The Delicate Darling with Her Rough Man-Chapter 244 - 243: Got Slapped

Chen Beiguo was furious.

He couldn’t bring himself to hit a woman, so he turned on Chen Shulan’s husband instead.

Lin Jiandong: ...

’This damn woman really knows how to cause trouble for me.’

’Can’t she see she’s pissed everyone off? And she’s still here, running her mouth.’

He was weak in front of Leng Yuan.

But when it came to his own wife, he wasn’t the least bit soft.

Before Chen Beiguo could make a move, he slapped Chen Shulan across the face and snarled.

"Shut your mouth."

Chen Shulan’s eyes widened in disbelief.

"You dare hit me!"

Lin Jiandong’s family was dirt-poor. His father had died young, so his mother had to raise the children all by herself. They were lucky if they had enough to eat, let alone find him a wife.

She had married him because she thought he was a simple, honest man, and she hadn’t even asked for a bride price.

She had chosen him specifically because he didn’t hit women.

But today, Lin Jiandong had actually hit her.

She lunged forward, trying to claw at Lin Jiandong’s face.

But Lin Jiandong was a man, and he was stronger than her.

He threw Chen Shulan off with a powerful shove, his expression dark and terrifying.

"Enough! Keep making a scene and I’ll beat you to death."

Seeing Lin Jiandong’s grim expression, Chen Shulan flinched!

’That expression... It was the exact same one her father wore whenever he beat her mother and her.’

Chen Shulan was scared. She shrank to one side and finally quieted down.

Chen Shulan had only been upset and had taken it out on Sweet Girl to vent her frustration.

But Chen Shulan’s words had reopened old wounds, and Sweet Girl hung her head, furtively wiping away her tears.

The sight made all the onlookers’ hearts ache.

The gazes that fell upon Chen Shulan were as sharp as knives.

Chen Shulan turned her face away, pretending she didn’t see!

The crowd: ...

’This is infuriating! We really want to hit someone!’

Gu Jiaojiao stroked Sweet Girl’s hair and suddenly spoke up.

"Who says no one wants Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang? I’ll adopt them. Village Chief, Brigade Leader, please draw up a certificate for me."

"What? You want to adopt Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang?"

Chen Beiguo instinctively glanced at Leng Yuan.

"She calls the shots."

Chen Beiguo: ...

He immediately looked away.

His gaze shifted back to Gu Jiaojiao.

"You’re only eighteen, and Sweet Girl is already thirteen. How can you adopt her?"

At her age, she couldn’t possibly adopt Sweet Girl as a daughter.

Gu Jiaojiao looked to her husband.

’A good man is a man who can solve problems.’

Leng Yuan spoke up immediately.

"On behalf of my parents, I can take in Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang as my goddaughter and godson."

The crowd was stunned.

"Goddaughter and godson?"

"That’s right."

Sweet Girl’s parents had loved their two children dearly; they had starved to death protecting them so that they could live.

They didn’t want the children to have to change their surname, nor did they want them to forget their own parents.

Making them a goddaughter and godson was the perfect solution.

Chen Beiguo instantly understood Leng Yuan’s intentions, but he still asked one more question just to be sure.

"Are you sure?"

Although Leng Yuan was capable and lived a slightly better life than most, suddenly having to raise two children was no easy task.

Leng Yuan nodded.

"I’m sure."

Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang never expected Gu Jiaojiao and Leng Yuan to take them in.

And they wouldn’t even stop them from missing their own parents.

Sweet Girl smiled, but as she smiled, she suddenly began to cry.

"Sister, I’ll be good from now on, I promise."

’She swore that she would work more, eat less, and help her sister pick more soapberries in the future.’

’She would never be a burden to her.’

Sweet Girl wiped away her tears and turned to look at Xiao Yang.

Xiao Yang blinked his jet-black eyes, clutching tightly to Gu Jiaojiao’s hand with a look of pure reliance.

Her brother hadn’t spoken a word since their parents passed away, but Sweet Girl could tell that he was very happy.

Gu Jiaojiao ruffled both of their heads. ’They’re good kids.’

The brigade leader immediately wrote out two certificates.

One dissolved the adoption agreement between the Lin Family and Sweet Girl.

The other was a document to add Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang to Leng Yuan and Gu Jiaojiao’s household register.

It wasn’t strictly necessary to add them to the register.

However, considering that Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang would eventually go to school, and many things required a legal guardian, it would be a huge hassle if they weren’t on the same household register.

They would have to come to the brigade for a certificate every time they needed to do anything.

’In any case, just putting them on the same household register wouldn’t cause any problems.’

’If Sweet Girl wanted to move her registration out in the future, she wouldn’t object.’

Lin Jiandong watched as things unfolded.

He was silent for a moment, and then it finally dawned on him.

"No wonder you made such a fuss. So it was for the house all along! Ha! I knew you weren’t that kind-hearted. And you have the nerve to criticize me? Aren’t you just after the house, too?"

He was seething with aggression. He had finally found someone just like himself and was desperate to announce it to everyone.