This woman seemed to be in her forties as well.
However, there were some wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.
She fell far short of the stunning mature beauties Li Zhiyan knew.
To Li Zhiyan, this kind of auntie was indeed old , and he had absolutely no interest in her.
"Indeed, what I like are beautiful and gorgeous mature women, not old aunties..."
With a somewhat strange mood,
Li Zhiyan went upstairs.
"Mom."
"I'm back."
As soon as he reached the door, Li Zhiyan called out for his mom.
It wasn't very safe for Aunt Fang to live alone; at the very least, calling out "Mom" a few times would deter others from acting recklessly.
This was quite important.
"Son,"
Upon opening the door and seeing Li Zhiyan, Fang Zhiya felt an instinctive sense of security.
This feeling was as if the two of them were not pretending to be mother and son, but were actually mother and son.
Closing the door behind him, Li Zhiyan looked around the modest but cozy room.
He believed that in this life, it was unlikely that Aunt Fang would walk down the old path of suicide.
But Aunt Fang was really beautiful, possessing the gentle charm of the girl next door; even though her wealthy family status was destroyed overnight, resulting in this kind of life, she still had no complaints. Such a woman was truly wonderful.
"Aunt Fang, it's been a while. I didn't expect that you would get your noodle stall up and running so soon. Just now, downstairs," story-source-MvLeMpYr
"I saw your locked-up stall."
Fang Zhiya, seeing it was roughly mealtime, started the pot, preparing to make noodles for Li Zhiyan.
"Yes, this stall basically took up all of Auntie's remaining money, plus the cost of buying raw materials."
"But thankfully, business isn't too bad. From now on, we should be able to live a normal life."
Li Zhiyan felt somewhat relieved, but for now, the urgent issues to resolve were the debt collection company and helping Aunt Fang with the divorce; these two points were of utmost importance.
After all, it concerned his own bonus of one hundred thousand yuan.
He really was a man motivated to progress.
"That's good to hear, Aunt Fang. I'm about to start school soon,"
"So from now on, the only chance I'll get to see you might be on Sundays when I come home."
The university town wasn't too far from home and, being a mama's boy, he would definitely come home on Sundays.
Although it was hard to part, life had to move forward.
Could it be that they had heeded her words?
It seemed the lady next door had a sharp tongue but a soft heart and was very considerate of her feelings.
"No, their relationship is good, and there's been no domestic violence recently. You're a little kid, don't worry about so many things,"
"It has nothing to do with you."
Li Zhiyan nodded.
"If it were me, I'd definitely call the police. That auntie was abused too cruelly, and the sounds made it seem like she suffered a lot."
As they talked, Fang Zhiya's face grew redder.
"Aunt Fang, why is your face so red?"
At that moment, Fang Zhiya looked somewhat flirtatious, stirring Li Zhiyan's heart. Unfortunately, Aunt Fang's 36D was all wrapped up.
Now it couldn't be seen...
"It's the steam."
"This room is quite hot, it's always like this in the summer. Xiao Yan, go stand by the fan for a bit, Auntie sees you're hot too."
Li Zhiyan grabbed the fan, plugged it into the power strip, and positioned it towards Fang Zhiya.
"No worries, Aunt Fang, I'm young and not afraid of the heat. You use it."
The breeze from the fan blew vigorously, and Fang Zhiya felt herself growing fonder of the child before her.
If only he were her son...
After a while, the noodles were ready. Fang Zhiya scooped them out and mixed them with chili sauce for Li Zhiyan.
"Aunt Fang, I've been wanting to eat your noodles for a long time."
"Once we're done eating, I'll come with you to set up the stall."
Wiping the sweat from her brow, Fang Zhiya felt some anticipation; this kid wanted to go to the stall with her.
It really felt like she was with her own son.
Just as Fang Zhiya was about to say something,
The familiar noise from next door started up again.
At that moment, Fang Zhiya realized that the lady from next door wasn't all that tough on the outside and soft on the inside.
It was probably because relatives had visited, forcing a week's break.
The timing matched exactly!
But this time, Xiao Yan was still here!
How could a child be exposed to such things...
Her face grew hotter by the moment.
Li Zhiyan, curious, asked, "The auntie next door is being abused during the day too?"
"That's really terrible."