Chapter 14: Hypocritical Man

The next morning, Shen Mingzhi, who hadn’t slept well because she had been taking care of the children the night before, was catching up on her sleep.

With a creak, the door was pushed open.

Jiang Yinyin stood at the door, saw her in bed, and questioned her in a harsh voice, “Why haven’t you left yet?!”

Shen Mingzhi was awakened, raised her eyes from the quilt, saw her, and then immediately burrowed back into the quilt.

Jiang Yinyin walked in and pulled her up from the bed, “Didn’t my brother make it clear to you last night? How can you still have the face to stay here? Pack your things immediately and get out with your two little bastards!”

Now that Jiang Shaochen wasn’t here, she wouldn’t be afraid of Shen Mingzhi.

Shen Mingzhi had slapped her once before, and she hadn’t returned it yet!

“What are you talking about?” Jiang Shaochen hadn’t returned to this room last night, and Shen Mingzhi only thought he was avoiding suspicion.

Jiang Yinyin pretended to walk to the side, sat down, and said sarcastically, “It seems that my brother was too embarrassed to tell you, so let me tell you, the Song family came to the door in person last night and talked to my parents. They agreed to drive you out and cancel the marriage.”

A look of shock appeared on Shen Mingzhi’s face.

For a moment, she almost believed Jiang Yinyin, but thinking about her harsh words to her from the beginning, Shen Mingzhi instantly calmed down.

“You say it, and I’ll believe you?” She stared at Jiang Yinyin’s eyes, her tone full of suspicion.

Jiang Yinyin smiled confidently, “I knew you wouldn’t believe it so easily. This is a letter written by my brother himself to drive you away. Do you want to see it?”

Shen Mingzhi saw her take out Jiang Shaochen’s handwritten letter from her pocket.

The envelope was also written with: Shen Mingzhi personally open.

Shen Mingzhi had seen his handwriting in his room last night.

It was indeed written by him.

Jiang Yinyin held the letter, her hand very hard, her heart was nervous, but her tone was very anxious, “You wouldn’t dare to look at it, would you! If you don’t look, I’ll read it out for you to hear!”

She was really too noisy.

Seeing that Jiang Yinyin was about to tear open the envelope, Shen Mingzhi said lightly, “No need, I will pack my things and leave myself.”

She didn’t expect that Jiang Shaochen himself avoided seeing her, not because he was gentlemanly enough.

But because the Song family put pressure on him, so he compromised.

Of course, Shen Mingzhi could also understand that officials at a higher level could crush people to death, especially in the 1980s.

Perhaps from the beginning, he just wanted to gain a good reputation.

But… she didn’t expect that Jiang Shaochen was so honest on the surface, but when he encountered this kind of thing, he shrank back and didn’t personally explain it to her, letting his aggressive sister force her to leave.

He was really one thing in public and another in private.

Shen Mingzhi got up and left the clothes that Jiang Shaochen had bought for her.

When she was making the bed, she found a stack of money under the pillow.

Understanding that it was probably left by Jiang Shaochen out of guilt, Shen Mingzhi was not polite, rolled it up, put it in her pocket, and then left with the two children.

Holding the two children out of the Jiang family compound, she looked at the people coming and going on the street, and felt lost for a moment.

She was carrying two children, and she didn’t have much money on her… It would run out sooner or later, and she hadn’t found a way to make a living yet.

She started walking and walked into the crowd.

Shen Mingzhi was beautiful, and many young men passing by were looking at her.

Shen Mingzhi walked to the door of a courtyard house with her children and knocked on the door.

After a while, a young man opened the door.

She spoke first, “I saw a notice outside the courtyard saying that it can receive people from the countryside who come to work, providing accommodation, so I came to ask.”

The young man guarding the courtyard quickly stepped aside and invited her in.

After Shen Mingzhi went in, the young man stretched out his head to look, and then closed the door, “Let’s make it clear first, two yuan a month, you can only live in the attic.”

“Okay, can I go take a look?” Shen Mingzhi also knew that in this era, directly advertising for rent would be caught as a typical example, and you might even be convicted.

“Come with me.” The young man led Shen Mingzhi into the courtyard.

Entering the innermost room, he led Shen Mingzhi in and arrived at an attic of less than twenty square meters. The young man opened the door lock and stood at the door, saying, “Well, this is it. As long as you live here honestly and don’t go out and talk nonsense, they will usually let you live until you don’t want to live here anymore.”

“I know.” Shen Mingzhi looked at the furnishings in the room.

Although the location was not good and it was close to the latrine, it was convenient for her, wasn’t it?

“I’m alone with my children, can you make it two cents cheaper? One yuan and eight cents a month, leave two cents for me to buy some food for my children, brother, please.” Shen Mingzhi had no choice now, finding a place to stay was the most important thing.

The young man scratched his head, a little embarrassed.

He was only responsible for collecting rent here, where did he have the right to set prices.

But seeing that Shen Mingzhi was indeed beautiful and moving, he couldn’t refuse, so he had to say, “Then wait for me to make a phone call.”

“Thank you.” Shen Mingzhi looked grateful.

After the young man locked the door and left, she sat on the threshold and rested against the door.

Her arms were about to break after walking for an hour with two children…

After sitting for a while, the young man came back and gave her the key, “The master agreed, let you pay for three months first.”

“Okay, but can you help me open the door first? I’ll put the children in and put them on the bed, my hands are about to break.” Shen Mingzhi actually had at least one hundred yuan on her.

But she couldn’t let people see it, lest she be murdered for money.

The young man didn’t urge her, helped her open the door, and even took her baggage for her.

Seeing that there were only a few rags in her baggage, he silently put the baggage on the table in the room, “Sister, you’re renting a room alone, what about the children’s father? Don’t you have any relatives?”

“Um… the children’s father is dead, and I was driven out of the house by his parents.” Shen Mingzhi showed a tragic expression.

The young man looked sympathetic, “You’re also very pitiful. If you have any problems later, look for me, I’ll go to the door first. After you’ve cleaned yourself up, bring the money over.”

After he left, Shen Mingzhi relaxed.

Putting Jiang Nian and Jiang Zhou on the bed, she took out a roll of money from her pocket, put the large denominations together, stuffed them back into her pocket, and gathered a few cents to make up three months’ rent, which she took to the young man.

After settling down, she took her children out to buy daily necessities.

Jiang family.

Jiang Qing and Jiang Guofu came back from outside.

Jiang Yinyin was sitting on the sofa at home, eating fruit and watching TV.

“Isn’t Shen Mingzhi up yet?” Jiang Qing frowned, her tone a little displeased.

Because the Song family came last night, she was particularly dissatisfied with Shen Mingzhi now.

“She knew that my brother was dispatched, and she went crazy for some reason, and left with her children. She must have thought that my brother might not be back for a long time after being dispatched, and was afraid that we would bully her, so she ran away quickly.” Jiang Yinyin replied impatiently.

Jiang Guofu’s face changed suddenly when he heard this, “What? She took the children away too?!”