The Male Lead’s Wife in the ’80s

The Male Lead’s Wife in the ‘80s Chapter 34 – I Ran Into My Mother

“No,” Su Man-er answered without hesitation.

She already married Chi Yunchen. If the Chi family discovered that she had an ambiguous relationship with another boy in the past, the Chi family would have some opinions on her. If a boy exchanged letters with her, it would be even more misleading. No matter what she said, she couldn’t admit it.

Besides, the original owner never had contact with that nuisance Lin Yaocheng before. She never said anything about marrying Lin Yaocheng.

“Why did Yujiao say…”

“Man-er, why are you lying in front of your sister-in-law? Lin Yaocheng transferred to our school last semester. He is handsome and has a good family background. You said that he is 100 times more ambitious than Brother Yunchen. You also said that your heart beats faster every time you see him,” Hu Yujiao interrupted Hong Yashan and stared at Su Man-er.

Su Man-er sneered, “Why don’t I know I said this?!”

“You…”

“Also, I’ve never written back to Lin Yaocheng. Now that you say that we exchanged letters, I’d like to know what’s going on. Why don’t we go to school now and ask Lin Yaocheng about it?!” Su Man-er turned and went in the direction of the town’s school.

Watching Su Man-er, Hu Yujiao’s chest tightened, and her face was involuntarily flustered.

Lin Yaocheng was the first of the boys who complained to the school yesterday.

In the past, Lin Yaocheng asked her to deliver letters to Su Man-er. Su Man-er threw away the letters without looking at them every time.

But she promised Lin Yaocheng that she would help him pursue Su Man-er. She got a lot of benefits from Lin Yaocheng.

In the past, to stabilize Lin Yaocheng and to continue to get benefits from Lin Yaocheng, she imitated Su Man-er’s handwriting and replied to Lin Yaocheng’s letters.

In the past, Lin Yaocheng believed that Su Man-er was really willing to communicate with him and that he really had a chance to be with Su Man-er.

But she didn’t know what happened. Lin Yaocheng discovered the truth. He found out she answered his letters, not Su Man-er.

As a result, yesterday in the school leadership office, Lin Yaocheng publicly said that she was a swindler and that she cheated him of his money. Other boys who had wanted to use her to chase Su Man-er and had given Hu Yujiao benefits joined to complain about her.

The reason why she was expelled from school was actually because of Lin Yaocheng. If she went to find Lin Yaocheng now, wasn’t that slapping herself in the face? She certainly couldn’t go.

Hu Yujiao stepped forward to block Su Man-er. “School is in session now. If we go find Lin Yaocheng, we will interfere with his studying. Man-er, I know you don’t want to admit it, but you can never…”

“Of course, I won’t admit to something that I haven’t done. But aren’t you afraid now? Hu Yujiao, you dare not question Lin Yaocheng because you’re afraid an interrogation will expose your lies, right?” Su Man-er coldly interrupted Hu Yujiao, not wanting to listen to Hu Yujiao’s nonsense.

Although Hong Yashan was simple and honest most of the time, she was not a real fool.

After listening for a long time, she understood.

She looked at Hu Yujiao unhappily and said in a restrained voice, “Hu Yujiao, you’re falsely accusing Su Man-er, huh? You are slandering her, huh? You child…why are you like this? Why don’t you repent at all?”

“Sister-in-law, I’m not…”

“You’re still saying it’s not true?! Do you really think I’m a fool?” Hong Yashan furrowed her brows, and a stern expression appeared on her face.

Hu Yujiao ground her teeth.

She originally wanted to threaten Su Man-er with Lin Yaocheng and wanted to take money from Su Man-er.

But now it seemed…

“Hu Yujiao, you stopped me today to ask me for money, right? Unfortunately, it’s a pity that I’m not so easy to fool. I won’t be extorted for money by a despicable person like you!” What Hu Yujiao needed the most was money, so she didn’t have to guess to know what Hu Yujiao stopped her for today.

After being exposed, Hu Yujiao was embarrassed but even angrier.

She was angry that Su Man-er exposed her thoughts in front of Hong Yashan and didn’t spare her feelings whatsoever.

She clenched her hands and argued, “I didn’t. I’m not…”

“Really? Since you’re not asking for money, I’ll leave,” Su Man-er said. She held Hong Yashan’s hand and prepared to enter the supply and marketing cooperative.

Hu Yujiao was furious.

She clenched her teeth tightly and suddenly took a deep breath. “Man-er, I’m not asking you for money. I want to…borrow money from you. Can you lend me some money? Don’t worry, I’ll pay you back. I’ll pay you back when I earn money.”

Su Man-er’s steps paused.

She turned her head sideways, looked askance at Hu Yujiao, and said, “Really? You want to borrow money from me. How much do you want to borrow?”

Hu Yujiao was stunned. She didn’t expect that Su Man-er would be willing to lend her money.

It seemed that Su Man-er hadn’t completely lost her conscience and still had a shred of conscience left.

Rejoicing in her heart, Hu Yujiao cleared her throat and coughed softly, “Well, can you lend me…a hundred yuan?”

Although a hundred yuan was a little much in this era, she needed a lot of money to go to the city.

Otherwise, before she gained a foothold in the city, her money would be gone.

Hearing her say the amount, Hong Yashan gasped.

Hong Yashan stared at Hu Yujiao with a shocked look on her face and asked, “Yujiao, why do you want so much money? That’s a hundred yuan. Did you treat a hundred yuan as ten yuan?”

She was really surprised. She didn’t expect Hu Yujiao wanted a hundred yuan!

Hu Yujiao bit her lip and lowered her head slightly. Acting embarrassed, she said, “The school told us that we needed to buy new school materials. Those materials are expensive, so…”

“Tsk tsk, you’re buying materials. Since you are buying materials, let’s go to school together. After all, one hundred yuan is not a small amount. I have to verify with the school. Otherwise, it would be bad if I was cheated,” Su Man-er said and walked in the direction of the school.

Hu Yujiao’s expression was slightly stiff.

She looked at Su Man-er. In hindsight, she finally realized that Su Man-er was messing with her. Su Man-er, that b*tch, had no intention of lending her money at all!

Gritting her teeth, Hu Yujiao wanted to speak up. However, Su Man-er spoke first, “Look at you. You don’t look like you want to go to school. What, you lied again? You’re afraid that your lies will be exposed after you go to school? Tsk tsk, Hu Yujiao, can you be a little more sincere? You’re a liar.”

Due to Su Man-er’s warning, Hong Yashan understood that Hu Yujiao lied again.

She looked at Hu Yujiao, disappointed. “Yujiao, how did you become like this? You were not like this before. How did you…become so wicked?”

This was not the Hu Yujiao she knew.

The Hu Yujiao she knew was a sincere and kind-hearted girl. She was a rare good girl.

But she was now spouting lies. She was either slandering others or cheating people’s money. Such a girl was really disgusting.

Hu Yujiao felt like a thorn was stuck in her throat. It seemed like the words she wanted to say were stuck in her throat, and she couldn’t spit them out.

Su Man-er gently laughed, and she suddenly stepped forward. With a little space between them, she scornfully looked at Hu Yujiao. “If you weren’t so mean and despicable, maybe you would still live with our Chi family. But you are too vicious and shameless. You repeatedly make mistakes and don’t know how to repent. Even if you are poor and lack money, I won’t sympathize with you. Because at this point, you only have yourself to blame!”

Too lazy to pay attention to Hu Yujiao again, Su Man-er turned around and swiftly stepped into the supply and marketing cooperative.

Hong Yashan took a disappointed look at Hu Yujiao, let out a heavy sigh, and entered the supply and marketing cooperative.

Hu Yujiao stood still.

She clenched her hands, and her face sank as if it was shrouded in dark clouds.

Her eyes venomously flickered and suddenly turned to the door of the supply and marketing cooperative.

Hehe, did Su Man-er say that she only had herself to blame? Su Man-er blamed her?

Hehe, Su Man-er can really talk rubbish!

Obviously, it was Su Man-er who hurt her. If it weren’t for Su Man-er, she would still have a good relationship with Chi Yunchen. If it weren’t for Su Man-er, Chi Yunchen might like her.

It was Su Man-er’s fault. It was Su Man-er who caused her such misery. It was Su Man-er who ruined her happiness!

Clenching her hands, she stared at the door for a while. She suddenly turned around and walked into a nearby street.

Su Man-er, don’t be proud too soon! Combining the grudges of my past life with those of my current life, I will settle the score with you!

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Inside the supply and marketing cooperative.

Hong Yashan hurried to Su Man-er and said, “Hey, I didn’t expect that Yujiao would become more and more unreasonable. You said she…Why did she…”

“She was always like this.” Su Man-er gave Hong Yashan a slanted look and indifferently said, “She was always a mean, shameless, sinister, and vicious person. But, she faked it well in the past, so you were tricked by her.”

She lamented that the reborn female lead, Hu Yujiao, had really good acting skills. Grandma Chi and the others were fooled.

Hong Yashan lowered her head and annoyedly said, “If I had known she was like this, I would have listened to Yunchen at the beginning. If I had listened to Yunchen, there wouldn’t be a mess now.”

It was too late for regret. When she thought about how her family had raised Hu Yujiao for such a long time, it felt like her heart was stabbed by needles.

Su Man-er patted her on the shoulder. “Sister-in-law, let’s not think about it. Let’s look at the clothes. Today, we earned a lot of money, so we can buy new clothes for Grandma and the others.”

But they couldn’t buy the best clothes and could only buy slightly worse ones. After all, buying clothes for the whole family was quite expensive.

They had to buy other things besides clothes. It was still important to spend the money frugally.

Hong Yashan was suddenly at a loss. “Jiayue… Jiayue doesn’t need new clothes. Just buy clothes for Grandma and the others. Jiayue still has clothes to wear. He wears…”

“Sister-in-law, Jiayue’s clothes are so worn out that they can’t get any shabbier. Those clothes aren’t warm at all. This winter is so cold. If he continues to wear those clothes, he will get sick. We must buy these clothes. We won’t buy clothes that are too expensive, and we’ll just buy slightly worse clothes.” Su Man-er knew that Hong Yashan was reluctant to spend money. But no matter how reluctant she was, she couldn’t wrong her child so much. If her child fell ill, it would cost more to see a doctor and buy medicine.

Hong Yashan’s heart suddenly felt sour, and she wanted to cry. But she held back.

After all, she was in public. She couldn’t cry and humiliate Su Man-er.

She glanced at Man-er and gratefully said, “Man-er, thank you. Thank you for being willing to…buy clothes for Jiayue.”

“Why are you thanking me? A family doesn’t need to say thank you to each other.” Su Man-er pulled Hong Yashan’s arm and took her to a child’s garment. “Let’s see what this garment is like.”

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Su Man-er and Hong Yashan stayed in the supply and marketing cooperative for nearly an hour before they came out.

Su Man-er bought clothes for Grandma Chi, Mother Chi, Jiayue, and Yunbo. She wanted to buy some for Hong Yashan, but Hong Yashan insisted that she didn’t want them.

Su Man-er originally wanted to buy clothes for herself. However, looking at the style of the clothes, she really couldn’t do it. Besides, she didn’t have much money left in her pocket, so…she should save as much as she could.

After buying clothes, they bought a sickle and some snacks.

After buying these things, they planned to go back to the village.

However, when they came out of the supply and marketing cooperative, they bumped into three people whom they knew.

Seeing these three people, Su Man-er’s eyes were cold while Hong Yashan’s breath involuntarily hitched.

Gu Chunmei pulled the arm of a middle-aged woman. The middle-aged woman dressed fashionably, and her skin was white because of proper maintenance.

This middle-aged woman was Gu Chunzhi, Su Man-er’s mother.

Gu Chunzhi saw Su Man-er coming out of the supply and marketing cooperative. She first frowned slightly then asked in a restrained voice, “Did you come to town to shop? Why didn’t you tell me that you came to town?!”

Her tone was clearly interrogative.

Not only was her tone interrogative but also haughty!

Su Man-er rummaged through the original owner’s memories.

According to the original owner’s memories, her mother was very strict. Her mother would either reprimand her or would be on the path to reprimanding her.

Although the original owner had never been beaten, the perpetual rebuke made the original owner scared whenever she saw her mother. Even when she heard her mother’s voice, she would feel stifled.

The original owner sometimes wanted to resist her mother.

But every time before she resisted, she would be frightened by her mother’s strictness.

“Why don’t you talk? Are you mute?” Gu Chunzhi saw that Su Man-er stared at her but didn’t reply. Her face sank and was a little unhappy.

Hong Yashan hung her head slightly and looked at Gu Chunzhi with some fear.

When Man-er and Yunchen got married, her in-laws had a meal at the Chi family’s house.

She would never forget that meal!

She had never seen such a strict person. She was so strict…she was scarier than the strictest teacher in school.

“I’m not mute. I just didn’t want to talk,” Su Man-er indifferently said, her tone stone cold.