They were a man and a woman of her age, whom Ji Ling did not know. She thought she was in the way and moved to the side.

"You are Brother Zhu's lover, right?" Pang Cong asked directly.

Ji Ling was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "Hello."

"Hello, we live in the same compound as Brother Zhu." Looking closer, Pang Cong discovered that Zhu Weidong's lover was quite pretty, a bit like Lin Daiyu in the book, and her voice was also as soft as that of a Jiangnan woman.

Pang Cong originally came here to make things difficult for the other person, but when he got closer, he felt too embarrassed to do so.

Chang Ya's eyes twinkled, and she smiled and joked, "Then should we call you sister-in-law?"

Ji Ling said, "Just call me by my name. My name is Ji Ling, and I'm twenty-one years old."

"Ah, you're younger than all of us, so just call us by our names. I'm Pang Cong, and this is..." Chang Ya interrupted Pang Cong before he could finish his introduction.

"Okay, Ji Ling wasn't nervous at first, but now that you're being so formal, she's getting nervous." Chang Ya smiled and walked over to Ji Ling, skilfully approaching her, glancing at the book in her hand before saying, "Just call me Xiaoya."

Xiaoya?

Ji Ling wanted to know who the person in front of her was.

Pang Cong saw that although the person's clothes were a bit rustic, he was very generous in his words and deeds, and his opinion of Ji Ling changed. He was also worried that Chang Ya might not do something well, so he shouted, "Xiao Ya has said hello, let's go too, Xiao Hua and the others are still waiting."

"Okay." Chang Ya agreed readily.

The two said goodbye to Ji Ling and left.

Ji Ling raised her eyebrows but didn't take it to heart. But a few minutes later, Chang Ya came back alone.

"Xiaoling, although this is the first time we meet, I think you are very good. There are some things I don't know whether I should tell you."

Ji Ling closed the book and said, "If you feel there is something you need to say, you can tell me."

Chang Ya paused for a moment, secretly complaining that this country bumpkin had no curiosity to ask, so she said, "Brother Zhu has a crush on you, do you know you?"

Ji Ling shook her head.

"I shouldn't have told you that you're already married. If I told you, you would definitely feel bad, but I don't want to see someone as kind as you being kept in the dark."

Ji Ling waited for her to continue.

Chang Ya found that the other party was still calm, and couldn't help but feel upset, "That person is Brother Zhu's classmate, and they even work in the same unit, but that person is married, so Brother Zhu has not been married for all these years."

"She is excellent, good-looking and has a good job, but she is not as young as you, so you don't have to feel inferior."

Ji Ling nodded, "Okay."

Chang Ya: "I'll feel relieved if you're not sad." Chang Ya thought she must have met a fool, so she nodded and left.

Ji Ling watched them leave, and seeing that Chang Ya was very angry, she forced a smile.

It is indeed not easy to do bad things. It is very likely that you will not harm the other person but will make yourself angry.

As for whether what Chang Ya said was true or not, Ji Ling didn't think too much about it. That was Zhu Weidong's past, and there was no need for her to dig it up, not to mention that it was not certain whether it was true or not.

Actually, Chang Ya didn't necessarily have good intentions in telling her these things. After all, she had seen her grandmother go to the Zhu family to discuss marriage yesterday.

Outside, Pang Cong saw Chang Ya coming out of the bookstore and frowned, "Did you go to find Ji Ling?"

"No." Chang Ya said, "I just remembered that I wanted to buy a book, but found that the bookstore didn't have it, so I came out again."

Pang Cong believed it, and the two of them pushed their bicycles back home. Along the way, he spoke up for Ji Ling, "She looks very simple, not the kind of person who is vain."

"When she came to the Zhu family, why didn't Aunt Kong buy her some clothes? Could it be that she doesn't like her?" Chang Ya didn't like to hear Ji Ling's good words, "Zhu Weidong secretly got married with someone else in a small county town, and did it without the family's permission. Aunt Kong really didn't like him for a while."

"Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have always been incompatible. If you don't believe it, forget it." Chang Ya got on the bike and said, "Let's go. Let's not discuss other people's affairs. Anyway, we can just wait and see."

Pang Cong smiled, "You are right."

On this day, when Ji Ling was returning to the compound from the bookstore, she passed by the vegetable market and bought some vegetables. When she came out, she heard her mother-in-law say that she had to eat in the hospital while on duty these days. As a sister-in-law, Ji Ling didn't want to be served all the time.

When he arrived at the gate of the compound, he was stopped by the guard.

Ji Ling glanced at the guard and found that he was a young man she didn't recognize, so she explained, "I'm the daughter-in-law of the Zhu family."

"Zhu family's daughter-in-law? How could I not know? You can't lie in a way that people can believe. Go away, this is not a place you can just enter casually."

Ji Ling pursed her lips, "Why can't people like me just come in? Is it because I'm not dressed well?"

The guard looked at him coldly, "Oh, you still want to cause trouble?"

Ji Ling didn't want to argue with the security guard and be seen by people coming in and out. The people behind the scenes were still the Zhu family, so she simply went to stand by the street and wait. There were four brothers in the Zhu family, and she didn't believe that she wouldn't meet one of them.

The guard saw the man standing aside and waved his hand again, "Stand away."

Ji Ling stepped aside again.

The guard was about to speak, but Ji Ling looked back and said, "Don't even mention that you are in charge of people standing on the side of the road. Do you have such great power?"

The guard was speechless.

In the corner, a figure saw this scene and walked away secretly with pride.

When Zhu Heping came back from outside, the street lights were already on. He saw a figure standing outside the compound from afar. He was stunned for a moment. After making sure that he was not mistaken, he took his hand out of his trouser pocket and trotted over.

"Sister-in-law, why are you standing here?" While speaking, he took the dishes from Ji Ling's hand with a wink.

The two walked towards the compound, and Ji Ling smiled and said, "The guard didn't recognize me, so I thought I would wait for you."

Zhu Heping asked, "You said you were a member of the Zhu family, but he didn't let you in?"

Ji Ling nodded.

But after thinking about it, he added, "I said I was the daughter-in-law of the Zhu family, and he said the Zhu family didn't have a daughter-in-law. Maybe he thought I was a liar."

After Ji Ling finished speaking, Zhu Heping cursed, "You bastard."

The man had already rushed to the guard room and kicked the door open from the outside. Ji Ling was too late to stop him. She only heard Zhu Heping cursing CNM, "How dare you bully my sister-in-law!" and then there was the sound of something being smashed from inside.

Ji Ling rushed over in fear, "Zhu Heping, don't mess around."

She knew this fourth brother, and he really didn't fit the name at all.

In the blink of an eye, the guard room was already in a mess.

The security guard didn't dare to say a word and shrank into a corner.

Zhu Heping criticized him, "Fuck, I specifically told your security guard when I left this morning, and also told those on duty to tell him too. How dare you say you didn't know that was my sister-in-law?"

"I-I really don't know."

"Bullshit, do you think I'm a fool and I'll believe you? Who told you to do this? If you don't tell me today, I'll dig up your guard room."

(End of this chapter)