"Perfect, if I can squeeze some money out of Su Wanqing—" Her eyes darted around. This mushroom and vegetable shop looked like it was going to make money. She'd test the waters first. Even if Su Wanqing didn't agree, she'd eventually have to get her help. If she could help collect the money from the vegetable vendors, even if she didn't try to get too much, just a hundred or two hundred yuan a day, that would be three thousand yuan a month!

Xie Lanhua's breathing became rapid.

Meanwhile, Su Wanqing went into the vegetable shop and told Chen Xiuer to just collect the money while she did the accounting. With the two of them working together, things became much easier, and the queue moved up a lot.

Just as they had settled in, a man rushed over menacingly.

"Let's queue up! Someone's skipping the queue again!"

"Yeah, this person was just in the line, how did they suddenly jump out?"

Despite the criticism from those around him, Uncle Su stubbornly retorted, "Why should I queue? This is my niece's shop, it's a family business, why should I queue?"

As he spoke, he strode up to Su Wanqing, his face a mixture of reproach and self-righteousness, and said:

"Wanqing, really! How could you come back from the countryside without permission? The organization clearly instructed you and your spouse to contribute to the country in Xinjiang. Coming back secretly like this is a violation of discipline!"

He first turned the tables, letting everyone know that Su Wanqing had "sneaked" back, "and even secretly opened this vegetable shop. I'm your own uncle, and you didn't even tell me you snuck back?"

Sure enough, as soon as Uncle Su said that, the people around started pointing and whispering.

"What? The educated youth from the countryside have run away and returned to the city?"

"This is a violation of policy, and the consequences will be severe."

"I never would have guessed, this boss is actually..."

The gazes of those around them changed, and whispers rose and fell.

Su Wanqing looked at her uncle with some surprise. She had almost forgotten that the original owner's family was such a scoundrel.

After returning to Bincheng, I didn't say goodbye to anyone. I originally thought we would go our separate ways, but I never expected to run into you here today.

However, if the two sides really live in the same city, no matter how big the city is, they will eventually meet. Today is just an earlier meeting.

Xie Lanhua also came over, her face a mixture of reproach and affection, saying, "You know, this girl is so inconsiderate. She came back from the countryside without even saying hello. Your uncle and I were worried about you. You're so busy running the vegetable shop, let's not talk about anything else for now. Since you're so busy, your uncle and I will help you sell your vegetables first. We can talk about everything else later!"

She was about to head into the vegetable shop when she said that. Xie Lanhua's thinking was simple—you can't hit a smiling face. She could come in first under the pretext of helping out, and then take some more oyster mushrooms with her when it was all over, right?

Looking at these two exceptional individuals, Su Wanqing couldn't help but feel a little curious.

She carefully examined their attire—new Dacron clothes, shiny leather shoes, and brand-new watches on their wrists, all of which were this year's latest styles, items that cost only a few dozen yuan a set in the department store.

Didn't the elderly couple lose their jobs after they came back? Their savings and other assets should have been stolen by Su Lingshan, so where would they get the money to buy so many nice things?

Could there be some other unexpected development?

However, upon hearing Xie Lanhua's familiar tone, Su Wanqing simply waved her hand:

"Xiao Wang, kick these two out. I am not a despicable relative who would seize all of my own brother's property and even try to sell my own niece for a dowry."

She paused, her voice soft but clear.

"After my parents passed away, these two people seized all the family's property and savings, and sold me to an old man with violent tendencies in exchange for a bride price. Now that they see I have money, they want to leech off me again. Moreover, I am not the 'sent-down youth' they claim to be, but an expert specially hired by the organization to return to the city."

After hearing this, the people around looked at Uncle Su and Xie Lanhua differently. They never expected that the gossip they casually ate on the street today would be so interesting and have such a twist!

"I never expected these two, who looked so respectable, to be so vicious."

"Yes, they're capable of such heinous acts, even embezzling their own younger brother and sister-in-law's property and money."

Uncle Su couldn't hold back any longer. His face flushed red as he pointed at Su Wanqing: "Su Wanqing, do you have any conscience at all?"

He was trembling with anger, but he didn't know how to refute her, because Su Wanqing was telling the truth.

Xie Lanhua, however, resorted to her signature move—throwing a tantrum, collapsing onto the ground, and wailing loudly:

"Oh my, you have no idea how good we've been to this niece since she was a baby! We didn't even let our own daughter go to school, but we made sure she got to study medicine; our own daughter didn't have a job, but we arranged a good job for her at the hospital. Haven't we been good enough to her?"

"Wanqing, we're all family, blood is thicker than water! How can you say such things? We're heartbroken! We haven't seen you in so long, and now that you have money, you're kicking us out. You weren't like this before!"

When Su Wanqing first transmigrated, it wasn't like this at all—back then, she had nothing, and even her household registration and household register were in the hands of this awful family, so of course she had to play along.

But now, she not only has a husband who is about to be promoted to army commander, but also countless aliases, millions of yuan in cash in her pocket, countless supplies in her space, and even hundreds of fighter jets that the country covets.

At this moment, she was no longer on the same level as awful people like Uncle Su and Xie Lanhua, and she couldn't be bothered to argue with them anymore.

She said directly, "Xiao Wang, I suddenly remembered that these people might be spies. They somehow got information about me and are deliberately trying to pry and harass me, hoping to extract state secrets from me. I suggest we arrest them and interrogate them properly."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Wang immediately became serious. He stopped helping, pulled out handcuffs from behind his back, revealed his military identity, and quickly handcuffed Uncle Su and Xie Lanhua together. He then said solemnly:

"Comrade Su, I think you're absolutely right. This is clearly a conspiracy against you. I'll handcuff them and take them to the police station now for a thorough interrogation!"

Uncle Su was dumbfounded, and so was Xie Lanhua.

They just came to talk to their niece, hoping to get some benefits out of her and use moral blackmail against Su Wanqing so they could gain some advantage.

They're already calling them spies right from the start?

"Comrade, soldier, you've misunderstood! We're not spies, we're Su Wanqing's family!"

Xie Lanhua stopped crying and throwing a tantrum, and instead pleaded repeatedly.

"Wanqing, quickly explain to this comrade that we have nothing to do with spies! We're just unlucky; we only wanted to get close to you because we were happy to see you!"

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