The man was embarrassed upon hearing this, not expecting things to turn out this way. He could only take his anger out on the child, slapping the child's head.
The pain made the child cry out.
"Daddy is a bad person! Daddy hit me! Grandma, help me beat him up!"
The elderly person would usually resort to violence, but now they don't want to get involved anymore.
"Alright, you don't need to take me anymore. Go do whatever you want!"
"Mom, don't be like this. Actually, I wanted to ask you something else. What do you have on hand—" The man still shamelessly asked for money. Just like his wife said, he would try to get every penny he could, because it was much better than their fixed salary.
"No, not a single cent." The old man's attitude was firm. "I've given you everything that's due."
"Mom!" the man began to whine, mimicking his childhood manner, "You know how tough it is for Xiaoli and me to live in the city, so what's wrong with helping us out!"
The old man turned his head away and didn't say anything more. He was completely heartbroken by his son. He thought about how he had been here for so many days and hadn't even had an ice cream except for helping his son's family with chores.
Seeing that he couldn't get any money, the man had no choice but to leave with his crying son.
Lu Zhixia saw the person leave, and then the old woman was wiping away tears.
"Alright, stop crying. Getting angry is bad for your health."
"I'm just heartbroken. This son has forgotten his mother after getting married. All those nice things he said before were lies. After I gave him the money, they changed their tune and wanted to send me back. I'm just crying. I was so stupid before."
"Did you give them all the money?" Lu Zhixia focused on the key point.
"No, how could I be so honest? I kept a little bit for myself. Luckily, I didn't take it all out, otherwise I wouldn't even have enough for my coffin." The old woman laughed as she said this. "It's also good that I was a little selfish, thinking of leaving some for my daughter, and that I also had to have some for myself."
Lu Zhixia said, "That's good. One shouldn't be too honest."
I then chatted with the elderly people and learned that they had gone to the same place, but they had bought different tickets.
They both bought sleeper tickets, while the elderly man bought a seat ticket.
Later, at Lu Zhixia's urging, the old man refunded his ticket and changed to a sleeper berth in another carriage.
After all this was done, they boarded the train one after another when it arrived at the station.
They first escorted the elderly person to their carriage and handed them over to the train attendant, and then they went to find their own carriage.
After a busy journey, Lu Zhixia was covered in sweat when she finally sat down in her sleeper berth. She looked down and smelled her clothes, thankfully they didn't smell too sour.
"I'll go wash some fruit," Gu Lingxiao said.
"Just wash one bunch of grapes," Lu Zhixia instructed.
Gu Lingxiao then took a bunch of grapes and went out.
Lu Zhixia tidied up the two sleeper beds, which were generally clean, indicating that the carriage was hygienic.
Gu Lingxiao came back after washing the grapes. "I saw someone selling fried rice when I passed by earlier. Do you want some?"
“Okay, I’ll eat fried rice. I can go to sleep after I finish eating!” Lu Zhixia said.
When Gu Lingxiao went out again and came back, he was carrying two boxes of fried rice and a plastic bag containing pickled vegetables.
They each had a box and ate a simple meal.
After lunch, Lu Zhixia ate some more grapes. Feeling full and sleepy, she said something to him...
"I'm going to take a nap."
"Sleep well! Sleep peacefully," Gu Lingxiao said softly.
Lu Zhixia closed her eyes, feeling incredibly at ease. With him there, she had nothing to worry about.
——
Song Weidong successfully completed his onboarding at the chemical plant, thinking he was going to be a leader, but he was dumbfounded when he arrived at his post.
He was assigned the most tiring and dirty cleaning work, and they didn't even provide him with gloves. His hands stung terribly after just a few wipes, so he stormed into the personnel department, only to find two people leisurely drinking tea.
"I can't do that job, can you find me another one?"
The man looked up at the thin, frail old man in front of him.
"Brother, look at your age! You're lucky to even have a job. If it weren't for the old factory manager asking me to help you, you wouldn't even be able to get hired!"
Song Weidong was so angry that he could only blurt out...
"I was introduced here by Lin Yueru!"
The man scoffed, "You think we don't know anything about your affairs? You can fool them, but you can't fool me. I've already investigated your background."
Song Weidong frowned, unsure whether these words were true or false.
"You abandoned your wife and messed around with other people. The news has spread like wildfire throughout the steel mill. The old factory manager told me before that your wife kicked you out, beat you up badly, and even took away your house!" The man patted his chest and said, "At the time, I thought you were really miserable. But then I asked around and wow, it's completely different. You're a complete scumbag!"
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