Chapter 64: Where Does Such a Big Sum of Money Come from?
After returning from Qian’s restaurant, Jin Weiwei keeps on thinking about those things that happened in that temple, which makes her feel even more confused. At that time, Jin Dabao failed to make it clear about where the money came from. The only thing that she knows is that the money was left by her mother. But why the money is left for her only? Also, how does her mother have so much money? After all, she is only a countryside woman. That’s so strange! “What’s wrong with you?” asks Little Rich because he thinks there is something wrong with Jin Weiwei. On the way home, Jin Weiwei is wearing a thoughtful look. At first, he did not take that seriously; however Jin Weiwei is so immersed in her own world that she almost misses the gate of their house.
Jin Weiwei regains her consciousness. Looking at Little Rich standing beside her, Jin Weiwei does not know how to explain it to him. “Nothing serious. I just think thought about things in the temple. That’s wired!” replies Jin Weiwei. “What’s wrong?” asks Little Rich. Generally, Little Rich is a good listener who will never reveal her secret to others. Thus, Jin Weiwei is willing to pour out her feelings to him. Besides him, Jin Weiwei does not know with whom she can share her feelings. Little Rich was the first person she saw the moment she came to this world. Thus, he is most familiar to her. As for Jin Dabao, he is careless with money. Without the money of Jin Weiwei’s mother, he will never have the enough money to elope with that widow, even if he runs a meat shop in the village.Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.
After hearing the explanation of Jin Dabao, she thinks the whole thing is truly irrational. According to him, her mother has already passed away. Then, how could she leave behind such a big sum of money? And how does Jin Dabao dig out some money on the birthday of Jin Weiwei every year? Who is the fat monk in the forest behind the temple? It’s night. The whole village has become completely silent, and birds and insects keep chirping. They two walk into their house one by one. At this moment, the light in the woodshed is still on. “Perhaps, he knows.” Says Little Rich the moment they step into the room. He hands her a cup of tea. Little Rich exchanges a knowing look with Jin Weiwei, and takes a glance at the woodshed. Jin Weiwei is a clever girl and she understands Little Rich’s meaning immediately.
Only the one who went through the whole things knows what happened that year. Their thought is just a conjecture, not the truth. Therefore, Jin Dabao is the man who knows everything. “I have to talk with my father!” says Jin Weiwei while drinking up the tea. Then, she walks out of the room of Little Rich, and rushes into the woodshed nearby. “Asleep?!” shouts Jin Weiwei, patting the door of the woodshed. Judging from the abruptly extinguished light, Jin Weiwei knows that Jin Dabao is unwilling to talk to her. “Jin Dabao, don’t treat me as an idiot! You blew off the candle just now! I saw the light a moment ago! Open the door quickly! I have something to ask you!” Jin Weiwei has thought of having a friendly conversation with him; however, his attitude irritates her. If he were not afraid of being blamed by his brother-in-law, he would have left this awful place earlier. But Jin Weiwei has already known the truth, and he has to open the door.
“It’s too late tonight. How about tomorrow? Don’t you know that I need rest for my disease!” complains Jin Dabao. Although he walks with a limp, he has a glib tongue. “That’s none of my business. I have something to ask you. I am still confused about the whole thing in the temple. According to you, my mom has been leaving money to me these years. As a countryside woman, how can she own so much money?” asks Jin Weiwei. She tries her best to recall the memory of her childhood, but she fails to remember anything about her mother. Probably, it is because her mother died when she was very young; therefore, she has no memory related to her mother.
In the past, she was so dumb-headed that she never thought about exploring the mystery of her identity. Though she is not the original Jin Weiwei, she should take the responsibility of revealing the truth of her true identity since her health has already recovered. Furthermore, she hates Jin Dabao for a long time! Jin Dabao, frowning, knows that Jin Weiwei comes to him for things that happened in the past. He doesn’t want to mention these old things because he thinks there’s no need to mention that. But now Jin Wiewei with a fiendish look on her face rushes in angrily. It seems that she will take revenge on him for her mother’s death. In the past, several good words could calm her down, but now… she has changed totally.
“These things have been gone for many years. There’s no need to mention that. I think running the meat shop well and taking good care of your father is the most important thing for you to do. My daughter, do you understand?” says Jin Dabao, who is unwilling to explain the things to Jin Weiwei clearly. But Jin Weiwei cannot stop asking him, “What? Daughter? Did you ever think about me, your daughter, when you eloped with that widow last year? Now I have a strong reason to doubt that my mother was killed by you!”
Jin Weiwei’s suspicion has some solid evidence. Although Jin Dabao said that her mother left enough money for her, she did not get even a penny. All the money was used for his extravagant life. “The death of my mother is definitely not so simple and clear as you explained.” Says Jin Weiwei. At her words, Jin Dabao’s face turns pale. Jin Weiwei is so clever and witty. Now she comes to him in a vigorous and upright manner. She must know something!” Then he says, “Bullshit! Although I am not a kind man, there’s no reason for me to kill your mother!” replies Jin Dabao with a firm voice, his hands resting on his hip like a mean old harridan.
Jin Weiwei stares at Jin Dabao, and responds, “No reason? I guess you had love affairs with a widow and you wanted to elope with her. Hence, my mother has been an obstacle of your plan. You killed her.” “You bastard! How do you come up with such a nonsense! Believe it or not, I will never do such a vicious thing!” Explains Jin Dabao. “Since you are not the murderer, why you didn’t want to tell me the truth? Now I have already grown up, I have the right to know the truth!” shouts Jin Weiwei, angrily. With a long sigh, Jin Dabao thinks that Jin Weiwei seems determined to know the truth. If he still keeps her in the dark about that, he will be tortured by her the whole night! In addition, he is truly afraid of her who is so clever and vicious. Besides that, she has two guards to protect her, Little Rich and Tao Xiaoqing. If he still refuses to tell her the truth, it is possible for her to order them to throw him into the valley! How can he do? He knows nothing about Kungfu! After thinking for a while, he says, “well… since you are so eager to know things about your mother, I tell you all so that you will never complain that I refuse to tell you about your identity.”