Chapter 436: Wouldn't he be pleasantly surprised?

"Motherf*cker... if you dare touch me, just try it!" Er Nao swallowed hard.

Li Xuan recalled the days and nights she had been tortured, and suddenly, hatred surged; she raised the knife in her hand.

"I'll hack you to death!"

Seeing this, Wang Jie rebuked, "Stop!"

Damn it, is this woman really some kind of entrepreneur? Killing someone requires paying with one's life.

She doesn't want to live and wants to drag him to his death, right?

Seeing this, Er Nao hurriedly began playing the emotional card with Wang Jie, "Xiao Jie, I watched you grow up; I even held you when you were little. Uncle was just impulsive earlier; if you really like this woman, Uncle will let her go to you!"

He needed to stall for time, waiting for his older brother and the villagers to arrive; he would make this pair of adulterers pay the price!

"Really?" Wang Jie feigned being moved, then, while Er Nao's guard was down, delivered a fierce hand-chop to the back of his neck.

Er Nao fainted.

"Why are you still standing there like a fool? Put the knife down and come help me carry him into the bushes by the road."

Li Xuan put the knife down, then disgustedly lifted Er Nao's feet, cooperating with Wang Jie to throw Er Nao into the bushes.

"Aren't you throwing the knife away?"

"Throw it further!" Wang Jie propped up the bicycle on the ground and got on, "Don't wait for him to wake up and chase us with the knife."

His lips curled, "Get on!"

Originally, they would have needed another day and night of walking to reach the town, but now with the bicycle Er Nao had delivered, one night would suffice.

Li Xuan sat on the back seat of the bicycle, also thanking Er Nao from the bottom of her heart; it was just as well, as she was so tired she could barely walk.

At daybreak, the two finally arrived at Feng Zhen.

Wang Jie took out fifty cents, bought two vegetable buns, and handed one to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan hadn't eaten a bun in a long time, and without caring if anyone was watching her, she hurriedly stuffed it into her mouth, finishing it in a few bites.

Then she looked longingly at the bun in Wang Jie's hand.

Wang Jie felt suspicious again, but still took out another fifty cents to buy two more buns.

"I'm treating you to buns now; when we get to Huaiyang, you treat me to a big meal."

Li Xuan agreed without hesitation, "Don't you worry! My family will definitely thank you!"

Hearing this, Wang Jie didn't feel so bad about the one yuan he had spent.

Next, they bought tickets.

Unfortunately, there was only one bus a day to Luo City, and it didn't depart until evening.

If they waited until evening, the villagers might catch up to them again.

The two pondered for a while and finally decided to buy a ticket to another city first.

They had to shake those people off first.

This way, the journey would be longer, and it was estimated they would be delayed on the road for two more days.

Not until the train completely left the territory of Feng Zhen did Li Xuan's heart finally relax.

However, once she returned home, how should she tell Wang Jie her true identity?

The Shen household.

Early in the morning, Shen Mu tidied up the house, waiting for her future daughter-in-law to arrive.

"You should dress up a bit more sharply too!" She reminded her son, "Coax that woman well later, so she doesn't demand more bride price for a second marriage!"

"I know."

Shen Lan forced himself to look energetic; half an hour later, a woman wearing an old shirt arrived, pulling a seven or eight-year-old girl.

"Are you Shen Lan? My name is Yan Cuicui."

She was quite satisfied with this man's appearance; everyone likes good-looking things.

"Hello, my name is Shen Lan."

Yan Cuicui twisted her braided pigtail, a bit shy, "I'm twenty-six this year, and my child is seven. Her father died a few years ago, and now I'm raising her on my own."

"My wife died two years ago, and we left behind a daughter," Shen Lan said.

"This is your daughter, right?"

Yan Cuicui pulled Shen Yuan over, "She looks just like her father, so pretty!"

She instructed her daughter, "Go, go play with the little sister!"

Once the two children were in the courtyard, they began to discuss the real business.

"Comrade Shen Lan, what do you think of me?"

In all fairness, Yan Cuicui looked average, but her round face looked auspicious.

She couldn't compare to Si Rong.

Shen Lan felt a bit dejected inside, but he also knew he would never have the qualifications to covet Si Rong, so he could only find an ordinary woman like Yan Cuicui.

"Quite good."

"Although I'm a second marriage, I still have to ask for a bride price," Yan Cuicui smiled generously, "But I like you, so I'll ask for fifty yuan. What do you think?"

In the last two years, people's lives had gradually improved, and the bride price had risen accordingly; now, let alone in the city, even in the villages, the bride price had risen to two or three hundred yuan.

Asking for a fifty-yuan bride price for a second marriage was indeed not asking for too much.

"Good! Cui Cui, from the moment I saw you, Auntie knew you were a good woman who knows how to live!"

Shen Mu praised, "That sister-in-law of yours is no good; you must have suffered plenty of grievances living at your maiden home, right? Why don't you just let Auntie give you the bride price now, and you can just stay here tonight?"

She took fifty yuan out of her pocket and handed it to Yan Cuicui immediately.

Although she was a widow, she looked healthy and fertile; she would definitely be able to give her a big, fat grandson.

Yan Cuicui was indeed a capable woman; once she took the money, she made up her mind to stay at the Shen household and settle down.

Rolling up her sleeves, she began to work.

Sweeping the floor and tidying up, she soon had the room organized in perfect order.

Shen Mu gave her son a look: Look! Isn't my eye for choosing a daughter-in-law excellent?

Shen Lan rubbed his nose, having to admit that this Yan Cuicui was a good hand at managing a household.

From this day forward, he would live a proper life with this woman.

Originally, Shen Yuan had been somewhat dissatisfied with this stepmother, but after eating the egg pancakes and stir-fried chili noodles she made, she felt this mother was actually not bad.

"Xiao Yuan, eat more."

Shen Mu returned to the village before dark, as her son had things to attend to today.

This house was the one Li Xuan had rented previously; aside from the separately built kitchen and toilet, there were only two rooms.

Shen Yuan was arranged to sleep with Yan Cuicui's daughter, Xiao Hua.

Shen Lan naturally shared a room with his newly wedded second wife, Yan Cuicui.

The light in the room had long been extinguished, and the bed legs creaked until midnight.

"When will we reach your place?" Early in the morning, Wang Jie and Li Xuan finally arrived in Huaiyang; after walking on the street for a while, Wang Jie asked with some impatience.

"Soon."

They had already reached Zhangshu Street; looking at all these familiar things, Li Xuan felt like crying, wondering how surprised Shen Lan would be when he saw her in a moment.

"That one in front is it!" Li Xuan pointed out her house to him.

Wang Jie looked at the low, old house, which was far from what he had imagined, "You, a female entrepreneur, live in such a dilapidated house?"

He was a university student and had seen the world; shouldn't an entrepreneur live in a villa?

Li Xuan had never found the opportunity to tell him her true identity, "You'll know in a moment."

She trotted over to knock on the door, her mind filled with how Shen Lan would react in a moment.

Shen Lan would surely be very surprised, right?

Huh? Why hasn't the door opened yet?

Li Xuan knocked a few more times.