But seeing Jingya standing prettily in front of him, and with her business acumen, he felt a sense of relief.
After Shen Jingyan finished delivering the gifts, she slung her basket over her shoulder and was about to leave when Chen Feng couldn't help but speak up.
"Jingya, didn't you buy anything for me and your sister?"
Shen Jingyan turned around and sneered. She had really underestimated Chen Feng's shamelessness.
In the garment section of the supply and marketing cooperative, how could someone who kept cursing her for having dirty money and insisted that she had a lover outside have the nerve to ask her for things?
“Jingya, that wool coat you bought fits me well too, why don’t you give it to me?”
Shen Yuqin spoke shamelessly, as if it were perfectly natural for her to ask Shen Jingyan for something.
"I'm giving this to you. Are you going to wear these new clothes to meet some random man?"
She asked back calmly, deliberately pronouncing the words "wild man" slowly and deliberately, her gaze carrying a deeper meaning.
One sentence made Shen Yuqin's face turn red and then green, looking extremely unpleasant.
Chen Jingyan's words can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
Chen Feng and Shen Yuqin fabricated rumors that she had a lover and bought him a military overcoat, but the overcoat was actually bought by Shen Jingyan as a gift to Shen Honggang. This matter has severely embarrassed the mother and daughter.
Shen Jingyan said she didn't have any other men, but Shen Yuqin was indeed having affairs with educated youth.
Shen Jingyan could hear the conversation of the four members of the Shen family clearly from outside the door.
She deliberately waited until Shen Yuqin's farcical performance was over before calmly entering the house.
Shen Jingyan's answer left Shen Yuqin and Chen Feng speechless. Chen Feng wanted to curse, but when she saw Shen Jingyan's intimidating eyes, she swallowed the curse that was about to come out.
That solid beating remained vivid in her memory.
The more pleased Shen Honggang looked at Shen Jingyan, the more disappointed he looked at Shen Yuqin.
After Shen Jingyan left, Shen Honggang added worriedly, "Don't associate with Zhou Zhengqing anymore!"
Shen Yuqin didn't listen at all. She was determined to marry a city man, so how could she give up so easily?
As soon as Shen Jingyan returned to the small house in the backyard and put her things away, she heard a "bang," as if someone was hitting the door with small stones.
She thought Anzi was just being mischievous, so she ignored it.
To everyone's surprise, the sound of stones hitting the door didn't stop; instead, it became more and more frequent.
"Anzi, it's time to sleep. Haven't you had enough fun yet?"
Shen Jingyan walked out the door, intending to send Anzi to sleep.
To her surprise, she saw a tall, handsome figure standing outside the earthen wall of the backyard, raising his hand as if to throw stones at the door of the hut.
Upon hearing Chen Jingyan speak, he quickly withdrew his hand, his movements somewhat flustered.
Shen Jingyan never expected that Gu Zhiyun, who seemed calm and mature, would behave so childishly.
She couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Hearing that cheerful and melodious laughter, Gu Zhiyun felt a little awkward.
As soon as he returned to the forest farm, he quickly took the money and went to the backyard of the Shen family.
He doesn't like owing money to people, especially someone as quiet as Shen Jingyan.
After thinking it over, he realized that if he went through the main gate, Chen Feng would definitely see him. If she saw him talking to Shen Jingyan, she might start making fun of him.
So he chose the back door.
The back gate of the Shen family's house was only a low wall, which could be easily jumped over to enter the backyard. However, he had received a good education since childhood and would never do something like climbing over someone else's wall.
With no other options, he resorted to banging stones on the door in an attempt to get Shen Jingyan's attention.
As soon as Shen Jingyan came out, she smiled at him, which made him feel like a naughty child caught being naughty.
"Is there something you need?" Shen Jingyan asked as she walked to the base of the low wall.
Gu Zhiyun remained silent and handed her a handful of small bills.
Shen Jingyan knew in her heart why he had come, and took the small bills and counted them.
Why is it 60 cents?
Didn't we agree to deduct one cent from the fare?
"You gave me an extra penny."
Shen Jingyan took out a penny and returned it to him.
"I'll cover the fare," Gu Zhiyun said.
He was a man of few words and didn't like to drag things out. After returning the money, he turned to leave.
"Wait a minute!" Shen Jingyan called out to him.
Gu Zhiyun paused in his steps.
Shen Jingyan quickly ran back to the hut, took out fifty yuan, ran to the base of the low wall, and stuffed the money into his cotton coat pocket.
"What's the meaning?"
Gu Zhiyun reached into his pocket and found five ten-yuan bills. Confused, he asked...
"Didn't Chen Feng extort fifty yuan from you?"
She spoke calmly, her large, doe-like eyes blinking, and Gu Zhiyun felt that same heart-pounding sensation again.
“This matter is also related to me. I know you don’t have money and you owe other educated youth money. Take this money back and pay them back.”
Gu Zhiyun didn't move or speak, looking at her with a complicated expression.
Fearing he wouldn't accept it, Shen Jingyan, trying to gauge his thoughts, said, "This way we'll be even. This matter started because of me, and it should end because of me. Otherwise, it would be too unfair to you."
Gu Zhiyun had always wanted to sever ties with Shen Jingyan, ideally without any connection whatsoever, and he also hadn't yet paid back the money he owed the educated youth.
The money he owed was like a thorn in his heart; he felt uneasy whenever he thought about it.
Shen Jingyan's words were all reasonable, and he couldn't find a reason to refuse the fifty yuan.
However, when the words "cleared up" came out of Shen Jingyan's mouth, he should have felt relieved.
But he didn't feel that way; instead, he felt something was missing.
But something was missing, though he couldn't quite put his finger on it.
But no matter what, he would not let a young girl take on his debts!
Otherwise, what kind of man is he?
So he firmly stretched out his arm and handed over the fifty yuan.
"I don't need to pay back the money I owe."
"Comrade Gu, please take it, otherwise I will feel uneasy."
The little girl's voice was soft and gentle, like a coquettish plea or a comforting words.
Gu Zhiyun's outstretched arm stiffened.
Why did he... speak to Shen Jingyan in such a tone?
My heart is beating so fast?
Footsteps suddenly came from not far away. Shen Jingyan quickly pushed his arm back and winked mischievously.
"Go back quickly!"
After saying that, she ran back to the small house, not giving Gu Zhiyun a chance to refuse.
Because she knew that Gu Zhiyun would never come knocking on her door!
Gu Zhiyun looked at Chen Jingyan's slender figure, and a smile appeared on his lips that even he didn't notice.
"Old Gu, what are you standing here grinning about in this freezing weather?"
Yang Zinuo walked over and spoke out of the blue, startling Gu Zhiyun.
Old Xu asked him to deliver some things to the village chief's house. On his way back to the forest farm, he passed by the back gate of the Shen family and saw a tall man standing at the back gate of the Shen family from afar.
He looked a lot like Gu Zhiyun, but he was certain that Gu Zhiyun couldn't possibly be standing at the back door of the Shen family's house; he avoided everyone in that household like the plague.
To everyone's surprise, upon closer inspection, it really was Gu Zhiyun!
How did you end up here?
Yang Zinuo was shocked, and recalling the rare smile on his face, she clapped her hands and said, "Old Gu, you don't actually have your eye on that tagalong, do you!"
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