Volume 4: Beginning of Spring Chapter 72 Rain
After returning to the store, Jiang You took out two boxes of green dumplings from the paper bag and placed them side by side.
There are four in each box .
He decided to eat something sweet first.
He opened the box, picked up a green dumpling, bit open the skin, it was soft and chewy, and the bean paste inside was still hot. He looked up and wanted to ask Chen Nan to eat with him, but he saw Chen Nan walking downstairs with a towel.
She stood behind him, put the towel over his head and began to wipe his hair.
Jiang You was forced to turn his head left and right, forward and backward while stuffing the green dumplings into his mouth.
"Almost, almost..."
Chen Nan folded the towel several times and placed it on the table. After sitting down, she noticed the milk and fruit on the table.
Jiang You pushed the box towards her and said, "My weight loss teacher gave it to me to urge me to go to class."
"Weight loss teacher?" Chen Nan flipped through the bag. "Mangosteen, longan, so many."
"That muscular guy from the gym."
Chen Nan remembered, "Is that the one who trained you so hard that day?"
"That's him."
"So responsible?" Chen Nan was a little unconvinced
"Yeah, there's something else." Jiang You opened another box, picked up a candy, and bit off most of it. "He asked me to go tomorrow, and I think I can definitely lose weight this time." He sighed, "I have to lose weight. I think I can control it to around 70 kilograms. I feel that fat people are discriminated against recently."
“Who discriminated against you?”
"When you watch novels or TV shows, there's always a fat supporting character who's either running around in a hurry when walls and buildings collapse, or being forced to listen to the hero and heroine's emotional problems."
Chen Nan watched Jiang You pick up another one and said, "Leave two for Jiang Mo."
"He doesn't like to eat these," Jiang You turned to look at Chen Nan and asked, "Don't you want to eat them?"
The rain got heavier.
The sound of rain also got heavier.
"This rain will continue for several days. The weather forecast says the sun won't come out until Qingming Festival," Chen Nan picked up a plastic fork from the box and forked one up. "I'll take Yunyun to visit the grave next week."
"I want to go to the grave too and bring Jiang Mo to see my parents."
Chen Nan glanced at Jiang You and asked, "What about his parents?"
"They are also buried in Wangshan Cemetery. Let's go there together."
"I thought their ashes would be buried in their hometown."
"No, it seems that they didn't want them to be buried together. I don't know how it was resolved. Anyway, Jiang Mo's uncle paid for the cemetery in the end. He called me last year and told me about it. I think he got my phone number from the welfare home."
"Their family is too cruel. Jiang Mo is their grandson after all. Haven't they ever come to see him?"
"That's what I thought," Jiang You took out a tissue and wiped his hands, "I took him to Thailand during the Chinese New Year because I was afraid they would come looking for me."
"Will his uncle come?" Chen Nan asked.
"He went to Africa to work."
"Africa?" Chen Nan sounded surprised.
"Yes, he went there to make money. The cheapest cemetery in Wangshan Cemetery costs fifty or sixty thousand yuan," Jiang You leaned on the table. "He seems to have a criminal record and has never had a proper job. I guess his sister helped him a lot in the past, so his sister's in-laws..."
Jiang You didn't say anything else. Chen Nan understood what he said. "It's hard to say who is right or wrong in this matter."
"There's no need to figure it out. He is my son now."
Chen Nan ate one sweet and one salty. "It's delicious and not sticky, but it's not worth waiting in line for an hour or two."
"I also want to make a hit postcard that people will line up for. For example, I can cooperate with Jinguang Temple to make a blessing postcard. I only sell 100 of them a month. This way," Jiang You thought about it and felt that there was great potential. "I will find two good-looking monks to perform the blessing ceremony in my yard. There is a monk named Hongzhen there. I think he can..."
Chen Nan listened quietly to Jiang You's nonsense.
The wind bent the branches.
Crystal clear water droplets fell into the soil along with the rain.
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Raindrops weaved on the car windows.
Guan Nuo turned his head and asked, "Uncle Zhuang, will they really come to Laojin Mountain?"
Zhuang Zekun was driving the car. He said, "I don't know."
Then he explained to Guan Nuo: "Everything we are doing now is to strive for the initiative and the right to choose the battle location."
The wipers flickered across the front window.
"What kind of person is Hu Yuefeng?"
“No matter what kind of person he is, anyone who borrows the power of ghosts and gods will eventually be devoured by them,” Zhuang Zekun said in a low voice. “He will gradually lose his mind and reveal his true colors. The power and wealth he gained by stealing the life and fortune of others will also disappear in an instant. For so many years, I have always believed in this.”
Got on the viaduct.
The car speed increased.
"Xiao Nuo, you must remember this."
"I know."
"I feel like their actions have been messed up recently."
Zhuang Zekun thought of Shu Xing who almost suffocated to death.
He fell into deep thought.
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The rain washed the road.
Cars sped past, splashing water, wetting the pants and shoes of pedestrians on the roadside.
Sun Xiu looked at the buildings of varying heights that were blurred in the mist and rain and stretched all the way to the skyline.
It was getting darker.
"I received news from Baihe Temple. Zhuang Zekun and Guan Nuo are there."
"Boss Sun, Sister Shu is worried about the Goddess. She has been responsible for the Goddess's life and safety in the past few years."
Sun Xiu turned around and saw three men in black jackets standing there.
His eyes slowly scanned their faces, finally stopping on the man standing in the middle, who had spoken before.
"She acted on her own and exposed us, and you still want me to save her?" Sun Xiu's tone was very calm, "Hong Kang, do you want us all to die?"
Hong Kang was stumped by the question.
"Why did Master Hu ask us to come to Tangjiang? Who is Shu Xing? If we save her, it will ruin Master Hu's plan. She will still die, right?" Sun Xiu continued to ask, "Have you ever thought about why Master Hu asked the goddess to come to Tangjiang, given her noble status?"
"Because of Zhuang Zekun." Hong Kang said.
"Why are we here?"
"Because of Zhuang Zekun."
"Just remember it."
"But why do we have to wait until Lady Goddess and Zhuang Zekun meet..."
"Mr. Hu has his own plans. We should do what we should do," Sun Xiu did not answer Hong Kang's question. "Zhuang Zekun did not meet Huang Juan as we planned. Now, the initiative is in their hands. We must take it back." He paused. "Guan Nuo is Sang Xu's son. He must want revenge himself."
"But the one who killed Sang Xu..."
"It was me who gave the order back then," Sun Xiu took a step forward. "Guan Nuo is young, still studying, and has a student-like vibe. He is the best opportunity to make a breakthrough."
