CHAPTER 129: CHAPTER 129: SOMETHING’S NOT RIGHT

Looking at it this way, it’s simply killing two birds with one stone.

It seems that these photos should be developed as soon as possible.

If they’re developed sooner, everyone can relax a bit. Just developing these over five hundred photos may require quite a bit of overtime.

The owner of the photo studio thought to himself.

He planned to work overtime tonight and develop the photos for previous customers, then fully focus on developing Jiang Xin’s photos.

In the next few days, he would secretly delay other customers coming to pick up their photos, giving himself more time.

The owner of the photo studio calculated that it would take about three days to develop all the more than five hundred photos.

Although the quantity Jiang Xin needed was overwhelmingly large, honestly, many of the photos were duplicates, so it would save considerable effort in developing them.

By then, he could develop several photos at once, then sort them into fifty sets.

After Jiang Xin paid the deposit, she left the photo studio straight away.

She felt somewhat tired after spending a considerable amount of time negotiating there, considering she had already done quite a bit today.

Although not utterly exhausted, she felt somewhat weary.

Jiang Xin calculated to herself that it would be great if she could rent the warehouse early.

That way, when Lin Ye recruits another employee, they can directly expand the market stall.

By then, with a wider variety of products, naturally, they could earn more money.

She wouldn’t have to feel troubled by this small sum from developing photos.

After all, being broke genuinely caused her heartache.

If she could earn a substantial amount, with thousands in her account, she wouldn’t worry over small sums.

Currently, Jiang Xin truly felt that in this unfamiliar world, doing anything required money.

In her past life, Jiang Xin lived through the apocalypse, not having to worry so much.

Mastering basic survival skills was enough. The resources in her space were abundant, and daily sustenance was the priority, unlike now, where she had to fret over so much.

Though survival was harder back then, she lived quite freely.

This life felt unexplainable to her.

But as the saying goes, "since you are here, be at peace." Since she’s traveled over here, and doesn’t know the way back to her original world, she can only endure and survive in this one.

Moreover, her past was apocalyptic, making this time relatively stable.

Thinking this way, Jiang Xin felt less anguish.

After all, she had quite a strong adaptability.

Although she occasionally felt a bit emotional, she remained calm most of the time.

Yet Jiang Xin was unaware that worse things awaited her upon returning to the Fu Family.

Jiang Xin originally didn’t plan to return to the Fu Family so early, but seeing the time, it wasn’t that early, only she didn’t want to go back.

She pondered when Fu Yu would return. If he came back sooner, they could move the divorce forward.

Anyway, she didn’t want to stay a minute longer in that Fu Family house.

However, thinking about how long it would take before she could move into her rented place, Jiang Xin sighed.

She accepted her fate, proceeding straight to the Fu Family after leaving the photo studio.

Thinking that returning early might allow for an earlier rest.

She reminisced quietly about what she overheard from Mrs. Fu and the villagers.

Jiang Xin sensed that Mrs. Fu must have rummaged through her room while she was out.

Otherwise, how could she tell those villagers about the abundance of unworn clothes in her wardrobe?

Without witnessing it, nobody could assertively reveal such details.

After all, everything she said was true.

Jiang Xin was someone who valued boundaries. She disliked others, without her permission, going through her belongings.

Moreover, her relationship with Fu Yu’s parents was like strangers.

Though they outwardly appeared as family, they mutually despised one another.

They didn’t treat each other as family.

For Jiang Xin, they were simply strangers.

To avoid recurrence of the same incident.

That morning, Jiang Xin took a lock from her space and locked her room before leaving.

She believed that by locking the door, Mrs. Fu wouldn’t overstep her boundaries and invade her space.

Jiang Xin indeed thought so until she returned to the village and was shocked.

The walk from the town to the village took roughly half an hour on foot.

So, although Jiang Xin returned earlier, the journey took time, and she arrived at the Fu Family by four in the afternoon.

Nonetheless, it was still earlier, as before, her schedule with Lin Ye would have her just returning from the market stall at that time.

She estimated she reached the Fu Family about half an hour earlier today.

Upon reaching home, the empty yard felt eerie to her.

Why wasn’t it as expected?

Given the circumstances, Mrs. Fu should have been wary of thieves, fearing that she might sneak away with something. They kept a close watch, so why wasn’t anyone home at this hour?

Something abnormal is surely suspicious.

Jiang Xin’s first reaction was sensing something was off.