Lin Youcai's question brought Fang Qiao back to her senses. She glared at Lin Youcai, snorted, and retorted, "Why can't it be us?"
Lin Youcai was extremely flustered: "You, how did you find this place?"
Although his home was very close to the department store, the alleys were a maze of twists and turns, and it would be very difficult for a stranger to find his way without someone familiar with the area.
How did they manage to find their way to their home so accurately?
"It's none of your business how we found it, we've already found it anyway." Fang Qiao rolled her eyes.
Cheng Bodong didn't want to talk to Lin Youcai at all, and directly said to Xiao Jing, "Xiao Jing, come here."
Without hesitation, Xiao Jing stepped out from behind Lin Youcai.
Seeing Xiaojing about to leave, Lin Youcai disregarded his pride and dignity, reached out and grabbed Xiaojing's wrist, pleading, "Ajing, don't go. I know my past cowardice and incompetence disappointed you terribly, but I was too young back then. I loved you, but I didn't know how to face you, so I chose to run away. It wasn't until after you left that I realized that what I did back then was really contrary to a man's responsibility."
Xiaojing, I know I was wrong now. Please give me a chance to make amends, okay? For the rest of my life, I will do my best to cherish and treat you well.
He knew that once Xiaojing left, he might never have such a good opportunity to talk to her alone again.
Such a coincidence is hard to come by again.
Although Lin Youcai wasn't very learned, he was still quite intimidating in appearance.
He dressed up like a respectable person and even put on a deeply affectionate act, which was so hypocritical that it disgusted Fang Qiao to death.
But Fang Qiao also knew that many young girls with no romantic experience were susceptible to his charm.
She was extremely anxious, fearing that Xiao Jing would be swayed by his few words and the few drops of cat pee in his eyes and change her mind.
Fortunately, Xiaojing didn't make a mistake. She shook off Lin Youcai's hand and said, "Oh no."
Having shaken off Lin Youcai, she quickly walked up to Fang Qiao, casually took Tian Tian's hand, and said, "Brother, sister-in-law, let's go."
Fang Qiao nodded, glanced warily at Lin Youcai, bent down and quickly picked up An'an, then took Xiao Jing's hand, turned around and left quickly.
Then, Cheng Baidong gazed deeply at Lin Youcai before turning and leaving.
I was walking back the way I came, and after only a few steps, a young man in green clothes with a red armband suddenly appeared in front of me.
Fang Qiao walked out with her head down, not paying any attention to the person's face. She instinctively moved aside when she saw him, without even stopping.
Lin Tengfei reached out and opened his mouth as if to call out, but then he thought that they had only met once and didn't even know each other's names. The female classmate must have forgotten him long ago. He scratched his head and shut his mouth again.
He continued walking until he reached Lin Youcai's house. He saw Lin Youcai sitting on the ground in the yard and frowned in disdain: "Hey, why are you sitting on the ground?"
Lin Youcai looked up at him but didn't say anything.
Lin Tengfei muttered, "What kind of attitude is that?" Then he said impatiently, "Dad wants you to have dinner at the compound tonight."
Lin Youcai hummed in agreement and said, "I understand."
Lin Tengfei glanced down at Lin Youcai, and just before turning to leave, he suddenly remembered something and asked, "Hey, I ran into a group of people in the alley when I came here. Do you know anyone in there?"
Lin Youcai knew he was referring to Fang Qiao's group. They had arrived and left almost simultaneously, so they must have bumped into each other at the entrance.
But Lin Youcai disliked him and was unwilling to answer his question. He got up from the ground expressionlessly, said, "I don't know him," and then turned and went back into the house.
Lin Youcai disliked Lin Tengfei, and Lin Tengfei was even less friendly to him, simply scoffing and rolling his eyes.
Half-brothers are destined to be enemies.
On the other side, as Fang Qiao walked out, she couldn't help but mutter, "Xiao Jing, what's going on with Lin Youcai? Why didn't you tell us before leaving with him without a word? Do you know how scared I was when you suddenly disappeared! I thought you'd been kidnapped by human traffickers!"
Xiao Jing pursed her lips and whispered, "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry, I... I was wrong."
"Tell me, what happened?" After leaving the alley, Fang Qiao found a quiet place and questioned her: "How did he find you?"
She has to get to the bottom of Lin Youcai's matter today, or there will be endless trouble!
Xiaojing answered honestly: "Just now on the street I saw a stall selling scraps of fabric. There was a piece of floral fabric that looked pretty, so I wanted to stop and ask about the price. But there were so many people. As soon as I stopped, someone stepped on my shoe heel and broke it. I only had time to lift my heel before I looked up and couldn't see you anymore. Then I ran into him."
"He said he had something to say to me, and I also had some questions to ask him, so... so I went with him." At this point, Xiaojing lowered her head guiltily. She knew she had done something wrong; she shouldn't have gone with Lin Youcai.
But in that instant, she suddenly became bewitched.
She desperately wanted to have a complete understanding of the past.
In fact, some things, though seemingly past, are not truly past. They are like a deep-seated abscess buried deep under the skin, constantly recurring and tormenting her mind.
The first time she opened her closed heart and gave her feelings, she was met with a complete betrayal.
Moreover, from the time she was rescued after jumping into the river until she left her hometown with her brother and sister-in-law, Lin Youcai not only did not show up, but he didn't even ask anyone to send her a message. It was as if the two of them had never crossed paths.
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