Chapter 36: No, Xiao Wan, why did you run?

Zhang Daniu, supporting her bicycle, looked at Su Wantang with a bewildered expression. Su Wantang looked around like a nimble little mouse.

Finally, her gaze fell on a pharmacy. Two copper pestles were drying in front of the shop.

Su Wantang’s eyes lit up. She ran over and grabbed one of the pestles, waving it a couple of times.

Hey!

The length was perfect, and it felt sturdy and comfortable in her hand.

Just as she was happily preparing to make a run for it, an old man and an old woman suddenly came out of the pharmacy.

Their eyes met, and the atmosphere immediately became awkward.

The old woman pointed at her in shock, her mouth opening and closing: “You…”

Before she could finish her sentence, Su Wantang reacted swiftly and ran off.

While running, she shouted back, “Comrade, I’m borrowing your pestle! I’ll definitely return it later!”

Then, she hurriedly got on her bicycle, carrying Zhang Daniu, and sped away like the wind.

Zhang Daniu was stunned by her actions, taking a while to recover.

She poked Su Wantang’s back and asked in confusion, “No, Xiao Wan, why did you run?”

Su Wantang looked back at Zhang Daniu with a shocked expression, as if looking at a fool.

Then she said confidently, “Zhang Daniu, that’s someone else’s pestle. If I didn’t run, those two old comrades would have stopped me, saying I stole something! I’m a principled person; I never hit the elderly.”

The shock in Zhang Daniu’s eyes grew. She poked Su Wantang again, her tone full of helplessness.

“No, Xiao Wan, have you lost your memory? Those two are your maternal grandparents!”

Upon hearing this, Su Wantang’s eyes widened in disbelief.

!!!

It turned out that the fool was herself!

No wonder Su Wantang thought the two elders looked familiar; they were the original owner’s maternal grandparents!

What a huge misunderstanding!

Even more shocked than Zhang Daniu was Su Wantang’s grandmother, Shen Shufen.

Shen Shufen’s eyes widened, and she grabbed her husband Qin Weiguo’s hand tightly, her face flushed red with anger.

She pointed at Su Wantang’s disappearing back, her finger trembling slightly.

She gritted her teeth, “Qin Weiguo, was that Xiao Wan? Did you see clearly?”

Qin Weiguo was also stunned for a long time, blinking his eyes and nodding slightly.

But his tone was uncertain, “I think so?”

Shen Shufen was completely furious. Her anger seemed to be burning up the entire pharmacy.

“Good heavens, this dead girl! After a month, she comes to town and doesn’t even recognize her own grandmother! What did she call me? What did she call me? She actually called her own grandmother ‘Comrade’!!!”

Qin Weiguo quickly helped her sit down inside the pharmacy, constantly comforting her, “Hey! Why are you so angry? Maybe Xiao Wan was just teasing you! When Xiao Wan comes back, you can ask her if she was teasing you.”

Shen Shufen sat down heavily, her momentum seeming to threaten to crush the stool.

Her eyes were full of grievance, her lips pouting high, like a child who had been wronged.

“How could she be teasing me? She has a stepmother now and has forgotten her own grandmother! I see that she’s grown wings and wants to fly to the sky!”

Qin Weiguo quickly handed her an enamel mug and said softly, “You! You’re saying angry things again! Meijuan is gone, and now Jianguo has a new wife. If the new wife is good to Xiao Wan, that’s fine! Don’t overthink it!”

Shen Shufen glared at Qin Weiguo, “I didn’t like Lin Mei from the first moment I saw her. She’s just putting on an act in front of us! Xiao Wan was raised by Meijuan to be so obedient and sensible, but just look! That silly girl, even if she suffers grievances, won’t say a word to Su Jianguo!”

Qin Weiguo also sighed slightly, a hint of helplessness on his face.

But he still persuaded, “What if you’re wrong? Looking at Xiao Wan’s personality just now, it’s changed quite a bit. She’s not as timid as before.”

Shen Shufen lamented, “That proves the problem! How could such a well-behaved person suddenly become like a madwoman?”

She became increasingly worried, “No, I have to find Xiao Wan right now. I need to ask her personally! If Lin Mei is mistreating her, even if I have to fall out with Su Jianguo, I will take Xiao Wan to raise her here!”

With that, Shen Shufen got up and strode out, Qin Weiguo quickly pulling her back.

He asked, “You, with your impatient temper! Xiao Wan was riding her bicycle so fast just now, where are you going to find her now?”