Chapter 214 The Ren Family Past
As Cheng Jiajia and Yu Junsheng had hoped, Sun Ling heard and understood clearly this time!
He even memorized that address.
It turns out I hadn't been looking at the right place the previous times!
Sun Ling didn't know whether she should cry or laugh.
All that hard-earned mental preparation turned out to be nothing but my own imagination...
Perhaps, Bai Fan really is as they say...
No, no, she can't accept it!
It would have been better if it were a woman, but it just had to be...
She couldn't bring herself to say it!
Sun Ling pursed her lips, looking dazed, her eyes red as she carried the washed clothes back to the Third Hospital.
After she left, Cheng Jiajia and Yu Junsheng also stopped performing. The two exchanged glances and winked at each other.
Cheng Jiajia: You should have listened to that, right?
Yu Junsheng: Probably!
If this still doesn't get to his head, then he's out of options.
It was cold outside, and the wind was chilly. Not wanting his wife to get cold too, Yu Junsheng quickened his pace. "Wife, you go back first, I'll be done in a minute!"
They changed their clothes frequently, and their clothes weren't actually dirty.
After quickly washing the remaining clothes in the basin, I rinsed them twice and hung them on the line to dry.
"Honey, I'm home! Let's continue telling our daughter stories!"
...
It just so happens that the next day was a workday, which was also the day that Qi Baifan and Director Wang had agreed to meet.
Of course, Sun Ling didn't know this, but she estimated that since everyone was at work, the most likely time to meet was on a weekday, so she chose this day to go and see.
Sun Ling wasn't that stupid; she knew these things mostly happened at night, so she didn't go there early in the morning.
Instead, they waited until evening, when there were fewer people, before heading to the address they remembered.
Walk through the street you previously went to the wrong place.
Following Yu Junsheng's instructions, she went to each of the xx streets one by one.
Which row was it again? First, second, third on the right... Just as Sun Ling was about to find the small courtyard, a familiar yet cold voice suddenly came from behind her.
"What are you doing?"
Sun Ling turned around abruptly and saw Qi Baifan, the person she was looking for, staring at her with a livid face and his eyes blazing with anger.
Sun Ling trembled with fright.
Stuttering, "Brother Bai... Brother Bai Fan?"
Oh no, I've been caught red-handed.
Brother Bai Fan, do you think I'm following him?
Clearly, that was what Qi Baifan was thinking. His expression darkened further, and his tone became more forceful, "Sun Ling, what are you doing here?!"
Feeling guilty, Sun Ling didn't dare to meet his gaze and could only mumble, "I...I was just taking a walk."
Qi Baifan clearly didn't believe it, and sneered coldly, "Oh? You just wandered around and ended up here?"
Sun Ling could only play dumb and change the subject, "Where is this? Can't I come here? By the way, Brother Bai Fan, what are you doing here?"
Qi Baifan's face instantly darkened.
He was careless.
For some time now, I've had a vague feeling that someone is following me, but since I'm a guy and there's nothing I'm after, I just assumed it was my imagination and didn't take it seriously.
I never expected to be caught red-handed in this area today.
It turned out that Sun Ling was following him.
She even managed to touch Director Wang's area.
He said sternly, "No matter what you're doing here, get out of here right now! This isn't a place for you!"
Sun Ling was stunned by his shout, followed by an overwhelming sense of grievance, and tears filled her eyes.
Why is Bai Fan yelling at me like that?!
Whom did I come here for?
It's all because of him.
I came here to save him from this predicament!
What gives him the right to treat me this way?
In a moment of impulsiveness, Sun Ling didn't think things through and yelled at Qi Baifan as well:
"Why are you yelling at me!"
"If you can come, why can't I?!"
"Is this some kind of forbidden area?!"
"I'm here anyway, what can you do about it!"
After yelling, Sun Ling felt much better, as if she had released all the pent-up frustration she had been holding in for the past few days.
Sun Ling looked at Qi Baifan with a hint of smugness, her eyes filled with blatant provocation.
Now that I'm here, what can he do to me?
Qi Baifan couldn't do anything about it, so he chose to personally take Sun Ling away.
"Get out of here right now if you don't want to die!"
Qi Baifan had a gloomy face. His right hand gripped Sun Ling's wrist tightly like an iron clamp, pulling and dragging her away from the residential area.
"Behave yourself and get out of here! This is not a place for you!"
Director Wang has already promised him that if he comes back two more times, he will get him a permanent position.
This was an opportunity he had fought hard for, and he would never allow Sun Ling to ruin it!
I just hope she hasn't discovered anything yet, and hasn't had any inappropriate thoughts.
Otherwise, whatever Director Wang decides to do, I can't save her...
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On the other hand, after Bai Zhenzhu's analysis and persuasion, Bai Xiaohui also felt that she could start by getting in touch with Dong Xiaodi.
There are advantages to living in the countryside. If she wants to find a husband who can marry into her family in her second marriage, she must find someone from a disadvantaged family.
It's perfect that Dong Xiaodi's whole family lives in the countryside. They don't live together, so he won't have to worry about his in-laws' family in the countryside.
There's also an older sister-in-law in the courtyard who can help out.
So when Dong Xiaodi brought Bai Xiaohui leftovers again, she didn't give him a friendly look, but she didn't refuse.
Reluctantly taking the lunchbox, he said dismissively, "Alright, alright, I'll take the lunchbox. You can go back now, so no one sees you."
She hasn't divorced Qi Baifan yet, and it wouldn't look good if others saw her like this.
Her mother said that they could meet secretly, but no one could see them, otherwise it would be her fault.
"Okay, okay, Xiaohui, don't worry, I definitely won't make things difficult for you."
Dong Xiaodi pretended not to see the impatience on her face and continued to smile.
"Hey, I heard there are some new giraffes at the zoo. Are you free on Sunday? Let's go see them together!"
Dong Xiaodi tried to get Bai Xiaohui to speed things up.
After hesitating for a long time, Bai Xiaohui thought of her mother's words and finally nodded.
"I'll see when the time comes."
Dong Xiaodi revealed a simple and honest smile.
"Okay, I'll wait for you! You have to come!"
...
When Cheng Jiajia and Yu Junsheng returned from buying groceries at the supply and marketing cooperative, they saw the two of them arguing in an alley not far from their courtyard.
Dong Xiaodi also slipped a lunchbox to Bai Xiaohui.
Wait, what's going on?
It doesn't look clear at all, does it?
It's not that she's biased; these days, food is so precious. When young men and women exchange food, it's basically a sign that they're dating.
Cheng Jiajia was so shocked that her mouth could fit an egg.
"Holy crap! How did these two get involved together?"
Bai Xiaohui isn't even divorced yet, and she's already looking for her next boyfriend?
Cheng Jiajia was speechless.
The two of them are quite bold; aren't they afraid that Qi Baifan will find out?
Yu Junsheng said it wasn't necessarily true, but since Dong Xiaodi often brought food to Bai Xiaohui, the Ren family would definitely make a fuss.
Cheng Jiajia asked, puzzled, "What could their family possibly be up to?"
Then he thought of the "leftovers" that Dong Xiaodi often brought home, and thought it was unlikely. After all, the Ren family was quite wealthy and lived a comfortable life. They wouldn't be so greedy for such a small amount of leftovers.
Yu Junsheng snorted, "What's impossible? Don't be fooled by Aunt Guan's constant talk of being respectable. In reality, she's the least respectable person. She wants everything and is greedy for everything."
"Don't be fooled by how much she dotes on Ren Yongsheng and Ren Yongchao; she's incredibly harsh on her eldest son."
The eldest son of the Ren family?
To be honest, Cheng Jiajia had never met this person before, and none of the neighbors in the courtyard had ever mentioned him.
She didn't seem to have a strong presence in the Ren family, because she had never heard the Ren family mention her, and often thought that the Ren family only had two sons.
Cheng Jiajia blinked. "What do you mean?"
I think there's something fishy inside!
Guan Ailian doted on both Ren Yongsheng and Ren Yongchao, and people even thought she preferred boys, so she did whatever she wanted for her sons.
So that's not how it is?
Yu Junsheng smiled, knowing his wife loved hearing this!
He didn't keep people in suspense, but instead began to tell the story in a slow and deliberate manner.
“Everyone in this courtyard works for the machinery factory. Even if our families weren’t well-off, we children could at least get by when we were young. But Guan Ailian only gave her eldest son one cornbread a day, just enough to keep him from starving. My mom told me that back then, the eldest son was skin and bones, with a big head and a small body. It was only because the neighbors couldn’t bear to see him like that that they would give him a bite every now and then, and that’s how he managed to get about 70 or 80 percent full.”
"Later, when they got older and went to school, it was the same for the girls. I won't go into detail, but for the boys, even those in our neighborhood with limited resources, we tried our best to send them to school. We'd let them study as much as they could, and only let them drop out if they really couldn't afford it or couldn't continue studying. That way, it would be easier for them to find jobs later."
“But Guan Ailian didn’t. She never intended for her eldest son to go to school, saying that if the eldest son went to school, there would be no one to do the housework.”
"Oh, by the way, her eldest child started doing all the housework when he was five years old. She wouldn't let him go to school so that someone would do the housework. Isn't that outrageous?"
"It was Grandpa Zou who couldn't stand it anymore and reported it to the neighborhood office. Ren Wenhua was afraid it would affect his work, so he reluctantly sent his eldest son to school."
"You know, her family's conditions are among the best in our entire compound. Why would they not feed their child properly or let them go to school?"
"Also, although we helped with chores when we were little, we only did small tasks within our capabilities. Unlike her eldest son, who took on all the housework at such a young age, doing laundry, cooking, boiling water, and mopping the floor. Guan Ailian stayed at home by herself, saying she was taking care of her pregnancy and the baby."
The more Cheng Jiajia listened, the more pitiful the child felt. Guan Ailian and Ren Wenhua were scoundrels, and at the same time, she felt something was amiss.
"Did her eldest son desecrate her ancestral graves or kill her entire family? Why does she hate him so much?"
Yes, it's hatred.
No matter how you look at Cheng Jiajia, you can't see even a trace of maternal love.
To not feed such a young child, not only make him do all the housework, but also prevent him from going to school, what is that if not hatred?
I doubt you'd treat a complete stranger like this.
Compared to the second son, the treatment he received was like heaven and earth.
"I heard that Ailian didn't like her eldest son because she had a difficult childbirth and damaged her body, and was also mistreated by her mother-in-law during her postpartum period."
Cheng Jiajia: "..."
Her native language is silence.
"No, then she should hate the man who got her pregnant, and hate her tormenting mother-in-law."
Taking your anger out on an innocent baby, picking on the weak, huh?
Yu Junsheng shrugged, indicating that he was also shocked and speechless when he first heard the reason.
He gave a look that was hard to describe. "You don't know, do you? Guan Ailian's mother-in-law was actually taken care of by her."
In her later years, Old Lady Ren was bedridden. She was able to live so long entirely thanks to the good care of her filial daughter-in-law, Guan Ailian. Otherwise, she would have reunited with her husband long ago.
"Anyway, I can't see any hatred or resentment from Guan Ailian towards her. Their relationship is even better than that of most mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law."
"Back then, Guan Ailian was a well-known filial daughter-in-law."
Cheng Jiajia: "..."
So, all the suffering and hardship you endure is for Boss Ren?
They are a loving family.
However, "I think it's far-fetched. Would a mother really hate her child because of a difficult childbirth?"
"If she can be so kind to the culprit mother-in-law, how could she possibly resent an innocent child?"
"Who knows what else might be going on?"
Cheng Jiajia, being a modern person who had been exposed to online novels, immediately started brainstorming.
Judging from all the novels she read in her past life, it's probably not that simple.
Yu Junsheng agreed with this statement.
"Yeah, right, there are actually people who believe such a ridiculous reason."
His eyes also lit up with gossip, and he felt that there was probably something going on here.
Unfortunately, the eldest son of the Ren family went to the countryside after finishing junior high school.
Even if there is anything, it will probably be buried with the passage of time.
He sighed.
"I don't know if he went to the countryside voluntarily or was forced by his family."
Not long after Ren Wenhua went to the countryside, he was promoted and became the group leader of the logistics department.
It's probably related to his time in the countryside.
Yu Junsheng felt very emotional when he thought back to those days.
"When I was a kid, I almost fell into the latrine while playing with the other kids in the yard. It was thanks to Boss Ren that I was saved. Otherwise, my wife, you probably wouldn't have a man now."
There have been instances of children drowning in the past.
He was very young and short at the time. In those public toilets, a small child who fell in couldn't climb out.
To express her gratitude, Cheng's mother would often secretly slip some food to Ren Laoda every now and then, or call him over for a meal when the Ren family wasn't looking.
Xiao Yujun was very attached to him and always had a good impression of him. He was sad for a long time when he learned that Xiao Yujun had gone to the countryside.
Now that I'm going to the countryside, I'm basically settling down there. I don't know if I'll ever see them again in this lifetime.
Cheng Jiajia expressed a different opinion, saying, "Whether it's voluntary or not, going to the countryside is a way out for him."
“Going to the countryside would at least free me from this family. If I work hard, I can eat my fill. Staying in the city is not so certain. The Ren family is definitely not going to find me a job. I might even be forced to work as a slave for my two younger brothers for the rest of my life.”
Unexpectedly, this man had saved Yu Junsheng when he was a child. Cheng Jiajia had an even better impression of him and was very grateful, otherwise she would have no man.
He sounds like a nice person, but as Yu Junsheng said, it's a pity that we might never meet again in this lifetime.
To Cheng Jiajia's surprise, the very next day, the person they had just discussed that they would never see again appeared at the gate of the compound.
The eldest son of the Ren family is back!
It was the eldest son of the Ren family who had been sent to the countryside for over ten years. He was a poor little thing who had been abused by the Ren family when he was a child. He came back, carrying his luggage bag, looking travel-worn!
The entire courtyard was in an uproar.
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