Chapter 840: 880: Stepping Out for a Bit

Chapter 840: Chapter 880: Stepping Out for a Bit

“It’s not like that!” Sheng Ning didn’t like others speaking ill of Shen Luhua and explained, “My stepmother is someone with no high demands. For her, finding an honest man to marry and to live a peaceful life, like my dad, is enough. She didn’t know that the town official’s foolish son is a tyrant. In rural life, being able to marry into a town above our own is actually considered good, and there were many people in the village who envied us at the time!” If she didn’t know that in a previous life An’an died early, she wouldn’t have realized that the town official’s family was a pit of fire, a Dragon Pond and Tiger Cave.

Sheng Ning felt that being too lenient toward the town official’s family was unacceptable. They had harmed An’an so badly, they must be punished. Thinking of this, she decided to head off to the Trade Union Mansion to find Su Huili. Ever since being acknowledged by the Su Family, she hadn’t taken advantage of it even once.

“Oh, oh…” Chen Huaying felt her head was in a mess. Growing up, she had never seen anything like this happen to a family, it was more fascinating than a TV drama.

“And then what? Why didn’t your sister marry him?”

“Do you remember last year’s Mid-Autumn Festival arts show where I fell off the stage?”

“I remember, it was Qin Cuifen who pushed you off.”

“It was then that I went home, wasn’t it? I made out a five thousand yuan IOU to the town official, promising to repay it within a year, and got him to cancel the engagement.”

“What? Five thousand yuan? That much?” She had never seen that much money before.

“Yeah! At that time, I couldn’t even come up with US$ 50.”

“You could have written a smaller amount!”

“You don’t understand.” Sheng Ning proudly lifted her chin, as if exuding confidence from every pore, “I believe I could pay it back, and my sister is worth it. Plus, our town official is a greedy character. If I gave less, he wouldn’t be immediately moved; he’d choose to reconsider. But reconsideration invites fault. To prevent long nights filled with dreams, it’s better to be harsh right from the start.”

“Why would he believe you?”

“Easy, if I can’t pay, I’d marry him myself.”

“Crazy, crazy… This world has gone mad. If Xu Qigang knew, he’d be furious.”

Sheng Ning burst out laughing, “Exactly! When he found out, he took everything he had and exchanged it for money instead.”

“What a man!” Chen Huaying vigorously swung her fist, her admiration for Xu Qigang growing. “From now on, your sister is my sister too. With me having her back, I guarantee she’ll walk wherever she pleases.”

“Then I guess I must thank Mr. Chen.” Sheng Ning cooperatively made a gesture of gratitude.

“No need, no need… Why be so polite? Your sister is so outstanding, I couldn’t get enough of her!” Chen Huaying joked outwardly, but there was a tinge of bitterness inside. She’d never stayed in rural areas and didn’t know that poor conditions could come with so many hardships.

Thinking about Sheng Ning’s sister actually marrying the town official’s foolish son sent chills down her spine.

The two of them made their way to the inpatient department. The hallway was full of comrades, and Chen Yingjie’s ward was the most lively, the noise was loud enough to lift the roof off. Xu Qigang’s room remained very quiet, and Head Nurse Sister Guo was stationed not far away at the duty station. Seeing Sheng Ning approaching, she said, “Comrade Sheng Ning, President and Director Liang are talking in Captain Xu’s ward, the other visitors all went to see Captain Chen.”

Sheng Ning guessed as much and nodded, “Sister Guo, you can just call me Sheng Ning in the future.”

“Alright then!” Sister Guo nodded heartily.

“I need to head out for a while, please take care of any matters concerning my husband and Captain Chen during my absence.”