The cold and hoarse voice is resounding and slowly floats into everyone's ears.
"You care? What right do you have to care? She is from our Zhou family!" Zhou Qifeng came to his senses and sneered fearlessly, not taking this youngster seriously at all.
And as the saying goes, even a fair judge cannot judge family affairs, so what can he, an outsider, do?
Chen Yanli looked at the aggressive and ugly face in front of him, clenched his fists hanging at his sides, and there was uncontrollable anger in his eyes. If he had not had a breath of rationality left, he would have swung his fists up long ago.
A little girl who has just reached adulthood, whose parents have both passed away, is being abused and excluded by her only relative. If he doesn't care, one can imagine what her future life will be like.
He was obviously not a soft-hearted person. After all, such examples could be found everywhere in the vast rural areas. But for some reason he still felt compassion. He wanted to help her and take her away from this hellish place.
Besides, her current situation was mostly caused by their family's problems.
Thinking of those pure and beautiful eyes, Shen Yanli seemed to have made up his mind, and his eyes suddenly became sharp: “She may not be.”
"W-what?" Zhou Qifeng was stunned.
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Chen Yanli's words also stunned Zhou Yunwan. She deliberately did not refute Zhou Qifeng's words just now, just to see if he would help her. The fact was just as she expected. Chen Yanli was an upright person, and coupled with guilt, he would not leave her alone.
But, what does it mean that she doesn’t have to be a member of the Zhou family?
Just as she was lost in thought, their eyes suddenly met in mid-air. He had an obvious expression as if he wanted to say something but hesitated, which made Zhou Yunwan, who had read many romance novels, have some melodramatic plots flash through her mind.
In Mary Sue novels, many male and female protagonists choose fake marriages in order to resolve the crisis at hand. Could it be that he also wants to use the bondage of marriage to temporarily save her from the dire straits?
Thinking of this possibility, Zhou Yunwan clenched her fingers nervously, looking at his infuriatingly handsome face, and thought that if the target was him, it would not be impossible.
There is a gap between reality and imagination...
"What do you mean by saying that? She's not from our Zhou family, so could she be from your family?" Zhou Qifeng was already embarrassed to be repeatedly talked back by a junior who was two years younger than him, and he cursed at the top of his lungs.
He just didn't expect that his unintentional words would later come true.
"As long as Comrade Zhou Yunwan nods, I can take her away from here at any time."
At this point, Shen Yanli suddenly stopped, his handsome eyebrows wrinkled, as if he was struggling with something, and after a long while, he seemed to have finally mustered up the courage, looked at Zhou Yunwan next to him and said solemnly: "Comrade Zhou Yunwan, are you willing to go to Jing City with me?"
When these words were spoken, everyone in the audience was stunned, even Zheng Huaiguo, who was standing next to him, had a look of surprise on his face.
Zhou Yunwan suddenly raised her head and looked into Shen Yanli's deep black eyes again. She quickly reacted, as if she was afraid that he would regret it, and nodded without stopping: "I do."
In this situation, anyone who says they don't want to do it is a fool. She had originally planned to take advantage of his kindness to leave this small village, and now that he offered to take her away, she had no reason to refuse.
It’s just a little funny about my own imagination. What’s wrong with her brain? How could she have imagined that he would sacrifice the rest of his life's happiness to marry her? He's not stupid.
After she said the word "willing", Shen Yanli's slightly frowned brows eased a bit. After all, this was a decision he made temporarily. If she didn't want to, he would respect her idea.
However, as long as she nodded, everything would be easy.
Shen Yanli turned to look at Zhou Qifeng next to him, and his gentle expression immediately became extremely cold, and the speed of his expression changing was astonishing.
He didn't want to get entangled with these beasts who couldn't even be called human beings, so he cut the Gordian knot and said, "Your family is suspected of long-term abuse of the orphans of martyrs and illegally occupying the pension. I have reported the situation to the commune, and I believe the results of the investigation will be out soon."
Every word he said was like a huge rock hitting Zhou Qifeng hard, making him see stars and his shrill voice almost broke: "What nonsense are you talking about..."
But before he could finish, he was interrupted harshly.
"Comrade Shen is right, the commune will definitely conduct a serious investigation!" Tang Yunshan, who rushed all the way from the commune to Zhou's house and then from Zhou's house to the health center, pushed through the crowd and rushed out to express his determination before he had time to catch his breath.
Seeing that the person was the secretary of their commune, Zhou Qifeng's arrogant attitude instantly faded, and turned into a flattering expression: "Secretary Tang, there is a misunderstanding here, you can't listen to these two young people fooling around..."
"The pension is originally given priority to direct relatives. What does it have to do with you?" Tang Yunshan is an old fox who has lived for most of his life. How could he not see Zhou Qifeng's little tricks? He snorted coldly: "I advise you to hand over the pension quickly, otherwise you will end up in jail when the people from above come."
"Eat, eat prison food? How can it be that serious?" Zhou Qifeng's face changed drastically.
"Do you think I'm trying to scare you? Don't you consider who he is before you offend him? He's a big shot who came all the way from Beijing. If this matter isn't handled well, I'll be blamed too."
Tang Yunshan pulled Zhou Qifeng aside and explained the ins and outs to him in a way that was half threatening and half persuasive. This was not for Zhou Qifeng's sake, but he wanted to make a big thing small and a small thing nothing, and suppress the matter as soon as possible.
Zhou Qifeng was a person who bullied the weak and feared the strong. When he heard that he was going to go to jail, he was already a little scared. Especially when he saw that Secretary Tang was very afraid of the young man's identity, he thought about it carefully and naturally knew the importance of the matter.
Luo Xiangjuan, who had just gone to pay the medical bills, came back at this moment. He rushed forward in two steps and said, "Where's the pension? Give it to me quickly."
"What do you want the pension for?" Luo Xiangjuan didn't understand and subconsciously covered her chest.
Everyone in the village knew that their family had suddenly made a large fortune. In order to prevent someone with bad intentions from breaking into the house and stealing the money when they were not home, she always kept the money against her chest.
Luo Xiangjuan was a strong woman, and had great strength from doing farm work all year round. Zhou Qifeng tried two or three times but failed. In a rage, he slapped her hard in the face.
"Damn it, bitch, just bring it when I tell you to. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"
The slap was quite powerful, and it stunned Luo Xiangjuan, and also made her behave herself. Zhou Qifeng got the pension as he wished, and happily handed it to Shen Yanli: "The pension is all here, we didn't touch a penny."
The fawning and flattering expression changed his arrogant look, and there was even a bit of fear, which made the people around who didn't know the truth stunned. What did Secretary Tang say to him that made his attitude suddenly change 180 degrees?
Luo Xiangjuan, who had been stunned, finally reacted at this moment. Since she married into the Zhou family, she had never suffered such injustice.
The gazes of the people around her were like sharp knives cutting into her face. She no longer cared about the pension and rushed forward, grabbing Zhou Qifeng's hair and fighting with him.
The dog-eat-dog scene was so exciting that Zhou Yunwan almost laughed her face off. If Chen Yanli hadn't pulled her away, she might have kicked him twice more.
Back in the ward, all the noise was isolated outside the door.
Zhou Yunwan's eyelashes trembled, and she wanted to say something to break the silence, but suddenly realized that he was still holding her hand.
The man's hands were thin and slender, and his warm palms were slightly moist, easily wrapping her small hand in them.
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