Tong Hua thought she had just casually married someone, but after marriage, her luck inexplicably improved: Originally, she was framed by colleagues and her career seemed doomed, but then her enemi...
Zhang Guiying wanted to get the three gold coins (50,000 yuan) returned by Zhang's mother as soon as possible. However, she could not wait even a day, so she hurriedly cleaned the house that Tong Zhengyuan rented, prepared a meal for him, and left in a hurry.
Just when she was returning to the community, she saw her neighbor Aunt Wang, who specialized in matchmaking, and waved to her.
"Hey, Aunt Wang, wait a moment."
Aunt Wang greeted with a smile: "Oh, it's Aunt Zhang, where are you coming from?"
"I just came back from my son's place. Aunt Wang, I'd like you to be my son's matchmaker. What do you think?"
Aunt Wang asked in confusion, "Doesn't your son have a girlfriend? Earlier, you beamed and told us you'd treat us to the wedding, so why are you asking me to introduce him to a blind date now?"
"Well..." Zhang Guiying rolled her eyes and said, "She has high standards and doesn't like my son, so the marriage is naturally off. Please, auntie, help my son ask around."
Aunt Wang knew that it was definitely not that simple. Some time ago, Zhang Guiying was advertising in the community that her son was getting married and the woman was already pregnant. Now she turned around and asked her to be a matchmaker for her son. There was a lot going on here!
Although Aunt Wang knew that Zhang Guiying's words were questionable, she still agreed to be a matchmaker for Tong Zhengyuan: "No problem, I'll keep an eye out for you and see if there is any family with a suitable daughter."
"Thank you."
As soon as Zhang Guiying returned home, she didn't care about anything else. She immediately found her bank card and sent the card number to her mother.
Zhang's mother was very straightforward and transferred the money quickly.
Zhang Guiying was happy and felt much more comfortable seeing the drunk Tong Chengsheng.
Zhang Guiying was very proud. Now that the engagement was cancelled and the 50,000 yuan was in her hands, she was ready to find a good family for her son and get the 500,000 yuan from Tonghua. Then she would be satisfied.
Thinking of this, Zhang Guiying felt that she should take some time to go to Tonghua and ask whether her 500,000 yuan had arrived.
The next day, the drunk Tong Chengsheng recovered and went to work at the company.
As soon as he entered the company, many colleagues surrounded Tong Chengsheng and asked him: "Old Tong, why haven't you come to work these days?"
In the eyes of his colleagues, Tong Chengsheng has been in the company for decades and rarely takes leave. He suddenly did not come to work for several days in the past few days. They were all wondering what had happened.
Tong Chengsheng said vaguely: "I was sick for a few days, so I didn't come to work."
As soon as he was told that he was sick, his colleagues around him started talking about it. After all, they were all old and could empathize with him if he had a headache or fever on a daily basis. Suddenly, a colleague told Tong Chengsheng that someone was looking for him outside.
When Tong Chengsheng walked out, he saw a man in a suit and glasses waiting for him with a formal smile.
Tong Chengsheng was puzzled. He didn't know this person at all and didn't know why the other party wanted him.
Tong Chengsheng asked, "Who are you? What do you want from me?"
Lawyer Zhang handed him a business card and said, "I'm a lawyer, my surname is Zhang, and I've been entrusted to protect your legal rights and personal safety."
Tong Chengsheng took the business card, took a look at it, and said with a puzzled look: "Did you find the wrong person? I am just an ordinary citizen. I don't need any personal safety protection..."
As if he had anticipated this, Lawyer Zhang pulled out a piece of paper from his suit pocket and handed it to Tong Chengsheng: "Here's your son-in-law's phone number. He invited me here. You can call and ask about the situation."
"My son-in-law?"
Tong Chengsheng made the call half-believing and half-doubting.
"Hello?"
Unexpectedly, Qin Zun's voice really came from the phone. Tong Chengsheng said incoherently: "Hello, son-in-law, is that you? Someone came to see me and said he was the lawyer you hired. I wondered if he was lying to me, and he took out your phone number again..."
Qin Zun understood what Tong Sheng said and explained to him: "Father-in-law, listen to me, I really invited this person here. I have something to do recently, and I am worried that someone with bad intentions will come to you, so I specially sent someone to protect you."
Qin Zun originally wanted to sue all those people in the community who spread rumors about Tong Hua, but he also considered that the Tong family had been living in that community after all, and Tong Hua would return to her parents' home from time to time in the future.
If they do things without leaving any room for maneuver now, it will be difficult for their family to get along with other neighbors in the community in the future.
He planned to deal with only a small number of people who had gone too far, but he was also worried that after someone was prosecuted, they would come to cause trouble for the Tong family, so he asked Assistant Zhou to find a lawyer to resolve the matter.
Tong Chengsheng became more and more confused as he listened: "What are you going to do? Who are they? And why are they looking for me?"
"It's about fairy tales. I've decided to sue those in the community who slandered and spread rumors about fairy tales."
"What?! You want to sue the people in the neighborhood? That won't do. Don't make this a big deal. Besides, we've been neighbors for so many years, it's not good to tear each other apart like this..."
Qin Zun patiently explained to Tong Chengsheng: "Don't worry, father-in-law. I will only prosecute those who have done something too extreme. I will make an example of killing a chicken to scare the monkeys. This way, they will be more careful when they mention this matter next time."
Tong Chengsheng said with a worried look on his face, "That won't work. We've been neighbors for over ten or twenty years. If we make a big deal out of this, how will they view our family in the future?"
Originally, in Tong Chengsheng's mind, this was not a glorious thing. He was so old and knew that people's words were scary. If he made a big deal out of it, it would make more people speculate that his daughter was kidnapped.
Besides, neighbors see each other every day. If you offend someone, you never know when you will be plotted against.
Qin Zun said to him: "Some people have already treated Tong Hua and the Tong family with malice, so we naturally don't need to maintain superficial peace with them."
"Once this period of time has passed, they can talk about this matter. There's really no need to make such a big fuss."
"Father-in-law, you're too naive. Some people are just malicious on purpose. I can't stand the day when Tonghua returns home and someone suddenly comes up to her and deliberately talks about this. We have to nip it in the bud."
Qin Zun didn't want Tonghua to be attacked with this incident when she returned to her parents' home one day, causing her grief and sorrow. He couldn't stand anyone trying to hurt Tonghua, so he was willing to nip any possibility of her harming him in the bud.
Tong Chengsheng's face was wrinkled like a chrysanthemum. He sighed and said, "Well, do whatever you want. I can't control your affairs as a young man..."
Tong Chengsheng still disagreed with Qin Zun's approach, but in front of this son-in-law with a strong aura, he knew that his opposition was useless because the other party had made up his mind.