Yang Wanqiu's house was separated from Zhong Lingling's house by a narrow path less than a meter wide leading to the backyard. Zhong Lingling, who was cooking in the kitchen, could clearly hear the commotion that Yang Wanqiu and the two of them made.
She wasn't exactly known for her good temper; she only tolerated Wang Wenfang because of Wang Wenqi.
But this person had just stolen money that morning, and after being caught, instead of showing any remorse, she acted as if she owed her something, picking fights with her at every turn.
This is even more outrageous. It's one thing for him to eat and drink her food without doing any work.
Today, she finally managed to get her brother to drag her to collect some firewood, but she ended up giving it all away to someone else. This made Zhong Lingling so angry that she threw down her rice shovel on the spot.
Turning to Wang Wenqi, he roared, "What does Wang Wenqi mean by this? Does she think I owe her something? I paid for the house she lives in, I paid for the food she eats, and I even paid for her transfer to another brigade. I never say anything when she's lazy and doesn't do any work. I'll let what happened this morning go."
But look at her attitude! She went to all that trouble to gather a few pieces of firewood and then went to deliver them to the person. What, is she planning to live there from now on?
When Wang Wenqi saw his younger sister delivering firewood to Yang Wanqiu's room, he knew something bad was about to happen. While cursing Wang Wenfang for being stupid, he felt even more guilty.
Since he was still living in the old house, he naturally had to prioritize gathering firewood there first.
Only after they had paid the same amount as the other male educated youth could they take the extra ones here.
Although he wasn't short, his hands used to hold pens. Even when he went to collect firewood with his father at home, his father was the one in charge, and he only helped out by pushing the cart.
Therefore, he could only deliver a small amount of firewood each day, and Zhong Lingling, besides working, also had to do housework, so she could only collect a few pieces as well. Wang Wenfang, on the other hand, never went there at all.
Therefore, most of the firewood that Zhong Lingling and her family use for cooking and heating is bought by Zhong Lingling from the villagers.
Wang Wenfang went up the mountain today because of what happened this morning. He wanted to calm Zhong Lingling's anger and ease their relationship, so he forced Wang Wenfang to go and collect firewood with him.
Unexpectedly, this backfired and made their relationship even worse.
On one side was his girlfriend, and on the other was his sister. He didn't want to offend either of them, but he ended up offending both.
After weighing the pros and cons in his mind, Wang Wenqi seemed to have made up his mind and reached out to grab Wang Wenfang's hand.
With an apologetic look, she said, "I'm sorry, Lingling. I know it's Wenfang's fault. I've made you feel wronged. I also know I've said this too many times. I'm getting annoyed with myself."
But Lingling, you know about my family situation. When my parents left, they repeatedly told me to take good care of Wenfang. We haven't heard from them at all in so long. Maybe, just maybe, it will be just the two of us siblings relying on each other in the future. That's why I thought I'd be more lenient with her, but I never expected that being lenient would spoil her so much and lead to these bad habits.”
Whether it was worry about his parents far away, disappointment at Wang Wenfang's actions, or simply a loss of hope for life, Wang Wenqi spoke while tears streamed down his face, his eyes vacant and lifeless.
Seeing Wang Wenqi, who was once full of vigor, become like a soulless puppet, Zhong Lingling felt truly heartbroken.
Others may not know, but she does. She remembers that a few days before Wang Wenqi's parents had their accident, which was also a few days before Wang Wenqi's birthday. She thought about how Wang Wenqi had beautiful calligraphy skills, and how his father had just received a beautifully crafted inkstone a few days earlier.
He originally intended to ask his father for it as a birthday present for Wang Wenqi, but why this time?
The father, who usually grants every request, surprisingly refused.
Although her father said that these things would be left to her in the future, but it wasn't the right time to give them to her yet, this still made Zhong Lingling very unhappy.
If that inkstone were some kind of antique or rare treasure, that would be one thing, but that inkstone was just ordinary ironwood, and it looked newly made.
This displeased Zhong Lingling, who always got whatever she wanted at home, but it also made her even more determined to get her hands on that inkstone.
So the next morning, she secretly skipped school and went home. Anyway, the school was in a mess, and there were no teachers giving lessons. Apart from bookworms like Wang Wenqi who still went to school every day and spent their time in the library, many people stopped going to school.
At this time, her parents should have been at work, so as soon as Zhong Lingling got home, she secretly slipped into her father's study.
Her original intention was to steal the inkstone, but as soon as she closed the study door and before she could even start looking for it, she heard the sound of a key opening the door and her father talking to another person.
Feeling guilty, she had forgotten that this was originally her home, and she often went to her father's study to play.
When she heard footsteps coming from the study, she was so frightened that she immediately crawled under the desk.
So when Zhong Wanshan entered the study, he did not find anyone else in the room.
He took a document directly from the cabinet and handed it, along with the inkstone that Zhong Lingling had been wanting yesterday, to the person who came with him, instructing him: "Find a way to put this document in Wang Guilin's house, so that those people will have a reason to arrest people later."
However, I've noticed that the couple seems to have sensed something lately; they've been busy arranging for their children to go to the countryside these past few days. So be careful what you do, and make sure you don't leave any evidence against them.
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