Chapter 31: The Wet Man

Back at the courtyard house, covered in sweat, she had only reached the attic area in the backyard when she saw Wang Xinian, whom she hadn’t seen for a long time.

“My stepmother asked me to come over and help you make lunch, saying that you just got out of the hospital and need to rest more.” As soon as he saw Shen Mingzhi, he explained.

“I told you to focus on your studies.” Shen Mingzhi carried the children into the house, her tone emotionless.

Last time he ran over and was beaten for no reason, Shen Mingzhi had warned him that no matter what happened to her in the future, he shouldn’t care, just study hard.

Wang Xinian instinctively noticed that she seemed unhappy.

He had heard from Wang Wu that Jiang Shaochen came over last night, and Wang Wu guessed that he was Shen Mingzhi’s man.

Shen Mingzhi didn’t seem to have a good relationship with her man, could it be that couples always quarrel?

His stepmother and stepfather, his dad and mom also argued from time to time, but once his dad got angry, both his stepmother and his mom would be silent.

“I can get into the school you mentioned.” He said calmly in front of the coal stove, “You rest for a while, I’ll cook for you.”

Shen Mingzhi carried Nian Nian and Zhou Zhou into the house, picked them up from the bamboo basket and put them on the bed, and turned on the electric fan.

“Examining is not something you can definitely pass just because you’re confident, the questions are always changing.” Shen Mingzhi took a towel to wipe her sweat, and the palm fan in her other hand kept fanning herself.

Her cheeks were flushed, with a few strands of hair sticking to them.

Wang Xinian“Mm”. After starting the fire, he threw a few small pieces of wood into the stove, and then put on the honeycomb briquette, “Wang Wu said last night that you came back with a young man, is he your man?”

Shen Mingzhi didn’t expect him to care about her private affairs, she sighed, and said with a smile, “What man or not, at the critical moment, they’re not useful at all.”

Wang Xinian didn’t speak anymore.

He actually hated the role of father very much, whether it was his stepmother’s man or his own biological father, when they were good, they were still kind to them, but when they were bad, they would scold and always wear a long face, looking at everyone in the family with the same expression as if they were looking at debt collectors.

He guessed that Shen Mingzhi’s man was also this kind of trash.

After eating lunch, when Shen Mingzhi was about to boil medicine, Jiang Shaochen came over.

When he came over, he met Wang Xinian.

Shen Mingzhi was tidying up the herbs on the basket. Seeing Jiang Shaochen coming over, she didn’t talk to him, but was busy with her own affairs.

Wang Xinian, who was planning to leave, retreated again and called Shen Mingzhi, “Sister, I’ll help you boil it, you go take a nap, you carried the two children to the hospital this morning, and walked back all the way, your legs must be tired.”

Jiang Shaochen could tell that the young man’s words were meant for him to hear.

He also felt very guilty. At five o’clock in the morning, two guards entered his house and took him away for questioning… He was only released now, so he hurriedly came here, planning to explain to Shen Mingzhi.

“It’s okay, you go read your book, go quickly, be good.” Shen Mingzhi thanked Wang Xinian for being her mouthpiece, so her tone was also a little gentler.

Since the two of them were beaten last time, Wang Xinian was not as cold to her as before.

He would never come here before without being called, he was very disciplined.

Wang Xinian looked at Jiang Shaochen, who was staring at him, and looked at him for a while with his dark eyes, before walking away with a ghostly air.

Jiang Shaochen didn’t like the aura revealed by Wang Xinian, he could tell at a glance that he had a lot on his mind. People like this were often deep and had a more obsession personality.

After he left, Jiang Shaochen walked to Shen Mingzhi, who had a cold expression, and said, “I was taken away by the guards this morning, and didn’t even have time to tell my parents and you.”

As soon as Shen Mingzhi heard the guards, she felt worried in her heart, but her face was still calm, “Oh, then you should go back to eat first, I don’t have any food here.”

Jiang Shaochen knew that she blamed him, took two steps forward, and said apologetically, “I’ll help you boil it, you go rest.”

“Do you think boiling medicine is easy? You don’t understand, if you boil it badly, I’ll have dug it for nothing.” Shen Mingzhi said unhappily.

Jiang Shaochen felt guilty on the one hand, and cared about Wang Xinian on the other.

What is Shen Mingzhi’s relationship with him… He didn’t even know when they met.

At least with Shen Xiuzhu, he knew that Shen Mingzhi wanted to earn his money. But this young man with a lot on his mind, exuded a strange temperament, and had so much on his mind, which made Jiang Shaochen very uneasy.

“Who was that young man just now?” He walked to the small stool and sat down, his body was straight, and his hands on his knees unconsciously exerted force.

Shen Mingzhi glanced at him, “A student I’m sponsoring, but he’s a child of Aunt Wang’s family, and I also promised Aunt Wang that I would take good care of him. What are you asking this for? I’m telling you, he’s now preparing for the college entrance examination, don’t disturb him.”

Hearing her protecting Wang Xinian so much, Jiang Shaochen didn’t feel good in his heart.

“You don’t earn money easily, I’ll sponsor him.” He didn’t want Shen Mingzhi’s residence to have a man who had such a deep relationship with her.

In this era, men who can’t afford to study, being sponsored by a beautiful woman like her, who knows what bad intentions they will have?

“In your current situation, you’re still sponsoring people? What if one day he happens to need you in an emergency, but you’re delayed by other things, what will he do?” After Shen Mingzhi finished speaking, she carried the herbs into the house.

At this moment, Nian Nian woke up and started crying in the house.

Jiang Shaochen followed into the house. Shen Mingzhi’s words made him unable to refute. He had agreed today, but he didn’t even show up, but he was taken to ask something, and he couldn’t tell Shen Mingzhi.

“I’ll coax them.” Jiang Shaochen walked to the bed and said to Shen Mingzhi, who was holding Nian Nian.

Shen Mingzhi silently handed the child to him, and was about to speak when she heard a bubbling sound.

Nian Nian pooped.

“There’s water in the hot water bottle, you wipe them down and change the new diaper.” Shen Mingzhi was angry, angry that he stood her up today, and was deliberately making things difficult for him at this time.

“Okay.” Jiang Shaochen still didn’t know what was so difficult about changing diapers.

He put Nian Nian on the bed and went to get the washbasin.

Shen Mingzhi sat at the table, put the herbs she had collected on the table, took some of each according to the ratio, rolled them together, but didn’t forget to instruct Jiang Shaochen, “There’s plant ash in the dustpan next to the broom at the door, you take a bucket and put it next to it first, then take Nian Nian out, and throw the diaper she took off into the bucket. There’s toilet paper on the bedside table, you also have to take some and put it on your body first, and use toilet paper to wipe her butt when you change the diaper.”

Jiang Shaochen kept it in his mind and was busy running in and out.

Holding Nian Nian to the side of the dustpan, he just helped her take off her pants when he smelled a very pungent smell.

He couldn’t help but cough twice.

Shen Mingzhi laughed directly in the house.