20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3468 Lin Xiaojie's Confidence
"I brought it!"

Lin Xiaojie's confidence in saying this wasn't really strong; she only had a few dozen yuan in her wallet, and she was just a twenty-year-old girl. Zhao Chang'an had seen Lin Xiaojie's legs, especially after taking off her shoes and socks. He could sense her overreaction to being touched by a man, and her legs were very tightly closed, with three reasonably visible areas between them. Therefore, he was 99% certain that Lin Xiaojie's previous boyfriend hadn't succeeded. —Aside from her effortless confidence in her teaching profession, she felt the same anxiety and uncertainty as any ordinary young girl when it came to other matters.

"With your meager earnings, three or four hundred a month, you send a hundred home, and that gigolo you send him a hundred and fifty every month, from fifty in his senior year of high school to a hundred and fifty now, for four and a half years. What's left after food, drinks, and other necessities? Do you know how expensive hospital visits are?"

Lin Xiaojie's brother is clearly a big talker; before he even finished speaking, he had already revealed all of Lin Xiaojie's secrets to everyone.

He shouted loudly, "Don't be angry about what I said to him on New Year's Day—"

"elder brother!"

Lin Xiaojie was getting anxious and felt extremely ashamed, not because she was sending money to her boyfriend every month for her brother.

In her eyes, this was sacred love!

Although the most intimate thing the two of them did was hold hands, and she always took the initiative to do so.

This further strengthened Lin Xiaojie's belief that her boyfriend not only loved her, but was also a gentleman!
"What's going on? Everyone in the village knows about this now! They're all waiting for that heartless Chen Shimei to tell you, waiting to see you and our family make fools of ourselves! I told him that after he graduates this year, he has to build our house first. Look around the whole village, how many mud houses are left? If it weren't for your schooling, I'd be over thirty and still not married! Do you know how much money your education cost the family! I have to get married first before you two can get married. Over the years, you've given him ten or twenty thousand yuan, with interest, to build a brick house for the family, to pay for my wedding dowry, and to hold the wedding banquet. Hmph~"

Lin Xiaojie's older brother sneered, "If he were Chen Shimei (a notorious figure in Chinese folklore known for abandoning his wife), I'd go to his workplace every day and make a scene until he loses his job!"

At this point, no one in the car was dozing off; they were all listening intently to the gossip.

"Don't worry about that, Zhiyuan is definitely not that kind of person."

Lin Xiaojie loudly retorted to her brother, her voice filled with pride and confidence: "I believe him!"

Moreover, she felt relieved at this point. Her family was just like this; there was nothing shameful about it, and they didn't steal or rob.

Zhiyuan is my only hope and support. I am having a proper and open relationship. Who can say that I am wrong?

This also reflects her strong self-confidence!
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"Let me see your feet."

Zhao Chang'an had no interest in listening to gossip at the moment. Moreover, as far as he knew, after Lin Xiaojie's boyfriend, who was studying at a university in Zhengzhou, graduated this summer and started working in Zhengzhou, he broke up with Lin Xiaojie.

As for whether Lin Xiaojie's brother took a car and then a train, and whether he went to the man's workplace in Zhengzhou to cause trouble, Zhao Chang'an was not clear.

However, he probably didn't cause any trouble. This kind of man is very domineering and loud at home, but when he goes out, he becomes timid as a mouse. He is a typical good prospect for becoming a village guardian.

However, compared to the man who visited Lin Xiaojie's home on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Xiaojie was filled with pride, joy, and sweetness. She never expected that the man, seeing her family's bare walls, her parents' appearance, and her brother's stupidity and greed, would so arrogantly and presumptuously make all sorts of demands for money.

To the man, everything he heard boiled down to two words: "Run!" His experience in Zhengzhou already made him look down on Lin Xiaojie—in the eyes of a man in his forties like Zhao Chang'an, women in their late teens, early twenties, or even early thirties, as long as they weren't overweight, had good figures, and decent skin, were all quite beautiful. But in the eyes of these men in their early twenties, these girls were practically worthless! Just like Wu Yue's view of Yan Ziyao. She had always hesitated, thinking about the infinite possibilities of her future, but she still needed Lin Xiaojie to send money every month, and she couldn't bring herself to break up with her.

Now, after being so frightened by this prospective brother-in-law, he's expected to take on the responsibility of building a house for Lin Xiaojie's family and finding a wife for her brother right after graduation. Only a madman would jump into this fire pit!
Therefore, Zhao Chang'an now has to make sure that Lin Xiaojie's leg doesn't become lame, otherwise that man will have a reason not to abandon her and can justifiably break up with her.

"It's nothing, Mr. Zhao, it's just a little swollen and bruised."

Lin Xiaojie had put her socks back on, but she couldn't wear shoes because she didn't want Zhao Chang'an to see her feet.

He had previously taken off her shoes and socks in a domineering manner, and although it was unintentional, he did touch her feet.

It made her feel that although Zhao Chang'an meant well, she felt a little guilty towards her boyfriend, since her feet were a woman's private parts and her boyfriend had never touched them!

At this point, they were even less willing to let Zhao Chang'an see it again.

"Brother Wu, why don't you contact the hospital?"

Zhao Chang'an told Wu Yudong that, based on his understanding of Wu Yudong, his idea was to let Lin Xiaojie and her brother get out for treatment once the car arrived at the hospital.

It was her own carelessness and stupidity that caused her to fall and get injured, wasting so much of their time!
"Okay, I'll have them pick you up over there. As for the medical expenses, you two don't need to worry about them. I'll talk to your town head about it. It's considered a work-related injury, and the town and the hospital will reimburse you."

Wu Yudong, who had originally not intended to get involved in this matter, immediately became enthusiastic, took out his phone and scrolled through his contacts to find the hospital director's phone number.

"Happy New Year to you and your colleagues on the front lines at the hospital! There's a teacher here who sprained his ankle while riding his bike. He's from Qiaojiashan Town. Please send a stretcher to wait at the door. Please note down all the expenses first, and Qiaojiashan will settle the bill with your hospital later."

Wu Yudong hung up the phone and said to Zhao Chang'an, "Go to the hospital first, then come to my house. Does Xiao Lin know the way?"

"Wu Shu~, I recognize you, thank you Wu Shu~, and also General Manager Zhao."

Lin Xiaojie was genuinely grateful, knowing that for Wu Yudong, this was nothing more than a small matter involving a phone call.

However, for her, if it weren't for Wu Yudong's phone call, she would have waited for the car to leave after arriving at the hospital, and then gone with her brother to the nearby bus station to take a bus home.

She has some medicinal wine at home; it's not that precious to her.

The problem is that now the whole village knows about it because of my loud-voiced older brother, and I'm taking Wu Shu's car to the county town to see a doctor for my sprained ankle.

They slunk back so quickly; how pathetic must they have looked?

Maybe by tomorrow, rumors will spread that Wu Shu kicked her and her brother off the bus halfway through the journey.

After all, she and her family also have a sense of shame!