"ah?"
Everyone in Xinshui Village paused and froze: "Didn't you say you didn't want to help Zhang Mingzhu pay back the money?"
"I'm not helping Zhang Mingzhu, it's you."
Song Wei glared at them with hatred.
"Seeing as you often secretly support me before I get married, I'll help you out once and for all. I'll advance the money Zhang Mingzhu owes you first, and then I'll go collect the debt for you."
Is she trying to take all the trouble on herself?
Hearing her words, the villagers were even more shocked.
"We blackmailed you and Jin Hengchuan before, aren't you angry?"
Angry!
But what can she do?
We have lived together for more than ten years. Before today, they had never done anything to feel sorry for her and Jin Hengchuan. She couldn't completely break up with them just because they committed a crime, right?
Song Wei rubbed her eyebrows and asked them impatiently: "To be honest, will you accept my arrangement?"
"Accept it, of course I accept it."
Everyone in Xinshui Village looked at each other and nodded.
That's pretty much it.
Song Wei snorted, folded her arms and said, "Then remember, starting from tomorrow, Zhang Mingzhu will not owe you any money. Her creditor is me."
"good."
The villagers wrote down what she said and left with satisfaction.
"Why are you doing this?"
After the surroundings became quiet again, Sun Wenyuan walked to Song Wei and sighed heavily.
"You are responsible for this matter today. If you persist to the end, even if you don't help the people in the village, they won't be able to find fault with you."
"I didn't plan to help them at first, but thinking about what they had done for me before, I still relented."
Song Wei smiled bitterly and said with her eyebrows pressed: "Forget it, the money Zhang Mingzhu owes them shouldn't be much. I still have some wealth now, so I still have to be able to handle this."
"You."
Sun Wenyuan poked her head, trying to make her stop being so kind, but he didn't know how to say it. After struggling for a long time, he finally changed the subject.
"Then you got involved in the money Zhang Mingzhu owes. Your and Hengchuan's departure from the county will be delayed. I'm afraid..."
"It's okay. I won't go to Zhang Mingzhu to ask for the debt. After repaying the money she borrowed from the villagers, Hengchuan and I will leave the county as planned. Zhang Dade will have no chance to pester us."
Song Wei knew what he was worried about, and before he could finish speaking, she patted his back comfortingly.
"Uncle Wenyuan, don't worry, Hengchuan and I will be fine."
"Fine."
Sun Wenyuan frowned slightly and suppressed the worry in his heart: "It's getting late, you and Hengchuan should go back to the county quickly!"
"Okay, you have to take care of yourself while we are away. When Hengchuan and I start a career in the imperial capital, we will take you here to take care of you in your old age."
Song Wei raised her lips and smiled, and said some thoughtful words to him before turning and leaving with Jin Hengchuan.
At that time, the sky above them was completely dark.
"who?"
Not long after they parted ways with Sun Wenyuan, goosebumps appeared all over Song Wei's back. Her eyes narrowed, she immediately stopped and looked around.
"What's wrong?"
Jin Hengchuan was startled by her abnormal reaction and quickly opened his arms to block her in a protective posture.
"I feel like someone is following us."
Song Wei observed her surroundings vigilantly, her body tense: "And the other person looked at me with malice."
"Is someone following us?"
Hearing what she said, Jin Hengchuan's eyes became sharp, but he studied carefully for a long time and found nothing suspicious.
"Honey, have you been having trouble sleeping recently and are you hallucinating?"
After a while, he tilted his head and turned his attention to Song Wei.
"Maybe."
Song Wei didn't find anyone or anything worthy of her attention. She sighed inaudibly and took Jin Hengchuan's arm again: "Forget it, let's go!"
"Um."
Jin Hengchuan rubbed the top of her hair and took another step towards the outside of the village.
A breeze blew by, and a few leaves were scattered where they had been standing.
"Damn it, I didn't expect them to be quite alert."
After a long time, a pair of tattered Jiefang shoes stepped on the leaves.
Looking at Song Wei and Jin Hengchuan's backs drifting away, Zhang Dade showed a resentful expression.
…
"Song Wei, this is the bill you want."
On the other side, Song Wei and Jin Hengchuan still didn't know that Song Wei's intuition was correct and that someone was really following them tonight. After returning to Sihai Restaurant, the two of them fell asleep separately.
Have a good night's sleep.
Early the next morning, the village chief handed Song Wei what she wanted before the time specified by Song Wei.
After that, she showed a gentle smile to Song Wei again.
"The people in the village asked me to thank you on their behalf. Oh, by the way, they also said that if you want to cause trouble for Zhang Mingzhu and Zhang Dade in the future, they will definitely help you."
"No, I don't intend to get entangled with Zhang Mingzhu's family."
Song Wei curled her lips, and after giving her a batch of money according to the bill given to her by the village chief, she wanted to issue an eviction order.
But at this time, a thin figure suddenly ran in from outside Sihai Restaurant.
"No...it's not good, Sister Weiwei, get out of here quickly, Zhang Dade is going to kill you."
"Erya, why are you here?"
Song Wei knew the visitor. She was the daughter of the village head widow Zhang's family, named Zhang Erya.
She looked outside the door and then at Zhang Erya, a chill flashing through her eyes quickly.
"How do you know Zhang Dade wants to kill me?"
"My mother saw him sharpening the knife."
Zhang Erya held her chest and took a few deep breaths. She didn't dare to hide anything and quickly told everything she knew.
"To go from my house to the river, you have to pass by Zhang's house. This morning, my mother went to the river to wash clothes as usual. When she walked to the door of Zhang's house, she saw Zhang Dade sharpening a knife through the crack in the door. She felt that Zhang Dade was sharpening a knife. Her behavior was a bit strange, so she listened subconsciously, and then she heard Zhang Dade scolding you, Sister Weiwei."
"Zhang Dade said that after he sharpened his knife, he would come to the county to find you. He wanted to hold you hostage and ask Brother Hengchuan to give him money. My mother was a little worried about your safety, so she asked me to come here to find you. Sister Weiwei, You and Brother Hengchuan should leave the county quickly. Zhang Dade has no money, so he can't chase you to the imperial capital to cause trouble for you."
"Let's go, why should I leave?"
When she learned that Zhang Dade was coming to find her, Song Weili was happy: "I didn't do anything shameful, and I didn't take the initiative to trouble Zhang Dade. I'm not afraid of Zhang Dade."
"But Zhang Dade has a knife in his hand."
Zhang Erya was so anxious that he broke into a cold sweat: "What if he goes crazy and hurts you and Brother Hengchuan?"
