The CEO is domineering, the devil Boss is addicted to pampering

The old man's house is curled up at the very edge of the village, as if it were a corner forgotten by time. It is so dilapidated that it can almost be described as bare.

As Gu Yunqian approached the dilapidated adobe house step by step, an indescribable smell of mold and dampness hit him in the face, almost making him vomit on the spot.

His brows were furrowed, his face full of disbelief and sympathy.

The old man stood on the dilapidated threshold, his thin body casting a long shadow in the afterglow of the setting sun.

His face was full of wrinkles from time, but his eyes revealed an imperceptible stubbornness and dissatisfaction.

The moment Gu Yunqian stepped over the threshold, the old man's dissatisfaction instantly burst out. He pouted, with an expression that said city people are precious and look down on country people.

The village chief stood aside, his face full of embarrassment and helplessness.

He knew very well what kind of person this old man was, but he never expected that he would embarrass him in such a situation.

The village chief signaled to Gu Yunqian with his eyes not to mind, while at the same time he was thinking about how to resolve the embarrassment.

In fact, in order to help the old man improve his life, the village chief has reported the situation to the local government many times.

After a detailed investigation, the government confirmed that the old man's family was indeed in difficult circumstances, so they quickly issued a subsidy and also found several jobs for him, such as raising pigs.

However, what is surprising is that the old man did not cherish this hard-earned opportunity.

Not only did he squander all the government subsidies, he also treated the pigsty as his home.

The piglets that should have been thriving are now only able to survive in the old man’s messy living environment.

The stench and musty smell of the pigsty intertwined together to form a suffocating atmosphere, which made Gu Yunqian more deeply understand the old man's plight and helplessness.

Looking around, Gu Yunqian found that his bare house didn't seem suitable for this place.

The walls were covered with cracks, as if they would collapse at any moment;

The tiles on the roof were broken, and rainwater dripped through the holes onto the ground, forming puddles.

The house was in a mess, with old furniture scattered all over the floor and a musty smell.

The whole house was divided into two floors by a thin wooden board. The upper floor was piled with bedding whose original color could no longer be seen, while the lower floor was connected to the pigsty, and the grunting of pigs came one after another, as if never-ending.

This kind of scene was an unprecedented shock to Gu Yunqian, who came from the city, and it constantly challenged his bottom line of values.

He looked around in disbelief, feeling an indescribable sadness and anger in his heart. In this day and age, there are still houses where people and animals are mixed together, making it hard to tell whether the pigs are mistaken for humans or the humans are mistaken for pigs.

Gu Yunqian's brows were furrowed, and his eyes revealed deep worry and sympathy.

Looking back at the woman, although she was in such an environment, she had tried her best to keep herself clean.

Although her clothes were worn, they were clean and her hair was neatly combed back.

It's really not easy for this woman to keep the old man's house as clean and tidy as possible!

If it weren't for her stunningly beautiful face, it would only be a matter of time before she was assimilated into a rural woman...

However, even so, the sensitive nerve in Gu Yunqian's heart kept beating, and he could not ignore the dilemma faced by this woman.

He could no longer endure this absurd scene and questioned the old man on the spot why he wanted to live with pigs.

"This pig was brought by the village chief. I thought I would finally have a place to shelter from the wind and rain, but I didn't expect to have to share the territory with a group of beasts!"

When the old man heard this, there was no guilt on his face. Instead, he unceremoniously put the blame on the village chief.

The tone is so convincing...

The village chief was so angry that his face turned blue and he couldn't speak for a long time.

Letting him raise pigs is to give him a way to make a living. If he raises the pigs well and sells the piglets, even if life is not rich, he will no longer be as poor as it is now.

But who would have thought that the first thing this old man would do when he saw the pig was to sharpen his knife and kill it and eat it immediately!

I persuaded him to take the knife away with kind words and supervised him like this every day.

This allowed the pigs to reproduce and also enabled the impoverished old man to finally own assets of his own.

"you you......"

Village chief, you talked for a long time and couldn't even utter a complete sentence.

Although Gu Yunqian was also very angry, he still focused on the village chief's body. He reached out and patted his back to help him breathe. There was really nothing more to say!

As for that woman...

As Gu Yunqian was thinking, he met the woman's eyes, and in that instant he dismissed all the thoughts in his mind.

At least there aren't so many coincidences.

You must be overthinking it!

"Village Chief, don't we still have to go find Zhuzi's father?"

Gu Yunqian changed the topic at the right time and was also looking for an opportunity to naturally get out of his fantasy.

The village chief waved his hand and with difficulty left the old man and the woman's sight with the help of Gu Yunqian.

The woman stood there, staring at the departing backs of Gu Yunqian and the village chief with burning eyes. Her lips moved slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end no sound came out.

Her eyes were filled with complex emotions, including hope and urgency, which finally turned into an indescribable loss.

The old man was standing aside, a warning gleam in his eyes.

He roughly grabbed the woman and dragged her back to a small stick at the door of the pigpen.

The woman did not resist, but obediently stretched out her hands and allowed the old man to tie her up with a rough rope.

There was a hint of helplessness and sadness in her eyes, but more of it was acceptance and endurance of fate.

No matter how unwilling she was in her heart, the woman could only endure it all silently.

She understood that in this "home", she had no say and could only be manipulated by the old man.

However, since then, her eyes have often focused on somewhere in the distance, as if she is expecting that tall figure to appear again and bring her a glimmer of hope and warmth.

"The village chief... this old man..."

"This old guy was a scoundrel when he was young. It's no wonder that he has ended up like this now!"

"Then this girl..."

Before Gu Yunqian finished speaking, the village chief gave him a wary look, and a slightly dangerous atmosphere lingered between the two of them.

"This girl..."

The village chief dragged out the last syllable of the sentence, whetting Gu Yunqian's appetite.

"Don't get me wrong, I just feel sorry for this woman, regardless of whether she did it voluntarily or not..."

"It turns out that the girl was the one that Zhuzi's father had arranged for his son. Zhuzi was the first college student in our village. Unexpectedly, Zhuzi was gone as soon as the girl entered the village..."

As the village chief spoke, the regret in his tone became more and more intense. If the village chief is like this, let alone Zhuzi's father.

Gu Yunqian didn’t ask the following questions because there was no point in asking!

With the basic idea and the few words just mentioned, we should be able to piece together the whole story.

Zhang Le's boyfriend's son died soon after he got married. Given the superstition level of rural people, it is likely that they blamed all the misfortunes on that man.

To punish her, the old man must have gotten such a daughter-in-law at his old age!

But if Zhuzi knew about this, would he be able to rest in peace in his grave?