"Chiang Xiao, can you not be so heartless?" Zou Xiaoling cried out, "I’m kneeling before you, isn’t that enough? We do have a connection, after all, you’re part of the Chiang Family too! Even if you won’t help me with this matter, can you please help me with another? I’ve heard, I’ve really heard that Chiang Yuequn from the Chiang Family can go to the city to study, because your grandfather pulled some strings, right?"
When Ho Laidi heard her say this, she clenched her teeth and reached out to slap her.
"Zou Xiaoling, you shameless wretch! What do you think you’re doing?"
But before her hand could touch Zou Xiaoling, she screamed out loud, "If you dare to hit me, I will go tell Chiang Baohe!"
These words hit Ho Laidi where it hurt most; her hand jerked back instantly, and she really didn’t dare to hit her again. Nevertheless, Ho Laidi’s expression remained one of fury.
Chiang Xiao found Zou Xiaoling’s words very odd. Even if Chiang Yuequn going to the city for school was indeed with the help of someone from the Xue Family her grandfather knew, what did that have to do with Zou Xiaoling?
Moreover, how did she know about it?
Chiang Xiao noticed that Zou Xiaoling mentioned going to complain to Chiang Baohe. Could it be that she had met Chiang Baohe again?
Ho Laidi’s previous words were also strange; it was possible that Chiang Baohe had really said that he would listen to Zou Xiaoling in all matters. Could it be that Zou Xiaoling had met with him, and even cajoled him?
Had this woman lost her mind?
If she went to see Chiang Baohe alone, she could very well repeat the mistakes of her past life.
But Chiang Xiao couldn’t possibly persuade her. She had actually already helped Zou Xiaoling. If Zou Xiaoling wasn’t foolish or naive, she should have already been on a different path by now.
"Chiang Xiao, let me tell you the truth," Zou Xiaoling, recalling her doomed fate and the family that aimed to end her, cried bitterly, "I can’t stay at home because they want to marry me off to an idiot, that’s why I escaped to Peace Town. But I never expected them to track me down! The idiot’s family has already gone to call the clan. They will definitely catch me and take me back! If I really get caught, my life is over! Chiang Xiao, please help me, I beg you to help me!"
"For matters , you can go to the Public Security Officer, or ask for help from the head of your village, even plead with your own family, how does it make sense to find me?"
"None of my family will help me, they’ve all taken the idiot’s family’s money, they’re all on that idiot’s side!" Zou Xiaoling sobbed heavily, "I’m out of options, I absolutely cannot stay in Peace Town! Chiang Xiao, please, ask your grandfather to pull some strings one more time, and get me a job teaching at a school in the city! Even substitute teaching would do!"
Ho Laidi yelled out, "What wishful thinking! Miss Zou, your dreams are quite grand! Who are you to our Chiang Family? Why on earth should Chiang Laoer help someone like you, an outsider?"
"Isn’t it because you want me to marry your son, to become the Chiang Family’s daughter-in-law?" Zou Xiaoling shouted back at her, "If I go to the city, can I marry your youngest son? Would that satisfy you?"
Ge Liutao and Chiang Xiao both listened, stunned.
It was truly astonishing!
Chiang Xiao thought that Zou Xiaoling’s plans genuinely refreshed her perspective.
She didn’t know whether to call Zou Xiaoling foolish or clever.
If she was clever, did she think that Chiang Yuequn was a good choice? Chiang Baohe coveted her, and yet she wanted to marry his younger brother? Did she think such an idea would be agreed upon by Chiang Baohe, or by Ho Laidi?