Zhu Heping had a sour look on his face. He was kicked by Zhu Weiming and glared at him angrily.

"You didn't get beaten, why are you angry?" Zhu Weiming said.

Zhu Heping complained to Zhu Yaowu and Zhu Weiyue, "They wouldn't let me do it."

"Fourth brother, you have been kicking. Besides, he only has one body. How can I give way to you if I am riding on him?" Zhu Weiyue rolled his eyes.

Ji Ling came down from upstairs and after hearing all this, she didn't know how to summarize her feelings at the moment in words.

When Mrs. Zhu saw Ji Ling coming down, she stopped listening to their argument, stood up and asked Ji Ling to go to the restaurant.

The four men followed him, and when they arrived at the restaurant, they did not need anyone to remind them, and in front of Zhu's father, they did not mention the fight again.

At the Kang family, Kang Xiaohua returned home with a bruised face and nose. When Kang Shichang saw this, his face darkened.

"You went to fight with the Zhu brothers again?"

"What? Do you feel sorry for them? Don't worry, I'm the one being ridden and beaten. They do have strong teeth and are good at biting." Kang Xiaohua sneered and went straight upstairs.

Kang Shichang said angrily, "Kang Xiaohua, what is your attitude?"

The only response he got was the sound of footsteps climbing the stairs.

Li Cuilan didn't dare to say anything when she saw this. She put the food on the table before calling her son. Kang Xiaohua saw his mother come in and lay down on the bed again, "I'm not hungry."

"I've saved some food for you. Eat it when you're hungry." Li Cuilan hesitated for a moment and walked to the bedside, but didn't dare to get too close. "Xiaohua, let me apply some medicine on you."

Kang Xiaohua said nothing and Li Cuilan didn't dare to move.

The mother and son were in a stalemate in the room. As time passed, Kang Xiaohua could no longer bear the torment in her heart and slowly sat up.

Li Cuilan happily came over when she saw it. She was holding disinfectant in her hand and her movements were very gentle, cautious and caring.

Kang Xiaohua lowered his eyes, "Mom, my dad is so cold to you, don't you feel bad?"

Li Cuilan kept moving her hands. She was very happy to hear her son talking to her. "Your father has a lot of work to do at work. We all depend on him for support. When he comes home, he just wants to rest. We should understand him."

When Kang Xiaohua heard this, he curled the corners of his lips in mockery, but said nothing.

His face was smeared with disinfectant, leaving yellow spots. Li Cuilan felt distressed when she saw it. Perhaps it was because her son was not so resistant to getting close to her today, so she became a little bolder.

She said, "Xiaohua, you have to go to work too. Stay away from the Zhu brothers in the future. Don't hurt yourself anymore. It hurts my heart to see you like that."

Kang Xiaohua hummed, and Li Cuilan smiled even more. "Then you take a rest. When you feel hungry, tell mom and I'll heat up a meal for you. I won't disturb your rest."

Looking at his mother's flattering and humble attitude, Kang Xiaohua felt indescribable discomfort in his heart.

Ji Ling thought that the matter was over, but she didn't expect that Kang Xiaohua would come to her from the front and Pang Cong would block her way from the back.

On the fifteenth day, everyone went out to see the lanterns. Ji Ling didn't want to go, but Kong Siya asked her to go out and relax and not stay at home all the time. Ji Ling could only wrap herself up tightly and go outside. There were too many people on the Lantern Street, and she and Zhu Yaowu and others were squeezed apart.

Ji Ling was not worried and thought she would go home after taking a closer look.

Then she met Pang Cong on the way, but she didn't recognize him. It was Pang Cong who stopped her. Ji Ling saw He Tong again and finally recognized him.

Ji Ling didn't want to interact with them too often. She was just a daughter-in-law married into the Zhu family and didn't grow up with them in the compound. Besides, in this day and age, it was not good for a grown daughter to be too close to an unmarried man.

"Zhu Yaowu and the others came here together. They should be waiting for me up ahead. You guys go first." Ji Ling politely refused.

There were too many people, and Ji Ling's words were quickly drowned out by the crowd.

In order to hear each other clearly, they had to get closer. Pang Cong didn't seem to care what Ji Ling said. Instead, he lowered his head and said, "Ji Ling, I want to talk to you about Chang Ya."

After saying that, without waiting for Ji Ling to answer, he pulled people towards the lanterns. He rushed too fast and the crowd became agitated. Ji Ling covered her stomach with her hands and staggered forward as Pang Cong pulled her.

The two men walked through the crowd and passed behind the lanterns. When they reached the street behind the lanterns, there were fewer people there.

"Pang Cong, let me go first."

Pang Cong turned a deaf ear and pulled Ji Ling into an alley. When there was no one inside, he let go.

"Ji Ling, I really have something urgent to talk to you about, don't be angry." Pang Song apologized with a smile.

"I don't see that you feel sorry." Ji Ling said coldly, rubbing the wrist that he had just pulled with one hand, "I have nothing to discuss with you about Chang Ya's affairs."

"Ji Ling, Chang Ya is actually very innocent. She was used. If you are really angry, you can find Chi Fangping instead of targeting her."

When Ji Ling left, Pang Cong did not stop her. He shouted at her back, "Ji Ling, we grew up in the same compound. I know Chang Ya best. She doesn't have the brains to do this. If it really happened, it wouldn't be you who would marry Zhu Weidong. I know these words are not pleasant to hear, but I am telling the truth."

Ji Ling got angry and turned around to curse, "What the hell does what he said have to do with me? Try to provoke me again."

Pang Cong was stunned. He never expected Ji Ling to swear. Normally, she looked gentle and kind, and he thought she didn't have a bad temper.

He came from a small county town, which was why Pang Cong dared to bring people here.

Ji Ling's eyes were blazing with fire. "Aren't you standing up for Chang Ya? All right, let's go back to the compound and call Chang Ya up, and we can talk about it face to face."

Pang Cong knew he was in trouble, so he hurriedly chased after her and apologized, "Ji Ling, don't be angry, I just want to tell you the truth, I don't mean anything else, don't be angry, Chang Ya doesn't know that I asked for mercy for her, don't look for her, isn't it enough for me to apologize to you here?"

"Get lost." Ji Ling was getting angry. What the hell were they? They were picking on her one after another.

Looking at the figure leaving angrily, Pang Cong touched his nose, it seemed that he was really in trouble.

Now something went wrong.

Ji Ling was in a good mood when she came out, but now her mood was ruined. She simply walked to a place with fewer people, finally walked out of Huadeng Street, hailed a car and went straight back to the compound.

The elders in the family had already gone to bed. Ji Ling tiptoed upstairs. After washing up, she still felt unhappy, so she simply sat on the bed and waited for Zhu Yaowu and the others to come back.

As expected, after the four people got separated from Ji Ling, they didn't dare to stay on the street for long and went straight home. When they saw the shoes at the door, they knew that Ji Ling had returned and they felt relieved.

Ji Ling heard the noise and went downstairs. Zhu Yaowu saw that she looked unhappy and asked, "What's wrong?"

(End of this chapter)