Chapter 314: Is What He Saw Real?
There was a moment of dead silence in the small courtyard of Wei Xia’s home under the night sky.
No one spoke.
They were all looking at Wei Xia.
Including Qiqi, who had been tugging at the corner of Wei Xia’s clothes, and the three children standing behind her.
For some reason, Wei Xia, whose mind had been a mess, suddenly felt a moment of daze, and her previously unclear mind suddenly became clear.
Because she remembered that Jiang Chusheng had deceived her in the backyard of the Neighborhood Committee with exactly this expression at that time.
When she got home, he deceived her into burning both agreements.
Unexpectedly, the next day, he packed up his own things and left swaggeringly.
When she chased after him, she found out that he had already gotten a marriage certificate with Du Wanqing.
At that time, he warned her: if she entangled with him, he would go to the Public Security Officer to report her, because now the two of them were divorced and had no relationship, while he and Du Wanqing were now a legal couple, protected by the law.
Yes, she and he were no longer a couple now.
At first, Wei Xia thought Jiang Chusheng despised her for not being able to have a son, even though her body didn’t allow it, she still desperately gave birth to Dou Dou.
She thought that with a son, Jiang Chusheng would treat her better.
But in fact, this had nothing to do with whether she gave birth to a boy or a girl.
He just didn’t want to live with her anymore; he just wanted to be with Du Wanqing.
No matter what the cost!
Wei Xia’s two hands hanging at her sides clenched tightly together.
At this moment, Wei Xia thought she couldn’t remember, but unexpectedly, she suddenly recalled the words he had said so decisively at that time.
She couldn’t help but remember the scene after she was dismissed, when she went to Jiang Chusheng with hope in her heart.
These days, she had been muddled and confused, really without any motivation to live, so regarding Jiang Chusheng’s words, there was nothing but pain and despair.
She even felt that the four children were burdens; otherwise, jumping into the river would be so much simpler.
She didn’t want to live, but she couldn’t bear to leave the four children.
But at the same time, she vengefully thought, if she really died, who would take care of these four children?
They would definitely be sent by the street’s cadres to Jiang Chusheng’s home, and he would have to raise them whether he wanted to or not.
Then, Du Wanqing would have to raise her four children too; she didn’t believe she could be happy, and she didn’t believe that with four children, their days would be as happy and loving as others said.
But if she really died, whether Jiang Chusheng would take care of the children, and whether her children lived well or badly, she wouldn’t be able to see.
The indescribable silence seemed like just an instant, or perhaps a very long time.
Wei Xia was still clenching her hands tightly, but she stared deadly at Jiang Chusheng, her voice trembling slightly, but Lu Qiaoge could hear that there was a strength in her words.
“Jiang Chusheng, we are divorced now, you have a wife, it’s not appropriate for you to talk to me alone.
Now, there’s nothing between us that can’t be said in front of people.
If you have something to say, say it to me now.
By the way, if you want to take back that one hundred yuan, it’s impossible; no matter how you coax or deceive me, I won’t give you this money.
Because after giving it to you, my children and I won’t be able to survive, and the only way left would be for me to hang myself with them four at your home’s main door.”
Everyone was stunned; no one expected that Wei Xia, who had always been timid, would say such powerful words.
After a brief silence, everyone looked at Wei Xia with relief.
Actually, no one likes mud that can’t be helped up against the wall.
Lu Qiaoge slightly curled the corners of her mouth.
Life is like this; people always have to go through ups and downs.
It has nothing to do with age; don’t say too young—when people get old, they still get confused just the same.
At this moment, Jiang Chusheng looked at Wei Xia as if she were a stranger.
Was this Wei Xia?
How did she seem like a different person?
Or perhaps, what weird thing did he encounter just now? Was this an illusion?
Thinking this way, he looked around like a madman, then turned and walked out of the courtyard.
Then he grabbed Master Zhu and asked, “Master Zhu, you are Master Zhu, right? Just now, there was something running around here all the time; did you see it? What was that?”
Master Zhu was baffled by the question, but still patiently answered, “No, I didn’t see anything; I don’t know what you mean, Jiang Chusheng, are you possessed?”
Jiang Chusheng looked at Wei Xia again.
Wei Xia stared tightly at Jiang Chusheng: “Why are you leaving? Didn’t you say you were here to see the children? The children are all here; they all had colds together a few days ago, now they’re better, but there’s still some medical expenses at the hospital not paid; can you… can you go settle the bill?”
“By the way, Jiang Chusheng, I was dismissed by the shoe factory; our workshop director is Du Wanqing’s relative; you talk to her nicely, let me go back to the work unit, otherwise you’ll have to raise four children alone…”
Qiqi immediately opened her mouth: “Daddy, do you have money? Our school is holding a sports meet; everyone has to wear white sneakers.”
Jiang Chusheng turned and walked out; he had no money on him, what the hell could he give?
His back was covered in sweat, and his head felt dizzy and swollen.
He couldn’t help but feel waves of daze.
He didn’t even dare to look back.
Wei Xia seemed like a different person, and the usually timid eldest daughter had changed too, actually daring to talk to him like that.
Someone called him, but it was as if he didn’t hear.
An illusion, right? Did he encounter a ghost wall?
Actually, he didn’t come to find Wei Xia; was he just circling somewhere?
He heard that there was a mass grave in this area back in the day.
Jiang Chusheng got on his bicycle and pedaled forward without daring to look back.
Maybe everything that happened just now was fake?
Lu Qiaoge followed out and saw that Jiang Chusheng was already out of sight.
She smiled and said goodbye to Wei Xia, chatted a few more words with Aunt Han, and followed Older Brother home.
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The next day at work, the three of them reported Wei Xia’s matter to Director Hu and Deputy Director Huang in the meeting room.
The problem now was that Wei Xia was dismissed; was it her own reason, or the work unit’s reason?
Lu Qiaoge actually wanted to go directly to Wangjiang Shoe Factory.
But she took a step back and volunteered: “I’m quite familiar with Jiangcheng; how about I go find Elder Sister Su first to inquire.”
Director Hu: “No need to inquire; take the letter of introduction directly to the factory to investigate. If it’s really Wei Xia’s problem, we won’t intervene; if it’s not Wei Xia’s problem, I’ll go find their factory director.”
It would be even better if the leader stepped in.
Shao Le was at work today and had no time to inquire about his family matter, so he drove and took the three of them to Wangjiang Shoe Factory.
Wangjiang Shoe Factory was quite far from the military factory.
Riding a bicycle would take more than an hour.
So Wei Xia’s commute was pretty tough.
Fortunately, in the past two years, a bus line was added; otherwise, a day’s commute back and forth four times would take more than four hours.
The best solution was to transfer Wei Xia to the military factory.
Of course, that’s beside the point. The group parked the car at the shoe factory’s main door, took the letter of introduction, and entered Wangjiang Shoe Factory.
Its predecessor was the Neighborhood Committee’s factory; Factory Director Old Chang was very capable and managed to develop the factory into a state-owned one.
Now it had three production workshops, with a scale not much smaller than the first shoe factory.
There was a timing error just now; now it’s fixed, it’s a normal chapter.
