The moment Zheng Qi said it, Lu Yao's heart trembled.
Seeing Lu Yao's pale face, Zheng Qi was extremely happy.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Zheng Jiajia stepped forward and pushed Zheng Qi and said loudly, "There is no hard work on the construction site. What do you want to do by deliberately saying this?"
Zheng Qi deliberately raised his voice, "Why can't I say it? She doesn't do any work, but men work hard. You have to make friends with such a heartless person, right?"
Zheng Jiajia immediately retorted, "That's because the man is willing. If you have the ability, you can find a man who treats you well!"
"I'm not looking for someone with muddy legs!"
The two of you said something to me, and neither one gave in to the other.
Lu Yao stared straight at Zheng Qi, her voice almost squeezed out from between her teeth, "How do you know?"
Zheng Qi raised his chin proudly, "Of course I saw it with my own eyes!"
Lu Yao narrowed her eyes, her voice filled with chills, "Are you investigating me?"
"Yao Yao, you wrongly blamed Sister Qi Qi. We discovered it accidentally." Dong Niannian explained on the side, "We went out to play and passed by there this morning, and saw a man being scolded by the leader because he was eating too much. It was slow, everyone had finished eating and went to work, but he hadn't finished eating yet, and I felt very pitiful. Sister Qiqi told me, and then I realized that it was your man."
Being scolded by the leader...
Hearing these words, Lu Yao's heart ached.
Dong Niannian really knew what to say to make her sad.
Lu Yao tried her best to suppress her turbulent emotions, but her trembling voice still betrayed her, "In a short time, you have said so many unintentional things. The more unintentional things you say, the more credibility you lose."
Dong Niannian looked innocent, "Yao Yao, what we said is true. I didn't plan to tell you because you extorted our money. Sister Qi Qi was so angry that she told you. If you don't believe it, go and see for yourself. No, that’s fine.”
"Who extorted your money!" Zheng Jiajia said back speechlessly, "You were the ones who rushed to buy it. Now you are blaming Yaoyao. Are you being unreasonable?"
"Zheng Jiajia, where are you from?"
Zheng Jiajia choked back, "It's not your fault anyway!"
Zheng Qi's face turned red with anger, but seeing Lu Yao's increasingly pale face, she felt much better.
"Lu Yao, it's not like you don't know when your man goes to the construction site. Why are you pretending to be distressed now? If you don't believe what we say, go and have a look now. It's almost noon anyway, and we will eat soon. Let's see how your man is doing. On what day, think about what kind of life you should live."
After saying that, Zheng Qi took Mrs. Zheng’s arm and said to Dong Niannian, “Let’s go!”
Dong Niannian smiled at Lu Yao and Zheng Jiajia, "Sister Jiajia, Yaoyao, let's go first."
No one from Lu Yao or Zheng Jiajia paid attention to her.
Dong Niannian pursed her lips helplessly and walked away.
The moment they missed each other, Dong Niannian curled up the corners of her pursed lips.
Lu Yao clenched the bag in her hand, her expression gloomy and scary.
Zheng Jiajia gently held Lu Yao's hand and looked at her worriedly, "Yao Yao, don't listen to their nonsense. Duan Mingjie is a good worker and the leader must like him very much."
Lu Yao took a deep breath, and the air poured into her heart and lungs, which was so painful that she almost couldn't breathe.
"Yao Yao?"
Lu Yao's nose felt sore and her eyes gradually turned red.
She choked up and said, "Jiajia, please go home. I want to go back."
She wants to go back and take a look.
Zheng Jiajia felt uneasy when Lu Yao was like this, "I'll take you back."
Lu Yao shook her head, "I want to go back by myself."
If what Zheng Qi said is true, Duan Mingjie definitely doesn't want more people to see it.
Zheng Jiajia no longer forced, "I'll find you again tomorrow morning."
Lu Yao nodded numbly.
When turning around, Lu Yao thought of something and called out to Zheng Jiajia.
Zheng Jiajia thought Yaoyao was going to join her, but she heard Lu Yao say.
"Jiajia, when you go back, tell your third uncle. Zheng Qi knows where I live and he introduced it to me."
Zheng Jiajia blinked and didn't understand why she told her third uncle about this, but she still said "Okay."
"As for whether you want to tell others or not, ask your third uncle what he means."
Zheng Jiajia nodded, "Okay."
Lu Yao said again, "Tell your third uncle in private not to question Zheng Qi in front of her."
Zheng Jiajia became even more puzzled, but still wrote it down.
After coming out of the department store, Lu Yao took the bus back to East Street.
After getting off the car, Lu Yao asked who was building a house nearby.
She asked Duan Mingjie several times, but Duan Mingjie told her that the location of the construction site was not fixed. He worked at this house in the morning and maybe at another house in the afternoon.
She might not be able to find him if she goes there.
She knew that the construction site was hard, but she never thought that he would be reprimanded.
He has never been afraid of hardship. It's not that he has never endured hardship in Duanjia Village, but he has never been angry.
Just the thought of him not being able to retaliate after being scolded and telling her everything was fine when he went back, made Lu Yao so distressed that she couldn't breathe.
Lu Yao took a deep breath, she must find him today!
After asking, Lu Yao learned that there were two houses nearby.
Lu Yao went to the first house but didn't see Duan Mingjie, so she went to the second house.
But there was no Duan Mingjie in the second house either.
Lu Yao couldn't help but frown.
It shouldn't be. Suddenly, a familiar figure walked over from a distance, and Lu Yao hurriedly hid under a big tree.
Not far ahead, Duan Mingjie and another young man were carrying a locust citron together. Lu Yao saw the veins on Duan Mingjie's forehead and the strong lines of his arms.
The two put the locust citron on the ground and went to carry the rest.
Lu Yao stood quietly beside him, silently watching him working hard, tears flowing down unknowingly.
"Comrade, who are you looking for?"
Suddenly, a strange middle-aged male voice came from behind.
Lu Yao wiped her tears and turned around, "I'm not looking for anyone, just passing by."
While talking, Lu Yao saw the rice in his hand. The slightly white soup was bottomless, with no trace of rice grains at all.
The middle-aged man's other hand held a basket of steamed buns with mixed noodles, and a small portion of fried beans in the basket.
Lu Yao swallowed hard, "Do you guys usually eat these?"
The man smiled and said, "We usually don't eat so well. Today, the host has made a special stir-fry for us."
Lu Yao sniffed, her throat seemed to be held by an invisible hand, her voice became tight, and it took a while before she asked aloud, "So, usually, you don't even have food?"
"Of course not."
Seeing her clean and beautiful clothes, the middle-aged man thought that she must be overflowing with sympathy, so he took the opportunity to teach her, "Child, look at how hard it is for your family to make money, buy less in the future, and understand more about the difficulties of your parents."
Lu Yao lowered her head, "I understand, thank you."
"It's okay, it's okay."
"Lao Zhang, what are you doing? Everyone is starving to death!"
The middle-aged man shouted, "It's coming, it's coming!"
Then he said to Lu Yao, "My child, go home quickly."
Lu Yao nodded, fearing that Duan Mingjie would find out, so she quickly dodge to the wall next door.
