The Little Life of a Big Landlord

Chapter 192 Going Together

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"It looks so much like it??? Like what???" Aunt Pang asked in confusion.

"Haven't you noticed that we're quite similar in many ways?" Zhang Yingning said, leaning back in the bathtub with her head resting on the edge.

"Now that you mention it, it really is true. We really are alike, almost like we were made from the same mold..." Aunt Fat thought about it carefully and couldn't help but sigh as she said.

"That's right, if you ask me, this is fate..." Zhang Yingning said.

"It's a pity that you became a tycoon while I'm just an ordinary citizen..." Aunt Pang sighed, her tone somewhat sour.

"Hehe, I'm lucky, you're unlucky. Who told you to like holding onto a secure job?" Zhang Yingning said with a smug smile.

"Tch, don't talk about me. What if it were you? Would you give up a secure job?" Aunt Fatty said dismissively.

"Me???" Zhang Yingning's eyes darted around, her thoughts drifting back to more than a decade ago. Back then, she was among the first batch of laid-off female workers. Back then, she didn't know how many times she cried under the covers. Back then, she thought her whole world had collapsed. Back then, how could she have imagined that things would turn out like this?

"Sigh... I had such a high reputation and such an important position in the factory. I wanted to be laid off back then, but our factory manager wouldn't let me go. It was so frustrating and annoying. Otherwise, I would be a rich lady now..." Aunt Fat said proudly.

"You're just trying to annoy me..." Zhang Yingning glared at the plump aunt, annoyed. "You'd better watch out, or I'll bury you in money..."

"Nouveau riche, that's just the face of a nouveau riche..." Aunt Fatty curled her lip in disdain.

When Zhang Yingning went to the hotel, she happened to meet the chubby aunt who was being seen off by her son and daughter-in-law. Seeing how warmly her son and daughter-in-law treated the chubby aunt, Zhang Yingning immediately guessed that this plump woman was the "chubby aunt" that Yang Ming had introduced.

After a polite chat, they discovered they had a lot in common. Zhang Yingning warmly invited Aunt Pang, who was returning to Zhengjia Village, to stay. Aunt Pang was still thinking about the anti-aging medicine, but Zhang Yingning said he was also going to Zhengjia Village the next day and would stay there for a while. Aunt Pang reluctantly agreed, as she actually had a good impression of Zhang Yingning.

In the vast sea of ​​people, some are born to be mortal enemies, while others are born to share a common language...

"You don't look like someone in their fifties or sixties at all..." Aunt Pang pinched Zhang Yingning's skin and said in surprise.

"I'm only in my fifties, not sixty yet..." Zhang Yingning's forehead was covered in black lines as she solemnly emphasized her age.

"But you look like you're thirty..." Aunt Pang took Zhang Yingning's hand and gently stroked it. "Did you eat something good at Yang Ming's place?"

"Hehe, guess..." Zhang Yingning chuckled.

"Hmph, Yang Ming said he'd get me something to eat when I got back, but you stopped him..." Aunt Fatty rolled her eyes.

"The way you're talking makes it sound like I'm doing you a disservice by inviting you to dinner and letting you stay overnight, and you're making me feel guilty and resentful..." Zhang Yingning pouted, and gently squeezed her feet, which weren't in the water, against the fat aunt's plump thighs.

"Ouch..." Auntie Pang cried out in pain, reaching down to grab Zhang Yingning's foot, then tickling the sole of her foot with her fingers...

"Hehehe...you really are something..." Zhang Yingning laughed, snatching her foot back.

"Who told you to mess with me??? You know what, Qingqing and that Aunt Liu, I don't know how they got along so well, goodness, they're inseparable..." Aunt Fatty felt that her relationship with Zhang Yingning was somewhat like that of Wei Qingqing and Aunt Liu.

Yes, in the eyes of an outsider like Aunt Pang, Liu Sao and Wei Qingqing are inseparable, while she and Yang Ming are relatively inferior.

"We're all family here. Tonight, my sister and I will sleep together, and let Lao Xia accompany our little grandson..." Zhang Yingning said.

"Okay..." Auntie Pang nodded.

"It's already past midnight, we should go to sleep. We have to get up early tomorrow to go to Yang Ming's house..." Zhang Yingning said.

"Okay..." Auntie Pang had soaked for quite a while now, and even though this bathtub was big, it couldn't compare to Yang Ming's hot spring pool, could it?

The two sisters got out of the bathtub, rinsed off in the shower, and then went to bed. They still had a lot to talk about, and they would tell each other in bed later.

The next morning, before dawn, Zhang Yingning and Aunt Pang got up. They hadn't slept for more than five hours in total, but with Yang Ming's goat milk, they had no problem with their energy.

The two quickly tidied up, then sneaked out of the house, got into their car at the parking lot, and drove towards Zhengjia Village.

Zhang Yingning had already told her family yesterday that she was going to Zhengjia Village today, so there was no need to tell them. Besides, Xia Xiaoyang, that little guy, had always wanted to go to Zhengjia Village to play again. Although his older sister Bao'er always bullied him for no reason since she became stronger, he still wanted to stay in that little village. He liked living there. If he knew that his grandma was going to Zhengjia Village, he would definitely insist on going with her no matter what.

Just as Zhang Yingning and Aunt Pang set off, Zheng Dazhuang also secretly slipped out of Teacher Wang Li's dormitory. He didn't go home, but went straight to the greenhouse, pretending to be going to work early.

The greenhouse was pitch black, much darker than outside. If the lights weren't on, you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.

"Hehe..." Zheng Dazhuang sat on the earthen bed in the shed, reminiscing about the blissful experience of the previous night, and couldn't help but chuckle.

"What are you laughing at??? Why are you here so early today???" A sudden voice rang out behind him, startling him. He turned around abruptly and saw Zheng Dayong, who was wrapped in a quilt.

"Dayong, when did you get here?" Zheng Dazhuang looked a little uneasy.

"When did I go back???" Zheng Dayong sat down on Zheng Dazhuang's kang (heated brick bed). "I stayed here all night, and I saw you acting suspiciously early this morning. What mischief were you up to???"

"I did something bad??? Am I... am I someone who does bad things???" Zheng Dazhuang's expression flickered.

"So you went to do something good??? Tell me, what good thing did you do???" Zheng Dayong's eyes narrowed.

As a close friend, Zheng Dayong knew Zheng Dazhuang very well. He could guess what was hidden behind any change in Zheng Dazhuang's expression, and he even had a set of beautifully combined punches for "interrogation".

"You...you...stop talking nonsense..." Zheng Dazhuang's face turned red. What happened last night made him feel a little guilty. He got nervous as soon as someone gently knocked on the door.

"I was just asking casually, I didn't expect there to be some inside information! Tell me quickly... are we brothers or not?" Zheng Dayong became excited.

"What...what inside story??? No...nothing like that..." Zheng Dazhuang's explanation was weak.

"Hmph, no???" Zheng Dayong nudged Zheng Dazhuang with his shoulder, sniffing the air slightly. "You do have a pleasant fragrance on you..."

"Brother Yong, please spare me..." Zheng Dazhuang pleaded pitifully, looking at Zheng Dayong with a mournful face.

"What did I do to you???" Zheng Dayong laughed innocently. "I didn't say anything at all??? Tell me, did you go on a date with some woman last night???"

"No, no, how could it be a woman???" Zheng Dazhuang waved his hands frantically.

"So that's a man???" Zheng Dayong immediately followed up.

"A man??? Yes, yes, a man..." Zheng Dazhuang nodded repeatedly, instantly becoming a kowtowing worm.

"You're such a pervert, going to find a man so late at night..." Zheng Dayong looked at Zheng Dazhuang with disdain, but unconsciously kept a certain distance from Zheng Dazhuang.

"No..." Sweat poured down Zheng Dazhuang's forehead. He never expected Zheng Dayong to be so difficult to deal with. This was truly the most frustrating thing in history.

"Not yet??? You just said you went to see a man last night, do you dare say that's not what you just said???" Zheng Dayong seized on Zheng Dazhuang's grammatical error and pressed on relentlessly.

"Brother Yong..." Zheng Dazhuang looked at Zheng Dayong with resentment, which made Zheng Dayong's skin crawl.

"Just tell me what's wrong, don't be shy with me..." Zheng Dayong said cautiously, pulling the blanket around himself even tighter.

Zheng Dazhuang, a grown man, was able to put on such a resentful look, which made Zheng Dayong a little scared. He could even guess that something big must have happened last night that had a profound impact on Zheng Dazhuang.

"Um, really, no..." Zheng Dazhuang was almost in tears. He was so puzzled. Why wouldn't Brother Yong believe him? If only he did!

"Well, I have some good news to tell you too. After I tell you, you have to tell me yours too... How about it?" Zheng Dayong said.

"Okay..." Zheng Dazhuang nodded as well. Right now, he just wanted to change the subject and get himself out of this awkward question.

"Brother and Li Yuting officially started dating yesterday and are getting engaged at the end of this year. What about you? Which girl have you got your eye on?" Zheng Dayong asked unexpectedly.

"Teacher Wang and I..." Zheng Dazhuang was about to speak, but he woke up halfway through and swallowed the rest of the sentence, waiting for another opportunity to come.

"So you're with Teacher Wang???" Zheng Dayong was shocked when he heard the name Teacher Wang. "I never expected this??? You're actually involved with Teacher Wang."

"Brother Yong, please don't let this get out, or we'll be ruined..." Zheng Dazhuang pleaded repeatedly.

"Can't you be a decent human being??? Hehe, Dazhuang, tell me, how far have things progressed between you and Teacher Wang???" Zheng Dayong said in a low voice with a strange smile on his lips.

"It hasn't gone any further, it's just, it's like, it's like..." Zheng Dazhuang didn't know how to describe it at all. Of course, even if he did know how to describe it, the more he explained, the worse it would get, especially in front of an audience who wanted to distort the truth. Well, it should be said that he wanted to dig out the truth, since the two of them already had the facts.

"What the heck???" Zheng Dayong exclaimed in shock, "You two have already... you know???"

"Um... um..." Zheng Dazhuang felt utterly humiliated. What he said wasn't what he meant at all! How did Brother Yong interpret it that way?

"Oh, are you two discussing when to get married? Well, Yuting and I are also discussing marriage, so we can get married together..." Zheng Dayong said.

"I..." Zheng Dazhuang wanted to say something, but Zheng Dayong got up and left.

In this world, there is never a shortage of eavesdroppers. A pair of eyes hidden in the darkness have taken in all the expressions of the two people, a pair of ears have memorized their conversation, and a tongue is already eager to share the interesting things it has seen and heard with everyone as soon as possible. Of course, it would be best to embellish it a bit, so that it would sound more interesting.

Zheng Dongfang and Xiaotian both drank egg juice last night. Although they were a little dazed, they knew what had happened. They had done that kind of thing more than once, so they didn't feel embarrassed at all.

"Feeling refreshed, this is a very memorable day..." Zheng Dongfang stretched and sat up from the kang, saying energetically.

"What are you going to miss??? Miss us becoming cold, lifeless corpses..." Little Sweetie's voice rang out, but it was filled with resentment.

"Look at what you're saying! We're doing fine right now, why are you saying such nasty things?" Zheng Dongfang said.

"Hmph, if Yang Ming had arrived any later yesterday, you would have been turned into a cold, lifeless corpse by those wild beasts..." Little Sweetie said angrily.

She was deeply moved by Zheng Dongfang's desperate attempt to avenge her yesterday, but at the same time, she was also terrified. You see, her father, Deng Qugong, and those seven relatives were all uneducated country folk with a very weak sense of the law. Back in the village, stabbing someone with a knife or throwing a match into an enemy's woodpile were common occurrences.

"Yes, yes, I was so angry I was stunned. I promise I'll never do it again. I assure the organization..." Zheng Dongfang hurriedly replied...

"I don't believe a single word you say. Your promises are just like farts..." Little Sweetie curled up in the blanket and curled her lips in disdain.

"Like farting??? Give me an example..." Zheng Dongfang said, his eyes wide.

"What more examples do I need to give? Just tell me, when have you ever been impulsive and irritable? Do I need to say it?..." Little Sweetie glanced at Zheng Dongfang and said irritably.

"Hey, do you think you're completely in the right, so confident and assertive that you dare to challenge me?" Zheng Dongfang glared at Xiaotian and said.

"Hmph..." Little Sweetie hummed twice and stopped arguing with Zheng Dongfang. She knew Zheng Dongfang's character all too well. If she angered him, he would definitely drag her out and give her a good spanking.

"Why are you hiding inside and not coming out??? You didn't even sleep in the same bed with me last night???" Zheng Dongfang said, looking at Xiaotiantian wrapped in the blanket.

"I don't want to go out. Go get me something to eat. I'm hungry..." Little Sweetie pulled the blanket up and covered her head. She selectively ignored Zheng Dongfang's second question. Right now, all she wanted was to get Zheng Dongfang out of there.

"..." Zheng Dongfang had no choice, then his expression softened. "Sweetie, I know, I know you've been wronged. It's all my fault, I'm so sorry. Tell me, how can I make it up to you? As long as you can say it, I will absolutely do it..."

"I'm not wronged at all..." Little Sweetie, huddled under the covers, shook her head vigorously.

"Really???" Zheng Dongfang asked without waiting for a reply, lifting up Xiaotian's blanket to reveal a beautiful body underneath.

This beautiful body doesn't look like a skeleton. After eating the dragon egg, Sweetie's body has almost recovered. She just needs some time to accumulate fat.

"Ah..." Little Sweetie was startled at first, then felt a wave of embarrassment. This Zheng Dongfang was still so rude.

Although Little Sweetie felt a little wronged, she didn't say anything more.

"Sweetie, tell me what happened??? I want to know the whole story..." Zheng Dongfang gently picked up Sweetie and said.

"Okay, I'll tell you..." Little Sweetie took a deep breath and recounted the whole story.

It turned out that Zheng Dongfang's unusually straightforward refusal that day enraged Deng Qugong. To prevent his good-for-nothing daughter from going to Zheng Dongfang, he stripped her naked and locked her in his small woodshed.

Although it was her own father who stripped her naked, Deng Qingtian still felt endless humiliation. Hunger strike became Deng Qingtian's only means of resistance. Later, Deng Qugong often brought some young men over, and she would inspect them one by one. In his words, these were men chosen for her, the kind that she could register for marriage as soon as she nodded.

Deng Qingtian had Zheng Dongfang in her heart, so naturally she looked down on these men. Besides, she only had a thin sheet to cover her private parts, and those men had basically seen her all over. All she felt was endless humiliation... At first, Deng Qugong was quite kind to his daughter, but later... he became more and more impatient. The last time, he even encouraged the man to rape his daughter.

Deng Qingtian fought desperately to preserve her innocence, but also completely saw through Deng Qugong's true colors. This time, taking advantage of Deng Qugong's absence, she escaped directly from the woodshed, grabbed a piece of clothing from the clothesline, and fled the house. Fortunately, it was nighttime and there was no one on the street; otherwise, even if she had escaped the den of iniquity, she would have had no face to live on.

"...I had nothing on me, so I fled to a neighboring village of Dengjia Village. I wanted to call the police, but there are no public telephones in the countryside. I tried to call you, but your phone number had changed. I went to the internet cafe in the village to contact you on QQ, but I didn't have a single penny on me, and the internet cafe owner wouldn't even turn on the computer for me..." Deng Qingtian cried, feeling wronged.

"Calling 110 doesn't cost any money, you can call the police from a villager's house..." Zheng Dongfang said, trying to regulate his breathing.

After hearing Little Sweetie's description, he almost ground his steel teeth to powder.

"They all know each other in the villages, and I can't guarantee whether they have a good relationship with Deng Qugong..." Little Sweetie no longer calls Deng Qugong "father" at all.

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