Chapter 1: First Meeting
"You're still angry, my little ancestor!"
"If I don't come to you, you won't come to me. You really won't give in, right?"
"You just take advantage of the fact that I love you!"
Yuan Lingling sat in front of the stove, lowered her head and carefully tore off the dusty sweet potato skin to prevent the soft and fragrant potato flesh inside from getting dusty, and ignored the chattering man beside her.
Just as she tore off a piece, she caught a glimpse of the big hand reaching out from the corner of her eye. Yuan Lingling tilted her body and barely avoided the other party's touch.
"You!" The man didn't know what he was thinking of. He suppressed his anger halfway through, "I was wrong to lose my temper last time..."
He said his thing, but Yuan Lingling still ignored him. She moved closer and sniffed it. The moment she bit into the potato flesh, the soft, sweet taste made her squint her eyes in satisfaction.
Finally I got to taste this!
After eating half a sweet potato, the burning sensation in her stomach was suppressed, and she finally had the mood to look at the still noisy man beside her.
The man had peach-like eyes, a slightly hooked nose, and the most popular 3:7 side-parted hair in Hong Kong and Taiwan. He looked quite handsome, but it was a pity that his thin lips inevitably reminded Yuan Lingling of the description of this type of man in the book: unfaithful and heartless.
Seeing her looking over, the man's peach blossom eyes curved, and he leaned forward slightly, saying in a flattering tone: "I'm worried too. Look, Goudan and his friends went to Yangcheng and became bosses, but I haven't accomplished anything yet. Do you think I don't have any thoughts in my mind?"
Yuan Lingling continued to nibble on the sweet potato, lowering her head and saying nothing.
If he has ideas, what ideas can someone like Xie Guanglian have? Yuan Lingling thought that he would rather be a useless person who had nothing to do but to have everything handed to him.
She didn't say anything, and Xie Guanglian couldn't tell whether she was still angry or simply didn't want to pay.
It was obviously not like this before. Xie Guanglian felt a little impatient, but he still dragged the stool towards Yuan Lingling.
"Lingling, come with me to Yangcheng."
The tone of alms was condescending. Xie Guanglian raised his eyebrows and looked at her with a little disdain. The smugness on the corners of his mouth could not be concealed, as if he had expected that Yuan Lingling would be grateful for his words.
"Chen Caisheng will be back today. Let me think about it." Before Xie Guanglian was about to lose control, Yuan Lingling finally spoke.
As soon as these words were spoken, Xie Guangliang, who had just had an anxious expression on his face, suddenly froze in place.
He pursed his lips, stood up and pulled his jacket together, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? It would be bad if he saw me. I'm leaving first. Come find me when he's not around." He was visibly panicked, but he didn't forget to brainwash Yuan Lingling, "I really want to go out and fight with you!"
As he was talking, he had already reached the kitchen door, and he looked like he wished he could install a small motor on his legs.
"Tsk! Coward." Yuan Lingling's ears were quiet and she pulled out a roasted sweet potato from the fire.
The aroma of sweet potatoes lingered around her nose, and after taking a bite, she let out a sigh.
Where in the world can we find such authentic roasted sweet potatoes?
After eating and drinking, Yuan Lingling wiped her hands and touched her round belly. Her hands unconsciously slid down and she began to think seriously about the troubles in her life.
If nothing unexpected happened, she would already have two cubs in her belly, and their biological father is probably fooling around somewhere unknown.
To be honest, she was too naive. She thought that by climbing into Shen Caisheng's bed, she could get a good man who was not controlled by his parents and was devoted to his family. After her fantasy was shattered, she plunged into the fire pit of Xie Guanglian.
She felt that Xie Guanglian truly loved her and was even willing to turn against his best brother for her.
Little did she know that their relationship had already faded, and Xie Guanglian came to her just for her money, or to be more precise, for the Shen family's money.
The original body had a bad relationship with Shen Caisheng, but he had never treated her unfairly in terms of money.
But this cannot be entirely blamed on the original body. She was instilled with the idea of marrying a good man to support her family since she was a child. But in the end, the people her family introduced to her were either very old workers with so-called stable jobs or rich men who were lame and disabled.
Even now, her family still thinks that she was lucky to marry Shen Caisheng, who is never at home.
Unfortunately, this girl was very concerned about her reputation and was unwilling to tell others that she and Shen Caisheng had a bad relationship. In fact, except for the time when they climbed into bed, Shen Caisheng had never touched her.
Yuan Lingling rubbed her face fiercely. Those things were not the point now. The point was her future situation!
In the original book, she and Xie Guanglian were involved with each other. Considering her reputation, she did not agree to go to Yangcheng with Xie Guanglian at first, and Xie Guanglian was very angry with her for this.
It was because of this anger that the original body almost gave herself to Xie Guanglian. When the two of them were fooling around, they found out that the original body was pregnant, so they gave up.
After having a child, both of them came to their senses. One was unwilling to be a scapegoat, while the other hoped that his child could have a healthy family. The original body also hoped that Shen Caisheng would change his mind for the sake of the child.
It's a pity that things didn't go as planned. Even though they had a child, the two of them still had no feelings for each other and quarreled every day.
It happened that Xie Guanglian wanted to go to Yangcheng to work hard several times but had no money, so he came to find his original body again.
Xie Guanglian, who appeared "in time", became the spiritual salvation of the original body.
By the time the child was about to be born, Shen Caisheng gradually matured and was willing to be a good father. However, by this time the original body had truly changed his mind and was clamoring for a divorce.
Even though she had a child, she still wanted a divorce. No one understood and took turns to persuade her, saying that it was probably postpartum depression. Her spirit collapsed day by day. At the instigation of Xie Guanglian, she used the child as a threat and finally pushed the child into the pond by accident.
After the incident, the original person disappeared and no one knew where she went. Until the end of the story, she reappeared in front of people, but she had become extremely crazy.
As soon as she entered the house, she hid in the corner and trembled.
The description was exactly the same as Yuan Lingling's behavior when she was in the enclosed space.
If her guess was correct, the original body must have been locked up by a crazy villain.
Thinking about being locked up in a small dark room for twenty years, Yuan Lingling got goose bumps all over her body.
It would be better to kill her now and give her a quick death.
Xie Guanglian is not a human being, and Shen Caisheng is not a good person either.
So not only could she not go to that damn Yangcheng with Xie Guanglian, she also had to divorce Shen Caisheng openly.
It’s a pity that divorce is not a glorious thing these days. If the Yuan family knew about it, they would definitely not agree. Even if they agreed, there would be no place for her in the family.
Then she has to first consider her living issues such as food, accommodation, transportation, etc. after the divorce.
Or should we follow Xie Guanglian to Yangcheng? It's also good to find a way to make a living.
That’s not right. If she wants to go to Yangcheng, just go to Yangcheng. Why does she have to follow Xie Guanglian? Can’t she act on her own without a man?
It seems that the most important thing now is to have money.
But where would she get the money?
After swallowing the last bite of potato flesh, Yuan Lingling was so worried that she didn't even remember to wipe her hands. She held her chin with both hands and stared blankly at the stove ash which was still a little warm.
If she didn't have the two babies in her belly, she would have just left and there would be no need to worry about it since they didn't even get a marriage certificate anyway.
But in this era, getting pregnant before marriage is a big deal. Besides, if Shen Caisheng knew that I was pregnant with his child, he might not let me go, so the divorce issue needs to be carefully considered.
But she could delay, but she couldn't afford to delay the baby in her belly who was almost two months old.
She was so absorbed in her thoughts that she didn't notice any noise coming from outside the door until a dark shadow appeared in front of her. Yuan Lingling trembled and stood up suddenly from the stool, but accidentally bumped into the leg of the stool and fell backwards.
When Yuan Lingling thought of her child, her heart skipped a beat. Fortunately, there was a wall behind her, and she leaned against it in a hurry.
It has been several days since she traveled here, and this is the first time Yuan Lingling has seen her husband, Shen Caisheng, the villain in the book.
The other party was obviously also shocked by Yuan Lingling's action just now. He raised his hands slightly while holding the things, as if he wanted to help her.
“Gugu…”
In the urea bag in Shen Caisheng's hand, a hen poked its head out and moved its eyes around as if observing the two humans.
"What are you so surprised about?"
Seeing that she was fine, Shen Caisheng withdrew his gaze from her, put the chicken next to the firewood pile, and went to pack up other things.
Half a basket of eggs, a long piece of pork belly, rice, noodles, flour...
He brought back quite a lot of things.
"No." Yuan Lingling's heart was still beating fast. What happened just now made Yuan Lingling's fear of him increase from five points to seven points.
"You suddenly showed up and scared me."
Meeting his dark eyes, Yuan Lingling suddenly lowered her eyes, completely losing the indifference she had in front of Xie Guanglian.
There was no way. Yuan Lingling's claustrophobia was quite severe. Whenever she thought about her body being locked in a small dark room for twenty years, even her fingertips would tremble uncontrollably.
After a while, seeing that the other party's attention was focused on the pile of things, Yuan Lingling dared to raise her eyes and glance at him.
Like the descriptions of villains in most books, he was tall and handsome, with clear features when viewed from the side. Although his features did not look as if they had been cut by a knife or an axe, they could truly be compared with the sculptures created by the masters.
But even though he was very handsome, Yuan Lingling couldn't have any romantic feelings towards the villain.
"Why is the door not closed? Has anyone been here?"
His light voice was like a winter wind carrying the scent of pine wood, and just listening to it could make people feel the coldness.
Snowflakes were still falling outside and the ground was covered with a thick layer of snow. Xie Guanglian had just left not long ago, so this person must have seen some traces when he came in. It was not difficult to guess what he meant by saying this now.
Yuan Lingling retracted her gaze and pretended to be calm. She rubbed her hands and scooped a spoonful of hot water from the pot. When she put her hands into the basin, she felt warm all over and got goose bumps all over her body. Her fear of this man was finally dispelled.
"It's Xie Guanglian."
She explained in a low voice: "He said he was going to Yangcheng and wanted to borrow some money from our family. I thought you guys didn't interact that often, so I didn't agree. Do you think he will come back next time to pay it back?"
The weather was too cold, and the small bucket of water became cold in a short while. She poured the water into the泔水桶. Yuan Lingling turned around to help, but saw that Shen Caisheng had already tidied the cabinet tidy, and even the bowls in the cabinet were neatly arranged by him.
With a clang, the last bowl was placed with the pattern facing outwards. He responded casually, "No need, his family is rich."
He hummed and was about to answer, but he saw Shen Caisheng's indifferent eyes looking at him again.
Yuan Lingling's breathing stagnated. When she heard his words, it seemed as if all the blood in her body froze.
"Does he come to see you often?" Shen Caisheng asked.
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