The Tempting Educated Youth Married to a Rough Man-Chapter 213 - 209: The Zhong Family Falls, Zhong Xiaonan Comes Begging for Shelter
The house where Xiao Chendong’s family currently lives was allocated by the cannery.
After Xiao Chendong was kicked out, Zhong Xiaonan was no longer a family member of a worker, so naturally, she didn’t qualify to live in the cannery’s housing.
But...
Wen Ran still felt something was off, "Xiao Chenye, is there something you’re still hiding from me?"
Tsk~
Xiao Chenye didn’t expect Wen Ran to be even sharper than he imagined, so he simply pulled her to a corner.
He briefly explained what happened to Zhong Xiaonan.
Honestly, under normal circumstances, Zhong Xiaonan wouldn’t be this down-and-out.
Even without Xiao Chendong’s job, she had her own fallback—her father.
"She has nowhere to go now," Xiao Chenye succinctly explained, "After Xiao Chendong was taken away, those at the cannery who’d long been displeased with him began to kick him while he was down."
Xiao Chendong’s personal relationships were a bit tangled, having maintained an inappropriate communication for a long time with a widow accountant from the accounting office.
If this widow had always been a widow, it would have been one thing.
The key issue was that she got married recently, becoming a new bride, and their relationship has threads that hadn’t completely broken yet, creating a sense of old flames rekindling.
This situation, like firewood meeting a flame, can sometime be hard to control.
There were some suggestive bruises on the body, and the widow’s new man was no pushover.
He didn’t make a scene, didn’t even publicize it. He just quietly observed the woman he married, then exposed Xiao Chendong.
Before that man had even decided what to do, Xiao Chendong met his downfall.
He was taken away.
The man knew his chance to kick him while he’s down had come.
But before he could figure out how to proceed, someone reported Xiao Chendong’s promiscuous relationships, and with that, Zhong Xiaonan’s father was also exposed.
Mr. Zhong Sr. was far more formidable than Xiao Chendong.
Promiscuous relationships were the least of his misdeeds.
Relying on his position, he embezzled goods totaling up to ten thousand yuan.
Ten thousand yuan in the seventies.
Suffice it to say, Mr. Zhong Sr.’s daring was remarkable.
Convicted of multiple offenses, Mr. Zhong Sr. didn’t even get the chance to "serve" in harsh places like the Northwest or Beijiang.
Now, he’s completely gone.
God knows into what he’ll reincarnate in the next life.
The Zhong family is now seen as vermin, everyone wants them gone.
Zhong Xiaonan never imagined her world could collapse so suddenly.
With no fallback, she begrudgingly went to the countryside, setting foot in a place she had never regarded highly.
Wen Ran was also stunned; she opened her mouth in disbelief, "So much money?"
"No less, rather more," Xiao Chenye said, half-smiling, "Not to mention the large and small yellow croakers, the jewelry wasn’t even accounted for.
I heard it was a grand sight when those things were seized."
He shifted his position and said slowly, "No wonder they looked down on us before; we weren’t in the same league. Being in-laws was a miracle for our Xiao family."
Xiao Chenye’s words cut like poison.
Word by word, they made Zhong Xiaonan’s face pale, unable to lift her head.
She never expected her family to fall so quickly and so completely.
The house had long been raided, and even her father was gone.
Xiao Chendong was also convicted of multiple offenses, and thanks to her father’s influence, his sentencing was expedited.
He’s already on a train, soon to be sent to the Northwest to plant trees and reclaim land...
Just the thought made Zhong Xiaonan feel suffocated.
She shed tears, "I know I was willful before and hurt my parents’ hearts. But where in this world would you find parents who don’t acknowledge their children?"
Zhong Xiaonan started with moral coercion, "Even if I’ve committed countless wrongs, the child is innocent. They need to call you grandpa and grandma!
Are you really that heartless?"
Heartless?
Mrs. Xiao let out a cold laugh, "Now you call us heartless? What about when you shut us out back then? Besides, if we don’t even want our son, why would we want grandchildren?"
It wasn’t that Mrs. Xiao looked down on them, but Xiao Chendong indeed took after Mrs. Xiao Sr., rotten to the core.
When bad seeds are born, how many can be good?
There are many children; they don’t lack these two.
"Let’s go," Mrs. Xiao waved her hand, "We just aren’t meant to be related. When your family was wealthy, we didn’t get involved, and now that your family has fallen, we should draw a clear line."
We can’t be kept at a distance when times are good.
Then remembered again once you’ve fallen.
That’s not how relatives work.
There’s no meaning to it.
Zhong Xiaonan looked at Mr. and Mrs. Xiao, cruel and unfeeling, and felt her heart turn cold.
She never imagined these two old foxes could be even colder than she thought.
So it seems... 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞
She shivered slightly, kneeling to kowtow to the elders, "I know I was terribly wrong before; everything is my fault. I’m not asking for forgiveness from my parents.
I only plead for my parents to keep my child," Zhong Xiaonan choked, "The child is innocent."
Xiao Chenye quietly spoke from the side, "When we went to your house before, your youngest son called me a dirty country bumpkin coming to leech off you.
Your daughter said he was right and told us to scram. How long has it been, and you’ve forgotten all that?"
Zhong Xiaonan: "...Brother-in-law, no matter what, they are just children. As an adult, isn’t it too much to be so petty with children?"
Ha~
Wen Ran didn’t like those words, so she mocked, "Oh~ If we shouldn’t fuss with children, let’s fuss with you then.
Anyway, in our eyes, you aren’t worth anything, so why don’t you leave, huh?"
Zhong Xiaonan looked at Wen Ran, "Who are you? Do you have a say in this family?"
"She’s my fiancée," Xiao Chenye said in a steely tone, "Do you think she has a say in this family?"
"Zhong Xiaonan, don’t push your luck. Leave now, or else, don’t force me to get rough."
"You’ll get rough with me?" Zhong Xiaonan laughed angrily, "A grown man, getting rough with a woman, aren’t you ashamed?
Xiao Chenye, I’m telling you, there is a cycle to everything. I’ve fallen now, but it doesn’t mean I’ll always be down!"
She declared confidently, "I advise you not to be too absolute in your actions."
Mr. and Mrs. Xiao didn’t intend to resort to violence, just wanted to drive her away with words, but Xiao Chenye clicked his tongue, "Are you leaving or not?"
"If you want to drive me away, I—ah..."
Just before she finished speaking, Xiao Chenye stepped forward and gave her a vicious kick, "While I still have patience, take your two brats and leave, or else..."
Zhong Xiaonan fell to the ground in disbelief, "You really hit women?"
Xiao Chenye slightly smiled, "I don’t discriminate when hitting; I only hit the despicable!"
"Now scram!"
