Chapter 173: Shameless

  Jiang Youtao looked back and saw that the young man was still standing at the door. Jiang Youtao didn't talk to him and went straight into the house. She took some snacks from the backpack space of the melon-eating system and put them in her mouth to eat. She clicked on the personal profile of the 19th small world.

  This is a documentary novel written from the perspective of the little nephew Wang Yurong, and the protagonist of the book is his uncle Su Zhiyuan.

  In his description, his uncle was an educated youth who went to the countryside. He was the best-looking and most capable among the educated youth in the village. After he came into the family, he took on all the responsibilities of his family. When he returned to the city, his grandmother's unreasonable demands and his aunt's threat of suicide forced his family to follow him.

  He went from being a rural person to a person in the capital. When he arrived in the capital, his uncle was the only one who supported the family. His uncle had no children, so he treated him and his younger uncle as his own children. From their schooling to their marriage and having children, everything was arranged by his uncle.

  In the book, Wang Yurong used all the words of praise for his uncle. Everyone who knew them praised his uncle's kindness and greatness. There was even a newspaper that interviewed his uncle.

  At the end of the book, Wang Yurong expresses his sincere gratitude to his uncle. Turning to the back, there is a personal profile of the protagonist of the story.

  Jiang Youtao is no longer in the mood to watch it. A great enemy is really a great enemy. Jiang Youtao feels very tired. Every time she sees this kind of great enemy plot, she wants to rush up and slap the great enemies twice to make them wake up. They have lived their whole lives for others. Apart from being praised for being great, what have they gained?

  Take Su Zhiyuan for example. He raised Wang Yurong and Bai Yaozu with great difficulty, and treated them like his own sons. He took care of everything from starting a family to building a career. But what did he get in the end?

  In his old age, Wang Yurong took his biological father back to the countryside and was very filial to him. His uncle Su Zhiyuan used to have a lot of influence in front of him, but when his biological father came, he was nothing.

  Not to mention his brother-in-law Bai Yaozu, he is just treated as a brother-in-law by him. When this person want to listen to him, Su Zhiyuan is a big shot, but when this person don't want to listen to him, he is shit. If he does well, he will be praised at most, but maybe he will be accused of being a sucker behind his back.

  If the job was not done well, Old Mrs. Bai would have wanted to shout through the streets with a loudspeaker.

  Jiang Youtao took out a bunch of seedless grapes and went out to wash them. When she came back, she heard people talking next door. It wasn't that she meant to eavesdrop, but it was mainly because Old Mrs. Bai's voice was so loud that it was hard for her not to hear.

  Jiang Youtao stood there, pricked up her ears.

  "Xiao Su, why don't you come in? Are you hungry? Let me make you a bowl of noodles." Old Mrs. Bai was smiling, and her eyes were full of enthusiasm and love when she looked at Su Zhiyuan.

  If someone didn't know the situation, they would definitely think that Su Zhiyuan was his biological son rather than his son-in-law.

  Su Zhiyuan's gaze fell on Old Lady Bai's face.

  He was a very tolerant person, so tolerant that he didn't care even though he knew that Bai Yanlan's purpose of marrying him was not so pure. After all, it was his fault.

  In order to make up to Bai Yanlan, he has always been tolerant of the Bai family.

  In his previous life, except for the very beginning, Old Lady Bai had always been so kind to him, even at one point so kind that she even outshined Su Zhiyuan's own mother.

  When Mrs. Bai saw that Su Zhiyuan didn't say anything, she called him.

  Su Zhiyuan's thoughts were pulled out of his previous life: "I'm not hungry, I'm going to rest first."

  Su Zhiyuan walked straight into the room of his previous life.

  He lived in the west wing. How ridiculous! He had clearly spent his own money to rent the house, but he could only live in the wing. The main room was given to Old Mrs. Bai and her sister-in-law, and her brother-in-law lived in the east wing. The smallest, narrowest and worst-lit west wing was where he and Bai Yanlan lived.

  In his previous life, Su Zhiyuan didn't care, thinking that he didn't live here for many days in a year, so it didn't matter if he lived in a small house. But he was wrong. For the rest of his life, wherever he went, the Bai family followed him, and he never got rid of the Bai family.

  Sometimes Su Zhiyuan didn't understand why he had to go to so much trouble to be nice to the Bai family, even to the point of sacrificing himself and his family.

  It has been two days since Su Zhiyuan was reborn, and he has been thinking about this problem. Before he came back here, he went to the hospital first. He suspected that he was sick and mentally ill, but the hospital said that he was talking nonsense and wasting national resources, and he was very healthy.

  Bai Yanlan stood up from the bed and walked towards him with a gentle smile: "Why did you come back so suddenly? Today is not the weekend?"

  If it were in his previous life, Su Zhiyuan would not have felt that there was something behind Bai Yanlan's words. It was because he was reborn that he could hear Bai Yanlan's voice-over.

  "Come backso suddenly", "Not on the weekend". Even the period in these words told Su Zhiyuan that Bai Yanlan did not welcome him.

  Su Zhiyuan looked at Bai Yanlan and suddenly remembered his marriage with Bai Yanlan.

  It was the summer of the year before last. A sudden rainstorm trapped him on the hill where he was chopping firewood. When the rain finally stopped, he hurried down the hill, but he accidentally slipped and fell down the slope.

  The mountains in Shandong Province are very big, and there are wolves on the mountains. If he hadn't met Bai Yanlan who also went up the mountain to chop firewood, he might have died there.

  Before the accident, he had never had any contact with Bai Yanlan. When Bai Yanlan helped him back to the village, rumors began to spread in the village.

  Su Zhiyuan fell ill after he returned and had a fever for four or five days. He was in a daze and had no idea what was going on outside.

  It wasn't until Bai Yanlan's sister Bai Yulan found him and scolded him that he reacted.

  It was an age when words could kill. After being scolded, Su Zhiyuan asked his roommates. After hearing their descriptions, he realized how outrageous the rumors outside were.

  Their conversation had evolved from him being rescued from the mountains by Bai Yanlan to him and Bai Yanlan just going to the mountains to have sex. Some people even said with certainty that Bai Yanlan was no longer a young girl, which could be seen from the way she walked.

  Su Zhiyuan didn't know whether it was true or not. He only remembered that when he went to find Bai Yanlan, Bai Yanlan was jumping into the river. He rescued her, and then not long after, they got married.

  At the enthusiastic request of Old Mrs. Bai, the shameless Su Zhiyuan moved into the Bai family not long after he went to the countryside. From then on, he took on the burden of the Bai family's life.

  Thinking back to his past life, Su Zhiyuan felt that it was really stupid.

  Su Zhiyuan looked at Bai Yanlan and suddenly said, "Yanlan, shall we have a child?"

  Su Zhiyuan stared at Bai Yanlan closely. He clearly saw the resistance on Bai Yanlan's face after she heard what he said.

  Su Zhiyuan closed his eyes, and Bai Yanlan's nervous voice was in his ears: "Didn't we agree that we will have children after you graduate? I don't want you to be so tired, Zhiyuan. I am incompetent. My mother, sister and brother are all very weak. I am sorry for dragging you down."

  Su Zhiyuan thought of his previous life. Bai Yanlan always said the same thing. When they first got married, she said that she was still young and didn't want to have a child so soon. Coincidentally, he also didn't want to have a child so soon, so the matter was shelved.

  The college entrance examination was resumed, and he had to prepare for it, so the matter of having a child was shelved. Later, Bai Yanlan said that she would wait until he graduated from college and had a stable job, and then, Wang Yurong would grow up, get married and have children. Later on, this matter was never mentioned again.

  Because once it was mentioned, Bai Yanlan was 100% going to apologize, and she said the same thing.

  It was also because he was stupid in his previous life and didn't think twice. Mrs. Bai was not old at all. She was only fifty years old. She was always good at fighting with others for things. Even a strong man in his thirties could not beat her.

  Weak? Bai Yulan is not weak. She was so strong that she could go to the disco and dance the whole night in the 1980s.

  Not to mention being young, Bai Yaozong is already fifteen years old. Fifteen-year-old boys in the village have almost earned full work points. How many times has Bai Yaozong worked in the fields?

  Wang Yurong is still young, only four years old, so he does not comment on this.

  "Zhiyuan, we agreed on it." After not hearing Su Zhiyuan's reply for a long time, Bai Yanlan was obviously a little panicked, and her voice was shaking.

  At this moment, Su Zhiyuan even thought that he was a beast who forced women of good character into prostitution.

  Su Zhiyuan didn't care about children, and he didn't care whether he had children or not. He even felt that life without children was quite easy. After all, Wang Yurong was really not an easy child to take care of. Now he was four years old, and he had to get up and cry in the middle of the night. When he went to elementary school, junior high school, and high school, the situation became more frequent. At the request of everyone in the Bai family, Su Zhiyuan, the uncle, took on the responsibility of teaching him.

  After putting in all his effort, in the end, people took his efforts for granted. When he was no longer of any use, they treated him like a ladder to climb over the wall and ignored him.

  Bai Yanlan complained every day at home, complaining that Wang Yurong had no conscience, complaining about her mother and sister, and even complaining about him, and every time she brought up the fact that they didn't have children.

  It was not until she was old, sick, unable to move, and hospitalized that he learned that Bai Yanlan had a history of childbearing and had suffered two miscarriages.

  How ridiculous! He never had children of his own in his life, but his wife gave birth to children and had miscarriages.

  Su Zhiyuan looked at her: "Okay, whatever you want, I'm leaving."

  Su Zhiyuan slammed the door and walked out. Old Mrs. Bai ran out of the kitchen without even touching the corner of his clothes. Old Mrs. Bai walked into the west wing with a spatula, and Bai Yanlan was still a little unresponsive.

  Old Mrs. Bai looked at Bai Yanlan and her expression changed immediately: "Yanlan, what did you say to Zhiyuan? Why did Zhiyuan leave without even standing at home for a moment?"

  Bai Yanlan shook her head: "I don't know. He said he wanted to have a baby. I told him to wait until he graduated, and then he left."

  Old Mrs. Bai smacked her lips and said, "Alright, just discuss this with him. But I just have one thing to say, even if you want to have a baby, you have to make arrangements with Yurong before you can have the baby."

  Bai Yanlan looked outside and saw Wang Yurong had drawn a grid in the yard and was playing hopscotch by throwing stones. Bai Yanlan's expression softened immediately.

  It was at this time that Bai Yulan came into the room: "Mom, mom, have you prepared dinner? I'm hungry."

  Mrs. Bai quickly responded, "It will be ready soon. It will be ready soon. Wash your face and hands first and wait in the room."

  Bai Yulan went to the west room swinging her bag. Wang Yurong stopped dancing and called out "Mom" and ran towards Bai Yulan. The two of them walked into the house affectionately. Bai Yanlan lowered her eyes, and the corners of her mouth that had just turned up drooped.

  Jiang Youtao ate grapes and walked slowly into the house. She was confused after eating today's melon, so she decided to take a look at the collapse report of the small world No. 19.

  The collapse report of the small world on the 19th was unremarkable, but it was precisely because of its ordinariness that it was considered a big deal.

  There were only a few lines in the crash report, which told about how, when he was old, Su Zhiyuan discovered that Bai Yanlan had given birth to a child and had suffered two miscarriages. Su Zhiyuan traced the truth all the way, and when he was about to find out the truth, the small world restarted.

  Jiang Youtao stared at the last few words of the crash report for a long time: [ Tongzi came out to get beaten. ]

  The melon-eating system rolled out smoothly, and Jiang Youtao pointed at the crash report: [ What does this mean? ]

  The melon-eating system cried out: [ I don't know either, host. I asked No. 19 about the consciousness of the small world, and it was also confused. It said that it had never taken care of the small world. It just slept for a while and woke up. The small world collapsed and restarted. ]

  There are many kinds of small worlds, there are good ones, bad ones, stupid ones, and of course ignorant ones. No. 19 is obviously one of the ignorant ones.

  After hearing what the melon-eating system said, Jiang Youtao didn't care about it. Anyway, the melon owner was next door and the truth would always come to light.

  After a good night's sleep, Jiang Youtao woke up very early the next day, without waiting for Fu Shaohua and Gu Nianwei to come and find her. When she went out, she happened to see a woman in her twenties sweeping the street in front of the door.

  Jiang Youtao took a quick look and found that this woman was 80% similar to the woman who flirted with Fu Shaohua yesterday. When she saw Jiang Youtao, she smiled at her awkwardly. Jiang Youtao nodded at her and went to knock on Gu Nianwei's door. Gu Nianwei came out quickly. They walked a few steps forward and saw Fu Shaohua striding towards them.

  Jiang Youtao gave the bike to Fu Shaohua and sat in the back of the bike. Fu Shaohua kicked the bike with his long legs and rode away, with Gu Nianwei chasing after him.

  The two bicycles chased each other and soon got out of the alley.

  Bai Yanlan's gaze followed them all the time, and the envy in her eyes was almost overflowing.

  Bai Yulan grabbed a handful of melon seeds and walked out the door with a clatter. She glanced at the next door and said, "Yan'er, is the girl next door's boyfriend handsome?"

  Bai Yulan had a wicked smile on her face, but Bai Yanlan couldn't remember what the man looked like. She only remembered the wanton smiles on the faces of the two girls next door when they just went out.

  Seeing that she didn't say anything, Bai Yulan curled her lips and went back to the house while cracking melon seeds.

  The floor that Bai Yanlan had just swept was dirty again. Bai Yanlan watched for a moment, then resigned herself to picking up the broom and sweeping the floor.

  Before she put down the broom after entering the house, Bai Yanlan was stopped by her brother Bai Yaozu: "Second sister, talk to your brother-in-law and give me some pocket money. I saw a toy in the department store, but mom said she didn't have the money to buy it, so she asked me to ask you for money."

  Bai Yanlan pursed her lips and said, "I don't have any money. Your brother-in-law is not at home. Wait until he comes back and ask him for it."

  Bai Yaozu burst into tears. Old Mrs. Bai ran out of the house and hugged Bai Yaozu, who was crying without tears. "What's wrong? What's wrong, Yan'er? What did you do to our Yaozu?"

  Bai Yanlan said: "Yaozu wanted to buy a toy and asked me for money, but I didn't have any."

  Old Mrs. Bai glared at her and said, "How can you be a sister? How can you be a sister? If he wants you to give him to me, can't you just give him to me? Don't you have my son-in-law, right? Bai Yanlan, have you grown wings? Do you not want your mother or your brothers and sisters anymore because you have a man?"

  "You are so heartless, Bai Yanlan. I really regret it. I regret it so much. If I had known you were such a person, I should not have saved you. My poor Zong'er, why did you leave me and go away by yourself?"

  Old Mrs. Bai sat on the ground, patting her chest and wailing.

  Bai Yanlan pursed her lips. After a long while, she returned to her room and took out the spare money that Su Zhiyuan had left for her: "This is all I have."

  Bai Yaozu snatched the money from Bai Yanlan's hand. Old Mrs. Bai stood up from the ground, and her tears flowed like a faucet, shutting off immediately: "Son, after dinner, we will go to the mall to buy the toys you mentioned."

  "I know my mom is the best."

  The mother and son left in a loving manner. Bai Yanlan returned to her room and stared at the iron box containing the money in a daze.

  The money Su Zhiyuan left for her has run out.

  After pondering for a while, Bai Yanlan decided to go to school and ask Su Zhiyuan for money.

  His family is well-off. His parents and brothers are all cadres. There is no one in the family who eats for free. But their family is different. Her sister Dexing can't stay in anything for long. She has no ability. Her brother is young, Yurong has not grown up yet, and her mother is old. Their family still has rural household registration, and the only person they can rely on is Su Zhiyuan.

  When Jiang Youtao saw Bai Yanlan downstairs of Fu Shaohua's dormitory, she remembered that Su Zhiyuan was also a student of Capital University, but the novel did not focus on describing his resume.

  The two of them stood on each side downstairs waiting for someone, and except for the initial nods to each other, they didn't say anything to each other.

  Soon, Su Zhiyuan and Fu Shaohua came one after another. Su Zhiyuan walked towards Bai Yanlan step by step and stopped two steps away from Bai Yanlan. Fu Shaohua came to Jiang Youtao's side and stood with her. The two walked out affectionately.

  Before they had gone far, Jiang Youtao heard Bai Yanlan say, "Zhiyuan, the twenty yuan you left for the family is gone. Yaozu wanted to buy a toy, so he took it all. I also bought one for Yurong with the remaining few yuan. You know, their ages are not that different. If Yaozu have what he have, but Yurong doesn't have, when outsiders who hears about it, they will gossip about it. When you go out, people will say that you are only good to your brother-in-law and not to your nephew. You are not fair, right?"

  Facing Su Zhiyuan, Bai Yanlan explained subconsciously, and at the end of the explanation, her words became more confident.

  Su Zhiyuan looked at her quietly, and when she finished speaking, Su Zhiyuan asked calmly, "How much do you want?"

  Bai Yanlan showed a happy smile on her face, thinking of Wang Yurong's satisfied look when he got the toy but still secretly looked at the toy in his younger brother's hand, and said, "20."

  Bai Yanlan was waiting for Su Zhiyuan to pay.

  Su Zhiyuan has always been so generous.

  His grandparents loved him and always sent a lot of money to Su Zhiyuan every time they wrote to him. This time when he came back, the old couple gave Su Zhiyuan a lot of pocket money. Twenty yuan was nothing to Su Zhiyuan.

  Bai Yanlan asked for this amount only after careful calculation.

  20 yuan is not a lot of money, and Su Zhiyuan did not take it seriously. His grandparents were of high status, and his parents had good work benefits. He had never lacked money since he was a child, and he had never suffered any hardship. Su Zhiyuan always tried to satisfy Bai Yanlan's requests.

  Including the fact that her family shamelessly said they wanted to follow him back to the capital, that they insisted on living in his house, and that after the two families had a conflict, they had to move out and rent a new house.

  It was the same in his previous life. He never refused Bai Yanlan's request, no matter how outrageous it was.

  And this happens to be the most outrageous thing.

  "No, I have no money."

  Bai Yanlan raised her head suddenly, her eyes suddenly became particularly harsh, and her voice unconsciously became sharp: "How could you not have any money? How could you not have any money? Didn't your grandparents just give you a hundred dollars a few days ago? Have you spent it all?"

  Her sharp voice made Jiang Youtao and Fu Shaohua stop at the same time. They were the ones who had listened to the entire conversation between Su and Bai. When they heard what Bai Yanlan said, they looked at her with a hint of inquiry.

  How shameless.

  What kind of family is this? She buy two toys at a time, and when she have no money left after buying the toys, they come to her partner for more. When hee partner says he has no money, she set her sights on the private money given by his grandparents.