Chapter 525 A Refined Young Lady from the Republican Era Gets the Male and Female Protagonists Killed (27)
While Zhao Hanying was busy preparing for the wedding, Zhang Jisheng was trying to borrow money.
General Liu had heard about his borrowing of money and took the initiative to talk to him.
"Not enough money for the wedding? We gave you so many silver dollars after the last victory, and you've spent it all?"
Zhang Jisheng shook his head with a troubled expression.
"We need to buy a house after getting married, so we're a bit tight on money."
How much more is needed?
"Don't worry, General, I can handle this little thing."
Zhang Jisheng isn't stupid.
Putting aside this critical juncture, all three major generals are waiting to be given important responsibilities.
If I were to trouble Commander Liu to resolve something as trivial as buying a house for my wedding, what would he think of me?
Sure enough, after Zhang Jisheng finished speaking, Commander Liu added a word of advice.
"In the future, resolve these kinds of matters privately, as long as it doesn't affect military discipline."
"I see."
Now, borrowing money is out of the question too.
A week passed quickly.
When Zhang Jisheng arrived, Jin Shu was already sitting in the library.
Standing next to her was a young man wearing glasses; Zhang Jisheng knew that this was Jin Shu's secretary.
No matter who passes by, they can't help but take a second look at Jin Shu.
She was exquisitely beautiful, like someone from a magazine, dazzlingly fair-skinned, wearing a light pink cheongsam and mandarin jacket with auspicious cloud-shaped gold pendants hanging from it.
Her wrist, holding the teacup, was slender and fair. A fine jade bracelet, translucent and white in color, was loosely wrapped around her wrist, making Jin Shu look even more noble and gorgeous.
Zhang Jisheng stood behind and watched for a while before walking forward and sitting opposite Jin Shu.
After seven days apart, she looked even better than before. Her black hair was neatly combed back and tied up with a jade hairpin, revealing her beautiful and full forehead.
Her classic elegant lady-in-waiting look stands out even more among the crowds with permed and curly hair these days.
How have you been these past few days?
"Very good, thank you for your concern, Major General Zhang. I have other matters to attend to later, so let's get straight to the point."
Zhang Jisheng nodded, then pulled out a wad of banknotes from his pocket.
"I have the money ready."
Jin Shu glanced at it and saw that it cost about ten thousand yuan.
He's a decent guy, you can easily provoke him with a few words.
"Thank you for your cooperation, Major General Zhang. From now on, let's go our separate ways. I wish you a happy and fulfilling marriage."
Jin Shu is not a mean person. If she gets what she deserves, she promises not to say a bad word about it.
Zhang Jisheng gritted his teeth and handed over the money, but the look in his eyes as he looked at Jin Shu clearly carried a different meaning.
"Jin Shu, I did all this to tell you that I am truly sorry for what I did in the past, and I hope you can forgive me."
"I forgive you."
Now that the accounts are settled, what's there to forgive or not forgive? Jin Shu isn't that idle; she doesn't spend all her time complaining about someone who has nothing to do with her.
Zhang Jisheng's face lit up with joy.
"You've finally forgiven me, so I..."
"Then we're even. We'll have nothing to do with each other from now on. I wish you a long and healthy life with many children."
Jin Shu got the money and left immediately, not giving Zhang Jisheng any chance to speak.
Zhang Jisheng, who had hoped to have a chance to mend their relationship, panicked upon seeing this and quickly stood up to chase after them.
"Jin Shu, since you've forgiven me, why are you still avoiding me?"
"I'm very busy, and are we even that close?"
"We used to be husband and wife, isn't that enough to make us close?"
"I see the old man who sells soy milk downstairs once a day, and the old lady who sells vegetables at the door once every two days."
Even with a relationship like that, I wouldn't dare say I'm very close to them, let alone someone like you whom I've only met two or three times in the past five years.
Where do you get the confidence to think you know me well?
Jin Shu spoke without holding back, leaving Zhang Jisheng no room for rebuttal.
"Then can't we just consider ourselves getting to know each other again? We can be friends."
"Sorry, my parents don't allow me to get too close to people I don't know well."
Zhang Jisheng then remembered that Jin Shu was an extremely conservative woman. She had said that, apart from her husband and father, most men who approached her had ulterior motives.
He used to be my husband.
Now I've become the one with malicious intentions.
Zhang Jisheng suddenly realized how much he had been unaware of his own good fortune when he was once so constrained.
Such a wonderful woman, and he just threw her away like trash.
Money can't buy a cure for regret.
Jin Shu got into the car and left without looking back, just as ruthless as he had been back then.
That evening, Zhang Jisheng returned to Wutong Mansion in a daze. Before he even went upstairs, he saw his mother and sister standing on either side of the door.
Zhang Jiqing was one thing, but Zhang's mother, who was quite old and ill, was also standing at the door.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Jisheng rushed forward, his face grim.
"Mom, what brings you here? How long have you been here?"
Zhang's mother supported her son, her face somewhat pale.
"Not long..."
"Not long? Brother, we've been standing here for over two hours! Your wife knows we're here, but she hasn't even invited us up to sit down!"
Zhang Jiqing's tone was resentful, full of grievances.
She was speaking very loudly, so Zhang Jisheng covered her mouth to tell her to be quiet.
"Speak, what's wrong now?"
Zhang Jiqing sounded a little anxious.
"Something's happened at home, brother, you need to think of something right away."
"What's up?"
What else could happen if the house was burned down?
Zhang's mother's eyes were filled with resentment as she spoke fiercely.
"That wicked woman Jin Shu left behind a mess! Now I, an old woman, have to fill it!"
"Jin Shu? What does this have to do with Jin Shu?"
Upon hearing this name, Zhang Jisheng, who had been impatient, immediately perked up.
Zhang Jiqing quickly replied.
“When our house caught fire before, it burned down to our neighbor’s house and the area under the municipality’s responsibility. They asked us to pay compensation, and Jin Shu offered to take care of it!”
We thought she was being so kind, but in the end she actually gave those people an IOU! And we're supposed to pay it back ourselves!!
Those people have already come to our door, demanding compensation!
I knew Jin Shu was up to no good! She's a vicious snake!
Zhang Jisheng understood; no matter what, they were coming to ask him for money again.
"Perhaps Jin Shu didn't have any money on hand at the time, so she just wrote an IOU temporarily."
“How could she not have money! I calculated it perfectly; she had at least three or four thousand yuan on hand at the time!”
Zhang's mother spoke with such confidence that she didn't see anything wrong with it.
Zhang Jisheng told her to keep her voice down again.
"Alright! Now that things have come to this, all you need to do is tell me how much more money you want!"
"Today, the neighbors and the municipal government came to ask for money. In total, it's more than 3,800 yuan."
Zhang Jiqing couldn't remember the exact number.
Anyway, they're pretty much the same.
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