Chapter 39

Sun Kangquan laughed and said, “Alright, alright, where are you going? How about I give you a ride?”

“No, that’s fine. I’ll leave now. Goodbye, Uncle Sun!”

Yang Aimei watched the girl walk away, gritting her teeth in anger. She turned to the man and said, “Uncle Sun, how can you treat me like this? I’m going to tell my dad when I get back!”

Sun Kangquan looked at her helplessly and said, “Aimei, it’s not that I don’t want to help you. Do you know whose phone number that was? That’s the director’s office number! The deputy director is about to retire in two years, can’t you just let things calm down?”

When Yang Aimei heard this, her eyes widened in shock. The director’s phone number? How did that little girl have it? How could this be? It must have been Captain Gu who gave it to her! Why was Captain Gu helping her like this?

Yang Aimei clenched her teeth, “Hmph, we’ll see about that!”

Meanwhile, Li Yuechan was riding her bicycle toward Da Huaishu Village, feeling incredibly happy with the warm 100 yuan in her pocket!

As for that Mei, she couldn’t be bothered. If Mei dared to provoke her again, it wouldn’t be a matter of just 100 yuan to settle it!

She gently pressed a pressure point on her swollen face, and in an instant, her red, puffy face returned to its smooth, fair complexion.

She pushed open the gate to her grandmother’s house and shouted, “Grandma, I’m home!”

A strong, dark-skinned elderly woman walked out of the house. Li Yuechan looked at her and, with surprise, said, “Wow, you’re already better?”

“Just come back quietly, no need to shout.”

“Grandma, didn’t you fall? How are you feeling better so soon?”

“You little brat, are you hoping I’d go sooner?”

“No, no, I’m just worried about you! That’s why I came to check on you.”

Huang Hehua snorted, “Worried about me? You come empty-handed?”

Li Yuechan pouted, reaching into her bicycle basket and taking out a pound of peach crisps. “Grandma, I specially went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy these for you! I also bought a few clothes, but they don’t fit me, so I’m giving them to you!”

Huang Hehua took the peach crisps and looked at the clothes. Her eyes lit up immediately. Clothes! She quickly touched the fabric. Not bad!

“Don’t talk about beauty, you’re wasting good things. I’ll give them to your little aunt. Don’t go gossiping in front of your aunt!”

Li Yuechan twitched her mouth. “Little aunt? Her clothes could fit two of me. She probably can’t wear these!”

“What are you saying? Don’t you remember your little aunt’s daughter, Xiao He? She can wear these just fine!”

Li Yuechan thought about her little aunt’s robust figure and her mother-in-law’s small, frail body, then shook her head. She really didn’t know who was bullying whom! As for the clothes, she couldn’t care less who they went to!

“Grandma, I’m hungry. Do you have anything to eat?”

“You little brat, don’t you know how precious food is? You came back empty-handed?”

Li Yuechan frowned, placing her hand on her hip. “Grandma, am I not your granddaughter?”

Huang Hehua thought for a moment about the peach crisps and the clothes, then sighed. “Alright, alright. I made some pancakes earlier, there are two left. I’ll heat them up for you.”

Li Yuechan grinned. “Thanks, Grandma!”

Huang Hehua glanced at the kitchen, a bit reluctant, but gritted her teeth and put the pancakes in the pan to heat them up.

She muttered to herself, wondering why Third Brother had called that girl back. He insisted she stay for two days before leaving. Didn’t he realize that the girl was like a thorn in her side?

But then she thought about the five yuan Third Brother had given her. Well, it was only two days, after all.

Li Yuechan quickly finished two of the dry, tough pancakes and slurped down a bowl of watery rice porridge. She shook her head. How had her quality of life suddenly dropped so much?

That’s it, tomorrow she’d leave. She couldn’t stand staying here anymore!

Huang Hehua looked at her granddaughter, who had already finished her food so quickly. It made her heart ache. After thinking for a moment, she said, “Xiao Chan, Shengli won’t be back until later. When he gets home, you need to have a good talk with him. This time, he must do well on the exam. If there’s anything he doesn’t understand, you should teach him well.”

“Don’t worry, Grandma. I’ll definitely have a good chat with him.” Li Yuechan looked at her clenched fist and grinned.

A moment later, the door creaked open, and it was her grandfather, Li Dashi, and Uncle Li Jianjun returning from work.

Behind them were Aunt Liu Xinghua, Uncle Li Jianjun’s eldest son, Li Xiangdong, his second son, Li Xiangxi, and her cousin, Li Meili.

Also coming in were her second aunt, Zhang Laidi, and her two daughters, Li Meiling and Li Meixia.

Li Yuechan quickly called out, “Grandpa, I’m back!”

The old man raised his eyelids and glanced at his granddaughter, nodding. “Good, rest now.” He then lifted his feet and walked into the main room.

When Li Jianjun saw Li Yuechan, he grinned, “Xiao Chan’s back!”

“Yes, Uncle, I just got back a little while ago. Aunt, Second Aunt, Big Cousin, Second Cousin, Big Sister, Little Sister, hello!”

Liu Xinghua immediately smiled and greeted her warmly, “Xiao Chan, look at you, you’ve been gone so long! Aunt has missed you so much!”

Li Yuechan chuckled, “I missed you too, Aunt! Your cooking is the best!”

“Really? Then later, Aunt will show you a special dish!”

Zhang Laidi glanced at her sister-in-law, then smiled and said, “Xiao Chan, you’ve gotten even more beautiful after these two months! Your skin is so fair, it’s dazzling.”

Li Yuechan nodded in agreement, “Second Aunt, you’ve got a good eye. Recently, I’ve been using snow flower cream, and it’s made my skin even fairer.”

Liu Xinghua thought for a moment and then asked, “Xiao Chan, last time your mother came back and said she was bringing clothes for Meili. Did you bring them?”

Li Yuechan looked at her grandmother’s dark expression, then glanced at Aunt Liu. She forced a silly grin.

Liu Xinghua’s face immediately changed. She turned to her mother-in-law and asked, “Mother, did Third Brother’s wife bring clothes back?”

“What clothes? I don’t know. Go cook!” her mother-in-law replied.

Liu Xinghua shot a glance at her husband, snorted, and turned to walk into the kitchen.

At that moment, Li Xiangdong, Li Xiangxi, Li Meiling, and Li Meixia all gathered around.

“Xiao Chan, why are you here?” Li Xiangdong scratched his head.

“Oh, I heard that Grandma fell yesterday, so I came to check on her,” Li Yuechan replied.

“Grandma fell yesterday? I didn’t know that,” Li Xiangxi shook his head.

Li Yuechan squinted her eyes, feeling suspicious. Why did this old woman call her back?

But she still smiled and said, “It’s nothing. I just hadn’t been home for a while, so I thought I’d come check in.”