Chapter 120

After Zhong Qiao finished speaking, old man Zhong's face was full of sorrow: "What a misfortune for our family, what a misfortune for our family!" His already hunched little body was even more hunched at this moment, which made people feel sad.

"Our Zhong family's ancestral motto is to live in harmony, but look at what has become of us now? The younger ones are unruly, and the older ones are ignorant and prone to violence. I'm not even dead yet, and you're all acting so recklessly. If I die, I don't know what kind of ruin your family will become!"

"Grandpa." Zhong Hua's eyes were red with her forehead bandaged. She wanted to say that it was all Zhong Qiao's fault. If she hadn't been fickle, how could her marriage have failed?

But seeing Old Man Zhong sighing and regretting, she still didn't dare to mention it.

"I've told you countless times, if you don't like Zhong Qiao, then don't hang around her anymore." Old man Zhong turned and looked at Zhong Hua. When he saw the bandage on her forehead, his heart softened after hearing those harsh words.

"You, you!" he sighed.

"Zhong Qiao, why don't you tell me what to do about this?" Old Man Zhong handed the floor to Zhong Qiao. "Ultimately, you're also responsible for this matter. She started fighting, and you followed suit. What if she fought back? Then you two would end up fighting each other. Others would think our Zhong family has no manners."

Zhong Qiao expressed her thoughts: "Grandpa, I was indeed reckless in taking action." Although she did not regret it, her grandfather protected her in every way, and she did not want to embarrass an old man.

"It's just that I really can't stand it anymore." Then I can only play the victim. Isn't Zhong Hua fond of acting? I will use this trick to deal with her today.

Zhong Qiao put on a heartbroken expression: "I don't care what people say about me outside, but when I get home, my family members yell at me and scold me. I really can't accept this. I wish I could die so that my family won't have to worry about me."

"As soon as I close my eyes and think of you protecting me in every way while I'm about to be trampled underfoot, I just..."

Zhong Qiao stopped there.

Old Man Zhong understood the meaning of her words.

"Being stepped on and scolded?"

He had lived for most of his life, so he was no fool. When he spoke to Zhong Hua, his tone was a little colder: "Xiao Hua, come here, what's going on?"

Zhong Hua was trembling with fear and didn't dare to answer. She had troubled Zhong Qiao many times before because she thought she was a soft persimmon and didn't dare to complain. But now Zhong Qiao was tough and almost told her grandparents everything.

"Grandpa, that's me." She hesitated, not daring to look at Old Man and Mrs. Zhong. "I just can't stand her showing off at home. People outside are talking about us like that, but she is shameless and shows up in public, so I said a few words to her."

"What did you say?"

Old Man Zhong had actually guessed it.

His granddaughter is a good student and not ugly, but she is stubborn. She has to pick on her family members instead of anyone else.

As the saying goes, we are two grasshoppers on a rope.

Everyone outside was laughing at the Zhong family. This silly girl thought it was because of Zhong Qiao, so she found all kinds of faults and tried to stand up for them. In fact, when people were laughing at Zhong Qiao, they would also laugh at Zhong Hua for being stupid.

But she just doesn't understand.

"Come on, tell me what you said." Old Man Zhong was determined to make her look bad. "Tell everyone what you said."

Zhong Hua's face turned red.

She only dared to use all kinds of insulting words like "bastard" and "fickle" to bully Zhong Qiao, but how could she dare to say them in front of her father and grandparents? If she did, not only would her grandfather be disappointed in her, but her father would definitely want to beat her to death.

Dad loves Zhong Shao the most.

"Grandpa." Zhong Hua lowered her head and was about to cry, "Grandpa, I don't want to talk about it."

"Dad." Cui Liu was furious when he saw his sensible daughter being forced into this state, with a bandage on her forehead and the wound still not healed. "That's not the point, isn't it? Xiaohua was beaten like this. She's still a girl and will get married in the future. If her face is disfigured, her in-laws will look down on her."

"Besides." She couldn't help but lower her voice, "Zhong Hua and Zhong Qiao, one is the biological granddaughter, the other is the granddaughter of the mother-in-law, which one is the outsider? Isn't it clear?"

Old man Zhong was so angry at her indifferent tone that he almost had a heart attack.

"You, what are you talking about? Old man, so this is what you think in your heart? No wonder you keep harassing Zhong Qiao."

With a "slap", a crisp slap landed on Cui Liu's face, making her face instantly red and swollen.

"Dad, what are you doing?" Zhong Hua and Zhong Jue were startled at the same time.

The one who took action was Boss Zhong. He listened to the whole thing from beginning to end. When he saw Zhong Hua's guilty look, he knew how his good daughter had bullied Zhong Qiao behind his back. He was already furious, and when he heard Cui Liu's unrepentant tone, he completely exploded.

"Zhong Shao is my biological sister, she is the treasure of the family. Zhong Qiao is her daughter, she is also the treasure of the family. When did she become an outsider? How many good things did you two do while I was not at home?" Old Zhong was very angry.

He said that some time ago, the mother and daughter went to Zhong Qiao's house secretly every day, saying that they were going to learn some skills. He thought they were just trying to build a good relationship with her, but a few days later, they started shouting that they didn't want to learn anymore and scolded Zhong Qiao. Now he finally understood.

It turns out he's looking for trouble.

"Hey." Old Man Zhong calmed down and quickly stopped his son's behavior. "What did I teach you? How can a man beat his wife? It's not your turn to speak here. Go back."

After hearing this, Boss Zhong barely suppressed his anger.

Cui Liu, who was beaten, was stunned for a long time. He stared at Boss Zhong with an extremely vicious look, touched his face, stood up, and protected Zhong Hua behind him.

"Grandpa, I have something to tell you alone." Zhong Qiao suddenly interrupted the weird atmosphere at this time.

"Okay." Old Man Zhong was also upset at the moment. He really didn't want to see this group of troublemakers anymore, so he followed Zhong Qiao.

Zhong Qiao found a stone table and stone chair where the old man usually played chess, sat down face to face with Old Man Zhong, and then took out a thick envelope from his coat pocket, put it on the table and pushed it across.

Old man Zhong opened it nonchalantly and was stunned by the thick stack of banknotes.

"Qiao girl, what are you doing?"

Zhong Qiao smiled and said, "This is for you, Grandpa."

Old man Zhong was already feeling uneasy.

"You've always been defending me and my mother, but you've also seen that this family can't accommodate us." Zhong Qiao sighed, "So, your granddaughter can't fulfill her filial duty in front of you. This is the only way. In about half a month, we will move out of the compound, which means we will separate."

"I also hope that Grandpa will help me."