Chapter 3

Song Shu took Jiahui for a stroll along several streets, paying close attention to the clothes worn by the ladies on the street. She discovered that their attire was the retro style that modern people pursue. The more she looked, the more she felt that her business had a promising future.

You can open a small shop first, and then find a few tailors to run the business. Then, determine whether it is profitable based on the sales. If it is feasible, you can continue to expand the scale, find some clothing factories to customize clothes of your own designs, and finally, when you have accumulated enough funds, you can open your own factory and start a one-stop production and sales process.

And start to establish your own brand among them, which gradually wins people's hearts.

Song Shu felt the future was bright just by imagining it, so when she returned to the present, even though the store had not been decorated yet and the clothes had not been designed yet, she still felt full of energy.

But the shop still needs to consult her husband, whom she has never met, because after all, the house belongs to him.

But this person has been elusive and has not been home for more than a month, and no one knows where he is.

Song Shu sighed and stopped thinking about it. She held the things she had just bought from shopping in one hand and walked home holding Jiahui's hand in the other.

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When I got home, I saw two men standing at the door. One of them had a 2:8 hairstyle and bangs that almost covered half of his face.

The other one had a Mosey haircut, revealing his entire face, except for a scar from the end of his left eyebrow to his temples.

The two of them stood there casually, smoking two cigarettes in their hands. The gangster-like demeanor they exuded made people who wanted to pass by this street stay away from them.

Song Shu paused when she saw the people standing at the door. These two people looked like they were not easy to deal with. Could it be that the enemies of her cheap husband had come to visit her? Should she just turn around and leave as if nothing had happened?

But the two men seemed to have heard footsteps and looked up at her. Looking at her two thick braids, the one with the shaved head grinned and said, "Where did this Chinese girl come from?"

Song Shu's palms were sweating as she was stared at by them. She wanted to ignore them and turn around and leave.

At this time, Jiahui, who was standing beside them, raised her head and looked at the two men without any fear, and shouted, "Brother Awen, Brother Shitou, she is my aunt."

The two who heard her voice lowered their heads and found that the mainland girl was holding the child they were familiar with. She said, "Jiahui."

Thinking of her calling her a mainland girl, they were both startled and simultaneously choked by the smoke they inhaled. They kept coughing, "Ahem, Jiahui, what did you call her?"

Jiahui turned her head slightly, her childish voice was particularly adorable, "It's Auntie."

She had just heard Uncle Fu and Sister Liang call her sister, so she took note of the title.

Now, when she met her brother who usually came to deliver things to her and her mother on behalf of her second uncle, and felt the sweat in her sister's hands as she was holding her, she began to call her second aunt.

The word "two" sounds like it has something to do with her second uncle, so her two brothers won't bully her.

After Jiahui said this, Song Shu and the other two fell silent.

Song Shu looked at the two people in front of her, and combining their names, she thought, wouldn't these be the male protagonist's right-hand men in the future, following him in building his empire?

The two of them were thinking in their hearts, wondering when Brother Hao had hidden the fact that he had married a second sister-in-law from them. Jiahui's words did not sound false.

The two looked at each other, and they both stood up straight involuntarily, calling her in unison, "Hello, second sister-in-law."

Mo Xi said, "I am Awen."

Erbatou continued: "I am a stone."

As soon as this loud voice came out, Song Shu could feel the gazes of people passing by at the intersection looking towards them.

Everyone must be curious about why these two gangsters called this mainland girl "Second Sister-in-law".

Song Shu was almost stunned by this series of greetings, and was too embarrassed to know whether to respond or not. What was even more bizarre was that these two were the male protagonist's confidants, and now calling her the second sister-in-law really made her feel complicated.

So I could only quickly take out two apples from the plastic bag, walked up to them and stuffed them into their hands, "Oh, hello, hello, come and have some fruit first."

It looked like the elders in the family were entertaining the young people who came to visit, but the problem was that Song Shu wanted to look up to the sky and sigh, "She is a ghost. She is their elder. She looks the same age as them."

The two men were obviously confused by her series of actions and took the big red apple in a daze.

This was the first time they were treated to a meal at the Chen family's house. Every time they came before, the eldest sister-in-law of the Chen family would just take the things and let them go without saying a word to them.

They also understood. After all, Brother Chen was hacked to death on the street by gangsters, so it was normal for them to dislike them.

Not to mention Mrs. Chen, even other people usually didn't have a good face when they saw them, so they were a little overwhelmed by being treated so warmly for the first time.

After Song Shu handed over the apple, she cleared her throat and tried to calm herself down before speaking: "Are you here to look for Chen Zonghao? But he's not at home now."

The two heard the second sister-in-law calling Brother Hao by his full name, and she was not afraid of them, which seemed very powerful.

Ah Wen, who couldn't help but respect her more and looked more mature, said, "Second sister-in-law, we are not here to look for Brother Hao, but to give you money on behalf of Brother Hao."

"Yes, we came here to deliver the money as ordered by Brother Hao." Shitou stroked his hair and continued.

As he said that, Ah Wen took out a stack of money in a red plastic bag from his trouser pocket and handed it to her. It was very simple and unpretentious.

When Song Shu saw the money being handed to her, she resisted the urge to step back and waved her hands repeatedly, "No, I can't take it."

She couldn't accept the money. The legendary male protagonist had never even met her, and she didn't know that he had married a wife. Who knew how he would treat her when he came back. How could she dare to accept his money?

Seeing her firm refusal, Awen Shitou could only say, "Where's the sister-in-law? Is she not at home?" He thought why not just let it go for the sister-in-law as usual.

When Song Shu heard their questions, she didn't know how to start the conversation for a moment. Her sister-in-law had run away, and she had made a deal with her to trick the male protagonist. How should she start the conversation?

Jiahui beside her said in a low voice: "Mom is not at home."

When Awen Shitou heard Jiahui's words, he thought about how when they first arrived, they saw the locked door and called out to their sister-in-law a few times but got no response. The grandpa next to them came out and said, "Don't call anymore because Chen's sister-in-law has run away with someone." Now it seems to be true.

Ah Wen winked at Shitou, then stuffed the money in his hand into Song Shu's hand. Without giving her time to react, the two of them ran away. "Second sister-in-law, you have the money."

Anyway, Hao Ge's task is for them to send the money to the Chen family. Second sister-in-law is also a member of the Chen family, so there is no problem giving it to her.

"Hey?" Song Shu held the money in her hand and watched them running away. She didn't care about the money anymore and shouted to them, "Tell Chen Zonghao to go home. I have something to tell him."

"Got it, sister-in-law."

Seeing them running away, Song Shu could only helplessly open the door with the money in her hand and return to the back room with Jiahui.

Song Shu put the other things on the living room table, took the money and sat on the sofa, waving to Jiahui, "Jiahui, come here first."

Jiahui walked up to her obediently and looked up at her.

Song Shu touched her head. The little guy walked around with her and his face was a little red from the sun, but he didn't let her hug him along the way. He was so well-behaved that it made people feel distressed.

"Jiahui, thank you so much. You just helped me a lot. If Jiahui hadn't spoken up, I would have been scared." Song Shu did not forget that when she saw the two people were scared, little Jiahui spoke up and stood in front of her.

Jiahui raised her face, revealing a few small teeth, "Sister, you're welcome."

Song Shu gently pinched her cute face and said, "Thank you."

Then he looked at the bag of money and continued, "Jiahui, let me ask you, does your second uncle send you money from time to time?"

Jiahui nodded and said, "Yes, they were all sent to mom by Brother Awen and Brother Shitou."

Jiahui glanced at Song Shu secretly and continued, "Second Uncle is very good. Every time he comes back, he will buy Jiahui candy, beautiful skirts, and let me fly..."

Song Shu listened to her talk about how good her second uncle was to her and saw that she spared no effort in praising her second uncle, saying that her second uncle was the best person in the world, just like the real estate agent when he was trying hard to sell her a house.

Song Shu was a little amused and helpless for a moment. She knew that she was the first person Jiahui met after she left her mother and she felt dependent on her, so she couldn't help but praise her second uncle for wanting to keep her.

Song Shu also said in a supportive manner: "Wow, that Second Uncle Jia Hui is really good and so amazing."

The little man smiled even more when he was recognized, and nodded: "Yes."

Song Shu talked to her for a while and then let her go and play by herself, thinking about her cheap husband who had never shown up, the male protagonist in the original book.

But what Jiahui said was not mentioned in the book.

Song Shu recalled the behavior of Awen and Shitou just now. It can be seen that he should be respected and trusted by his brothers, otherwise these two people in the book would not follow him all the way.

Judging from Jiahui's description, that man should be very responsible. After the eldest brother passed away, he still gave money back every month to support his eldest sister-in-law and Jiahui's life.

He must be very patient and considerate with children, as can be seen from the fact that he bought a skirt for Jiahui and took her to play Feifei.

For a moment, Song Shu felt that this person was full of contradictions, and not as superficial as described in the book. Perhaps one cannot judge a person based on just one book.

Song Shu shook her head and stopped thinking about it. She looked down at the bag of money in front of her. She had no intention of opening it, thinking that she would return it to him when he came back.

But I don’t know if Awen and Shitou can convey the message to her, and whether Chen Zonghao will come back.

Thinking about those two people telling him that he had a daughter-in-law from the mainland, she didn't know what that person's expression would be. Would he come back to her angrily and ask her to meet the underground King Yan?

Thinking about it, Song Shu couldn't help but shudder and shook her head. Forget it, don't think about it anymore. If the enemy comes, we can just fight him with our own weapons and cover him with earth. At worst, she could just take her bag and leave.

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Awen Shitou walked across several streets and into a dim alley.

The man inside was kicking someone down and stepping on his head, "Tell Brother Darong not to stretch his hands so far, do you understand?"

"I understand, I understand, Brother Hao, please spare my life." The people who were stepped on kept agreeing and asking for mercy.

The man pulled his feet back and leaned against the wall without looking at him again. "Get lost."

The people on the ground quickly ran away, taking the person who had just fallen to the ground with him.

The other gangsters surrounding the man cheered to him, "Brother Hao is awesome."

Ah Wen walked over, looked at the man smoking against the wall and called out, "Brother Hao."

The man heard the voice and glanced up at them, "Yeah."

But Awen and Shitou looked at each other as if something was wrong.

Chen Zonghao was annoyed by their looks and frowned, "Just tell me if you have something to say."

After hearing what Hao said, Shitou said quickly: "Hao, this time when we went back, the eldest sister-in-law ran away with someone, and then she married you a girl from the mainland, and gave the money to the second sister-in-law."

After he finished speaking, the noisy voices around him suddenly became quiet. After hearing what Shi Tou said, everyone couldn't help but look at the man.

Chen Zonghao played with the cigarette, not afraid of the burning butt burning his hand. "What mainland girl?"

Ah Wen stopped Shitou who was about to talk, and said with a stiff face: "Before the eldest sister-in-law ran away, she found a wife for you, Hao, and now she is helping to look after Jiahui."

After a while, Chen Zonghao threw the cigarette on the ground, his face expressionless, and he said casually, "Oh."

The others looked at his expression, and some could not help but say: "What was sister-in-law thinking? Why did she let Brother Hao marry a girl from the mainland? Our Brother Hao is not even worthy of a college student."

"That's right. I heard that girls from the mainland are small and timid. They are not as strong as us Hong Kong girls."

"Hey, you do it again."