Chapter 11: Raising an Army to Punish the Crime
After hearing Hou Yuan's address, Yuan Lingling matched the man in front of her with the person in her memory. The man was Xie Guanglian's elder brother Xie Guangan.
"Our little Yuanzi has grown up so much. What do you want to eat? Brother will treat you."
Xie Guangan rubbed Hou Yuan's little head with a doting look on his face. He quickly gave the soda and milk candy to the child, coaxing the child so much that he was at a loss.
The child immediately thanked him obediently, which made him look even cuter.
Xie Guangan spoke to him very gently, "Yuanyuan is so good, can you let your brother talk to Sister Lingling?"
From the tone of his voice, it seemed as if they were very familiar with each other. This surprised Yuan Lingling a little.
In her opinion, Shen Caisheng and his group had absolutely nothing to do with Xie Guangan’s circle of friends.
But seeing Hou Yuan calling Xie family's sister and Xie family's elder brother all the time, it's obvious that they have a very good relationship.
The little guy didn't know how to stand firm at all. He just followed whoever gave him milk. He deliberately hid behind Yuan Lingling to give the two of them space to talk.
But he hid behind Yuan Lingling for a moment and then suddenly poked his little head out again, "It's not Sister Lingling, it's Sister-in-law Lingling." His voice was soft, and speaking like that made him seem like a little devil.
Hearing this, Xie Guangan looked at Yuan Lingling. Their eyes met, but before he could speak, Yuanyuan called out crisply, "Brother Caisheng."
Yuan Lingling shuddered subconsciously and did not notice the man beside her suddenly frowning.
"Didn't you say you were waiting for me inside? Why did you suddenly come out?"
Shen Caisheng was born with a somewhat cold aura, and he had a sense of authority without even getting angry. His tone was a bit cold at the moment, and he was probably having an unpleasant chat with the monkey inside, which scared the heartless child so much that he didn't even dare to speak.
"I just came out to buy something. Is there a problem?" Yuan Lingling was a little afraid of him, but no one likes to be angry in front of others, not to mention that she herself was not a person with a good temper. However, she immediately regretted it after she said it. Why should she get angry with the big boss here?
Shen Caisheng hadn't seen her speak so harshly for a long time. Hearing this, he was stunned for a while and pursed his lips. He almost forgot that she wanted to divorce him.
A strange emotion spread from my chest.
In fact, he knew something about the past of Yuan Lingling and Xie Guangan, so he didn't take it too seriously when he heard about what happened between Yuan Lingling and Xie Guanglian some time ago.
Is Xie Guanglian just a mouthpiece between the two of them?
It would not be appropriate for him to be here. "Okay, then you go ahead and talk. I'll take Yuanyuan back first and we'll talk later." There was a sense of alienation in his tone that he himself was not aware of.
Without paying any more attention to the two of them, Xie Guangan squatted down slightly and picked up Hou Yuan.
But when he left, he glanced at Xie Guangan a little more.
"I didn't..." Yuan Lingling wanted to go with him, but she felt torn. If she went, she would seem guilty, but if she didn't go, wouldn't that make Shen Caisheng even more unhappy?
But she didn't expect that when she was about to leave with Shen Caisheng, Xie Guangan stopped her.
"Wait a minute." He said.
Yuan Lingling stopped and looked at Shen Caisheng walking away quickly. She didn't know why she felt very angry.
"Is there anything wrong?" She wasn't so angry as to vent it in front of Xie Guangan, but she couldn't keep a good attitude.
After Yuan Lingling struggled several times, Xie Guangan finally let go, but he just kept looking at her.
"If you have something to say, please say it. If not, I'll leave first."
Yuan Lingling had no intention of having anything to do with the Xie family. Now that Xie Guanglian had left, she didn't want to have anything to do with them anymore, even if it was Xie Guangan who had been helpful to the original body.
She guessed that the other party might be here to ask her about Xie Guanglian, so she stopped.
Who knew that Xie Guangan suddenly took out a thick envelope from his bag and handed it to Yuan Lingling, "This is for you."
Yuan Lingling was stunned. She didn't know what he was doing and didn't want his things.
"Xie Guanglian said he borrowed money from you."
Yuan Lingling's pupils shrank. If she remembered correctly, this man and Xie Guanglian didn't have a good relationship.
She neither took Xie Guangan's things nor put them back, and the two of them just stood there in a stalemate.
In the end, it was Yuan Lingling who compromised first. She reached out and took the things reluctantly.
When I opened it, I found a huge stack of brand new Great Unity banknotes inside, which must be worth several hundred yuan at least.
“No… not that many, right?”
Yuan Lingling hadn't seen so much cash for a long time, and she wasn't used to it at first.
The fact that he could take out so much money without blinking an eye shows how wealthy Xie Guangan is.
The reason why Xie Guangan doesn't have a very good reputation in this area is because he participated in that movement when he was still young a few years ago. Many families were destroyed in that movement, but there were also many families that benefited from the success of one person.
In the eyes of most people, the Xie family belongs to the latter. Otherwise, why were so many people liquidated while he was still intact? How come the Xie family is still living such a good life?
For the same reason, after he helped Yuan Lingling, those people did not dare to cause trouble for Yuan Lingling anymore.
Xie Guangan seemed not to notice her loss of composure and only said, "He said it was five hundred."
After he said this, Yuan Lingling suddenly realized and guessed that Xie Guanglian had deceived Xie Guangan and wanted to get more money from him to go to Yangcheng.
Xie Guanglian's courage is only worth five hundred.
It was very likely that he didn't get the money from Xie Guangan, so he got angry and stole the money and ran away. Yuan Lingling felt that she should have guessed it, so she asked another question out of curiosity, "Then why didn't you give him the money and let him give it to me? Don't you trust him?"
Xie Guangan tugged at his collar, which was buttoned very elegantly, as if the collar was too tight and made him a little breathless. His movements were casual but also carried a sense of abstinence.
Seeing this, Yuan Lingling couldn't help but whistle in her heart and secretly complained about her original body. Who could she choose? Even Xie Guangan looked much better than Xie Guanglian.
"It turns out that my guess was correct, wasn't it?" Xie Guangan raised his eyelids and lowered his bony fingers from his collar.
Yuan Lingling was speechless. Indeed, as soon as she opened her mouth, she had exposed Xie Guanglian.
But seeing Xie Guangan's calm and composed look, Yuan Lingling inexplicably remembered the back of Shen Caisheng leaving just now. She felt unhappy for a while and blocked him and said, "But he ran away from home and it must have something to do with you."
Yuan Lingling couldn't help pinching the envelope in her hand. She simply put the thing away and turned to get a bottle of soda from the store. After thinking for a while, she took out another bottle and handed it to Xie Guangan.
But when she took the things, Xie Guangan paid before her. He was quick and didn't seem to be pretending to be polite, so Yuan Lingling didn't be polite either.
After taking a sip of the stimulating soda in the middle of winter, Yuan Lingling felt sober from head to toe. She only took one sip and didn't want to drink any more. She put the soda in her pocket and prepared to listen to Xie Guangan's explanation.
It seems that Xie Guangan never likes to laugh, but compared to Shen Caisheng's coldness, his expression is more indifferent, which matches his bookish appearance.
"Why should I care about him? He is an adult and should be responsible for his own choices."
Yuan Lingling nodded without comment. From Xie Guangan's perspective, there was nothing wrong with saying this, but as a brother, it seemed too inhumane for him to say so. However, Yuan Lingling had no intention of seeking justice for Xie Guanglian.
"So why did you come to see me?" Yuan Lingling was puzzled. Was it a very happy thing for the two of them to stand on the side of the road and drink the northwest wind? "I have to go back, let's talk while walking."
Xie Guangan still didn't say anything, but just followed Yuan Lingling towards the brewery.
The sky had finally cleared up, but now it was covered with dark clouds again, and it seemed like it was going to snow again soon.
The two of them had been silent until they were almost at the brewery, when Xie Guangan suddenly spoke up, "I just wanted to ask you why you suddenly wanted to marry Shen Caisheng."
Yuan Lingling felt that he was a little weird, and searched her mind again, but she couldn't remember any entanglement between her original self and him.
"Why are you asking this? Could it be that you really want to date me like those people said?"
It’s better to ask some questions clearly. If the other person really means that, she should keep her distance from him.
Not to mention anything else, the Xie family alone is enough to keep Yuan Lingling away from them.
"Who said that?" Xie Guangan seemed to think that this was nonsense. He sneered and said, "I just don't know why you want to provoke Xie Guanglian after you married Shen Caisheng."
"Did I provoke Xie Guanglian? Find out what happened first before you come to me to ask for punishment."
The original person was definitely not in the right in this matter, but she was just the one being fooled. If Xie Guanglian hadn't come to sow discord between them, her relationship with Shen Caisheng wouldn't necessarily have reached that point.
Xie Guangan was silent for a moment, "I'm not here to call you to task."
"I mean, if you didn't marry Shen Caisheng voluntarily, I could help you."
Yuan Lingling raised her eyes to look at him. His eyes were frank and he didn't look like he was going to do anything bad. She pretended to be ambiguous and asked, "Are you really not attracted to me?"
Hearing her words, Xie Guangan paused again. He moved his lips for a long while before saying, "Anyway, I'm putting it here. Shen Caisheng is not a good person, and Xie Guanglian is definitely not a good match."
After he finished speaking, he seemed to feel that his words were inappropriate, and he frowned and added, "Of course, I don't have any thoughts about you in that regard. You should think about your future plans clearly. I'm just helping you."
Yuan Lingling didn't respond to him for a moment, but thought about what he said.
How can he help himself?
Help yourself get a divorce?
And then, marry her?
Yuan Lingling gently squeezed the soda in her pocket that was no longer so cold. She shuddered slightly and pretended to be relaxed and said, "Don't tell me that I married Shen Caisheng voluntarily. Even if I didn't, how can you help me?"
"If you want to break up with him, find a new partner, or leave this place, I can help you." Xie Guangan responded casually, as if what he said was very simple.
Yuan Lingling couldn't figure out what he meant for a moment. Just as she was trying to get some information from him, she heard a commotion coming from the front.
The two of them were very familiar with this voice, and they both frowned at the same time.
It was really hard for Yuan Lingling to understand the way some people of this era thought, such as the woman who was being hysterical towards Shen Caisheng at the gate of the courtyard.
"Xiao Dao La Pi Zi has really opened his eyes. How could there be such a shameless woman as Yuan Ling Ling in this world? Call her out quickly. What's the point of hiding?"
"If her mother hadn't passed away, I would have definitely gone and found her to ask her how she taught her daughter!"
"If it wasn't for her, how could my son run away with someone?"
"Chen Caisheng, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you're also useless. You can't even take care of your own woman, and you let her seduce men outside. Did you do that on purpose?"
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Outside the crowd, Jiang Liping put her hands on her hips and pointed at Shen Caisheng's nose and cursed.
As for Shen Caisheng, he stood opposite Jiang Liping and listened with an expressionless face.
But inexplicably, Yuan Lingling saw a sense of impending storm in his calm eyes.
Yuan Lingling panicked. She didn't want Shen Caisheng to turn evil too early, so she rushed over without caring about anything.
"What are you doing? If you have something to say, come to me. Why are you scolding him?"
Yuan Lingling glared at Jiang Liping and shouted, "You have to provide evidence when you speak, don't you know? Wash your mouth with soap, don't keep spewing shit out of your mouth, it's so smelly!"
Yuan Lingling stood in front of Shen Caisheng with her hands slightly open, as if she was protecting a chick.
Shen Caisheng came back to his senses after being gently pushed, and the hostility in his body dissipated visibly. At that moment, he seemed to have returned to the scene when he was scolded by his parents.
For a moment, his anger had already reached his head. If Yuan Lingling had not suddenly rushed out, he might really not be able to control his temper.
He hasn't felt this way in a long time.
A circle of people quickly gathered around, including neighbors. Everyone knew when something exciting was happening in someone's home, but it was rare to see such a busy family like these two.
Everyone was quite surprised to see Yuan Lingling running to Shen Caisheng to protect him. Even if no one said it, everyone knew that the couple had a bad relationship. Now it seemed that they had misunderstood?
Jiang Liping was probably exhausted from diarrhea earlier. She looked pale and a little haggard, but her expression made her look even more mean.
As soon as she heard Yuan Lingling scolding her like that, she couldn't hold it in anymore.
"You little bitch, you are as shameless as your mother, I will tear your mouth apart!"
Jiang Liping rushed towards Yuan Lingling, cursing, and Yuan Lingling was so scared that she protected her stomach and her heart was pounding.
Shen Caisheng thought she was just scared and was also startled. He hurried forward and stood in front of Yuan Lingling, not giving Jiang Liping a chance to get close.
In the end, Jiang Liping was unable to get close, as her raised arm was held tightly by someone and she could not move.
Jiang Liping was about to make a fuss, but when she turned around and saw that it was her eldest son, her arrogance immediately subsided.
"What are you doing? Let me go." Although the tone was softer, it still sounded angry.
"Mom, could you please stop making trouble?"
Jiang Liping was stunned for a long time, and even when Xie Guangan let go of her hand, it took her a while to react before she put it down.
She sneered and turned to look at Yuan Lingling.
"Well, it's not enough that you harmed one of my sons, you're going to harm my other son, right?"
"I'll beat you to death, you little whore, you're as shameless as your mother!"
More and more people came to watch the fun, and everyone couldn't help but sigh, it has been a long time since Jiang Liping acted like this.
Everyone almost forgot how arrogant and domineering she used to be.
However, just when everyone was watching the fun with great interest, there was a loud slap. Yuan Lingling had stood in front of Jiang Liping and slapped her hard.
"Keep your mouth shut," she said.
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