How to capture the evil villain? I choose to be his mother!

Chapter 402 The Most Disliked Actress's Mother in the Entertainment Industry (14)
Seeing the creditors coming to their door, banging on it loudly, as if they wanted to break down the door, kidnap the mother and daughter, and steal the house.

Having exhausted all other options, Zhu Wen made a tough decision and asked a close relative to send his daughter, Zhai Ling, back to her in-laws in her hometown. He then embarked on a journey alone to work in a coastal city.

She heard it from other neighbors after they came back. Coastal cities are economically developed and there are job opportunities everywhere. Even someone like her who didn't finish high school can find a way to make a living. At least four or five thousand a month is not a problem. Someone as pretty as Zhu Wen might even be able to marry a rich man!

Zhu Wen didn't want to marry a rich man. She just wanted to earn more money so that her daughter could have milk powder, pay off all her debts, and save up a little money so that she could return to her hometown and live a peaceful life before her daughter grew up.

At that time, Zhu Wen even planned that since he was a good cook, he would open a breakfast shop in his hometown county after he finished his work and sell steamed buns, soy milk and the like.

Although it's hard work, it's said to be quite lucrative. Anyway, all jobs are hard work. If she can make more money through this opportunity, so that her daughter can have the chance to study hard and maybe even study abroad or settle down in a big city in the future... that would be wonderful!
With such beautiful wishes in mind, Zhu Wen boarded the green train.

But she didn't expect that the outside world was far more dangerous than she imagined.

Instead of finding a job with a salary of four or five thousand, she was targeted because of her beautiful appearance!

Someone secretly drugged her and tried to abduct her, but Zhu Wen woke up at the critical moment. Although she successfully escaped, she lost her ID card as a result.

Without her ID card, she was practically helpless and had no choice but to work illegally in a restaurant.

She washed dishes and served food, and tried to secretly learn the craft from her master, but was kicked out overnight.

Because she had no money, she slept under bridges, competed with homeless people in subway stations for seats, and often went ten days or half a month without washing her hair or taking a bath.

She always kept herself dirty, so that no one dared to touch her, which was how she managed to avoid a lot of trouble.

Later, she saved up some money, finally managed to get her ID card replaced, and found a stable job in a factory, finally settling down in that city...

Zhu Wen paused at this point.

Zhai Ling, who was unconsciously engrossed in listening, became a little anxious:

"What happened next? What happened next?"

Aside from being captivated by these experiences themselves, there was more concern in his eyes than anything else about Zhu Wen.

Her fingers kept twisting and turning; only in this way could she alleviate her inner anxiety.

Zhu Wen noticed it.

She calmly replied:

"I've been talking for so long, I'm a little thirsty, can I have some water?"

"it is good!"

After the conditioned reflex was complete, Zhai Lingcai felt regret.

what happened!

Why did she suddenly start listening to this woman tell stories?
Does it matter to me how she's been doing all these years?

He kept saying he wouldn't abandon her and would come back to give her a good life, but what happened?

I haven't seen anyone for twenty years!

lie!

It was all Zhu Wen's lies!

"...What would you like to drink? I only have Coke, meal replacement juice, and mineral water."

"Mineral water, please."

Zhai Ling walked silently to the kitchen.

Perhaps to vent her frustration, she deliberately stomped her feet heavily.

A moment later, she returned with a bottle of mineral water and casually handed it to Zhu Wen. "Can you continue now?"

Zhai Ling crossed her arms, raised her chin, and her expression was full of arrogance.

It's as if it's saying—I'd like to see what else you can come up with!
Zhu Wen unscrewed the bottle cap and took a small sip.

Then, without keeping her in suspense, she said:

"Later, I saw you on TV."

Zhai Ling thought Zhu Wen was going to keep complaining and talking about the hardships she had endured over the years.

But... just this one sentence? And then nothing?

"In the middle? Where did the middle time go?"

Having barely calmed down, Zhai Ling started getting angry again.

Zhu Wen followed her questioning and sighed softly:
"Yes, where has the time gone? How come you've grown so much in the blink of an eye?"

Zhai Ling felt as if her heart was being pierced by hundreds of needles.

She was so upset she could barely breathe, so she vented her emotions again:
"Are you deliberately trying to fool me? You make it sound like you abandoned me because you were forced to by circumstances! But if you had even just called and told me, I wouldn't have..."

"I've fought it."

Zhu Wen's words left Zhai Ling completely stunned.

"W-what?"

Seeing Zhai Ling's blank expression, Zhu Wen slowly explained:

“I did call your grandparents. At that time, I had just started to have some money, and after deducting daily expenses, I sent all the rest to your grandparents. That's how I got in touch with them. They originally thought I had brought death to their son and didn't want to see me again.”

Not only did they not want to see her, the two elderly people also felt that Zhai Ling was a burden and were unwilling to raise her at all.

So the first thing Zhu Wen asked when he called was—

'When are you going to take your money-losing goods away?'

It wasn't until Zhu Wen said he was working away from home and would send money back regularly that the two of them stopped mentioning having Zhu Wen take Zhai Ling away.

However, Zhu Wen did not reveal these things.

She knew that Zhai Ling had feelings for her grandparents, and that all her fond childhood memories came from them.

Well, human nature is just that complicated.

Because of their deceased son, the two elders resented Zhu Wen, their daughter-in-law, and were also unhappy that Zhai Ling was a girl, so they disliked her very much.

But as they spent time together day after day, they genuinely cared for Zhai Ling, at least much more sincerely than her uncles and aunts.

Zhai Ling stammered, speaking subconsciously:
"I...I've never heard of this before...My grandparents...they didn't tell me..."

Zhai Ling tried to search her memories, but how many things did she remember about her childhood?

Moreover, apart from some memories of the simple and happy days at her grandparents' house, most of her later memories were of the ups and downs of moving from one relative's house to another.

Perhaps Zhai Ling had vaguely guessed some of the truth from this, but she was unwilling to believe it and subconsciously denied it.

Zhu Wen didn't want her to delve into it further, so he directly changed the subject:

“They raised you day by day, and I am very grateful. But one day, I suddenly lost contact with them. I was very anxious and wanted to go back to my hometown to see you. But at that time, I had just sent money to your grandparents and had no money for the trip. I didn’t know anyone I could borrow from, so I could only wait for more than half a month until I got my second paycheck… But before that, I asked someone to find out about you. They said that your grandparents had passed away and you had been sent to a relative’s house.”