Chapter 344 - Chapter 344: Sent to the Orphanage
Chapter 344: Sent to the Orphanage
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
After a moment, Gong Wenbai seemed to have noticed Li Miao’s awkwardness.
“That was a few years ago. I let it go a long time ago. By the way, how’s your school?”
Seeing that Gong Wenbai had changed the topic, Li Mao heaved a sigh of relief in her heart and started to chat with him about her university life.
When the children squeezed into the crowd, Gong Wenbai and Li Miao stopped talking and stared at them with eager eyes.
The main reason was that there were too many people.
Ji Zi’ang was a glutton and dragged Li Miao along to buy this and that. After a while, Li Miao and Gong Wenbai were carrying several bags.
Qin Mucheng was like a little gentleman and kept protecting Ji Yuanyuan.
“Aunty, 1 want this!” Ji Zi’ang pointed at a small stall selling malt candy and acted coquettishly with Li Miao.
Li Miao had no choice but to squeeze over and say to the stall owner, “Big Sister, how much is one pound?”
Ji Yuanyuan was standing behind Ji Zi’ang, holding hands with Qin Mucheng.
Next door to malt candy was a woman who sold vegetables.
It looked like they were all casually grown at home. The chilies were small and short, the cucumbers were crooked, and a few green vegetables were tied into a few bundles. There were even puddles of mud at the roots.
A little boy sat beside her. She was dressed in clean clothes and looked to be around the same age as Ji Zixuan.
The boy looked at the candy hawthorn in Ji Zixuan’s hand and was a little envious. “Mom, give me some money. 1 want to buy a candy hawthorn to eat!”
When the woman heard this, she immediately took out a few cents from her pocket and placed it in the boy’s hand. “Go, go, buy whatever you want to eat!”
The boy took the money and left happily.
The woman looked at her son’s back and was very happy.
After his son had walked away, he looked at the other woman who was selling kitchen utensils.
“Sister Wu, I’m telling you, that money-losing thing in my house was finally sent away two days ago.”
Sister Wu, who was selling kitchenware, didn’t have much business. She looked over and was a little surprised. “Sent away? Where did you send her?”
“An orphanage, where else can we send her? All children without parents had to go there! Our family definitely can’t afford her. The old man and the old woman want to, but do they have the money?”
The two of them spoke without any restraint and their voices were quite loud, so their words all went into Ji Yuanyuan’s ears.
“Didn’t your Sister-in-law get some money from the car accident? Why can’t you afford it?” That Sister Wu asked in surprise.
“Tsk, that b*tch, got pregnant before marriage and gave birth to a little money-losing thing. It caused our Shen family to be unable to raise our heads in the village for many years. That little bit of compensation isn’t enough to make up for all the grievances our family has suffered for so many years. Besides, that little money-losing thing is looking more and more like a slut. Everyone will feel uncomfortable looking at her, so it’s better to send her away!”
Ji Yuanyuan yawned, feeling that this woman was a little too cruel.
Her sister-in-law had died, and the money she had lost should be used to raise her child.
Even if she didn’t want to take care of her, she shouldn’t take the money, right?
Give the money to whoever is willing to raise her!
She actually took the money and sent her Sister-in-law’s child to an orphanage?
Also, her in-laws were not good people either. How could they let their daughter-in-law ruin their granddaughter like this?
A shameless family would have their retribution sooner or later.
After Ji Zi’ang and Li Miao bought the malt candy, they left with her.
Ji Zi’ang stuffed a piece into his mouth and sighed. “It’s so sweet!”
“Second Brother, 1 want one too!” Ji Yuanyuan stretched out her hand.
Ji Zi’ang took out a few pieces and started to divide them.
She first gave it to Ji Yuanyuan. She took it and stuffed it into her mouth, then slowly walked forward.
After taking a few steps, she suddenly stopped.
Premarital pregnancy, car accident, and the Shen family.
Why did it sound so familiar?
“What’s wrong?” Li Miao asked when she saw her stop.
“I think 1 lost some money,” Ji Yuanyuan said.
She took two steps back from the path she had just taken.
They walked around the woman, pretending to look for something on the ground.
“Didn’t your Sister-in-law remarry later on? Did her man say anything?” Sister Wu asked nosily.
The woman immediately sneered, “They learned from others and went to the south to make money. They earned a huge debt and came back. He was afraid the bank would chase him for his debt, so he had long run away. Besides, he’s not even related to her by blood, why would he care about her?”
It matched! Everything was right!
The person in front of her was most likely Shen Lingxue’s aunt.
So, Shen Lingxue was sent to an orphanage?
The compensation money was even taken by her aunt?
Ji Yuanyuan returned to Li Miao’s side and grabbed her hand. “It’s just a cent, 1 won’t search anymore!”
Li Miao nodded. “There are so many people here. Let’s stop looking.”
Ji Yuanyuan’s lips could not help but curve upwards.
The money-losing good this woman was referring to was Shen Lingxue?
Even though this woman was in the wrong, Shen Lingxue deserved all of this.
Ji Yuanyuan only felt extremely carefree in her heart!
Compared to the suffering she had gone through, what was Shen Lingxue’s suffering?
Qin Mucheng held onto Ji Yuanyuan’s other hand. Although he did not know why she was suddenly happy. But as long as Ji Yuanyuan was happy, he would be happy too.
Li Miao bought a lot of things with the 50 yuan.
Li Miao and Gong Wenbai’s hands were full of things.
In addition, the children’s hands were also full.
A few of them squeezed out of the crowd and walked to the parking lot.
“Li Miao?”
Suddenly, someone shouted Li Miao’s name.
Li Miao turned around in surprise and looked around.
Soon, she saw a familiar person not far behind her. She asked in surprise, “Senior?”
Ji Yuanyuan also turned back to look, only to see a short and gentle-looking man wearing gold-rimmed glasses walking over quickly. “What a coincidence, you’re here for the market too?”
“Yeah,” Li Miao smiled.
Ji Yuanyuan looked at her little aunt’s expression and knew she most likely liked him.
“Are they your nephew and niece? They’ve grown so big?” The man lowered his head and looked at Ji Yuanyuan and the rest.
“They’re my sister’s child,” Li Miao said with a smile. “Call him Uncle!”
The last sentence was directed at Ji Yuanyuan and the rest.
The four children shouted in unison, “Hello, Uncle!”
The man looked at Gong Wenbai again. “That’s your brother, right? Is it your Big Brother or Second Brother?”
“He’s not my brother,” Li Miao quickly explained. “He’s a friend!”
The man’s expression stiffened when he heard that.
Li Miao also knew the man had misunderstood, so he quickly said, “He’s the childO’s uncle. He’s worried about the child following me, so he came with me.”
The man’s face brightened up when he heard that. He looked at Gong Wenbai and seemed to be talking to Li Miao about the things that happened at school on purpose.
Gong Wenbai stood at the back, his expression indifferent.
Ji Yuanyuan raised her head and looked at the man again.
She didn’t know why, but she felt like she had seen this man somewhere before. Why did he look so familiar?