After The System Punished Me to Give Birth

Chapter 31

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Because Ling Li had been previously acquainted with Xiang Cao, Su Jingyang and Ling Li found Xiang Cao's residence two days after his visit to Lin Ji pavilion and stopped by.

The place where Xiang Cao lived was very messy. Su Jingyang and the others saw a fat old lady sitting in front of the dilapidated house with her legs up picking at her teeth, while Xiang Cao, who was supposed to be in bed, was beside her doing laundry. A dirty, thin, yellow-faced girl who was only about four or five years old limped around next to Xiang Cao, seemingly wanting to help carry water. Instead, she accidentally knocked the basin over and splashed the water on her body.

The little girl became covered in water, she was stunned and didn't move. The old lady was suddenly provoked, she suddenly got up and rushed over with a fierce face, grabbing the little girl's hair with one hand, and pulling her ear vigorously with the other. Her mouth spat words as the little girl screamed and cried, Xiang Cao hurriedly got up to protect her, and the old lady hit Xiang Cao as well. His pale face was beaten and his body was shaky, head always low. He protected his daughter without lifting his head.

The person next door poked his head and looked around as if he had become accustomed to it.

Ling Li had already covered Ah-Xuan's eyes, his complexion was not very good, and Su Jingyang was so angry that black smoke appeared above his head! Xiang Cao had just lost a child, not only did they let him work, they're still beating him so fiercely! Su Jingyang had the urge to step forward to intervene, but he suddenly notices a two-and-a-half-year-old boy dragging away the old lady, yelling that he was going to buy rabbit meat to eat it back. The old lady scolded with a few words, dug her finger to Xiang Cao's temple fiercely, and left with a "work honestly", slowly following her grandson with a calm face.

Su Jingyang and Ling Li hurriedly came over to help Xiang Cao and the little girl who had fallen on the ground. Xiang Cao embraced his crying daughter with thin arms and flinched before raising his eyes to look at Su Jingyang and Ling Li. There was a little astonishment in them.

Su Jingyang looked at his bloodless face and the heart-breaking child in his arms. He didn't know what to do. Originally, he just came with Ling Li to visit and prepare some supplements, but after thinking about it, too material things may be stolen from Xiang Cao, so they just brought him the clothes they prepared for his daughter before.

Xiang Cao's daughter, who was trembling badly in his arms, hesitated before accepting it. Xiang Cao said thank you in a low voice and took a piece of dry cloth to wrap the child in.

Ah-Xuan, who had been holding Ling Li's hand, suddenly ran over and gave the little girl a piece of candy. He looked at her with clear eyes and said softly, "You eat it, it's very sweet." 

The little girl had tears in her eyes. She looked stupidly at the candy on her palm and her original tearful voice gradually ceased. She choked silently, and the stains of tears messed up the originally dirty face. She said thank you very quietly to Ah-Xuan but didn't eat it, instead, she broke the cand and put half into Xiang Cao's mouth before hiding. She then put the other half into her mouth carefully like a treasure.

Su Jingyang was preparing to give Xiang Cao some money, but Xiang Cao suddenly became tense. He gently pushed Su Jingyang's hand back with his backhand, and shook his head vigorously; he kept on whispering: "Go, you go quickly."

Su Jingyang noticed something was wrong. He looked back and saw the old lady and the two grandsons clamouring back, they seemed to be carrying a piece of rabbit meat on a straw rope. Xiang Cao put down the child and then squatted down quickly, he put his cracked hands into the laundry tub and continued to scrub the clothes.

Su Jingyang was frustrated for several days because of this, there was a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart. Su Jingyang wanted to persuade Xiang Cao to find a way to leave that family, Xiang Cao could definitely support himself and his daughter. However, recalling the obedience exuded from Xiang Cao's bones, Su Jingyang worried that if he would just rashly intervene to disrupt the status quo, he would just be considered a reckless busy body.

A male colleague from a different department of the same company as Su Jingyang once encountered a woman who was domestically abused on the street. The male colleague rushed up to help and beat the man. As a result, the woman was very excited and turned to call the police, she said that he beat her husband, and sued him till he lost hundreds of USD in medical expenses before leaving!

Su Jingyang was indignant when he heard this, some people in this world were just like this, God knows what they're thinking!

Su Jingyang didn't think that Xiang Cao would be like that woman. But Xiang Cao was a child ride who grew up influenced by the Xiang family since he was a child, even following their family name. All the influence Xiang family had planted on him was deeply rooted and difficult to remove. He didn't even think about resisting. Su Jingyang was sure that if he ran to tell Xiang Cao to sever ties with the Xiang family and just rely on himself, Xiang Cao would definitely show a look of shock, looking at him as if he was a lunatic.

In fact, even he already knew this, Su Jingyang still couldn't bear it and went find him quietly, trying to test whether he ever had the thought of living independently by himself. As expected, Xiang Cao's eyes were full of weirdness, and he almost turned around in panic and left. Su Jingyang hurriedly pulled him and said, "You just think about it, come to my restaurant to work after you leave with your daughter. If nothing else, food and clothing can be guaranteed. Have you never wanted to leave this kind of life?"

Xiang Cao looked at him with an expression was full of unknown confusion and fear. In the end, he nodded slightly to Su Jingyang and turned to leave without saying anything.

Su Jingyang looked at Xiang Cao's weak and thin back, he frowned and sighed secretly. He wasn't a saviour, he can't even save himself, but he really couldn't bear it and wanted to help him. However, he has no way of forcing them to make choices.

Su Jingyang became upset because of Xiang Cao's affairs for a few days, only after recovering did he realize that those gangsters hadn't appeared during this period of time. Even so, Rong Ci still came over for dinner every day and then waited for them to go home together. The wind was fiercely raging on that day. Su Jingyang and Ling Li stopped work and went home before closing hours. After eating late and taking a bath, Su Jingyang took a pillow and went to Ling Li's room. The three of them had nothing to do, so they all went to bed early.

It was unknown what time it was, Su Jingyang was sleeping soundly when a loud bang shook the courtyard, the cold wind whistled in!

Su Jingyang was shocked and suddenly opened his eyes, Ling Li and Ah-Xuan also were woken up. There was a rustle of clothing rubbing on the bed and the three of them sat up in unison.

Ah-Xuan asked sleepily, clutching Su Jingyang's sleeve: "Uncle, uncle, what's the sound?"

Ling Li was about to go out to see, Su Jingyang put on a cotton suit and pushed him back on the bed, letting him accompany the child. The candle in his hand was extinguished before he even left the house, finally, Ling Li took Su Jingyang's newly bought rabbit lantern and insisted on going out with Su Jingyang to see. Ah-Xuan could understand more words now, they let him stay in bed and told him not to move. Ling Li proposed anchoring each other to move forward, Su JIngyang agreed.

The two of them squeezed against one another, leaning against the doorframe and looking for a long while to make sure that there was nothing unusual outside. When they finally opened the front door, they discovered what had caused the noise just now.

——The wall that was connected to Ah-Yi's house was blown over and collapsed because of the wind! ! !

Bombarded with the cold wind, Su Jingyang's nose turned red. He wrapped his clothes tightly around his figure and raised the lantern, looking at the wall that was almost half-destroyed. He looked at it and couldn't believe it, "... This wall, is it made of tofu? How come it collapses like this when the wind blows?!" If lifted his foot, he would be able to go directly to Ah-Yi's house!

Ling Li was stunned for a while before saying vaguely: "M-Maybe it had been in disrepair long ago, and the wind is very strong tonight, so..."

Su Jingyang couldn't find a solution for the time being, they had already checked the source of the loud noise, it was enough. The night was too cold to bear. He hurriedly pulled Ling Li inside again, turned off the light, got into the quilt, and fell asleep after a few murmurs. Ling Li tossed and turned for a while before quietly closing his eyes.

The wind stopped the next day, Su Jingyang was washing his face in the yard. He turned his head and found Rong Ci looking at the collapsed wall. He was dressed in narrow-sleeved black clothes, and the young man's figure was handsome and dazzling.

Su Jingyang wiped his hands and ran over to ask him when he would find someone to fix it, but Rong Ci just lifted his arms and glanced over at him. He said in a deep voice, "Is there anything to fix? Wouldn't this be more convenient for you to peek at me?"

Su Jingyang said, "I'm not interested in you." Then he promised him that he would find someone to make up in the short term.

Rong Ci gritted his teeth, the slightly raised corners of his eyes were indescribably cold. He stared at him slowly and said: "This wall is half down, repair is very expensive."

Su Jingyang patted his chest, "I'm not short of money. No worries!"

"Jingyang." Ling Li stood at the door of the kitchen at some point and said to them: "Forget it, Ah-Yi is right. Repairing is another avoidable additional expense, it's better to... just clean up together and keep it for now."

Su Jingyang didn't say anything, Ling Li asked, " Ah-Yi, do you have any comments?"

Rong Ci hummed, "Let's follow your suggestion."

Su Jingyang asked, "Yo? You're not afraid that I'll run over to peek at you?"

Rong Ci said: "I'll just dig out your eyes."