By the time they got out of the Maple Forest Leisure Center, Mo Qianni was already panting from the running.
Seeing that Yang Cheng was still grabbing her hand, Mo Qianni pretended to cough. It was unknown whether it was because of her shyness or the exercise, but her face was red.
"What's wrong? Miss Mo, is there something wrong with your throat? "Yang Cheng asked, pretending not to know.
Mo Qianni glared at him, "Let go of your pig trotters!"
Yang Chen chuckled, and didn't blush at all. However, he still let go of that fair and tender hand, even though it felt really good to hold. He even explained, "Miss Mo, your words aren't up to standard. Pig trotters can't be bent to catch your hand. "
Mo Qianni already knew that arguing with this guy wouldn't end well, so she didn't bother to talk to him anymore and walked straight to the car.
When the two of them got on the road, Yang Cheng looked at the back and saw that there was no one chasing after them. Only then did he slowly let out a sigh of relief.
Mo Qianni playfully smiled and said, "So it turns out that even a thick-skinned person can be afraid of someone. Are you worried that Zhou Dongcheng will chase after us?"
Yang Cheng was really worried that the sissy would chase after them, so he awkwardly smiled and said, "Miss Mo's mind is really exquisite. You can even think of such a profound question."
"Don't worry. Although he's from the underworld, he's famous for being humble and polite in this circle. You can't see the domineering attitude of those rich young masters. He never forces people."
"Now that you mention it, he seems to be very kind …" Yang Cheng muttered.
Mo Qianni pressed the volume button on the steering wheel and turned the music to the minimum. She said, "Of course, he can't always be so kind. If he really wasn't dangerous, then everyone wouldn't be afraid of him. I'm just saying that as long as you don't provoke him or harm his interests, Zhou Dongcheng will always treat you very gently. This is different from his father. "
"You've seen Zhou Guangnian before?" Yang Cheng asked.
Mo Qianni looked at him as if he was an idiot. "Of course, Dongxing Group isn't a small company. It's not strange for us to see Zhou Guangnian in some public places. But to be honest, that old man really doesn't look like a businessman. Even though he's been trying to clean himself all these years, every time I see him, I feel that he's wrapped in darkness and gloomy. "
Otherwise, how could he be the underground emperor of the Eastern District? Yang Chen felt that Zhou Guangnian's behavior was rather normal.
At this point, Mo Qianni was silent for a while before saying, "As a reward for your help today, I'll give you the opportunity to choose a place to eat."
When Yang Chen heard that, he was glad that he didn't have to follow Mo Qianni to some strange places. After thinking for a while, he said, "I want to eat hotpot!"
Mo Qianni glanced at him and said, "It's not even winter yet. Why would you eat hotpot? You'll get pimples."
"You said to let me choose. What do you think we should eat?" Yang Cheng asked, feeling wronged.
"Food stalls."
"Food stalls?! Big sister, didn't you say you're giving me a chance to choose?! "Yang Cheng smiled bitterly.
Mo Qianni snorted. "You said it yourself. I'm talking about a chance, not the right to decide. The place you chose has been rejected. Let's go to the food stalls now!"
He closed his eyes in pain. This woman was too shameless!
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Half an hour later, Yang Cheng sat with Mo Qianni in Sister Xiang's food stalls. There were a few Sichuan-style dishes in front of them. The bright red chili peppers could kill Yang Cheng just by looking at them.
Because it was still early, there were not many people around the food stalls. Compared to the last time he was here, it was quite deserted. The cool autumn breeze blew, bringing a chill.
Mo Qianni took a sip of white wine. Seeing Yang Cheng's bullied expression, she said unhappily, "What's with your expression? I'm treating you to a meal and you're making a bitter face."
Yang Cheng wiped the sweat on his forehead from the spiciness. "It's not like you ate it since you were young. You know, it's rare to eat such spicy food abroad."
"Oh, I almost forgot. So this top student in front of me came back from abroad. A wild girl from a small mountain village like me really can't compare." Mo Qianni said sarcastically.
Yang Cheng was too lazy to argue with her. He suddenly thought of something and asked seriously, "How are you going to deal with your stepfather, Zhang Fugui? I didn't know the reason before, but you seemed to be very sad these days. Now it seems that it's that man who's giving you a headache. If you need help, let me know. I'm very free, you know. "
Mo Qianni's chopsticks paused. She looked straight at Yang Cheng and asked, "You've been paying attention to whether I'm sad or not?"
"Uh …" Yang Cheng smiled embarrassedly. He couldn't say that every time she walked past him, he would sneak a few glances and stare at her butt. He could only say, "My colleagues in the office all said that you're not in a good mood, so I just noticed."
Mo Qianni's eyes were faintly disappointed. She said softly, "Do you remember the last time we came here, I received a phone call?"
"I remember." Yang Cheng still remembered that he was "forcefully hugged" that night!
"It was my mom. She said that Zhang Fugui was coming to Zhonghai to work and asked me to pick him up and help him arrange it." Mo Qianni sneered and said, "Actually, he didn't work so hard to come here to work. He has a huge gambling debt in our hometown. If I didn't help him pay it off, he would have been beaten to death by those people … But his reputation there is too bad, so he had to come to Zhonghai."
"You know his character, why did you still let him come?" Yang Cheng asked curiously.
"Do you mind listening to a slightly long story?" Mo Qianni asked.
"If you don't bring me here to eat next time, I'm willing to listen to your heart …" Yang Cheng tried to negotiate.
"Impossible."
"Erm …" Yang Chen smiled sheepishly. "I think it's better if you say it."
Mo Qianni was like a winner, the corner of her mouth slightly raised, and then she faintly narrated —
"I told you last time, when I was thirteen, my father died, and my mother remarried Zhang Fugui. Zhang Fugui was one of the few unmarried men in the village. He was still young, and he always liked my mother, so my mother finally agreed. Actually, at that time, Zhang Fugui didn't like to gamble that much. Although our family was poor, we could still eat and wear our clothes. "
"… But after a few months, because my mother farmed every day, her body was weak, so she fell ill and couldn't get out of bed. I was only thirteen at that time, and after finishing the primary school in the village, I stayed at home and couldn't go to junior high school. In fact, there was no junior high school in our village. "
"At that time, I asked Zhang Fugui to take my mother to the nearest small town to see a doctor, because I was afraid that after my father left me, my mother would also leave me. If that happened, I would really be an orphan. I was very afraid, and I kept begging Zhang Fugui … I never wanted to call him father, but that time, in order to beg him, I kept calling him 'father', 'father' … "
"But Zhang Fugui suddenly changed so much that I didn't know him … He didn't listen to me at all. Other than going to the village chief to ask for some herbs and asking me to decoct them for my mother, he didn't do anything …"
"Later, it was my neighbor's aunt who told me that Zhang Fugui was too poor. He had no money. Even if he went to the village hospital, there was no way for him to see my mother, and there was no way for him to buy medicine. Even if he took the bus to the nearest village, he couldn't afford the fare."
At this point, Mo Qianni's voice became a little hoarse, and her eyes were slightly red. She poured herself a small glass of white wine and drank it in one gulp.
"Then your mother, she …" Yang Cheng didn't continue asking.
Mo Qianni said, "My mother got better in the end. I don't know if it was God's mercy, or if the village chief's herbs were really useful. However, that time when she was sick, my mother seemed to have aged a few years …"
"But I was still very afraid. At that time, I thought, if my mother got sick again, but we still didn't have the money to see a doctor, what would happen? I didn't dare to think about it. At that time, I only had one thought, and that was to let my mother have the money to see a doctor … "
"So you came to Zhonghai alone?" Yang Cheng suddenly understood.
Mo Qianni nodded and laughed at herself. "Do you think it's ridiculous and stupid? A girl who's not even fourteen years old, pretending to be very mature, but in fact, she doesn't know anything. She took the train to Zhonghai alone, wanting to earn money to see her mother. "
"Not stupid, but you're very amazing. I'm very curious how you got the money to buy the train ticket." Yang Cheng asked.
Mo Qianni's eyes were a little evasive. She hesitated and said, "I stole a person's wallet at the train station …" After that, she asked in a low voice, "Will you look down on me and think that I'm very shameless? I obviously did such a shameless thing, but I can still say it with such confidence."
What's the big deal about stealing a wallet? I even robbed a bank … Yang Cheng thought, but he naturally wouldn't say it out loud. He just shook his head and said, "No, people always make mistakes. At least you're much more noble than me. I've been to the police station twice. "
Mo Qianni finally smiled and continued, "You might know a little about what happened after that. After I came here alone, I thought of ways to study by myself. With the help of Aunt Xiang and a few other fellow villagers, and some help from the welfare institute, I went to junior high school. Later, because Ruoxi's grandmother, who is the old CEO of Yu Lei International, came to our school to give a speech, she took a fancy to me and trained me. From then on, I could really raise my head in Zhonghai. If it wasn't for the old CEO, there wouldn't be today's Mo Qianni … Now you should understand why I was so angry when I found out that you, a scoundrel, married Ruoxi. "
Yang Cheng nodded in understanding.
The most precious kindness in the world was nothing more than providing charcoal in a snowy day. Although Mo Qianni said it lightly, it was obvious that it allowed a girl who came from a remote mountain village, had no one to rely on, and was even dispensable in the world to enter a real school and come into contact with everything about the upper class. Moreover, it allowed her to become an elite in Zhonghai's business world. What Lin Ruoxi's grandmother gave to Mo Qianni was definitely not just material help. Perhaps it was more like a spiritual pillar to support Mo Qianni. Of course, along the way, the effort that Mo Qianni put in was definitely several times more than that of an ordinary person. The bitterness, sweetness, and bitterness, perhaps only she could understand.
"In the end, I finally made money. I still remember when I sent the first sum of money to my mother, she cried for a long time on the phone, but we were all very happy … Mother knew that I had grown up, and I also knew that I could finally take care of her …"
"However, that was also the beginning of Zhang Fugui's obsession with gambling. He knew that I could receive a sizable salary every month, and after I settled down in Zhonghai, my gambling became bigger and bigger. In the beginning, it was just a few cents or a few yuan. Later on, I gambled ten or twenty yuan with some people. Until these two years, it was already around a few hundred yuan. "Mo Qianni sighed softly.
Yang Cheng frowned, "Then why didn't you let your mother divorce him? Why didn't you let your mother leave him and live with you in Zhonghai? With your income, you could totally make mother and daughter live a good life. Why would you care about that gambling addict? "
Mo Qianni smiled bitterly, "To you, he was a shameful gambling addict. To me, he was an incompetent and shameful stepfather … But to my mother, he was the man who took her in when she was at her most lonely. He was the man who accompanied her for more than ten years. No matter how bad Zhang Fugui was, he did not do anything evil to my mother. He was always by her side … "
"So for your mother, you have been giving money to help Zhang Fugui pay off his gambling debts? You even agreed to let him come to Zhonghai? " Yang Chen already understood the cause of the matter, and sighed. Every family has its own difficulties, if he didn't hear it from Mo Qianni's own mouth, who would've known that this beautiful upper-class person with limitless fame would have such a dark background?
Mo Qianni nodded, "What else could I do? I couldn't force my mother to divorce. My mother couldn't refuse Zhang Fugui's request, and I couldn't refuse the request of my only relative."
"Do you think your mother loved Zhang Fugui?" Yang Cheng asked.
Mo Qianni was stunned and said, "If she didn't love him, she wouldn't have stayed with him in that poor and remote village. Even if she knew that her daughter already had a house, a car, and a career in the bustling city, she still stayed with Zhang Fugui silently, guarding the dilapidated house and two acres of farmland."
"How can you be so sure? I guess maybe your mother didn't want your career to be affected because of her. After all, if someone knew your real background, it might be disadvantageous for you at work."
"I don't care!" Mo Qianni was a little excited. She really didn't think of this. After being pointed out by Yang Cheng, she suddenly became a little more clear-headed, "Do you really think that's the case? My mother didn't love Zhang Fugui, but was afraid of delaying my future? "
Yang Cheng thought for a moment and smiled strangely, "If you are willing to believe me, we can do an experiment. After that, everything will come to light."
"Experiment?" Mo Qianni looked at Yang Cheng in confusion, but out of instinctive trust, she nodded slightly.
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