Before they could even catch their breath, the day for Sun Xiaoyan to depart for the countryside had arrived. With the family’s current situation, they had little energy to make thorough preparations for her.
Carrying a rolled-up quilt and dragging a half-filled tote bag, she boarded the train to the Gobi Desert with a grimace on her face.
Even so, she was still preoccupied with scheming against Yunyi.
「The day after her departure」
The Sun Family’s Second Brother rushed back home, "Mom, Dad, something’s wrong." For more chapters visit novel⟡fire.net
Mrs. Sun, who could least afford to hear such talk right now, clutched her chest, trembling. "What’s happened now?"
With three sons and a daughter, only Second Brother and his wife remained by their side. They couldn’t afford another mishap; wouldn’t that be the death of them?
Sun Family’s eldest, Sun Jianming, had already transferred to the Northeast with his wife and child to support the branch factory. Once departed, who could say when they’d return? That was anyone’s guess.
Originally, Sun Jianming hadn’t wanted to take his wife and child with him, as he didn’t know what the situation would be like there. However, Ma Guiqin, who had lost her job, flatly refused to live with her in-laws any longer.
Mainly considering the influence of that Third Uncle, he feared his child would be negatively affected by staying in Beijing, so the family set off for the Northeast.
Sun Ruiming was on his way to the Northwest, and Old Four, Sun Xingming, had gone to the countryside in the Southwest not long before. The family’s only daughter, Sun Xiaoyan—now without Chuyunyi to serve as a scapegoat and facing the combined interference of the Hua and Gu families—was sent directly to the Gobi Desert for construction work.
When Sun Xiaoyan heard that the journey alone would take more than half a month and that she’d have to live in a dugout, she nearly cried herself to death. Before leaving, she didn’t forget to ask her Second Brother to contact their old home and try to find a way to get Yunyi to help her.
Sun Aiming quickly explained, "It’s not about family matters. When Xiaoyan was leaving, didn’t she ask me to contact our old home and have them coax Chuyunyi into finding someone to help her? I just got back from the post office. Chuyunyi didn’t go to our hometown’s countryside at all."
Mr. and Mrs. Sun exchanged glances and said in unison, "How is that possible?"
Sun Aiming knew this would be their reaction. "I confirmed it again and again; there’s no one named Chuyunyi in our village."
Mrs. Sun’s expression turned very grim. "But when she signed up, Ruiming personally accompanied her. He saw with his own eyes that she was assigned to our hometown area. That’s why we contacted your granduncle, so he could intervene and get her assigned to our village."
Suddenly realizing something, she muttered to herself, "Could it be that she was angry with Ruiming and had someone change her rural assignment location?"
Thinking of her young daughter’s predicament, a wave of sorrow washed over her. "Then what will happen to our Xiaoyan?"
Mr. Sun, who had been silent until then, now sounded somewhat fearful. "Let’s hope she was just angry with Ruiming and changed her destination. From now on, no one is to bring up Chuyunyi again."
Mrs. Sun said angrily, "Old man, what do you mean by that?"
Mr. Sun shot her an unfriendly look. "You will do as I say. If you don’t want anyone else in this family to get into trouble, then do exactly as I’ve told you."
At this point, Sun Aiming also realized something. "Dad, are you implying..."
Before he could finish, Mr. Sun interrupted, "Second Brother, out of all your siblings, you’re the only one left here. Our Sun Family cannot afford another incident."
After speaking, he turned to Mrs. Sun. "It’s getting late. Go make dinner."
Mrs. Sun, though reluctant, didn’t dare say more. Her second daughter-in-law had recently moved back to her parents’ house with the children due to the family’s troubles, so the cooking now fell to her.
Watching his mother go out, Sun Aiming spoke in a low voice, "Dad, did you send Mom away because you have something to tell me?"