books44 Chapter 149 Preliminary Rounds (4)
Chapter 149 Preliminary Rounds (4)
After Old Zhang left, Zhang Guihua started crying again: "Waaah, why is my life so miserable?"
Gu Shijiu ignored her all day and went to a restaurant to eat when she was hungry.
That night, Gu Shijiu had already gone to bed, while Zhang Guihua, who hadn't left the house, secretly tidied up her things at home.
She stuffed her gold and silver jewelry, along with her expensive skincare products, clothes, and shoes, into an inconspicuous box and left home under the cover of night.
To get out of the village, you have to pass through a small grove of trees, and Zhang Guihua walks very fast.
She silently encouraged herself, determined not to let the villagers see.
If they knew she was going to run away, not only would the Zhang and Wang families arrest her, but they might even mobilize the entire village to chase after her.
But the more Zhang Guihua ran, the more she felt something was wrong; there seemed to be movement behind her.
They're not here to arrest her.
Those villagers would only resort to violence, using the pretext of finding Zhang's daughter to forcibly take her back.
The noise wasn't loud, but it kept following her, and there was even the sound of breathing.
Zhang Guihua became increasingly frightened as she thought about it, and finally couldn't help but turn around.
And so he and Gu Shijiu hit it off.
"Mom, why did you leave all by yourself?" Gu Shijiu stared intently at Zhang Guihua.
His pupils were jet black, and the corners of his mouth curved into an innocent smile, but upon closer inspection, there was a hint of ruthlessness.
"Ah—" Zhang Guihua was startled and couldn't help but exclaim.
In an instant, many birds in the woods were startled and began to flap their wings.
This shout not only woke up the birds, but was also heard by the villagers.
The houses near the woods even opened their doors and peered around, trying to find out what was happening outside.
Zhang Guihua came to her senses and, without even investigating why Gu Shijiu had followed her, turned and ran.
Gu Shijiu: I just don't know the way and wanted to go out with someone...
Zhang Guihua had just stepped out of her house when she woke up from her sleep.
Seeing that the other party wanted to run away, Gu Shijiu thought that leaving this place was not a bad idea.
She spent the whole day outside but couldn't find a place to make money.
If she hadn't been wondering where to go, she probably would have left in the afternoon.
Just when she was feeling sleepy, someone offered her a pillow. Zhang Guihua left on her own that night, so of course she had to follow.
At this moment, Zhang Guihua was running wildly through the woods. Gu Shijiu looked relaxed, but he never lost her, his legs moving incredibly fast.
Zhang Guihua, caught up in fear, did not notice.
Her only worry now is being caught and taken back.
As it turned out, her worries were not unfounded.
The Zhang family lived some distance from the woods, and neither Old Man Zhang nor his son heard the shouts at all.
But the Wang family has relatives living there.
He recognized the voice and discussed it with his wife: "That scream just now sounded a bit like that widow from the Zhang family."
The wife spat and said, "Pah! Everyone knows you're all hooked up with that vixen. I think you don't want to live together anymore."
The man quickly denied it: "It was Zhang Guihua who tried to seduce me. I have no interest in her whatsoever."
"So you're still thinking about her late at night?" His wife clearly didn't believe him.
"I was wondering what she was doing in the woods, could it be—" the man said, both angry and jealous.
This young widow always acts all coy and delicate whenever she sees me, but I just won't let her touch me.
He's actually messing around with someone in the woods now; I'll see if he doesn't catch them.
At that time—the man was thinking about how to threaten Zhang Guihua, and his mind started to wander.
The wife, not wanting to miss out on the excitement, suggested, "Shall we go take a look?"
When the two went outside, they found that several neighbors had also come out.
Everyone was saying that the voice sounded like Zhang Guihua.
But when they chased him into the woods, they found no one there.
"Maybe she ran home. Let's go check on her," some busybodies suggested.
When everyone rushed to Zhang Guihua's house, they found that there was no one inside.
"Oh no! I heard that Wang Er gave the Zhang family a lot of betrothal gifts and is going to take her away tomorrow. Could Zhang Guihua have run away?!"
Wang's relative slapped his thigh and suddenly remembered this matter.
This really stirred up a hornet's nest, and the villagers rushed to the Wang and Zhang families to report the news.
Old Zhang is dreaming that he bought his son a big house in the county and found him a city wife.
He panicked when he heard this; the house and his daughter-in-law had both run away!
The Wang family was even more agitated; they had already paid the deposit, and now they were told the person was gone.
This was outrageous; the entire village mobilized.
Hearing the commotion in the distance, Zhang Guihua was terrified and used all her strength.
I finally reached the main road, but the voices behind me were getting closer and closer.
She doesn't do farm work, and in terms of physical strength, she's no match for these country folk.
Seeing that she was about to be caught, Zhang Guihua gritted her teeth and lay down in front of a car.
With a sharp screech, the car came to a sudden stop, the tires screeching violently against the ground, leaving a black mark.
A man jumped out of the driver's seat and shouted, "You're trying to scam me? You don't even care about your life?"
There were very few vehicles on the highway late at night, and this car was traveling very fast.
Zhang Guihua was just a hair's breadth away from dying here.
"Please help me! My father is going to sell me to a murderer. I have no way to escape from the village."
Zhang Guihua had disheveled hair and clothes, and there were small scars on her face and neck.
She sat on the ground, her skirt spread out in a pretty shape, her head slightly lowered at a 45-degree angle, looking pitiful.
The driver looked into the car and saw that there was a middle-aged man sitting in the back.
He stared at Zhang Guihua's face for a long time before saying, "Take her back."
The driver then opened the door to let Zhang Guihua get in the car.
Gu Shijiu was stunned as she watched from the side.
Seeing that she spends money without any planning, I thought she was a sloppy woman who didn't know how to manage her time. But isn't she quite good at planning for herself?
As Zhang Guihua's daughter, Gu Shijiu naturally got into the car as well.
At this moment, Zhang Guihua showed no sign of resentment towards Gu Shijiu for ruining her plans.
"This is my daughter, Song Xiaojun. She lost her father at such a young age, sob sob."
If I were single, I would remarry.
Even if that person beat his ex-wife to death, consider it as repaying the debt of gratitude to his parents for raising him.
But my daughter is only fourteen years old. If I die, how will she live?
Zhang Guihua's tears moved the driver to pity: "Don't worry, this is a society ruled by law. Those people can't do anything to you."
The man glanced at Gu Shijiu beside him, but said nothing.
The car has five seats, and the man in the back didn't want to squeeze in with them, so he let Zhang Guihua sit in the front passenger seat.
Gu Shijiu was thin and small, and was arranged to sit in the back row, with a person's distance between her and the man.
While the man was sizing her up, she appeared to be in a daze, but was actually thinking.
This action, this expression, this posture—it's just like a typical CEO.
Moreover, like the average actors in the ethereal fairy realm, they are very rigid, as if they were born to be CEOs.
Gu Shijiu had met many business people and knew that wealthy people weren't necessarily what they looked like.
But this guy seems like a perfect CEO straight out of a TV drama.
You can't reach this standard without playing a hundred or so CEOs.