As he reached the door, Officer Liu chuckled inwardly, but turned back with a warm smile, "Grandma, is there anything else?"

Qi's mother, maintaining a haughty demeanor, said, "It's not that they can't talk privately, but first they have to compensate Fangfang with three hundred yuan and some tickets. The tickets must be worth no less than one hundred yuan!"

Liu Dahai was slightly startled; this old lady was really asking for an exorbitant amount! Qi's mother continued, "You also need to find Fangfang a job at the factory, then we won't pursue his responsibility. He's ruined Fangfang like this; this compensation isn't unreasonable!"

Liu Dahai smiled slightly and said, "It's not a big deal. I'll go and discuss it with their family." He then changed the subject, looking at Qi's mother with a half-smile, and said, "Old lady, you're really shrewd!" Then he left.

Qi Zhifang exclaimed "Oh!" but then remembered that this was a hospital and fell silent. She thought to herself, "Da Hai seems unhappy. Could it be that he thinks our family is greedy? Will this leave a bad impression on him?"

When Liu Dahai delivered the message to the Zhao family, Zhang Aihua almost choked on her words, cursing, "This isn't considered selling? They really sold their daughter for a good price! Shameless!"

Secretary Zhao angrily retorted, "Shut up! It's all because of your good son that they got this opportunity. Flies don't land on eggs without cracks; if there are flies around an egg, it must be rotten!" He then sent Liu Dahai to negotiate twice, but Qi's mother insisted on keeping it a secret, refusing to budge even a little, even if it meant the fish would die! She arrogantly declared, "My net won't break, but your fish are definitely going to die. You can try if you don't believe me!"

Wang Fang cried out, "How can the Zhao family always be treated like this? How will they view me in the future? How are we supposed to get along with them?"

Qi's mother glared at her and said sarcastically, "Didn't you see how they treat you? You still want to marry him and have a future with him? You're overthinking it. You're just blinding yourself."

Wang Fang angrily said, "Grandma, how could you do this? Yunxiang and I are truly in love. I can't live without him, and he can't live without me."

Qi's mother couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Do you think you'll die without a man? You're only eighteen and you've already had two abortions. You're so desperate for that man, you're crazy about him!" After saying that, she walked out the door and picked up her shoe sole.

It didn't take long for the Zhao family to agree. They gave them money and arranged for Wang Fang to work at a waste recycling station. Zhao Yunxiang would then go to the countryside for another year. Qi's mother was quite satisfied with this outcome.

As for Zhao Aiguo, his height increased dramatically after the start of the school year. He is now 176 centimeters tall, and you can't tell that he is a 13-year-old child at all.

Of course, he looked much thinner, and his parents, feeling sorry for him, made sure to give him extra nutrition every day. That day, he put the four lamb knuckles that his father had brought back from the cafeteria, along with the shuttlecock his mother had made from a sock bucket, into his schoolbag and ran off to school.

The elderly couple smiled at each other, and Zhao's father said, "They've taken it five times in the last two weeks."

Zhao's mother pursed her lips. "I even made five shuttlecocks! Old Zhao, I feel like they're for girls."

Mr. Zhao clicked his tongue and said, "It's hard to say, he has his own little plans." As he spoke, the old couple tidied up a small room next to the main house, making up the bed, desk and chair. This was Zhao Aiguo's strong request, as he wanted to live there by himself.

Zhao's mother and her husband carried the things into the house little by little. After they were all tidied up, Zhao's father rode his bicycle to work.

Zhao Aiguo, whom Zhao's parents thought was in a puppy love relationship, took out his things on the playground and gave them to the skinny, dark-skinned boy who was a head shorter than him.

With a bright white smile, he said, "Brother Zhao, thank you! Just let me know if you need anything in the future!"

Zhao Aiguo said nonchalantly, "What's all the fuss about? We're brothers." Then he looked at him suspiciously, "It's one thing for you to secretly take pictures with girls behind my back, but if you dare to secretly study behind my back, I'll make sure you're finished!"

"Hehe! No way! Brother Zhao, aren't you going to take a picture?"

Zhao Aiguo chuckled, "What's so fun about chasing women? It's not challenging at all. I don't like things that aren't challenging!"

"Huh? Isn't this fun? If you like a challenge, I'll hire someone who doesn't care about you, go after them! That'll be more challenging."

Zhao Aiguo actually pouted and thought about it for a moment, then said with ill intent, "I don't like it. I've decided to dress up as a woman and film a movie with a monk. That would be more challenging!"

"Uh... Brother Zhao is brave, you really have a good idea..." and then ran away.

Zhao Aiguo curled his lip, "You're nothing, a spineless coward who falls apart at the sight of an old woman! I've always thought you were a good-for-nothing!" Then he strolled into the classroom. He went to try and cram his empty brain with the knowledge the teacher was going to impart, even though no matter how brilliant the teacher was, they couldn't fill his brain with knowledge…