Jiang Shao Chen's serious expression revealed a calm demeanor. "If my wife is in a fire pit and I only think about escaping, then I am truly unworthy."
Seeing that she didn't respond, Shen Mingzhi stopped dwelling on it, but was very curious, "How exactly did you get rid of them?"
She had a deep impression of Gao Xiulian. She was greedy and stubborn, like a rock in a latrine, smelly and hard. Those who were extorted by her could only hold their noses and accept their bad luck.
Jiang Shao Chen avoided her gaze and said, "I gave her some money."
"How much was given?"
"Are you planning to give it back to me again?" Jiang Shaozhen asked her, frowning.
Shen Mingzhi was caught off guard and had to give up the idea, but she was still very worried. "I know Gao Xiulian. If you give her a hundred this time, she will find an excuse to ask for two hundred next time."
“So we still need to find a new place. Why don’t you move back to the Jiang family home?” Jiang Shaozhen suggested to her.
The Jiang family lived in a compound. His father was still on duty. There were guards in the compound. If they saw them coming to beg for money, they could ask the guards to tell him first, and he would handle it.
Shen Mingzhi was unaware of Zhang Ping's situation, but Gao Xiulian was.
If he intervenes, Gao Xiulian will definitely not bully her like she did today.
“I don’t get along with your sister, and besides, we’ll be business rivals in the future. I’m not comfortable with her living at your house.” Shen Mingzhi has also been having a headache about moving these past few days.
Her refusal left Jiang Shaozhen feeling uneasy.
After Wang Sao finished cooking and left, Shen Mingzhi finished eating and gave Jiang Nian and Jiang Zhou a bath, but both children were very noisy today.
She burst into tears... her crying gave Shen Mingzhi a headache.
"I'll do it." Jiang Shaozhen squatted down in front of the red bathtub, took the towel from Shen Mingzhi's hand, and began to bathe them.
Two fair-skinned babies lay in the bathtub, legs crossed, fists clenched, waving and crying loudly.
"Wash Niannian first," Shen Mingzhi instructed Jiang Shaochen from the side.
Jiang Shaozhen hummed in agreement and took a towel to scrub Jiang Nian, who was still crying loudly.
Jiang Nian cried even harder as he rubbed her skin. She threw a punch of water, wetting Jiang Shao Chen's white shirt. The water splashed all over his face and dripped down his chin.
“Kids are always so noisy when they take a bath…” Shen Mingzhi said awkwardly.
Jiang Shao Chen held her in one arm and continued to wipe her body. Jiang Nian pouted and kicked her feet frantically, splashing water that also wet Jiang Shao Chen's pants.
"Let me do it. If you keep doing this, people will laugh at you when we get back." Shen Mingzhi couldn't help but laugh as she saw that his crotch was completely wet and put down the little skirt she was holding.
Seeing her bright smile, Jiang Shaochen's tone softened, "Then I'll wait until it's dry before I leave. It's too difficult for you to manage two children all by yourself."
I was completely soaked when I finished giving Jiang Nian a bath.
The two placed the child on the blanket on the bed, and Shen Mingzhi quickly wiped Niannian's body.
Jiang Shao Chen gently patted Niannian's bottom, "You little rascal, you've gotten your dad all wet."
Although Jiang Nian was only a month old, she still resisted, immediately kicking her legs and whimpering.
“She has a lot of opinions about you.” Shen Mingzhi wrapped her lovely and mischievous daughter in a blanket.
Jiang Shaozhen chuckled softly and turned to wash Jiang Zhou, who was playing in the bathtub. Children have a strong odor, especially in the summer.
After washing Jiang Zhou repeatedly for a while, he finally asked Shen Mingzhi, "Does the child smell? It doesn't smell very good."
"Yes, babies have a fast metabolism, so they're always smelly, especially in the summer when the smell is stronger." Shen Mingzhi had also asked Wang Sao before. After all, it was her first time having a baby, and she used to think that babies smelled nice when she saw other people posting pictures of their babies.
When it was my turn to take care of the baby, I discovered that the child actually smelled bad...
The couple bathed the children and changed them into clean clothes.
Shen Mingzhi noticed that his clothes were patchy with dark and light colors, so she brought in the electric fan used for cooking, plugged it in, and let him enjoy the breeze. "Why do you have to suffer like this? There's air conditioning at home, but you're crammed in here, sweating all over, and the kids even poured water on you."
Jiang Shao Chen was drying himself with a towel when he heard this. He looked at her and said, "But I'm very happy."
This is his child. Even in the most dilapidated house, he would be happy to take care of his child with her.
Shen Mingzhi avoided his gaze and said in a very natural voice, "We'll eat later. It'll be simple food anyway. If you don't mind, you can eat before you leave."
“I don’t mind,” Jiang Shaozhen replied immediately.
Shen Mingzhi took the bathtub out, emptied the water, and when she returned, she saw Jiang Shaozhen staring at her. She looked bewildered and asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Do they make a fuss at night?" Jiang Shao Chen wondered if she could get enough sleep, considering that she was busy making money every day and taking care of the children at night.
"It's alright, only occasionally," Shen Mingzhi said. Actually, the baby was quite obedient when it was first born, but recently it has started to fuss.
She had to get up many times a night to feed them and make formula.
Fortunately, before May Day, she handed over all the medicine she had to Li An.
“I’ll stay tonight, I don’t have anything else to do anyway,” Jiang Shaozhen said, his eyes fixed on her.
"Don't try to take advantage of me." Shen Mingzhi immediately became wary.
Jiang Shaozhen had no choice but to give up, unable to express his grievances.
He left reluctantly as night deepened.
Shen Mingzhi was already too sleepy to go to sleep. He tidied up the house for her and fetched water for her. He didn't leave the courtyard until there was really nothing else to do.
The next morning, Shen Mingzhi gave Wang Sao her share of the profits, and then she heard her say, "I went to buy groceries today, and everyone was talking about you. The things they said were really nasty. Ugh, I even argued with them. They said it was your former mother-in-law who said it at the gate of the yard yesterday... What exactly happened?"
Shen Mingzhi did not expect that it would spread so quickly in just one night.
Although she told Song Wanyin that she didn't care, she was actually still somewhat affected.
"Don't worry about it. I've been researching face creams and such at home lately. As long as I don't show my face, it'll be fine," Shen Mingzhi forced a smile.
Sister-in-law Wang had no choice but to stop asking questions.
But if they don't go out, people from outside can still cause trouble.
Wang Wu heard countless knocks on the door that morning. When he opened it again, he said with a stern face, "Who her father is is none of your business! Don't come knocking again!"
"Why are you being so fierce! We're ashamed to be neighbors with her, let her move out!" A middle-aged woman in a blue cheongsam was even fiercer than Wang Wu.
"This is my eldest son's house, and he wants people to move in—"
Before he could finish speaking, someone threw a handful of pebbles at his face. "You're so protective of her, does that mean she sleeps with you too? She locks the door tightly every night when it gets dark, who knows what she's doing in there!"
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