kvmb Chapter 217: A Benefactor, Not a Lover
Chapter 217: A Benefactor, Not a Lover
Yang Guiyun suddenly fainted. The fool's parents thought she was in poor health, so they didn't give her a betrothal gift on the spot, but they didn't say that the marriage was over.
Because she fainted, her parents let down their guard and she sneaked out at night.
She originally wanted to escape back to her boss in the county town, but she was penniless and had no means of transportation at night.
Walking alone in the night, hungry and scared, Yang Guiyun felt more and more uncomfortable, so he jumped into the river.
It was Song Chen who came back from a home visit and saved her. He brought her back to school. When he heard her crying and telling her story, Song Chen felt very sympathetic towards her.
After discovering that Yang Guiyun was missing, her parents panicked and called on people in their yard to come out and look for her. Finally, they found her at the school.
Yang Guiyun hid behind Song Chen and refused to go home with her parents.
Song Chen tried to persuade her parents but to no avail, and he didn't know how to deal with the situation.
Finally, watching Yang Guiyun being dragged out by her parents and listening to her heart-wrenching cry, Song Chen felt pity and said, "I'll give you the betrothal money!"
In this way, Song Chen took out most of his savings and gave a high betrothal gift to Yang Guiyun's parents to save her.
Her parents thought that Song Chen had taken a fancy to their daughter and were so happy that they immediately sent two new beddings to her and called Song Chen their son-in-law.
Song Chen said that he had no intention of marrying Yang Guiyun, but her parents did not believe him and insisted on keeping their daughter in school.
Finally, Yang Guiyun said to Song Chen: "Teacher Song, if I move to the school, there will be a room free at home!"
Song Chen was stunned when he heard it.
He knew that many families in rural areas favored boys over girls, but people like Yang Guiyun's parents were going too far!
The next day, people from the fool's family came again. The Yang family said that their daughter was already married. The fool's family refused to accept it and even came to the school to ask for her daughter back.
Fortunately, Yang Guiyun's parents felt that their daughter's marriage to Song Chen, a city teacher who was handsome and a good teacher, was a blessing from her previous life. After a big quarrel with the idiot's family, they rejected the originally agreed marriage.
In order to avoid more trouble from the fool's family, Yang Guiyun's parents encouraged them to register for the marriage certificate.
Song Chen was annoyed by their nagging, so he got the marriage certificate with Yang Guiyun, but did not hold a wedding.
After telling her past, Yang Guiyun looked at Jiang Jinfeng and said, "That's how I married Jinshu's father!"
What she didn't tell Jiang Jinfeng was that Song Jinshu was already over one year old at the time, and was usually taken care of by some parents of nearby students, and he couldn't tell whose family's meals he would eat.
Ever since Yang Guiyun and Song Chen got their marriage certificate, she has taken on the responsibility of raising the child.
Song Jinshu was a very well behaved child, pretty, smart and very likable.
Because Yang Guiyun's parents thought that their daughter had really married Song Chen, they would occasionally come to visit their daughter and son-in-law with some homemade things.
Song Chen, who was kind-hearted and simple-minded, would occasionally give them some pocket money, which actually made them very happy. They began to regard Song Chen more and more as their son-in-law, and even treated Song Jinshu as their own granddaughter.
Only Yang Guiyun had a knot in her heart that she couldn't untie. She had always been indifferent to her parents, and when she saw Song Chen interacting with her parents, she was actually very disappointed.
In fact, what disappointed her even more was that Song Chen had always refused to consummate the marriage with her, and often told her: "You are still young, you should go see the bigger world outside."
After much thought, Yang Guiyun and Song Chen secretly got a divorce certificate during the summer vacation when Song Jinshu was about to go to elementary school, just like they got their marriage certificate.
The night before leaving Song Chen and his daughter, Yang Guiyun cooked a few dishes and prepared some wine. She wanted to have a good drink with Song Chen before leaving.
But Song Chen shook his head, "Drinking will cause trouble! I haven't drunk for a long time!"
Yang Guiyun drank by herself, and when she was drunk she scolded Song Chen for being cold to her and wasting her youth.
Song Chen just listened to her silently, without refutation or anger. When he helped her back to her room to sleep, he stuffed some money into her luggage.
In this way, Yang Guiyun left his hometown and came directly to J City.
It was the money that Song Chen gave her that made her less financially strapped when she first arrived in J City. She found a job and settled down in J City.
She didn't contact her parents, but she kept in touch with Song Chen and asked Song Chen to help her with some things.
Song Chen always replied to her letters seriously and told her about the situation of her parents and Jinshu. Only then did she know that her parents had developed a relationship with Jinshu and the child had always believed that they were her biological grandparents, but her mother didn't want her anymore.
The first time Yang Guiyun returned to her hometown was after Song Chen got into trouble.
It was Song Jinshu who called her and said that her father was gone and asked her mother to come and pick her up!
After Yang Guiyun settled her son, she rushed back to her hometown and saw the mourning shed set up for Song Chen by the village. She lay on the coffin and cried loudly, feeling sorry for such a good man like Song Chen.
Although Song Chen never loved her at all, he saved her from danger, treated her like a family member, and was very good to her parents and brother.
Because of this kindness, her father and brother decided to bury Song Chen's ashes in their own land so that Song Jinshu could pay tribute to him when he grew up.
Because of this kindness, after the funeral, Yang Guiyun took Song Jinshu away from the village and came to J City, where her father once lived and taught.
Chang Pingchuan found it hard to accept her daughter's sudden appearance.
But Yang Guiyun said that if he did not accept her daughter, she would take their son away and divorce him.
Chang Pingchuan already owed his daughter because of the divorce, and he didn't want to owe his son again. Besides, his son Chang Dengpan was the one who carried on the family line, and he couldn't bear to let Yang Guiyun take him away.
In this way, he accepted Song Jinshu to live with them, but he never truly treated her as his own daughter.
Fortunately, Song Jinshu was like a grass under a stone slab. He lived indomitable, positive and optimistic manner, was sensible to the point of being touching, and even passed the civil service exam.
On the day Song Jinshu passed the civil service exam, Yang Guiyun did not congratulate her, but went out for a drink alone.
In a small pub with almost no customers, she drank and cried, and said everything she wanted to say to Song Chen.
She loved him, even though he was as bright as the cold moonlight, and she could never have him in this life. But she loved him very hard, and he never responded, so she chose to stay away.
She felt that she had repaid him. Although she failed to give Song Jinshu a good life and enough love, she had tried her best to raise Song Jinshu.
Because she is too ordinary, she doesn't have much ability and can't earn much money.
She had to consider Chang Pingchuan's mood, she had to fight with Chang Xile, and she had to take care of her son, so she couldn't give Song Jinshu too much.
She didn't know whether Song Chen could see them in heaven, she just hoped he wouldn't blame her.