Stealing the moonlight into my arms

Zhou Yixing came to wake Fu Runing up in the morning.

He knocked on the door, cup of coffee and breakfast in hand.

The door lock turned, and just as it opened a crack, Zhou Yixing began to speak in a sassy tone: "Open the door, a handsome guy is here to bring you breakfast..."

Zhou Yixing's words stopped abruptly when he saw Xiao Jingting's disgusting face behind the door.

Zhou Yixing has never liked Xiao Jingting, and this dislike started when he was first brought back to the Fu family.

What was that feeling like? Probably a duo suddenly became a threesome.

This outsider suddenly appeared out of nowhere and took away his playmates, and was constantly compared to him. How could he have a good impression of him?

Zhou Yixing looked past Xiao Jingting and tried to find Fu Runing, but his sight was completely blocked by the man in front of him.

Zhou Yixing met Xiao Jingting's cold gaze helplessly.

"What a coincidence."

Xiao Jingting just glanced at him indifferently and didn't respond.

"Here it comes..." Fu Runing's voice came from the room.

Fu Runing saw Xiao Jingting standing at the door, so she pushed him aside and took the bag from Zhou Yixing's hand.

Zhou Yixing glanced at them and didn't ask any questions.

Fu Runing immediately explained: "He's here on a business trip, we're going to do our business."

After she finished speaking, she turned to look at Xiao Jingting and said, "You are here on a business trip, so just do your job well. I can handle my own affairs. Besides, there are bound to be people in the village who know you. Those old men and women are waiting to introduce you to someone."

Xiao Jingting's eyes were a little dark, perhaps he was dissatisfied with what she said, and his brows were slightly furrowed.

However, Fu Runing just glanced at the time, put the half-drunk cup of coffee in his hand, took a sandwich from the bag and gave it to him, and said without hesitation: "Okay, do what you need to do."

After saying that, she turned to Zhou Yixing and said, "Let's go."

The two turned and walked away, leaving Xiao Jingting standing there alone.

He stared at the coffee cup and the packaged sandwich in his hand, with complex emotions surging in his eyes. In just a moment, he walked back to the room and threw the things in his hand into the trash can.

With a bang, the lid of the coffee cup fell open in the trash can, and the aroma of coffee spread throughout the room.

There was sarcasm and mockery in Xiao Jingting's eyes.

You, we...

She can distinguish them very clearly.

……

As soon as Zhou Yixing got in the car and fastened his seat belt, he couldn't help but speak sweet words.

"Damn, I'm so annoyed by pretentious people. How on earth did you manage to survive for three years with that deadpan face of his?"

"That's right, he has money and the ability to make money."

"Why is he here? When did he come and what is he doing here?"

"He wouldn't think we're having an affair, would he? If he doesn't help, it would only make things worse."

Fu Runing turned her eyes away from her phone and listened to Zhou Yixing talking so much early in the morning.

How come after all these years, Zhou Yixing still dislikes Xiao Jingting so much?

Fu Runing took a sandwich and ate it, explaining, "My second uncle said he was worried about me. Xiao Jingting happened to be here on a business trip, so he's on his way. What can he do to help? He'll only disrupt our plans."

Zhou Yixing recalled the look in Xiao Jingting's eyes that could freeze him to death, and couldn't help but chuckle.

"It's over 300 kilometers along the way. He better have some big project to do."

Fu Runing didn't want to mention Xiao Jingting, so she changed the subject: "Where's the person you're looking for?"

"Coming."

Not long after, Zhou Yixing contacted a local journalist friend in Anhai City. The young man got into the car with a camera and a work ID, and issued work IDs to both of them.

The car drove onto the highway and headed towards its destination, Jianjia Village.

Ever since something happened at home three years ago, Fu Runing has never visited her grandmother's house again.

When the accident just happened at home, they didn't care about their grandparents at all. Even before the end of the first month of the lunar year, the old couple couldn't wait to come to their house, saying that they heard that their son-in-law was sick, so they came to see him.

He just brought a basket of country eggs, but there were only about ten of them. Did he come to visit the patient on purpose?

They sat at home for the whole morning and asked their second aunt to busy herself around and prepare a table full of food for them.

Finally, the second uncle was too busy and came home to see this scene. He told them directly that there was no money, no matter how much they made a fuss.

As a result, the old couple started throwing a tantrum in their house, crying and shouting about old grudges.

The old woman pointed at Fu Runing who had just entered the house and cursed: "If it weren't for giving birth to this unlucky star, would my daughter have died? I had such a good daughter, and you gave her to your family and she's gone just like that. She hasn't had a single good day, she hasn't enjoyed a single day of happiness. Now you are still lying to us and not fulfilling your filial duties. Are you worthy of your dead mother?"

At that time, Fu Runing was already feeling very uncomfortable because of her father's illness, and the old woman caught her off guard and pointed at her nose and scolded her. The straightforward words were like the tip of a sharp knife stabbing straight into her heart.

She stood in the living room, her eyes suddenly red.

She never cried no matter how difficult the times were. Even when she heard that her father's condition had worsened in the hospital, she just cried secretly in the corridor without telling anyone. But these words made her emotions collapse all of a sudden.

Fu Jinbei couldn't stand it any longer, so he walked into the kitchen with a dark face and took out a kitchen knife, looking as if he wanted to chop the old woman into pieces.

The old couple then fled from the Fu family villa in a hurry.

As for the basket of eggs they brought, there were only about ten in total, and half of them were rotten.

Later, the old couple from the Jian family never dared to go to the Fu family to make trouble again. Even if the old woman threw a lot of nonsense, she was afraid of the kitchen knife.

After the most difficult period passed, their family got through it. The old man and woman heard from somewhere that their family's life was getting better, so they shamelessly came to see her father and spoke in a nice way.

It's all about money.

Sometimes Fu Runing would think of a saying: as long as you have no morals, you will not be kidnapped by morality, but her father is not that kind of person.

Ugh.

The car drove into Jianjia Village.

Jianjia Village is very famous in the surrounding area. Several factories here were formerly state-owned factories. Under the leadership of the village committee, it has raised the banner of "developing the village through industry" and has now become a well-known model village. Young people don't even need to go out to work, as the village's group enterprises have already provided enough jobs.

The car drove slowly inward and finally stopped in front of the village's artificial lake area.

There are three villas next to each other near the artificial lake. They are magnificent and luxurious, and different from other houses in the village at first glance.

This was built by my second uncle when he was working on a construction project.

The old man and his wife were the first in the village to build a villa. When the construction started and the beam-raising ceremony was held, the old woman was so proud that she wanted to inform everyone in the village.

So everyone knew that the old woman had a powerful son-in-law and his family. On the one hand, they were jealous of the blessing they got from their dead daughter, and on the other hand, they were envious of the fact that they didn't have it.

Fu Runing's two uncles both work in the village's enterprises. They both received education in that era and were assigned to work in offices. Over the years, they have become small leaders to some extent.

Life seemed to be getting better and better, but he never hesitated to ask the Fu family for money.

It's just that human greed is endless.

After the car was stable, Fu Runing put on a hat and a mask.

Zhou Yixing and the reporter got out of the car.

The reporter turned on his camera and took pictures everywhere in the village.

It was not yet nine o'clock in the morning, and elderly people in the village began to come back from the market with their vegetables.

Fu Runing lowered the brim of her hat and looked around, and finally saw a familiar figure in the crowd.

She tugged at Zhou Yixing's sleeve and whispered, "It's her, the one with the mole at the corner of her mouth, whose last name is Ma. She and my grandmother have the worst relationship."

Zhou Yixing gave her a reassuring gesture.

Indeed, judging from this, Old Lady Ma is not someone to be trifled with.

Afterwards, Zhou Yixing walked up to Old Lady Ma and politely explained his purpose. "Old lady, we're from Anhai TV. We'd like to do some interviews about the local customs and people in this village. Would you be interested in showing us around? Of course, we won't waste your time. We've got enough rice, flour, grain, and oil in the trunk. We'll bring it home for you when the time comes."

Old Lady Ma glanced at their work IDs, as well as their cameras and other equipment, and asked, "How many are there?"

Zhou Yixing pointed to the open trunk and said with a smile, "As long as we complete the interview mission successfully, you will be indispensable. This car is all yours."

Old Ma concealed her joy, put on a pose, and said, "Then you have met a good person. Speaking of Jianjia Village, no one is more familiar with it than me. I know which daughters are still unmarried, which sons are still unmarried, and which families have grandchildren. I know everything."

Zhou Yixing nodded in agreement, "That's really a coincidence for us."

Old Ma was thinking about the rice, flour, grain, and oil in the trunk. She said, "Young man, that's my home. Please move some of the things in your car first. It will be too much trouble to move them all at once."

Zhou Yixing still smiled politely: "Okay, we'll move it back for you."

As he spoke, he walked to the trunk and picked up two barrels of oil. As he walked, he asked, "Big sister, is this where you live? These three villas are really magnificent. Which one is yours?"

Mrs. Ma’s tone immediately turned bad, “My home is in the back!”

"Okay, okay, you lead the way and I'll move it back for you."

Fu Runing followed them as a staff member, carrying the equipment bag, and pressed the recorder in his pocket.

In the countryside, two barrels of oil can buy off an old lady.

After Zhou Yixing put down the two large barrels of oil, Mrs. Ma's complexion became noticeably better and she talked more.

After opening up the conversation, Zhou Yixing found a suitable opportunity to ask, "Old lady, these three villas in front look different from the other villas in the village. Did some big entrepreneur come back to the village to build them?"

When she heard the word "big entrepreneur", Mrs. Ma actually snorted coldly. The contemptuous expression made the mole on her face look more vivid.

"What big entrepreneur? They are just a family with black hearts, black lungs and black intestines!"

Fu Runing's eyes lit up, and she walked quietly to Zhou Yixing.

Zhou Yixing acted very interested and asked, "Can you tell me more?"

"That's it..." Old Lady Ma was about to say something, but then she saw the Anhai City TV station's logo and asked, "Is your TV still on?"

Zhou Yixing winked at the reporter and said, "Turn off the machine."

"Gossip is part of local customs and practices. Please tell us what you think. We won't film it."

Hearing Zhou Yixing say this, Old Lady Ma spoke boldly—

"This family, relying on their dead daughter to make a fortune, gnawing on the dead, what else can they do but be wicked and wicked?"