Chapter 2 Taking Back What Belongs to Me
But when he saw the mess in the house, he was stunned and shouted, "Chen Shuang, Gui Hua, you...what the hell are you doing?"
When they heard Ruan Dejun's voice, Xie Guihua and Ruan Chenshuang were stunned.
At this time, Ruan Chuxia, who was standing aside with her arms folded, appeared unusually calm.
When Ruan Chenshuang rushed over and tried to grab Ruan Chuxia's hair.
Ruan Chuxia dodged lightly, causing Ruan Chenshuang to miss and fall down.
"Ouch!" Ruan Chenshuang screamed in pain.
She raised her head in embarrassment and saw a pair of clean leather boots.
"Comrade, are you okay?"
A low and steady voice sounded. Ruan Chenshuang looked up and saw a sturdy man standing in front of her, looking at her with a frown.
“It’s… it’s you!”
Ruan Chenshuang was shocked, and a hint of dissatisfaction and an almost imperceptible greed flashed in her eyes.
The man's eyebrows rose slightly, with a hint of doubt in his eyes, "Have we met before?"
Ruan Chenshuang's body suddenly stiffened, and she stared at the man in front of her with resentful eyes.
She slapped his hand away and stood up.
"No!"
Ruan Chenshuang answered in a bad tone.
Of course, she recognized this man, Chen Rong, Xiao Zhiyu's most trusted guard.
In the previous life, after Xiao Zhiyu passed away, he was the one who took care of himself.
However, after marrying Xiao Zhiyu, Ruan Chenshuang did not taste true happiness. Instead, she developed a crush on Chen Rong, but was rejected. Later, she caused a lot of trouble and even angered the entire Xiao family. In the end, she was kicked out and spent the rest of her life in frustration.
Facing Ruan Chenshuang's cold attitude, Chen Rong looked at her disheveled appearance with messy hair and had no good feelings towards her at all.
"Is this the person the village head asked me to pick up?" Chen Rong asked with a frown.
“It’s her!”
Ruan Chenshuang quickly pulled Ruan Chuxia, who was watching the fun on the side, with an expression of gloating yet jealousy on her face.
"She is the one who will marry Xiao Zhiyu and live a hard life!"
Ruan Chuxia slowly opened her eyes and saw that Chen Rong's face suddenly turned cold, and she couldn't help but smile sarcastically.
A fool is a fool, even if he is reborn he still has no brains.
Ridiculing Xiao Zhiyu's ability in front of Chen Rong like this is nothing but courting death!
Seeing that Chen Rong's face was not right, Ruan Dejun was afraid of offending the other party, so he hurriedly covered Ruan Chenshuang's chattering mouth and warned her in a low voice angrily.
"Chen Shuang, what are you talking about? Xiao Lichang is obviously doing well, why is he living a hard life?"
"A few days ago you were still clamoring to marry him, but now you're changing your mind!"
Ruan Chenshuang then realized that she had said the wrong thing and her face turned pale with fright.
She looked frightened, and it was obvious that she had been bullied by the Xiao family before!
Ruan Chenshuang tried to remain calm and whispered dissatisfiedly, "Anyway, I will never marry. The Xiao family originally wanted Ruan Chuxia!"
Ruan Chuxia raised her eyebrows and said with a smile.
"I'm willing to marry you, but you have to return to me all the things my mother left behind and all the money she earned from selling things over the years!"
"What's going on here?"
Chen Rong raised his eyebrows, his expression became more serious, and he looked directly at Xie Guihua, who was feeling guilty.
Xie Guihua was exposed in public as a harsh stepdaughter and the relics of her original wife.
I was so scared by being stared at by this man that I almost fell down.
Her lips trembled and she couldn't speak for a long time. Finally, she just sat on the ground, crying and grabbing Ruan Dejun with tears in her eyes.
"Oh my god! What a sin! This is your daughter! Look how cruel she is to me!"
"How heartless!"
Xie Guihua cried and made a scene, confusing right and wrong. Ruan Dejun was at his wit's end. He rubbed his hands and blushed as he explained, "It's a misunderstanding. It's all a misunderstanding."
Then he glared at Ruan Chuxia and said sternly, "Chuxia, quickly explain to them how you could frame your stepmother!"
Until now, Ruan Dejun is still partial to her and always blames her when something goes wrong.
Every time, Ruan Chuxia would feel deeply helpless and disappointed.
Ruan Chuxia gently raised her eyelids.
After so many years, she has long seen the reality and is completely disappointed with this cheap father. She doesn't expect him to be a human being at all.
Her heart was filled with indifference and determination, and she no longer wanted to have any illusions about this family.
Ruan Chuxia said expressionlessly.
"Misunderstanding? What do you mean?"
Her voice was calm and even, as if she was talking about something insignificant.
"Is it a misunderstanding that you sold my mother's belongings and enjoyed life? Or is it also a misunderstanding that you made me work every day and sleep in a straw hut?"
Ruan Chuxia's voice was full of sarcasm.
Chen Rong frowned. He first looked at Ruan Chenshuang and her daughter, and then at Ruan Chuxia.
The scene before him surprised him a little. They were obviously a family, but they were treated so differently.
Although the Ruan family was poor, Ruan Chenshuang and her daughter were well-dressed, especially Ruan Chenshuang, who wore a red dress that looked very out of place in such a remote village.
Looking at Ruan Chuxia again, she was wearing a faded, patched coarse cloth dress.
Despite this, it still cannot hide her fair and delicate skin and slender and soft waist.
Obviously, her life in the Ruan family was not easy.
Chen Rong understood the situation and his expression became more serious.
I don't understand how anyone could treat their stepdaughter so callously.
Xie Guihua not only treated her stepdaughter harshly, but also occupied property that belonged to others, and even had the delusion of marrying her off!
Chen Rong felt that this woman was extremely shameless, and he became even more determined to help Ruan Chuxia.
Seeing Chen Rong lost in thought, his expression serious, Ruan Chuxia smiled and asked, "Comrade, if I were to report my stepmother for mistreating me and taking other people's things, how would the higher-ups deal with it?"
Her tone was relaxed, but her eyes were filled with anticipation and hope.
Chen Rong glanced at Xie Guihua, whose face had turned pale, then straightened up and said to Ruan Chuxia, who was standing in front of him, "As long as you report it, you can get all the compensation you deserve. Your stepmother will also be punished, and this will be recorded!"
Hearing this, Xie Guihua's eyes widened and she was so scared that she almost couldn't stand.
She understood what consequences she was about to face, and the fear in her heart almost made her collapse.
She quickly grabbed her husband Ruan Dejun's arm, and even though she was extremely reluctant, she could only say with pain: "Hurry up, take out all your money and give it to me."
At this moment, her face was full of panic and helplessness.
Ruan Dejunmin nodded in panic, staggered into the house, and soon came out with an old wooden box and a small package wrapped in several layers of handkerchiefs.
"This is... these are the things your mother left behind, along with some of the money we saved, a few ten-yuan bills, food coupons, cloth coupons, and the rest of the gold and silver jewelry. I'll give them all to you."
"Look, is this enough?"
Ruan Dejun's voice trembled and his eyes avoided, for fear of offending his daughter.
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