Everyone just said that Chen Ji has a bad relationship with his family. He's been back in the compound for several days now and hasn't mentioned going home. He definitely doesn't want to go back.
So the old lady wanted to use Xiaobao and his godmother as hostages?
He'll have to reply whether he wants to or not.
This family has a lot of fancy ways of having fun.
But what could she say in this situation? She couldn't very well stop her godmother from going, could she?
After seeing off the old lady and her entourage, Xu Ruantang returned to the courtyard, only to find that Cheng Dan and Li Shuhe were still there!
These two were incredibly composed, sitting in the Chen family's house as if they were at home.
"I'm going out now, aren't you coming?"
Xu Ruantang immediately kicked them out.
Li Shuhe stood up with a pitiful look on her face. "Sister Xu, didn't we agree that I would sleep with you tonight?"
"The bed is too small, I can't sleep in it," Xu Ruantang refused. "I still have to go out to sell things right now."
“You and Brother Chen can both sleep, so why can’t we? I’m not fat!” Li Shuhe looked down at herself, doubting her figure for the first time.
Chen Ji is so tall and strong, and he can sleep in it, so why can't she?!
Is Sister Xu trying to get rid of her because she doesn't want to sleep with her?
Thinking of this, Li Shuhe's mood became even more depressed. She turned to Cheng Dan and asked, "Sister Cheng Dan, why aren't you leaving yet?"
Perhaps Sister Xu dislikes Cheng Dan and is taking her anger out on her!
She then remembered how she had just yelled at the door and called Sister Xu a "country bumpkin," and felt even more annoyed.
No matter how you look at Sister Xu, she doesn't seem like the kind of person who would bully others casually; she even saved me!
Besides, she had personally witnessed how Sister Xu "bullied" people. If she had really bullied Cheng Dan like that, would Cheng Dan still be standing here now?
Even if we take a step back and say that Sister Xu and Chen Ji are already married, Cheng Dan should be avoiding suspicion even more. How come it seems that she was just pretending to have a good relationship with Chen Ji?
From the time Li Shuhe could remember, she felt that Chen Ji had always been like an iceberg, with a stern face all day long, not familiar with anyone, and very quiet. How could he have ever had a good relationship with Cheng Dan?
Wasn't it always her who was clinging to Chen Ji?
Aside from Xu Hanli's persistent efforts with Chen Ji, which yielded some results, he seemed to be distant from everyone else!
For the first time in her life, Li Shuhe began to doubt her judgment.
"Shuhe, aren't you coming with me?" Cheng Dan smiled gently.
Li Shuhe's face darkened. "Didn't I say I was going to stay with Sister Xu?"
Xu Ruantang was too lazy to listen to their chatter, picked up her suitcase and walked out, saying, "If you want to stay, then stay. Just close the door when you leave."
With so many unexpected events in the afternoon already taking up her time, she decided to take the bus directly there.
If we don't go out now, it will really be too late.
"Sister Xu, wait a minute, I want all of these!"
Li Shuhe chased after her, stuffed a hundred yuan into her arms, and snatched the box away. But she didn't expect the box to be so heavy; her hand slipped, and the styrofoam box almost fell to the ground.
Fortunately, Xu Ruantang steadied him, saying, "Stop fooling around. How are you going to eat all this if you buy it? It'll just go bad, and you'll be wasting food."
This was the first time Xu Ruantang had encountered such a clingy personality, and she was finding it difficult to handle. She was the type who responded better to gentle persuasion than force, and she genuinely couldn't bring herself to throw Li Shuhe out.
"I wasn't making a fuss, and I wasn't joking!" Li Shuhe said anxiously, and hurriedly explained, "You just went out to see Grandma and the others off, and I ate a small bread roll and a mung bean cake! You don't know, I don't usually like sweets, but the ones you made were so delicious, I liked them both."
“I have a large family. If I take these home, my parents will definitely give them to relatives and neighbors. These are not enough for you.”
Xu Ruantang was skeptical. "Really?"
"You don't believe me? Then let's go back to my house now and move our things back."
Li Shuhe tried to snatch the box from Xu Ruantang again, but Xu Ruantang dodged it. "Fine, you're a big customer for buying so much. I'll deliver it to your door."
Xu Ruantang no longer refused any opportunity to make money; she really needed to save enough money as soon as possible to leave this place.
So, with a hundred yuan in his pocket, he closed his front door and followed Li Shuhe to her house.
Cheng Dan didn't know what she was thinking, but she just wouldn't leave and insisted on going to the Li family.
Xu Ruantang ignored it and turned to Li Shuhe, saying, "There are sixty mung bean cakes and sixty small bread rolls here, which is forty in total. I'll give you sixty change."
Li Shuhe was unwilling to accept the money, but then an idea came to her: "Sister Xu, don't give me the money. I'll take these back with you first. Believe me or not, I'll be back to find you in less than two days."
Ordinary families don't need so many pastries; sweets can't be eaten as a meal. Even if it were given as a gift, this would be enough to last a long time.
“I’m doing business legitimately. Don’t buy these things on purpose just because you want to help me.” Xu Ruantang had worked very hard too. The quantity was too large today, and she had spent a lot of energy just kneading the muscles.
If someone buys something and it just goes bad because no one wants it, she'd rather go through the trouble of selling it to people who truly enjoy good food.
Li Shuhe looked aggrieved. "Sister Xu, why don't you believe me? I said I wouldn't lie to you, and I won't lie to you."
She was a little downcast. "Everyone thought I was spoiled by my dad growing up, that I never lacked food or clothing, and that I must have a bad temper. But that's not true at all!"
Xu Ruantang thought to herself, "It's not that others say that about you, but that's just how you behave."
I've met her twice, and each time she mentioned her father. It's no wonder people think she's abusing her power...
Li Shuhe's family also lives in the compound, but it takes half an hour to walk there from here.
On the way, we passed a training ground where a group of shirtless soldiers were training. They were all muscular men and quite a sight to behold.
Xu Ruantang couldn't help but take a second look; this was much more manly than the pretty boys with effeminate voices popular in later generations!
"Sister Xu, what are you looking at?"
Li Shuhe followed her gaze and asked in surprise, "You like this kind of thing? Doesn't Chen Ji have any?"
Although Chen Ji was eight years older than her, she should have called him "brother" in principle.
But Li Shuhe didn't like his personality. The two had barely spoken a few words since they were little, so naturally she wouldn't call him brother.
She couldn't understand why they both had the surname Chen. Chen Zheng was gentle and humble, and in her eyes, he was the epitome of a mature man. He was also the object of her crush during her teenage years.
Later, he got married to a woman just as outstanding as Tang Wan, so she naturally let go of him and treated Chen Zheng like a friendly older brother next door.
It's like the object of your admiration when you were young. You didn't actually like them that much; it was just simple respect.
"Cough cough." Xu Ruantang was speechless, choked by her bluntness. "Don't talk nonsense, I didn't see it."
If you don't admit it, then you didn't watch it!
So what is Chen Ji's physique like?
Li Shuhe persevered.
Xu Ruantang instantly recalled the night before when Chen Ji was shirtless, his well-defined abs seemingly within reach, and she almost got a nosebleed again!
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