Siheyuan: I have a mental illness

Niu Aihua stretched out her hands obediently and carefully picked up the wallet that was tightly wrapped in rough canvas.

At this moment, Sha Zhu, who had been silent all the time, watched Niu Aihua take the money, turn around and leave in big strides without a word of blame or questioning.

From beginning to end, his originally honest and simple face was filled with an elusive calm expression.

When Yi Zhonghai saw this scene, his heart suddenly sank, as if a huge rock was instantly pressing down on his heart, and an ominous premonition arose spontaneously - he felt that something important belonging to him seemed to be slipping away silently from his fingers, and no matter how hard he tried to grab it, it was of no avail.

Yi Zhonghai instinctively wanted to shout at Sha Zhu to stop, but when his eyes met Sha Zhu's calm face, which even had a hint of indifference, his throat seemed to be stuffed with a ball of cotton and he couldn't make a sound.

For a moment, he could only stare blankly at Sha Zhu's receding back, at a loss as to what to do.

After Sha Zhu and Niu Aihua completely disappeared from sight, Gao, the anxious aunt standing by, could no longer suppress her inner anxiety and said to Yi Zhonghai anxiously: "Old Yi, why did you just watch Zhuzi go away? At least explain to Zhuzi!"

Yi Zhonghai sighed helplessly, shook his head slowly and said: "Alas...what do you want me to explain to Zhuzi?

Do you want me to tell him in person that I deliberately withheld the hard-earned money his father sent him?

Even if Zhuzi is kind-hearted and willing to believe what I say, can Niu Aihua believe it?

Maybe they'll think we're teaming up to bully Zhuzi!

In my opinion, the reason why Zhuzi took the money and left without saying anything this time was probably to save our face and not to make things worse.

I guess he will find a suitable opportunity to explain to Niu Aihua the origin of the money after he returns. "

At the end, Yi Zhonghai seemed to be comforting himself, muttering silently in his heart: "It will definitely be like this, it will definitely..."

Aunt Gao sighed softly and said with a hint of helplessness in her tone: "Well, that's all we can hope for!

Oh, by the way, speaking of this, Zhuzi and Aihua are going to get their marriage certificate tomorrow, do you think we need to help them buy something?"

After hearing this, Yi Zhonghai frowned slightly and thought for a moment before answering, "No, the money has already been taken by the two of them. If you go to buy them something now, you will have to spend extra money, and maybe they don't even need the stuff we bought."

Aunt Gao seemed to have something else to say, but when she saw the expression on Yi Zhonghai's face that showed he was clearly unwilling to discuss the matter any further, she tactfully shut her mouth and stopped mentioning the matter.

On the other side, after Sha Zhu and Niu Aihua came out of Yi Zhonghai's house, they held hands and walked straight towards the house where Sha Zhu lived.

As soon as she entered the house, Niu Aihua handed the money she had just received from Yi Zhonghai to Sha Zhu without saying anything, and said a little embarrassedly: "Sha Zhu, we are going to get the marriage certificate tomorrow, but there is one thing I still need to explain to you first.

You also know that my family’s conditions are not very good, so they will definitely not be able to send me a large dowry when the time comes…”

At this point, Niu Aihua paused for a moment, and then added: "As for the betrothal gift, I actually never planned to ask you for it. After all, I have found a job in the steel mill and can earn money to support myself. How can I ask you for a betrothal gift?"

After saying this, Niu Aihua couldn't help but lower her head, as if she was afraid that Sha Zhu would look down on her.

Sha Zhu looked at the stack of banknotes that Niu Aihua was trying to stuff into his hand with astonishment, and without hesitation he stretched out his hand, pushed the money back to Niu Aihua, and said firmly: "I told you to take this money, so you have to take it obediently.

From now on, as soon as I get my salary, every penny will be handed over to you without reservation. As for the dowry or not, you don't need to care about it at all.

Besides, I haven't even given your family the betrothal gift yet. Now that the money is in your hands, it's up to you to decide how much to give."

Hearing Sha Zhu's decisive words, Niu Aihua couldn't help but pout, with an unwilling look on her face, and muttered, "Oh, I'm really conflicted! If I give this money to my parents, I'll feel reluctant to give it up.

But what if they don’t give it to me? After all, they raised me with so much hardship…”

Seeing this, Sha Zhu smiled naively and consoled him, "Anyway, the financial power of our family will be in your hands in the future, so I don't bother to worry about these trivial matters.

I just hope that we can live happily and peacefully in the future, and live our own lives."

Just like that, the two of them sat side by side on that slightly old wooden bench. Niu Aihua stared at Sha Zhu, her eyes full of concern and tenderness, and said softly, "Sha Zhu, if you feel very sad at this moment and want to cry, then just cry as much as you can! Don't always hold on by yourself."

Niu Aihua said this from the bottom of her heart, because she knew very well that although Sha Zhu looked fine and normal on the surface, he was actually on the verge of collapse.

A person whom I respected like a father had deceived me for so many years. No one could bear this.

Sha Zhu, who had always had a smile on his face, gradually lost the smile after hearing what Niu Aihua said, and was replaced by an indifferent expression.

He shook his head gently and said slowly: "The feeling of discomfort is indeed real, but after experiencing this incident, I have completely understood some truths.

Those who truly care about you will not just say it all the time, but will protect and support you silently with their actions. "

When Niu Aihua heard Sha Zhu's words, she couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief. She quickly continued, "Sha Zhu, it's great that you can think clearly!

Ever since we met, you and Yi Zhonghai have been constantly complaining about Chief Ye's shortcomings, as if he were completely useless.

However, after asking around for some time, I found that apart from the people in the courtyard where we live, no one else in other places said anything bad about Chief Ye. "

After hearing this, Sha Zhu nodded slightly, indicating his agreement with Niu Aihua, and then responded: "Well, you are right, this is indeed the case.

Whether it was in the steel rolling mill where we worked or somewhere else, only the three managers in our courtyard always found fault with Chief Ye and said all kinds of bad things about him.

In addition, there is the deceased Jia Zhang."