The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits-Chapter 1259 - 1263: The Promise (11)

Su Li: "I’m not leaving."

As soon as Su Li’s words fell, the whole family seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

Among them, the youngest child immediately jumped up and down in joy, saying, "With aunt here, grandpa and grandma and even mom, dad, and uncle can be happy again... but if Uncle Zhang still comes looking for you..."

The mention of Zhang Yang by the child made everyone’s face change dramatically, as they looked at Su Li in panic.

Ever since Xiaomei returned, they felt she had changed drastically and hadn’t mentioned Zhang Yang even once. Perhaps she was truly heartbroken.

Su’s eldest sister-in-law gave a strong slap on the back of the child’s head and harshly whispered, "Shut up for me."

The child looked aggrieved, not knowing what wrong he had said.

Su Li frowned, "Sister-in-law, why did you hit the child?"

"The child isn’t wrong. If Zhang Yang doesn’t come looking for me, I will go find him."

Amidst the astonishment of the Su Family, Su Li slowly said, "A person should keep their word, fulfill promises, or else...."

Or else, one would be struck by lightning....

Zhang Yang was so frightened by the scene in his dream that he rolled off the bed.

He rubbed his sore butt, wiping the sweat from his forehead with a frown.

The scenario from the dream was something he really didn’t want to recall, comforting himself that it was just a reflection of his thoughts.

However, before he could stand up, a loud crash came from outside the window, a flash of light making the entire sky as bright as day.

Soon, the torrential rain began to pour down heavily.

Zhang Yang took off his sweat-soaked undershirt and put on a clean one, instantly feeling refreshed and comfortable instead of sticky.

After drinking some cold boiled water, Zhang Yang was about to go back to bed.

Just then, another flash of lightning and thunder erupted outside, and the outside light clearly cast a shadow on the doors and windows.

"Bang," the water cup in Zhang Yang’s hand fell to the ground, shattering.

He backed away in panic, tripping over his own feet, falling backward, his palm landing on the shards, and fresh blood seeped out.

But at that moment, Zhang Yang couldn’t feel the pain in his palm, all his attention captured by the fleeting figure at the door and window. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

At the peak of fear, one’s throat seems to go mute, unable to make a sound.

The figure had just stood there at the door, motionless.

Even if it turned to dust, he couldn’t fail to recognize the person he once shared deep intimacy with.

She, she had returned, she came back to fulfill her promise to him.

Zhang Yang suddenly remembered Su Li’s meaningful words before jumping into the lake... she was waiting ahead for him, having agreed, not to renege....

Another clap of thunder sounded, the outside lit up again.

The figure at the door and window had disappeared, as if everything seen was an illusion, but Zhang Yang knew, it wasn’t.... he felt, outside had truly been.... someone....

At such moments, not seeing the figure made it even more frightening.

Zhang Yang couldn’t help but wonder if the next time the room was lit by lightning, would that figure be standing right in front of him?

People scare people to death.

Su Li, tying her shoelaces, just heard the sounds of tables, chairs, cups, and other things being knocked over in the room.

What happened, she hadn’t done anything yet, why did Zhang Yang scare himself like this?

As the saying goes, if you haven’t done anything wrong, you don’t fear ghosts knocking at midnight.

The noises inside the room were drowned out by the thunder and rain. The sleeping Zhang family didn’t hear Zhang Yang’s calls for help at all.

"Creak..." The door was pushed open little by little from the outside.

Zhang Yang covered himself with the quilt, shaking all over.

"Su Li, I’m sorry, I let you down.... I really wanted to live and die with you before, but now I really don’t want to die, if I died, my mom would be too pitiful, she only has one son, unlike your family, you have two brothers...."

"If I died, she probably wouldn’t be able to live either."

"Ah Lee, I know you love me, I love you too.... give me some more time, and once I’ve settled everything, I’ll come find you, okay?"

Listening to such stuttering words from Zhang Yang, Su Li felt sick.

"You must remember, our promise, I will always be watching you."

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The next day, Zhang Yang woke up yelling from bed, shouting for a while before touching his intact body and sighing with relief, "Turns out it was just a dream...."

An odd dream within a dream.

Soon, Zhang Yang’s slightly eased heart became heavy once more, his eyes riveted on a piece of clothing falling out of the wardrobe.

If he wasn’t mistaken, he hadn’t opened the wardrobe door in recent days, and furthermore, according to his mother’s habit, his wardrobe was always impeccably organized, never....

Like the current situation.

Zhang Yang’s heart suddenly shook, he slowly moved towards the wardrobe.

He yanked open the wardrobe door, and all the clothes tumbled out.

The interior of the wardrobe was a mess, yet Zhang Yang didn’t care about that at all, directly rummaging through the pile of clothes to find a small iron box.

The small box, once padlocked, was now forcibly broken open. Inside, it was empty, nothing left.

Zhang Yang’s pupils instantly shrank, retreating three steps in fear, dropping the box as if it burned him.

He, he wasn’t dreaming....

Last night, she really had come.

The contents of the box were things Su Li secretly gave him in their most intimate times.

There were food tickets, cloth tickets, sugar tickets, and even some money she secretly saved from her private stash.

People in the surrounding villages knew the Su family pampered their daughter, but what they knew and reality were worlds apart.

No one knew that the Su family, seemingly unassuming and not much better than others, was actually quite wealthy.

It was unbelievable for a girl not married to have so much money and tickets in her hands.

As the person closest to this ’golden nugget’, Zhang Yang greatly benefited.

The expenses of studying in the city were massive from the start, and although his family seemed well off, known as a prominent wealthy family, in reality, their true situation was only understood by themselves, and Zhang Yang was aware of their dwindling resources.

He originally planned to tell his mother about Su Family’s situation, at least saying that even well-off families in the city might not compare to Su Xiaomei; besides, Su Xiaomei was exceptionally beautiful, he genuinely loved Su Li.