Chapter 3: Fatal Question
Yuan Lingling really couldn't control the fear in her heart.
The moment she met Shen Caisheng's gaze, she felt as if a poisonous snake had wrapped around her throat.
She really doesn't want to be locked up!
"Well... Xie Guanglian said that he is going to pay back the money he owed us." Yuan Lingling thought over and over again, and finally came up with such a perfect reason.
"Yuan Lingling." Xie Guanglian didn't even have time to be scared. This crazy woman, when did he owe her money?
“Where am I…”
Of course Yuan Lingling wouldn't give him a chance to speak at this time, so she quickly interrupted him.
"A few days ago you said that Brother Xie was going to be promoted to director, and all the money in the family was used for activities. You can even use the porridge bowl at home as a mirror."
"At the end of last month, you said that Brother Xie used the money you gave to buy a job to curry favor with his boss, and you got angry and broke Uncle Xie's radio."
"besides……"
Xie Guanglian looked at her with a look of astonishment.
so what?
Isn't it because she feels bad that she wants to give him the money to make up for it?
Yuan Lingling pretended to be embarrassed and showed a look of disgust at the right time. At the same time, she stretched out her fair and white wrist, hesitantly speaking, and rummaged in the pocket of her cotton coat and took out some pieces of paper.
"Thank you, second brother. These have IOUs. We are all from Hongmin Road. I won't charge you interest. I'm not very kind. You can settle it with Caisheng." After saying that, she stuffed the notes into Shen Caisheng's hands without saying anything.
The two people's fingers touched, and Shen Caisheng noticed that Yuan Lingling's fingers were cold. He raised his eyes to look at her, but before he could say anything, she turned away like a thief.
"I'm going to cook." After she finished speaking, she ran away as if a dog was chasing her from behind.
As he watched her disappear, Shen Caisheng turned his gaze to the notes. The notes were brand new, and it was obvious that the owner had kept them very well. There were more than ten of them in a row, all of which were IOUs from Xie Guanglian, ranging from thirty or forty yuan to a few yuan or dimes. They were all unfolded one by one in Shen Caisheng's hands.
He looked at the pictures one by one, his expressionless face making it hard to tell whether he was happy or angry.
"Caisheng, these... these..."
Could he say that he did all this to make Yuan Lingling happy?
Yuan Lingling swore at the time that he didn't have to pay back the money and didn't need to write any IOUs, but who could tell her why she still kept these IOUs?
Shen Caisheng grasped the stack of IOUs and looked up at the person in front of him. What the other person said made Xie Guanglian jump to his feet.
"That's two hundred and twenty-eight dollars and sixty-five cents. Here you go."
"What! How could there be so much!" How could that stupid woman give him so much money!
Shen Caisheng snorted softly, causing Xie Guanglian's heart to skip a beat again.
"You don't know how much money you've borrowed? How can I cheat you just for this?"
Listen, is this human language?
That’s all? Is that all it costs over two hundred? Don't ask for just this!
It just so happened that Xie Guanglian had been afraid of this grandson since he was a child. Rather than saying that they were brothers before, it would be better to say that he was Shen Caisheng's little follower. Later, Shen Caisheng didn't want a little follower anymore, so he wouldn't get close to him. But this problem of being afraid of him still couldn't be cured.
"That can't be done." No matter how much Xie Guanglian cursed in his heart, he could only be polite on the surface, "Brother, I'm short of money recently, can you give me two more days?"
Let alone two days, even if you give him twenty days or two hundred days, he still can't come up with more than two hundred yuan, but he can definitely delay it as long as possible.
"Two days. If I don't see the money after two days, I will go to your eldest brother's workplace to ask for it."
Shen Caisheng's expression didn't change at all, he just moved his eyes to the chimney of his house where smoke was coming out, and he said in a light tone, "I think your eldest brother probably doesn't want to see me."
Who the hell wants to see you? Xie Guanglian thought to himself.
Shen Caisheng is a person who usually doesn't like to get along well with others. It's okay if you don't provoke him, at most he will ignore you, but if you make him angry, no one will have an easy time.
Originally he wanted to take advantage of someone, but instead of doing so he ended up owing more than two hundred yuan, which made Xie Guanglian feel dissatisfied.
He wanted to discuss it further, but was interrupted by Shen Caisheng.
"Don't go looking for my wife if you don't have anything to do. If you don't know, you might think she's your wife."
Xie Guanglian felt a chill on his back and shut up completely. It was not until Chen Caisheng closed the gate that he wiped the non-existent cold sweat from his forehead. All of a sudden, he felt that he had been too cowardly just now.
"Grass!"
He turned around in annoyance and kicked the tree hard.
"Ah..." Xie Guanglian cried out softly as the pain pierced his heart, but he gritted his teeth and forced himself to suppress the sound. He squatted on the ground holding his feet for a long time before he came to his senses.
Damn it!
Sooner or later he will chop down this tree for firewood!
Xie Guanglian limped back and saw Xie Aihe peeking out of the gate of his house from a distance.
"Second brother T, what's wrong with you? Why did you become a beggar? Could it be that Yuan Lingling doesn't want to give you the things? I think she just looks down on you!"
Xie Aihe is Xie Guanglian's third sister. She has been at odds with Yuan Lingling since childhood. Now that Yuan Lingling has married the person she wanted to marry, she can't stand seeing her do well.
When she learned that the woman was having an affair with her second brother, she felt secretly pleased at the same time as she despised Xie Guanglian. She thought it would be best if Yuan Lingling could quickly divorce Shen Caisheng and then marry her second brother. Then she would have a chance to deal with her!
However, Yuan Lingling, who had always been ordered around by her second brother, seemed a little out of control recently. Looking at her second brother, he must have been humiliated in front of that woman.
What a waste.
She was thinking this in her heart, unable to show her emotions, and Xie Guanglian happened to see it.
Xie Guanglian's face became more gloomy, and his tone was not very pleasant, "Can't you see that my foot is injured? Get out of the way!"
Xie Aihe was yelled at for no reason and was a little at a loss, but then she felt angry rising. Why was he taking his anger out on her because he was so useless?
She hid the disgust in her eyes, forced a smile, and stepped forward to support him, "What happened? Were you beaten by Shen Caisheng?"
Xie Aihe knew that her second brother hated it most when people said he was not as good as Shen Caisheng. She took advantage of this and mentioned him in front of Xie Guanglian every day, which always aroused his anger.
As she expected, when Xie Guanglian heard Shen Caisheng's name, he was like a lit firecracker.
"With him, can I let him beat me?"
"If it's not him, could it be Yuan Lingling?" Xie Aihe undoubtedly knew Xie Guanglian. If he was really beaten, he would definitely be crying out to the sky and trying to find a way to get revenge, but he didn't say anything, so maybe he fell flat on his face and couldn't admit it.
But looking at him like that, he must have gotten nothing good when he went to see Yuan Lingling just now.
Thinking that the relationship between her second brother and Yuan Lingling seemed to be getting worse and worse during this period, Xie Aihe began to feel uneasy. Could she really get anything done?
Just as she was thinking hard, she heard Xie Guanglian say, "Little sister, can you lend me some money?"
Xie Aihe's alarm bells immediately rang, and she loosened her grip on the other person's hand. She wished she could be eight hundred meters away from Xie Guanglian, and said in a stiff tone, "What do you want to borrow money for?"
He spends all day at home and still asks his sister for money. Is he shameless?
Xie Guanglian was a bit of a mixed up person, but he was not stupid. How could he not see that his sister disliked him?
But the more the other party disliked him, the more he couldn't tell the truth.
It is impossible to ask Xie Aihe to help him pay back the debt. He originally thought that she could give him some subsidy, but now seeing her attitude, he is afraid that she will not give a penny.
Xie Guanglian lost his patience and said, "Stop talking nonsense. Just tell me whether you want to lend it to me or not."
Xie Aihe's eyes flickered slightly, and then she showed an anxious expression. She stamped her feet and said, "Oh, there is something I didn't dare to tell my parents. I accidentally broke the glass of the supply and marketing cooperative a few days ago. Second brother, don't mention it to my parents and eldest brother."
She bowed her head and apologized, "I lost money, and now I don't have any spare money."
If it were in the past, Xie Guanglian would definitely be worried about her, but this time, Xie Guanglian just glanced at her new dress and did not comfort her.
His younger sister is a miser. Because his parents favor his older brother, they rarely give money to them. Xie Guanglian understands this and has been subsidizing Xie Aihe since she was a child. Xie Guanglian thinks he and his younger sister are the closest.
But ever since my younger sister and my mother tricked their family into buying her a job at the supply and marketing cooperative, Xie Guanglian realized that my younger sister had always treated him as an outsider.
Xie Aihe was short, and when she supported Xie Guanglian she seemed to be hanging on him, yet she seemed unaware.
Xie Guanglian pulled his hand back and said in a cold voice, "I know." After that, he ignored her and went back to his room.
He had long seen through his younger sister, but he didn't understand why Yuan Lingling suddenly changed?
No, if it had changed suddenly, the notes shouldn't have been preserved so well.
That woman is deceiving him!
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"A-choo!" After washing the rice, Yuan Lingling couldn't help but sneeze to the side.
I don’t know who is saying bad things about her, so I have to wash the rice again.
There was only a shallow layer of water left in the water tank. Yuan Lingling had to bend down to scoop water, but she was worried about the two babies in her belly, so she subconsciously stretched out her left hand to protect them.
Shen Caisheng happened to see this scene when he entered the kitchen.
Yuan Lingling's sleeves were rolled up to the middle of her forearms, and her fair arms were slightly red. She bent over in an awkward posture and almost threw the ladle away when she stood up.
Seeing this, he hurried forward to help.
"this……"
Yuan Lingling washed the rice again. Seeing Shen Caisheng still watching, she spoke awkwardly, "Can you teach me?"
Hearing this, Shen Caisheng was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he asked, "You can't cook?"
Yuan Lingling nodded.
It's not that she really doesn't know how to cook. It's just that she didn't have the chance to learn. The food she cooked could only fill her stomach. Her grandmother was afraid that she would steal some, so everything edible was locked up in the house.
My cooking skills are okay, but Yuan Lingling doesn't know how to use a big pot to steam rice. It's okay for her to eat it herself, and she can deal with it casually if it's soft or hard, but what if Shen Caisheng is unhappy with the meal?
Seeing Shen Caisheng pursed his lips, Yuan Lingling's heart tightened again. Could he be angry because she couldn't cook?
"Light the fire." Shen Caisheng rolled up his sleeves, and his strong and powerful hands easily picked up the rice washing basin. He then washed the rice skillfully, put the rice into the pot with cold water, lit the stove next to the cabinet, cut a fist-sized piece of meat and threw it into the stove, and then began to prepare side dishes.
His movements were swift and smooth, and Yuan Lingling was stunned by the whole set of movements.
Shen Caisheng prepared the side dishes and turned around to see Yuan Lingling struggling with a piece of firewood as thick as her forearm. He snatched it away directly, and with a few snaps, the firewood broke into several pieces and was thrown at Yuan Lingling's feet.
Yuan Lingling couldn't help swallowing, feeling that if she wasn't careful, she would turn into that pile of sticks.
She looked at her nose and her heart, pretending to be seriously making the fire, when she heard Shen Caisheng suddenly speak.
"You can't cook, so what do you eat when I'm not home?"
The two have been married for some time and have never eaten at the same table.
Every time Shen Caisheng came back, he would give Yuan Lingling money and bring some food for her, but he would never stay to eat together.
The original body had invited him several times, but he always made the excuse that he was too busy.
So Yuan Lingling didn't know that he could cook, and he didn't know how good Yuan Lingling's cooking skills were.
Shen Caisheng really didn't expect this.
He had just completed a very difficult mission and came back exhausted, so he ate at a noodle shop outside the brewery as usual. Who would have thought that while he was serving the noodles, Yuan Lingling would dare to put something in his bowl and even follow him home.
Shen Caisheng knew her, and everyone nearby knew that she was having a hard time at home.
He was being plotted against at the time, so he was naturally annoyed.
But at that time he just needed to hide his identity through marriage. Besides, he thought he would have to live on the edge of a knife for the rest of his life. Since Yuan Lingling wanted to escape from her home so much, he helped her.
But now the mission is over.
Recalling what the boss said to him before the end of this mission, Shen Caisheng returned his gaze to the woman in front of him.
The firelight made her palm-sized face red. She stared at the firewood with a gentle look on her face, which made Shen Caisheng feel a sense of peace and tranquility for the first time in a long time.
Would she go to such a remote place with me?
If she doesn't want to, then the two of them will divorce, and her life will surely become more difficult than before.
“I ate…”
Yuan Lingling had to answer the other party's question, especially when she noticed Shen Caisheng's unrestrained gaze.
But as soon as she opened her mouth, Shen Caisheng's voice sounded at the same time, "You and the Xie family... do you have any other ideas?"
Yuan Lingling was stunned and felt dizzy.
This is a fatal question!
She opened her mouth and her tongue seemed to be tied, and it took her a long time to find her voice.
"I didn't..." She wanted to explain but even she felt pale. Yuan Lingling looked at him pitifully, "Did you hear what others said?"
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