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As Ye Wenyu was deep in thought, Zhang Susu suddenly coughed and said to her daughter, "Xiaoyu, have you finished eating?"
Ye Wenyu was stunned for a moment. Zhang Susu said somewhat awkwardly, "The person who bought this house is coming to take possession at nine o'clock, and I also need to move out before nine o'clock." As she finished speaking, tears welled up in her eyes. Her lips trembled as she said to her daughter, "I'm sorry, it's all my fault."
Ye Wenyu realized that there was no time for lingering or sadness. She smiled slightly and comforted her mother, saying, "Mom, as long as we're alive, we can always rebuild. Even without a home, I will always be your daughter."
Zhang Susu felt a surge of warmth in her heart and nodded. Ye Wenyu took out her phone and checked the time; it was eight o'clock. She stood up and said to Zhang Susu, "Mom, wait for me for half an hour, I'm going out for a bit." Then she ran out.
Confused, Zhang Susu called out to Ye Wenyu's retreating figure, "Where are you going?"
Ye Wenyu had vanished without a trace. Zhang Susu shook her head helplessly, listening to her daughter's footsteps echoing in the hallway. She shook her head again and began to pack her luggage, but hearing her daughter's childish, rapid running, a wave of heartache washed over her. She truly felt sorry for her; eighteen years old, still a child. She was filled with worry about leaving her to face life alone from now on.
Thinking of this, Zhang Susu's eyes reddened again, and she raised her hand to wipe away her tears.
Ye Wenyu ran downstairs in one breath, used her phone to navigate to the nearest shopping mall, and headed straight for the gold counter.
The saleswoman saw a teenage girl standing there looking around, without any adults with her, so she didn't go up to greet her. Instead, Ye Wenyu picked out a large gold bracelet and said to the saleswoman, "Bring this one out."
It was a heavy gold bracelet, carved with a dragon and phoenix motif. The saleswoman looked at Ye Wenyu with a puzzled expression and said to her, "Young lady, this one suits you perfectly."
Ye Wenyu had neither the time nor the inclination to be angry with her. She stretched out her hand, pointed at the counter, and asked the saleswoman, "How much are these gold earrings, this gold ring, and this gold necklace in total?"
The saleswoman paused for a moment, thinking that this was a big sale. She looked up at the pretty young girl in front of her and saw that she was well-mannered and composed, not like a poor girl who couldn't afford it. She quickly took out a calculator, smiled, calculated a number, and said to Ye Wenyu, "It's 20,000 yuan in total. Our store has a promotion today, a 5% discount. This gold bracelet usually sells for 12,000 yuan, but today it's 10,000."
Ye Wenyu nodded, took out her phone, and said to the saleswoman, "Okay, I'll buy it. Please pay, WeChat or Alipay?"
The saleswoman quickly processed the order and carefully placed the four pieces of gold jewelry into an exquisite box. Ye Wenyu looked at her Alipay balance, which showed a total of 1,000 yuan. That was her living expenses for the rest of the year. Even if she lived frugally, didn't buy anything, and only ate in the cafeteria, she estimated that she could only last for three months at most.
But whatever, as long as she's alive, there's always hope. Once she gets to school, she'll look for a job as soon as possible. As for tuition, she'll apply for a scholarship for students from impoverished families.
The saleswoman smiled and handed Ye Wenyu a box of gold jewelry, saying, "The receipt is inside. You can exchange your old jewelry for new ones later—" She kept babbling on and on, but Ye Wenyu glanced at her watch. Twenty minutes had passed since eight o'clock. She was worried that her mother was in a hurry to move and wouldn't wait for her, so she would have wasted her money on the gold jewelry. Therefore, before the saleswoman could finish speaking, she grabbed all the gold jewelry and ran away as fast as she could.
She ran home at top speed, and when she opened the door, she was out of breath. A man in his fifties was sitting on the sofa in the living room. He looked very honest. When he saw Ye Wenyu, he immediately stood up nervously.
Zhang Susu had already packed her luggage and was sitting on the sofa. She had been chatting and laughing with the man, looking very sweet, but when she saw her daughter, she became a little embarrassed. She stood up with a slightly flushed face and introduced him to Ye Wenyu: "This is Old Wang, you can call him Uncle Wang, he's my—"
Ye Wenyu understood, glanced at Old Wang, nodded politely, and called out, "Uncle Wang," as a greeting.
Uncle Wang smiled at Ye Wenyu.
Zhang Susu said to Ye Wenyu, "He came to help me move my luggage."
Ye Wenyu nodded again, thinking that this older man might be a good match, and that her mother might have found the right person.
Remembering her plan, she took out the four pieces of gold jewelry from her pocket, stuffed them into Zhang Susu's hand, and said with a smile, "Mom, this is your dowry from your daughter."
Seeing that her mother had no jewelry on her hands or body, and that after eighteen years of hardship, she was finally going to find her own happiness, how could she, as her own daughter, watch her get married like this? That's why she made up her mind to go to the jewelry store and buy her gold jewelry.
Zhang Susu was stunned for a moment, and said, "What is this?" But her hands couldn't help but open the jewelry box. When she saw the gleaming gold bracelet, the leaf-shaped gold earrings, the heart-shaped gold pendant necklace set with rubies, and the large gold ring, she was shocked and surprised. She asked Ye Wenyu, "Where did you get the money?" She immediately pulled her daughter to a secluded place and said sternly in a low voice, "Did you borrow money from loan sharks online? You can't borrow from those. Mom doesn't need these things. Return them immediately!"
Although he's about to get married, he still disciplines his daughter the same way he always has.
Ye Wenyu felt a surge of warmth in her heart and smiled as she said, "Mom, don't worry, it's not like that." She now understood that although her family was gone and her mother had remarried, her mother still loved her, and their blood ties would never change.
"Where did you get the money?"
Ye Wenyu looked at Zhang Susu, who looked puzzled, took the jewelry box from her hand, and said to her, "You gave it to me. Do you remember? Ten days ago, you gave me 20,000."
As Ye Wenyu spoke, she took out jewelry from the jewelry box and put it on her mother one by one.
Zhang Susu didn't refuse, but she was still puzzled. She asked, "But didn't you spend the money on your trip abroad? Where did you get the money?"
"Hahaha, hahaha," Ye Wenyu laughed charmingly.
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