How could Du Meijuan accept the reality of divorce? She knew she was exposed, and she hated Yan Dabao and others who were the only ones who could reveal the truth.
In their previous life, she encouraged her husband to shift the focus of his business to Shen City. She thought that she would be able to get rid of the influence of Jin Zhanhua on her husband. It was clear that she was her husband’s wife, but she never had self-confidence. If she fell into the water with Jin Zhanhua, who would her husband choose to save?
Their life after leaving Jing City was so beautiful. Her husband was busy with business affairs, and she was handed many tasks to contact the Yan family. Occasionally, she sent some local products to the Yan family, bought some gifts, or sent money on Jin Zhanhua’s birthday. She would often tell her husband what she had done, but only she and Jin Zhanhua knew whether she had done those things or not.
She knew that the woman was used to being a good person and would not take the initiative to mention those things to her husband. Moreover, she did give things and money, but the value was completely different from what she said to her husband.
She thought a peaceful life would come, but her happiness did not last long. Du Meijuan received a call from her sister-in-law, saying Yan Chu owed usury. From the earliest 200,000, the rolled-up interest had increased to 600,000. If she did not collect the money within a week, maybe this interest would have to rise.
She wanted to borrow money from them, saying that it was for the house in Jing City. The loan sharks were too dark. She begged them to help her pay back the money. She would definitely find a way to pay them back the 600,000 Yuan.
Du Meijuan did not want to give her even 60,000, let alone 600,000.
On the phone, she talked about how difficult it was for her husband to do business, how much debt the company now had, how much it would cost her two children to get married and have children, and how much help she gave to Jin Zhande, how much they have paid back over the years.
She did not explicitly say that she would not lend money, but the taunting in her words made Jin Zhanhua, a woman with a bit of self-respect, hang up the phone voluntarily.
At that time, Jin Zhande was negotiating business in Japan, and Du Meijuan was sure to hide it.
Of course, she knew better than anyone how much her husband attached importance to this sister. After saying those words, she regretted it. She was worried that if those loan sharks indeed did something, her husband would be angry with her, so Du Meijuan wanted to hang them for a while and let them suffer a little. When her husband came back from Japan, she told him about it and explained that she could not make up her mind with so much money, that was why she kept it from him.
Who knew that her husband had just returned, and before she could think of what to say, a call from Yan Dabao and others came in, and Jin Zhanhua was dying.
On the way back to Jing City, she was always frightened. Fortunately, the dying Jin Zhanhua did not say that she had called home to borrow money for some reason.
After Jin Zhanhua’s death, her husband was devastated. As a considerate wife, she comforted him, encouraged him to come out of his pain, and generously provided money to help the Yan family pay off the debt that had risen to 800,000.
This move indeed got her husband’s gratitude. Since then, there would be no more annoying woman who occupied her husband’s attention. Because of her disappearance, they were also completely separated from those vermin.
After ridiculing Yan Dabao and others, she changed the landline at home. Their family stayed in Shen City and was disconnected thoroughly from Jing City.
But in her later years, she became more and more worried that her husband would find out what she had done because, at that time, her husband retired from the company and missed his sister more and more. Du Meijuan could not imagine how angry her husband would be if he found her handwriting in his elder sister’s death.
She did not think she was wrong. She believed that the source of everything was Yan Chu. If he did not gamble, he would not be in debt. If he had not been in debt, there would be nothing in the future. She would not have to be frightened for the rest of her life, lest something should happen one day.
So she hated Yan Chu and Jin Zhanhua. If there were no these two people in her world, it would be entirely peaceful.
Unfortunately, no secret could stay hidden in the world. Du Meijuan survived her previous life, but when she started over in this life, Jin Zhande discovered it.
Du Meijuan still did not think she was wrong, but she could not leave Jin Zhande. She had no other hobbies except shopping and improving her looks in her previous life. She only knew that the house would be invaluable in the future. In addition, she did not learn to do business and did not know how to invest.
Jin Zhande’s business was doing*24doing*from 干 [gàn] that can mean as to do or to f*ck (vulgar) well now, but his scale of operations was big, and he had various loans from banks. There was not much money in the company’s accounts. Their family’s house was only a temporary residence. If he indeed wanted to divide the family property, Du Meijuan could not get too much money.
She could ask for the company’s shares, but the company mainly relied on Jin Zhande’s brain. He could completely put the current company overhead and start a new business. At that time, the shares in her hands would become waste paper.
Du Meijuan did not want to lose her good life for the rest of her second life, so she must not be separated from Jin Zhande.
On the day the college entrance examination results were released, the post office on the side of the alley was very lively. People were almost crowding the post office. The people waiting in line for a call lined up from inside to outside the post office.
These days, it costs more than 2,000 Yuan to install a landline phone, which was not a luxury everyone had. They still used to go to the nearby commissary or post office to make calls most of the time.
Jin Zhande’s house had a telephone, but the old lady was embarrassed to go to her brother’s house again because of the previous incident. No, she urged her son to line up early in the morning.
“How many points?”
Thanks to the old lady, Yan Chu was now a famous person in the alley. When he picked up the receiver, even the people in the post office were staring at him. They wanted to see how many points this kid who won the gold medal in the International Olympics could get in the college entrance examination and whether he was the number one student in the college entrance examination like his mother boasted.
“Chinese 114, Mathematics 120, English 119, and two science subjects with a total score of 227, a total of 580. The ranking seems to be the first in the country.”
Yan Chu put down the receiver and was very relaxed throughout the whole process, but the onlookers who heard him talk about his results were not calm at all.
Nowadays, few provinces have independent college entrance examination questions, and many provinces were still using Beijing’s set of examination papers, which was commonly known as the national paper. This paper covered many provinces and millions of candidates. In this way, Yan Chu could be the number one in the examination, much more powerful than the number one scholar in ancient times.
The full score of the national test was 600, and his only short 20. His brain was not human.
“Oh my! Mom’s darling Jinbao23JinbaoYan Chu's nickname, refers to valuables in general; precious; darling; sweetie, Mom’s so proud of you, aiyo, aiyoyo.”
The old lady patted her chest, so happy, but she could not help crying.
Her son was so promising that she, the mother, cried with joy.
“Come on, come on, let’s eat candy and be happy.”
Jin Zhanhua took out the big bag that she had been preparing for a long time, which was filled with all kinds of candy. She grabbed it to give to the college students and their parents, who were also waiting to check their results. The staff in the post office did not decline.
What a lucky old lady. The people in the room watched her leave, thinking that it would be great if their children were as capable as her son.
“Take a look. The others’ six subjects combined are not as high as his two subjects.”
“The ranking of the whole city is only 431. How much worse are you than Yan Chu?”
Parents pointed at their children and complained. The children were also depressed, especially those who ranked over 400 in the city. It was his extraordinary performance, and he could enter an excellent university. Unexpectedly, they still had to be criticized.
On this day, the students who checked the results in this post office remained in the shadow of the top student named Yan Chu.
The gold medalist of the International Olympics had become the top spot in the college entrance examination. This info was breaking news, which was in harmony with the mainstream values promoted by the current government. Within a period after the college entrance examination results, the gate of Yan’s family was flattened. Reporters interviewed him almost every day, and some government leaders and school leaders gave him condolences and encouragement.
Leaving aside the capable uncle Jin Zhande, Yan Chu was a single-parent child whose father died early and was raised by a widowed mother. It was challenging and not easy for him to grow up to the current him. In this way, publicity and reporting were even more needed, and the government and schools were not stingy to let others know that they cherished and valued such an outstanding student.
The city rewarded Yan Chu with 1,000 Yuan, the district rewarded him with 800 Yuan, and the subdistrict was a little less, rewarded him with 200 Yuan. He had already been given a big red envelope of 12,000, which was equivalent to the salary of ordinary workers for four or five months.
This time, Middle School No.13 made a strong show as the best middle school in Jing City. It would be of great benefit to their enrollment in the coming year. Naturally, the school leaders would not be stingy about it.
The old lady counted the money every day without closing her mouth.
Otherwise, how else could everyone say that studying was good? The bonus her son won when he passed as top scorer in the college entrance examination was almost equal to the money she had saved over the years.
Because her son passed the entrance examination for university, the old lady was rare and generous. She invited a senior wedding planner to come to the house and set up five tables. In addition to the relatives at home and the neighbors in the quadrangle, she called her close little sisters she knew in the park.
On the day of the entering university banquet, the quadrangle got decorated, and everyone, whether they were sincere or not, was happy for Jin Zhanhua on the bright side.
Among them, the most sincere one was the curly-haired young married woman who had been the worst with their family before. Her son also took the college entrance examination this year. Because Yan Chu helped him train for a while before the exam, her son performed exceptionally well and could enter the second batch. This time she was so happy that she put on the tail of the first batch and wrapped a thick red envelope for Jin Zhanhua. Later, these difficult people said that the Yan family was good, seeming they who once despised the Yan family never had her.
“Zhande, why didn’t Meijuan come? You two haven’t made up yet?”
Jin Zhanhua greeted the guests. Seeing that her younger brother came with only two nephews and did not see her sister-in-law, she asked suspiciously.
“Sister, Meijuan and I divorced.”
These days, Du Meijuan tried to go back to him, and she even invited her natal family to be lobbyists. However, looking at the bright and neat people in her natal family who took advantage of him, he became angrier with her.
He did not go home anymore, nor did he give money to the family anymore. Du Meijuan knew that he was determined. Jin Zhande was a gentle person, but to be able to do such a big business was enough to prove that he was resourceful and cruel when appropriate.
After he revealed that if she did not divorce, she would probably get nothing, Du Meijuan might as well sign the divorce agreement. She could not get the company’s shares, but she got the equivalent to a stock of more than 700,000. She also owned the house she lived in. As for her two sons, she did not want any of them.
She was not yet forty, well-maintained, and had no son. She might be able to find another good man to remarry. The most important thing was the settlement of Zongbao and Zongyu’s legal relationship. They would not forget her, their mother, because they were far away in the future. As long as she visited her children from time to time and gave them constant care, she was still a good mother in the two children’s eyes.
Moreover, Jin Zhande would not remarry. In the future, everything he owned will belong to her sons, in the same way as hers. She might not be able to live such a prosperous life similar to her previous life, but she would never worry about food and drink. She was better than many women.
After getting the money, Du Meijuan bought homes priced more than 700,000 Yuan without even thinking about it. Now the better homes in Jing City were only 100,000 Yuan. With this money, she bought five houses, and except for the current residence, all the others were used for rent collection.
She used the rest of the money to hire someone to watch Yan Dabao and his brother. As long as they went to Shen City to buy goods, they would report it once.
If it were not for them, she could have lived the life of a wealthy wife. She was quite different from the previous one, although her life was not worse than many people’s.
You would not be happy when you were used to a life of tens of thousands of bags and a set of jewelry, and then let you collect tens of thousands of rent a month, but you had to meet the needs of food, drink, and clothing at the same time.
Yan Dabao and Yan Erbao did not know they were being watched. They sat absent-mindedly at the banquet, still dreaming about the envious eyes of the people around them after they became rich.
What was the use of education? In the future, it would be a dead salary*9dead salary*these words show the resentment of workers for the rigidity of salary, but many people can't live without salary, and most people think that they will never make money by relying on dead salary*. After more than ten years, it would be the era of getting ahead in the world by abandoning one’s scruples rather than suffering poverty. Everyone would know that they, two brothers, were the most promising children of the Yan family.
“Let’s not talk about these things on a joyful day. Are those older sisters your friends? Go and greet them.”
Jin Zhande did not want to mention this for the moment. Because he withdrew a large sum of money for Du Meijuan at one time, the company’s finances were a little tight. He had not bought a house yet. He rented a yard next to the company for the time being, and his two sons moved out with him.
Jin Zongbao and Jin Zongyu were inexplicable about their parents’ divorce. Before the divorce, their mother wailed and asked them to intercede. She was crying that their father only had their aunt and cousin Yan Chu in mind. But the education they received from childhood did not make them believe in favoritism. They all saw their parents’ actions over the years. Their father treated my aunt the same, and their mother was the same as their uncle. If their mother was not satisfied with their father, she had to correct her problems first.
And to be honest, after the divorce, their mother took the initiative to choose to give up their custody. Although they understand, the two children still felt uncomfortable.
She kept saying that her sons would follow their father, but both children understood that the most prominent reason was that she was worried about being dragged down by them, two soon-to-be-adult sons, in her remarriage.
Looking at her younger brother and two nephews with gloomy faces who did not want to talk more, Jin Zhanhua sighed, arranged seats for them, and went to the door to greet other guests.
“Sister Xie, this is the granddaughter you’ve always praised. She’s so beautiful.” Jin Zhanhua looked at Xi Xiaoxiao, who came with Xie Meifeng, and her eyes lit up.
The old people like this kind of little girl, who looked gentle and quiet, especially Xi Xiaoxiao’s round face, which was the appearance of blessing in the eyes of the older generation.
Their group of old sisters used to talk a lot about their children. Jin Zhanhua knew something about the Xi family. Xie Meifeng’s daughter-in-law passed away early, and her new daughter-in-law was not easy. This granddaughter straightforwardly moved over to live with them.
In Xie Meifeng’s mouth, Xi Xiaoxiao was a filial and caring good child, and she was also good at studying. But Jin Zhanhua heard from this older sister that her granddaughter’s grades were enough to go to Peking Union Medical College, the top medical university in China. For an eight-year undergraduate program, the minimum passing score was not much worse than the best Shuimu University and Yenching University.
The old man liked to look for their children’s friends. In this way, they knew the root and the background. They were not likely to find the wrong person. Although this little girl’s parents were unreliable, she still had loving grandparents.
Xie Meifeng said that the two big houses they now live in were to be left to the eldest granddaughter later. In addition, this child had high morale. In the view of Jin Zhanhua, she was indeed a good candidate for a daughter-in-law.
So this time, she specifically told Xie Meifeng to bring her granddaughter, just wanting the two children to meet.
Xi Xiaoxiao glanced into the yard, just in line with Yan Chu’s line of sight. She slightly turned sideways, pursed her mouth, and called Jin Zhanhua aunt with a bit of shyness.
This generation was a bit messy. Judging from the friendship between Xie Meifeng and Jin Zhanhua, Xi Xiaoxiao should call her grandma. But in her previous life, before she married Yan Chu, she always called Jin Zhanhua aunt. She did not turn this corner for a while, so she called her wrong.
“You look so young that I can’t call you grandma.”
After realizing this, she corrected it in time. Because she said it sincerely, it made Jin Zhanhua amused and happy.
“Call me auntie. I like a young girl like you calling me auntie.”
The more Jin Zhanhua looked at this girl, the more she liked her. Because she wanted to play matchmaker, she accepted the title without even thinking about it. Otherwise, if the other party called her grandma, she would be embarrassed to let her son seek her as a marriage partner.
There was no spectrum for everything nowadays, so they had their own opinions. If the child had that fate in the future, it was okay to change the appellation at that time.
The two sat down, and because of Jin Zhanhua’s selfishness, they welcomed Xie Meifeng and Xi Xiaoxiao to the seat next to the main table, where all the neighbors in the courtyard were sitting.
“At the beginning, no one thought that this child Yan Chu could have such a promising future today. I think Mrs. Hua should truly thank her brother. If he didn’t help Yan Chu transfer and let him go to the boarding school, his temperament might not change. According to the old lady’s pampering, he would undoubtedly be spoiled.”
“Who said no, but why didn’t you see old lady Hua’s sister-in-law? Shouldn’t this aunt attend such a happy event?”
“Don’t talk about it. I just heard it. They seem to be divorced.”
“Divorce, don’t talk nonsense about such a big thing.”
……
Xi Xiaoxiao listened to the discussions of those people in the quadrangle and quickly guessed the general situation.
Yan Chu’s uncle was likely to be reborn like her.
According to her only clues, all the changes seemed to be related to Uncle Jin. Maybe the other party changed this nephew’s future after his rebirth, and from the time when his temperament had not yet fixed, he shaped him anew.
It was not surprising. At first, Xi Xiaoxiao guessed whether it was possible that the two people were different, but now it seemed that she may have overthought it.
The body was still the same. But because of different educational methods, the soul inside was molded into a completely different shape.
“We were in the same exam room when we took the college entrance examination, right? I remember that I accidentally bumped into you that day, and you ran away before I could apologize to you.”
Yan Chu took the initiative to chat with Xi Xiaoxiao. Xie Meifeng did not know about it yet, but she didn’t expect the two children to have such a fate.
Before the banquet started, she slipped away under the pretext of chatting with other sisters, leaving space for two young people.
“I was also careless.”
Although she knew that Yan Chu in this life was different, Xi Xiaoxiao could not wholly relax with that same face.
“Which school did you apply for?”
This matter was the most frequently discussed topic among college students nowadays, and it was not abrupt for Yan Chu to ask this question.
“Peking Union Medical College.”
Xi Xiaoxiao died on the operating table in her previous life. In this life, she wanted to be an excellent obstetrician and gynecologist to welcome more lovely children into the world.
“What a coincidence, so am I.”
Yan Chu smiled, and Xi Xiaoxiao raised her head in surprise, “With your grades, you can unquestionably go to the best majors in Yenching University or Shuimu University.”
“I don’t know, maybe because I want to be a doctor.”
In the world of human traffickers, Yan Chu’s final ending was to become an excellent doctor. In the 1980s of China, many were still exploring and making progress, further exploring the treatment of many diseases.
As a medical student, he could participate in a lot of medical research and relied on the knowledge he had learned to emerge in the industry field, realizing the first wish of the original self, to become an excellent person.
Yan Chu did not know whether these mission worlds truthfully existed, but it would be a good thing if he could promote advanced medical technology and save more people’s lives.
Therefore, he chose to apply for the Union Medical College without thinking more. The old lady loved his son most and would not refuse any choice he made. Moreover, doctors were a noble and remarkable career in the older generation’s eyes. Her son was going to become a prospective doctor. The old lady did not have enough time to be happy.
“We will be alumni in the future. Xiaoxiao, please give more advice.”
Yan Chu smiled and stretched out his hand to Xi Xiaoxiao. She hesitated for a moment. Looking at Yan Chu’s bright smile, she finally extended her hand.
He was all different, wasn’t he?
Ten years later
“Uncle, my father didn’t call you for money. If he calls you, you’ll hang up and ignore him. Isn’t the business of this spicy hot shop quite good? They’ve been thinking about doing big business and don’t look at how much money they’ve lost. They still owe Uncle and Grandpa a lot of money.”
Several of Yan Chu’s older nephews and nieces had graduated from college and started working. His uncle was still a student because of his eight-year undergraduate and postgraduate study.
However, the school made an exception when he was a graduate student and hired him to become an undergraduate lecturer in the medical school because of his outstanding achievements in the medical field and his several published papers that could be regarded as international medical breakthroughs. Now his identity was student and teacher. In addition to going home to have two meals with the old lady every week, he was basically in the research room.
“I know. Your uncle doesn’t have much money. He can’t borrow it even if he wants to.”
Yan Chu put the phone between his shoulders and tilted his head at the other end of the phone. As a clean and honest researcher, he indeed had no money. He spent all the money to buy supplements for the old lady or some gold accessories and clothes she liked.
“Just don’t lend it anyway.”
The nephew on the phone’s other side enquired solicitously about his well-being a few more times before hanging up.
Yan Dabao and Yan Erbao had a hard time these years. Before, they borrowed 20,000 Yuan from their uncle to buy goods in the South and sell in the North. Unfortunately, they were taken away by the police as soon as they got off the train. They were packing more than 100 electronic watches and two large bags of clothes, which constituted the crime of speculation and profiteering.
Everything was confiscated. Fortunately, Jin Zhande had a little connection and bailed them out, but he did not pay the fine for them. The two couples had to take out some of the money they had saved to not be imprisoned. Except for the Mala Tang12Mala Tanghot spicy soup (often sold in street stalls) shop, they were suddenly penniless.
After this lesson, the four people still had not given up. They always dreamed of making a fortune. Knowing that they could not borrow money from Jin Zhande and the old lady, they borrowed it from their wives’ natal family. They gave their job to their relatives there, so it was right to lend some money.
But Du Meijuan’s people were watching them. The second time they resold the goods at a profit, they were arrested and seized. This time, Jin Zhande did not want to take care of them. They spent six months in prison before being released.
Since then, the four people had been unlucky. They could do nothing and barely made a living by relying on the Mala Tang shop. There were constant disputes between the two families, but they hardly communicated in their joint shop.
They were God’s chosen ones. God had reborn them. How could they not succeed? The four people only thought about the fast-moving business, and they forgot the Mala Tang shop and missed the best opportunity for expansion.
In the past few years, they had been in constant trouble. They had borrowed all the money from their relatives and friends. Fortunately, the living conditions of the people have improved in recent years, and the profits of the Mala Tang shop have been rising. They borrowed and returned and repeated. If they could save money, they would not starve to death. It was endless.
Dadan21DadanBig Egg, Dani17DaniBig Girl, and other children were completely different from this pair of parents. With their uncle as their goal, they study hard, work hard, and live a prospective life.
As for Du Meijuan, she remarried. Unfortunately, she divorced after three months of marriage because she disliked that the man was not as promising as Jin Zhande. Later, she had two marriages, but each of them did not last long. Later, she also stopped thinking of remarriage.
The money she had when she divorced Jinzande got spent due to her high consumption habits. She sold two of the five houses in addition to the money left over from buying a house. She did not change her state until she realized that this kind of life would not last long.
At this time, the house price in Jing City had not risen to the point of exaggeration in more than ten years, and the rent was not very high. Du Meijuan also had to plan carefully with the rent she received. Whenever she thought of the rich life she instinctively had, she regretted it. Unfortunately, she also knew that Jin Zhande would not get back together with her.
There was no mission to retaliate against them from the original self’s wish, and Yan Chu felt that this was enough.
“Hey, busy bee, you won’t forget the wedding three days later, right?”
After his nephew hung up, another call came in. The name on the caller ID was Xiaoxiao.
“Forget what, I won’t forget your wedding.”
There was crisp laughter from the other end of the phone, and then she chatted with Yan Chu about her nervousness and expectations. Yan Chu did not mind the trouble and listened with a smile until she hung up the phone.
“You don’t tie well.”
Jin Zhanhua wore a red top, permed a fashionable little roll, and put the lipstick Yan Chu gave her on. She did not look like she was a 60-year-old lady at all.
She directed the children who were still living at home because of their studies to dress up and be busy like a spinning top.
“So handsome, as expected of my son.”
Looking at her son in a straight white suit, Jin Zhanhua said proudly after adjusting his tie.
“Aunt Hua, it’s almost time.” A classmate of Yan Chu ran and came in from outside. She had no time to sigh and urged her son to drive to pick up people.
“You will be happy.”
At Xi’s residence, Yan Chu spoke to her while looking at the girl in a white wedding dress.
“Mmm, I’ll be happy.”
Xi Xiaoxiao nodded heavily. She became the bride again, but the groom was no longer the man before her eyes.
It was not that the young man in front of her was not good enough. In reality, everyone was optimistic that they could become a couple. Xi Xiaoxiao overcame her previous life’s fear, and the two became friends, but she could not do it further.
The memory could not be erased. The man in front of her was innocent, but she could not talk about him as her husband.
Being friends was also good.
Yan Chu took her father’s place and handed her over to the young man she chose as the god-grandson of Grandpa Xi and Grandma Xie and Xi Xiaoxiao’s godbrother.
The other party chose to start a new life, and he also abided by his commitment to the original self and would protect her for a lifetime as a big brother.
“Look, Xiaoxiao is married. You’re still single at 28. When will you find a daughter-in-law for your mother? I always thought you and Xiaoxiao would become a couple. It’s a pity that you are such a good child.”
The old lady looked at a pair of beautiful people on the stage and poked her little son’s arm with red eyes.
For some reason, she indeed felt that Xiaoxiao should be her daughter-in-law, which was a pity.
“Dadan and his girlfriend are about to tie the knot. Maybe you’ll be great-grandma another day. I’m busy with research now and don’t have time to find someone.”
Yan Chu always used this reason to fool the old lady, but the old lady was truly easy to fool. The topic changed immediately after hearing the youngest son talk about her eldest grandson’s marriage.
It was good to be single in this life…
He smiled at the newlywed on stage.
Yan Chu, born in 1969 and died in 2037, was a great medical scientist and philanthropist who devoted himself to the research of neurobiological virology and never married.
“Ding, the mission is completed. Now settle the current point balance.”
A familiar voice rang in Yan Chu’s ears, and he returned to the system space.
