Chapter 47 47 I know you have something against me
The two people passed by Lin Wenkang. Obviously, Lin Wenkang, who was carrying something, did not notice them. He knew that Jiang Yulan was attending night school. He came to give her a holiday gift today just to force Jiang Yulan to come and see him on her own initiative. If she still didn't come to see him after today, he would have to go to the night school to look for her.
"Have you seen him before?" Seeing that Jiang Lili looked a little unhappy, Lu Jiaze couldn't help but ask.
"No, there's no need to see him." Jiang Lili couldn't help but sneer. He hadn't even recognized her when she'd walked past him, revealing his hypocrisy. It wasn't so much Jiang Yulan he was trying to win back, but rather the regrets of his youth. He seemed polite, but in reality, he was being completely perfunctory. She thought his mother had actually done a good deed by calling off the engagement.
"Although he has been developing in Jincheng in recent years, our family doesn't have much contact with him." Lu Jiaze, who was afraid of being implicated, quickly drew a clear line.
"Let's go, we'll be late for school." It was obvious that Jiang Lili didn't want to mention this matter any further.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, married daughters would return home to give gifts to their parents' families. Therefore, many people were coming in and out of the family compound today. No one was surprised to see Lin Wenkang carrying so many bags. He didn't rush upstairs until someone recognized him and asked, "Are you Wenkang?"
The person who spoke was still a little uncertain until Lin Wenkang turned around and said, "Uncle Zhou, it's me."
Zhou Wanliang, known as Uncle Zhou, stared at the things in his hands and asked, "Wen Kang, when did you return to Yuncheng?"
Zhou Wanliang remembered that when he and his mother left, they sold the house to someone else. What did he want to do when he came back this time?
"Uncle Zhou, I'm on an exchange program at Yuncheng Hospital and will stay here for at least a year. Today is a holiday, and I wanted to come and see Uncle Jiang." Lin Wenkang couldn't help but lower his eyes after he finished speaking. In the early years, the Jiang family did help them mother and son a lot, and his mother always emphasized to him that he must hold on to Jiang Yulan, but no one expected that the college entrance examination would be resumed later.
Hearing him mention the Jiang family, Zhou Wanliang sighed a little. The two families had such an ugly quarrel back then, why should he bother now? So he said tactfully: "The Jiang family, young and old, are all living well. You came to Yuncheng for exchanges. Will your wife and children come with you?"
If the first two sentences are subtle reminders, then the last two sentences are direct warnings, reminding him not to forget what happened that year.
"My child is in school and my mother is taking care of him. My wife passed away two years ago and I have been alone for the past two years." Lin Wenkang said in a gentle tone.
"This?" Now it was Zhou Wanliang's turn to be surprised. He looked at the person in front of him again and could probably guess what he was thinking.
"Uncle Zhou, it's getting late, so I won't bother you anymore." Lin Wenkang looked down at his wrist and quickly said goodbye to him.
Staring at his back, Zhou Wanliang shook his head. Is this guy trying to rekindle his past relationship with Yulan? Thinking about it carefully, it might not be a bad thing that they are both alone now.
This time, when Lin Wenkang knocked on the door, both families were present. Before Jiang Jianyi and his son could speak, he said, "Uncle Jiang, Aiguo, I have no ill intentions. I just wanted to come and see you. I heard about what happened to Yulan, and I'm very sorry. If it weren't for what happened back then, she wouldn't have gone through this. I just want to ask you to give me a chance to make amends."
"Compensation, what compensation? I didn't hear you talk about compensation when you and your mother left. Why are you talking about this now? Do you really think we are stupid?" Jiang Aiguo snorted coldly. Their family took good care of the mother and son back then.
Lin Wenkang's expression twisted for a moment. This was one of the reasons his mother had persuaded him back then. As long as he and Jiang Yulan continued to be together, people would always tell him that he owed his current situation to the Jiang family. His inherent inferiority complex made him unwilling to accept this reality, so he agreed to his mother's proposal.
"If you are truly grateful for the help our family gave you back then, then your best reward is to stop disturbing our peaceful life." Jiang Jianyi said seriously.
"Uncle Jiang, I just..." Before he could finish, Jiang Jianyi continued, "Although Yulan and Ji Yushu are divorced, she has lived a very comfortable life for the past ten years. If she had married you back then, do you think she would have lived such a comfortable life? Wenkang, I have watched you grow up. You can't be so greedy and want everything."
Lin Wenkang understood the meaning of his words and quickly explained: "Uncle Jiang, I know what you are worried about. Now my mother will no longer interfere in my affairs, and I will not let Yulan suffer any grievances."
"You're overthinking it. Yulan and Lili are living well now. Please don't come again, otherwise I don't mind going to Jincheng and telling everyone what kind of people you and your son are." Jiang Jianyi's tone was calm, but everyone could hear the threat in his words.
"Uncle Jiang, you," Lin Wenkang was a little puzzled. Jiang Yulan was divorced now, and he was willing to rekindle their relationship with her under his current conditions. What could they complain about?
"Go, go, go, get out of my house right now." Jiang Aiguo picked up the broom next to him and drove the man away.
Compared to his calmness when he arrived, Lin Wenkang left in a rather embarrassed manner. He turned around and glanced at the family compound, then snorted coldly.
*
When Jiang Lili arrived at school, she saw Ke Sisi secretly fiddling with her dress-up doll. She coughed lightly, startling the people next to her and making them look up. Ke Sisi looked around, but when she saw no teacher, she patted her chest and gave Jiang Lili a reproachful look: "Lili, you scared me to death."
"I didn't mean it." Jiang Lili smiled at her apologetically. She had just wanted to remind her.
"I know. Come here quickly. I found that the shape of her doll is the same as that of the Seven Fairies." Ke Sisi's tone was surprised, as if she had discovered a new world.
"I know. My mother also bought one for Tongtong. The supply and marketing cooperative said that the toy factory will recycle the remaining ones. Then they will produce double dolls, and the price will only be five yuan more." Jiang Lili reminded her.
"Ah, then wouldn't it be a loss for what we have already bought?" Ke Sisi felt a little sad.
"No, I can go and buy a naked baby tomorrow with extra money." Jiang Lili thought, it seems that Director Yang has taken all the situations into consideration.
"Really? Then I have to tell my mom when I get home tonight." Ke Sisi suddenly became interested.
"Well, if you want one, just remember to buy one tomorrow." Jiang Lili said as she took out her notebook. She hadn't finished the homework that kept her after class today.
"Lili, this is for you. My dad said it's the new flavor this year." Ke Sisi stuffed a mooncake into her hand while speaking.
"It looks good, thank you." Jiang Lili put away the mooncake and planned to taste it later.
"I think it's fine. Mooncakes only have those same flavors anyway." Ke Sisi obviously doesn't like mooncakes.
"At least it tastes better than fruit-flavored mooncakes." Jiang Lili shook her head when she thought of the mooncakes Jiang Jianyi bought to pay tribute to the moon.
"That's true." Ke Si thought about it and nodded.
Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. The topics everyone is discussing are basically related to mooncakes. The classroom is very lively, except for Ji Mingyue who is very silent. In the evening, they returned to the iron factory for dinner.
Originally, she thought that the last incident would make Ji Yushu completely disappointed with that side, but she didn't expect that Chen Guilan just came over for a visit, and he listened to her and took them mother and daughter back for dinner. This was the first time that Ji Mingyue discovered Ji Yushu's foolish filial piety. Thinking of this, she was a little annoyed. But there were still people who didn't understand. Wu Juyue came over at this time: "Mingyue, someone is looking for you outside." After saying that, she didn't forget to wink at her.
"Who is it?" Ji Mingyue's tone was not good.
"Zheng Gaoyang, who else could it be besides him? Is there something going on between you two?" Wu Juyue was really curious.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Ji Mingyue glared at her.
"What do you mean I'm talking nonsense? Isn't it obvious that he's interested in you? Mingyue, you're still pretending in front of me. Isn't that really mean?" Wu Juyue's displeasure was radiating from her whole body. At this moment, the "captured" sign above her head began to loosen. Ji Mingyue suppressed the urge to curse and softened her tone to explain. She had noticed that whenever her attack value dropped, she would become unlucky, but every time it rose, she didn't get any luckier. What kind of broken system is this, Ji Mingyue thought frantically.
"They seem to be arguing." Ke Sisi gestured to Jiang Lili to look at the two people in front.
Wu Juyue looked unhappy. Although Ji Mingyue was trying to coax her, she could see the impatience in her eyes. Jiang Lili couldn't help but curl her lips. She had been curious about Ji Mingyue's strategy before, but it wasn't until she conquered Wu Juyue that she realized that all strategies were just constant compromises, getting them used to being compromised every time. Besides Ji Mingyue, no one else around her would compromise with her without a reason. Wouldn't that achieve her goal?
"There shouldn't be a quarrel." Jiang Lili said firmly.
"Maybe. I saw that Zheng someone outside the classroom looking for Ji Mingyue again. Could they be in a premature love relationship?" Ke Sisi couldn't help but guess.
"No." Jiang Lili shook her head, her tone still firm. In Ji Mingyue's eyes, Zheng Gaoyang was just a spare tire, although Zheng Gaoyang had this idea now.
"That's strange. I saw him come to see Ji Mingyue many times." Ke Sisi said she didn't understand.
"Stop staring at them. Have you finished your homework?" Jiang Lili reminded.
"Oh, I haven't finished my homework yet." Ke Sisi stuck out her tongue a little embarrassedly.
Jiang Lili glanced outside briefly before quickly returning to her homework. She was thinking about Lin Wenkang, whom she had met downstairs. Would her uncle and the others have simply chased him away and prevented him from meeting Jiang Yulan? Thinking of his intentions, she felt that perhaps Jiang Yulan would need to intervene to dissuade him. She didn't know where he got the confidence he needed, believing that as long as he was willing to return, Jiang Yulan would accept him. Sure enough, there were always these unscrupulous men in every era.
Ji Mingyue dismissed Zheng Gaoyang just before the study bell rang. Returning to her seat, she glanced at Lu Jiaze. He didn't seem to notice she'd left the classroom. Her only remorse was that the stats above his head hadn't changed. Thinking of this, she glanced at Wu Juyue in front of her. The sign above her head had gone from "Strategy Completed" to "98." She couldn't help but curse inwardly. Was this rotten system telling her to constantly try to please everyone?
*
Ji Wenwu and the others had gone to school, but the dinner at the iron factory had not yet ended. Ji Yumo took the initiative to raise his glass to Ji Yushu and said, "Second brother, we were wrong about what happened before. I'll ask Yao Yan to apologize to you. You must forgive us."
Because of the 1,000 yuan, Yao Yan had something in Ji Yumo's hands, so she could only bite the bullet and apologize to Ji Yushu: "Second brother, I was wrong that day, but I just wanted to leave a guarantee for the child. Second brother, you can understand me, right?"
Ji Yushu turned his face away and ignored her. There was no sincerity in the apology, and it was not like he needed it.
"I asked you to apologize, but why are you saying all that nonsense? Hurry up and apologize to your second brother again." Ji Yumo couldn't help but slap Yao Yan on the back with all her strength. Now it was Yao Yan's turn to be dissatisfied. Since they got married, Ji Yumo had always looked at her face. This time, just for a thousand yuan, she had been submissive for several days, and now he dared to hit her. Yao Yan directly snatched the wine glass from Ji Yumo's hand: "Ji Yumo, have I given you face these days? How dare you hit me?"
"Yao Yan, what's wrong with you? How did I hit you? You were wrong in the first place. My second brother just borrowed the property certificate, but you forced him to write an IOU. As a result, you didn't discuss it with me and directly gave your brother one thousand yuan. Did he write the IOU? Go back and make him write the IOU, otherwise we will divorce." Ji Yumo thought of Song Zhenzhen, and his tone became tougher. He had agreed to accompany Song Zhenzhen today, but Yao Yan insisted that he and him go back to her parents' home at noon to give a holiday gift. When he went to Yao's house, Ji Yumo naturally thought of the one thousand yuan again. This time he was just taking advantage of the issue.
"Third brother, what do you mean by one thousand yuan?" Chen Guilan was unhappy now, because it was one thousand yuan.
"Mom, don't listen to his nonsense." After saying this, Yao Yan gave Ji Yumo a look, indicating that he should come out and say a few words, and the matter would be over.
If this had happened before, Ji Yumo would have cooperated without her reminder, but now that he had Song Zhenzhen, he also had the idea of divorce, so he said directly: "Yao Qiang was short of a thousand yuan for the wedding gift, and she gave it directly to Yao Qiang. If I hadn't checked the bankbook, I wouldn't have known about this at all. All these years, you have been thinking about your family, I am tired, let's get a divorce."
Ye Qiuju couldn't help but look up when she heard this. She hadn't expected Song Zhenzhen to be so powerful that Ji Yumo was even willing to divorce for her. Ji Yushu, who was beside her, couldn't help but sneer. He was saying, "Why did they say it was a reunion dinner today? It turns out the Third Brother was trying to use him as a pretext to divorce Yao Yan. He had a pretty good plan."
"Divorce? Ji Yumo, you want to divorce me?" Yao Yan looked at him in disbelief. Although she had mentioned it before, it was just a threat. She didn't expect that he would actually ask for a divorce from her. Yao Yan could not accept this fact.
"What else? Will you continue to use the family savings to subsidize your brother and your mother's family?" Ji Yumo gave her a displeased look. Sure enough, some things become much easier once they are spoken out.
Chen Guilan also looked at Ji Yumo with some suspicion: "Third brother, do you really want a divorce?"
"We must divorce." Ji Yumo was firm in his attitude. For a moment, the Ji family was in chaos again.
*
The bell for evening study rang. Jiang Lili packed her things while waiting for Lu Jiaze in the back row. She wanted to go to the supply and marketing cooperative at noon tomorrow, and she needed to borrow his bicycle.
"Do you want me to take you there?" Lu Jiaze asked.
"No need, I promised Tongtong to take her there." Since it is a children's toy, it is naturally authoritative for children to comment on it.
"Then just ride directly. No need to be so polite with me, Jiang Lili." Lu Jiaze didn't like her aloofness.
"It's polite." Jiang Lili has her own principles.
"Okay." Lu Jiaze's tone was helpless.
Jiang Lili thought that it would be more convenient to have a bicycle at home, and maybe she should buy a new one. She was so engrossed in her thoughts that she didn't even notice Jiang Yulan standing in front of her.
"What are you thinking about? Why are you so focused?" Jiang Yulan asked her.
"Thinking about going to the supply and marketing cooperative tomorrow, Mom, why are you back so early today?" Jiang Lili was a little surprised. Jiang Yulan usually hadn't come back at this time.
"I can type faster and faster now, so I don't have to practice for so long." Jiang Yulan's tone was a little proud. Lili's typing speed on the weekend gave her a little stimulation, so she practiced very seriously in the past two days. The hard work paid off, and her typing speed improved significantly.
"Wow, Mom, you're so great." Jiang Lili praised without hesitation.
"I'll take you there next time I'm on vacation, and we'll have a speed competition together." Jiang Yulan's tone was full of joy. The warm atmosphere between the mother and daughter made it impossible for Lu Jiaze next to them to get a word in.
"Okay." Jiang Lili nodded in agreement.
"Aunt Jiang studied computer science at night school?" Lu Jiaze asked.
"Yes." Jiang Yulan nodded with a smile.
"My brother said that the future trend will probably be related to computers. Aunt Jiang chose a good major." Lu Jiaze still remembered what Lu Hongzhe said at the time. Lu Hongzhe's vision was recognized by everyone.
"If that's the case, then it couldn't be better." Jiang Yulan's face was filled with joy. Jiang Lili thought, as expected, some talents can't be envied. Isn't the electronic age just around the corner? Lu Hongzhe's predictions were spot-on. He looked like someone who could capitalize on the trend. Perhaps next time they met, she could try to curry favor with him. Then, thinking of Lu Hongzhe's face, which always exuded a chill, Jiang Lili quickly shook her head. Forget it, forget it. This person is incredibly difficult to curry favor with.
"You're smiling foolishly and frowning all the time. What are you thinking about?" Jiang Yulan asked her.
"No, I just thought about the packaging change at a factory. I wonder how everyone will react tomorrow." Jiang Lili made up an excuse.
Lu Jiaze couldn't help but glance at her. She'd just said Director Yang's decision was timely and decisive, so she shouldn't be worried about it. So what was she thinking? Lu Jiaze felt like he didn't understand Jiang Lili any more. Fortunately, they still had three years to spend together. Thinking of this, Lu Jiaze relaxed again.
When they returned home and were having dinner, Jiang Aiguo looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated. Seeing this, Jiang Yulan couldn't help but frown: "What do you want to say?"
"Sister, no one will come to see you at night school, right?" Jiang Aiguo asked carefully.
"Lin Wenkang is here again?" Jiang Yulan was so smart that she quickly guessed why he asked that.
"Yes, he came again today. I have already warned him that if he comes to disturb us again, I will go to Jincheng to publicize the good deeds that the mother and son did back then." Jiang Jianyi felt that he should go and pray, otherwise why would his family always attract villains.
"I see." Jiang Yulan lowered her eyes. Having grown up together, she quickly guessed Lin Wenkang's motive: he simply wanted her to meet him. Disgust flashed across her eyes. This man, truly, was truly a scoundrel. The disgusting words he said when they left were still fresh in her mind. Did he now think she should be grateful just because he was willing to come back? The more Jiang Yulan thought about it, the more disgusted she felt.
"Don't pay attention to him. Didn't he say he came to Yuncheng Hospital for exchange? I'll go to the hospital to talk to their leaders tomorrow." Jiang Jianyi comforted.
"No need, Dad, I can handle this." Jiang Yulan thought with some sadness. She is no longer the little girl who needed her parents to stand up for her. She can solve this problem by herself, and she needs to solve it by herself.
"Okay, if you need anything, don't force yourself, just come to me and Aiguo directly." Jiang Jianyi reminded.
"Okay, I understand." Jiang Yulan felt warm in her heart. It was because of their unconditional support that she was able to bravely make the decision to divorce.
On the way back to bed, Jiang Lili turned her head to look at Jiang Yulan beside her, and suddenly whispered, "Mom, tell me about your past."
"What's there to talk about?" Jiang Yulan chuckled.
"I just want to know more about you." Jiang Lili took her arm and acted coquettishly.
"Okay, I'll tell you when I have time." After so many years, Jiang Yulan can now talk about what happened back then very calmly.
"I want to listen too." Little Jiang Qitong quickly raised her hand, determined to be a part of the fun.
"Okay, okay, I'll let you come and listen too." Jiang Yulan was amused by her, and for a moment, the road was filled with the laughter of the three of them.
The next day, Jiang Lili and Lu Jiaze went to school together. On the way, Lu Jiaze asked her, "Do you plan to have lunch before going or go first?"
"Let's go after dinner." Jiang Lili had already calculated the time.
"good."
This morning's study session was for English. Ji Mingyue was the one leading the reading. Before class, she walked up to Lu Jiaze with her English book in hand and said, "Student Lu, Teacher Tang said we'll be leading the reading for today's morning study session. Do you think this is okay?"
Ji Mingyue talked about her own arrangements. She would lead the reading first, then he would take over, and finally they would lead the classmates to read together.
"I'm fine with anything." Lu Jiaze said indifferently. He didn't quite understand why one had to lead the reading of a text.
"Lu Jiaze, I know you have a problem with me, but the reading was arranged by Teacher Tang. If you don't want to, you can go tell Teacher Tang." Ji Mingyue looked at Lu Jiaze calmly. For someone like him, blind obedience would only make him feel that it was natural. Now he hated and rejected her, it was only because of Jiang Lili.
"Student Ji, you think too much." Lu Jiaze said as he lowered his head to take a look at the content he was going to read today.
"Then I hope I'm overthinking it." Ji Mingyue didn't argue with him and just left with the English book.
Lu Jiaze stared at her back and couldn't help but wonder, does he really have no opinion or prejudice against her?
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