When Zhao Youcai saw Ma Xiu Lan coming towards him aggressively, he was about to ask her why she came to his workplace to find him, as it would have a very bad influence.

Then Ma Xiulan came up to him and slapped him twice:

"You told Zhao Xingjia that I have a strange man?"

Zhao Youcai shook his head subconsciously. Ma Xiu Lan was just a workhorse who worked every day. What she loved most were her children. She didn't know how to dress herself up and didn't have much contact with other men.

Ma Xiulan turned her head and glared at Zhao Xingjia: "So, you said your father told you that I have a strange man? Are you lying to me?"

Seeing Ma Xiulan raising her hand, Zhao Xingjia subconsciously felt fear: "Dad, you were the one who said that just now."

Zhao Youcai remembered that it was Zhao Yang who had just let the cat out of the bag about the film. In order to keep the second brother in check and prevent him from knowing that Ma Xiu Lan had evidence against him, he also owed Ma Xiu Lan a lot of money.

She deliberately said that Ma Xiulan had a strange man, and asked Zhao Yang to find photos of Ma Xiulan and the strange man.

But now he resolutely cannot admit it. If he dares to slander Ma Xiulan, what if Ma Xiulan gets mad and tells everyone about her and Li Shulan?

After thinking it through, he immediately slapped Zhao Xingjia in the face.

"I told you to stop talking nonsense and slandering your mother. Now apologize to her, or I won't have an unfilial son like you.

You have to remember that your mother is hardworking, clean, and excellent in every way. It’s my fault for divorcing you. I’m willing to compensate her with another two hundred…”

The latter part was said by Zhao Youcai to Ma Xiulan, hoping that after Ma Xiulan took the money, she would stop talking about his relationship with Li Shulan.

Seeing that Ma Xiulan was still furious after he mentioned 200, Zhao Youcai hardened his heart and said, "Another 500 yuan in compensation."

Zhao Xingjia was dumbfounded by Zhao Youcai's actions. Why did his father do this?

It was clearly he who said that Mom had a strange man, but now he is the one who slandered Mom and has to apologize to her. If I don't apologize, he will disown me?

And I have to compensate my mother another 500 yuan?

Are you crazy?

Zhao Xingjia couldn't figure out the key, but the smart workers had already started to guess that Zhao Youcai must have made a big mistake in the divorce, otherwise why would he be so afraid of Ma Xiulan now.

Zhao Youcai saw that the fool Zhao Xingjia was still standing there, so he forced him to apologize to Ma Xiulan.

Zhao Xingjia's mind was in turmoil. It was obvious that his mother hated him now. If his father didn't acknowledge him anymore, he would have no elders to support him and might even have no place to live. When you live under someone's roof, you have to bow your head.

After thinking it over for a while, he lowered his head and chose to apologize in humiliation: "Mom, I'm sorry, I was talking nonsense."

"Don't call me mom. I don't have a son like you who slanders his mother."

Ma Xiulan's attitude made Zhao Xingjia feel extremely embarrassed. He also didn't want to have an irresponsible mother like Ma Xiulan who didn't give him any face in public.

Zhao Youcai pulled Ma Xiulan aside and pleaded softly, "What happened today was really unexpected. I'll write you an IOU for another 500 yuan."

He now has a feeling of having nothing to lose, that he doesn't feel itchy even if he has too many lice, and he doesn't worry about too many debts.

"Why do I need so many IOUs from you?"

“I really don’t have any cash!”

He kept some of the 333 yuan that his eldest and third sisters raised for him, plus the 200 yuan betrothal gift from his second sister for her marriage, for himself and Old Lady Wang to spend, and gave the remaining 500 yuan to Shulan.

Now if Ma Xiulan really wants cash, where can he get 500 yuan?

Ma Xiulan glanced at him coldly: "Since there is no cash, then don't push the matter onto Lao Er. Do you think I'm a fool? Lao Er is such a fool, he must have believed what you said.

Since you dare to slander me, you must bear my wrath. I am not going to cover up for you anymore. I will talk to my colleagues about this."

Zhao Youcai saw that Ma Xiulan was really going to speak out with a cold face, and almost wanted to kneel down to her. He grabbed Ma Xiulan's sleeve tightly and said:

"Whatever you want, I can promise you."

Even if she wants to remarry me, I can accept it.

Although Ma Xiulan really wanted to expose Zhao Youcai's affairs and have him condemned, the time was not right yet and she could not feel guilty about the money.

She had been reviewing the events of her previous life countless times recently, and she remembered one thing. When she died, she saw the dark brown wooden bracelet on Li Shulan's wrist, and she always felt that it looked familiar.

She recalled that Old Lady Wang also had a wooden bracelet that she wore close to her body, but she stopped wearing it two years before her death, and it was not found among her belongings later.

I think Li Shulan wanted to take him away.

Li Shulan hated Old Lady Wang the most, so why would she want something that Old Lady Wang had worn, unless the thing was very valuable.

So she had to take the wooden bracelet to prevent the Zhao family from having any chance of turning things around.

"You said you can agree to any conditions?"

Zhao Youcai nodded guiltily. What if Ma Xiulan really wanted to remarry? What if she took out the rolling pin if they had a disagreement?

"Then I want Old Lady Wang's wooden bracelet. Give it to me now."

Zhao Youcai was mentally prepared, but he didn't expect Ma Xiulan to just want a wooden bracelet?

"Just a wooden bracelet?"

Zhao Youcai was overjoyed, but fearing that Ma Xiulan would change her mind, he quickly agreed: "I'll go home and get it."

He asked for leave from the team leader, and then took Zhao Xingjia home. On the way, Zhao Xingjia had a thousand questions to ask, but Zhao Youcai told him to hold them back because Ma Xiu Lan was still waiting at the factory gate.

Zhao Youcai walked quickly back home and explained the situation to Old Lady Wang in a few words.

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