Ye Qingguo's clear words startled those ferocious men, Ye Qingxin grabbed Ye Qingguo by the back collar and carried him in.
Her eyes accidentally touched the sanitation worker who turned her head to look over, and she froze for a moment.
Even though the face was old and deformed, she recognized it at a glance, it was Tai Zhengting.
What Tai Shiyun said to her in the dormitory at noon that day was still ringing in her ears, "The five million you gave my dad last year was not enough to pay off the debt. My dad still owes more than ten million in foreign debts. The debt collectors can't find him, so they come to me."
The man in the lead just now also said to pay back the money, 15 million or something like that.
Ye Qingxin raised her volume and said, "Pull over."
Master Lu slowly pulled over the car and stopped, then turned his head and asked, "What's the matter, ma'am?"
Ye Qingxin didn't say anything, she took out the check and a pen from her bag, and filled it out.
Fortunately, she has no special pursuit of extraneous possessions such as bags. From the beginning to the end, she only has this bag. Her habit of carrying pens and memo pads has not changed. The blank check before is still stuffed in the interlayer of the carry-on bag.
Jing Boyuan bought bags for her, but they were tied up in the shelving.
After filling it out, she tore off the check and got out of the car, walking towards the black car that stopped along with the white Land Rover.
Chen Ting and Ye Qingxin followed the white Land Rover along the way.
Seeing Ye Qingxin getting out of the car and walking over, he got out immediately, "Mrs. Jing is busy."
Ye Qingxin handed him the check in her hand, looked in Tai Zhengting's direction, and said: "I know that sanitation worker, he owes money to those people, please help me deal with it, um, deal with it cleanly and thoroughly, I don't want them to trouble him again in the future."
Chen Ting understood what she meant, nodded and said, "Understood, leave it to me."
Ye Qingxin stood by the car, watching Chen Ting walk over to negotiate with those people.
After hearing Chen Ting's words, the man in the lead had surprise and surprise in his eyes. He took out his mobile phone and made a call. After about twenty minutes, someone drove over and delivered a document.
Chen Ting took it over and read it again, then handed it to Tai Zhengting for a look. Seeing Tai Zhengting nodding, Chen Ting handed over the check to those people.
After those people left, Ye Qingxin asked Ye Qingguo to get off the car and led him to Tai Zhengting.
Chen Ting was helping Tai Zhengting up from the ground.
Tai Zhengting looked at Ye Qingxin, his eyes sank like a pool of stagnant water, the water quality was turbid, making people unable to see what was in the water.
"Thank you," he said, his voice rough and hoarse.
Ye Qingxin didn't say anything, but said to Ye Qingguo, "Go help Uncle Tai get into the car." Then she turned her head and thanked Chen Ting, "Thank you, Lawyer Chen."
Chen Ting: "Mrs. Jing is polite, I should."
"Lawyer Chen has to go to work beforehand, so I won't waste your time."
Chen Ting couldn't tell that she was issuing an order to chase away guests, and said wittily, "Goodbye, Mrs. Jing."
"I can go back by myself." Tai Zhengting thought that Ye Qingxin wanted to send him home, so he refused Ye Qingguo's support, stood on tiptoe by himself, and said, "And I still have work to do now."
Ye Qingxin looked at Tai Zhengting's skinny figure, his hair was almost white, dirty and messy, his face was deeply wrinkled, and one leg was limping, he looked like a poor old man no matter what.
The hard life had tortured him beyond recognition.
"Let Xiaoguo treat you to dinner."
"I'm not hungry." Tai Zhengting glanced at Ye Qinguo, turned around and walked towards the sanitation truck not far away. There was a broom and dustpan beside the sanitation truck, probably thrown away in a hurry when he was just discovered by debt collectors.
Ye Qingxin turned her head and saw a supermarket next to her. She led Ye Qingguo in and bought some groceries. When she came out, Tai Zhengting had already gone a certain distance on a sanitation vehicle.
"Xiaoguo, give these things to Uncle Tai."
Ye Qingguo was puzzled: "Why?"
Ye Qingxin stroked his hair and said: "This is what you should do, go quickly, my sister is here waiting for you to go home together."
Ye Qingguo still didn't understand why he wanted to deliver food to that old grandfather he didn't know, he just followed Ye Qingxin's order.
Stuffing the shopping bag into the old man's hand, Ye Qingguo bounced back to Ye Qingxin's side.
The nineteen-year-old boy was acting like a six-year-old child, which attracted the attention of others.
Tai Zhengting was carrying a heavy shopping bag, and his cloudy eyes gradually became wet.
Who would have thought that at the most desperate time, it would not be his friend, his pillow person, or the daughter he loved so much that would help him when he was at his worst, but the silly son who was never recognized by him, and the girl he had intended to do wrong.
This is probably a trick of good fortune.
Back at the dilapidated hut at night, Tai Zhengting opened the bag to see what was inside, and found a bag of biscuits that had been opened, the bag was stuffed full, and it felt hard to the touch.
Curiously, he opened the biscuit bag and saw that there was a stack of thick red banknotes inside.
Slowly, an emotion called remorse burst out in his eyes.
night.
It's the Jing family's family banquet.
Everyone in the Jing family, male, female, old or young, was present, including Jing Si's family, and the distinguished guests Wen Renxi.
Jing Suosuo sat on the sofa with potato chips in his arms, headphones in his ears, and a mobile phone on his lap. On the screen was an urban movie that just came out.
Ye Qingxin was sitting next to her, leaning against the back of the sofa, while hearing Renxi, Jing Xianxian, and Jing Yun talking, while watching Jing Suosuo's mobile phone screen from time to time, watching a silent movie.
Ye Qingguo and Ye Lin chased each other in the living room.
When Mrs. Jing saw her, she thought of something happy, and she became cheerful: "There are no children in the family, but it is not lively. Now that there are more Xiaoguo and Xiaolin, it is obviously much more lively. In a few months, when the child in Xinxin's stomach is born, it will be even more lively."
"Xianxian, Xianxian, you should hurry up to get married, have a baby, and bring it back to play during the holidays, how great it is."
Jing Jun and Jing Xianxian's ears became callused about the commonplace topic.
"I see, can you remind me every time you see me?" Jing Fan had a headache.
Jing Xianxian echoed: "Yes, grandma, you keep urging me so much, I want to move out."
Mrs. Jing: "Unless you get married, try moving out."
Jing Fan, Jing Xianxian: ""
Mrs. Jing looked at Ye Qingxin lovingly, and then looked at her two granddaughters with disgust, and said, "You are really useless, learn more from Xinxin, Xinxin is only twenty-one, and you already have three in your belly. If you look at you again, you don't even have a stable partner, so it's not embarrassing."
Jing Fan, Jing Xianxian: ""
There was a moment of silence.
Jing got up one after another: "I'm going upstairs to watch them play chess."
Jing Xianxian followed suit and got up: "I'm going too." Then he asked Wen Renxi, "Sister Xi, let's go together, Second Uncle is also playing chess upstairs."
Mrs. Jing intended to bring Wen Renxi and Jing Yi together, and she naturally agreed when she heard this, and said, "I forgot, Xiao Xi and Xian Xian go upstairs, the second child has been on fire these past two days, so you can bring him a cup of clear fire tea."
Speaking of Jing Yi, Wen Renxi's usually indifferent face showed a touch of shyness, and his smile was extremely shy, and Mrs. Chao Jing nodded slightly "Yes".
The three of them went upstairs with their companions, and it happened that Jing Boyuan came down from upstairs.
Nodding to the three of them, he went to the kitchen and came out with an extra glass of milk in his hand.
There are a lot of dishes to cook at night, and it takes a while to prepare them.
"Are you hungry and drink some milk to pad your stomach?" Jing Boyuan handed the hot milk in his hand to Ye Qingxin.
Mrs. Jing patted her forehead when she saw this, and said: "I forgot about this, but luckily Ah Yuan remembered, it's my grandma's fault that I'm hungry."
Ye Qingxin took the cup, and the temperature in her hands was just right.
"I'm a little hungry, but not too hungry, grandma."
Just as he was talking, the people who were playing chess and watching chess upstairs all came down.
Mrs. Jing was surprised, "I haven't eaten yet, why are you all down?"
Jing Zong said with a smile: "The second child is playing chess with Xiaoxi upstairs."
Mrs. Jing immediately understood the meaning of these words, and happily glanced in the direction of the upstairs study.
"Yes, you are doing the right thing. Let them play chess for a while longer."
Jing Boyuan sat down beside Ye Qingxin, with his arms casually resting on the back of the sofa behind her, and he wrapped her in his arms intentionally or unintentionally.
With one hand, he stroked Ye Qingxin's ponytail.
"Drink it slowly." Ye Qingxin actually doesn't like the fishy smell of milk, but she never says not to drink it, but every time she drinks it, she takes a big gulp, thinking to finish it quickly so that she doesn't have to endure the smell.
Seeing that she was drinking in a hurry, Jing Boyuan sounded a reminder.
Ye Qingxin just wiped her mouth after drinking, when the cup in her hand was taken away by Jing Boyuan, Ye Qingxin leaned into his arms with a smile.
I don't know how long it has been.
The servant came over and said dinner was ready, Mrs. Jing ordered: "Go upstairs and call the second child and Xiaoxi down."
The servant led the order to go upstairs, and after a while, Jing Yi and Wen Renxi came down one after the other, Wen Renxi's cheeks were flushed, and his lips seemed to be a little swollen.
Seeing this scene, Mrs. Jing was in full bloom.
Anyone who has been here can imagine what happened to the two of them.
At the dinner table, the two were naturally arranged together.
On the way, Jing Yi unexpectedly picks up some food for Wen Renxi.
Ye Qingxin bit her chopsticks and looked at Wen Renxi's happy and shy appearance. She was really happy for her. After waiting bravely for more than 20 years, it finally came to light.
"Eat, why are you in a daze." Jing Boyuan put a piece of roasted crispy duck skin into Ye Qingxin's bowl.
Ye Qing came back to her senses, her leg quietly approached Jing Boyuan's, and rubbed against his leg.
Jing Boyuan turned his head and looked over.
Ye Qingxin took off her slippers and stepped on his instep, the soles of her feet gently rubbing against his instep.
Secretly having ambiguous private interactions in front of everyone is inexplicably exciting.
Jing Boyuan's expression was calm and composed, and he didn't stop her teasing. When talking to Jing Zong next to him, his voice was soft and steady.
After dinner.
As soon as the last person put down his chopsticks, Mrs. Jing said cheerfully to Jing Yi: "Second brother, quickly take Xiaoxi upstairs and continue playing chess. Don't worry about the time, just play. If it's too late, Xiaoxi won't go back. There are too many guest rooms, so I'll let someone clean up one of them now."
With such a clear hint, Wen Renxi's cheeks flushed red, she bit her lip and did not object.
Her acquiescence made Mrs. Jing smile even more.
It was Jing Yi who said: "It's not good for a girl to stay outside, I'll send her back in a while."
Mrs. Jing pulled her face, "You also know that it's not good for a girl's family to stay outside, so do you know that it's even worse for a little girl to wait for you for more than 20 years? You have the nerve to say so."
It's no secret that Wen Renxi has been waiting for Jing Yi for more than twenty years. Wen Renxi didn't feel embarrassed when Mrs. Jing said this, it was just Jing Yi's refusal, but she felt a little disappointed.
"It's so decided, Xiaoxi will stay here tonight." Mrs. Jing made the final decision.
"No, Aunt Jing." Wen Renxi said lightly, "I still have some bills to settle in the shop, I'll go back in a while, and I'll see you next time."
In the end, Wen Renxi went back early.
Jing Yi drove her off.
The car stopped in the alley outside Xifan, Wen Renxi didn't push the door to get out of the car in time, she turned to look at Jing Yi in the cab, a man in his fifties, tall and strong, without a single wrinkle on his face, he looked like a man in his 30s or 40s.
"You" for a long time, Wen Renxi withdrew his gaze, lowered his eyelashes and asked, "What do you think?"
Jing Yi lowered the car window and lit a cigarette.
Taking a deep breath, he slowly exhaled out the window, "I still have her in my heart."
Wen Renxi's hand holding Xifan tightened for a moment, and Xifan let out a cry of pain, as if he was complaining, but he didn't attack the hostess because of the pain.
"I know." Wen Renxi whispered.
After a pause, she asked, "So?"
"If you don't mind, we can try." Jing Yi said calmly.
Wen Renxi turned her head to look at the back of Jing Yi's head, and laughed, even though her heart was stabbed by this sentence, she still smiled and agreed, "I don't mind, let's try."
Jing Yi turned his head and looked over, his hand resting on the car window, sparks were flickering between his fingers.
"I'm afraid you will regret it."
Wen Renxi's smile became brighter and brighter, those eyes that used to have no desires and desires were now filled with longing for the man in front of him and tears for unknown reasons.
"I won't regret it."
She stretched out her hand to hold Jing Yi's hand, and looked straight into his abyss-like eyes, "I have been waiting for you for twenty-one years, from twenty-two to forty-three years old, can I be your woman tonight?"
While talking, she slowly approached Jing Yi, the man had the smell she often smelled in her dreams.
After the last sound, her lips landed on Jing Yi's.
Jing Yi put out the cigarette butt on the car door, pressed the button to raise the car window, and firmly held Wen Renxi's thin shoulders with both hands.
Everything will fall into place.
The moon outside the car was very bright, shining brightly on the car body in the alley. Xifan got out of the car at some point, sat on the roof and flicked his tail. Following the ups and downs of the car body, he looked up at the cold moon in the sky, his eyes were deep like a cat.
There is a peach grove in the backyard of the Jing family's old house, and the peach blossoms are in full bloom at this time.
The window of Jing Boyuan's room faced the peach grove. Ye Qingxin stood in front of the window after taking a shower. The window was open, and she could vaguely smell the fragrance of flowers.
When Jing Boyuan came out of the shower, he saw her standing in front of the window with his stomach in his hands, lost in thought, so he walked over and hugged her from behind.
"what to think"
Ye Qingxin leaned back slightly, and put her body weight on Jing Boyuan, "I came back from Huansheng studio, I met Tai Zhengting, you know it?"
At that time, Master Lu was there, Chen Ting was there, and tomorrow people who had been secretly protecting her, they were Jing Boyuan's eyes, every move she made every day, Jing Boyuan wanted to know if he just called and asked, maybe he didn't need to ask at all, they would report to him.
Ye Qingxin does not reject this kind of monitoring protection.
He just grasped her whereabouts and never interfered with her behavior.
Jing Boyuan gave a soft "hmm".
Ye Qingxin smelled the intoxicating hormonal smell on his body, and said: "You already know the relationship between him and our family. Our family was able to overcome ten years of difficulties, and he contributed a lot."
"The first time I met you, I was tricked by him to go to the hotel to accompany Mr. Huang. You know that, but there is one more thing you must not know. He once wanted to get involved with me."
As soon as these words came out, Ye Qingxin clearly felt the breath of the man behind him change, and the arms around her suddenly tightened.
Ye Qingxin patted Jing Boyuan's arm reassuringly, and continued: "This is the important reason why I hate him. No one knows about this matter except me and him. Even my mother was kept in the dark. Until her death, she thought that Tai Zhengting was sincerely treating our family well."
"Tai Zhengting said a lot of obscene things to me, and did some things to force me to follow him. If it weren't for you, Bo Yuan, if I hadn't met you, maybe now I would really be his man under the pressure of various factors."
"Every time I think about this, I'm scared, but also very grateful that you appeared when I needed you most."
On the day of the wedding, Jing Boyuan said that it was a pity that he did not show up when Ye Qingxin needed him the most. Actually, he was not. His appearance was an important turning point in her life.
If it wasn't for him, Ye Qingxin might have followed Tai Zhengting for the sake of her family and became his shady mistress. Once such a thing happened, once it was exposed in the future, she would be despised by the world.
Or maybe, Ye Qingxin will embark on another road of no return.
This cannibalistic society has set up too many obstacles and ups and downs in life for beautiful girls from poor families.
"I hated him, I hated him, but last December, when I saw him live so humblely, what I thought of was not all the bad things he brought me, but the picture of how he held up the sky above my head when I was a child. Without him, I wouldn't have the opportunity to be admitted to B University, I wouldn't come to the capital, and I wouldn't know you."
"Today, I saw him being beaten again by debt collectors. I thought I would ignore it, but then I thought that he was Xiaoguo's biological father. Xiaoguo was in the car, watching his biological father being beaten but not helping him. This is unfilial. I can't let Xiaoguo be unfilial, even if he doesn't have this knowledge."
"So, I helped him repay the debt, asked Xiaoguo to buy him some food, and secretly stuffed him with some money."
Ye Qingxin turned around and looked up at Jing Boyuan, "Tell me, am I stupid for doing this?"
The aura on Jing Boyuan's body returned to its original calmness and composure.
He put his hands on Ye Qingxin's shoulders, bent his tall body to look at her at the same level, for a moment, he scraped the tip of her nose, laughed, and said, "It's stupid."