C100 (1/2)

Cheng Yu looked at the woman in front of him and said with a smile, ”Please take a seat.”

Jin Xiaodie stretched out her hands, ”No need, I will just stand.”

”You are an elder. If you continue to stand, I will have no choice but to stand alongside you.” Cheng Yu had a smile on his face, and the corners of his eyes were filled with gentleness.

Hearing that, Jin Xiaodie panicked. How could she let someone as noble as Cheng Yu accompany her? She moved to the front of the chair, ”Then I … I think I'll just sit. ”

Cheng Yu gestured with his hand and took a seat.

Only then did Jin Xiaodie dare to sit down, with her feet on the ground.

Cheng Yu poured a cup of tea into the jade teapot, then held it in front of Jin Xiaodie and asked, ”I wonder why you have come to find me?”

Jin Xiaodie was flattered and hugged her teacup, listening to Cheng Yu's question but not knowing what to say.

The room fell into an awkward silence.

Outside of the house, Jin Weiwei leaned against the vermilion door post, thinking to herself, ”Why isn't Jin Xiaodie saying anything?” Since he came to see Cheng Yu, he must have a request.

After a while, he heard Jin Xiaodie's voice.

”I really shouldn't have come, but I really have no other choice …” Jin Xiaodie's face, which was full of the vicissitudes of life, was filled with sorrow. She put the cup on the table with a ”pa” sound and kneeled down.

A trace of surprise flashed across Cheng Yu's eyes. He then quickly stood up and stretched out his arms to help Jin Xiaodie.

The other side avoided his hands and moved backward on his knees.

Seeing Jin Xiaodie like this, Cheng Yu said helplessly: ”What are you doing? If you, a senior, were to kneel to a junior, wouldn't that make things difficult for me? ”

A look of shame appeared on Jin Xiaodie's face, but she still kneeled on the ground resolutely.

”Young master Cheng, I've come to ask for your help this time …”

”Stand up first, then we'll talk.” Cheng Yu once again reached out his hand to help her up.

However, Jin Xiaodie dodged it again.

With a sigh, Cheng Yu brought a cushion and sat down on the ground. ”You are brother Zheng's aunt. Now that you have a request from me, I will naturally extend a helping hand. It's just that I, Cheng Yu, am a scholar, so I might not be able to help you.”

Hearing Chengyu's words, Jin Xiaodie shook her head, ”No, you will definitely be able to help me. Before I came here, I already found out that you are the legitimate son of the Cheng family, so there is no way you will be able to help me.”

Cheng Yu seemed to have come prepared. He pondered for a while with a warm smile on his handsome face, ”Even so, even if I am the legitimate son of your family, there are some things that I am unable to help you with. However, why don't you tell me your difficulties first.”

Two streams of tears flowed down Jin Xiaodie's face. Her voice was clearly sobbing as she started to narrate, ”I originally had a husband called Jiang Qingshu.”

When the two words entered Cheng Yu's ears, the hand on his knee moved slightly.

”We ran a butcher's shop on Lucky Street. One day, Shopkeeper Qian, who was working with us, suddenly said he wanted to cut off all business ties. It was only after we asked around did we learn that our previous grudges with our niece had forced Shopkeeper Qian to abandon us by cooking sausages …”

As Jin Xiaodie talked, she didn't forget to look at Cheng Yu's face and expression. Cheng Yu still had a smile on his face, pretending to listen.