The events of my past life are long gone.
At the time, Xu Guiying was selling dumplings at her stall when a group of teenagers, around ten years old, got drunk and whistled at Ruyu. When Xu Guiying tried to stop them, she was pushed aside. One of them was Cheng Wei's son, who, taking advantage of his drunkenness, tried to undress Ruyu. Xu Guiying shielded Ruyu and was hit on the head...
At the time, Xu Guiying was seriously injured and had lung cancer, so she was bedridden and unable to move. She overheard Song Guomin and the Cheng family talking about compensation and learned that the man who had injured her was surnamed Cheng and named Cheng Chengcai.
His father's name is Cheng Wei, and he is the director of a certain bureau.
The Cheng family paid them off to settle the matter.
After a long time, when Xu Guiying heard Cheng Wei's name again, she clenched her fists. What she couldn't avoid was ultimately unavoidable.
Xu Guiying: "How did he find you?"
Qian Yu'an shook his head: "I don't know either. That day, when I came out of the library, he suddenly stopped me. He was an architecture student."
Xu Guiying's face darkened. "It's alright. Come on, let's go have lunch first. After your get out of class, we'll go home together."
Qian Yu'an's eyes were red. "Mom, it's all my fault."
"Why blame you? This has nothing to do with you! The blame should fall on those people, it has absolutely nothing to do with you!"
At noon, Xu Guiying and Qian Yu'an ate in the cafeteria. When classes started in the afternoon, Xu Guiying sat downstairs and waited.
After Qian Yu'an finished class, the two returned to Heping Lane together.
Xu Guiying sat in the room for a long time, but still couldn't remember who Cheng Mingwei was.
Grandpa and Grandma Song were still at home, and the elderly couple felt that something was wrong with Qian Yu'an.
Grandma Song opened the door and came in, asking:
"Guiying, what's wrong with Yu'an?"
Xu Guiying stood up. "Mom, I'm going out for a bit. You stay home. I'll be right back."
Grandma Song: Where are you going?
"I have something to do at the supply and marketing cooperative."
Grandma Song didn't ask any more questions.
Before Xu Guiying could even leave the house, Cheng Wei came knocking.
Cheng Wei seemed to be just passing by when he knocked on the Song family's door.
As soon as Xu Guiying opened the door, she stared at that disgusting face and wished she could kick him away!
What are you doing here?
Cheng Wei rode a mountain bike and looked inside. "Oh, this is Qian Yu'an's house."
Grandpa Song and Grandma Song were making dumplings in the kitchen when they called out, "Guiying, who is it?"
Qian Yu'an immediately came out of the house, and through the crack in the door, she caught a glimpse of Cheng Wei's disgusting face!
Cheng Wei smiled sinisterly, "I've finally found your house. I've never failed at anything I set my mind to."
Xu Guiying: "There's a criminal police officer living up ahead. If you don't get out of here, I'll break your legs!"
Cheng Wei scoffed, "You guys?!"
After saying that, Cheng Wei rode away on his bicycle.
Xu Guiying's back was sweating, but she forced herself to remain calm and returned to the main room, saying to Qian Yu'an, "It's nothing, I'll go out for a bit."
Xu Guiying changed her clothes, rode her bicycle out, and parked it outside Song Yun's house. She called Mo Hong's name a few times, but no one answered, so she guessed he wasn't home.
Xu Guiying then rode her bicycle to Minghua Agricultural Products Company in the south of the city.
After Brother Ding was transferred, he came here.
Soon, Xu Guiying was called into Brother Ding's office.
"Guiying, what brings you here?" Brother Ding asked in surprise.
Xu Guiying sighed. After so many years of friendship, she asked directly, "Boss, are you busy right now?"
"No, no, what's wrong?"
Xu Guiying: "I've thought about it a lot, but I don't know who to ask. I just want to ask you about someone. Do you know Cheng Mingwei?"
Judging from Cheng Wei's tone, Cheng Mingwei is probably an official. Ding Ge also likes to read newspapers and watch the news. It was Ding Ge who told Xu Guiying about the Qin family's affairs.
Brother Ding chuckled, "Cheng Mingwei, I know him."
"What kind of official is he?"
Brother Ding pursed his lips and shook his head. "He's not an official, he's the deputy director of a military factory."
Xu Guiying's mouth dropped open.
Seeing her expression, Brother Ding clicked his tongue and said, "That's not the most important thing. Do you know Tong Industry?"
Xu Guiying thought for a moment; the name seemed somewhat familiar, but she didn't have a strong impression of it.
"Surname Tong?"
Brother Ding nodded: "When Yingying was in the hospital before, wasn't that blond guy surnamed Tong? He's that blond guy's... grandfather, right? Oh, right, he's Liu Aimei's... man's father!"
Xu Guiying frowned even more deeply. "Then why is his surname Cheng? Could it be that he was born to another woman?"
Brother Ding: "You guessed half right. Tong Shiye was sent to the countryside as an educated youth and had a son with a female educated youth. He took his mother's surname, Cheng, and was raised in the countryside. Later, Cheng Mingwei's mother passed away, and Tong Shiye took Cheng Mingwei back to the city to raise him."
"Guiying, why are you asking about this?"
Xu Guiying sighed, "It's nothing, just a little trouble."
She frowned, realizing she would have to make a trip to the Qin family. Before leaving, she couldn't help but ask a question.
"Boss, how did you know?"
Ding scoffed, "What is it that I don't know? During the previous state-owned enterprise conference, Cheng Mingwei got drunk and started bragging. The Tong family is already in dire straits, yet he still thinks he's some kind of prince."
Xu Guiying nodded and thanked her sincerely.
"Why are you being so polite with me? By the way, how's the supply and marketing cooperative?"
Xu Guiying smiled and said, "Everyone misses you. Come back and get together when you have time."
"Okay, no problem."
Xu Guiying hurriedly rode her bicycle to the Qin family's house.
This was the first time Xu Guiying had taken the initiative to visit the Qin family.
The Song family were just ordinary people, and most of the people they knew were also ordinary people. The only ones who could be considered famous were the Qin family.
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