Everything must be settled before Yingying's parents come out, otherwise it will be too troublesome if they try to obstruct us.
Shu Yan called Hu Ruixue and asked her if she knew anyone who could help transfer household registration.
“This is easy to handle. Just have her find her household registration book and ID card, and I’ll have someone help her get them.” Hu Ruixue agreed without hesitation after hearing what Shu Yan said.
"Thank you, I'll treat you to a meal later." In just a short time, she already owed two meals.
"You're being so polite with me. But it might be dangerous for just the two of you to go alone. I'll have someone take you with me." Men are stronger than women, and if it really came down to a fight, the two women might not be a match for him.
"No need, I can find someone to help." Shu Yan hung up the phone and then called Fang Zeyu, "There's something I'd like to ask you for help with."
"Go ahead." Fang Zeyu was pleased that Shu Yan thought of him when she needed something, which meant she trusted him.
“You saw what happened today. I want to help Yingying transfer her household registration, but we need to get her household registration book and ID card. Her parents have hidden them, so we want to go to her house to look for them. Her younger brother might be home, but we're afraid of a conflict.”
"Where are you now? I'll come find you." Fang Zeyu agreed without hesitation.
"We're in the shop. Where are you? We'll come find you," Shu Yan said, a little embarrassed.
"No need, I happen to have some business nearby today, not far from your shop."
Fang Zeyu drove over. Shu Yan glanced at the license plate; the car was worth around 300,000 yuan and probably belonged to his company. She didn't have time to think about it and got into the car with Yingying.
About ten minutes later, they got off the bus in a residential area and saw Yingying. Many people pointed and whispered about her.
At first, some people thought Yingying's parents were wrong, but this was a family matter, and most people were just watching the show. However, it was the first time they had heard of a daughter calling the police to arrest her parents, so many people stood up and accused Yingying of being rebellious.
"They're all just a bunch of people who talk without understanding the situation. Don't pay them any attention." Shu Yan didn't even bother to look at them and had Yingying lead the way to her house.
Yingying's younger brother hadn't returned yet. Seeing that no one was home, Yingying visibly relaxed and quickly ran to her parents' room to look for their household registration book and ID card, but couldn't find them anywhere. However, there was a locked box in the room, which was very likely hidden there. The problem was that her mother always carried the key with her.
"Let me do it." Fang Zeyu asked Yingying for a hair clip and opened it with a gentle touch.
The two gasped in surprise. Shu Yan snapped out of her daze and told Yingying to quickly open the box and check if it was inside.
The contents contained only some food and some loose change; there was no household registration booklet or ID card.
"I knew they wouldn't let me find them so easily; they wouldn't let me go," Yingying said with a mournful face.
"Don't think too much about it. Let's look again. It's definitely hidden in the house," Shu Yan comforted her.
"Perhaps I can help you look for it?" Fang Zeyu suggested.
Yeah, how could I forget him? Although I don't know what branch of the military he used to be, being able to go to the battlefield means he must be from a very powerful unit, and he must be a master at finding things.
Sure enough, after knocking around, he found it right away. There was a hidden box under the original bed board, where the household registration book and ID card were hidden. In addition to these two items, there were also two stacks of money, one with 50,000 yuan and the other with 30,000 yuan.
Yingying ignored the 50,000 yuan; she knew without a doubt it was the betrothal money Li Weiguo had received. The other 30,000 yuan was what truly shocked her. She had always assumed her family was poor, which was why her parents couldn't afford to buy her brother a house and had resorted to selling her. But now? The family clearly had 30,000 yuan; they could buy a house with just 10,000 yuan borrowed from relatives. Why did they still have to sell her?
Tears fell like beads, one by one. "Am I really their child? Is there really such a big difference between a son and a daughter?"
"Alright, grab your household registration book and ID card and hurry up and go." Shu Yan sighed. In the eyes of some parents, the difference is huge. In their hearts, sons are the root to carry on the family line, while daughters are like water spilled out, raised for someone else.
"Who's in my house?" They had just finished unpacking when they heard Yingying's younger brother's voice.
"What are you doing? You actually brought outsiders into our house to steal things! What did you steal? Help! Catch the thief!" Yingying's younger brother burst out of the door and shouted in the yard.
The neighbors all came out, and stopped when they saw Yingying leading two people out.
"Isn't this your sister? Where did this thief come from?" The old lady next door was straightforward and always disapproved of Yingying's family's preference for sons over daughters. This time, she glared at Yingying's younger brother.
"I don't have a sister who called the police to arrest her own parents. She just called the police to arrest her own parents, and now she's come home to steal things. Tell me, did you steal money?" Yingying's younger brother's eyes rolled around. There was 50,000 yuan of betrothal money hidden in the house. Could it have been stolen by her? That was the money he had to buy a house.
"Don't you know why I called the police? Or do you just not know?" Yingying glanced at everyone in the yard. Many people lowered their heads under her gaze, while others felt that Yingying was too cruel. "My mother wants to sell me to a 40-year-old cripple just to get 50,000 yuan as a dowry to buy him a house. She can't even afford to buy a house and get married herself, so she wants to sell my sister. Are you even human?"
"50,000 yuan? Didn't you say you'd only charge 20,000 yuan?" one of the neighbor's elderly women exclaimed, her eyes wide.
“I knew it couldn’t be 20,000. Given the character of that couple, it was definitely over 30,000. I didn’t expect them to take 50,000. That cripple is quite rich.”
"If you're so rich, why don't you marry your daughter to him?" the neighbor retorted.
“Then forget it. My daughter has a job and wants to find a college graduate. That cripple is over 40. I heard he even beats people. He's not good enough for my daughter.”
"Now that you mention it, Yingying's parents really went a bit too far."
Hearing that he was a forty-year-old cripple who could also hit people, many families with daughters thought he was too picky.
"She shouldn't have called the police to arrest her own parents." Some people also insisted that Yingying was too ruthless.
"What can you do if you don't call the police? Marry that cripple? Would you marry him if you were in his shoes?" another neighbor auntie retorted.
Seeing the change in the atmosphere, Yingying's younger brother immediately said, "Did you take that 50,000 yuan? If you took it, you'll have to marry Li Weiguo. Have you thought this through?"
“I didn’t take it at first, but now I think I should.” Yingying stared at her brother and said coldly, “I will take that 50,000 yuan and hand it over to the police. I will return the money to Li Weiguo when he comes out.” Yingying suddenly said to the neighbors outside, “This is my boss’s wife. She not only has her own company but also her own shop. She doesn’t care about my family’s little bit of money at all. In order to prove my innocence and prevent my parents from talking nonsense after I leave, I would like to ask a few uncles and elders to come with me to witness how much money is in there. I will only take the 50,000 yuan that does not belong to the family. I will not touch the rest. I, Yingying, am making this clear today. I don’t want anything from the family, nor do I want a single penny from them. The money I have given to the family over the years can be considered as the money they used to raise me. When my parents get old, I will pay my share, and I will not pay a single penny that is not mine.”
Hearing that they were going to look for the secret stash of money, many people were eager to try. However, Yingying didn't just invite anyone. Instead, she found a few people in the courtyard who were of good character. One of them was the director of her father's factory, who was her father's direct superior.
Yingying's younger brother was about to stop her when Fang Zeyu grabbed him.
When the hidden box under the bed was reopened, everyone saw two bundles of money inside, one containing 50,000 and the other 30,000. The group looked at each other in bewilderment.
The couple usually acted very poorly, and I thought they were so poor they were about to starve. I never expected them to have saved so much money so quietly. The most important thing is that they had so much money but still wanted to sell their daughter, which is a bit unreasonable.
"Uncles and elders, as you can see, I'm only taking this 50,000 yuan. I'll go to the police station in a little while and hand it over to the police so they can return it to Li Weiguo. I only took my household registration book and ID card. I haven't touched a single penny. I hope you can be my witnesses."
Yingying deliberately invited them in to witness the event, partly to let them see how much secret money her parents had. With so much money, why would they sell their daughter to a 40-year-old cripple? The neighbors would naturally have their own opinions.
Yingying's younger brother's eyes widened when he saw the 30,000 yuan inside. He didn't know his parents had hidden so much money. Even if there was 30,000, he wanted the 50,000. Unfortunately, he was being held by the neck by Fang Zeyu and didn't dare to stop them from leaving.
"Thank you so much for today." The three of them got into the car, and Shu Yan, sitting in the passenger seat, glanced at Fang Zeyu and breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's just a small favor, you're too kind."
"It's a small favor for you, but it's a huge help to us. I have to take Yingying to register her household today, so I don't have time. I'll treat you to a meal next time." Including this morning's meal, I already owe him two meals.
“Okay, where are you going? I’ll take you.” Fang Zeyu asked.
"Let's go to the police station first. We need to go there to register our household registration." Shu Yan didn't have a cell phone and wanted to get off the bus to call Hu Ruixue, but Fang Zeyu pulled out a mobile phone instead.
"Looks like you're really a star in your company, with such a complete set of equipment," Shu Yan joked.
"I'm not lying," Fang Zeyu said earnestly.
He's the company's boss, and it wouldn't be wrong to call him their ace.
Shu Yang smiled slightly and called Hu Ruixue.
"I've already spoken to them. Just go over and give them your name."
Yingying first handed over 50,000 yuan to the police officer who handled their case that day, explained the situation, and the police officer wrote her a receipt, saying that she would return the money to Li Weiguo when he was released. As for the matter of transferring her household registration, Hu Ruixue had put in a good word for her, and the police officer handling the household registration was very sympathetic to Yingying's situation, so the process was very fast. Yingying's household registration was temporarily placed in a state-owned factory, and she could transfer it out at any time after she bought a house.
They went outside and saw Fang Zeyu waiting there.
"No need to wait for us," Shu Yanxin said softly, her heart fluttering slightly.
"It's hard to get a taxi here, let's go. Are we going back to the shop?" Fang Zeyu asked, turning his head.
"No, I'm going to the company." Shu Yan gave an address, and Fang Zeyu went there as if he knew the way well.
"You've been here before?" He knew this place far better than she did.
"I forgot to mention, my company is also here." Fang Zeyu pointed to the building in front of him.
"What a coincidence?" Shu Yan exclaimed in surprise.
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