Back to youth, the child's mother became a female president

"You're welcome." Hua Tingjue took off his down jacket and put it on Jiang Ruonan. He himself was only wearing an inner layer. His scalp was numb from the cold, but he gritted his teeth and endured it.

The moment she put on the down jacket, Jiang Ruonan realized that there was no need to dress so bulky in winter and there was no need to wrap herself in three layers of thin clothes to keep out the cold.

Just one piece of clothing is enough.

He took off the scarf from his neck, bent down and wrapped it around her, then gently touched her head and asked, "You can go now. Do you want to take anything?"

Jiang Ruonan came to her senses and nodded, "Yes." She walked into the house, and Hua Tingjue followed her in, only to find three people lying on the ground.

A closer look revealed that he was in a state of fainting with foam coming out of the mouth.

His pupils suddenly shrank and he was so scared that he dared not move his legs.

Jiang Ruonan knew that he must be guessing something, but she didn't explain. She just went in and got her schoolbag.

Hua Tingjue stood outside the room waiting for her, his palms soaked with sweat, and pretended to be calm without looking around. After a while, he saw her coming out with only a schoolbag on her back. He shook off all distracting thoughts and wondered, "Is this all you have?"

"Ah."

"That's fine, we can just buy a new one when the time comes." Hua Tingjue thought about it and agreed with her approach.

"Let me hold the bag." Just as she stretched out her hand to take her bag, Jiang Ruonan subconsciously dodged and said, "No need, I can hold it myself."

"Okay." Hua Tingjue didn't force it, but after hesitating for a moment, he still said what he was thinking, "They are..."

Jiang Ruonan turned her head away with disgust and indifference, "They are irrelevant people." Perhaps to reassure Hua Tingjue, she continued to explain: "Don't worry, they are just temporarily poisoned and unconscious, no one will die."

Hua Tingjue roughly guessed who they were, and he breathed a sigh of relief, his heart finally settled down. Fortunately, no one was killed, because he was not yet able to do anything, and did not have the ability to protect her from killing people.

"Well, let's go." He didn't bother to care. After all, this kind of person who was worse than an animal really deserved some punishment. He even kicked him twice before leaving.

The two walked out, and Jiang Ruonan strode to under a dead tree. After digging for a long time, she dug out an iron box. After checking the contents, she found that it was her savings that she had accumulated for a long time.

This is something you must bring with you.

Hua Tingjue stood aside and watched her, then he felt so sad that he turned his head away. She was probably afraid that the money would be stolen, so she hid it in such a covert way.

After taking the money, the two looked at each other subtly. Jiang Ruonan said, "Wait a minute." She grabbed Hua Tingjue's clothes and walked towards Grandma Nie's house. He knew she was going to say goodbye.

When Granny Nie saw Jiang Ruonan coming over, she looked at the slap marks on her face and pulled Jiang Ruonan with a distressed look on her face, "Did your parents beat you again?" She was always kind and could not help but scold, "Oh, these heartless people! They are worse than animals!"

Jiang Ruonan shook her head, her nose slightly sour, "It's okay, mother-in-law." She pursed her lips and said reluctantly, "Mother-in-law, I'm leaving."

"Going to school? That's fine." Granny Nie thought she was going to school, so she was happy for her. She walked into the house and said, "Then I'll get you something to eat!"

Jiang Ruonan held her back and said, "No need, mother-in-law."

"I'm leaving Yixi Town and going to Jing City."

"Ah?" Granny Nie paused. She then noticed Hua Tingjue behind her and suddenly understood, "Is he with Xiaojue?"

"Yeah." Jiang Ruonan nodded.

"Grandma can see that Xiaojue is a good person. She should take good care of herself when she goes to a big city alone." Grandma Nie wiped her tears and said worriedly, "Is the money enough? Grandma still has some money. Big cities are not like home. You need money everywhere."

She took out some wrinkled money from her pocket, and it looked like the old lady had been saving it for a long time.

"That's enough. I have a rich mother-in-law. I came here to tell you to take care of yourself." Jiang Ruonan refused, and she choked up when she said the last sentence.

Granny Nie was the first kindness she felt in this world. She was not a relative, but she was better than a relative.

Her eyes were red as she took out a stack of money from the iron box and stuffed it into Granny Nie's purse, "Granny, take it."

"How can grandma ask for your money? You are a child and we, the elders, should give you the money." Grandma Nie waved her hands and refused resolutely.

Jiang Ruonan lowered her head sadly, holding back the tears in her eyes. It was ironic that others treated her as a relative, but her relative treated her as an enemy.

"Mother-in-law, I probably won't be back, so just keep it. It's my filial piety, it's not much." Although she said that, in fact, this stack of money was given to her by Hua Tingjue last time, and it was a huge sum of money in that era.

Granny Nie refused to accept it no matter what.

When the two of them said goodbye for the last time, Jiang Ruonan took the opportunity to throw a bundle of money into Granny Nie's house. When Granny Nie turned around to pick it up and return it to her, she had already walked to Hua Tingjue.

I looked up and whispered to him, "Let's go."

The two got in the car and waved goodbye to Grandma Nie.

After that, Jiang Ruonan kept her head down and remained silent, quietly watching the scenery receding outside the window, in a trance.

Did she just leave like that? In fact, she hated such an unclear relationship, and she hated having to rely on a man to get out of the mountains. The road ahead was unknown, and she had no idea whether it was dangerous or rugged.

She had always known that this was a shortcut, and it was also putting her fate in the hands of others. She hated it! But there was no solution at all. Jiang Jian and his men pressed her step by step, forcing her to take a shortcut.

But at the same time, the flame of desire was ignited in her heart. She secretly vowed that even if she was relying on men now, one day she would be able to rely on herself.

She will never give up on herself, nor will she tie her fate to others.

Hua Tingjue knew that she was sad in her heart, so he didn't disturb her. He just stayed by her side silently, observing the changes in her expression from time to time.

Arriving in the town, Hua Tingjue turned his head and said to her, "We're here, you can get off now."

He picked up Jiang Ruonan's things, and the group arrived at a house, which was found by Mayor Tao for him to live in temporarily.

After entering the house, Hua Tingjue poured her a cup of hot milk and said, "Drink something hot to drive away the cold."

Jiang Ruonan did not let her guard down. She took it, her fingertips touching the warm wall of the cup, her eyes seemed to be pondering something.

"Are you rich?" She lowered her head and brows and asked an irrelevant question. It was obviously a question but Jiang Ruonan was very sure.

"How much do you want?" Hua Tingjue paused after sitting down, thinking that she wanted money. It was rare for her to ask him what she wanted, so he tried to make his tone sound softer to make her less embarrassed.

But what Jiang Ruonan said next shocked Hua Tingjue. She closed her eyes lightly, and when she opened them again, her eyes were as firm as sparkling obsidian.

“I want to change my name,” she said.

She never wanted to be called Jiang Ruonan, didn't want her birth to be dependent on a non-existent brother, and didn't want the name that would accompany her throughout her life to be associated with those ugly people.

Hua Tingjue agreed without thinking: "Okay."

Just change the name and say hello.