novelraw Chapter 162 Could she be a spy or someone they're using?
Chapter 162 Could she be a spy or someone they're using?
Upon seeing the dishes on the table, Chen Jinsheng immediately reached out, picked up a piece of meat, and stuffed it into his mouth: "Mmm, Mom, when did you stew this meat? Your cooking is getting better and better!"
"This was made by Tong Yuheng's mother, your Aunt Tong. Her cooking skills are truly excellent! Let me tell you, don't even think about her daughters; they're not suitable for you."
"Oh, Mom, you really think highly of your son. I know I'm not good enough for a girl like that, and I won't daydream about it. Don't worry!"
"Hmph! You've got some self-awareness, kid!" Captain Chen said, though he actually admired the Tong family girls quite a bit.
Fan Yaqing and her cousin had been quite quiet lately. Fan Jianli arrived just in time for the autumn harvest, and the work of cutting rice and harvesting corn nearly exhausted him. After returning to the dormitory at the educated youth settlement, all he wanted to do was lie down; he had no mind to think about Tong Yuheng and the others anymore.
Besides, he was genuinely a little afraid of the Tong family girls. The way they looked at him was full of resentment and disdain, so it was better to stay away from them.
He wasn't a good person, but he wasn't stupid either; at least he was smarter than his father. If it weren't for his uncle's encouragement of his father to marry Tong Jiahui, and the underhanded tactics he used, their family wouldn't have been so unlucky. Back then, he even dreamed that if his father married Tong Jiahui, he might be able to marry Tong Yuheng!
Thank goodness he had the idea but didn't act on it, otherwise, who knows if Tong Yuheng would have broken his legs!
To put it superstitiously, the Tong family may be protected by gods and Buddhas, and anyone who tries to harm them will be unlucky!
His uncle, aunt, and father are all cautionary tales. So, if Fan Yaqing wants to deal with the Tong family, let her make her own trouble. Using him as a pawn? Absolutely not!
When Fan Yaqing suggested going to the countryside together, Fan Jianli was naturally reluctant, but he had no job, no income, and no one to take care of him, so it would be difficult for him to survive in the city.
When his dad and uncle were alive, he could at least mooch a meal at their house. But now, if he wants to go to his cousin's house for a meal, his cousin's wife looks at him like he's her enemy! He's even afraid that woman will poison his food.
Fan Yaqing urged him to go to the countryside with her, and he agreed after thinking about it. His cousin promised that as long as he took care of her, she would make sure he had enough to eat, since she had money and ration coupons with her.
As for his younger brother, he's still young, so he can wait a couple of years before talking about going to the countryside. That kid's sly and has a sweet tongue; he hangs around the school cafeterias every day, doing odd jobs to earn a living off leftovers.
Before leaving, he gave most of his subsidy for being sent to the countryside to his younger brother, telling him that if he couldn't make ends meet, he should sign up to go to the countryside and try to get into his village.
On his second day in Chenjiatun, he saw Tong Yuheng's family. He was surprised to find that she had become even more beautiful after spending more than half a year in the countryside!
Seeing his cousin go over there to get scolded, he wasn't about to join in. Suddenly, he understood why his cousin had insisted on dragging him over!
That brat, she's trying to use him as a pawn. Just wait, she'll definitely instigate him to cause trouble for the Tong family. How could she have such a deep grudge against the Tong family?
Tong Yuheng: The enmity is enormous, it's a grudge from two lifetimes ago!
Fan Jianli looked at his cousin, who never stopped causing trouble when she came, and who never got anything good in return, which strengthened his resolve to stay out of it.
His cousin used Zhou Manman to report the Tong family, but Zhou Manman ended up getting a beating instead. Only then did he realize that the Tong family patriarch was no longer a "black five categories" member.
Zhou Manman hated her cousin to death; the two were constantly fighting and arguing, making the youth settlement a living hell. Zhou Manman was really crazy; what was she doing? Her family gave her ten yuan and some coupons every month, and she could earn some work points herself. Wouldn't it be better to live a peaceful life?
During this winter, there wasn't much work to do, and she was idle most of the time. Fan Yaqing couldn't help herself and started urging Fan Jianli to cause some trouble for Tong Yuheng.
She wanted Fan Jianli to spread rumors that he and Tong Yuheng had dated in high school, and to make the relationship as ambiguous as possible to ruin her reputation.
Who would want to marry a woman who isn't clean? When her boyfriend hears this news, and she adds a few vague suggestions, they'll most likely break up!
Hehe, then I'll have my chance! This is her usual tactic, and it's always worked before!
She finally managed to find out Li Chensong's name and military address, and wrote him a letter every week. She told him that she had heard about his heroic deeds, expressed her admiration for him, and made it clear that she had no other intentions, hoping to receive a reply from him.
Li Chengsong glanced at it and found it strange that this mentally ill patient had come from, showing such reverence and wanting to reply to the letter, yet claiming he had no ulterior motives? Nobody believed that!
The letter mentioned that she was from Yan City and was Tong Yuheng's classmate, saying that she knew her situation best. It stated that there was some misunderstanding between them and hoped that he could act as a mediator to resolve it.
Li Chengsong realized who this person was—wasn't it the Fan family? The family that schemed against an orphan and widow, trying to exploit a family that had no descendants!
Is this woman mentally ill? Does she really like poaching other men? Last time he went back, Zheng Yunqing told him that this woman was harassing him, and he didn't know why she had tricked his childhood friend Zhang Minghai into transferring him to a small county town under Yan City.
She changed her target so quickly? She must not know that while investigating Tong Yuheng, I also investigated her entire family. One member of her family has been convicted, and two have died; why isn't she stopping?
He scoffed at the woman's enthusiasm and suspected that her special trip from Yanshi to the countryside might be related to enemy agents.
So they investigated her again and found out what she had done. After she couldn't find Zhang Minghai, she started dating a junior police officer, and on the other hand, she tried to steal Tong Yuheng's friend's boyfriend, but was beaten up by the friend's two older sisters.
She looked down on the junior police officer and had an ambiguous relationship with her father's superior. Even after being sent to the countryside, she still wrote letters to her ex-boyfriend, the junior police officer, refusing to give up on this fish.
Such adoration disgusted Li Chengsong. From the very first letter he received, he never even bothered to read the rest before starting a fire!
He told Tong Yuheng about it and warned her to be careful of this woman. Tong Yuheng laughed and said, "I knew she would try to harass you. I didn't expect she would actually find out your name and your unit."
"My name and workplace aren't exactly a secret in the village; everyone knows there's a military base nearby. I'm worried that her intentions aren't simply to sabotage our relationship. Could she be a spy or someone they're using?"
"Who knows? Anyway, she's like a mangy dog, clinging to our family and never letting go, she can't stand to see us doing well! It's probably because her mother said our family has a treasure that she's like this."
Let me tell you, she has absolutely no bottom line when it comes to doing things. Right before my mom's wedding banquet, she even ambushed my dad in the woods…”
She told Li Chengsong about what she had witnessed as a joke. When Li Chengsong heard that his future father-in-law had actually drawn a gun to block a unwanted romantic advance, he expressed his sincere admiration and thought that he should do the same in the future!