Su Ruyi thought for a long time before she remembered that this was Chen Weixing's daughter Chen Yuanyuan's very poor best friend.
What was her name again, Lily?
Oh, right, Wu Lili!
Su Ruyi almost blurted it out, but stopped herself before she could finish.
She coughed and asked in a rough voice, "Why is the little girl traveling by train alone?"
Wu Lili sighed, "I was a sent-down youth. This time I went back to my hometown to visit a friend. She... she's really sick."
Could Wu Lili's best friend be Chen Yuanyuan?
Su Ruyi's mind flashed with Chen Weixing's greasy pig face, and she couldn't help but feel nauseous.
However, Chen Yuanyuan was a good person, and they had even become sworn sisters.
However, it wasn't appropriate to ask Wu Lili rashly whether her seriously ill sister was actually Chen Yuanyuan.
Su Ruyi decided to slowly probe for information along the way, hoping to get some clues out of him.
Wu Lili had long regarded Su Ruyi, who helped her get rid of the man who was taking up her seat, as a kind-hearted aunt.
Seeing Su Ruyi ask, she hesitated for a moment, then launched into a long explanation: "My surname is Wu, and my name is Wu Lili. My best friend... let's call her Yuanyuan. We've known each other since we were toddlers. Her... her dad was arrested and sentenced a few days ago..."
It really was Chen Yuanyuan!
As Wu Lili recounted the story, Su Ruyi learned that Chen Weixing's biggest backer was Xia Dong.
Because of Xia Dong's downfall, Chen Weixing was also thoroughly investigated and soon imprisoned.
One morning without warning, the Chen family's gate was smashed to pieces by a group of angry employees of the supply and marketing cooperative and their families.
However, the neighbor across the hall was terrified, but since they had always had a good relationship with the Chen family, they called the machinery factory and told Chen Yuanyuan.
When Chen Yuanyuan and Wu Lili took leave and rushed back, the Chen family home was already in a mess.
These employees and their families had been severely oppressed by Chen Weixing and had long harbored resentment towards him.
After they smashed the gate, how could they leave?
They naturally rushed into the house like a pack of hungry wolves.
They ransacked every room, even prying open the hidden safe next to Chen Weixing's bed.
Wu Lili pointed to the empty safe: "Yuanyuan, what's inside..."
Chen Yuanyuan felt her vision go black: "This..."
She knew a little bit about it; her father had kept cash, several thick stacks of receipts, and a lot of small yellow croakers in this safe.
My mother's jewelry is also kept in this safe.
Now, it is empty, as if nothing has ever been placed inside.
However, she cannot make it public yet.
Because everything inside was obtained dishonestly.
She couldn't even report it to the police.
Chen Yuanyuan pursed her lips tightly: "Lily... there was nothing in here to begin with."
Wu Lili understood her gaze: "Then... what are you going to do now?"
Chen Yuanyuan clenched her fists: "The supply and marketing cooperative has already called our factory and told me to vacate the house first thing tomorrow morning."
After saying that, she went to her room—and sure enough, all her clothes were gone, not even a pair of socks were left.
She rushed to the bathroom and discovered that even her toothbrush was gone!
Wu Lili suddenly screamed, "Yuanyuan, where's Yaozong?!"
Chen Yuanyuan immediately broke out in a cold sweat—where was her brother?
Because he was unbeatable in the entire school, Chen Yaozong had been rejected by all the primary schools in Haicheng. So, for the past six months, Chen Yaozong had been locked in his room and cried until his voice was hoarse every day.
However, this is also his own fault.
However, Chen Yaozong's room door is wide open now!
Chen Yuanyuan hesitated before going inside—the place was also a mess.
She crouched down and peered under the bed—no one was there.
When Chen Yuanyuan stood up again, she felt dizzy. Wu Lili quickly supported her, saying, "Yuanyuan, don't try to tough it out on your own. Why don't we go find your aunt? She's an elder after all..."
“My aunt hates me the most…” Chen Yuanyuan said weakly as Wu Lili helped her up. “You know, it’s because she hates my mom the most, and I look exactly like her… This year during the Spring Festival, she told me in front of all our relatives and friends that I should never set foot in their house again!”
“But doesn’t she cherish Yaozong a lot? It’s better to tell her about this sooner rather than later. Although I suspect that Yaozong ran away on his own, your aunt will still blame you in the future!” Wu Lili advised.
“You’re right!” Chen Yuanyuan made up her mind. “Let’s go find my aunt!”
Chen Weixing's younger sister, Chen Weiyue, is an extremely patriarchal woman.
When the two girls arrived at the entrance of her apartment building, she only opened the door a crack: "Chen Yuanyuan? You unlucky bastard, didn't I tell you never to set foot in our house again? All you do is bring bad luck to other people's homes. Look at your face, just like your short-lived mother!"
Chen Yuanyuan couldn't get a word in edgewise after Chen Weiyue's outburst.
It was Wu Lili, who was standing behind her, who spoke up while Chen Weiyue paused to catch her breath: "Auntie, Chen Yaozong is missing. We came to tell you about this!"
"Where did I go?" Suddenly, Chen Yaozong's head popped out from beside Chen Weiyue. "When those people kicked down the door, I called my aunt, and she picked me up immediately!"
Seeing Chen Yaozong eating with grease dripping from his mouth, holding a large chicken leg in one hand and a sponge cake in the other, Chen Yuanyuan turned pale.
She pulled Wu Lili aside, said nothing more, and turned to leave.
Wu Lili took Chen Yuanyuan back to her home.
However, she never expected that her father would block the entrance to her small courtyard and refuse to let Chen Yuanyuan in.
The job that Chen Yuanyuan's father, Chen Weixing, found for her was all arranged by someone he knew. But now he's not letting Chen Yuanyuan into the house, and his reason is utterly absurd: "The Chen family has suffered a terrible misfortune, don't think I don't know! This girl is such bad luck, let her get away from here! Bah, bah, bah!"
Wu Lili's father was a gambler and a very superstitious man.
Upon hearing this, Chen Yuanyuan turned pale and trembled all over.
Wu Lili's face turned bright red with anger: "Dad! How did you get that job? Do I need to remind you? You shouldn't be such a terrible person, okay?"
"That lousy job? You think I want it? It's all mud and water all day long, I'm fed up with it already! Don't think that just because you found me a lousy job you're some kind of benefactor to the Wu family!"
As he spoke, he moved closer to Chen Yuanyuan: "Girl, have some shame! How dare you, with such bad luck, come near my Lily?!"
Chen Yuanyuan's eyes were filled with tears, and she tried hard to lift her head to keep the tears from falling.
Wu Lili rushed over, pulled Chen Yuanyuan away, and rammed her head into her father's chest: "You're inhuman!"
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