Quick Transmigration: The Mad Beauty Refuses to Be the Scapegoat!

Shen Yaoyao was enjoying better treatment than before, so she didn’t really care if the family was divided.

But Shen Yan was determined to tear down the wall in front of her.

Without Jiang Hai, what would happen to her and her nephew in the second half of their lives?

She had originally hoped that Jiang Hai could help arrange a bride for Shen Ping, but now, forget about a wife, they might not even have a house for him.

Early the next morning, when it was time to collect wages and tickets, Shen Yan dressed up and carried her basket to the accounting office behind the state-run restaurant, bending down and loudly asking.

"Where is Jiang Hai’s salary and ticket for this month? I’m his family member, I’m here to collect it!"

For the past ten years, it was always her, and the people here recognized her long ago.

The accountant glanced at her, then looked away, quickly stamping while waving his hand.

"Jiang Hai’s salary and ticket for this month were collected yesterday."

As soon as Shen Yan heard this, her eyes widened, and she grabbed the railing in front of her, her voice instantly becoming shrill.

"Collected?! Who collected it?"

"It seems it was Jiang Hai’s daughter, which means your daughter."

Jiang Lai?!!

She dared to secretly collect the salary?!

No, if she could collect the money, Jiang Hai must have agreed.

Shen Yan nearly crushed the railing in her hand, a fierce anger flaring in her eyes.

"For ten years, it was always me collecting it! Why can anyone randomly collect it this month? Look at you people here with Jiang Hai! After ten years, now that I’m old and useless, he just kicks me aside!

Is there anywhere where this is reasonable!! Jiang Hai, this heartless beast..."

"Do you think this is your backyard?!! Come causing trouble whenever you want!! This is a public place! If you keep this up, do you believe I’ll call the police and have you arrested?"

A loud roar scared Shen Yan into silence.

Shen Yan was startled, shivering all over, clutching her basket and looking towards the voice.

It was the restaurant director, staring fiercely at Shen Yan, his imposing manner making the outwardly strong but inwardly weak Shen Yan dare not speak.

"Come causing trouble next time, and I won’t be so polite!"

Shen Yan, too scared to speak, picked up her basket and slinked away.

The director rarely used to handle such matters, usually just pressuring Jiang Hai to deal with it properly.

But this time, he actually came out to support Jiang Hai.

As soon as Shen Yan left, the director turned around with a frown, seeing Jiang Lai, who had been standing in the corner watching the scene.

"You little girl, after all, that is your birth mother, you really have a hard heart."

Jiang Lai sighed.

"Every family has its difficulties, it’s not like you haven’t heard about our family issues. I really have no other choice; otherwise, no one can have a good life."

The director wasn’t concerned with that.

"About the coal I mentioned before..."

"Don’t worry, I’ve arranged it for you, guaranteeing the lowest price, even lower than the coal factory’s price! I guarantee you won’t run out of coal all winter."

The director nodded with a smile.

"You sure have skills, young girl. Alright, we’ll have a long-term cooperation."

Jiang Lai smiled and nodded.

Every winter, coal becomes a scarce commodity, and prices soar. Even if you’re close to a coal factory, you still have to pay high prices to use coal.

Especially for a restaurant, which uses large amounts of coal; the director was most worried about coal in the winter.

Now that Jiang Lai helped solve such a big problem for him, helping with Shen Yan was a breeze for the director.

The director was curious about how Jiang Lai managed to get so much coal, but he knew asking would yield no answers, so he could only keep his curiosity to himself.

As soon as Jiang Lai got off work, Jiang Li, who had been waiting at the door, rushed over.

"Sis, Little Si Zi said to meet at the abandoned factory tonight."

Jiang Lai nodded.

"Alright, you go buy some liquor, I’ll bring some food over."

Jiang Lai went home, used her own pot to prepare a few dishes to go with the drinks, packed them in lunchboxes, and put them in a net bag.

As she was leaving, a few cooks eyed the items in her net bag eagerly, one with the biggest appetite asked directly.

"What good stuff did you make for your dad? Can we uncles have a taste?"

"You can forget about these, they’re for friends. But since you uncles take such good care of me, I won’t forget you. There’s still some leftover dishes in the pot, enough for you all to enjoy with drinks tonight."

The cooks couldn’t wait to rush to the stove. As soon as they lifted the lid, the strong, spicy aroma rushed into their noses, making them sneeze. After looking at the brightly colored lamb spine in the pot, they almost couldn’t hold back their drool.

"Fragrant, so fragrant!!"

"How can it be this delicious! Stop talking, get the liquor, hurry up, I’ll try a piece first."

The lamb spine didn’t have much meat, so there were simmered potatoes and dried beans in the pot. Scooping a piece of bone into their mouths, the fresh, spicy taste filled their mouths, reviving their taste buds that had become somewhat numb from trying so many seasonings.

"Sizzle sizzle—delicious, I’ll have to take some of this soup home later."

"Save some for me too."

"Later, cut some potatoes and winter melon, throw them in, tsk tsk tsk, so good with buns."

"Where did Jiang Hai get so lucky to have such a great daughter? Her cooking is good enough for the king!"

By now it was already dark outside; Jiang Lai carried the net bag towards the abandoned factory. Little Si Zi had been waiting and, upon seeing Jiang Lai approach, instinctively looked at the net bag in her hand.

"Why are you only just getting here? Brother Gao has been waiting for you."

"There was something at the restaurant."

She tossed the net bag to Little Si Zi as she spoke, who caught it immediately, the fragrance easily noticeable even through the metal box.

Little Si Zi swallowed his saliva, mumbling.

"Always using these cheap treats to please us."

The outside of the factory was dilapidated, but inside it was very neat and clean, with several tables placed around the kerosene lamp; one table was surrounded by people.

Those people were playing cards, and upon seeing Jiang Lai, they all looked towards Lin Gao, who was sitting in the corner.

Little Si Zi placed the lunchbox on the table, then whispered in Lin Gao’s ear.

"Jiang Lai’s here, Jiang Li came along too."

Lin Gao nodded, slowly stood up, and instinctively touched his nose looking in Jiang Lai’s direction.

[This time I asked you to come to tell you, the coal is ready]

Lin Gao’s fingers were long, not thin, but had a sense of bony, slightly dark-skinned leanness.

Just like the contours of his facial features, very firm feeling.

Jiang Lai nodded.

"Mm, thank you, I’ll bring the money to you next time."

[No rush, you can give me the money anytime]

Seeing Lin Gao’s gesturing, Little Si Zi grunted discontentedly.