"The front door of Captain Lu's house must be draped in spiderwebs by now!"
"I tell you what, could those two have divorced?"
From outside the door, a burst of chattering voices could be heard. Su Ran opened her eyes, rubbing the back of her head with force, as if the dull pain there had not yet disappeared.
The noisy discussion had just come from outside the door, and she was lying on the sofa, with a solitary incandescent lamp hanging from the ceiling.
Many memories that were not hers flashed through her mind.
She had just won the Forbes Wealth List's second trophy, instantly boasting a net worth of 30 billion US dollars.
And the trophy was not even warmed up before it was knocked into the eighties by a red brick that fell from the sky.
She crossed into a military wife named Su Ran, who, barely married for half a year, had already dragged her name through the mud in the military district compound, a young girl of only 19 who shared her name.
Half a year after getting married, her husband disappeared after visiting on their wedding day. The original owner from the countryside felt inferior and anxious.
Aside from buying groceries, she never went out, her anxiety gradually growing— eating seven to eight meals at home every day, quite literally eating herself to death.....
Such a derelict!
As Su Ran, the once-renowned socialite of China's business world, she could not understand this extreme anxiety and behavior leading to death.
Looking at the cramped two-bedroom apartment filled with junk and dirty clothes, Su Ran could no longer tolerate it. She rolled up her sleeves and began to clean up the room.
It took her almost four hours to barely restore the room to its original state.
"Goodness! Is Captain Lu's family moving? So much trash piled up at the door, it's going to stink to high heaven."
The old houses generally lack good sound insulation, let alone when people outside deliberately raised their voices.
Su Ran could tell that it was Li Wanshu from next door. She recalled how the original host had only recently married into the house, yet Wanshu would frequently loiter outside her door, speaking loudly about her being a country bumpkin, unworldly, and skin-and-bones.
She was practically calling out Su Ran's name.
Su quickly wiped her hands on the apron she was wearing, and with one pull, the door was opened.
"What a loud voice you have, Sister Li!"
Li was startled by the voice coming from behind her right as she was opening the door. A few eggs she had just bought slipped from her hands and fell on the ground with a 'crack'.
Egg whites immediately started leaking from the bag, and it was enough to break her heart.
"Oh my! Those were our monthly supply of eggs!"
"You little minx, are you trying to scare someone to death?"
Li Wanshu quickly grabbed the leaking bag with one hand while holding the bag with the other. She intended to go inside to fetch a bowl to collect the egg whites leaking through her bag.
Yet the key was still in the door, and she did not have an extra hand. The sight of egg whites leaking through her fingers was as agonizing as dripping wax burning her heart, sending her into a frenzy.
"Why aren't you helping me open the door quickly!"
A neighbor from downstairs who heard the noise poked their head out, asking, "What's happening?"
Su Ran swiftly replied, "It's nothing, Sister Li can't open her door. It's a minor issue! Sister Li, move aside quickly!"
With a high-pitched shout, she lifted her leg and kicked towards the door lock.
"Bang!"
A loud noise echoed through the corridor, attracting the attention of many neighbors who were cooking at home.
Looking at the wobbly door lock and Lee Wansuk, who had been dragged down to sit on the stairs, she didn't know whether to pity her own bottom, the eggs in her hands, or her house door...
"No need to be formal, Mrs. Lee,"
Su Ran still had a smile on her face, helping her up from the stairs and pushing her towards the open door, "Go find a bowl to put the broken eggs in."
Lee Wansuk was so angry her teeth itched, but she still held back the sharp pain from her butt and ran to the kitchen to find bowls.
On the other hand, Su Ran locked her house's door, picked up the woven bag full of trash at the doorway with both hands, and prepared to throw it at the garbage spot behind the residential area.
In order to prevent Lee Wansuk from splashing dirty water on her when she recovered, she also explained to the onlookers while she walked down the stairs.
"Nothing to worry about, ladies, Mrs. Lee didn't open the door and broke the egg, I just helped her open the door."
"Sorry to disturb you all."
"You can go back to your cooking, it's almost mealtime."
Everyone glanced at each other, surprised at Su Ran's changing personality, and also her tying up her hair. Although she has gained a bit of weight, her face still remained the same as before.
Considering this demeanor, she looked even prettier than when she first got married!
Su Ran had no idea what those people were thinking, she just strode off towards the garbage spot, wondering what her next move should be?
When she came back after throwing away the garbage, she found that there were even more people standing in her building's corridor.
"Su is back!"
Someone shouted and the crowd immediately parted. A worried young soldier ran towards her.
"Mrs. Su! Come with me to the hospital quickly, the commandant had..."
