Chapter 63: Dying on a Woman

That fellow Jiang Yu must have done it on purpose!

Shen Lan was almost certain of this in his heart.

He had deliberately let him see such a scene just to make him lose his composure in front of all the colleagues.

"Deputy County Magistrate Shen?" Jiang Yu looked at him with a smile that wasn't quite a smile, "Is the chair not suitable?"

"It's fine, I, it's fine." Shen Lan sat back down.

He could not be impulsive; right now, his position as Deputy County Magistrate was far from as stable as it used to be.

As for Si Rong, when he looked over there again, he could no longer see the figures of those two.

According to the customs of Huaiyang, it was an unspoken rule for an unmarried partner to stay at the man's house during the New Year.

But, how could Si Rong stay at the Jiang Family like this?

Could a household like the Jiang Family really look favorably upon a divorced Si Rong?

Shen Lan felt they would not.

Jiang Cheng must be acting out of an obsession from his youth, just playing around with Si Rong; he would never marry her!

He had made up his mind that he must find an opportunity to tell Si Rong to advise her to stay away from the Jiang Family.

The Jiang Family members were not as simple as she imagined; just looking at Jiang Yu, whom he had interacted with, he was simply full of bad intentions.

Today, Jiang Yu had indeed deliberately invited Shen Lan; he didn't even need to invite him personally, as he knew that as long as someone came, Shen Lan would definitely come.

Heart-wrenching? If it's heart-wrenching, then it's working.

This fellow who mistook fish eyes for pearls!

Now it was also time to let Shen Lan see clearly that Si Rong was meant to be his sister-in-law, and from now on, she would have absolutely nothing to do with his Shen Family.

Originally, Shen Lan wanted to take advantage of the lunch break to strike up a few words with Si Rong, but he didn't expect that by lunchtime, Jiang Yu hadn't kept them for a meal at all!

"It's the first day of the New Year, everyone go home and eat reunion dumplings!" Jiang Yu said.

Shen Lan:...

When he left, he saw Si Rong standing beside Jiang Cheng again; the two of them seemed to be wrapping dumplings with the Jiang Family, and after saying something, Si Rong laughed.

The two of them were in an extremely intimate posture.

Shen Lan felt empty inside.

So much so that he couldn't muster any interest in doing anything; Li Xuan's cooking skills were very average, and the dumplings she wrapped were terrible, so none of the father and sons ate much.

One had to admit, their stomachs had been spoiled by Wang Ma.

Although Li Xuan tried desperately to liven up the atmosphere, the house was still filled with low pressure.

Such family happiness didn't seem as blissful as she had imagined.

The beef-filled dumplings were very fresh; the Jiang Family's servants had good cooking skills.

It was the taste Si Rong liked, but after all, it wasn't her own home.

Si Rong didn't intend to have a second bowl.

Seeing her put down her bowl, it was Mother Jiang who said their family had big appetites and asked Wu Shen to help Si Rong serve some more.

"Rongrong, eat your fill, so you'll have energy to play mahjong later!"

Upon hearing that they were going to play mahjong later, Si Rong's heart immediately leaped with joy again.

On this first day of the New Year, there was nothing that needed to be done.

Adults and children alike just played, aside from eating.

Usually at home, Si Rong would always take the two children to play with Ming Zi's family; she wondered if Ming Zi would feel lonely this year without her.

However, Luo Sheng's attitude seemed quite good when he came to pick up Ming Zi this year, so he should be accompanying Ming Zi well during the New Year.

Just as they put down their bowls and chopsticks to prepare for mahjong, the phone rang.

Jiang Yu went to answer it, then said something to Jiang Cheng, and Jiang Cheng called out to Si Rong, "It's for you."

Si Rong took the receiver with some suspicion, knowing that if she was spending the New Year at the Jiang Family, her family shouldn't be calling her unless something happened.

Could something have happened at home?

On the other end of the line was her second brother, Si Han, "Xiao Rong, go to Ming Zi's house! Something has happened at her place."

"—Si Han! Who is she to you, why are you so concerned when something happens at her house?"

"—You tell me, now her husband is dead, died well, and later when I die too, you two can be happily together!"

Si Rong vaguely heard the voice of her second sister-in-law, Tian Chang, on the phone.

Something must have happened at Ming Zi's house.

Si Rong suddenly felt inexplicably panicked.

She put down the phone receiver, her face deathly pale.

"Jiang Cheng, could I trouble you to take me to Ming Zi's house?"

Si Rong only wanted to rush to Ming Zi's side immediately; for so many years, the two of them had always accompanied each other through the most difficult moments.

"Okay."

Jiang Cheng didn't ask anything more, grabbed the car keys, and took her out.

The snow outside was already very thick, and after Si Rong got into the car, she felt the tires slip when the car started.

However, Jiang Cheng slowly controlled the steering, and the jeep drove quite smoothly along the way.

When they arrived, many people were already gathered at the entrance of Ming Zi's house, and the sound of old, weeping cries in the ice and snow was heart-wrenching to hear.

The old woman crying her heart out was none other than Luo Sheng's elderly mother; sure enough, something had happened to Luo Sheng.

"On such a New Year, with this happening to Luo Sheng, how are his parents supposed to go on living?"

"His father has already cried himself into a faint several times!"

"How unpredictable life is! Just yesterday, he was a perfectly fine person; he and his wife walked past my door and even wished me a Happy New Year!"

Si Rong got out of the car, her cotton boots stepping into the snow, and she looked up to thank Jiang Cheng.

"Thank you for driving me here, you should head home first!"

She had to stay behind to see if Ming Zi needed any help from her.

"I will wait for you."

Jiang Cheng accompanied her into the Luo Family home, where Ming Zi was talking to a few people, her eyes red.

Seeing Si Rong arrive, Ming Zi hurried up to meet her, as if she had found her backbone.

Si Rong held her hand, silently giving her some strength.

"Jiang Cheng is here too?"

Ming Zi asked when she saw him following behind Si Rong.

Jiang Cheng nodded at her, "I came with Si Rong; is there anything I can help with?"

"There actually is," Ming Zi did not stand on ceremony with him, "The incident was sudden, and right now Luo Sheng's two aunts-in-law cannot make it here; could you help drive to pick them up?"

"Alright, find someone who knows the way to go with me."

Jiang Cheng immediately went to drive and pick up the people.

Ming Zi busied herself with the arrangements for the mourning hall, and only after finding a moment of leisure did she pull Si Rong into her room.

"What exactly happened?"

Si Rong asked; she only felt it was sudden, as Luo Sheng had always been in quite good health.

Ming Zi let out two cold laughs, "It's shameful! Aside from you, I don't have the face to tell this to anyone else!"

"Last night after everyone in the house was asleep, he went out to find a woman, and they don't know what they were playing at, but Luo Sheng died right on top of that woman!"