Chapter 27: Believe
"Why are you here?"
As soon as their eyes met, Shen Caisheng frowned and questioned her.
Yuan Lingling was inexplicably angry and asked in a bad tone, "I can't come? Or can I not even leave the house?"
Chen Caisheng originally took a rag and was about to get a stool for her to sit on, but when he heard this, he paused, looked up at Yuan Lingling, and slowly pursed his lips into a straight line.
Women can understand this situation better. Yang Ying stepped forward to smooth things over. "It's me. I heard something happened to you, so I brought Lingling here to help."
"What's wrong? Why is this little girl still crying?" Yang Ying winked at Shen Caisheng.
Chen Caisheng received her gaze and seemed to understand what she meant. He glanced at Yang Xiaoxi who was still crying with her head buried. He said, "It's nothing. There was just a group of people causing trouble. She might have been scared and started crying."
After saying that, he seemed to feel that he hadn't said it well, and added, "I was just trying to comfort her."
Yuan Lingling pursed her lips and said, "Aunt Yang, they don't need our help, let's go first." Actually, this had nothing to do with her, as the two of them were going to get divorced anyway.
Seeing how worried they were, Yang Ying patted Chen Caisheng on the arm and said, "You silly boy, this girl is frightened and she doesn't need you to comfort her. Don't you know to go home and find a wife? I tell you, I have seen many girls and boys who said they were comforting and chatting, but in the process of comforting, they ended up comforting the man in bed. Clear your mind."
Yang Ying's explicit and impassioned speech not only stunned Shen Caisheng and Yang Xiaoxi, but also Yuan Lingling.
Her Aunt Yang, how could she say such things in front of the heroine?
What followed was an awkward feeling. Yuan Lingling turned and left. Her explanation at this time seemed like a cover-up.
In fact, she didn't think too much about it. She was more angry at Shen Caisheng. She came to see him out of concern for him, but he still yelled at her. What right did he have?
Just thinking about this, Yuan Lingling felt a little uncomfortable again.
Ever since she started having morning sickness, her emotional state has become more and more unstable.
Seeing that she was about to walk out of the store, Shen Caisheng reacted suddenly and caught up with her in three or two steps.
"Wait a minute, don't misunderstand me, I..."
Yuan Lingling raised her head and tried to break free from his hand angrily, but he held her still. After struggling for a long time, the corners of her mouth drooped.
"I just scolded her and made her cry!"
His voice was quite loud, and Yang Ying and Yang Xiaoxi also heard it.
Yuan Lingling was stunned for a moment, but finally did not force to leave. She showed a somewhat puzzled look.
Shen Caisheng sighed, "Come with me."
Without further ado, he took her hand and went to the backyard.
As soon as she opened the curtain, she smelled a strong bean smell. Normally, Yuan Lingling would have felt uncomfortable, but she liked tofu, so she took a special sniff.
"The smell here is a bit strong, are you used to it?"
In fact, Shen Caisheng noticed that Yuan Lingling was feeling uncomfortable, and was also asking if there was any way to relieve her symptoms, but this seemed unavoidable.
"It's okay, it smells nice." Yuan Lingling said and sniffed again.
Shen Caisheng looked at her cute appearance, slightly curved the corners of his mouth, and then told Yuan Lingling about Yang Xiaoxi.
The people who came to cause trouble in the store just now were from Yang Xiaoxi's village. Before Hu Ziyang came back, the Yang family wanted to marry Yang Xiaoxi to a family surnamed Niu in the village.
This family was among the first group of people who went south to work, and now they have even built a house in the village.
Logically speaking, rich people like them would look down on girls from the countryside, but there happened to be an older brother in that family who had liked Yang Xiaoxi since childhood and insisted on being with her no matter what.
The Yang family had agreed to it earlier, but later Hu Ziyang went back. Who would dare to be the boss of Yang Xiaoxi?
But now the news of Hu Ziyang's arrest has spread somehow, and that family came to the city. Not only did they verbally humiliate Yang Xiaoxi, but today they simply hired a group of thugs to smash the store. If Shen Caisheng hadn't happened to be upset and walked around and walked here and drove the people away, who knows what would have happened here.
Shen Caisheng couldn't blame Yang Xiaoxi for this. When doing business, it was inevitable to encounter some troubles and no one could avoid them. However, Yang Xiaoxi shouldn't have concealed the fact that those people verbally insulted her.
He didn't expect that she would cry after he lectured her for a few words. Shen Caisheng didn't know what to do.
He didn't know how to tell Yuan Lingling about this matter, and he felt that since it concerned Yang Xiaoxi's reputation, it was not appropriate to say it in front of so many people.
But obviously his thinking was not right, and Yuan Lingling was unhappy.
After hearing his words, Yuan Lingling remembered this incident mentioned in the book. She remembered that not long after Yang Xiaoxi was harassed by that family, a murder was exposed in that family's home. With such a scandal happening in the family, the whole family certainly would not be ashamed to stay in Beijing, so they all moved to the south and never appeared in the book again.
"How...are you going to help her?" Whether the murder was true or not, it couldn't be him who did it.
Thinking of this, Yuan Lingling began to sweat coldly on her back, and her hand subconsciously broke free from Shen Caisheng's grip.
This time, Shen Caisheng stopped grabbing her forcefully, and his brows knitted together unconsciously. He hurriedly explained, "I want to help her not because of her, but because of her mother... Her mother helped me before, and I will keep my distance from her."
"No, that's not what I meant." Yuan Lingling was speechless. Who cared about him helping her? "I mean, is there any way you can help her? Can I help?"
Shen Caisheng swallowed the word "no" just as it came to his lips, "I plan to find out the faults of that family. Since they are so arrogant and domineering, they can't have done only this one evil thing."
Yuan Lingling thought about it and agreed. They actually thought that they were not good people who could send people to smash up the store.
Maybe those people were the ones who did it. With his ability, why would he need to use this method to solve the problem of an entire family?
Oh, I scared myself.
Yuan Lingling figured it out and smiled at Shen Caisheng apologetically.
Suddenly seeing Yuan Lingling's smiling face, Shen Caisheng felt his ears burning for no reason. He wanted to say something else, but then he heard Yuan Lingling say, "Let's go out and don't keep them waiting."
Yuan Lingling realized belatedly that Aunt Yang and Yang Xiaoxi might think she was a jealous woman, and it took so long to explain such a thing to them alone.
How could she explain that she was not angry because of Yang Xiaoxi?
When the two of them went out, Lao You also came. The three of them were helping to clean up, and Lao You was cursing.
"Who dares to smash our things?" While beating him up, Yang Xiaoxi couldn't help but scold him, "Look at you, you didn't even tell us when you got into trouble?"
"Alright, alright, a little girl has gone through such a thing and you don't comfort her but scold her. Are you a man?" Yang Ying couldn't stand it anymore and interrupted his chattering. He should have made it clear to Yang Xiaoxi just now.
At this moment, Yang Xiaoxi still had her head buried in packing her things, but one could still see her tears falling.
Yuan Lingling sighed in her heart. At such a young age, she had encountered so many things. It was really not easy for her.
Pulling Shen Caisheng's sleeve, Yuan Lingling whispered, "Let me talk to her?"
Shen Caisheng looked at her and said nothing.
"You won't suspect that I will scold her, will you?" Yuan Lingling reacted and realized that they must have thought that she was jealous and that she would regard Yang Xiaoxi as a thorn in their eyes. She was really meddling in other people's business.
"No, you tell her."
"Don't force it." Yuan Lingling is usually the type to block people, but now that she sees that Shen Caisheng isn't that aggressive, her true nature slowly begins to reveal itself.
Sure enough, Shen Caisheng was not angry. Instead, he grabbed her wrist and said, "Help me. I don't know how to tell her."
Yuan Lingling remained unmoved.
Shen Caisheng felt a little helpless, remembering that he had seen the boss and his wife getting along. He bent down and whispered in Yuan Lingling's ear: "Wife, please help me."
Suddenly, Yuan Lingling felt her body stiffen. She pushed him gently, but before she could say anything, she heard Lao You's somewhat teasing voice.
"Hey, what are you two doing? Flirting in broad daylight, be careful of the impact."
It was just a simple teasing remark. If someone had dared to tease her like this in the past, Yuan Lingling would have rolled her eyes and scolded him. But now, for some reason, she felt so embarrassed that her face turned red.
She didn't answer, but walked to Yang Xiaoxi and said, "Xiaoxi, can you come in for a moment? Can we talk?"
When Yang Xiaoxi raised her eyes, her wet eyes like a deer were staring at Yuan Lingling.
Yuan Lingling couldn't help but be surprised. She is worthy of being the heroine. Even though she hasn't grown up yet, she already gives people a sense of protection, and she is even popular with both men and women.
"Sister Lingling, don't get me wrong. I did something wrong just now and Brother Chen is scolding me. I didn't mean anything else." She tried hard to hold back her tears, but the more she reached out to wipe them, the more she couldn't stop and her eyes turned red.
"Here, wipe it first." Yuan Lingling handed her the handkerchief she carried with her.
In those days, there were no paper towels as are common in later generations, so handkerchiefs were a must-have item. Yuan Lingling also prepared a lot of them to carry with her.
Yang Xiaoxi paused for a moment, but still took the handkerchief, and then cried even more miserably. After crying for a long time, she slowly calmed down.
Yuan Lingling went to the kitchen to pour her some hot water, then pulled her to sit on a small stool. After thinking for a while, she got straight to the point, "I heard everything about you from Shen Caisheng."
"I'm sorry..." Yang Xiaoxi lowered her head, looking as if she had done something wrong, and apologized earnestly, "It's all..."
"You don't have to say sorry to me. This matter has nothing to do with me. I just want to help you."
Yang Xiaoxi looked at her in surprise, "You...are willing to help me?"
"Why not? I heard that you make very good tofu. Please make some for me later. I like it very much."
It was unknown whether Yang Xiaoxi believed this or not. She was silent for a moment and then nodded, "Okay."
"Then tell me, is there anything in the other party's home that we can use as a breakthrough point?"
Seeing that she was confused, Yuan Lingling pointed it out, "For example, has anyone in his family committed a crime or done anything that was against the law?"
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