Wu Qiongfang abandoned her son and, ignoring Fang Dong's objections, packed her things and left.
Fortunately, she has never given up her job over the years, and even without a family, she is still capable of being independent.
The story of Aunt Tang and Fang Mao spread like wildfire in their neighborhood.
In addition, Fang Mao's mischievousness led to multiple complaints, and the cracked floor damaged other people's furniture, resulting in a claim for compensation from the downstairs neighbor.
A series of events left Fang Dong overwhelmed and forced him to prepare to move again with Aunt Tang and his son.
Before they could leave, Xu Xia and her group came knocking on their door again.
Xu Xia and a few others pinned down Aunt Tang and beat her up.
“If you hadn’t instigated us, none of us would have been able to cancel our lease! Now look what’s happened, not only have we moved, but my husband also lost his job after being in a car accident on his way to work!”
Xu Xia's family does have a car, but since they just moved to this place, there are no parking spaces available when they come back late, so they have to park in a parking lot that is quite far away.
I was too late for work the next day, so I had to take a taxi there.
Who knew that the first taxi ride after moving would result in a car accident, causing the company to lose a major project.
Xu Xia, thinking about how everything would go wrong after moving, showed no mercy and beat Aunt Tang until she screamed in pain.
Aunt Tang originally wanted to ask her son for help, but when she raised her hand, she realized that Fang Dong had already run away at some point.
After going around in circles, everyone realized at this moment that in Yancheng, you get what you pay for; it's impossible to find a house that's both cheap and good in every way.
If it weren't for the long-standing relationship between neighbors, Yan Shu would never have lowered the rent on her property.
They regretted their actions so soon after all that trouble.
After fighting with Aunt Tang, Xu Xia took some people to find Yan Shu to discuss terminating the lease.
Yan Shu remained calm and composed, picking up his teacup and taking a light sip.
"What's there to discuss? Didn't we already return your deposit?"
Xu Xia quickly said, "We can sign a new contract, increase the rent by 500, and pay three months' rent in advance as a deposit. We'll pay you back!"
Yan Shu looked troubled. "It's not that I don't want to rent to you, but ever since you said you were terminating your leases, you've secretly posted rental notices for me. Even though it's only been a few days, all the vacant houses I have are already taken. There are still a few households that said they were terminating their leases but haven't moved out yet. I've already asked Xiao Li to urge them to move out before the Lantern Festival. The new tenants are in a hurry to move out."
Xu Xia and the others looked as black as the bottom of a pot, utterly defeated.
The more assertive they were when they said they wanted to terminate the lease, the more they regret it now.
"Yan Shu, I've been renting from you for many years, we're neighbors who see each other all the time, could you please help me out? My husband, Lao Zheng, was in a car accident and is still in the hospital."
Yan Qiao came out of the house in her slippers and laughed when she heard what she said.
“Aunt Xu, Uncle Zheng’s car accident wasn’t caused by my mom, so why should my mom pay for it? Now you’re talking about neighborly affection, but when you were inciting everyone to terminate their leases in the group chat, I didn’t see you think of any affection at all.”
Speechless after being choked by a junior, Xu Xia's face turned extremely ugly.
She held back for a while, but finally couldn't hold back her dissatisfaction: "I'm talking to your mother, why are you interrupting?"
This really ignited Yan Shu's protective instincts: "Xu Xia, I won't keep you here today. Since you've already moved out, try to avoid coming here anymore. It's not like my daughter has a place to speak in her own home, and she gets lectured. If you were as tough as last time, standing up straight and talking back to me, I might look at you with more respect."
Xu Xia's face turned pale and then red, her skin felt like it was about to be ripped off, and she left in a disheveled state.
Yan Shu glanced at the calendar on the wall. "Qiaoqiao, it's the tenth already."
"Yeah, construction should start on the eighth day of the month. I should head back soon."
Of all the courtyard houses, only the rear building underwent significant changes, so construction began there, without affecting access to the front.
In other places, the work is mostly just repairs, which are much simpler.
Back at the courtyard house, Yan Qiao naturally encountered Pei Jingzhan, who had returned on the same day.
She took out the red envelope she had prepared for the start of the work year, which contained 800 yuan.
"Mr. Pei Bingjun, congratulations on the start of your project!"
Pei Jingzhan took the red envelope and glanced at it. His expression didn't change much, but a fleeting look of surprise crossed his face.
This is the first time he has received a red envelope to start work.
"Should I say thank you, boss?"
Yan Qiao patted his shoulder and began to paint a rosy picture for him: "You're welcome, work hard! The more you work, the more you'll reap. As our business develops, I'll give you a raise!"
Pei Jingzhan scoffed, "It's a shame you don't start your own company."
He's even better at making empty promises than the real boss.
Yan Qiao's eyes darted around, "Why doesn't this work on you?"
She specifically learned it by watching videos.
Shortly after, Yan Qiao received a message on her phone.
Upon opening it, they were surprised to find it was a wedding invitation from Shen Yuejin and Xi Wen.
"Ha, Shen Yuejin is actually going to marry Xi Wen?"
These two actually got together and ended up together.
Yan Qiao was very surprised and called Xi Luo.
After the call connected, Xi Luo's irritable voice, still heavy with sleep, came through: "Yan Qiao, you'd better have something serious to say!"
Yan Qiao then noticed the time; it was early morning on Xi Luo's end.
She smiled a little embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, your older brother is getting married to Shen Yuejin, did you know?"
Xi Luo said impatiently, "You called me just because of this? You're so heartless! The Chinese New Year is almost over in China, and you didn't even say 'Happy New Year' to me. Now you're calling me because of Shen Yuejin!"
Yan Qiao pouted, "You didn't call me either, did you?"
"How can that be the same? I'm in class every day, busy all the time except when I'm sleeping! My third uncle is inhuman; I don't know where he found such a devilish teacher!"
Xi Luo let out a wail. The problem was that his return home was nowhere in sight, and he could no longer stand the food abroad.
Yan Qiao steered the conversation back on track: "I'm telling you about Shen Yuejin. Did you know they're getting married?"
"I know, they sent me the post a while ago, what a disgusting thing."
Are you going back to China?
Xi Luo scoffed, "They're not worth me going back to my country for, but could you please go for me and give me your blessings? Just tell them I have a gift for them."
Xi Wen's purpose in marrying Shen Yuejin was obvious: he wanted to leverage the power of the Shen family to form an alliance, gain control of the Xi family, and kick him, the legitimate son of the Xi family, out of the picture.
His numerous underhanded maneuvers almost led others to believe that Shiloh left the country because he had suffered a crushing defeat in the fight for the family fortune.
Shen Yuejin even spread rumors in the industry, saying that Xi Luo was heartbroken because of her marriage to Xi Wen and went overseas to heal his wounds.
It disgusted Shiloh so much that she couldn't eat for several days.
Since Xi Wen has taken the initiative, there's no reason to let him just watch and do nothing.
Shen Yuejin still thinks she's holding a treasure, so let her fool see what kind of toad Xi Wen really is.
After hanging up the phone, Yan Qiao hesitated for a moment, then typed a few words on her phone and replied to Shen Yuejin: 【I'll definitely be there.】
She had originally intended to refuse, but since Xi Luo had given the order, she figured she might as well go and attend the banquet.
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