu Niannian, Ye Jinhong, the guards and Zhang Tianzheng were all getting along happily. Zhang Tianzheng invited Ye Jinhong to lunch, and Ye Jinhong took Shu Niannian with him. Ye Jinhong said bluntly, "Niannian has been studying at Shu County No. 1 Middle School for the past few months. Director Zhang, please take good care of her. It's best not to have things like today happen again."
Zhang Tianzheng laughed out loud, "Don't worry, I didn't know before, but now that I know that Shu is your partner, I promise that something like today will never happen again."
During the dinner, Zhang Tianzheng asked about Shu Niannian's academic performance. Shu Niannian was not modest and said bluntly, "I'm third in the grade. The report card for this month's exam will be released this afternoon, and I will be first in the grade."
Zhang Tianzheng thought Shu Niannian was joking, "Don't fool me. It has been a rule since ancient times that girls with good grades are not good-looking, and girls with good looks do not have good grades. For a beautiful girl like you, how can you get first place in the grade?"
Shu Niannian smiled and said, "I'm telling the truth!"
Although Zhang Tianzheng smiled and said nothing, he was thinking in his heart: This little girl is really good at bragging. Can she get the top spot in the grade just by talking?
That requires real talent and knowledge!
Shu Niannian twirled the chopsticks in her hand and said with a smile, "How about this, let's make a bet. If the results are announced this afternoon and I rank first in the grade, you can add another punishment to Sun Ruxue's punishment and ask her to transfer to another school and go back to where she came from."
Hearing what Shu Niannian said, Zhang Tianzheng became interested. He asked with a smile, "Oh, what if you didn't get the first place in the grade?" "That's easy. You have the final say on how to deal with Sun Ruxue. He and I will not interfere." Shu Niannian stated her bet calmly.
Zhang Tianzheng's expression changed slightly.
This bet is like doing someone a favor.
"As far as I know, Sun Dachang is a major taxpayer in our county. A coal mine was dug out on the hilltop above his home. Now that Sun Ruxue and I have a dispute, it shouldn't be easy for Director Zhang to deal with it, right?" Shu Niannian hit the nail on the head. Zhang Tianzheng blushed a little. The punishment he gave to Sun Ruxue today seemed severe, but it was actually evading the serious issue.
If the case was handled seriously, Sun Ruxue should be given a serious warning in her file, but he didn't even mention the file.
Zhang Tianzheng poured himself a full glass of wine. "Now that it is the early stage of reform and opening up, all counties are working hard to develop the economy, and Shu County is no exception. Although I am the chief of the police station, I can't be too harsh on Sun Dachang. If he rebels, I will be in trouble as the chief! If the county magistrate blames me, I will be in big trouble!"
Ye Jinhong looked at Shu Niannian in surprise. He didn't expect that Shu Niannian could see through the phenomenon and see the essence and the key.
Zhang Tianzheng felt guilty and drank the wine in the glass. "Okay, I'll make a bet with you."
Half an hour later, Shu Niannian and his group arrived at the gate of No. 1 Middle School. As soon as they got off the car, they heard a classmate running and shouting, "The results of the senior year group have been announced. I have to go see who is the top of the grade this time."
Shu Niannian smiled and said to Zhang Tianzheng, "Director Zhang, it's really better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early. The list has been posted. Why don't we go take a look together?"
Zhang Tianzheng nodded and said, "Okay!"
Several people walked towards the list, listening to people's discussions as they walked, "Do you think there will be any changes in the top five in the senior year?"
"Of course there is. It's been widely rumored in school recently that Shu Niannian, a senior student, is a slacker. She doesn't study hard and hangs out with men outside the school. She ranked third in the grade last time, and she must have copied other people's test papers. I bet she has definitely fallen out of the top five this time."
"I think so too. After all, if you can copy it once, can you copy it a second time?"
A few of them walked behind the crowd, listening to the discussions of the students in front. Shu Niannian didn't think there was anything wrong, but Ye Jinhong couldn't stand it anymore. He said to Zhang Tianzheng with a fake smile, "I demand that Sun Ruxue publicly apologize to Niannian."
Zhang Tianzheng's forehead was covered with sweat. "Yes, yes, you are right. A public apology must be made! I will talk to the principal of No. 1 Middle School and ask him to hold a school-wide meeting. Sun Ruxue must apologize to Shu at the meeting."
He also didn't expect that these students studying in school would like gossip so much!
A few people walked to the list column and just happened to catch the list being posted. Shu Niannian squinted and took a look. Her name was clearly written on the first place.
"How is this possible?! How come Shu Niannian not only did not fall out of the top five, but instead took first place in age?!"
"It's obvious that Shu Niannian has real talent and is not a plagiarist as you say."
"Yes, she is already number one in her grade. If she plagiarized, then whose did she plagiarize? The number two in her grade?!"
Shu Niannian's eyebrows were curved as she smiled.
Ye Jinhong lowered his eyes and looked at Shu Niannian with a doting look on his face.
Zhang Tianzheng's heart skipped a beat and he quickly wiped the sweat off his forehead. He didn't expect that the first place would actually be Shu Niannian.
But precisely because of this, the three words "Shu Niannian" carried more weight in his heart.
Before, he only thought of Shu Niannian as Ye Jinhong's girlfriend. Now, putting aside the identity of Ye Jinhong's girlfriend, Shu Niannian was able to get into No. 1 Middle School and ranked first in her grade. She can also stand on her own.
Ye Jinhong is already someone you cannot offend, and now there is also Shu Niannian, who is top of the grade, whom you absolutely cannot offend!
"Don't worry, leave this matter to me. I promise that I will never let classmate Shu suffer any injustice again."
Ye Jinhong nodded and agreed.
Shu Niannian said, "Don't forget our bet. Let Sun Ruxue go back to where she came from."
There are still several months before the college entrance examination, and she doesn't want to see Sun Ruxue every day and affect her mood.
Zhang Tianzheng patted his chest and assured, "Of course, I will do the job, don't worry."
The bell rang, Shu Niannian went to the classroom for class, Zhang Tianzheng and Ye Jinhong went straight to the principal's office. After talking for ten minutes, the matter was finalized.
The principal of No. 1 Middle School was filled with righteous indignation and said, "It is better to do it now than wait for a day. I will notify everyone right away and hold a school-wide meeting this afternoon. I cannot let No. 1 Middle School's top players from Peking University and Tsinghua University suffer such an injustice!"
"Sun Ruxue must apologize to Shu Niannian in front of all the teachers and students in the school. We cannot let this one bad apple mess up the spirit of the entire No. 1 Middle School campus."
Sun Ruxue was indignant, but she still didn't think she had done anything wrong. However, her father Sun Dachang said that she only needed to write an apology letter and give it to Shu Niannian, that country girl. As for the rest, her father would help her.
Sun Ruxue was writing an apology letter with a resentful look on her face when she was suddenly called to the principal's office.
"What?! Publicly apologize to Shu Niannian?!" Sun Ruxue screamed, "Why?! It's good enough that I can write her an apology letter, why do I have to apologize publicly? What did I do wrong?"
The principal looked at Sun Ruxue in disappointment. "You still don't repent when the time comes! You spread rumors and slander, and almost ruined my No. 1 Middle School's chances of getting into Tsinghua or Peking University. What did you do wrong? I'm not discussing this with you. I'm informing you. Today I'm giving you two choices. Either you apologize publicly, or I revoke your student status and expel you! It's up to you."
Sun Ruxue was terrified. Before she could go to her father Sun Dachang to discuss countermeasures, the school assembly had already been held. Sun Ruxue went on stage crying, apologized to Shu Niannian while crying, and then walked off the stage while crying.
At this point, the dirty water that had been thrown on Shu Nian Nian was washed away completely, and those rumors were shattered into dust and dissipated along with Sun Ruxue's apology.
Shu Niannian glanced gratefully at Ye Jinhong who was sitting next to the principal. Ye Jinhong sat upright on the podium, looking dignified and majestic. There was not a trace of superfluous expression on his angular face. That was a Ye Jinhong that Shu Niannian had never seen before.
It is the other side of Ye Jinhong.
However, he had never shown this side of him in front of Shu Niannian.
No matter in the previous life or in this life, Ye Jinhong was always gentle, considerate, and even a little humble in front of her. He went along with her, coaxed her, protected her under his wings, and tried his best to prevent her from being hurt by the outside world.
Shu Niannian's eyes were quietly red.
How could she be worthy of his protection with all his heart?
After the meeting, Sun Ruxue ran back home crying. She wanted to complain to her father Sun Dachang. She couldn't stand this injustice.
During the last self-study class, Shu Niannian asked for leave. Ye Jinhong sent Shu Niannian home, and the two said goodbye at the entrance of the village. "I have to go back now. I only asked for one day off. If I don't go back, the teacher will be angry."
Shu Niannian caught the loophole in Ye Jinhong's words, "Aren't you on a business trip? Your car happened to break down when you passed by Shujia Village, so you came to see me?"
Ye Jinhong lowered his eyes, looked away unnaturally, and smiled, "I lied to you. I just received your telegram yesterday and borrowed a car from the military district to rush here. But I didn't know how to say it, so I made up an excuse."
Shu Niannian blinked her round almond-shaped eyes and smiled, "The car isn't actually broken, is it?"
"Yes, I am fine."
Shu Niannian smiled with curved eyebrows, "You actually care about me so much."
Her clear eyes stared straight at Ye Jinhong, and Ye Jinhong also looked back at Shu Niannian with a heavy gaze. As their eyes met, Shu Niannian suddenly said, "Jinhong, come to my house to propose marriage. The day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow is Sunday, you come to my house to propose marriage, what do you think?"
Her voice was soft and weak, lacking its usual clear and crisp voice, and full of sticky emotions. She looked at Ye Jinhong with affectionate eyes and acted coquettishly, asking Ye Jinhong to come over and propose marriage. Ye Jinhong had no reason to refuse.
"Okay, but my dad is studying abroad now, so I want my mom and my grandparents to come over. Do you think that's okay?"
Shu Niannian blushed and nodded, "Yes, no problem."
The two men were talking at the entrance of the village. The guard sitting in the back of the car was extremely anxious. It was getting dark, so why was the commander talking nonstop?
He didn't know what Ye Jinhong and Shu Niannian were talking about specifically, he only knew that his leader acted abnormally every time he saw Shu Niannian. He was usually a decisive, tough and overbearing man, but when he met this little girl named Shu Niannian, he became clingy.
Not leader at all!
Shu Niannian glanced at the setting sun and urged, "Go back quickly. It's dark and the road is long. You have to be careful."
Ye Jinhong also followed Shu Niannian's gaze to look at the mountains in the distance. He raised his hand to smooth the messy hair on Shu Niannian's temples, gritted his teeth, turned around and got into the car. He started the car, lowered the window and said goodbye to Shu Niannian. He felt that Shu Niannian, shrouded in the sunset glow, was bright and pretty, and her beautiful almond eyes seemed to contain infinite emotions. She looked at him without blinking, making him unable to step on the accelerator no matter what.
"Don't forget to come over the day after tomorrow." Shu Niannian reminded again.
Ye Jinhong nodded heavily, "Don't worry, I will definitely not forget it."
The two looked at each other in silence for more than ten seconds. Finally, Ye Jinhong forced himself to look away and said to Shu Niannian, "I'm leaving."
He stepped on the accelerator and instantly jumped out more than ten meters away.
Shu Niannian looked at the same path at the entrance of the village and the same trees on the roadside. Obviously nothing had changed, but Shu Niannian felt that everything was so beautiful.
Shu Niannian looked at the golden sunset in the distant sky, felt the slightly chilly spring breeze, and walked back home with light steps.
Li Guifen was preparing dinner with a worried look on her face, while Shu Guodong was sitting at the door of the main room, puffing on his pipe. The two brothers Shu Wenhui and Shu Wenqiang were just obediently making fire and feeding chickens, not daring to even breathe.
When Shu Niannian returned home, this was the scene she saw. She was shocked and asked Li Guifen if something had happened.
Li Guifen said angrily, "What do you think it was? You were taken to the police station, and you didn't tell your family about it? If Li Zhiqiang hadn't accidentally told your father about it, we would still be kept in the dark!"
Seeing the tense atmosphere at home, Shu Niannian's heart was in her throat. She thought that the second room next door was causing trouble again, but she didn't expect it to be this.
She exhaled lightly and rubbed Li Guifen's back. "This matter has been resolved. The principal convened a school-wide meeting this afternoon. Sun Ruxue has apologized to me in front of all the teachers and students in the school."
At this time, Shu Guodong had also walked to the kitchen door. When he heard Shu Niannian say that Sun Ruxue had apologized to her in public, he also breathed a sigh of relief. "Since she has apologized, it means that this matter is completely false. I was wondering, my daughter is studying well in school, how could such a thing be spread out!"
Shu Niannian's eyes flickered, but she didn't dare to tell the truth for the time being.
She wanted to help Li Guifen, but Li Guifen kicked her out of the kitchen, "Okay, we don't need you here, just wash your hands and wait for dinner, you're just causing trouble."
Shu Niannian was in a particularly good mood today. She was kicked out of the kitchen and ran to give Shu Guodong a leg massage.
Li Zhiqiang told Shu Guodong about what happened at the police station. Shu Guodong was worried for the whole afternoon. After work, he rushed home, fearing that Nian Nian would suffer. He didn't expect that it was a false alarm?
However, Shu Guodong was still a little angry. But now, Shu Niannian was massaging his legs and lighting cigarettes for him, and the anger in Shu Guodong's heart gradually dissipated.
"Next time something happens, be sure to tell your family. Don't bear it alone! If Li Zhiqiang hadn't revealed some information to you today, would you not have told your family?"
Shu Niannian frowned, "Did Li Zhiqiang only tell you that I was framed and taken to the police station? Did he say anything else?"
Shu Guodong's old heart couldn't bear it anymore and kept beating. "There are other people?"
Shu Niannian nodded silently under Shu Guodong's stern gaze.
"have."
Shu Guodong took a long drag on his old cigarette, prepared himself mentally, and then asked, "Tell me, is there anything else we don't know?"
Shu Niannian scratched her head, feeling a little embarrassed. "I'm dating someone who comes from a respectable family. He helped me a lot with this matter. I've already told him to come to our house the day after tomorrow to propose marriage."
Shu Guodong couldn't catch his breath. The dry tobacco choked him to the point of bringing out tears. He coughed violently and it took him a long time to breathe smoothly.
Shu Guodong patted his chest, took out the dignity of the head of the family, and asked, "Tell me, who is that person?"
He wanted to see what kind of partner this silly girl of his had found for herself instead of giving up such a good young man like Li Zhiqiang!
Shu Niannian grabbed the long braid on her chest and turned it around a few times, then said rather embarrassedly, "Ye Jinhong."
"Who?" Shu Guodong was shocked again. "Who did you say you were dating?"
Shu Guodong always felt that he was hallucinating, otherwise how could he hear the three words "Ye Jinhong" from Shu Niannian's mouth? !
Shu Niannian looked at Shu Guodong's expression and said again, "Ye Jinhong."
Shu Guodong pointed at Shu Niannian with a shaking finger, and his words were barely fluent. "You, you, you, you! How come you are dating Ye Jinhong? Oh my God!"
"That's Lu Jianjun's uncle!"
Shu Niannian's reaction when looking at her biological father was exactly the same as Shu Wenhui's. Their first reaction was to think that Ye Jinhong was Lu Jianjun's uncle.
"So what? Ye Jinhong is Lu Jianjun's uncle, not mine. Even if Lu Jianjun and I were engaged, we have called off the engagement now. Ye Jinhong and I are not married, so what's wrong with me dating him?"
After hearing what Shu Niannian said, Shu Guodong felt that it made sense.
He sighed heavily, "But he is Lu Jianjun's uncle after all! You just broke off the engagement with Lu Jianjun, and now you want to get engaged to Ye Jinhong. It's okay for those who know the inside story, but for those who don't, I don't know what to say!"
Shu Niannian turned her eyes away and said nothing.
Li Guifen entered the main room carrying a tray of steamed buns. She struck a match and lit the kerosene lamp. Under the dim candlelight, Li Guifen did not blindly blame Shu Niannian like Shu Guodong did. She saw through her children's marriage more clearly than Shu Guodong.
She doesn't care what others say, she only cares about her children's feelings.
Li Guifen held Shu Niannian's hand and said with a gentle smile, "My daughter has grown up. She knows how to choose a partner, and she actually made a good choice. In my opinion, Ye Jinhong is ten or even a hundred times better than Li Zhiqiang and Lu Jianjun."
Shu Niannian kept silent, obviously hurt by Shu Guodong's words, and was sulking by herself.
Li Guifen first affirmed Shu Niannian's choice, and then followed Shu Guodong's words and expressed her concerns, "But what your father said is also right. After all, you and Lu Jianjun were engaged as children before, and Ye Jinhong is Lu Jianjun's uncle. As long as you marry Ye Jinhong, you will definitely not be able to get around this hurdle in your life. Unless you really don't mind, otherwise, even if you marry Ye Jinhong, those scattered rumors in the future will disturb you."
"Of course, Dad and Mom respect your personal choice and will definitely stand on your side."
After Li Guifen finished speaking, Shu Guodong also sighed, "That's what I mean. After all, I'm just afraid that you won't be happy in the future. But if you insist that you must have Ye Jinhong, we will definitely accompany you to the end."
Shu Niannian's eyes were slightly moist. Didn't she know that being with Ye Jinhong would be more difficult than an ordinary marriage?
But, in this life, she really doesn't want anyone else except Ye Jinhong!
Shu Wenhui and Shu Wenqiang also came to the main hall. Shu Niannian pressed the corner of her eyes and said with a smile, "Yes, in this life, I don't want anyone except Ye Jinhong. Dad, Mom, Big Brother, Second Brother, get ready. Ye Jinhong and I have agreed that he will come to propose marriage the day after tomorrow.
I want to take a gamble. If he can come, I will marry him. If he doesn't come, I will live alone for the rest of my life. ”
Shu Wenqiang frowned and said, "Since you two have made an appointment, why can't he come?"
Li Guifen sighed, "Silly boy, we have no relationship with Ye Jinhong, it's just because your sister was engaged to Lu Jianjun that we are worried. But Ye Jinhong is Lu Jianjun's uncle. Lu Jianjun and your sister just broke off the engagement, and he turned around and said he wanted to marry your sister. Do you think his family will be furious?"
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