Chapter 30: Reborn 1987 Chapter 30 Crisis

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Protagonist:

Jiang Wenyu

After finishing a day's work, Zhou He left the construction site gate holding his wages.

"Finally got paid, pfft! Some foreman — only giving this little in a month!" Zhou He was furious; the agreed-upon wages hadn't been paid in full, but he had no choice — in this day and age, having a job at all was pretty good.

"Foreman... hmph, still better than that repairman Jiang Wenyu anyway." He had once hung around with Jiang Wenyu for a while, but that was the past; times had changed, Jiang Wenyu's career was gone, so naturally he couldn't follow him anymore.

This is the warmth and coldness of human relations, and Zhou He could be considered an absolute representative figure. However, ever since he got slapped by Zhou Shi last time, he hadn't gone looking for Jiang Wenyu again; even if he ran into him by chance on the road, he would dodge away. As his brother Zhou Shi put it: "They once helped you; forgetting gratitude is one thing, but you absolutely cannot kick a man when he's down."

He didn't think much of those words — not looking was fine, each going their own way was fine too; anyway, he was doing better than that Jiang Wenyu now, he didn't believe a mere appliance repairman like Jiang Wenyu could still make something of himself.

"Feeling good, feeling good, gonna drink some baijiu today~~~" Zhou He hummed cheerfully as he walked toward a snack stall; walking along, he suddenly saw a familiar small figure coming the other way.

It was a woman leading a little girl walking briskly in the other direction, so fast the little girl's steps could barely keep up.

Only after they had gradually walked far off did Zhou He involuntarily stop and turn to watch their backs, muttering to himself: "That looks like Jiang Wenyu's sister-in-law..."

His gaze involuntarily fell on the little girl again, and he couldn't help recalling yesterday's events. Yesterday he happened upon a crying Jiang Nuannuan; although he didn't learn the specifics at the time, clearly nothing good had happened. He wasn't any saint either, but leaving a crying little girl on the street really wasn't right, so he sent Jiang Nuannuan to Jiang Wenyu's doorstep and then left quickly.

Coincidentally, today he heard rumors that Li Zhao had been arrested by the police and then released; who knew if there was any connection.

"Tsk tsk, don't know how many lifetimes of blessings Jiang Wenyu cultivated to marry such a good wife and have a daughter; how come I, Zhou He, don't have that luck? Where am I inferior to him? Heaven really has no eyes."

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On the other side, after finishing the tasks the director assigned, Chen Lan hurried out to pick up Nuan Nuan, but the Kindergarten was empty; she happened to see the female teacher locking the main gate, rushed up to greet her and asked at the same time: "Where's Nuan Nuan?"

The female teacher smiled politely: "Ah, Nuan Nuan — just now your younger sister came and picked her up."

"My younger sister... Chen Na?"

Seeing the female teacher nod, Chen Lan was even more puzzled; Chen Na barely interacted with her normally, so why did she suddenly pick up Nuan Nuan today?

As a mother, she involuntarily felt a trace of unease; after asking which direction they had left, she didn't say another word and hurried off in pursuit, leaving behind the female teacher with a face full of bewilderment.

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Chen Na brought Nuan Nuan to a fork in the road, but turned and walked briskly toward the other side; Jiang Nuannuan looked back at the other road and tugged Chen Na's arm, her childish voice carrying puzzlement: "Auntie, Auntie, my home is that way."

Chen Na's face had already turned ice-cold; this time she gave no answer, only quickened her pace a few degrees.

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Zhou He was still strolling on the main road; the snack stall he'd just gone to had actually closed, and unable to find a place to drink, he could only buy a bottle of baijiu on the way and take it home to drink.

"Zhou He!!"

But walking along he ran into another familiar graceful figure, who was also shouting his name loudly.

Sure enough, it was Chen Lan running over in a hurry; standing before Zhou He, ignoring his curious look, she asked in an urgent tone: "Have you seen my daughter!"

At this moment Chen Lan's face was somewhat pale; from running her hair had become a bit messy. Zhou He stared blankly for a moment, then subconsciously said: "Uh... she went that way with your younger sister..."

Chen Lan also didn't say another word, bypassed Zhou He and immediately ran off, shouting as she ran without looking back: "Go find Wenyu!"

"Ah??"

Zhou He was baffled, only hearing Chen Lan shout again: "Go find Jiang Wenyu!"

Then Chen Lan quickly ran far away; Zhou He scratched the back of his head, muttering to himself: "What's going on with this family?" He hesitated a moment; Jiang Wenyu's family affairs he naturally didn't want to meddle in — running into Jiang Nuannuan yesterday was just an accident, he couldn't be bothered to get involved.

"Not right..." But on second thought, Chen Lan's state clearly meant something had happened; if he helped, maybe he could squeeze some benefit out of Jiang Wenyu?