Chapter 405 - 25 The Deceived Children
After spending half a day trying to persuade him, Han Shouzhen still couldn’t convince the seemingly agreeable young man to give up the idea of having Xu Ji marry his sister, only to end up with a dry mouth and a heavy heart.
Lin Xiaoguai looked on helplessly. Han Shouzhen wasn’t unwise, but she didn’t understand that country kids had their own cunning. If Lin Xiaoguai had aggressively offered money today, he might have hesitated, but her gentle persuasion only showed her soft heart, which undoubtedly strengthened his original resolve.
However, she felt she couldn’t help much. Kindly persuading was one thing, playing the "good cop" was another, and she found it difficult. As for Zheng Cuicui... Lin Xiaoguai glanced at her and decided to let it be. The sister-in-law wasn’t without plans, but she was also good-natured, or she wouldn’t have been bullied by Liu Yuzhi and her mother-in-law like she had been.
Han Shouzhen would have been suitable, but she had lost the initiative.
As they walked out of the visiting room, Han Shouzhen let out a defeated sigh and called over a prison guard to ask, "Does he have any other family members?" Thinking that if the man wouldn’t listen to her, she might have to consider asking someone else to persuade him.
"Only a sister left." A youthful-looking prison guard said somewhat sheepishly: "Zhang Jian’s parents are both deceased, and last year, even the grandfather who raised them passed away. He left his sister with his uncle and aunt and went to the city to work."
He paused, "His uncle and aunt are not good people either. His sister is such a young child, she’s been abused terribly. Not only is she covered in bruises, but her eyes have been blinded by the mistreatment."
"What!?" Han Shouzhen was shocked, "His sister’s eyes are blinded?"
The prison guard nodded, having overheard the conversation between the distinguished guests and Zhang Jian, and said with a cautionary tone, "Although the doctors say it can be cured, it will cost a lot of money. And even after being treated, she’ll be highly myopic, practically blind without glasses."
Lin Xiaoguai and the other two were stunned, not expecting such a situation.
"Does Zhang Jian know?" Han Shouzhen asked angrily.