CHAPTER 80: CHAPTER 80: WHY DO YOU KEEP BOTHERING ME? IT’S SO ANNOYING!

The two of them just chatted a bit, then Widow Jiang left, turning around and waving to Tian Xiang before she disappeared around the corner.

She’s leaving this time, and unless absolutely necessary, she’ll never come back here for the rest of her life. Her parting with Tian Xiang is very likely to be a final farewell.

Tian Xiang stared at the three words "Ding San" on her forehead and went silent for a moment.

After this person decided to go back to her hometown with someone, the label changed again, becoming "Ding San," and was completely marginalized by this world.

It seems that engagement or marriage has quite an impact on one’s identity. If I find someone and establish a relationship, it’s hard to say if I’ll completely become "A" from the crowd, but the protagonist’s tag might be removed.

With this in mind, Tian Xiang thought of the small ad she posted in the matchmaking corridor.

It’s been over ten days, why hasn’t there been any news?

At the moment, she’s at least a local celebrity in the family compound, isn’t there someone who fancies her?

Didn’t several young people come over when she performed model opera? Why is there no buzz when she actively looks for someone now?

It’s really odd.

In the afternoon after work, Tian Xiang ran into Hu Honglian returning from vegetable shopping at the alley entrance.

Hu Honglian watched her daughter sighing and lamenting, clearly upset because her second brother couldn’t land a job.

"This time your second brother just took leave from the team. If the job doesn’t get settled, he will have to go back in a few days."

Tian Xiang: "Mom, let him take over your shift."

Her second brother is so irresponsible; he needs someone to keep an eye on him or he’ll get into trouble.

Hu Honglian nodded, "Alright, let’s do that."

Originally, she thought that his friend could find a way to get him into the food factory, but now it seems unreliable, just someone who can sweet-talk.

Tian Chenhui also had no objections to taking over the shift. Being a cleaner at the barbershop was better than sweeping streets, and he could accept it.

In the next few days, Tian Chenhui got his paperwork in order, went to the countryside office for procedures, and found time to visit home to adjust his food supply status.

That noon, Tian Xiang was returning from the family compound when she encountered Lu Weihua at the gate.

He was wearing a dark gray coat, green army pants, and black leather shoes, with a white scarf wrapped around his neck. With this tidiness, he seemed pretty attractive, capable of charming many young girls.

But Tian Xiang felt indifferent toward him.

His initial identity was that of a street punk and a philanderer; how could such a person be a worthy match?

Seeing him, Tian Xiang nodded lightly and prepared to go back.

Lu Weihua had come specifically to find her and approached directly, inviting Tian Xiang to dinner.

"Today is my first day at work. I invited some friends, your second brother is also there, at Hongjiang Restaurant. I checked the dishes this morning; they have the signature soy sauce chicken."

Hongjiang Restaurant, the district’s old establishment, known far and wide for its signature soy sauce chicken.

Tian Xiang heard from her second brother that Lu Weihua got into the food factory and was an apprentice riding with the trucks; after two years, he’d become a formal driver.

At that time, drivers were quite a sought-after profession.

Actually, with Lu Weihua’s family situation, there was no need to go to the countryside, the family could easily arrange a job for him. Why he went there remains unknown.

Of course, Tian Xiang wasn’t interested in others’ affairs, and dining was even more impossible.

Tian Xiang: "Congratulations! But I still have some work to handle, so I won’t go. Thank you, go ahead."

After speaking, Tian Xiang directly pushed her bike inside the gate.

Lu Weihua was generous and waved his hand, "Alright, next time we’ll meet."

Tian Xiang chuckled twice and pushed her bike to the bike shed.

She locked the bike, took the bag off the front, and was ready to head back to the office, but turned around and was startled.

Meng Cheng’an had somehow come over and was standing behind her.

What was he up to?

He walked without making any sound, like a floating ghost.

Tian Xiang patted her little chest, looked at him speechlessly, and quietly walked away from another side.

Meng Cheng’an followed her, "That Lu Weihua is not a good person, you should stay away from him."

Tian Xiang sneered, "As if you’re any better."

Having started without commitments and abandoned thereafter, Meng Cheng’an wasn’t much better either.

A pang of pain shot through Meng Cheng’an’s heart, as if clawed by someone, leaving him uncomfortable.

He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but found no words to explain.

No matter how valid his reasons were, from her perspective, it was indeed so.

Seeing the two of them arriving at the office area, Meng Cheng’an hurriedly said, "That person is unfaithful. The Lu Family sent him to the countryside because his two-timing and playing with women’s emotions were exposed, and the family sent him away to avoid trouble. Otherwise, given Lu Family’s conditions, he would surely have been arranged a job.

Tian Xiang, these things you can hear from anyone in the food factory’s family compound. Don’t..."

Meng Cheng’an originally wanted to call her Xiangxiang, but swallowed his words.

Right now, he had no right to call her that.

Meng Cheng’an’s words weren’t finished, and Tian Xiang had already entered the office.

Although there was nobody in the office during lunch break, that door was a chasm between them, separating them into two worlds.

Meng Cheng’an stood in place, staring deeply at the door, filled with sorrow.

Inside the office, Tian Xiang covered her face with a newspaper and kept sighing.

Meng Cheng’an must have issues!

Couldn’t they just have nothing to do with each other?

Why come to bother her again?

It’s really annoying!

Tian Xiang sat there for about ten or twenty minutes, ensuring the person outside had left before grabbing her lunchbox and heading to the cafeteria.

Arriving late, there was none of her favorite dishes left.

Alright, her dislike for that person grew once more.

The next day, a weekend, just after Tian Xiang finished breakfast, Zhuang Ermei came over, smiling like a peach blossom, "I’m treating you to lunch today."

Tian Xiang asked, "What’s the happy occasion?"

Zhuang Ermei pulled Tian Xiang into the room, whispered, "Gao Jun and I got our marriage certificate."

"What?"

Tian Xiang was shocked.

Zhuang Ermei covered her mouth, "Keep your voice down. We did it secretly, aside from you, no one else knows yet."

Secretly signing the certificate!

Tian Xiang: "Do neither side know?"

Zhuang Ermei nodded, sighed, "There’s no choice. Last time, didn’t I tell you? Gao Jun tested the waters by telling his family about my situation. His mother accepted me not having a job, but when she heard about my family’s complicated situation, she absolutely refused..."

Not only being poor, they don’t treat daughters who marry out as humans. With a daughter-in-law like this, the future son-in-law would only expect to be exploited by the mother-in-law’s family.

Aunt Peng certainly didn’t want her son to marry into such a family.

Even though Zhuang Ermei wasn’t weak and wouldn’t allow her natal family to bleed her dry.

But who knows about these things? If given a choice, no one would want to take such a risk.

Lately, Aunt Peng had been keen on finding matches for her son, even relaxing the criteria, not insisting on having a job.

Because of this, there were indeed people who didn’t mind Jiang Gaojun’s limp.

But Jiang Gaojun now wouldn’t marry anyone but Zhuang Ermei; he wasn’t interested in anyone else despite their virtues. The couple conspired to get the certificate in secret.