Chapter 258 A Mess

Fang Hua's loud roar startled Zhou Chengzhi, who jumped to his feet, looking at Fang Hua with a hint of excitement: "You're back?"

Jiang Zhizhi parked her bicycle and quickly ran over, afraid that Fang Hua and Zhou Chengzhi would start fighting.

Fang Hua glared at Zhou Chengzhi: "Come back what? Zhou Chengzhi! Let me tell you, whoever doesn't get a divorce this time is a bastard. I won't live with you for even a single day longer!"

After saying that, he turned to look at Jiang Zhizhi and said, "Zhizhi, go pack your clothes, let's go."

Jiang Zhizhi looked at the messy living room and the few people sitting there, responded, and quickly went to her room to pack her clothes.

Zhou Xiye had already tidied the room, so she didn't look closely to see if there was anything different. She packed some clothes to change into and put the books on the table inside, only then noticing that several pages of the notebook had been torn out.

Frowning, he picked up his bag and went out: "Dad, why was my notebook torn up?"

Fang Hua, whose blood pressure was already high from anger, grabbed a feather duster from the side after hearing Jiang Zhizhi's words and rushed over to Zhou Chengzhi: "Is this how you look after the house? The child is studying recently, and those notes are so important to her. You just let someone tear them up?"

Zhou Chengzhi never expected that Fang Hua would show him no respect at all, directly picking up a feather duster and hitting him while blocking with his arm and anxiously saying, "Zhizhi, I've copied the notes for you. They're on the desk in the study. Go get them."

He then yelled at Fang Hua, "That's enough! What are you doing! Aren't you ashamed?"

Fang Hua beat him mercilessly, roaring, "You're still afraid of losing face? The family is about to fall apart, what are you afraid of losing face for? We're getting a divorce. From now on, Xiye and Zhizhi will be with me, and you, you old bastard, can go live with me."

Jiang Zhizhi was initially very angry, but looking at the scene before her, she couldn't help but laugh and cry.

Fang Hua is a very proud person. If he hadn't been so angry today, he definitely wouldn't have gotten into a fight with Zhou Chengzhi.

While hesitating whether to go over and help, Fang Hua threw the feather duster on the ground, turned around and called out to her, "Zhizhi, let's go!"

Jiang Zhizhi responded and quickly followed Fang Hua out the door.

Zhou Chengzhi had taken several blows, including one to the back of his hand, which was now burning with pain, and his face looked extremely pale.

Li Hualin, his wife, son, and daughter-in-law stood up somewhat nervously: "Um... Brother Zhou, if your wife doesn't like us, we'll go back first and won't cause you any trouble."

Zhou Chengzhi sat down with a dark face and didn't say a word, but he was thinking that Fang Hua seemed really angry this time. They had been married for so many years and had argued countless times, but they had never hit each other.

Seeing that Zhou Xiye didn't react, Li Hualin repeated, "Brother Zhou, does your wife not welcome us? Then we'll leave, and we won't come again. When I visit my mother's grave later, I'll tell her that you took good care of us."

Zhou Chengzhi frowned, but still didn't say anything.

Liu Yu'e was a little anxious. She tugged at Li Hualin's sleeve and carefully said, "Brother Zhou, I'm not trying to stir up trouble, but I think my sister-in-law was wrong today. What kind of woman can hit a man?"

"Where we live, men are like gods, they have to be worshipped every day. I think you're just too good to your sister-in-law. And that was Nishino's wife just now, right? I think she's too beautiful, she's not an ordinary person."

Zhou Chengzhi frowned: "This time, I'm sorry. I'll have the driver take you to the train station later and give you some money and food coupons."

Then he remembered that Fang Hua was in charge of the money and grain rations, and he had no idea where they were.

Li Hualin looked aggrieved and humble: "Actually, Brother Zhou, we've caused you trouble. You don't need to pay us. My mother told me before that I shouldn't come here so as not to bother you. We're not on the same path."

“My mother said that you officials…”

Zhou Chengzhi's brow twitched, and he quickly stopped Li Hualin from speaking: "Don't say that. Your sister-in-law didn't do this because of you. Don't overthink it. If it weren't for my aunt saving my life back then, I wouldn't be where I am today."

He hesitated for a moment before saying, "Here's what I'll do: I'll give you five hundred yuan and a hundred jin of grain coupons. Go back and have a good New Year."

Liu Yu'e's eyes lit up. Five hundred yuan!

They've never seen so much money before. They work all year round, and at the end of the year, the whole family only gets a hundred or so dollars.

He quickly reached out and tugged at Li Hualin's sleeve.

Li Hualin was unwilling to give up. He shook off his wife's hand, rubbed his hands together, and looked at Zhou Chengzhi: "Brother Zhou, you're giving me money like this. It's making me lose face. Are you trying to fob me off like a beggar? Anyone who doesn't know better would think I've brought my whole family to your door to beg for food."

"We just wanted to come and see you, to see if you're doing well here. We didn't even eat the sweet potatoes we were given this year, we brought them all for you."

“We may not be as rich as you, but we truly want to be good to you from the bottom of our hearts. If you don’t appreciate our kindness, then we will go back and never come again, so that we, your poor relatives, won’t embarrass you.”

Zhou Chengzhi was taken aback for a moment: "I didn't mean to humiliate you. How about... I give you a thousand yuan, and you can buy the kids a bicycle or something?"

Li Hualin looked troubled: "Well... Brother Zhou, since you've said so, we have no choice but to accept it."

But he couldn't help feeling smug inside; Zhou Chengzhi was indeed easy to fool.

...

After Fang Hua finished venting his anger, he and Jiang Zhizhi came out of the compound. After walking a few steps, Fang Hua suddenly felt as if he had been hit in the chest with a sledgehammer. The pain was suffocating, so he slowed down and took a few deep breaths.

I feel like I was provoked by Zhou Chengzhi.

Jiang Zhizhi walked a little ahead and didn't notice Fang Hua's unusual behavior. It was only when Fang Hua stopped talking that she realized she was a few steps behind, so she quickly stopped and waited for her.

"Mom, what's wrong?"

Fang Hua had recovered, and her smile masked her earlier distress: "It's nothing. I was just so angry with your dad, I was really furious."

Jiang Zhizhi thought about the scene just now and was indeed infuriating: "Mom, you already hit my dad, so you've vented your anger. If you're still upset, we can go back and beat him up again. But you can't ruin your health by getting so angry."

Fang Hua smiled and waved his hand: "Don't worry, don't worry, I'm in good health, I can fight him for several more years. My doctor said I'm in good health."

Jiang Zhizhi didn't think much of what she said, since the hospital's healthcare provider would give them physical examinations every now and then.

Fang Hua didn't want the children to worry, so she ignored her physical discomfort: "Let's go out to eat at a restaurant for lunch, I'll treat you to roast duck."

Jiang Zhizhi nodded: "Okay, let's go and call Auntie and Mingliang, and see if Zhou Xiye will come back at noon, so we can have him treat us to lunch."

They had just gone back and made plans to eat roast duck with Cong Meilan when Zhou Xiye walked in.

Cong Meilan laughed and said, "Alright, I was just saying it would be a waste for the few of us to go out for roast duck. Now that Xiye is back, it's just right to have more people."

Jiang Zhizhi noticed that Zhou Xiye wasn't in a good mood.