"You rebellious girl, do you know how much money I spent to come here? You ran away from home without saying a word, and your father and I looked for you everywhere after you left. We cried until our eyes were almost blind. Now that I know you are living under someone else's roof, I asked your sister to give you money and come to see you. You don't know what's wrong with you, and you pushed me away. You are a traitor, and you will be punished."

"Then give me my due." Wang Sanmei stood at the door with her hands on her hips, not letting anyone point fingers at her. "You know why I ran away from home. I'm grateful to you for giving birth to me. I accept this. If you come and force me again, I will tear the matter apart and no one will have an easy time."

Lian Qin had never expected that her usually honest and obedient daughter would suddenly become so powerful. She was afraid that she had really angered her, but she pretended to be submissive.

Her daughter's words had already made the onlookers look at her. If she really gave in, wouldn't that be a disguised admission that she had treated her daughter unfairly?

"Mom knows you're angry. Tell me yourself. From childhood to adulthood, as long as you wanted to study, your family would go out and borrow money to support you. When you didn't get into college, your family didn't complain, but you ran away from home. Sanmei, Sanmei, they say that studying makes people understand life, why do you become more confused the more you study?"

"This kid, how can he blame his family for not passing the exam?"

"You ran away from home, and your family didn't break your legs, which was a light punishment. You don't know what's good for you."

“It’s just a habit.”

The onlookers pointed at Wang Sanmei and their words became more and more vicious, as if Wang Sanmei had done something unforgivable.

When Ji Ling came over, she happened to hear these words. She said calmly, "You wouldn't feel the pain if the knife didn't stab you. Don't advise others to be kind without experiencing their pain. If you advise others to be kind, you will be struck by lightning."

The word "struck by thunder" was very useful, and the discussions stopped immediately.

People also advised to make way.

Lian Qin saw Ji Ling and rolled her eyes guiltily, "Xiao Ling, you're here. Don't you have class today?"

I thought she came here because Ji Ling was attending classes at school.

Ji Ling smiled and said, "I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I've already started my vacation."

She walked to Wang Sanmei and held her hand. Wang Sanmei's body was shaking with anger and her hands were completely cold.

"Auntie, why are you here?" Ji Ling looked at Lian Qin.

Lian Qin felt a panic in her heart when she saw Ji Ling's smile. She remembered what Ermei told her and said immediately, "Sanmei rushed to you and I was relieved. But after she ran away from home, I was worried about her and came to see her. I didn't expect that she would get angry after I said a few words to her."

"Yes, I said a few words." Wang Sanmei also confirmed her words, "You want me to go back and get married. You want to sell me."

"Child, you are not a child anymore. Our family should find a good partner for you. If you marry well, you will have a good life in the future, and we as parents will have less trouble. Besides, how can you say that getting married is selling you?" Lian Qin sighed and said to Ji Ling helplessly, "Xiaoling, please persuade Sanmei. Even if she is angry with her family, you can't be so extreme."

Lian Qin's face changed, and she said with a lack of confidence, "What could have happened? I don't even know it now. It was simply because I didn't get into college, and I was a little mentally disturbed at that time."

"Is it because I didn't get into college?" Wang Sanmei shouted.

Lian Qin was so frightened that she stiffened up. She didn't dare to look at her daughter. She just said to Ji Ling, "Look, she gets so excited whenever she mentions college. I think it's useless to say more today. Don't let people laugh at you. Xiaoling, let Sanmei calm down first. Auntie will come over in the evening."

After saying this, he immediately pushed his way through the crowd and left.

Ji Ling said to the onlookers, "Okay, everyone go away."

Normally, when a child runs away from home, who wouldn't be angry if the parents come looking for him? However, the situation in front of me was the opposite. The mother fled in panic.

It seems that there is indeed something inside that they don’t know.

Everyone no longer looked at Wang Sanmei with dissatisfaction and dispersed.

After returning to the store, Wang Sanmei turned her back and wiped her tears. "I had just opened the store door early in the morning when she came in. She said she had been squatting outside for half the night, and she didn't dare to knock on the door because she was afraid that I was hiding from her."

"She said she asked your mother at home where your eldest brother's store in the capital was, and then she came here. Aunt Xu didn't know I was in the store, so don't blame Aunt Xu."

Wang Sanmei wiped the tears from her face, then turned around and faced Ji Ling, saying in a gloomy voice, "The first two sentences were normal, saying that they were sorry for me and that I was wronged. But the next sentence was to make it up to me, and they found a match for me and told me to go home and get married."

"Bah, they didn't mean to make it up to me. They said the man was a leader in the factory, his previous wife was gone, and he only had a seven-year-old child. They said I was a grown-up girl, and he would definitely love me if he married me. Look at the man's conditions. Without mentioning anything else, the child was already seven years old, how old would the man have to be? When I asked her, she didn't tell me, she just said she would find someone older who would love me. I said it would be better to find me a father."

Ji Ling took a deep breath, "You see clearly what's going on, why are you still so sad? Aren't you making things difficult for yourself? Even if they find a marriage for you, it's useless unless you agree. They are the ones who have wronged you in the first place, so they don't dare to push you too hard, and they are also afraid that you will bring up the matter of going to college."

"Yes, they still think I am the soft-hearted Wang Ermei who would surrender after a few words. The original Wang Ermei is dead. They still want to control me? Dream on." Wang Sanmei gritted her teeth in anger.

"Okay, don't be angry. Your parents still have concerns. You see, your mom left as soon as I came over." Ji Ling picked out something happy to tell her, "I guess your mom knew you were here. It was Wang Ermei who said that. Since things didn't work out for you, she must have gone to Ermei. Ermei saw your tough attitude last time. She is so smart, how could she not guess that your mom would run into a wall when she came over? She still insisted on doing this, just to disgust you. We can disgust her too."

Ji Ling leaned over to her ear and whispered a few words. Wang Sanmei's eyes slowly brightened. "Then you watch the store this afternoon, and I'll go over by myself."

"The store is closed today. I'll go with you. You haven't had a day off since the store opened. From now on, you'll have two days off every month. I'll hire a salesperson during these days. When there are two of you, each of you will have four days off a month."

(End of this chapter)