"There's still rice in the pot, help yourself." Jiang Qiaoqiao's tone was as calm as ever.
Huo Beixiao himself didn't know why he couldn't control himself and rushed onto the stage to protect Jiang Yiran. After he came to his senses, he only had one thought: to rush back and explain things to Jiang Qiaoqiao.
Faced with the calm and collected Jiang Qiaoqiao, he couldn't utter a single word of explanation despite trying to come up with it all the way.
He simply served himself rice and ate it silently.
“I’d like to go out and look at houses this afternoon,” Jiang Qiaoqiao broke the silence in the room. “There are only two rooms here, and we need to cook in the outer room, so it’s not very convenient for Zhou Yang and Ling’er to live there. Now that I’ve saved up some money, I should be able to rent a bigger house.”
Huo Beixiao was silent for a moment, then replied, "Okay."
Jiang Qiaoqiao continued to check the goods, and Zhou Yang and Zhou Ling'er helped her with the check.
Soon, Jiang Qiaoqiao had gathered all the unsold goods together.
Zhou Yang and Zhou Ling'er packed up their belongings.
Actually, she had already been looking at houses during this period.
She had her eye on a large courtyard not far from the market. The son of a family living there said he had made money doing business in the south and wanted to take his elderly parents there.
The elderly couple figured the house was just sitting empty anyway, so they might as well rent it out first, and then they could take it back and continue living there when they wanted to come back later.
Last time, she briefly discussed the price with the two elderly people.
She had just agreed with Huo Beixiao to try living together for the past two days, so she planned to come back and discuss it with him again.
Now that things have come to this, there's no point in discussing it anymore.
Jiang Qiaoqiao finished getting ready and was about to leave when Jiang Yong'an appeared at the door.
Jiang Yong'an had a sour face and glared at Jiang Qiaoqiao as if Jiang Qiaoqiao owed her five million.
That ungrateful wretch! Ranran's situation was so critical today, and she just left without a second thought, without considering the feelings of her parents and siblings.
Those raised in the countryside are cold-blooded!
"Dad wants you and Bei Xiao to go back," Jiang Yong'an said.
Jiang Qiaoqiao frowned slightly. "Is there something you need?"
"You just go back when Dad tells you to, do you care if anything happens? You can't disobey your parents' orders. Don't you even understand this basic principle? Do you have any manners at all?" Jiang Yong'an's temper flared up instantly.
Jiang Qiaoqiao slightly curled the corners of her lips, "I grew up without a father's love or a mother's love, so isn't it normal for me to be ill-mannered?"
“You…” Jiang Yong’an pointed at Jiang Qiaoqiao, but couldn’t say anything. In the end, he only said, “Who told you to have such bad luck? You were born in the city, but you were switched at birth by people from the countryside. Who can you blame?”
Jiang Qiaoqiao didn't want to argue with Jiang Yong'an any longer, so she said directly, "Just tell me what you want me to go back for. If it's nothing, I'm not going back now that the pot of water has already been poured out."
Jiang Yong'an wanted to curse Jiang Qiaoqiao for being heartless and ungrateful.
But then I thought about how the mess Jiang Yiran made still needed someone to clean up.
He could only suppress his temper and speak politely, "You're the only one in our family who's ever run a business. Dad wants you to go back and discuss how to handle Ranran's supermarket next."
If the police hadn't cleared away the troublemakers today, and the loan sharks hadn't come knocking on his door to collect their debts, he wouldn't have believed that his well-behaved sister had not only taken two thousand yuan from his mother, but had also borrowed two thousand yuan from loan sharks.
Two thousand yuan, but only borrowed for half a month, with interest compounded, I have to pay back two thousand five hundred yuan.
Although they might be able to scrape together 2,500 yuan, it would be best if someone could pay it for them.
His peripheral vision fell on Jiang Qiaoqiao.
He had recently heard that Jiang Qiaoqiao was selling clothes at a market stall and her business was booming; she could probably easily make several thousand yuan.
After thinking for a moment, Jiang Qiaoqiao decided to go back with Huo Beixiao and Jiang Yong'an.
As soon as they arrived at the Jiang family's door, they heard Jiang Yiran crying uncontrollably.
"Dad, Mom, I was wrong, I really know I was wrong. I was too hasty and caused such a disaster. Please help your daughter. Otherwise, those people will not only empty the supermarket, but I'll also lose my hands and feet!"
"I don't have a daughter like you!" Jiang Jiahua's angry voice came from inside. "I carefully selected Huo Beixiao for you to marry into the Huo family. They have assets and connections, and Huo Beixiao even has a salary, but you didn't want it. You insisted on getting involved with this peasant. And once you were involved, you couldn't stand being poor and had to cause trouble. You even dared to borrow money from loan sharks. If you have the guts to borrow, then you should have the guts to pay it back yourself!"
It was only then that Jiang Qiaoqiao realized why the Jiang family had asked her to come back.
So they were just taking advantage of her, making her clean up Jiang Yiran's mess.
She definitely wouldn't be a sucker like that, and she wouldn't give Jiang Yiran a single penny, but...
Her gaze fell on Huo Beixiao...
Although she and Huo Beixiao lived separate lives, in the eyes of outsiders they were a married couple. What if Huo Beixiao felt guilty later and wanted to give Jiang Yiran money...
Huo Beixiao seemed to understand what she was thinking and said, "I won't give it to her."
He would not give Jiang Yiran any more money, and he would try his best to overcome that inexplicable sense of guilt, and he would never let what happened during the day happen again.
"Bei Xiao, Qiao Qiao, you're finally back."
As soon as they entered, Peng Cuiying greeted them with great enthusiasm.
Especially towards Huo Beixiao, Peng Cuiying's fawning was blatantly written on her face: "Beixiao, today at the supermarket, thanks to you protecting our Ranran, Mom thanks you here."
"Alas, our family is so unfortunate. Ranran has been bewitched by some shady character and actually borrowed money from loan sharks to start that supermarket. Now the creditors are coming after us."
"If you don't pay back the money, they'll empty the supermarket to settle the debt, and they even threatened to take this to the factory if it's not enough. Your father and I were really at our wits' end, so we called you back to discuss it."
“What your father and I mean is that we’ll each pay half of the 2,500 yuan your sister owes to loan sharks, and we’ll pay it back for her. Bei Xiao, don’t worry, this money isn’t going to be given to you for nothing. I’ll have her write you an IOU, and she’ll pay you back once she’s sold all the goods in her supermarket.”
Peng Cuiying probably knew that Jiang Qiaoqiao's attitude towards them had recently undergone a complete 180-degree turn.
Realizing that getting money from Jiang Qiaoqiao was hopeless, they turned their attention directly to Huo Beixiao.
Before the fire reached her, Jiang Qiaoqiao didn't bother to care and just watched the show with a leisurely air.
Jiang Yiran's eyes were already red and swollen like walnuts from crying. She looked at Huo Beixiao pitifully, "Brother-in-law, Ranran begs you, please help Ranran one more time..."
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