novelraw Chapter 90: If my best friend is too slow-witted, she might miss out on a good marriage.
Chapter 90: If my best friend is too slow-witted, she might miss out on a good marriage.
Tong Yuheng naturally wouldn't let him come for nothing. She quietly climbed onto the roof beam and used her immense strength to push the beam, causing one end of the beam to fall down!
At the same time, a loud "boom" resounded! The side room collapsed! Fan Dayong was buried under the bricks and rubble!
However, he didn't die and was still shouting for help with great vigor! It's true that evil lives on forever; even if he's crippled, his ability to do bad things still exists!
Tong Yuheng could not tolerate this outcome. She leaped down and pierced his brain with a silver needle!
Fan Dayong, you may not die, but don't even think about waking up again. Just be a living dead and let your precious daughter take good care of you!
As for Fan Yaqing, let's leave her to Wu Zhigang's parents, who are almost driven mad by the loss of their son! Schemes and intrigues aren't something only the Fan family knows how to pull!
With only one day left, she thought about it and decided to show herself again. She quietly returned to her room at the guesthouse, messed up the bedding, called a waiter to check the room, and then checked out.
With about an hour to go before her shift started at eight o'clock, she leisurely went to the state-run restaurant for breakfast and then went directly to the police station to see Gu Zhitao.
"Uncle Gu, hello! I came to see you while I was on a business trip!" Tong Yuheng looked refreshing and capable in the khaki trench coat that Li Chengsong had given her.
"Yuheng! When did you arrive? Did you just get off the train?" He knew that one of the trains arrived around four in the morning.
"I came yesterday morning. I took care of the things the team assigned me before coming here!" Tong Yuheng replied with a smile.
"Then why don't you go home? Where did you stay yesterday?" Gu Zhitao was very happy. Judging from her appearance, she seemed to be doing well in the countryside, and even seemed to have grown a little taller.
Tong Yuheng: I've grown two centimeters taller, I'm 1.7 meters now!
"I've already checked out of the guesthouse I was staying at. I'm going back tonight," Tong Yuheng said.
"This is too rushed. How are your mother and sisters?"
"Everything is fine. We can all do farm work now. Linglong is still young, so we've arranged for them to continue their studies in the county. They only need to work two days a week. The younger ones are all in school now! My grandpa and the others are doing well too."
"That's good. Let's have lunch at your uncle's house!" Gu Zhitao invited her.
"Uncle Gu, I won't be coming to your house for lunch. I'm going to see Teacher Zhong and Chen Liying, and then I'll go shopping this afternoon."
Tong Yuheng took a glass bottle from his backpack, which contained some light brown liquid: "Uncle Gu, this is medicine my grandfather prescribed for Sister Yanting. She should drink a small sip every day, and once she finishes it, her congenital weakness will be cured..."
"That's wonderful, thank you so much, Uncle Tong!" Gu Zhitao's youngest daughter had been frail since childhood and almost didn't survive when she was little; it was Old Master Tong who saved her. Therefore, Gu Zhitao absolutely trusted the medicine he prescribed.
"Uncle Gu, I just came from my old house. It seems another room collapsed, and someone was injured. I'm worried about potential dangers, so I'd like to trouble you to demolish the entire house!"
"Who did you hit? Did someone go looking for some treasure again? That's ridiculous!" Gu Zhitao had long heard that there was treasure in the Tong family's old house, and he scoffed at the rumors.
"I'm also worried that if we don't use the house, someone will take it over. Why don't you find someone to build a wall around the yard with those bricks, make it higher and thicker? We can build it again when we have the chance to come back later."
"Okay, leave this to me!" Gu Zhitao readily agreed.
Tong Yuheng tried to give him money, but Gu Zhitao refused, saying, "Why should I accept money for something so trivial? The medicine she gave Yanting is incredibly valuable, and he didn't pay for it either." Tong Yuheng didn't insist any further.
After leaving the police station, she went to find Chen Liying first. Chen Liying had an hour and a half to eat and rest after work at noon. She planned to have lunch and chat with her. The old gatekeeper recognized her and told her to wait for Chen Liying at the entrance of her workshop.
Tong Yuheng gave him two tomatoes from his spatial storage. The old man happily accepted them, took a bite right in front of him, and praised how delicious the tomatoes were!
Tong Yuheng, who was waiting at the door, truly gave Chen Liying a surprise! She looked at Tong Yuheng, almost unable to believe her eyes, then jumped up and ran to her side, picking her up in a hug! It was so wonderful to see her good friend again!
"Let's go to the state-run restaurant, whatever you want to eat is on me!" Chen Liying was as cheerful and lively as ever, showing she was doing well. The two walked out of the factory gate arm in arm when a young man called out to them.
"Comrade Chen Liying, hello! Are you going to eat?" The young man blushed a little and greeted her as if trying to make conversation.
"Yes! My good friend is back!" Chen Liying said happily. "Comrade Xu He, if you have nothing else to do, we'll be going now."
The man named Xu He opened his mouth, wanting to invite them to dinner, but was silenced. Chen Liying's attention was completely off the young man; she was chattering away to her friend about her own affairs.
Seeing the young man's disappointed and regretful expression, Tong Yuheng couldn't help but laugh. The young man had clearly taken a liking to her best friend; he seemed to be a rather naive young man.
The two found a table and sat down. Chen Liying ordered braised pork, quail eggs with dried green beans, and a cucumber and egg soup. Tong Yuheng then forbade her from ordering any more dishes.
"That's enough, that's enough. The two of us can't eat much. I have to leave tonight, so don't order too much!" Tong Yuheng said.
"Oh? You're leaving tonight? That's too rushed! I didn't even have time to prepare anything for you to take back!"
She knew there was a shortage of cloth in the countryside, and even defective cloth was hard to buy. Sending some more to Yuheng as a favor would be good. She even considered sending her entire quota to her.
"No need to get me any more fabric. The batch I got when I left is enough for several years. By the way, who was that young man just now?" Tong Yuheng asked.
"Oh? Young man? Oh! Xu He! He's our factory's repairman. Once, my machine tool kept skipping wires, and he fixed it for me!" Chen Liying explained with a smile, though she wasn't particularly close to Xu He.
"He seems to like you, doesn't he? I saw him blush when he saw you," Tong Yuheng said, raising an eyebrow. People are usually quite reserved at this time; if her best friend is too oblivious, she might miss out on a good match.
"He...likes...me?" Chen Liying's face flushed red. "How could that be? He's much better off than me."
"You're just as good as him! Your parents both have jobs, and you're a high school graduate with a permanent position. You're no worse off than him! Most importantly, our Yingzi is beautiful, kind-hearted, hardworking, and straightforward. Whoever marries you will be truly blessed!" Tong Yuheng encouraged her best friend.