369: Chapter 7 Wealthy Relatives_2 369: Chapter 7 Wealthy Relatives_2 “Considering Brother Weiguo’s age, there should be a child in the house, right?” Tang Zheng asked, puzzled, “He has never mentioned it.”
“Ahh, that’s the eldest son.
Since Weiguo went to jail, the boy felt humiliated and went to the city to find work.” Sister-in-law Lin mentioned her eldest son, her face full of worry, “Now he’s getting old, and there’s no significant other in sight.”
Tang Zheng remained silent.
Twenty minutes later, Sister-in-law Lin had already quickly and efficiently served dinner.
“It’s plentiful, but we don’t need the alcohol.” Tang Zheng looked at the dishes on the table, smilingly called Little Stone to eat together, the young lad’s eyes glued to the stir-fried pork betrayed his hunger.
“I’m not hungry.” Stone contradicted himself, swallowing hard, so loud that even he felt embarrassed.
“Sister-in-law, don’t be stingy with money.
Spend it when you need to, buy more nutritious food for the child.
Look at that bean sprout-like figure.” Tang Zheng couldn’t resist saying, pulled Stone to sit next to him and continued, “Brother Weiguo would be heartbroken if he saw this.”
“Hmm.” Sister-in-law Lin simply responded, but Tang Zheng knew she hadn’t taken his words to heart.
Seeing Stone happily eating scrambled eggs with leeks, Tang Zheng patted his head, a smile spilling from the corner of his mouth.
Sister-in-law Lin glared at Stone.
But in her heart, she felt much relieved.
Tang Zheng’s caring look was undoubtedly genuine, not contrived.
He indeed was old Lin’s friend.
Sleeping under a new quilt that clearly hadn’t been used by anyone before, Tang Zheng got sentimental again.
He didn’t want to reject Sister-in-law’s kindness.
The next morning, Tang Zheng left a phone number and took his leave.
“Is he your man’s friend?
He seems a bit young.” As soon as Tang Zheng left, the female neighbors came over, chattering and inquiring about the gossip.
“The young lad looks quite spirited, dresses well too.
It’s a pity he walked to town for the bus, his shoes got dirty, why didn’t he take a cab?”
“It costs seventeen or eighteen yuan for a car ride.” A woman wearing a red hair clip said, “But if Sister-in-law Lin had mentioned earlier, I could have asked my relative’s aunt to give her a lift.
After all, it’s on the way.”
The hair clip woman successfully shifted the topic to herself, flaunting her relative, “Her car is a Mazda, so expensive, more than two hundred thousand yuan.”
“Auntie, where’s Tang Zheng?” After finishing breakfast and hurriedly completing her chores, Tao Lei rushed over, but still missed Tang Zheng.”
“Did your mother dump all the work on you again?” The woman with the hair clip saw Leilei and immediately smiled.
Her looks and character were both commendable.
She had long thought of proposing a marriage for her son, but her demand for dowry was too high.
“By the way, what does that lad do?
Do you guys know each other?”
“He’s a student at a prestigious university.” As they were acquaintances, Tao Lei wasn’t too shy, moreover, she had a good impression of Tang Zheng.
She revealed all his deeds at the train station: maintaining order, giving up his seat, and even secretly buying her a train ticket.
“Is there really such a fool?” The hair clip woman was astonished with her mouth agape, “Are you kidding?
That’s over a hundred yuan.”
“He also beat up a scoundrel harassing a girl and a drunk driver in town.
Tang Zheng is a good person.” Tao Lei said uncertainly, “He seems to be a millionaire.”
“Do you think millionaires are like radishes, that you can pull one from the ground at will?” The hair clip woman didn’t like how Tao Lei was complimenting Tang Zheng and made a sarcastic remark, “He must like you, otherwise why would he pay for your train ticket.”
“You’re talking nonsense.
If he liked her, why did he leave without even showing his face?” Laid out another woman with a different opinion.
They wanted to debate further, but were interrupted by Stone bursting out in panic, sweat pouring down his forehead.”
“Mom, something’s wrong.”
“What happened?” Sister-in-law Lin was startled.
“Did something get stolen?” The hair clip woman regretted immediately, slapping her leg, “I told you so, that lad dressed up like a gentleman, he’s definitely not a decent man.”
The other women also became alert, but before they could ask, they were interrupted by Stone’s loud shout.
“No, it’s money, lots of money.” Stone finished speaking and ran into the house.
The women were stunned, unsure about what was happening.
Lin initially intended to stop them, but the women’s gossiping spirits flared up, and they squeezed past her, rushing into the house.
All at once, the room resounded with a chorus of gasps.
As Sister-in-law Lin walked into the room, she saw the large travel bag lying on the floor, the zipper now open, revealing bundles of money inside, hundreds of bright red stacks.”
“My gosh, how much money is this?” The hair clip woman’s eyes turned green, and she almost instinctively reached out to grab it.
But Stone was quicker than everyone else, dove onto the travel bag.
“Stone, how did you find it?” Sister-in-law Lin asked and went over to close the zipper.
“I found a note while eating the snacks Uncle brought.
It said there was money under the bed, that’s when I saw the bulging travel bag.”
“Do we have that young man’s phone number?
Call him quickly; he might have left it accidentally.
We can’t keep someone else’s belongings.” The hair clip woman didn’t believe someone would give this much money away for no reason.
“I’m going to the grocery store to make a phone call now.” Sister-in-law Lin also found the situation very tricky.
“Why go to the grocery store?
Use my mobile phone.” The hair clip woman couldn’t wait, took out a phone and handed it to Sister-in-law Lin.
As she dialed the number on the note and the other women stared at her, no one dared to even breathe loudly.