Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s

Chapter 977: Chapter 978: Won’t Act Rashly

”Uncle, don’t worry, I won’t act recklessly.”

Chiang Xiao’s gaze was somewhat cold.

Act recklessly? She wouldn’t, but she was going to give them a taste of their own medicine!

Ge Xiaotong watched her receding figure, tugged at Xu Linjiang’s sleeve and said timidly, ”Linjiang, what do you think Little is going to do? Her expression just now was a bit terrifying.”

The look in Chiang Xiao’s eyes just now indeed felt somewhat terrifying to her.

Xu Linjiang drew her close, looked at her, then glanced at Little Bean Bun, who was eating candy, and sighed, ”Little is surely out to avenge our son! You should stay away from that woman in the future and go around her whenever possible.”

”I know, I know, I didn’t realize she was that scary before!”

Chiang Xiao left the hospital and adjusted her collar.

The biting cold wind couldn’t extinguish the raging fury in her heart at that moment.

It was getting dark, and many homes’ chimneys had smoke curling up from them; occasionally, the sound of a mother calling her children home for dinner could be heard.

Chiang Xiao arrived at the alley where Chiang Baohe and Zou Xiaoling lived in that old house and noticed that the weeds in the corner of the wall had grown even more abundant than before.

The place had become even more desolate with a foul-smelling ditch nearby, carrying putrid water and emitting an awful odor.

Zou Xiaoling, though from the countryside with her own family in dire straits and having been wed to an idiot by them, in fact, had some ambition and courage. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have run away on her own, seeking to escape that arranged marriage and even managed to come to their town to teach.

Lately, she had pinned some hopes on Chiang Yuequn, thinking to use him to further escape her current plight.

Therefore, with these thoughts, Zou Xiaoling, who was entering and leaving such an environment daily, where the outside was dirty and desolate, and at home, she had a husband who was neither human nor ghost, and who abused her physically and verbally; her mental state was certainly becoming more and more twisted.

But since Zou Xiaoling had managed to flee once before, why wasn’t she fleeing now?

There was also something else Chiang Xiao did not quite understand. Wasn’t this house rented by Ding Meifen and the others? Now that Chiang Baoguo was abandoned by them, why were Chiang Baohe and his family still able to live in this house?

Thinking about this, Chiang Xiao suddenly had an idea.

Just going to jab Zou Xiaoling with a needle seemed not enough to vent her anger, and besides, if they continued to live here in the future, who knew what other troubles might arise? It was better to resolve it all at once.

She went back home and called out Chu Liang.

She took Chu Liang with her and pointed at the old house, ”Brother Chu, you’ve lived here since you were a kid, do you know who the owner of that house is?”

”I do.”

”Where are they? Why don’t they live here anymore?”

”They’ve built a new house on the other side of the town. The new house even includes a shop, so they moved there.”

”Take me to them.”

Chiang Xiao had made up her mind and was not going to dally. She immediately had Chu Liang take her to the family that owned the house.

Just as Chu Liang had said, the family’s new house appeared spacious and bright, and with the added shop, was much better than the old one.

With Chu Liang leading her and being old neighbors, they were very warm and courteous to Chiang Xiao.

Chiang Xiao asked directly, ”I was wondering if you’re willing to sell your old house?”

Upon hearing this, they and Chu Liang were all taken aback for a moment.

Such an old house in that kind of location—what did Chiang Xiao want it for? They thought receiving a few bucks in rent a month was already quite good.