I Got Rich in Period Fiction
Chapter 296: I’m begging you, please let me go!

Chapter 296: Chapter 296: I’m begging you, please let me go!

She certainly didn’t know what she must have looked like, but the corners of her mouth appeared to smile in a not entirely genuine manner, "Shen Haoze, am I some kind of monster or beast? I’m your colleague, your comrade - why do you run every time you see me? If you keep this up, I’ll have to have a talk with our superiors."

Shen Haoze hadn’t expected to be caught, and he hurriedly explained, "I have something to do, who says I ran away when I saw you?"

At the same time, Shen Haoze was also pulling at his own clothes, trying to extricate them from Su Yunyao’s grip.

He was wearing a black coat, and Su Yunyao’s hand was quite attractive and very white, so the stark black against white contrast was especially pronounced.

For a moment, Shen Haoze was somewhat distracted.

Seeing him desperately trying to pull his coat away, Su Yunyao simply used her other hand to grip tighter and pull him, "Next time you see me, will you run or not?"

Shen Haoze was struggling hard to break free.

He didn’t feel good about grabbing Su Yunyao’s hand, but this pull and tug really looked too ugly, and he was so frustrated his face turned red, "Su Yunyao, why are you so shameless now? You weren’t like this before."

"Don’t talk to me about the past. You weren’t like this before either," Su Yunyao retorted without a hint of politeness.

"...People are going to come soon, and you will be criticized if they see us like this."

"It doesn’t matter, I’ve been criticized before, I’ve even criticized myself," Su Yunyao said with self-deprecation in her voice.

"Su Yunyao, can’t you stop this? I’m begging you, please let me go!"

Su Yunyao was stunned for a moment, then suddenly laughed.

She hadn’t anticipated that one day Shen Haoze would say such words to her.

Suddenly, Su Yunyao felt a bit sad.

How had she come to be so detested by everyone, to the point where a person she had once looked down upon was begging her to let go?

She pulled ferociously at Shen Haoze’s woolen coat.

Shen Haoze had no choice but to retreat forcefully, trying to yank the hem of the coat from Su Yunyao’s hands. However, he didn’t expect Su Yunyao to suddenly stop pulling, and when she let go, the momentum made Shen Haoze plop down on the ground.

He looked at Su Yunyao in shock.

Su Yunyao left without any expression on her face.

But Su Yunyao’s eyes were hot; she was very upset. She felt like such a failure in life, as if there was not a single good man in the world.

Where exactly was Su Yunyao lacking?

Why did everyone dislike her so much, treating her as some kind of disaster?

Su Yunyao fiercely wiped away the tears on her face and strode away, disappearing behind the laboratory’s doors.

Shen Haoze, still sitting on the ground, remained there - so, he hadn’t been mistaken, had he? Su Yunyao had been wiping away tears?

Su Yunyao had cried.

For whom did she weep?

For He Xiuyu, or for herself?

Had his words just now been too harsh?

Shen Haoze covered his face with his hands and sighed deeply.

For some reason, he suddenly felt very uncomfortable as well.

...

Chu Ying stood at the gate of the base’s elementary school when she saw He Xuerong, backpack on, leaving school, and she rushed up excitedly, "Rongrong, you’re done with school!"

He Xuerong gave her a cold look and pointed at the gate and then her backpack, "Not done with school? Then what, am I going to school?"

Chu Ying didn’t mind and shook open the scarf in her hand, smilingly saying, "Rongrong, Aunt Chu has knitted a scarf for you with rainbow yarn. Do you like it?"

He Xuerong glanced at it. The rainbow yarn was very pretty, being a single thread dyed in seven colors that created a vibrant, multicolored scarf.

The little girl tilted her head back, imperiously ordering, "Unfold it so I can see..."

Chu Ying hurriedly spread the scarf out, and He Xuerong looked at it from end to end with a frown, "Why is it wider on one side?"

The towel that little aunt had knitted for her had been perfectly even.

How come this one starts off wide and then narrows down towards the bottom?

Chu Ying said embarrassingly, "Rongrong, this is the first scarf I’ve knitted. It seems like I dropped a few stitches, so it ended up looking like this."

He Xuerong was not pleased, "It turns out Aunt Chu, you were using me for practice."

"Aunt originally wanted to unravel it and re-knit it, but the yarn is wool, and once it’s unraveled, it gets all curly and won’t look nice if I knit it again. I also didn’t have time to go buy new wool. Just bear with it for now, and I’ll knit you a new one when I have time, okay?"

He Xuerong didn’t really want it, but she remembered the little aunt’s assessment of Chu Ying, and being naturally sensitive, she could feel whether a person was good or bad, just like a little animal.

For instance, she could instantly tell that Su Yunyao didn’t like her.

But this Chu Ying truly liked her.

So, holding the scarf awkwardly in her hand, she grudgingly accepted, "Even though it’s very ugly, seeing that you made such an effort, I suppose I’ll reluctantly take it."

At that moment, He Xuerong was wearing a scarf that Qiao Qingyu had knitted for her. Chu Ying rolled up the scarf she’d made and stuffed it into her backpack, then happily picked up her backpack and said, "Come on, Aunt Chu will take you to the canteen for lunch."

He Xuerong called over Li Mingguang, who had run over, and then the three of them headed towards the base’s canteen.

Thus, although Qiao Qingyu wasn’t around, He Xuerong was still living a rather nourishing life.

But He Xiuyu missed Qiao Qingyu very much.

And he had also learned that Wu Xiucai had taken Han Xianglan’s family, including the two school-aged children and Qiao Mubao, to Yun City.

Recognizing one’s ancestry was a big deal, so naturally, no one could be left behind.

Therefore, once this matter was settled, Qiao Qingyu should be returning to the base.

She still had to study here, and there were many things she hadn’t done yet.

But knowing that his wife would soon be back, He Xiuyu was still delighted. So, when he saw Chu Ying taking He Xuerong and Li Mingguang to the canteen for a meal, he didn’t say anything and just let them go.

...

Qiao Zhicai initially didn’t want to go to Yun City, but he knew that even if he felt uncomfortable and resistant, he had to go.

It was about giving face to his wife and to his children; he couldn’t afford any impropriety with his prestige-laden father-in-law.

But the sorrow he felt was greatly suppressed. He wasn’t foolish; how could he not notice that Wu Xiucai was dissatisfied with him at every turn?

Yet he was also moved by Wu Xiucai’s protection of him in public.

So, it was quite complicated.

Qiao Zhicai, who had experienced little emotional fluctuation or great ambition in his life, suddenly felt as though he had grown up overnight.

This feeling was both strange and embarrassing.

So one’s growth might not be limited by age after all.

Qiao Qingyu thought to herself, noticing the changes in her father.

However, she soon stopped pondering these thoughts, as they had already arrived at Yun City, at the Wu Family ancestral home. She really hadn’t expected that in the future, where every inch of land in Yun City would be worth a fortune, they would have such a large house, almost a small manor.

Decades from now, this place might well be worth billions...