Huang Xiaojuan originally felt quite comfortable living in the Huang family, since the Huang family is very patriarchal.
Since Huang's father returned to the city from the countryside, he has been living in a tube-shaped building with Grandpa Huang, Grandma Huang, and Uncle Huang's family.
When their family of three became a family of four, Uncle Huang couldn't stand it anymore and found a way to move out. So the house that should have belonged to Uncle Huang was completely occupied by Huang's father and his family.
Later, when the Huang family of four grew to seven, they were still squeezed into this 40-square-meter tube-shaped building. After the eldest brother Huang Xiaojun got married, the spacious room was given to Huang Xiaojun's family. The youngest brother Huang Xiaobing lived with his parents in the small room. The three Huang sisters squeezed into the 3-4 square meter compartment separated by the balcony. It was so crowded that they couldn't even turn over.
This is also the reason why the Huang sisters desperately want to leave home. Of course, the most important thing is that Huang Xiaojuan and Huang Xiaoxia witnessed the end of their eldest sister Huang Xiaohong. In order to find a wife for Huang Xiaojun, Huang Xiaohong, who had just turned 20, was sold to an old widower who beat his wife to death, just because the other party was a truck driver and gave a high bride price.
When Huang Xiaojuan married Zhang Qiming, the Huang family also raised the price and made unreasonable demands. Zhang Qiming kept them hanging by the horns by promising to find a job for Huang Xiaobing.
Later, they did see Zhang Qiming's ability. Zhang Qiming was different from the eldest son-in-law. He was a worker at the Huagang Factory and had connections and money. After Huang Xiaoxia was sent to the People's Hospital, the Huang family basically submitted. Going to the hospital was not an easy thing. Now the salary Huang Xiaoxia handed in every month was secondary. The key was that he could definitely catch a rich son-in-law there.
The Huang family also expected him to help their youngest son and eldest grandson in the future, so they seemed particularly reasonable.
Of course, the fact that Huang Xiaojuan can live so comfortably is also related to the fact that she gave Huang Xiaojun 5,000 yuan to invest in stocks some time ago, so the whole family was very enthusiastic when she came back this time.
She thoroughly enjoyed her parents' flattery and praise, and even more so the feeling of commanding her brother and sister-in-law to serve tea and even do laundry. So even though she lived on a small balcony of only three or four square meters, she was in a very good mood. She was especially overwhelmed by the thought that she would not only be able to hold her head high when she returned home in a few days, but would also receive another twenty-five thousand yuan.
So her parents specially prepared a table of dishes that she and Xuanxuan liked, and they chatted lively about the Wang family next door making tens of thousands of dollars from a huge stock surge. When Huang Xiaojun mentioned that the stocks he bought had just fallen and he needed to cover his position, Huang Xiaojuan blushed and promised to give her elder brother another 5,000 yuan.
But he felt a little regretful after he finished speaking, and hurriedly said, "But you have to pay me back by the end of the month. I can only hide the money until the end of the month, otherwise I won't be able to explain to Qiming. You know Qiming, if he's unhappy, he can take Xiaoxia's job back. If she sells her job for 10,000 or 20,000, there will definitely be someone who wants it."
"Don't worry," Huang Xiaojun said confidently, "As long as the stock price goes up five times, ten thousand will become thirty thousand. When that happens, I will not only pay you back the ten thousand, but also give you two thousand in interest as a pocket money. How about that?"
Huang Xiaojuan had recently heard about many people getting rich overnight by buying stocks, and she was very happy. Her eldest brother had made a lot of money, and Zhang Qiming would have a better impression of her family.
Huang Xiaojuan thought she could stay at her parents' home for seven or eight days, and then Zhang Qiming would come to pick them up in person.
However, when she was taking Xuanxuan to visit her former "best" friend's house, Huang's mother suddenly called her back home with a stern face.
"Have you broken the law?" Huang's mother asked. Huang Xiaojun and Huang's eldest sister-in-law looked at her strangely, as if they were looking at a prisoner, with contempt and disgust.
Huang Xiaojuan's heart skipped a beat. "What? What's illegal? I didn't break any law!"
"Someone just called and said someone has sued you and the police are looking for you." Huang Xiaojun frowned.
"Impossible!" Huang Xiaojuan said, "Qiming asked someone to contact the police station, and the police released me! They said I was not guilty!"
"You've really been to the police station?!" Huang's mother was shocked. "You, you, you need to leave immediately. We don't have a daughter like you in the Huang family!"
"Mom," Huang Xiaojun calmed down and stopped her, "You have to find out the situation clearly, so that we won't be implicated."
Then he turned to Huang Xiaojuan and asked, "Someone just called and said you embezzled other people's property and kept a savings book with tens of thousands of yuan in it and refused to return it. They said that taking tens of thousands of yuan is a serious crime and you could get a sentence of more than ten years."
Huang Xiaojuan immediately thought of Xia Mian and said angrily, "How is that possible? She gave me the passbook on her own initiative. I told her I kept it at school, but I just didn't have time to give it to her yet."
But she was still a little panicked. She had been to the police station once. Although Zhang Qiming found someone to get her out, this had happened again and again. How could she face people in the future?
Huang Ma said, "I don't care. Just leave now. Don't stay at home and cause trouble for us. We still have some dignity to protect."
"Mom, even if she leaves, it will still be a burden." Mrs. Huang said dissatisfiedly.
Huang Xiaojun frowned. "Tell me exactly what happened. If you can avoid jail time, we'll definitely help you. We can't afford to have any forced labor prisoners in our Huang family."
Huang Xiaojuan was still panicked. Her parents' home was indeed her only support, so she told the story in detail.
Finally, he said, "Brother, the five thousand I gave you was taken from her passbook. Why don't you pay me back first and I'll deposit it back into her account. When the time comes, once I take out the passbook, everything will be fine."
Huang Xiaojun glared, "I've already used the money to buy stocks, and it's stuck right now. If I sell it now, I'll only have 2,000 left. If I keep it for a few more days, it'll be 6,000 or 7,000. Don't be silly."
"But..." Huang Xiaojuan was anxious.
"Either you find a way to fill that hole first, or you just drag it out." Huang Xiaojun said, "I thought it was nothing, just a little girl."
"If you ask me, that girl is probably making excuses. You found her a school, she gave you the passbook, and she also told you the password. How could she possibly steal it?" Huang Xiaojun said, "I think she might be eyeing her sister's 40,000 yuan compensation! She's a girl with quite the ambition."
Huang Xiaojuan suddenly thought of something: had that girl been taken advantage of by those thugs and was being blackmailed?!
The more I think about it, the more I feel that this is the case. Otherwise, why would she be fine after coming back for several days, but suddenly call the police today?
It must be that Xia Mian was in urgent need of money and couldn't find an adult to support her, so she tried every possible means and called the police to ask for the passbook.
Thinking of this, Huang Xiaojuan smiled. "Brother, if that's true, then she definitely won't succeed. There's no compensation at all."
Even when she was most arrogant, Huang Xiaojuan would not acknowledge Xia Chun's compensation.
Huang Xiaojun smiled and said, "Yes, you don't have any compensation. Didn't you tell everyone that you borrowed the money from your family? That little girl is just messing around."
Huang Ma's eyes lit up, but after Huang Xiaojun glared at her, she suppressed her impatience and said, "The police will definitely find out if they want to. We don't have that much money to lend her. Don't let them use the compensation as leverage when the passbook is fine."
These words touched Huang Xiaojuan's heart. She was not afraid of the passbook issue, but if she was asked to investigate the compensation issue, Zhang Qiming would definitely beat her to death.
She looked at Huang's mother and said, "Mom, that compensation is a non-existent thing. What's the point of just saying I borrowed it from my family?"
"What can you say?" Huang Ma glared. "That's perjury. If you go to jail, not only will you be imprisoned, but your brother will be imprisoned as well. Don't even think about it."
Huang Xiaojun frowned and thought for a while before saying, "Even if Xiaojuan goes in, our family can't afford to lose that person."
At this point, he sighed and said, "Xiaojuan, we have to get this right. No one can make any mistakes. If you are really caught, don't blame me for not caring about you."
Huang Xiaojuan nodded hurriedly, and the family carefully imagined what the police would say when they came to investigate and question them.
The details of this loan, when and where, where it was borrowed, how much money was borrowed...
Huang Ma finally said, "Just write another IOU. Then no one, not to mention the police, will be able to find out. It can't be a fake, right?"
Huang Xiaojuan's first reaction was to object. Big Brother Huang frowned and said, "Why write an IOU? We are siblings. It's normal to borrow money, right?"
Huang Ma said, "For such a large sum of money, it would be fake if you didn't write an IOU."
Huang Ma glanced at Huang Xiaojuan and sneered, "You borrowed only a few hundred yuan from Qiming before, and he never asked you to write an IOU?"
Huang Xiaojuan's face turned red when Huang's mother looked at her, and she felt inexplicably embarrassed.
"Why don't you just forget about it? This is collusion and perjury. The police are so powerful. If they catch you with even a little suspicion, they'll arrest you and interrogate you. In the end, you'll all go to jail."
Huang Da Ge also began to hesitate, but Huang Da Sao said firmly, "Forget it, forget it. They said they were just reporting the passbook to the police, and they didn't mention compensation. What if that girl doesn't ask for compensation? Xiao Juan will be fine."
Huang Xiaojuan was anxious. When Xia Mian was fine, he was still harping on the issue of compensation. Now that he was even more short of money, how could he let go of the compensation? The police must not be allowed to intervene in the matter of compensation!
"Just write an IOU." Huang Xiaojuan weighed the pros and cons for a long time and said through gritted teeth.
After the matter was settled, the Huang family couldn't wait to kick the mother and son out, under the pretext of being more positive and leaving a good impression on the police.
Huang Xiaojuan had no choice but to take Xuanxuan on two buses, and it took nearly three hours to get back to the Huagang family compound.
She was thinking all the way about how to tell the police what happened, and how to deal with Xia Mian after dealing with the police. She was sometimes serious and sometimes smiling. Xuanxuan sat in her arms and said, "Mom, are you crazy!"
There was a crazy woman in my grandma's building who was like this, crying and laughing at the same time.
Huang Xiaojuan glared at him, "You're crazy. Mom is thinking about something!"
But overall, she was in a good mood.
"Don't worry, we will definitely cooperate with you. With this IOU, our plan will be perfect. Maybe we can even sue that girl for framing her."
"Not only will the passbook be yours then, but you'll also be able to do whatever you want with that girl. After all, once she's in jail, she'll lose both her parents. Who would want to take care of her?"
Although her elder brother was not very clear about the specific situation, his words reminded Huang Xiaojuan.
With the evidence against Xia Mian and the passbook in her hands, it wouldn't stop her from sending him to jail.
Since Xia Mian likes to call the police so much, let her taste the bitter fruit of her own actions.
Although she won't be able to go to jail because of her age, even if she goes to a juvenile detention center, people will stay away from her, and no one will believe what she says in the future.
With a clear mind, Huang Xiaojuan was no longer afraid to go home during the busiest time. It was a good opportunity for her to learn from her neighbors about what the wild girl Xia Mian had been doing these days, and she could also take the opportunity to change her image.
However, Huang Xiaojuan entered the family compound with a feeling of fear and headache, but did not receive the sympathy she had imagined.
Some people did mention hibernation, and quite frequently, but instead of expressing disdain or disgust, they praised it, as if the other party had saved some important person.
Huang Xiaojuan's heart skipped a beat, and she couldn't help but ask to understand the situation, "Who did Xia Mian save?"
"Oh, isn't this Huang Xiaojuan..." Sister Wang said with a smile, "Your Xia Mian is really successful. She saved Doctor Ning's nephew!"
"Oh, by the way, if you weren't here, you might not know. A few days ago, Dr. Ning's stepmother actually sent someone to kill him for the family property. Do you know how rich Dr. Ning's family is? - Tens of millions of dollars in assets!"
"Doctor Ning's sister married into a well-matched family, so she's very rich," someone said excitedly. "Doctor Ning's sister said that Xia Mian was their lifesaver, and they don't know how to repay her. Do you think she'll give her a lot of money?"
"I guess so." The man glanced at Huang Xiaojuan and said with a smile, "But Sister Wang, you are wrong. Xia Mian is not from the Zhang family. The two families have a big feud."
She turned around and gloated at Huang Xiaojuan, "You guys, don't even think about taking advantage of this!"
"Taking advantage of others?" Li Gong's country daughter-in-law sneered, "They still want to take advantage of others. Not to mention Xia Mian won't agree, I won't agree either. They hurt others and still want to benefit from them..."
As he thought of his anger, he spat at Huang Xiaojuan and said, "I can't stand living in the same yard with this kind of beast."
As they were talking, a black car drove past them. The car was a little different from the Santana they usually saw.
Everyone immediately got excited. "Oh my god, that's a Mercedes-Benz! I've only heard of it, but never seen one. I heard it's an imported car, worth millions!"
"That's Teacher Mi's grandson-in-law! Oh, forget about him!" someone said. "Hurry up! I heard he's a very impressive guy. I have to see how impressive he is."
A group of people headed towards the 18th floor in a mighty procession. Huang Xiaojuan's mind was in a mess, but she hurried to catch up.
As soon as I got downstairs, I saw the door of the imported car open and a tall man got out from the driver's seat. He had a neat and capable slicked-back hair and wore a straight, wrinkle-free shirt. He exuded an inexplicable aura of imposingness.
The neighbors who were watching lowered their voices, and then they saw Dr. Ning get out of the back seat.
I used to think that Dr. Ning was someone people were afraid to approach, but now it seems that he has restrained himself. Now standing next to my brother-in-law, not only is he not inferior to him, but his appearance and temperament are even better.
When Dr. Ning's sister and child got off the car, everyone couldn't help but exclaim in amazement at how well-looking this family was.
If Xia Mian were here, she would probably understand their feelings. It's just like when little girls in later generations see idol groups. Even if they are not working, just looking at their looks makes people happy.
Huang Xiaojuan, who was confused at first, now understood clearly that if she could establish a relationship with this family, there would definitely be huge benefits.
However, facing such a family, she did not dare to act rashly. At least she had to find out what Xia Mian had done first.
Looking around, it was obvious that there were many people who wanted to curry favor with Dr. Ning, but these people looked down on her. If she stepped forward rashly, she would definitely be bullied.
Huang Xiaojuan didn't believe that Xia Mian, a little gangster, could save anyone, unless it was an accident. Otherwise, she would definitely stop that girl from "repaying a favor".
However, her younger sister Huang Xiaoxia is more promising.
After Teacher Mi's idol group entered the house one after another, everyone finally had time to "care" about Huang Xiaojuan.
"Hey, Xiao Huang is back so soon!" Mrs. Zhao upstairs said sarcastically, "Why aren't you afraid of the gangsters anymore?"
"What are you afraid of? Those hooligans all obey their orders."
Huang Xiaojuan's heart skipped a beat, and then she heard Li Xinmei laugh, "This is someone else's home, why can't you come back? Xiaojuan, you must be exhausted from the journey, go back and rest!"
Many people laughed when they heard this. Huang Xiaojuan looked at their knowing eyes and felt that they were hiding something from her.
She didn't want to be ridiculed here, so she quickly picked up her luggage and went upstairs with Xuanxuan.
As a result, I couldn’t open the door for a long time!
She couldn't help but confirm that Teacher Mi's house was downstairs. This was definitely her home, so why couldn't she open the door?
"Oh, by the way," Li Xinmei called up from downstairs, "Xiaojuan, the lock on your door has been changed! I'm afraid you can't open it with your old key."
Huang Xiaojuan was already feeling agitated, and when she heard the locks had been changed, she couldn't help but exclaim, "Why would they change the locks when everything was fine?!"
There was a sudden burst of ridicule from the people downstairs, "How come you didn't know the locks had been changed?"
"You're so funny. You left the two kids here without even giving them the keys. How are they going to get home if you don't change the locks?"
"He's truly vicious," Mr. Li's daughter-in-law said with a spitting sound. "He's afraid that sleeping in a small dark room is abuse, so he's making the children sleep on the street!"
Huang Xiaojuan was so angry that she almost lost her mind and blurted out, "Xia Mian has so many friends, how could she have nowhere to go!"
She thought that saying this would arouse everyone's disgust towards Xia Mian, however, it seemed that everyone disliked her even more.
"Bah! Xia Mian is new here, where are you from? Are you looking at us and wondering if we know your dirty thoughts?"
"You're taking us for fools!"
"Forget it, disgusting thing, she always swears when talking to her, let her do whatever she wants!"
Huang Xiaojuan was both angry and anxious. What kind of magic potion did that damn girl Xia Mian use on these people?
Thinking of this, she turned around and started banging on the door. She thought Xia Mian was deliberately not opening the door to get revenge on her. She held her breath and called out, "Xia Mian, open the door for me! You were fine, why did you call the police again!"
Ning Shaoyun, who heard the voice, came out to take a look and asked, "Is this Huang Xiaojuan, who abused Xiaofeng and framed Xia Mian?"
"you do not say……"
Everyone started chattering again. Doctor Ning's sister rarely talked to them, but she was in the mood at the moment, so they let her call Huang Xiaojuan whatever she wanted.
Huang Xiaojuan had been walking with Xuanxuan and carrying the luggage for most of the day. They were tired and hungry. Xuanxuan started crying when he saw that he couldn't get in at the door of his house.
Finally, it was Mrs. Liu next door who was so annoyed that she opened the door and said, "Stop shouting, Xia Mian is not here!"
Why not tell me now?!
Huang Xiaojuan gritted her teeth in anger when she heard this. This damn old woman must have done it on purpose, but she still held back her anger and asked, "Where did she go?!"
Old Mrs. Liu looked at her in surprise. "Since you've chased me away like this, of course I'll go back home. Could it be that I'm just going to stay home and wait for you to lock me out every day?"
"What about the lock?!" Huang Xiaojuan clenched her fists and gritted her teeth, "Did she leave the key?"
Old Lady Liu said, "I don't know. Back then, Xia Mian, a little girl, was able to take care of Xiao Feng. There's no reason why you, an adult, can't do anything about it, right?"
Revenge, this is definitely the revenge of summer sleep! Huang Xiaojuan was so angry that her head was dizzy, but Xuanxuan kept shouting that he was hungry and had already started crying loudly.
Huang Xiaojuan had no choice but to pick up her luggage and carry her to find the locksmith. However, because the time was up, the locksmith had just closed up and left.
Huang Xiaojuan was on the verge of collapse. She kicked Xuanxuan who was crying and said, "Shut up!"
After Xuanxuan shut up for a short while, he cried even louder...
In the end, Huang Xiaojuan had no choice but to take Xuanxuan to stay in a hotel. She spent a lot of the thousand yuan that Xia Mian had left in her savings account. This time, when she returned to her parents' home, it was all taken away. Now she was using her own money, so she was naturally very distressed.
When she arrived at the hotel, she contacted Zhang Qiming almost in a rage and told him that Xia Mian had called the police to arrest her, had picked the lock and left, and the neighbors' speculation about the gangster.
She was filled with worry, but Zhang Qiming listened and said, "Has anyone in the hospital heard that the police are looking for you?"
Huang Xiaojuan was stunned. This really didn't exist.
"That call was most likely made by that girl Xia Mian herself." Zhang Qiming said in a relaxed tone, "Your Huang family is so ignorant. Otherwise, you wouldn't have called to notify them to arrest someone. You would have just gone there in a police car."
Huang Xiaojuan also realized it, isn't it? If Xia Mian called the police, she would definitely want everyone in the family compound to know about it, but now no one has mentioned it, so...
"So she must have had some problems and was anxious to find you, but the little girl couldn't stand it and ran away in fear before she could wait."
Zhang Qiming seemed to be in a good mood. "As for those gangsters, let her say whatever she wants. From now on, she will have to eat what she says herself."
Isn’t it?! Huang Xiaojuan’s eyes lit up. That girl must have gotten into some serious trouble. Otherwise, she would have been the lifesaver of Dr. Ning’s nephew. Why would she run away?
Once we have her evidence and hold her in our hands, won't we be able to make her say whatever we want? Huang Xiaojuan's mood finally brightened.
Sadly, it didn't last long.
The next day, Huang Xiaojuan went to find someone to change the locks as soon as the stall opened.
The locksmith was quite simple. "What's going on with your house? I haven't changed my locks in two months, but you change them twice in less than a week."
Huang Xiaojuan was about to nag Xia Mian when Old Lady Liu from the opposite door came out and heard what she was saying. She smiled and said, "Well, this family is kind-hearted and is specifically creating income for you."
Huang Xiaojuan didn't dare to say anything bad about Xia Mian in front of Old Lady Liu. She paid the money with a broken heart, then slammed the door to express her dissatisfaction with her actions.
Old Madam Liu scoffed and said to her daughter-in-law, "We're just getting started. They're still angry. Just wait and see. She'll come looking for me again soon."
"Then just ignore her," Li Xinmei couldn't help laughing, "Xia Mian is really amazing."
"You have to be tough, otherwise you'll never escape from this beast," said Old Lady Liu. "You have to see justice." At this point, her eyes were filled with amusement. "I want to see her go crazy!"
Li Xinmei laughed.
Sure enough, more than ten seconds later, Huang Xiaojuan rushed out with an anxious look on her face, forgetting her dirty dealings with the people across the street. She said anxiously, "Aunt Liu, it seems like there's been a thief in my house. Both my color TV and sewing machine are gone."
"I don't know if it was thieves or not," said Old Lady Liu, "but as for the color TV and sewing machine, Xia Mian pawned them out."
"It's been pawned?!" Huang Xiaojuan's first reaction was that Xia Mian sold the TV as second-hand goods. She couldn't help but shout, "How dare she?!"
"What are you yelling about?" Old Lady Liu asked doubtfully, "Didn't your little Zhang say that himself? Let Xia Mian figure it out on his own, and he'll come back to deal with it when he's done. We're all listening."
"Besides, Xia Mian is just pawning it out. If you redeem it within a month, you'll only have to pay an extra ten yuan in interest." Old Lady Liu said, "Are you going to let your two children starve?"
Sister Wang from upstairs poked her head out and said, "Yeah, if we have to blame anyone, it's only you and Xiao Zhang for not thinking things through. We're neighbors upstairs and downstairs. If you left us a key and some money, how could we possibly rob you?"
Old Lady Liu continued, "Really? Fortunately, Xia Mian is a capable girl. If she were naive, how would this child survive..."
As the two of them talked, they began to praise summer sleep.
Huang Xiaojuan turned back with a grim face. Old Mrs. Liu and Sister Zhao looked at each other and smiled, feeling relieved.
Huang Xiaojuan was so angry that she looked for the ransom note. She was afraid that the note would be lost by that girl on purpose. Fortunately, Xia Mian didn't seem to have the courage to do that.
Huang Xiaojuan found the conspicuous blue ransom note next to the phone, but her mood didn't improve much after finding it:
The words written on the white paper were as arrogant as the other party:
[Surprised? Unexpected?]
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Huang Xiaojuan looked at the redemption form that required 1,400 yuan and was so angry that she was shaking all over: Summer sleep!!!
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