Chapter 126: Purpose
Ying Sisi took the package after signing the receipt. She noticed that the return address was her old home in the south, and the sender was Hu Zhiqing.
My relationship with Hu Zhiqing isn't close. Why would he send me something?
She opened the outer layer of the packaging.
A long box was inside.
There was a letter on top of the box. It was addressed to Ying Sisi.
It was in Grandma Hua Kui's handwriting.
Is she thanking me for sending the winter clothes?
Why be so polite? It doesn't cost anything to send a package back.
*****
She opened the letter and read:
Ying Sisi,
I received your winter clothes.
They're so warm.
You've been in the city for 123 days, right?
Ever since you went to the city, I haven't slept well. It's not because I miss you. It's because I have no one to keep me company. It's too lonely.
Don't think it's because I'm not married or don't have children.
The married women with children in the village are the same as me when they get old.
I think I'm more comfortable.
Don't worry about whether I'm doing well. I'm fine.
How is your dad treating you?
If he's mistreating you, come back and live with me.
But if you can avoid coming back, then don't come back.
This place is poor and remote. There's no future staying here forever.
And your aunt is still that way. I can't protect you.
The things in the box were kept at my place when your mother was still around. I was going to give them to you before you left. But I was worried that you were lacking in love, and I wanted to win over your dad. I foolishly showed them to him. I reminisced about your mother with him.
Have you figured out your dad these past few months?
I think that with your intelligence, you've already seen through him.
Take care of yourself.
That's all.
*****
After Ying Sisi finished reading the letter, she wanted to rush back home to get to the bottom of it.
Why did Mom put the things at your place? Why not at my grandparents' place?
Do you two have a secret understanding?
She put down the letter and opened the lid of the box. Inside was a badge with a sun design and a good quality ox horn comb.
“Why can't Dad see the badge and the comb?”
“What are you hiding?”
Ying Sisi couldn't figure it out. She picked up the badge and looked at it. There was a number 0001 on the back.
What does it mean?
The first person to receive the badge?
At that moment, a neighbor knocked on the door and said,
“Sisi, there's a man outside who says he's your dad. He says he has something to tell you.”
“Oh, I know. Thank you.” Ying Sisi went out to meet him.
Li Junlu was rubbing his hands, frozen. “I've finally arrived. I have something to tell you, about your sister.” He looked around at the people coming and going in the doorway. “Let's talk inside.”
Ying Sisi pursed her lips. Is he coming to settle scores with me? From his attitude, it doesn't seem like that. “Go ahead.”
“Take me inside first. I'm freezing to death.”
Ying Sisi didn't feel sorry for him at all. You know it's cold?!
It was even colder the day you asked me to pick up Qin Yanci.
She deliberately slowed down.
It was a three-minute walk, but she took five minutes.
After entering the house.
Li Junlu asked for water.
Ying Sisi poured him some hot tea.
After Li Junlu finished drinking, he sighed in comfort. “Finally warm.”
“Didn't you have something to say?” Ying Sisi reminded him.
Li Junlu paused for a moment. He gritted his teeth. “Your sister went home yesterday and said she was sick. Today she said she can't get out of bed and didn't go to work. Your mom and I were not at home, so Feng Shuangxi took advantage of the situation. He had that big mouth from the Cheng family bring people over to catch her red-handed. Your aunt got so angry that she was hospitalized. I really don't like this marriage. But they can't not get married either. We're planning to have the engagement ceremony this weekend. You should go back home.”
Ying Sisi was shocked. Li Yuwei is too hasty.
What's her purpose?
She guessed that they asked her to attend the engagement ceremony so that she could help with the food.
She didn't want to be a worker, and she couldn't think of an excuse.
She hesitated between turning against them and not turning against them. “Didn't you already see her? It's just that no one caught her red-handed last time. It must be Yuwei's intention.”
(End of Chapter)
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