Parents' Love: My Childhood Sweethearts with Jiang Weidong

Seven years later, Lin Wangshu was walking home slowly with her schoolbag on her back when she saw Jiang Guoqing leading her younger brother and sister-in-law toward her, looking menacing and hostile.

Lin Wangshu asked in confusion, "What are you all doing here?"

Jiang Junqing clenched his fist and roared, "Go get revenge!"

"What revenge? Whom should we take revenge on?"

Jiang Minqing cried out, "I'm looking for Hou Chengnan and Hou Chengbei. They've been bullying me."

Seeing that he was soaking wet and smelled terrible, Lin Wangshu couldn't help but cover her nose and ask him, "Minqing, what happened to you?"

Seeing this, Jiang Minqing cried even harder, sobbing and unable to utter a single word.

Seeing his pathetic state, Yafei got angry and said to him harshly, "Cry, cry, cry! All you do is cry! They've already peed on you, and instead of hitting them, you just cry in front of us. What good is that?"

Lin Wangshu understood, and her face flushed red with anger: "This is too much!"

Jiang Guoqing gripped the brick in his hand and said impatiently to Jiang Minqing, "Alright, stop crying. Take me to him."

Seeing this, Lin Wangshu instinctively felt something was wrong. Jiang Guoqing seemed determined to fight until blood was drawn, so she quickly reached out to stop him: "Brother, don't be hasty. They are the sons of martyrs. If you hurt them, Dad will definitely beat you to death!"

Jiang Guoqing, his neck stiff, said coldly, "So, we're just going to let it go like this?"

Jiang Junqing chimed in, "That's right, they need to be taught a lesson!"

Lin Wangshu was also in a bit of a predicament. She couldn't fight the Hou brothers, but she also didn't want to let them go so easily. After thinking about it, she came up with an idea.

Lin Wangshu smiled and said to the angry and battle-ready crowd, "I have a plan. We don't need to fight him; I can make the Hou brothers look bad in public!"

Seeing that they didn't believe her, Lin Wangshu added, "Oh, don't worry, I'll definitely make them lose face even more than Minqing."

He then took the bricks from their hands, threw them away, and pushed them home.

"Let's go, Minqing stinks horribly, he'll get pickled if he doesn't take a shower soon! I'll tell you all about it when we get home."

Once home, Lin Wangshu urged Jiang Minqing to take a shower, and then the brothers and sisters gathered in Guoqing and Minqing's room to discuss their plans!

In the kitchen, Dehua, pulling the bellows, asked curiously, "Why are these kids so well-behaved today?"

Anjie chuckled as she chopped vegetables: "Isn't quiet good enough? You'd be hoping they'd go out and cause trouble, wouldn't you?"

Dehua shook his head: "Sister-in-law, you don't understand. They're probably up to no good and are waiting to cause some big trouble!"

Inside the room, Lin Wangshu had finished explaining her plan in detail, and for a moment no one spoke.

After a long while, Yafei clicked her tongue and exclaimed, "Big sister, that's too mean!"

Lin Wangshu rolled her eyes in annoyance. "Who am I doing this for?"

Upon seeing this, Yafei quickly smiled ingratiatingly at her, "Sister, I was just praising you!"

Jiang Junqing suddenly chuckled, then, seeing everyone looking over, suppressed his laughter and said, "Just thinking about how embarrassed they'll look makes me want to laugh!"

Jiang Guoqing was also very excited. He clapped his hands to signal everyone to be quiet and said, "Comrade Lin Wangshu's battle plan is perfect. Let's start executing it tonight and teach them a lesson tomorrow!"

At the dinner table that evening, Jiang Defu took a bite of his steamed bun. Looking at the children behaving so peacefully, he wondered aloud and asked Jiang Guoqing, "Have you gotten your younger siblings into trouble again?"

Jiang Guoqing cried out that he was innocent: "I didn't."

The younger children nodded in agreement.

Jiang Defu was still somewhat skeptical. He always felt that these kids were up to no good. An Jie tapped the bowl with some dissatisfaction.

"Can't you just hope the kids are doing well for once?!"

After saying that, she announced, "Mom will reward each of you with a peach shortbread tomorrow."

The children all shouted, "Long live Mom!"

When it was completely dark, Guoqing and Junqing, each carrying a bag, sneaked out of the house, jingling and clanging. Lin Wangshu followed quietly behind them. When they reached the main road, she called out to them.

Jiang Junqing was startled. "Little Moon, what are you doing here!"

Ever since Jiang Junqing heard An Jie talk about how ancient poets often used Wang Shu to refer to the moon in their Chinese class, he has always liked to call her that.

Lin Wangshu tugged at his sleeve and said coquettishly, "Second brother, take me with you. I promise I won't hold you back."

Jiang Junqing hesitated for a moment, unable to refuse her, and looked to his elder brother for help.

Jiang Guoqing thought for a moment and agreed, "Many hands make light work, let's go and come back quickly."

They also met Zhao Jianguo on the way. Jiang Guoqing had called him over, and Zhao Jianguo immediately offered to help.

Lin Wangshu was in high spirits the whole way; the feeling of secretly doing bad things together was very exciting.

Once they reached the open space they had chosen, they emptied the empty cans from their pockets and buried one at intervals, ensuring that the Hou brothers would inevitably step on one the next day.

After they finished burying everything, they prepared to call it a day and go home. Jiang Guoqing and Zhao Jianguo went ahead, while Lin Wangshu was a little tired and couldn't walk that fast, so Jiang Junqing accompanied her and followed at a distance.

Lin Wangshu suddenly saw a light and a figure squatting there burning something. She thought someone was burning paper money. It was late at night, and Lin Wangshu was a little scared. She tugged at Jiang Junqing and pointed to the light, signaling him to look over.

Jiang Junqing looked at it and shouted, "Who's there?" The person was so frightened that he ran away. Lin Wangshu looked like Ge Erniang from the fishing village. Recently, the winds from outside have blown to the island. Her son, Ge Hongbing, is very active and stirs up trouble everywhere. I didn't expect his mother to be involved in feudal superstition.

Lin Wangshu pulled Jiang Junqing over and found that what was being burned were clothes, not completely burned, and the fabric still felt quite good. Jiang Junqing was a little puzzled, scratching his head and asking, "Why did she burn clothes?"

Lin Wangshu seemed to understand somewhat. She packed up the clothes that hadn't been burned and said to Jiang Junqing, "Let's go quickly. It's so late, I'm a little scared."

Jiang Junqing looked around at the pitch blackness and the bizarre situation he had encountered. Goosebumps rose all over his body. He grabbed Lin Wangshu's hand and ran.

"Let's run faster, and if we catch up with our big brother, we won't be afraid."

When Hou Chengnan arrived at school the next day, he was on tenterhooks. Jiang Guoqing hadn't come to settle scores with him the day before, and he was worried that Jiang was holding back something big.

Sure enough, whenever he and his brother went to the toilet, Jiang Minqing would call him "Big Brother" and "Second Brother," and Hou Chengnan could only endure it. He was afraid of being kicked in, so he could just hold it in until he got home. Anyway, they wouldn't dare to hit him.

Unexpectedly, when school ended in the afternoon, Jiang Guoqing and a group of people ambushed the two brothers.

Hou Chengbei stepped forward and questioned, "What do you want?"

Jiang Guoqing tilted his head back and said arrogantly, "I don't want to do anything, but my brother wants to duel with you."

Hou Chengbei, unsure of his intentions, asked, "Your brother? Which brother? Jiang Junqing?"

Jiang Guoqing shook his head and said, "Jiang Minqing."

Hou Chengbei laughed loudly upon hearing this, pointing at Jiang Minqing and saying disdainfully, "Him?"

Hearing this, Jiang Minqing mustered his courage, clenched his fist, and challenged Hou Chengnan, "What? Are you scared?"

Hou Chengbei sneered: "I'm afraid of beating you to death. I won't fight you, but my brother will."

Jiang Minqing nodded in agreement. Who cares who it is? It's not like we're really going to fight anyway.

Seeing that they had agreed, Jiang Guoqing waved his hand and shouted, "Let's go, we've found a good place."

Hou Chengbei called for a stop again, saying he wanted to call more people to join.

Jiang Guoqing was eager to go, so he naturally agreed. A large group of people followed to watch the spectacle, and Yafei, not wanting to miss out on the excitement, even called over a group of young girls.

Lin Wangshu couldn't help but laugh; Hou Chengnan was probably going to lose face big time now.

When they reached the edge of the "minefield," Jiang Guoqing stopped and gestured to Hou Chengnan, "Please."

Hou Chengnan snorted coldly, raised his head and walked forward. Jiang Guoqing saw him take a few steps forward before laughing loudly, "Hou Chengnan, be careful, this is a minefield, don't step on a landmine."

Hou Chengnan panicked upon hearing this and instinctively tried to run back, but after taking only one step, he heard a cracking sound and froze on the spot, too afraid to move.

There really was a bomb!

He was so terrified that he burst into tears, crying, "Brother, help me!"

Hou Chengbei also became anxious: "Don't be afraid, this is definitely fake, he wouldn't dare."

Jiang Guoqing shouted gloatingly, "That's right, don't be afraid, what if I'm just bluffing you?"

Jiang Junqing chimed in from the side, "Yeah, at worst, we'll just lose a leg."

Hou Chengnan was even more afraid to move after hearing this. He was breathing rapidly, his body was covered in cold sweat, and his legs were weak. Then he felt a warm liquid slide down his thigh.

Some little girl, with her sharp eyes, noticed his wet pants and exclaimed, "Oh no! He wet his pants!"

This was like cold water being poured into hot oil, causing a commotion. Everyone pointed at Hou Chengnan and burst into laughter.

Jiang Minqing was the happiest because he had finally gotten his revenge, and he did it all on his own, not entirely thanks to his brothers.

Jiang Guoqing knew when to stop. Seeing that Hou Chengnan was about to faint from fright, he suppressed a laugh and said, "Alright, you just stepped on an empty can, not a landmine. Don't embarrass yourself here."

Hou Chengnan finally breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed to the ground. Hou Chengbei quickly went over to help him up, and before leaving, pointed at Jiang Guoqing and shouted angrily, "You guys are despicable! Just you wait!"