Chapter 16: Reborn 1987 Chapter Sixteen: The Approaching Day

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Protagonist:

Jiang Wenyu

Lin Shu laughed and said, "Alright, one year works too!"

Jiang Wenyu stood up and said, "Then you wait for me, I'll go home and grab some tools and be right back."

The round trip didn't take long; he was back again soon after going out, carefully pried off the back panel of this antique, replaced the pendulum's catch with the small wooden block he had brought, covered the panel again, and adjusted the hands—

"Dong—"

The heavy sound instantly made the old couple beam with joy.

"Aiya, Little Jiang, you're too capable!" Lin Shen praised him repeatedly, and Lin Shu hurriedly passed the rolled-up cigarette to Jiang Wenyu.

Jiang Wenyu also smiled and said, "It's nothing, if you have any trouble in the future just come find me, though I'm still better at fixing appliances and such, hahaha!"

They chatted for a while longer, during which Lin Shen ran into the inner room for some unknown reason.

"So Lin Xiaomei ran off to the big city?" Jiang Wenyu asked, smoking.

The Lin Xiaomei he spoke of was the old couple's child, a few years younger than Jiang Wenyu; he had a vague impression of her from his memory, and when he used to live in this area he often interacted with them, but after the incident that made Jiang Wenyu regret for a lifetime he moved away completely, never returned, and didn't know what became of Lin Xiaomei afterward.

At the mention of Lin Xiaomei, Lin Shu also beamed with joy and said, "My eldest girl insisted this small place has no future, so she ran off to the big city, but she still sends us some money every month; the girl's grown up, can't control her anymore!"

Jiang Wenyu was also amused by his tone; their family could be called famously harmonious, and compared to them there was indeed a gap, especially his own father-in-law, his father-in-law's family had always looked at him with disfavor.

But it was better now too; in this nearly one month he had earned quite a bit of money, enough to make his father-in-law's family look at him with new eyes, but just that was still not enough.

After finishing the cigarette Jiang Wenyu didn't say much more and was about to leave, when Lin Shen ran out from the inner room again, wordlessly grabbed Jiang Wenyu's hand and stuffed something into it.

Jiang Wenyu spread his palm and looked — all crumpled bills, counted about thirty yuan. Don't underestimate these thirty-odd yuan, this is an ordinary family's monthly expenses.

"Lin Shen... I can't take this!" Jiang Wenyu declined a few times, but Lin Shen wasn't having it and said, "This is only right! Quick, take it, this money is what my girl sent back, she sends back quite a bit every month, we two don't lack these, quick, take it!"

Lin Shu also persuaded from the side; after several rounds of declining, Jiang Wenyu, a grown young man, really couldn't win against the two of them, had no choice but to accept it with a bitter smile, and finally left under the old couple's benevolent gaze.

In fact, during this nearly one month Jiang Wenyu also often helped neighbors on the street repair small appliances and such, and even when he charged he charged very little, the main purpose was still to help, and because of this quite a few people gradually came to know him, and everyone also knew that Chen Lan had a shrewd and capable husband.

Who knew when, but never before had anyone addressed Jiang Wenyu like this, at least not in this era.

Returning home, he told Chen Lan the story and then picked up his chopsticks to eat; after eating he accompanied Nuan Nuan to play for a while, these days Nuan Nuan's relationship with him had eased considerably, at least he could already see her smile, and her little body had finally gradually improved quite a bit.

Evening, he stayed in his own room, smoking. Although he had money on him, his mood involuntarily grew heavier and heavier.

He glanced at the old wall calendar, and his heart throbbed again—

From the end of this month, only three days remained, and at the end of this month Chen Lan and Nuan Nuan would suffer an irreparable car accident.

After finishing the cigarette he lay on the kang, but for a long time could not fall asleep.

He had changed his former self, changed the relationship between himself and Chen Lan and Nuan Nuan, would doing so really avoid that car accident?

He immediately shook his head, throwing this thought out, his heart firmly telling himself — absolutely will not happen again!

He was no longer the former Jiang Wenyu, Chen Lan and Nuan Nuan would not choose to run away from home, therefore the car accident could definitely be avoided, definitely!

Carrying this firm mood he nevertheless slept restlessly into a deep sleep.

The next day, Chen Lan took Nuan Nuan out as usual, and after eating breakfast Jiang Wenyu also began repairing the remaining small appliances as usual.