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"Jiang Chen! Do you really have to treat me like this?!"

Su Weiwei's cries were filled with hysterical despair.

She couldn't understand why the man who had once cherished her and loved her to death had become so distant and cruel. Every word he spoke was like a knife, stabbing her mercilessly.

"We...we were in love, after all!"

Jiang Chen looked at her, his face expressionless. He didn't say anything more, but took out his wallet from his pocket, pulled out a hundred-yuan bill and handed it to Jiang Xiaobei to buy a bottle of green tea.

Jiang Xiaobei took the money, and although she was puzzled, she quickly ran to the village store at the entrance.

In just two minutes, Jiang Xiaobei ran back, holding the largest bottle of "Master Kong Green Tea".

Jiang Chen took the green tea, glanced at Su Weiwei kneeling on the ground, and then, in front of everyone, handed the bottle of green tea to Su Weiwei.

"Drink up." Jiang Chen's voice was calm, without any emotional fluctuation. "This temperament suits you quite well."

"Finish your drink and leave quickly."

"Don't dirty my land."

Su Weiwei stared at the bottle of green tea in front of her, at the words "Master Kong Green Tea" on the packaging, and at Jiang Chen's extremely cold face. Her body began to tremble.

Wang Dagou and Li Qiang stood aside, watching Su Weiwei's miserable state, and felt a sense of satisfaction. They had witnessed how long Jiang Chen had grieved for this woman back then.

Jiang Ling, the younger sister who had been standing obediently to the side, suddenly tugged gently at Jiang Chen's clothes.

Jiang Ling's voice was clear and sweet, with a touch of girlish naiveté.

"Brother, I just checked Taobao, and it seems like the La Mer set has gone up in price. It's over 20,000 yuan now."

As she spoke, she took out her phone, opened the Taobao page, and brought it close to Jiang Chen's face.

Her eyes were filled with curiosity and longing for the new cosmetics, but she didn't notice the tense atmosphere around her.

Jiang Chen turned to look at Jiang Ling, the coldness on his face instantly vanishing, replaced by an extreme tenderness.

He gently patted Jiang Ling's head, his smile full of affection.

"Buy it! What's this?"

"I'll transfer the money to you right now to buy two sets!"

He didn't even ask Jiang Ling why there were two sets, nor did he hesitate about the price. In his eyes, as long as his sister liked it, there was nothing he couldn't afford.

"Use one set for personal purposes, and use the other set to wipe your feet!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Dagou burst out laughing. Li Qiang couldn't help but smile as well.

Su Weiwei stood frozen in place. She looked at Jiang Chen's attitude towards his sister, at the tenderness in his eyes, and listened to his casual remarks about "buying two sets" and "wiping feet."

Her mind went blank; she was completely unable to process the cruel reality before her.

Jiang Chen ignored Su Weiwei's reaction. In front of everyone, he picked up his phone, unlocked the screen, and opened the transfer.

"drop--"

"Alipay payment received: 50,000 yuan!"

Jiang Chen turned his head, his gaze sweeping over Su Weiwei with an all-knowing indifference.

He pointed to a pile of delivery boxes, as high as a small mountain, in the corner of the yard. Those boxes were prominently displayed with logos of various high-end skincare products, designer bags, and electronic products.

Those were all things Jiang Chen had bought for his family these past few days.

"See that?"

"I only spend my money on people who are truly good to me."

"My money is only for those who deserve it."

These words completely shattered Su Weiwei's psychological defenses.

She thought back to how she had looked down on Jiang Chen for being poor and resolutely threw herself into someone else's arms.

"ah--!"

She no longer cared about her disheveled appearance, her bare foot, or the high heel still stuck in the cow dung.

She ran out of the Jiang family compound and across the village entrance. The red Mazda she had come in droves grew farther and farther away from her sight.

The villagers couldn't help but laugh when they saw Su Weiwei's disheveled appearance.

"This...this is the little girl from the city from earlier?"

"They came like peacocks, and they left like plucked chickens!"

"Hahaha, serves her right! Who told her to reject Chen in the first place!"

Whispers and laughter surged in from all directions like a tide, following Su Weiwei's departing figure.

Wang Dagou watched Su Weiwei scramble out of the village and whistled loudly at her retreating figure.

"Take care, ma'am!"

His voice was full of mockery, which made the surrounding villagers burst into laughter again.

Jiang Chen watched Su Weiwei's red Mazda drive away, his heart completely calm. There was no joy, no anger, not even disgust.

He turned his head and saw Jiang Ling still holding his arm, her little face filled with confusion and a hint of complexity.

"Brother, you really haven't softened your heart?"

Jiang Ling raised her head and looked at Jiang Chen, her voice carrying a hint of reluctance.

"She was crying really hard."

She grew up with Jiang Chen and always remembered him as a gentle and considerate brother. Although she had seen him lose his temper before, she had never seen him so ruthless to anyone.

Jiang Chen gently rubbed Jiang Ling's head, his eyes filled with affection.

"Silly girl."

"You believe crocodile tears?"

Jiang Chen's voice was gentle, but his tone carried an undeniable firmness.

"Remember, when you are strong, you will be surrounded by good people."

"When you are weak, you encounter the most bad people."

He hoped that Jiang Ling could understand this principle and learn to protect herself and distinguish right from wrong in the future.

Jiang Ling nodded thoughtfully. Although she was still a little confused, she kept her brother's words in mind.

Jiang Chen then looked at Wang Dagou and Li Qiang, who understood and walked over to his side.

"Let's go, let's get back to work on the logistics station."

He patted the two of them on the shoulder with a faint smile on his face.

He knew that by getting rid of these ill-intentioned flies, he could focus more intently on the construction of Jiangjia Village.

And this is what he truly wants to do, and what he is doing.

……

"Hey, isn't the point of a holiday to have some fun and excitement?"

Wang Xiuying sat on the stone bench in front of her house, holding a steaming bowl of noodles, her tone tinged with helplessness.

Jiang Chen had just come out of the house, holding his phone, listening to his mother's nagging.

Night had completely fallen. On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Jiangjia Village was shrouded in darkness, except for a few houses with dim light bulbs in their courtyards.

Eight out of ten streetlights along the village road are out of order, having fallen into disrepair over the years, leaving only lonely utility poles swaying in the cold wind.

In the distance, from the direction of Wangjiagou next door, one could faintly hear the sounds of gongs and drums, and see a continuous stream of lights that made the night sky even brighter.

"Listen, they're putting on a big opera in Wangjiagou next door, the lights are on all night."

Wang Xiuying sighed, then popped another glutinous rice ball into her mouth. It was sweet, but her heart felt a little sour.

"Our village is poor, we don't have the money to install lighting, so every Lantern Festival is deserted."

"All the young people have gone to the next village to see what's going on, so we old folks are stuck at home listening to the noise. What kind of situation is that?"

Her words were filled with disappointment and resentment at the "shabby" state of her village.

Jiang Chen's gaze passed through the dark village road and landed on the faint light in the distance.

He looked at the undisguised envy on his mother's face, and felt a slight tickle in his heart.

With a net worth of tens of millions, how can I let my parents envy the little bit of liveliness in other people's villages?

This is unbearable!

"Mom, who said our village will stay deserted forever?"

Jiang Chen put down his phone and sat down next to his mother.

"Before, we didn't have the means, but now we have you, don't we?"

He thought to himself that while road construction was basic infrastructure, the lighting project was the most important "vanity project."

How can we talk about future development when we can't even walk in the dark at night in a village?

"You child, you're just talking nonsense."

Wang Xiuying was amused by him, but didn't take it to heart.

"How much would it cost to install lighting? Our village doesn't have that kind of spare money."

Whether someone has money or not is a matter for the village chief to consider.

Jiang Chen smiled, his tone firm.

"Mom, just you wait and see! Tomorrow is the Lantern Festival, and I guarantee our Jiangjia Village will become the brightest 'city that never sleeps'!"