The person knocking on the door was Old Wang, the neighbor from next door.
He shouted at the top of his lungs, "Old Ye, are you home? What happened? Why is the child crying so hard?"
Ye Zhenghua snapped back to reality.
He quickly went to the door and shouted back through it, "It's nothing, Brother Wang! My child is being naughty, I'm disciplining her!"
Hearing this, Old Wang, standing outside the door, advised, "Old Ye, if the child is still immature, teach him slowly. It's the New Year, don't hit the child!"
"Okay, Brother Wang, thank you!"
Ye Zhenghua dealt with it until he heard his neighbor's footsteps fade into the distance, at which point he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He turned around, his face turning extremely ugly, and threatened Huang Qiaoling in a low voice.
"Don't talk nonsense here!"
"Let me tell you, I will absolutely not get a divorce, and I will never be with you!"
"Give up on that idea now!" he said, pointing to the door without any mercy. "If you dare to bother me again, I'll report you to the factory!"
"I'll sue you for defaming my reputation and destroying my family, and I'll make sure you can't even get a temporary job!"
Huang Qiaoling looked up at him in disbelief, her eyes brimming with tears: "Brother Ye... how could you do this to me?"
"You clearly...you clearly didn't say that!"
Ye Zhenghua sneered and said disdainfully, "That's not what I said. You say we were on good terms, but who saw it? What evidence do you have?"
"Who can testify for you?" he pressed, "You think you can just use your mouth to smear me and tarnish my reputation?"
Huang Qiaoling was speechless after being silenced by his heartless words, and subconsciously bit her lower lip tightly.
She felt a chill in her heart and was filled with regret.
They overlooked one crucial detail and ended up leaving no leverage over him whatsoever.
It seems I'm stuck with this loss today.
She'll make Ye Zhenghua pay when she gets her revenge!
Huang Qiaoling was helping her daughter up from the ground when she heard someone banging on the door from the outside.
A man shouted from outside the door, "Meng Xueyun! Ye Zhenghua! You two robbers, get out here! You broke into my house and stole my money!"
Huang Qiaoling was startled when she heard the man shouting and cursing outside the door.
Ye Zhenghua is truly wicked to the core; during the Chinese New Year, he actually dared to break into someone else's home and rob them.
The moment that thought popped into her head, another idea immediately followed.
Robbery?
Does that mean Ye Zhenghua has money?
He refuses to divorce his wife and marry her, so he has to compensate her for the losses!
The man outside the door is there to collect a debt. If you want money, could you be a temporary ally?
The enemy of my enemy is my friend, isn't he?
This thought instantly overshadowed any grievances she felt, replaced by the anticipation of reaping the benefits.
She gritted her teeth, ignoring the pain in her knees, and stood up abruptly, bracing herself against the cold cement floor. While the people in the room were still stunned, she flung open the door with a "whoosh."
When the door opened, the man standing outside stunned her.
Isn't this Liu Mingxuan, the notorious conman in the factory?
Why would he come knocking on our door?
Liu Mingxuan was also taken aback when he saw that it was Huang Qiaoling who opened the door.
His bloodshot eyes were wide open.
Isn't this Ye Zhenghua's mistress?
Why is she here during the Chinese New Year?
What kind of show is the Ye family putting on?
However, all he could think about right now was the money that had been stolen from him, and he couldn't care less about anything else.
He shoved Huang Qiaoling, who was blocking the doorway, aside and cursed her under his breath.
"Get out of the way, don't block the way."
Huang Qiaoling stumbled from his push, lost her balance, and fell to the ground.
Liu Mingxuan ignored her completely, rushed into the house, and pointed at Ye Zhenghua, whose face was gloomy, and Meng Xueyun, who was gritting her teeth.
"Ye Zhenghua! Meng Xueyun! You two robbers!"
"They broke into my house during the Chinese New Year, pried open my boxes, and stole my money!"
"Have you no regard for the law?!"
"Give me my money back right now, or I'm going to the police station to report you!"
"I'm going to send your whole family to jail and have them shot!"
The words "go to jail" were like needles, piercing Meng Zihan's ears.
His already pale face suddenly turned bright red.
She screamed shrilly, "Liu Mingxuan, you beast, how dare you say that!"
"If you hadn't pushed me, if you hadn't stepped on my stomach, would I have lost my baby?"
"Would I really have to lie in a hospital half-dead and suffer like that?"
"That money is what you owe me!"
She took a breath and said excitedly, "Half of that money is my salary. It's money I earned through hard work. Why won't you return it to me!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Mingxuan laughed instead of getting angry, his face full of contempt.
"Give it back to you? What kind of dream are you having?"
He took two steps forward and looked down at Meng Zihan.
"You were the one who went to the factory leaders crying and begging to marry me."
"If you get married, you're family. Why distinguish between 'yours' and 'mine' when you're family?"
"Isn't your money my money too?"
"Besides, if you hadn't made such a scene at the factory, saying I deceived your feelings and wronged you, would I have lost my job?"
"You made me lose my job, and that little bit of money you have is what you owe me in compensation!"
After finishing his rant, remembering his purpose, he changed his tone and pretended to be impatient: "Alright, alright, stop messing around."
"Hurry up and take out the money, come home with me for the New Year."
Meng Zihan trembled with rage and screamed, "You're dreaming! I'd rather die than live with someone like you again!"
"You scum! You degenerate!"
When Meng Xueyun saw Liu Mingxuan bullying Meng Zihan like this, she also exploded.
She screamed and lunged at him, reaching out to grab Liu Mingxuan's face.
"You bastard, get out of my house!"
Liu Mingxuan was startled; he dared not lay a hand on Meng Xueyun.
If she also lies on the ground and claims she's injured, like Meng Zihan, then I won't be able to explain myself.
He retreated repeatedly, dodging Meng Xueyun's scratches, and directed all his anger at Ye Zhenghua beside him.
"Give me my money back!"
He roared and threw a punch at Ye Zhenghua's face.
Meng Xueyun couldn't tolerate his wild behavior and pounced on him, yelling, "You bastard, I'll beat you to death!"
The room instantly descended into chaos, and Huang Qiaoling's daughter, Beibei, was so frightened by the commotion that she burst into tears.
When her daughter started crying, Huang Qiaoling forgot everything else and struggled to get up from the ground, wanting to hug her child.
But just as she stood up, Meng Xueyun, who was in the middle of the fight, was shoved by Liu Mingxuan and staggered backward, kicking Huang Qiaoling squarely in the shin.
Huang Qiaoling was kicked again and sat down on the ground.
This kick ignited the anger that Huang Qiaoling had been holding back.
She went mad too, letting out a scream as she scrambled to her feet and lunged at Meng Xueyun.
"You crazy woman, how dare you kick me!"
The five people immediately started fighting.
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