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Chapter 101 I Picked Up a Baby
"You don't want me anymore?"

Jiang Chen was puzzled for a moment after hearing this, then remembered that his mother had found out that Xiao Yezi had gone to the Northwest and had even thrown a huge tantrum.

At the time, he declared that he would pretend he had never raised Jiang Ye as his daughter.

He always thought his mother was just saying things in anger.

When my younger sister comes back, she can calm down by acting cute with her mother.

But now...

A hint of worry flashed in Jiang Chen's eyes as she asked softly, "Have you already gone home?"

Jiang Yexing's eyes were filled with tears, her eyes were slightly cold, and she bit her lower lip tightly. "Yes, after I went back, my mother kicked me out. She told me to fend for myself from now on and that she would never give me a penny again."

"Leave it to fend for itself?" Jiang Chen looked at her pitiful younger sister, her anger rising in waves. She frowned and complained, "You're still a senior in high school. If I let you fend for yourself, won't that ruin you?"

As he spoke, he wiped away the tears from the corners of Jiang Ye's eyes.

I was thinking that my mother's personality might actually lead her to say that.

He helped Jiang Ye up from the steps, somewhat disappointed in her, "But you really went too far this time. No matter how outstanding Huo Jingyuan is, he's already married."

"But this marriage was originally mine, and now I don't want to give it up anymore, don't you want to?"

As she spoke, ginger leaves began to shed small pearls again.

Jiang Chen hesitated for a moment, then sighed helplessly and said, "Stay at my brother's house for a while. When Dad comes back tonight, I'll go back with you to apologize and make amends."

"Forget it. I'm not my mother's biological daughter after all. How can I face going back to her? My mother raised me for over twenty years, and I'm already content. I can work to support myself."

Jiang Chen put on a stern face and said in a serious tone, "Listen to me on this matter. The most important thing right now is to back down and prepare for the college entrance examination."

"Ah."

A hint of smugness flashed in Jiang Ye's eyes.

She knew that Jiang Chen, as a man, couldn't stand seeing a woman cry. She knew that if she acted cute and shed a few tears, he would fight for her.

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the other side.

After leaving the hospital, Wen Ci saw a whole street lined with vendors selling food, clothes, and even toys for children.

She looked around carefully, but they were all old-fashioned items, lacking the most practical and trendy things from the south.

Beijing is located in the north, and even as the capital, the latest trends are still lagging behind those of the coastal cities in the south.

Coastal cities are much closer to Hong Kong Island and Taiwan, and the records released by actors and the latest fashion styles are already incredibly popular in the south.

Wen Ci pondered what he should do.

During the months I spent accompanying Huo Jingyuan to Beijing to recuperate, I couldn't just live off my savings; I had to make more money myself so that I would have the capital to invest in the future.

After all, Wen Ci had lofty ambitions and wanted to invest in Tencent and Cloud, but the little money he had wasn't even enough to buy shares.

"Have you heard? Foreign companies in the South pay the same salaries as those abroad. When will Beijing attract some foreign companies? Then we won't have to go to work in other places."

"I heard about it! Let me tell you, my cousin's brother's wife's cousin works for a foreign company, and I heard he can earn six thousand yuan a month in the south."

Wen Ci was shocked by the conversation between two passing aunties.

A salary of six thousand in the 1980s?!

Two months' salary saved up could buy an apartment in Shanghai.

Wen Ci shook his head and sighed.

Although getting into university was difficult and expensive, the future prospects after graduation in the 1980s were limitless. The average salary now is a few dozen yuan, but in foreign companies it can be as high as six thousand yuan.

Forty years from now, the average wage in big cities may still not reach six thousand.

Or should I take the college entrance exam?
Wen Ci blinked, then thought about it carefully. She realized she had forgotten most of her high school knowledge, and there was less than a month left until the college entrance examination.

How much can you review in a month?
It might even waste the opportunity to take the college entrance exam.

Wen Ci shook her head again. This idea was not advisable.

It will take at least a year of study before taking the college entrance examination again.

As they strolled around, the sky gradually darkened, turning pitch black and threatening rain. Pedestrians on the street quickened their pace to head home.

The spring rains in the capital always come on strong, and within a minute, the city is shrouded in mist. Wen Ci shielded her head with her hands and took shelter under the eaves of a building.

There were other passersby taking shelter from the rain nearby.

She sighed as she watched the rain continue relentlessly.

"Want to buy an umbrella? One yuan each."

Just then, an old woman selling umbrellas approached. She carried a wooden basket full of new umbrellas and walked to the eaves of the shelter from the rain, calling out a few times: "Paradise umbrellas, very good quality umbrellas, they'll last for ten years or more without any problems."

An umbrella that costs one dollar is really expensive.

A normal umbrella costs only a few cents.

Wen Ci hesitated for a moment, then took out a dollar from his pocket and waved it at the old woman. He called out, "Auntie, give me an umbrella."

We don't know how long this rain will last.

Besides, we don't have an umbrella at home, and if the rain continues until tomorrow, we'll still need to buy one before going out. Buying one now will kill two birds with one stone.

"Should the girl choose for herself, or should I choose for you?"

Wen Ci casually pointed to an umbrella in his pocket: "This one."

After paying, she left the eaves with her umbrella. The gloomy sky and the drizzling rain seemed to announce the imminent arrival of summer.

Having been in the Northwest for so long, Wen Ci has yet to see rain.

When she took a rickshaw in the afternoon, she made a point of noting the alleyway the rickshaw driver took. After walking through this alley for a few more minutes, she would reach the Beijing Military Region.

It was extremely quiet all around except for the sound of rain.

Suddenly, Wen Ci heard a child crying in the alley.

She looked around in confusion. The crying sound in the empty alley, accompanied by the sound of rain, sounded extremely eerie.

Wen Ci quickened his pace.

As she stepped out of the alley, she hesitated.

What if something really happens to the child?

After much hesitation, Wen Ci decided to turn back.

Following the sound of a child crying, I entered an abandoned dead-end alley. Plastic shells were piled up against the wall, and a little boy with tattered clothes was sitting at the very back.

The eaves of the alley sheltered him from the rain, but the rainwater on the ground had already reached above his ankles. The little boy's eyes were red and tears were streaming down his face.

"What are you doing here?" Wen Ci asked.

The little boy was crying when he heard Wen Ci's voice and was startled. He instinctively tried to run, but slipped and fell into the puddle.

Seeing this, Wen Ci threw her umbrella aside, quickly walked to the puddle, picked up the little boy, and said with a gentle smile, "I'm not a bad person, why are you running away?"

The little boy cautiously remarked, "Only bad people say they're not bad."

Wen Ci: "..."

She didn't know how to refute it for a moment.

What the little boy said makes some sense.

He wrung out his wet clothes and carefully examined the little boy. His face was dirty, but you could tell that the child had fair and tender skin.

This shows that his parents raised him very well.