"I felt guilty that I had offended our family by taking sides, so I came here late at night to apologize and smooth things over."
It's so hypocritical!
What were you planning when you were messing around with Zhang Guifang?
I didn't get involved and understood the situation. I knew it was not easy to offend her family. After I went back, I felt uneasy no matter how I thought about it. That's why I went to her house to deliver some gifts in the hope of putting the matter behind me.
Oh.
The idea is beautiful enough and the face is thick enough.
Su Lixuan: "You didn't even see how bad my face looked when I took the things. I don't know how sad I must have been."
"We've known each other for so many years, and yet he plays this trick on her."
"It's fine if they just can't stand seeing her get along, but those people clearly know who's right and who's wrong in today's incident. They're the ones helping Zhang Guifang blackmail our family."
"But there was no apology. They just wanted to put an end to the previous unpleasantness by giving such a small gift."
To put it bluntly, it's like sending away a beggar.
Su Lixuan didn't see any respect on an equal footing, as if if they bowed their heads and gave Li Yanhong a few gifts first, Li Yanhong would definitely endure the grievance and forgive them.
When they met their neighbors the next day, they would greet each other with a smile, as if nothing unpleasant or collective bullying had happened.
No wonder Li Yanhong looked so unhappy after she took the things and figured out what they meant.
Sun Miao didn’t understand, but Su Lixuan did.
Su Lixuan could even see the big picture from the small details. Through this one incident, she could imagine how Li Yanhong had lived helplessly in this slum for so many years.
Because she has no one to rely on and her son is seen as a loser by outsiders, Li Yanhong has become accustomed to being disrespected and treated like this.
Just thinking about Su Lixuan makes me feel so uncomfortable.
Her voice was muffled and her nasal tone was heavy. "Just this one thing shows how much injustice Mom has endured over the years."
"I was bullied, but just because they bowed their head, I have to give in and give up the pursuit... Why?"
Is it because Li Yanhong is divorced and raising the child alone?
Is someone with this identity so easy to bully?
Even though Li Yanhong pretended to be a shrew and acted so fierce, she couldn't win everyone's subconscious fear and respect.
Su Lixuan couldn't bear to think about how bad Li Yanhong must be feeling lying on the bed right now.
It was obvious that when she was protecting Li Yanhong today, Li Yanhong was as happy as a child, and in the evening she was showing off to Sun Miao with a beaming face.
As a result, reality turned Li Yanhong into a frost-bitten eggplant, and Su Lixuan couldn't bear it.
Lin Zhan's voice was cold and gloomy: "Who are the people who spoke up for Zhang Guifang today?"
Su Lixuan was shocked when she heard him ask this!
"Don't be impulsive. We are serious businessmen now, not gangsters. We can't do something illegal like beating people."
According to the fictional timeline in the original book, the city will crack down on criminal gangs in two years. Su Lixuan remembered very clearly that Lin Zhan was no longer around by that time in the original book.
In the original book, Ye Wei also lamented that it was fortunate that Lin Zhan left early, otherwise he would not have been able to escape during the crackdown.
These are all the original words from the book. Since Su Lixuan knows the timeline, it is impossible for her to let Lin Zhan act recklessly and end up hitting a wall.
Just because she cried out for hunger at night, Lin Zhan would make her a midnight snack without saying a word no matter how sleepy he was. Just because of this, she wanted to grow old with Lin Zhan.
She admitted that she was attracted by Lin Zhan's face at first, but after being together for such a long time and Lin Zhan giving her his true heart, how could she remain indifferent?
"Ah Zhan, promise me not to do anything stupid. It's not worth it to act impulsively for those people."
"You are no longer the Lin Zhan who had nothing but me."
"You have me now, our child, my elder brother and his wife, Xiaoran, and our whole family, so no matter what you want to do..."
"Promise me that you will think twice before you act."
Under the moonlight, Lin Zhan's eyes were deep, and he stared at Su Lixuan for a long time.
After a while.
Su Lixuan heard a soft sigh, and then she was hugged by Lin Zhan.
"Li Xuan, I know I'm not the same brazen, aggressive, bully I used to be."
He had nothing before so he was not afraid of anything.
But now he was afraid that if he made a mistake, it would ruin her life.
"Li Xuan, I asked you who helped Zhang Guifang today, not because I wanted to do something to them."
...That's not right.
His original intention was indeed to deal with these people, but not with violence as his wife imagined.
Forget it. Afraid that his wife would worry, Lin Zhan pursed his lips and didn’t explain any further.
He just listened to Su Lixuan's words obediently, which meant that he would never act impulsively.
He didn't ask any questions and made such a serious promise, so Su Lixuan naturally believed him, but...
Within a few days, people in the compound started to spread the rumor that there seemed to be something wrong with the feng shui.
Several families have lost their fortunes.
Either the grandson lost money in business and was preparing to return to the slum to rely on his parents, or the child made a mistake at the factory and was criticized, or even fired in serious cases.
There was also a daughter from a family who married well. It was said that she took her stepson out to play and had an affair with him, but was discovered by her in-laws. The in-laws then brought people to the door of the girl's parents.
Coincidentally, the unfaithful daughter was the daughter of Zhuang Cuiping who married into a wealthy family.
It was also a coincidence that all the families involved in the incident had "kind-hearted people" who helped Zhang Guifang bully Li Yanhong this time.
Gradually, some people discovered that something was wrong, but it was difficult to say it out loud because there was no evidence.
There was no evidence and I was taught a terrible lesson.
After everyone realized what was happening, they could only hold their noses and swallow their loss.
But since then, Li Yanhong inexplicably felt that her status in the slum seemed different from before.
Wherever she went, people would greet her and bow to her. Some people would even send gifts to her house from time to time. They no longer did so secretly in the dark, but sent them in broad daylight with great enthusiasm.
She doesn't want anything to be forced into her arms.
Occasionally she would sit in the yard and chat with everyone. As long as she spoke, there would always be a bunch of people praising her and catering to her.
It's just... incomprehensible.
But I have to say...it tastes pretty good.
Su Lixuan didn't pay attention to these things, so naturally she didn't think much about her husband.
Lin Zhan acted sneakily for a while, and when he found that his wife didn't grab his ears and scold him, he felt relieved.
Outside, he became the serious but wife-loving Mr. Lin again.
Of course, this is a later story.
Right now, the couple are still plotting in a low voice in the house.
Su Lixuan really couldn't bear to see her mother-in-law suffer this grievance again, so she urged Lin Zhan to take her mother-in-law to see the factory.
(End of this chapter)
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