Chapter 41 Xia Yutong's True Colors
In the village, having a job that's close to home and has a stable wage is already considered very good.
After getting off work, Liu Yaozong went back to the Su family home to coax Su Qinglian, but was met with a barrage of sarcastic remarks from her, and they barely made up.
After dinner, he suggested taking Su Qinglian out for a walk, leaving Xiao Mi with Luo Caixia and Su Jianguo to take care of her.
Walking along the country lane, Su Qinglian wore a long blue dress, its flowing style making her seem to move with a breeze...
Su Qinglian thought she was quite pretty, but she couldn't understand why she had fallen for Liu Yaozong back then...
It was probably during that non-mainstream era that Liu Yaozong dyed his hair yellow and worked at a barbershop, using his hairdressing skills to create all sorts of hairstyles for her.
Su Qinglian also once dyed her hair red and had an afro.
Later, the era of non-mainstream culture passed and things returned to normal. She married Liu Yaozong and had a daughter, Xiaomi, and stayed in the village taking care of her child.
She is not highly educated and has never liked studying since childhood. For so long, she has been running back and forth between her husband's family and her own family, spending most of her time at her parents' home, eating and living there, relying on Liu Yaozong to earn money to support the family, while she herself has never had a proper day of work.
Sometimes Su Qinglian regretted that her life shouldn't have turned out this way; how could she have fallen for Liu Yaozong?
Even now, with this man standing beside her, Su Qinglian can't help but ask herself, what is it about him that she likes?
Liu Yaozong, who is not yet middle-aged, has already gained weight, has a beer belly, and his breath smells strongly of smoke when he speaks.
“Yuan Zheng is ridiculous. My cousin, who has a vocational school diploma, was introduced to work on his land to dig. He asked for a higher salary, but Yuan Zheng asked why. Does he have the right to ask why?”
Liu Yaozong shook his head unhappily, "No matter what, I am his brother-in-law and therefore an elder. He didn't give me any face in front of outsiders or other people."
Su Qinglian frowned unhappily, "Then you shouldn't let your cousin come to work. Why bring this up when you haven't reached an agreement?"
"I'm just so angry. He's putting on such a high and mighty attitude. How exactly does he know that boss surnamed Shang?"
Liu Yaozong asked her, "How come I've never heard of him knowing this person?"
"I don't know the specifics either."
Liu Yaozong stopped in his tracks. "You know such an important person, and you didn't know? Your parents didn't know either?"
Su Qinglian rolled her eyes at him and didn't say anything. Compared to her, Liu Yaozong was like a resentful woman, incompetent and petty.
"They probably don't know."
"What do you mean 'should'? He only got this job because he knew this person. Otherwise, he definitely wouldn't have had the money to come back and lease land, and he wouldn't have been able to build such a large operation."
Liu Yaozong took a few steps and said, "And your sister-in-law, she only married your brother because your parents raised her. Otherwise, she would never have abandoned a rich man in the city to marry your brother."
Su Qinglian sneered, "Are you jealous, Liu Yaozong?"
"I'm jealous of him? I just can't stand the sight of him."
Su Qinglian stopped in her tracks. "If you don't like it, then don't look at it. And don't take my brother's salary."
Liu Yaozong also harbored resentment towards Su Qinglian, blaming her for siding with her family after so many years of marriage. "What do you mean? I get a salary, I earn money through my own labor. Besides, it's not Su Yuanzheng who pays my salary, it's that boss surnamed Shang who invested the money."
"That was an investor my brother found."
"If I had investors, I could do it too."
"Do you have it? You don't, you're like a pig."
Su Qinglian turned and left, giving Liu Yaozong a disapproving look.
Deep down, Su Qinglian had long since lost feelings for Liu Yaozong, especially in recent years, she was even unwilling to have marital relations with him.
Liu Yaozong asked ten times, and she would agree once or twice at most. After it was over, she never wanted to come again, feeling nothing at all...
Liu Yaozong, on the other hand, is both incompetent and loves to play games; the worse he is, the more he wants to prove himself.
On her way back, Su Qinglian ran into Chen Xinya, who was out for a walk. "Xinya..."
"Sister Qinglian."
"Hey, you're out for a walk?"
"yes."
Chen Xinya's expression turned somewhat unpleasant; Zhou Hengzhi hated her intensely because of what happened with Zhou Jin.
The storm had barely passed, and things hadn't calmed down yet, when Zhou Hengzhi wanted to settle scores with her. She was so frightened that she turned off her phone and wanted to go out and calm down.
To be honest, if she had known things would escalate to this extent, she would never have stirred up trouble for Zhou Jinlai in the village.
Instead of ruining Xia Yutong's reputation, they portrayed her as a simple woman who didn't want to marry the Zhou family's heir and regarded money as dirt...
She was determined to go back to the village with Su Yuanzheng, get married, and have children. She was praised by many women online, and everyone felt like they were experiencing it firsthand.
If they were Xia Yutong, they certainly wouldn't have had this courage.
The attempt backfired, resulting in someone else benefiting from the scheme and causing a lot of trouble for oneself.
As Su Qinglian was about to leave, Chen Xinya suddenly called out to her, "Sister Qinglian..."
"What's wrong?"
Su Qinglian turned around and saw that her eyes were a little red. "What's wrong, Xinya..."
"The matter has become quite serious."
"What is it?"
"Isn't everything over now?" Su Qinglian asked, puzzled. "Xinya, what's wrong with you...?"
Chen Xinya stepped forward and said, "Sister Qinglian, Yutong came to our Nanbian Village when she was five years old. We are the ones who were born and raised here."
"you……"
Su Qinglian was a little confused about what she was trying to say. "Why are you suddenly bringing this up?"
To be honest, Su Qinglian also found it a bit strange. In the past, Chen Xinya and Xia Yutong were best friends who could talk about anything, but this time, everyone had returned to the village, and she hadn't seen Chen Xinya playing with Xia Yutong alone.
Xia Yutong, although pregnant, was not unable to move around and never contacted Chen Xinya, nor did she even mention her name.
"Sister Qinglian, I know the truth. Although I don't want to believe it, I have to tell you that Yutong likes Zhou Hengzhi and tried to drug him, but it backfired. She was forced to sleep with Brother Yuanzheng, and that's how she got pregnant."
Su Qinglian was stunned. Seeing Chen Xinya crying so sadly, she said, "I feel sorry for Yuanzheng. Actually, Yutong didn't truly love him. Zhou Jin came to find her because he knew everything and wanted to expose Yutong's true colors. She was just unlucky..."
Su Qinglian's heart tightened, and she took a step back. "What exactly are you talking about?"
“Everything I’m saying is true, you should believe me. Now the village is talking about her like she’s a goddess, saying she’s good and that she treats money like dirt. But that’s not true. I don’t know what she was up to when she got close to Yuanzheng. I don’t know why she agreed to get married and have children, but deep down she definitely doesn’t have any feelings for Yuanzheng.”
Su Qinglian shook her head. "Xinya, what's going on between you and Yutong?"
“I’ve seen through her and don’t want to have anything to do with her anymore. She’s also threatened me, saying that if I dare to reveal the shameful things she’s done in the city, she’ll tear me to pieces…”
Chen Xinya cried bitterly, "Now it's not just Yuanzheng, I think the whole village has been kept in the dark by her. Her methods are too clever. I must let everyone know her true colors."
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