As they talked, they got angry and started pointing out each other's shortcomings, then began hurling insults at each other. It looked like they were about to escalate to the next step and start fighting.
Several more people ran over from the other side, shouting from afar, "Stop! Stop fighting!"
Xu Ningyan took a look and exclaimed, "Wow, this is quite a lively day! Isn't this Xu Yinlai and his wife?"
Did they rush back too?
Without a doubt, they're here because of Gu Zhiyuan's return to the capital.
Sure enough, Xu Yinlai and his wife ran up to them, panting and still not quite standing, when Shen Yue'e looked at them warily: "What do you want with Siya?"
Miao Cuihua and Wan Chunni, though unconvinced, said, "We just heard from you that the man surnamed Gu abandoned Siya and ran back to the capital alone, so we came to comfort Siya and give her some advice!"
Xu Yinlai frowned: "Couldn't you have waited until we got back to do this shameful and disgraceful thing? Why did you have to make such a fuss in broad daylight, as if you were afraid no one would know?"
Shen Yue'e was even more blunt: "Si Ya's father and I are back, so you don't need to worry about this! We, as her parents, will take care of it! If you really want to care for Si Ya, go back and kill a chicken and cook her a good meal. That would be better than standing here just munching on your food!"
Miao Cuihua and Wan Chunni saw that Shen Yue'e was trying to get rid of them, so they refused.
Stubbornly refusing to leave, they said, "We're just gossipy people? We'd like to see what nice things you parents can actually say!"
Xu Yinlai looked at Xu Ningyan with a serious expression: "Such a big thing happened, why didn't you tell us? You just slunk back to your hometown like that? What about your skills against your own people? Why don't you show them? I think you're just a bully who's only good at dealing with his own people!"
They seemed to be disappointed in him.
Xu Ningyan was completely dumbfounded. "Did I give you face? How dare you talk to me like that?"
Shen Yue'e was even more audacious: "You spineless coward! You got dumped and all you do is hide back in the countryside crying, making your parents lose all face! How could we have given birth to such a good-for-nothing? Didn't you know to come to us back then? With your parents and two older brothers around, would we have let you suffer this loss for nothing?"
"Now you know the pain of not having your family backing you up, right?"
When he got excited, he would poke Xu Ningyan's forehead with his finger.
Xu Ningyan frowned and avoided Shen Yue'e's hand: "Try touching one of my fingers?"
Shen Yue'e hesitated for a moment, then timidly withdrew her finger. "Why are you still so stubborn? Alright, we, as your parents, can't argue with you like that! We still have to think about you! We can't let this loss go unpunished! What's the use of hiding in the countryside and crying? You'll cry your eyes out and still not be able to bring your man back!"
"Come back to the county with us now. Call us or send us a telegram, we need Gu Zhiyuan to give you an explanation! We're innocent young women, and he just throws us away like that? How are we going to live? Will we ever get married again?"
Xu Yinlai, more composed, continued, "Did Gu Zhiyuan leave you any instructions before he left? Did he leave any messages?"
Xu Ningyan looked at Xu Yinlai with a half-smile: "Whether you have it or not, it's none of your business."
"How can this not be our business! You're our daughter, we have to stand up for you, we can't just let this go! Gu Zhiyuan has given up on things, he's gone back to Beijing, but what about his job? How's his work situation being handled?"
"Such a good job, you can't bring it back to Beijing, can you? He's gone, so there's an extra position, right? Has anyone said how this position will be arranged? Putting everything else aside, he's gone, so this job should be yours, right?"
Seeing that Xu Ningyan remained silent, Xu Yinlai grew anxious: "Say something! Has Gu Zhiyuan given us any explanation about this job? If he leaves but leaves you with the job, that's fine! But if he leaves without leaving you the job and without any compensation, that's absolutely unacceptable! We're going to sue him! We'll sue him for hooliganism!"
Xu Ningyan glanced at the group of people and felt disgusted by their greedy faces.
I wanted to annoy them a little: "Even if I keep this job, what does it have to do with you? Why are you in such a hurry?"
"How can it not be a problem? If you really have to keep the job, it can go to your eldest brother or your second brother, it's all in the family! Don't worry, as long as you give up the job, your mother, your two brothers, and I will remember your kindness for the rest of our lives—"
Miao Cuihua and Wan Chunni, who were standing nearby, became anxious upon hearing this.
In terms of legitimacy, the second wife is naturally number one.
But they were unwilling to give up, and immediately said, "Siya, don't listen to your parents. That heartless couple abandoned you in the countryside and never cared about you. What good do they remember about you? They're just fooling you! Once they got the job, they turned their backs on you!"
"Of course! I know what kind of thing he's got, right? That's a lie! Those parents are even more ruthless than us. What do you call trying to get something for nothing?!"
Shen Yue'e became agitated: "What do you mean by deceiving her? What do you mean by getting something for nothing? Siya is our daughter, this job should belong to our second branch of the family. When did it become your place to speak?"
"Third son's wife, I know you're resentful! But you have to keep it to yourself. Who told you your daughters weren't as capable as Fourth Sister? If your Second Sister could get a job, we wouldn't object to giving it to your eldest son! But Fourth Sister belongs to our second branch of the family, so naturally, any job she gets should go to our second branch first—"
"Your plan was heard by the entire next brigade! You're just trying to scam Si Ya's husband out of his job! Do you think nobody can't see through it?! Pah—"
...
As they talked, Shen Yue'e and Wan Chunni started arguing fiercely.
In a fit of anger, they grabbed each other's hair and rolled around on the ground in a heap.
Seeing them rolling around, Xu Ningyan was afraid that if they rolled to her feet, she would be unable to resist kicking them out with a powerful kick.
So he took two steps back.
Seeing this, Xu Changfeng, who had just come down from the mountain, immediately changed his perspective.
He jumped down the hillside behind him in a few quick strides, strode up to Xu Ningyan, shielded her behind him, and scolded, "What are you doing? Have you no shame in broad daylight? So many of you bullying a little girl?"
Xu Yinlai looked up irritably: "Who are you? You, you are—Brother Changfeng?"
His tone was hesitant, indicating uncertainty.
Xu Changfeng squinted at Xu Yinlai, glanced behind him, and then paused.
Upon hearing the voices of outsiders, Shen Yue'e and Wan Chunni felt embarrassed to continue fighting. Instead, they tacitly released their grip on each other, scrambled to their feet, and began tidying their clothes.
Upon hearing Xu Yinlai address Changfeng as "Brother Changfeng," Shen Yue'e shuddered almost imperceptibly.
She looked up in a panic, only to meet Xu Changfeng's suspicious gaze. The words she was about to say were swallowed back down. She coughed twice, lowered her head to avoid Xu Changfeng's eyes, and stammered, "Honey, let's go back today! Let Siya think it over carefully before we talk—"
After saying that, without waiting for Xu Yinlai's reply, he disappeared in a few moments, as if someone was chasing him.
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