Chapter 22

Jiang Nianzi’s heart softened, she smiled: “Mom, that’s fifty yuan, where do we have that much money to return?”

This made Ding Hongmei think that Jiang Nianzi really took someone else’s money, her face immediately turned sour.

“No matter how much money it is, Mom can’t watch you jump into a fire pit. We did something wrong before, we’ll fix it. You don’t have to gamble with your whole life. With that woman’s attitude today, if you end up with her son, won’t she bully you to death?”

“Your cousin sends money back home every month, we can’t touch that money for anything else, but it concerns you, Mom will even lose face and kneel down to beg your cousin, she can’t watch you marry into that scoundrel’s family for fifty yuan.”

Jiang Nianzi knew how strong Ding Hongmei’s self-esteem was.

Her cousin’s money was all sent back for her to use, she didn’t need to beg at all.

But she never thought about touching her cousin’s money, firstly, it was for her cousin’s sake, secondly, she was afraid of gossip.

Jiang Nianzi was moved, she hugged Ding Hongmei: “Mom, you’re so good.”

Ding Hongmei’s eyes turned red: “Silly child, if Mom wasn’t useless, I couldn’t give you a single penny, would you be craving that little bit of money?”

Ah, this is a big misunderstanding.

“Mom, I don’t remember some of the details, after all, it’s been too long, but I probably didn’t take anyone’s money.”

Although she couldn’t say it too definitively, she tried to comfort Ding Hongmei.

The next day, no matter how much Ding Hongmei insisted on letting her go to the county, she first went to Jiang Xue.

She asked Jiang Xue to go with her.

Jiang Nianzi had no choice but to agree.

She wasn’t sure if the original owner had taken someone else’s money, she was afraid of revealing her secret to her family, so she only planned to go by herself.

To go to the county, she had to pass through the town, Jiang Nianzi first went to ask Zhang Grandpa for leave, and then she went to the county.

The bus to the county stopped at the entrance of the town, they had to wait for a long time.

On the other side, Shen Cheng went to the town today, but he was disappointed again.

The Doctor Jiang wasn’t there.

Since he had something to do in the county, Shen Cheng drove his car and went to the county.

When he got to the county, Shen Cheng went to the hotel to call his former comrade.

“Hello?” A deep voice came from the phone.

“Qiangzi, it’s me.” Shen Cheng smiled.

Xu Qiang was delighted when he heard it: “Shen Cheng? Why are you suddenly calling me?”

Xu Qiang and Shen Cheng were both from Beijing, and they were also former comrades, but Xu Qiang had retired and become a policeman in the local area.

He was in Zi Chen County.

Shen Cheng wanted to ask him for a favor.

“I’m in Zi Chen County now, where are you? I’ll go find you?”

“You came to Zi Chen?” Xu Qiang’s laughter was very hearty on the phone: “No need for you to come find me, I’ll treat you to dinner. Meet at the state-owned hotel.”

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The two of them made an appointment at the state-owned hotel.

In the dining hall, Shen Cheng and Xu Qiang arrived one after the other.

Then a young man in a white shirt and a woman walked in.

At this time, there weren’t many people in the state-owned hotel, but it wasn’t worth Shen Cheng and Xu Qiang’s attention.

The reason they paid attention was because the woman’s words were too shameless.

As soon as she came in, she said to her son: “Son, just order two vegetarian dishes. That country bumpkin, what kind of good food can she eat? Two vegetarian dishes for her, she’ll probably be overjoyed.”

Her son scratched his head and asked: “Will it make it seem like our family doesn’t have money?”

The woman sneered: “What are you thinking about? If we don’t have money, how could we come to the state-owned hotel? I see how poor she is, if she can come to the state-owned hotel to eat, she’ll probably brag about it when she goes back to the village.”

Her son actually agreed: “Mom, you’re right. That way, she’ll definitely like me more.”

Such low-class remarks, every word went straight to Shen Cheng and Xu Qiang’s ears.

The two of them looked at each other, their eyes were filled with helplessness.

Hearing this, it was a matchmaking session for her son.

Which girl was so unlucky to meet such a mother and son?

But it was none of their business, they couldn’t interfere.

Then Gao Chun Hong said: “Wen Guang, wait a moment, just insist that you gave all your money to that stinky girl in high school. Anyway, there’s no evidence, she’s afraid of being drowned in the villagers’ saliva, she has to marry you.”

Yesterday, Gao Chun Hong saw Jiang Nianzi’s resolute attitude, she came back and quickly asked her son, her son stammered and admitted he lied, the girl hadn’t taken his money.

“Yes, yes, okay.” Gao Wen Guang nodded vigorously.

This made Shen Cheng frown.

It was just a blind date, the person was a bit shameless, and they couldn’t interfere.

But forcefully blaming someone else, then they would have to step in.

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It took about two hours to drive to the county.

This was the first time Jiang Nianzi had taken such a long car ride, and it was super bumpy, it made her want to vomit.

When she got to the county, her whole body was weak.

Stepping on her weak legs, Jiang Nianzi asked all the way, finally she found the state-owned hotel.

“Jiang, Jiang classmate…”

Even though Jiang Nianzi wrapped herself up tightly, Gao Wen Guang still saw her immediately.

He excitedly ran to Jiang Nianzi.

Shen Cheng and Xu Qiang had been paying attention to the mother and son, seeing the boy excitedly run out, the two of them followed his direction and looked over.

A girl wearing a dark blue, large coarse cloth shirt.

Her head and face were also wrapped up tightly.

Was it her?

Shen Cheng furrowed his brow slightly.

The girl who said he… was so beautiful, and had such a nice voice.

Jiang Nianzi confirmed that the person in front of her was Gao Wen Guang.

She immediately took a step back, avoiding his touch: “Speak over there.”

“Alright, okay.”

Gao Wen Guang was very obedient.

He followed Jiang Nianzi and sat down at their table.

Seeing Gao Chun Hong, Jiang Nianzi felt the anger in her chest from yesterday come back.

Gao Chun Hong still had that condescending posture.

As soon as Jiang Nianzi sat down, she asked in a mocking tone: “What about it? Have you decided to return the money, or are you going to directly marry my son? Before you answer, I want to remind you, fifty yuan, with your family’s conditions, even if you sell everything, you wouldn’t be able to pay it back. Don’t be so shameless.”

“Mom, what money are you talking about? Jiang classmate will definitely marry me, right?” Gao Wen Guang said happily to Jiang Nianzi.

Seeing that her face was covered with cloth, he frowned: “Jiang classmate, is there something wrong with your face?”

He was afraid she had been disfigured.

He liked her face and her quiet personality.

This was the first time Jiang Nianzi had encountered such a jerk, but she wasn’t intimidated at all.

She looked at Gao Chun Hong and said in a soft voice, but her words were straight to the heart: “I don’t need you to worry about my family’s conditions. But your family’s conditions are so good, and you still have to find me to be your daughter-in-law. You look down on me, but you still insist on clinging to me. To be honest, you’re quite cheap.”

She spoke softly, but it made Gao Chun Hong’s face turn green.

She angrily yelled: “You’re a girl, how can you speak so rudely?”

“You’re a person, how come you can’t speak properly?”

Jiang Nianzi retorted softly.

“Pfft.” Xu Qiang almost couldn’t hold back his laughter.

Shen Cheng’s lips also curled up, even the teardrop mole at the corner of his eye became a bit more charming.

This girl, her voice sounds soft and weak, but her mouth is quite strong.