After Hou Zhilin spoke, everyone started to cheer and helped Bai Jiaojiao up.
“How can Jiaojiao do so much by herself? She doesn’t even have enough time to study every day!” Xu Yue was determined to defend Bai Jiaojiao’s right to cook. If Bai Jiaojiao got too tired, how could she ever ask for help again?
Shu Manling added, "Exactly, I wonder how much effort it takes to make such delicate little dumplings."
Zhang Mai retorted, "You two really got to eat it, so you're going to leave us drooling?"
Hou Zhilin added even more weight: "Bai Jiaojiao, if you find it tiring, we can come to your house together and help you with the work!"
Bai Jiaojiao felt dizzy upon hearing this. She must be out of her mind to invite a group of classmates she wasn't even that close to to her house. Just thinking about it made her feel disgusted.
"Classmates, this really won't do. You've all seen my boyfriend. If he knew I was making shrimp dumplings for you, he would definitely be angry."
Sometimes Shen Heng's fierce demeanor is actually quite effective; after Bai Jiaojiao said that, no one dared to speak.
Only Hou Zhilin remained oblivious to the situation: "What kind of society is this now? He wouldn't dare hit someone, would he?"
"No matter what kind of society we live in, we definitely need to consider each other's feelings. So I'm really sorry everyone, but if I have the chance, I will definitely do it for you."
Bai Jiaojiao made a grand promise, and everyone readily accepted it.
Otherwise, if we continue the discussion, we'll be getting involved in their family matters, which is unacceptable.
Chen Meizhen suddenly felt a little relieved, thinking to herself that Bai Jiaojiao's life didn't seem as good as she had imagined. Marrying such a man, her life was ruined.
They even studied business, and now graduates of that major get guaranteed a government job. For people like them without connections, no matter how high their education, their future prospects are limited.
Chen Meizhen felt much better, and the bread in her hand tasted much better.
After this mountain climb, Bai Jiaojiao was truly terrified of Hou Zhilin. Before, she could nod and greet him when they met on the road, but now she avoids him from afar.
That day, Shen Heng was pulled to a side path by Bai Jiaojiao. He craned his neck and saw Hou Zhilin: "What's going on?"
On the first day of school, he could tell that this kid was up to no good. Seeing Bai Jiaojiao's appearance today, he wondered if Hou Zhilin had finally spoken to Bai Jiaojiao.
Shen Heng clenched his fists. Knowing it was his wife, he still dared to have such lewd intentions. He was really courting death.
But then Bai Jiaojiao said, "This person seems to be my nemesis; he's always causing me trouble."
Upon hearing that the person was an idiot, Shen Heng immediately loosened his fist: "He didn't bully you, did he?"
"With you here, who would dare to bully me?"
Shen Heng felt comforted by Bai Jiaojiao's words, and Bai Jiaojiao then told Shen Heng about the shrimp dumpling incident during their picnic last time.
"You really know me well. You're my wife, why should I make dumplings for them?"
If those classmates dared to come over without any sense of propriety, he would make sure they knew he wasn't just all looks.
"I thought you were going to say I was ruining your reputation again," Bai Jiaojiao said with a smile.
Shen Heng, who had a toothache, said, "Am I really that unreasonable, Bai Jiaojiao?"
The two went home together after class. As usual, they bought groceries first and were happily preparing to cook dinner together when the chaos at the door completely ruined their good mood.
The new door they made was covered in knife marks. Fortunately, Shen Heng knew that this would happen sooner or later, so he specially made a thick one.
The small garden that Old Gao had left behind, which Shen Heng had meticulously renovated, was now neatly arranged in front of their doorway. A row of red bricks was laid diagonally outside, with square corners neatly surrounding the garden. The ground inside had been turned over, and they were just waiting to ask the neighbors for some rose branches to plant.
But by this time, all the red bricks had been dug out, and there were still some water stains in the small garden.
Because it was a dry toilet, the cement slab covering the opening for carrying excrement at the entrance had been lifted, making the entire entrance area unbearably smelly.
Without even thinking, they both knew what had happened.
At this moment, the older woman who initially helped them buy the house came out. She stayed at home taking care of her children every day, so she naturally knew about any happenings in the neighborhood.
She was waiting for these two to come back.
The woman, who called herself Meng Hongmei, had helped the two men when they first moved in. She even provided them with tattered rags when Shen Heng was cleaning the house.
Meng Hongmei hurriedly came out of the house, covering her nose and frowning, saying, "You guys hurry up and tidy up, and then think about what to do. That Gao Peifu is a real scoundrel. After he made such a mess of you, he even threatened at the door that he would come every day from now on and would never let you have a single day of comfort."
The court has already agreed that the Gao family's house will be divided equally, because a house cannot be given to three households at the same time, so their children have priority to purchase the house.
Apart from the eldest sister, the other two siblings in the Gao family didn't have that much money. The eldest sister gave each of her older brother and sister a thousand yuan, and they bought all the houses for themselves.
Logically, Gao Peifu shouldn't have bothered with the matter after taking the money, but he clearly wasn't satisfied with what he was getting out of.
According to his logic, as the eldest son of the Gao family, everything in the house should belong to him.
But the court had already issued a verdict, and he had nowhere to vent his anger. So he did this: if he couldn't have it, he wouldn't let others have it either. He told his neighbors that if anyone dared to buy their old house from his sister, he would never forgive them!
With these threats, Gao Jie's house remained unsold. He was initially pleased, thinking that Gao Jie had a bad deal with the house, but he never expected that someone would be so reckless.
The news reached his ears rather late; almost two months had passed since Shen Heng and Bai Jiaojiao bought the house.
"Brother Heng, don't touch anything. Go call the police right now."
This matter was absolutely intolerable from the beginning. Although Bai Jiaojiao had a premonition that even if she called the police, it might not be a big deal for someone like Gao Peifu, she had to make it clear that they would fight to the end.
Shen Heng immediately replied, "I'll go right away."
“Sigh…” Meng Hongmei watched Shen Heng’s departing figure on his bicycle, hesitant to speak.
Bai Jiaojiao said, "Big sister, does this Gao Peifu have some kind of backing that even the police station can't touch?"
Meng Hongmei said, "Gao Peifu's brother-in-law is an official in the police station in our area. Even if you arrest him, he will be released later. It won't hurt you at all. But if you do this, it will only make him retaliate more fiercely."
Bai Jiaojiao said, "So, are we just going to tolerate it because we're afraid of his future retaliation?"
Meng Hongmei shook her head and said, "Even if you call the police, you didn't catch him in the act. What can you do if he doesn't admit it?"
Meng Hongmei's words implied that she would not come forward to testify.
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