Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s

Chapter 178: Chapter 178: What Do You Know

”Chiang Xiao, what exactly do you want?” Chiang Baoguo glared at her, lowering his voice, and asked through gritted teeth.

Yesterday at the Chiang Family, Chiang Xiao had already used Ding Meifen’s situation to blackmail him. At the time, he had given in to her demands and persuaded his mother, wife, and son to leave. What more did she want?

”Uncle, I took grandfather to the town hospital today. The doctor said his injury is serious, with a hematoma, and he needs to rest well and take care of his health,” Chiang Xiao’s face wore a smile, but the mirth did not reach her eyes. ”Our family doesn’t have a penny, so the money for the doctor was borrowed. Grandfather is hurt, grandmother is in poor health, and I’m still young, Uncle, when do you think we can repay this money?”

”How much did you borrow? Who would lend you the money?”

”You don’t need to worry about whom we borrowed it from, Uncle. We borrowed twenty yuan, and it’s already been used up on the last hospital visit. Grandfather needs to replenish his health, and if we run out of medicine, we’ll need to get more. These twenty yuan are far from enough.” Chiang Xiao looked at him and blinked, adding, ”Uncle, I don’t dare to ask Second Uncle for money, so could you ask him for me?”

Chiang Baoguo’s face turned dark. ”You’re saying you want to ask Baohe for money?”

”Why not? Grandfather was injured by him. Isn’t it only right for him to cover the medical and tonic expenses?”

”Go ask him yourself!”

Chiang Baoguo said angrily, then turned on his heel to leave.

Chiang Xiao raised her voice, ”Ding Meifeng is already in her twenties, why isn’t she married yet?”

In fact, she knew that Ding Meifeng had been involved with a married man. The affair was about to be exposed, and the man, worried about ruining his reputation and causing an uproar with his wife, forcefully broke things off with her.

But Ding Meifen was already pregnant and didn’t dare to go to the hospital to terminate it, so she was looking for a man to take responsibility.

However, being well into her twenties, it was difficult for her to find a man who had never been married. She could only look for someone who was seeking a second marriage. At this critical moment, Chiang Baoguo, who was quite handsome, had some education, and was an accountant, appeared before her. The Ding father and daughter took notice of him.

They thought to use employment to secure his loyalty, and later on, coax him into leaving his ’plain-faced wife’ at home. That’s how the relation between Ding father and daughter and Chiang Baoguo had started.

The last time they had come to Siyang Village was also to understand the situation of Old Chiang Family and to see if Song Xiyun, the ’plain-faced wife,’ would be easy to shake off.

With that one sentence, Chiang Xiao caused Chiang Baoguo’s heart to violently tremble.

He stopped in his tracks, spun around furiously, and stared at Chiang Xiao: ”Chiang Xiao, what exactly do you know?”

”I don’t know anything, Uncle, I really don’t understand, that’s why I’m asking you,” Chiang Xiao blinked, innocence written all over her face.

Chiang Baoguo was so frustrated his teeth itched. He couldn’t understand how this girl, who used to be introverted and dull, had suddenly become so difficult to deal with. She obviously knew something about Ding Meifen!

”Uncle, what I’m worried about right now is grandfather’s injury and the debt we owe. If the burden on my mind is too heavy, I might not be able to keep things hidden. Auntie often comes to our house, and I don’t know if she might accidentally let something slip, and then there’s the oil mill...”

A lot of people were hoping to take over the job of accountant.

After all, they did not yet know that someone was going to take over the oil mill, turning it from state-owned to privately-owned, and the accounting job was both easy and respectable.

Chiang Xiao was tightly gripping Chiang Baoguo’s Achilles’ heel, leaving him unable to resist.

Chiang Baoguo was now deeply regretting his actions. If he had known Chiang Xiao was as cunning as a monkey, he would never have gone to Ding Meifen yesterday to discuss her wild hare.