"Don't cause any more trouble. Xu Zijiang has too much influence here, and we can't do anything about him. You'd better stay away from him and that educated youth Yu Jiu for the first two years, and we'll talk about it later."
"What! Dad, are you just going to abandon me like this? Mom! Brother!"
Li Nannan stared at the three of them in disbelief. Her mother and brother lowered their eyes to avoid her gaze, which meant they were indifferent.
"Fine! Very well! You don't need to worry about me anymore, you can all go back! Just let me die here! I don't need you to care if I die here!"
She broke down and swept the medicine from the bedside table, even pulling out the needle, blood spurting from her hands.
“You’ve made me lose all face, and you still have the nerve to cause trouble! Finish your IV drip today and you’ll be discharged. Your brother went to the post office and found out your luggage has arrived. Tomorrow we’ll go with you to get it, take you back to your unit, and then we’ll leave.”
Li Nannan's father said in an unquestionable manner.
"Waaaaah."
Li Nannan was at her wits' end and could only hug her knees and cry bitterly. At this moment, she deeply regretted doing this. There was no going back now. What should she do? Waaaaah.
But crying won't help; the matter is already settled, and it's already quite kind of her father to still be willing to give her money.
On the other side, after Yu Jiu returned safely, he was once again subjected to a barrage of stares from everyone. Zhao En came up to him and asked him affectionately.
"Yu, are you alright? Li's parents don't seem like easy people to get along with. Did they bully you at the police station?"
Yu Jiu shook his head slightly, then stepped into the female educated youth's room.
Zhao En was thoroughly humiliated and could only sheepishly return to his room. Yu Caihong thought to herself, "The world is about to have another heartbroken man."
"Yu Zhiqing, have you had breakfast?"
"Yu, you're off to work?"
"Yu, the educated youth..."
The next day, Yu Jiu went to work with her naturally pretty face. On the way, almost everyone in the team greeted her. As soon as she left the educated youth settlement, she received all sorts of warm greetings. There was no jealousy, only liking and envy. Although the title "Educated Youth Yu" made her head ache, it was still a good thing. It was better for people to like her face than to be jealous of her, or like Tang Xiaohuan, who wanted to kill her.
"I feel like I came to the right place!"
Yu Jiu sighed, saying that she actually quite liked living here.
But people can't stand being nagged. She had just finished praising the wonderful life here when a series of upsetting things immediately followed.
"Yu Zhiqing, please help me persuade that kid Xu Zijiang! How could he do this? He's trying to kill me!"
Just after finishing work in the afternoon, a thin old man rushed over and kept shouting for help at Yu Jiu.
Yu Jiu was stunned. Who was this person? Even if she needed someone to save her life, it shouldn't be her turn, right?
"This is the team leader's uncle, Xu Liang. We all call him Uncle Xu."
Yu Caihong quietly whispered some scientific knowledge to Yu Jiu.
Oh, Captain's uncle? Then you shouldn't ask her for help even more. Wouldn't it be better to go directly to the captain?
"Um, I might not be able to save him..."
"No! Yu Zhiqing! Only you can save me! You don't know, that brat Xu Zijiang, he gets a subsidy when he comes back from the army! His parents died a long time ago. He used to live with us and eat and drink with us. He was fine for the past few years, giving us a subsidy every month to repay us."
Now he says he won't give it to me, and he just won't! Guess what he said? He's getting married, and he'll have to save the money to support his wife! What kind of brat forgets his family after getting married?
"I believe Yu Zhiqing is definitely not that kind of greedy person. Even if we marry him in the future, he definitely won't be fixated on this money, right?"
Our family is large but we have few able-bodied members. The work points we earn aren't even enough to exchange for food. Without this subsidy, our family will not survive; we will die! Yu Zhiqing, please have pity on us and let Ziji continue to give us the money. Our whole family will be grateful to you!
If all else fails, I'll kneel down and beg you!
Xu Liang said with a mournful face, and even made a move to kneel down.
Yu Jiu understood what was going on, but this was still none of her business! She had no intention of marrying Xu Zijiang! She immediately stepped aside, and Xu Liang knelt down in front of the empty space with a thud.
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What's wrong with her? If she doesn't want him to kneel, can't she at least help him up? Xu Liang awkwardly rubbed his knees and silently got up on his own.
"Yu, the educated youth, I..."
"Stop, Uncle Xu, listen to me first. First, this is your family matter, I can't and shouldn't interfere. Second, the money belongs to the team leader, if you want money, you have to talk to the team leader, you can't talk to anyone else. Third, don't say that he forgot his family after getting married, he's not married yet, as far as I know he's currently single."
Furthermore, is there absolutely no exaggeration in what you're saying? The team leader ate and drank at your house for several years, how much did he spend in total? I believe that given the team leader's character, he wouldn't be unwilling to repay the money he spent at your house. Has he already paid back the subsidies from the previous years?
Besides, we should help in emergencies, not in chronic poverty. Whether your family is poor or not has nothing to do with the team leader. If the team leader is willing to give you money, it's because he's a good person; if he's not willing to give it now, that's normal too. Just because he's not willing to give it now doesn't mean he's a bad person, right?
Yu Jiu called for a halt. She stood not far away, calmly refuting Xu Liang's words one by one, her eyes serene, her beautiful lips slightly pursed in displeasure.
Although she didn't know the implications, she trusted Xu Zijiang's character. How could someone who was willing to do good deeds every day, protect his teammates, and protect the public be so bad to his family? She simply didn't believe Xu Zijiang was a bad person!
"What are you saying! How is that exaggerated! He's been with our family since he was nine! We raised him, so what's wrong with him repaying us? Otherwise, he'd be an ingrate. Yu Zhiqing, did you encourage him to do this?"
Otherwise, why would he have been willing to give us money before, but stopped after meeting you? Let me tell you, Yu Zhiqing, don't think you can boss men around just because you're pretty. That won't work. A woman should be virtuous and gentle. No matter how pretty you are, you won't be popular if you act like this, and men will get tired of you.”
Xu Liang suddenly became impassioned, lecturing Yu Jiu as if he were doing it for his own good, in a very fatherly manner.
Yu Jiu rolled her beautiful eyes silently.
"I encouraged him? Fine, since you put it that way, it would be a disservice if I didn't do it. I'm going to find the captain right now! Let's see if he's tired of me or annoyed by you!"
Yu Jiu's temper flared up. He didn't go to the captain, but came to her instead. Wasn't he afraid of the captain? She was determined to expose this to the captain!
Anyone can tattle!
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