Chapter 31
"...You have nothing to do all day long but stare at others and cause trouble every now and then. Lin Fang, can you please be quiet? I am working hard in the fields while you are out there causing trouble!"
"You just blame me. Who am I worrying about all this for? It's all because of you! Did I enjoy one day of happiness or something?"
"Tell me what your family has done to you. Tell me what your family has done to you."
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When Wen Yue came out of the shower, the people next door were still quarreling.
She wiped her dripping wet hair with a towel and leaned against the kitchen door frame to look next door.
She was at Fang's house the whole day and had no time to wash her hair. She can only wash it when she gets home in the evening.
"How long are they going to quarrel?" Wen Yue's hair was a little long, and it took a lot of effort for her to rub it. She wondered if she should cut it shorter, to the collarbone.
The towel in her hand was suddenly taken away. She turned her head subconsciously. The towel was already covering her face, gently wiping her hair. Zhou Yao's low voice came from behind, "Who knows, noisy..."
"Not bad." Wen Yue yawned slowly, feeling a little sleepy. "I'm very sleepy now. I'll go back to my room, close the door and fall asleep. They won't be able to wake me up."
Zhou Yao raised his eyebrows slightly: "Okay, then go to bed early. If they keep you awake, tell me and I'll take care of it."
As he spoke, he wiped his hair carefully and seriously.
Wen Yue's hair didn't look good before. Due to malnutrition, the ends of her hair were dry and yellow, and her hair quality was not very good. But now, her hair has become black, smooth, and thick, and it feels very comfortable to touch, like satin.
Zhou Yao's eyes moved away from her hair and moved to Wen Yue's delicate face, which was fair and rosy. Not only her hair, but her whole person became more and more beautiful.
It's as if she has suddenly grown up, and people can't take their eyes off her, but her facial features still retain a bit of childishness.
"I'm sure you'll fall asleep."
The red lips open and close, and the pink tip of the tongue can be vaguely seen. The bead in the middle of the upper lip is full and beautiful, and the corners of the lips are raised even when not smiling...
Zhou Yao slowed down the speed of drying his hair, fixed his gaze, and inexplicably felt a little thirsty. He swallowed his saliva, and his Adam's apple rolled twice.
"Almost."
Noticing Zhou Yao's slow movements, Wen Yue raised her hand and touched her hair to dry it. She picked up the wooden comb hanging beside her and gently combed her hair, her eyes still on Zhou Jianghai and Lin Fang's room, without looking back.
"Go take a shower and go to bed early." Wen Yue said with a smile.
Zhou Yao's eyes trembled, and he responded in a low voice, still standing there without moving.
The quarrel next door had turned into a fight. The crackling sound was mixed with the persuasion of Zhou Guangzong and Zhou Yaozu. The ping-pong sound was quite exciting.
Wen Yue was reluctant to go back to sleep for a while, so she turned around and planned to move a stool to sit at the door to watch for a while. She didn't know Zhou Yao hadn't left yet, so she fell into his arms without paying attention, and hit his hard chest hard.
"Hiss." Wen Yue covered his forehead and took a small step back uncontrollably, but was grabbed by Zhou Yao's waist again.
"Zhou Yao, you didn't take a shower"
"Not yet." Zhou Yao pursed his lips, "It hurts."
Wen Yue blinked her eyes: "No, I just got scared. I thought you had gone to take a shower."
"...I'll go now." Zhou Yao glanced at her forehead, and was relieved to see that she was not injured. He turned around and fetched water to take a bath.
Wen Yue tilted her head and stared at Zhou Yao's tall and straight back for two seconds, her brows slightly furrowed. She felt that Zhou Yao was a little weird, but she couldn't tell what was wrong...
Without thinking much, she moved a stool and sat by the kitchen door.
Listening to Lin Fang yelling like a mad woman, it was probably that the couple had a fight, and the two sons were trying to mediate, and they probably pulled Lin Fang apart, causing her to yell at her son for being unfilial, saying that she had given so much to this family, but in the end she was still being blamed by everyone.
Wen Yue sighed after hearing this. She was in no mood to continue watching the show. She put the stool back in front of the stove and said to the cubicle: "Zhou Yao, I'm going back to sleep."
There was no sound of water in the cubicle. After several seconds, she heard Zhou Yao's low and hoarse voice, and he responded in a somewhat unreal way: "...Yeah."
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Early in the morning there were shouting and crying outside.
Wen Yue was forced to wake up from her sleep, pouting and feeling a little irritable. After a while, she woke up a little and slowly got up to change her clothes, put on her shoes, walked to the door, opened it and looked outside.
There were quite a few people standing in the yard, all from Old Lady Li's family.
Having a passionate sex with Lin Fang.
Wen Yue opened the door and the scene was silent for two seconds.
She covered her mouth and yawned, tears welling up in the corners of her eyes. She said incoherently: "You guys go on, don't worry about me." Then she turned slowly and went into the kitchen.
Zhou Yao was not there. I didn’t know whether he hadn’t gotten up yet or had gone out.
Wen Yue squatted outside the kitchen, holding a bowl and a toothbrush, brushing her teeth, and tilted her head to watch the farce in front of her.
Li's family: "You beat my mom into the hospital, so you must pay for the medical expenses!"
Lin Fang was not to be outdone: "Your mother also beat me, so do you have to pay for my medical expenses as well?"
"Have you been admitted to the hospital? My mother has been admitted to the hospital! She is almost 60 years old and has to endure such suffering! You are such a cruel woman. If you don't pay for the medical expenses, we will go to the police station to sue you!"
"Go ahead! Go ahead if you have the guts! Let the police arrest me and lock me up! There's no point in me living anyway, so go ahead!"
Lin Fang yelled at the top of his lungs, his eyes were red, and he looked like a mad man who had been greatly stimulated. He frightened the Li family directly.
"Come on! Catch me! Shoot me!!" Lin Fang's roar was the only sound in the yard. Her eyes, filled with negative emotions, scanned everyone in the yard, including Wen Yue who was watching the show: "If I die, you are all murderers! You will all die miserably!!"
Wen Yue: “…”
No, she just brushed her teeth...
The yard fell silent again.
Wen Yue quickened her teeth brushing, took the towel hanging under the eaves and returned to the kitchen.
Li Laoer was silent for two seconds before speaking, snorting twice: "You think we will let you go if you go crazy? It's okay if you don't give it to me, go ask your husband for it. You are a couple, and he is also responsible for the trouble you caused!"
"Let's go!"
In a flash, the Li family members who had gathered in the yard left, and the yard suddenly became empty.
Wen Yue washed her face, wrung out the towel and hung it outside the kitchen. Just as she was hanging it on the drying rack, she lowered her eyes and met Lin Fang's angry gaze.
"Dead Star, if it weren't for you, how could I be like this?" Lin Fang was holding back a fire of anger in her heart with nowhere to vent. Seeing that Zhou Yao was not at home, she became angry and said: "If you hired me to help, how could this happen?"
Wen Yue was a little speechless: "What kind of robber logic is this? Why should I hire you to help me? Who do you think you are? We all have to listen to you."
"You dare to talk back, you unlucky star! You loser! You're the one who makes me lose money!!" Lin Fang suddenly jumped up and rushed over.
Wen Yue was stunned for two seconds, then subconsciously pushed back and closed the kitchen door with a click.
Lin Fang was so angry that she kicked the door: "You bastard, open the door for me. I'm going to teach you a lesson today! Open the door!!"
Wen Yue picked up some firewood and propped it against the door, and her heart started beating fast because of the fright.
She would have been a fool to open the door.
"You are shameless to blame me for your own troubles." The wooden door was closed tightly, separating the two of them. Wen Yue finally had the courage to retort: "If you are so capable, go find a way to make money yourself. Why are you looking for me? Just keep kicking the door. Zhou Yao will be back soon anyway."
She will complain when Zhou Yao comes back!
From now on, when Zhou Yao is not at home, she will definitely stay in the house and not come out. Lin Fang will bite anyone she catches like a mad dog.
Perhaps Wen Yue's threat worked. Lin Fang, who was kicking the door frantically, calmed down a little. She shuddered, and then thought of what the Li family said about looking for Zhou Jianghai. She cursed a few words and quickly left the yard.
After waiting for a long time and seeing that there was no movement outside, Wen Yue took the axe behind the door and opened it carefully.
Lin Fang is not here.
She breathed a sigh of relief, walked out, closed the kitchen door, and headed towards Grandma Fang's house.
Li Nianqiu and her sister and several other girls had already arrived. When Wen Yue arrived, she did not see Ren Yeliang and Fang Shitao, so she asked Grandma Fang in confusion: "Grandma, where are Zhou Yao and the others?"
"I don't know. It seemed like he had something to do and went out early." Grandma Fang didn't know either and shook her head.
Wen Yue pursed her lips and said "oh", greeted Li Nianqiu and the others, and sat in front of the sewing machine to get busy.
"The materials are running out. I'll go to the market tomorrow." Li Nianqiu said.
Wen Yue: "Okay...By the way, how is your grandma?"
Li Nianqiu raised his eyebrows: "I'm not sure either, but I guess the problem is not serious. They still want to go to your second uncle's house to ask for money."
If the situation was really that serious, they would probably still be in the hospital right now. How could they come back and cause trouble so easily?
"Second aunt Zhou Yao is going crazy. She was blaming me just now, saying that if I hadn't rejected her, so many troubles wouldn't have happened." Wen Yue muttered softly, and the corners of her upturned mouth twitched downwards.
Li Nianqiu saw that she was in a bad mood and comforted her: "Don't pay attention to her. People like her will only find faults in others."
Wen Yue nodded in agreement.
Until after lunch, Zhou Yao, Ren Yeliang and Fang Shitao had not returned.
Wen Yue was a little absent-minded, wondering if something had happened... Zhou Yao left without saying a word to her, and she felt a little annoyed.
It was around four in the afternoon when noise was heard outside the yard.
Ren Yeliang's voice arrived before he arrived: "We are back!!"
Grandma Fang stood up and walked out slowly: "Where have you been? Why are you back just now?"
"Oh, don't mention it. No matter if there are leftovers, we haven't had lunch yet. We've been busy until now and we're so hungry!" Ren Yeliang touched his stomach.
Grandma Fang: "Yes, I'll go and heat it up for you."
Zhou Yao pursed his lips and strode into the house, his eyes quickly locked on Wen Yue. The little girl had her back to the door, concentrating on operating the sewing machine, ignoring the movements behind her.
"You've been busy for a while, take a break," Zhou Yao walked to Wen Yue and whispered.
Wen Yue didn't even raise her head: "Not tired."
Zhou Yaomin noticed that the little girl seemed to be in a bad mood. He pursed his lips for a moment and then released them, saying in a deep voice: "Uncle Sun is in trouble."
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Wen Yue stopped what she was doing and looked over, a little confused: "What happened?"
"He encountered bandits on his way back. They stole everything in his car and beat him half to death. He was sent to the hospital but couldn't be saved." Zhou Yao's voice was a little hoarse. "This happened a little suddenly. I forgot to tell you when I left this morning."
Not rescued
Wen Yue was stunned and subconsciously glanced at Zhou Yao's expression.
His expression still looked calm, but there were some red bloodshot in his dark eyes, and he didn't look very well.
Wen Yue stood up, the anger in her heart suddenly dissipated, and she pulled his wrist and walked out: "Let's talk outside."
“You didn’t even have lunch.”
She just heard what Ren Yeliang said.
Zhou Yao lowered his eyes and hummed softly: "I was a little busy. I was waiting for the results in the hospital and had to help deal with some trivial matters. I didn't have time to eat."
"There's not much food left from lunch. I'll go cook some noodles for you." Wen Yue said as she was about to turn around and go into the kitchen. Zhou Yao grabbed her wrist and gently pulled her back, then held her in his arms.
Zhou Yao sounded tired: "No, just let me hold you for a while."
Wen Yue was held tightly, Zhou Yao's chin resting on her shoulder, his breath was heavy and hot, and her ears were numb.
"Why did something happen so suddenly?" Wen Yue lowered her voice, raised her hand and patted Zhou Yao on the back, "Didn't you say that Uncle Sun has a transport fleet? There should be a lot of people in the fleet, how could something happen?"
Wen Yue had also heard that it was very dangerous to transport goods in this era. If you encountered bandits on the road, losing the goods was the least of your worries, but sometimes you could even lose your life. However, a driver like Sun Xiang who had been driving long distances for so many years must have his own way to solve the problem.
Zhou Yao: "I heard from Uncle Sun's men that he was in a hurry to come back, so he drove ahead, and then a group of bandits appeared on the road who didn't know where they came from."
Sun Xiang had a stubborn temper at times, and the two sides probably didn't negotiate, and finally a conflict broke out. It is said that when he was sent to the hospital, he had many different injuries of different sizes on his body, and he looked very terrible.
Wen Yue didn't know what to say for a moment, "Then, what should we do next?"
"We have dealt with everything that can be dealt with today. The rest will be left to Uncle Sun's team to solve." Zhou Yao stood up, his voice a little cold, "That group of people is still making trouble."
Wen Yue sighed: "...the funeral of Uncle Sun"
"It should be in three days." Zhou Yao raised his hand and touched Wen Yue's head, "You come with me then."
"Yes." Wen Yue touched the ladies' watch on her wrist.
After chatting for a while, Grandma Fang had already heated up the food. Wen Yue urged Zhou Yao to eat quickly, while she went back to sit in front of the sewing machine and stared blankly for a while.
I didn't expect Uncle Sun would encounter such a thing. There are indeed too many accidents in this world.
Wen Yue was also feeling a little down, having already forgotten about Lin Fang's matter.
I went home with Zhou Yao at night. Looking at the man's lonely and sad back, I comforted him softly: "The dead cannot be resurrected, don't be too sad."
"...Hmm." Zhou Yao was a little confused. He glanced at Wen Yue's eyes full of concern and worry and smiled. "It's a bit sad, but it's okay. I just think Uncle Sun's death is a bit strange."
In the past few years, his relatives have passed away one after another, and his heart has been tempered.
Wen Yue blinked: "Ah"
Zhou Yao put his hands in his trouser pockets, squinted his eyes and looked at the path in front of him that was illuminated by the moonlight, and said slowly in a deep voice: "Based on my understanding of Uncle Sun, unless something very serious happened at home, he would not come back on his own."
Wen Yue was stunned for two seconds: "You mean, Uncle Sun was murdered by someone?"
Zhou Yao remained silent and did not answer. After a while, he said, "Maybe I'm overthinking it. Don't take it to heart."
"Okay." Wen Yue glanced at Zhou Yao's expression, nodded and responded softly.
They both calmed down and headed home.
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