Moreover, those who were sent down to the countryside not only lacked food and clothing, but also had to do heavy farm work in harsh conditions.
As Zhu Qinghao pondered this, she unconsciously quickened her already brisk pace.
As soon as she arrived on the street near her home, she saw Liu Yansong rushing over from the other side, and Lu Rou chasing after him while calling out in an affected manner.
"Song, Brother Song, wait for me, I, I can't keep up with you..."
Zhu Qinghao ignored the two of them, took a hidden route, and ran back as fast as she could.
Chen Liang was indeed waiting for her at the door. She didn't slow down, rushed in, and reached out to close the door.
Chen Liang was the steward of the Zhu family. He would wait for Zhu Qinghao to return at the door almost every day, and today was no exception.
He saw Zhu Qinghao running wildly from afar. Thinking of her frail body, he was so anxious that he broke out in a cold sweat. While preparing to help her up, he kept telling her to slow down.
Seeing Zhu Qinghao close the door, he also went over to help close the other door.
"Oh my goodness, why are you running so fast? Quick, quick, go inside and rest. Are you feeling unwell? Oh dear, why are you in such a hurry?"
After many years, hearing this familiar concern again, Zhu Qinghao felt her eyes and throat ache.
She took two deep breaths, composed herself, and smiled at Chen Liang.
"Grandpa Chen, I'm fine. When Liu Yansong arrives, please remember not to open the door for him. I don't want to see him."
"Hey, okay, I won't open it. Alright, are you really not feeling unwell? Did that kid make you angry?"
"Let's go in, ignore him, and let him stay here guarding."
Chen Liang didn't intend to ask any more questions, but out of the corner of his eye he saw Liu Yansong running over from a distance. Seeing that Liu Yansong was followed by the girl he had seen countless times, his expression turned cold, and he turned around to coax Zhu Qinghao and walked inside.
At this moment, Liu Yansong also arrived at their doorstep and shouted at the top of his lungs:
"Okay, Grandpa Chen, open the door for me!"
However, Zhu Qinghao and Chen Liang pretended not to hear and went into the house on their own, leaving Liu Yansong there helplessly banging on the locked iron door.
Chen Liang has been with Old Master Zhu since he was young, and should have retired long ago.
However, he was not married and was reluctant to leave his master. Master Zhu was also reluctant to part with him, so he simply kept him at home.
In recent years, things have been quite tense, so Grandpa Zhu simply recognized him as his sworn brother so that he wouldn't be destitute in his old age.
Therefore, the next two generations of the Zhu family grew up under his watchful eye, and in his eyes, these people were his relatives without blood ties.
Therefore, Chen Liangshi was extremely protective of the Zhu family and others when it came to issues involving them.
Even though Liu Yansong has been a frequent visitor to the Zhu family since childhood, and is now about to marry Zhu Qinghao, in Chen Liang's eyes, he is still completely incomparable to the Zhu family.
In his opinion, Liu Yansong was a man who couldn't even enjoy being a kept man, having a marriage contract with his mistress on one hand and being entangled with his childhood sweetheart on the other.
Chen Liang had long felt that his partner was unreliable and might not be able to bring happiness to his young lady, but he also had to consider his young lady's health, fearing that if the two of them really separated, his young lady's health would deteriorate again, so he never dared to say anything.
He just didn't expect that the boy would actually tell the young lady about it, which displeased her.
He kept thinking with a cold face, as if he should think of a way to teach this kid a lesson.
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