Chapter 108: Gao Yin
Mo Xiaohong heard Yiyi’s words and felt momentarily dazed.
"I... I don’t know either."
"Sis, Brother Zeng still likes you today. If you also like him, you can try it out. But if you don’t like him, then make it clear early on to avoid wasting each other’s time." Yiyi said calmly, feeling that such things shouldn’t be vague or ambiguous, as it wouldn’t be good for either side.
Mo Xiaohong heard this, pursed her lips, and finally said, "I do have some affection for him, but we’re not really a good match. His mother disliking me is also understandable, I’ll keep my distance from him in the future."
Upon hearing this, Yiyi frowned and said, "Sis, since you have feelings for Zeng Jiahe, then just follow your heart and give it a try with him. There’s no need to worry so much. You’re not lacking in any way. You earn enough every month to support yourself and Shanshan. You’re already an economically independent modern woman; your mindset needs to change. Stop thinking you’re not good enough, because you actually are."
"Yiyi, thank you."
Mo Xiaohong felt a bit touched, and then slightly embarrassed, "Actually, I’m not as good as you say."
Listening to her sister’s words, she gained a bit of confidence. However, thinking about her past divorce and needing to raise her daughter, she still felt unsuitable for Zeng Jiahe.
Seeing her sister’s despondent expression without saying more, Yiyi shook her head and didn’t say more either.
When they got home, Ding Yuejun hurried over, "Yiyi, Xiaohong, why did you take so long to come back?"
"We also went to see Brother Zeng."
Ding Yuejun heard this and couldn’t help but ask, "How is Jiahe? Is he much better?"
"Yes, much better."
"That’s good."
Ding Yuejun breathed a sigh of relief, then asked about Jiang Huirong. After hearing Jiang Huirong was sentenced, she vented her frustration, "Such a person should be sentenced, otherwise who knows what other crimes he’d commit in the future."
After a few complaints, Ding Yuejun got happy again.
"Now it’s settled, no Jiang Family member will trouble Xiaohong and Shanshan again. I’m going to cook now so we can have a good meal later."
Seeing her mother so happy, Yiyi was all smiles too.
After this incident, the Jiang Family members will surely behave themselves. Actually, she saw Jiang Haiyang and his wife today, and both seemed very subdued; they probably won’t cause any more trouble.
Ding Yuejun indeed made a large table of dishes, and the happiest was Shanshan: "Wow, today’s dishes are so plentiful, and there’s my favorite sweet and sour ribs and braised fish; thank you, Grandma."
Hearing her granddaughter say this, Ding Yuejun smiled and said, "Grandma made it especially for our Shanshan, hurry and sit down to eat."
"Okay."
The family happily ate, then each returned to their rooms to rest.
On the other side of the Jiang Family, the atmosphere was not so warm and beautiful.
Old Mrs. Jiang sat pale and slumped on the chair, "How could this happen? Hai Rong only took his own daughter, why was he sentenced?"
"Mom, Jiang Huirong didn’t just take Yiyi, he also injured a man, it’s said he almost died."
Le Ying, full of anger, said this and couldn’t help but complain, "That day Hai Rong didn’t explain clearly to us and made Haiyang and me cause trouble at Ding Yuejun’s house. Then he took Shanshan away himself and hurt someone, we were almost implicated by him."
Old Mrs. Jiang was very displeased hearing this.
"A Ying, what do you mean? Hai Rong is your brother, how can you blame him?"
Le Ying pursed her lips and said, "He’s going to implicate us; can’t we blame him? Moreover, he kept us in the dark at first." She looked doubtfully at Old Mrs. Jiang and asked, "Mom, did you know Hai Rong was going to kidnap Yiyi from the start?"
"I... I don’t know either."
Old Mrs. Jiang subconsciously denied it.
But Jiang Haiyang and Le Ying knew Old Mrs. Jiang very well; they could tell right away that she knew from the start, thus felt even angrier.
"Mom, you knew, but why didn’t you tell us beforehand, letting us act like fools to distract for Jiang Huirong. If the police pursued us afterward, we’d be in trouble. Do you want to see us jailed too?" Jiang Haiyang felt he and his wife were used.
"I... I..."
Old Mrs. Jiang was momentarily speechless, only feeling their family had become like this.
Yiyi didn’t care about the Jiang Family’s situation; she was headed to Yang Liu’s house.
"Yiyi, you’re here, come in."
Yang Liu was very happy to see Yiyi come by. She could walk on her own for ten minutes now, really grateful to Yiyi.
"Teacher, are you home alone today?"
Seeing Fang Cheng not around, Yiyi was somewhat surprised; Fang Cheng usually couldn’t bear to leave Teacher Yang’s side, but today he wasn’t here.
"A Cheng went to pick up a friend; I can take care of myself now, he doesn’t need to watch me all the time."
Seeing Yang Liu move freely, Yiyi nodded and said, "Teacher is indeed recovering well." She took out a small porcelain bottle from her bag, "Take one of these pills each night before sleeping; they’ll benefit your health."
"Thank you, Yiyi."
Yang Liu didn’t refuse, wanting to get better quickly, but mentally noting Yiyi’s kindness.
"Teacher, I’ll head back now. Keep resting well during this time."
Just as Yiyi finished speaking, the door opened, and Fang Cheng entered with a young man.
Fang Cheng was very happy to see Yiyi, "Yiyi, why are you here? Visiting Liu’er?"
"Yes."
"Since you’re here, stay for dinner; I’ll go get a spread of dishes."
Yiyi heard this and quickly said, "No need for such trouble, I’ll eat at home."
Fang Cheng enthusiastically urged Yiyi to stay for dinner; he’d seen his wife’s recovery and was genuinely grateful.
"A Cheng, who is this?"
At this point, the young man beside Fang Cheng couldn’t resist asking.
Apart from Yang Liu, he’d never seen Fang Cheng be so warm to another girl and was curious.
Fang Cheng then remembered his friend and smiled at Yiyi, "Yiyi, this is my friend, Gao Yin."
Yiyi glanced at Gao Yin and nodded lightly.
Seeing Yiyi’s indifference, Gao Yin was slightly surprised; not many girls were so indifferent to him considering his family background and his striking appearance.