Chapter 38: Sacrificing Life for Sympathy
Due to the huge psychological gap and insecurity of the original body, he easily fell into Sheng Xinglian's trap.
He went further and further down the road of self-destruction, and only realized it when he died.
Gu Jiaojiao looked at the bowl of braised pig's trotters served by Lao Sanjia, feeling like something was stuck in her throat.
She really doesn't need the boy's favor, she really doesn't need it anymore.
When Sheng Shiwu saw Gu Jiaojiao was so moved that her eyes were filled with tears, he wanted to slap himself.
His adopted sister was still as easy to satisfy as before, she hadn't changed at all, but they suddenly put all their affection on their biological sister and ignored her.
"Take your time eating. I'll go fry some eggs." Seeing that there was not enough food, Su's mother got up and went to the kitchen.
Seeing Sheng Lao San's self-blaming expression, Gu Jiaojiao also wanted to leave for a while, but she was afraid that the boy would think too much.
He quietly ate the pig's trotter in the bowl and used the serving chopsticks to help everyone pick up a piece of pig's trotter.
Everyone was talking happily again, and before they knew it, Sheng Shiwu had eaten two bowls of rice.
"Did I eat too much?" he asked sheepishly.
That cute look made Gu Jiaojiao want to laugh: "Didn't you just bring several kilograms of rice?"
"I thought you were still unconscious after jumping into the water to save our mother yesterday. I also heard that Grandpa Gu and his family came to your house, so I was worried that you didn't have rice to cook."
"Third brother, you have this intention, we are very grateful to you. Although Brother Shuoci is disabled, he still has the ability to make money.
We set up a stall to sell cold noodles today, and earned more than 20 yuan after deducting the cost and labor.
Besides, he earns 50 yuan a month, plus a pension, which is enough for our family to live on.”
"What? You are the ones selling cold noodles today? I heard from my friends that the cold noodles business is booming."
"Hehe... It's just so-so, not very popular. We only sold about 200 bowls in one afternoon."
Second Brother Gu couldn't help but show off that Father Sheng's monthly salary was probably only 80 yuan at most.
"More than 200 bowls? They said they sell them for 30 cents a bowl, so they made more than 60 yuan in one afternoon!"
"After deducting costs and labor, each person needs to be paid five dollars in the afternoon."
Gu Jiaojiao said disapprovingly that she had known since childhood that if you want a horse to run, you have to feed it well.
Selling snacks has low costs, but people work too hard, so they have to be paid a little more to have motivation.
"Five dollars for an afternoon?" Sheng Shiwu asked with wide eyes.
It's written all over my face, I really want to help you sell snacks.
The second brother Gu was also shocked, but he didn't care much about it, thinking that his sister had deliberately said it for the third brother of the Sheng family to hear.
After dinner, Sheng Shiwu went back reluctantly. There was not much entertainment at night these days and everyone went to bed early.
Gu Jiaojiao took out a few packs of honey-glazed chicken legs and a few packs of spicy strips from Su Shuoci's backpack and handed them to Sheng Shiwu.
"Third brother, the chicken drumsticks were bought by Shuo Ci at the Overseas Chinese Store, and the spicy strips are made by us. Let me give you a taste. Here are eight more dollars. You won't be able to sleep well if you don't have money."
Sheng Shiwu wanted to refuse, but when he saw Su Shuoci, he took it obediently and ran away with tears in his eyes.
Gu Jiaojiao glanced at Su Shuoci: "What's wrong with him?"
“I was so moved that I cried.”
They smiled at each other, their sweetness beyond words.
Gu Jiaojiao’s smile was so beautiful that Su Shuoci was stunned, and a feeling he had never felt before sprouted in his heart.
Sometimes, feelings are like lotus seeds, thrown into a pond and nothing happens for two years.
But once they sprout, they will be unstoppable and will soon fill the entire pond...
But at this time, Su Shuoci still didn't understand love. He just thought that Gu Jiaojiao was his hope. If he left Gu Jiaojiao, his leg would not be cured...
Gu Jiaojiao's whole heart is on making money so that she and her family can live a better life in this era.
Love, she has also thought about having a romantic relationship with Su Shuoci, but she has not yet decided how and when to start.
The most important thing is to live a good life first. She has been accustomed to taking care of everything on her own since she was a child.
She is not the kind of person who has her heart in the sky but her feet in the mud without realizing it.
Between two people who don't understand love, feelings have quietly sprouted without them realizing it.
The Gu family and Su Qinchun were counting money happily, while Su's father and mother were kneading dough together.
Su Shuoci and Gu Jiaojiao were responsible for chopping the meat. There was a meat grinder in Gu Jiaojiao's space. Su Shuoci chopped the ginger and garlic deliberately making a loud noise.
At the Sheng family, dinner was eaten in a hurry. Sheng Shiwu ate especially fast because he was thinking about visiting Gu Jiaojiao.
After dinner, Mr. Sheng went to the study to busy himself. Mother Sheng was rehearsing a large-scale performance for July 1st.
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Sheng Xinglian wanted to say something several times at the dinner table, but no one saw her and no one asked her.
This was the first time she was ignored by her family since returning to the Sheng family, which made her hate Gu Jiaojiao even more.
Because if Gu Jiaojiao was around, as long as she provoked her casually, Gu Jiaojiao would jump out like a firecracker and be despised.
After dinner, the Sheng family had a personal assistant to clean up the dishes, so everyone put down their dishes and went about their own business.
Sheng Xinglian did not return to her room, but went to her second brother Sheng Shiwen's room.
"Xingxing, is there any problem you can't solve?" When Sheng Shiwen saw his sister coming to him, he thought she couldn't solve a problem.
Sheng Xinglian lowered her head and quickly squeezed out a few tears that hung on her eyelashes, refusing to fall. "Second brother~ I feel so bad~"
"Xingxing, what's wrong with you? Let me take you to the hospital?" Sheng Shiwen asked helplessly.
"Brother, I'm not feeling uncomfortable anywhere, I just feel upset, and I didn't expect Gu Jiaojiao to be so vicious.
She... isn't she deliberately going against me? It wasn't her who rescued Mom yesterday.
I even jumped into the water to gain sympathy. Look, my parents ignored me, and my third brother was nowhere to be seen either."
Sheng Shiwen: …
Who would risk their life to win sympathy? How could the stars say that?
"Mom and Dad are very busy. We are not ignoring you. We really are not ignoring you."
"Second brother~Gu Jiaojiao did it on purpose~She is already married and still makes things difficult for me. She is simply trying to kill me~"
Sheng Xinglian looked up at Sheng Shiwen with tears in her eyes, and continued speaking when she saw that he was not angry yet.
"Gu Jiaojiao was selling cold noodles at a stall in front of the textile factory today. I think she is fine. She is so fragile. How could she be so lively and energetic selling cold noodles if she really jumped into the water?"
In fact, Sheng Xinglian didn't see Gu Jiaojiao, she was just talking nonsense on purpose.
Sheng Shiwen also heard from others that there was a small stall selling cold noodles and that business was booming.
He wanted to buy a bowl to try, but he had no money and didn't even know that it was Gu Jiaojiao who was selling cold noodles.
Seeing his own sister's pitiful appearance with tears in her eyes, the few remaining rationalities in his mind disappeared.
"Damn Gu Jiaojiao, she's just a troublemaker. Let Xingxing go. I'll go settle the score with her tomorrow."
Sheng Shiwen roared in anger that he would not let anyone who hurt his sister go.
(End of this chapter)
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