Chapter 103: Going Even Further from Home

How could Sister Xinyue be that kind of person, and be locked up in a psychiatric ward? What about her brother? Isn’t he the one who cares the most about Sister Xinyue, always saying she’s suffered so much and is the most pitiful? Would he really let her go to a place like that? Is that a place for normal people?

Now Cheng Yuxiang almost hates Zhou Xinyue to death. If she had known that Zhou Xinyue would drag their Lu family down to this state, she would rather have had Xie Yunshu sit in that place!

“That bitch is exactly here to ruin our Lu family!” Cheng Yuxiang gritted her teeth, furious that the Lu family had been fine until now, but everything was ruined!

She grabbed a jacket and hurried outside: “I’m going to the hospital to check the situation. If that bitch Zhou Xinyue causes trouble again, how will your brother still work in the hospital? She should have been left to rot in the mountains from the start!”

Passing by Xiaowei, Cheng Yuxiang couldn’t help but curse: “You little bastard, get upstairs and don’t come down!”

Xiaowei lowered his head and quickly ran upstairs. He was used to being scolded by now, even thinking that not being slapped was a kind of blessing. At least he was wearing a cotton jacket, had eaten a meat bun this morning, and had enough food in his stomach to get through the day.

Lu Xueting was still in shock: “Mom…”

Cheng Yuxiang didn’t have time to comfort her daughter now. She knew Lu Xueting had always been close to Zhou Xinyue, always calling her “Sister Xinyue,” and looked down on Xie Yunshu, hoping wholeheartedly that Zhou Xinyue would become her sister-in-law.

Before, she didn’t care much, thinking Xie Yunshu wasn’t good enough for Zhixing anyway, but now she thought Zhou Xinyue was the disaster for the Lu family!

“Stay at home. Stay out of your brother’s affairs from now on!” Cheng Yuxiang slammed the door and hurried to the hospital, worried and impatient.

Left behind, Lu Xueting seemed frozen in place. She bit her lip, put on a jacket, and followed out. Sister Xinyue was definitely not that kind of person. She must have been misunderstood or framed! She wanted to go to the hospital to find out the truth!

Soon the Lu family’s house was empty, except for Xiaowei sitting outside the second-floor door.

Lu Jianshe wouldn’t beat or scold him, but no one in the Lu family truly cared for him. Cheng Yuxiang only told him to go upstairs but didn’t even open a door for him. Not knowing where to go, he just sat down somewhere.

His small hand pulled a candy from his pocket. It was put there by Li Fenlan before Xie Yunshu took him to the police station. Xiaowei’s usually expressionless face suddenly smiled a little, then unwrapped the candy and popped it into his mouth.

Today is really good. He’s full, wasn’t beaten, and the candy tastes sweet… Xiaowei hugged his small shoulders and sat on the ground, closing his eyes as he thought about the path he had taken — going further and further from home, farther away from the housing block…

When Xie Yunshu rushed out of the police station, riding her bike fast and furious toward the yard, Lin Cuiping was standing at the door, shelling sunflower seeds.

“Oh, the Xie family girl from our housing block is here?” She flicked sunflower seed shells on the ground, clearly having been at it for a while. Seeing Xie Yunshu, she rolled her eyes: “How can you afford to go out having only given Aunt Zhao a little salary? Letting others do the work!”

At that moment, Aunt Zhao, who had just finished steaming the rice, immediately covered Lin Cuiping’s mouth with one hand and dragged her inside with the other: “Cuiping, girl, you’re so free, come help Auntie with the vegetables!”

There were only four or five days until New Year’s, the packaging factory’s production line was already stopped, and Lin Cuiping didn’t have to work today. After breakfast, she wandered over to Xie Yunshu’s house hoping to watch some TV, only to find everyone had gone to work in the yard.

Had Xie Yunshu really gotten addicted to being a “scavenger” for Zhou? Everyone else was already preparing for the New Year, but she was still selling boxed meals?

Aunt Zhao thought differently — the family’s good New Year this year was all because she had worked for Yunshu this past month. She wasn’t going to listen to Lin Cuiping’s nonsense.

Aunt Zhao was strong, and Lin Cuiping had no way to resist, struggling as she was dragged to a big chunk of winter melon. She was nearly furious: “Aunt Zhao, I’m not here to work for Xie Yunshu!”

Just then, Li Fenlan brought out the lunch box and, seeing Xie Yunshu return, hurriedly asked: “How did it go over there?”

Xie Yunshu sat down, ignoring the flustered Lin Cuiping, and slowly said: “Mom, it’s all settled. The child has gone with Lu Jianshe. The police at the station also scolded and educated them. They definitely won’t dare to lay a hand on the child anymore.”

She didn’t explain anything else — Zhou Xinyue was put in the psychiatric ward just like before. She didn’t really feel much satisfaction from revenge, but at least Xiaowei was safe.

Li Fenlan breathed a sigh of relief: “That’s good.”

Lin Cuiping was confused but when she heard Lu Jianshe’s name again, she exploded: “Xie Yunshu, don’t tell me you went back to Lu Zhixing again. He’s been sleeping naked with another woman!”

That bastard really has no shame!

Xie Yunshu’s face darkened. She grabbed a rag and threw it at her head: “Shut up!”

Xiao Yun, who came to help, blushed. She pretended to listen quietly but busied herself stoking the fire under the stove even more, her head almost buried in her chest.

Xie Mingcheng reminded her: “Your hair’s catching fire.”

Xiao Yun turned even redder, almost like the fire in the stove itself, and hurriedly stood up: “I’m going to check if the rice is done!”

Lin Cuiping cursed and took the rag off, grabbing a knife and the winter melon: “Xie Yunshu, you’re really unlucky. How could you pick Lu Zhixing by mistake? I was lucky — I should have been the one to go on a blind date first. You went running after him. Regret it now?”

Xie Yunshu shot a cold glance: “Cut the winter melon smaller. How long will it take to cook something that big?”

Lin Cuiping’s face turned greener than the melon: “You’re too much! Have you paid me yet?”

Xie Yunshu efficiently stirred the pot a few times, added salt and seasoning: “Move faster. Don’t you see the chicken is almost cooked?”

Lin Cuiping was speechless…

Was she here just to get scolded and work? Did they really think she wouldn’t resist?

Xie Yunshu sneered: “It’s for the Spring Festival party.”

Lin Cuiping gritted her teeth and finished cutting the winter melon…

With a reluctant Lin Cuiping, the work sped up a bit. After packing all the lunch boxes, Xie Yunshu breathed a sigh of relief — at least she didn’t delay her noon meal selling time. She had been up since five in the morning and hadn’t had a sip of water yet.

Xie Mingcheng handed her some cooled warm water: “Sis, I’ll take the tricycle first. You rest a bit and then go — no rush.”

Outside the Securities Trading Center was still crowded. After Xie Yunshu finished, Mingcheng had already started skillfully collecting money and selling lunch boxes. The big brother from yesterday squatted in front of the tricycle eating, and seeing Xie Yunshu, he complained: “Sis, your lunch boxes taste good, but they’re too expensive!”

At one yuan fifty a box, if it weren’t for the people buying stocks having plenty of money and not wanting to leave for fear of missing out on the latest stock, they really couldn’t afford it!