Chapter 62

When Cheng Surin arrived, He He was standing at the foot of the dormitory building.

He He asked Cheng Surin to take her to a quiet place to sit, and told Cheng Surin everything she had heard that afternoon.

Cheng Sulin was so angry that she stood up abruptly.

He He comforted him, "Don't get so agitated. The most important thing is what I should do now. Can you help me decide how to tell my grandparents? I feel like they definitely won't be able to accept it, and I can't even accept it myself."

"Who can accept this? That old bastard He Zhongguo could do something so shameless. Isn't he just treating my aunt and our Cheng family like suckers? Aunt, you come home with me right now. Go back and talk to my grandparents and parents, and have him talk to the other uncles. We need an explanation for this." Cheng Sulin was furious, and her voice was quite loud.

"Keep your voice down. Shall we go back now? I'll have to ask my teacher for leave, otherwise the dorm supervisor will be checking the rooms tonight." He He was afraid of attracting other people's attention. Although the place Cheng Sulin brought her to was quite remote, Cheng Sulin's voice was too loud.

"Come on, go downstairs to our dormitory and use that public phone to call your teacher first. I'll ask for leave and then take you home." Cheng Surin also wanted to tell the dormitory supervisor and the teacher.

The two of them were quick, and after resolving the issue, they left the school together and took a bus back to Cheng Sulin's house to discuss it with his uncle.

As He He stepped out of the gate of Rongli University of Technology, she glanced around casually.

Cheng Surin noticed and asked her, "What's wrong? What are you looking for?"

He He shook her head and said, "It's nothing."

She didn't see Chen Jingbai; it was late at night, so everyone must have left.

After He He and Cheng Sulin boarded the bus, a handsome young man emerged from the shadows of the alley. After they left, he also departed.

He He followed Cheng Sulin back to Cheng's uncle's house.

As soon as he entered the door, before his uncle's family could even ask Cheng Surin why he had brought He He back at this time, Cheng Surin angrily launched into a long explanation of what had happened.

The eldest uncle's family was stunned, especially the eldest uncle, who said angrily, "Back then, I felt that He Zhongguo was shifty-eyed and had ill intentions. If it weren't for the support and help of our Cheng family over the years, how could he have sat firmly in this position? He has no ability, but he is first-rate at causing trouble. Our Cheng family has cleaned up his messes several times. If it weren't for Xiaohua's sake, He Zhongguo would have been removed from office long ago."

My aunt and cousin-in-law both advised my uncle to calm down. After discussing it, they decided to invite all the uncles to the house tomorrow to see how to handle the matter.

Before the matter is resolved, give your grandparents a little psychological warning, and don't tell them all at once, lest the elderly person can't handle it.

The next day, following notification from my eldest uncle, several other uncles and cousins ​​who were available came to my eldest uncle's house.

After learning about what happened back then, everyone was equally angry, and they said with furious faces that they must teach the shameless He Zhongguo a lesson.

He He didn't need to lift a finger or worry about anything; her uncles and aunts told her to focus on her studies and leave everything else to them.

He Zhongguo also took Wang Fangrong to the military compound, holding a forged paternity test certificate that claimed that He Zhongguo, Wang Fangrong, and He Shuying had no blood relation whatsoever.

The uncle didn't let them in at all, afraid of disturbing his maternal grandparents, and chased them away. He also didn't believe the paternity test that He Zhongguo brought.

The uncles handled it well; within a few days, they heard that things had escalated and the uncles had gone to He Zhongguo's house to cause trouble.

A large crowd gathered to watch the spectacle, and the news spread like wildfire. The house wasn't soundproof, and the noise was deafening. Almost overnight, everyone knew that He Zhongguo had abandoned his wife and daughter and tricked the Cheng family's daughter into marriage.

As the rumors spread, some people began to suspect that Cheng Fenghua might have been poisoned by He Zhongguo when she died, and that they wanted to use Cheng Fenghua and then kick her aside, while bringing back the one from before.

It is also said that He Zhongguo was ambitious after marriage and coaxed Cheng Fenghua into adopting He Shuying. She thought she was a relative's daughter who couldn't afford to raise, but it turned out to be He Zhongguo's own biological daughter.

After a huge commotion, it turned out the Cheng family was not to be trifled with. He Zhongguo was beaten black and blue, while Wang Fangrong cowered timidly in a corner of the house, not daring to utter a sound, for fear that the Cheng family would take her with them.

However, no one paid attention to her; they were all focused on punching He Zhongguo. In the end, the police arrived, and only then did the farce stop.

This incident caused a huge uproar and had a bad impact. On the day He Zhongguo was supposed to go to work, his superiors persuaded him to go back, saying that what he did was egregious and unreasonable. If it had been exposed back then, he would have been prosecuted for hooliganism.

However, many years passed, Cheng Fenghua passed away, and He Zhongguo married Wang Fangrong, making it difficult to pursue the matter legally.

But the Cheng family did not let He Zhongguo go. They had let He Zhongguo go before because he was He He's father after all.

Everyone considered that He He was young and her mother had passed away at a young age; if she were to lose her father as well, they would be heartbroken.

Now things are really messed up. He Zhongguo has lost all the last bit of affection he had for He He, and the Cheng family no longer cares about anything they do.

He Zhongguo is not very capable. He got to his position mainly because of the Cheng family. He is not exactly hardworking and has made a lot of mistakes in his work.

After this incident, the Cheng family didn't tolerate him anymore. They directly pointed out the mistake He Zhongguo made at work and demoted him by one level.

He Zhongguo's actions were disgraceful, bringing shame to the government and displeasing his superiors. He was marginalized and eventually transferred to a remote suburb.

He Zhongguo wanted to ask He He for help, but He He wouldn't let him near her at all. After learning about the shameless things He Zhongguo had done, she no longer regarded him as her father.

He Zhongguo himself was in dire straits, and the other three members of the He family were not much better off.

The place is only so big. When people in Wang Fangrong's workplace heard about these things, they distanced themselves from her and gossiped about her behind her back.

He Shengli was the same at school, inevitably being pointed at and gossiped about by his classmates. Some people even went so far as to go up to him and tell him stories they had heard, turning them into a play. He was so ashamed that he didn't even dare to go to school anymore.

He Shuying was the same. Originally, she knew nothing, but when she went home for the weekend and was pointed at and gossiped about by her neighbors, she discovered that He Zhongguo's deeds had been exposed.

She was terrified and panicked, blaming everyone. She stayed at home for one night and wanted to go back to school, but her parents came to her door that very night and said they wanted to break off the engagement.

With red eyes, she didn't want to break off the engagement, and asked if she could discuss it with Ye Minglang. But Ye's parents were blunt, saying that her family had done such a shameless thing, and she was no longer worthy of Ye Minglang.

As arranged by his parents and the matchmaker, Ye Minglang's marriage was decided by his parents and had no say in it. There was no need to inform Ye Minglang of this matter; his family would tell him when he returned from the army.

Ye's parents even scolded her for dragging the Ye family down with her. The He family was in the eye of the storm, and whenever people talked about it, they would bring up the Ye family, which made the couple afraid to go out.

The reason why Ye's parents were so determined to make Ye Minglang and He Shuying break off their engagement was because He Zhongguo and the Cheng family had offended each other completely. Originally, they were a good match, but things could change. Given the current situation, the He family was bound to suffer, and it was uncertain whether they would be able to live in Rongcheng in the future.

Ye's father worked in the same unit as He Zhongguo. Seeing He Zhongguo being demoted step by step and then transferred to a remote area, he immediately realized that the Cheng family must have been involved. He went back that day and told Ye's mother about it.

After discussing it, the two immediately decided to have Ye Minglang break off his engagement with He Shuying to avoid getting involved with He Zhongguo, their in-law.

What angered He Shuying even more was that Ye Minglang's parents compared her to He He, saying that she was no match for He He. They said that if they had known, they would have let Ye Minglang propose to He He, and that they wouldn't be dragging the Ye family into this mess of gossip today.

He Shuying was frustrated. She couldn't appease Ye's parents, so she could only pretend to agree to break off the engagement and then write a letter to Ye Minglang to let him know.

She was determined to marry Ye Minglang. Now that the He family was in trouble and she had lost her backing, Ye Minglang was the only one she could rely on. How could she give up? She had to seize this last opportunity.

Apart from He He, everyone else in the He family was struggling to survive, so He Shuying had to make plans for herself.

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Author's note: Happy New Year, little ones! May you all stay healthy and eat and drink well in the new year! [hugs]