Xiao Ran's father still gave Mo Yan face, so he nodded with a stern face and left.
Upon seeing his mother, Wei Lin instinctively shrank back, feeling the spot where he had been hit hurt even more, and his chest throbbed with pain.
“Mother… I really have no choice. My good brother is gone. We really want to take care of his wife and children, otherwise we will feel guilty.”
We went out together, but we didn't come back together.
Mo Yan looked at her son without saying anything else. He was very loyal to his brothers, but he was heartless and ungrateful to Xiao Ran.
“If you didn’t have a fiancée today, if you had never been with Xiao Ran, then I would think my son did the right thing. As long as you are willing, there is nothing you can’t do.”
But Wei Lin, you've been loyal and devoted to your brothers, but what about Xiao Ran?
How could you ruin a girl's life?
Wei Lin was in great pain and slapped his head hard.
“If Xiao Ran was chosen by our two families without your approval, you could say that it was wrong. But you personally begged Xiao Ran to marry you! You liked Xiao Ran and begged her to marry you.”
You two are already at the Civil Affairs Bureau. If you hadn't suddenly had a mission, you would already be husband and wife, wouldn't you?
Since you're with her, you have to take responsibility!
If this was a marriage arranged by them without his knowledge, he could say they had no feelings for each other and that it was an arranged marriage. But that's not the case; he asked for it himself.
"Since you know there's a lot of gossip going around in your area, do you think Xiao Ran might have experienced the same things?"
If you were the one who had to sacrifice, would you have the nerve to let someone else take care of Xiaoran and the child for you?
The most ridiculous thing in the world is that you have to take care of someone else's wife and children, while your own wife and children suffer all kinds of grievances.
On what grounds?
Mo Yan looked at Wei Lin and said everything that should and shouldn't have been said.
"Mother, I really never thought of hurting Xiao Ran. On the contrary, I care about Xiao Ran very much and I want to give Xiao Ran a home. Every word I said is from the bottom of my heart."
But Zhang Tu was our good brother. We went on missions together, we came back, but he was left there forever...
We were both in pain. All I could tell myself was to let go of my own feelings, let go of my love, and help him take care of his family.
"Bullshit!" Mo Yan couldn't stand it anymore and slapped him. "Who do you think you are? You should mind your own business first, not take care of others..."
Just think about what Wei Lin would face if you actually did that!
Besides, Zhang Lan isn't as weak as you imagine.
You said you wrote a letter postponing the wedding, how did you write it? Recite it to me word by word.
Mo Yan was certain there was something wrong with that letter, and of course, there was also something wrong with Wei Lin as a person.
Wei Lin was deeply shocked. Every word his mother said kept echoing in his mind. Giving up on Xiao Ran was the most painful thing for him, but he never thought about what Xiao Ran would go through in the future.
...
At that moment, Xiao Ran was outside, wanting to hear what Wei Lin thought. Zhang Lan, who was not far away, also ran over. She knew that Wei Lin was already preparing to submit a report, and he would marry Xiao Ran as long as she replied.
Having come this far, Zhang Lan could no longer stop; she couldn't back down in order to have a better life in the future.
She had no choice. She was a woman raising two children alone. Was she really going to spend her whole life in the mountains?
She used to look down on the money Zhang Tu earned, feeling that Zhang Tu didn't work hard enough and couldn't make any contributions, so there was no way she could become an official's wife.
Zhang Tu didn't originally need to work so hard on this mission, but he gave it his all to earn merit...
Zhang Lan pocketed all of Zhang Tu's compensation money, without even leaving a single penny for Zhang Tu's parents.
The two elderly people raised their son with great difficulty, but they didn't even have a chance to see him one last time, let alone see what the compensation money looked like.
If Zhang Lan wanted to win over Wei Lin, she had to provoke Xiao Ran and hopefully make Xiao Ran leave on her own. As she walked over, she saw Xiao Ran eavesdropping.
"Hello, may I speak with you privately for a few minutes?"
Xiao Ran looked at the woman and spoke very softly, deliberately using a very soft and strange voice.
Xiao Ran didn't know that there was a scientific name for that sound, "夹子音" (jiā zǐ yīn).
"Say what you have to say here. I don't want to talk to you alone. What if you say I'm bullying you?"
Xiao Ran isn't stupid. As soon as she finished speaking, she remembered what her aunt had said: "Want to cry... Oh no, what if she can't cry anymore?"
She's not the kind of person who can show her emotions all the time. Wasn't she crying before because she was angry with Wei Lin?
The moment she saw that scumbag, all the grievances and anger exploded in her mind, which is why she was hitting and crying at the same time. But now, facing Zhang Lan, there's nothing to cry about.
If I cry now, won't I just become a laughing stock?
Zhang Lan: "..."
Zhang Lan was immediately embarrassed; she could only perform well when no one else was around.
"I'm afraid it's inappropriate to say this here, since there are some things you probably don't want others to hear, right?"
Zhang Lan could only grit her teeth and force a smile.
"How could that be? I haven't done anything shameful, so what's there to be afraid of? On the contrary, if you are truly upright and honest, what are you afraid of?"
Why are you always coming up to me? What are you trying to talk to me about? We don't know each other, we only met today. Why are you always coming here, trying to get attention? Are you doing this on purpose?
Xiao Ran's barrage of questions left Zhang Lan completely bewildered, causing her to forget all the prepared answers.
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