Yu Jiankang asked Yu Xiu seriously, "Ah Xiu, did you tell Shi Tou that Ah Jin doesn't want to play with you?"
Yu Xiu was startled by the sudden questioning, not understanding why he was paying attention to her all of a sudden. She tried her best to suppress her inner nervousness and replied calmly, "I never said that. I just envied them playing together."
If they hadn't seen Yu Xiu's expression, they might have believed it. They also didn't believe that a five-year-old child would actually sow discord.
Old Lady Yu looked at Yu Xiu coldly and said in a serious tone, "Then what were you laughing at just now? What were you so proud of? Did you find it funny that Ajin was bullied? Or did you find it funny that Ajin had a scar?"
Yu Xiu's face turned ugly when she was questioned on the spot. Even if she did it, so what? The old woman was really annoying.
Yu Li frowned and felt unhappy. How could Yu Xiu be so mean to call grandma like that? It was so annoying.
Seeing that they were all questioning Yu Xiu, Liu Lai Di also became anxious and acted like a rogue: "A Xiu is only five years old. What bad intentions does she have? She just wants to play with Yu Jin. What's wrong with that?"
Old Mrs. Yu glared at her angrily: "She's only five years old, and she can already let others bully her family on her behalf. When she grows up, won't she be able to bring down our Yu family?"
Although Old Lady Yu deliberately exaggerated, it still made Yu Jin's heart tremble, and the hatred in her heart surfaced again. It didn't need to be greater. Yu Xiu in the previous life had already destroyed their family by this time.
Liu Lai Di was furious when she heard this. If this got out, her Ah Xiu's reputation would be ruined. She sat on the ground and cried, "Mom, it's fine if you're partial to the third wife, but now you're talking about my Ah Xiu like this for something that didn't happen. My Ah Xiu has to get married in the future."
Old Lady Yu looked at Yu Jianan and asked, "Do you still care about your own wife and daughter?"
I thought Yu Jianan would stop Liu Lai Di from making a fuss, but he unexpectedly said, "Mom, for so many years, our second wife has worked diligently and contributed a lot to the family. The whole family paid for the third wife's education, and I never said anything. But he still didn't go to college. Didn't the money we spent on education go to waste?"
"He can't farm as well as us, and he can't earn as many work points as us, yet you're still favoring him. I don't accept it!"
Old Mrs. Yu was furious and pointed at him with a trembling finger. "Great, so you've always thought about us this way and hated your brother this much. Okay, I'll make it clear to you now. Jiankang's junior high school money has not been public. It was all earned by him by living frugally. Do you think we deliberately didn't let you go to school?"
"Have you forgotten that you were the one who always skipped school and was in a bad mood every time you came back from school? It was you who told us that you didn't want to go to school, but in the end it was still our fault?"
Yu Jianan's eyes were a little panicked. He didn't expect that the only thing he had confidence in, Yu Jiankang's point of studying for a public school, would be broken by itself. However, he still stubbornly muttered: "You are partial to the third house, who knows if there is any public school involved."
"That's enough! He won't listen after all I've said. So I'll ask you." Old man Yu, who was used to being a background figure, couldn't help but look at Yu Jianan with a sharp look, "Do you want to split up the family business?"
Yu Xiu was secretly delighted when she heard this. She didn't expect that this little action of hers would have such an unexpected effect. Liu Lai Di's eyes also lit up. Now they have the confidence to be in charge.
Yu Jianping and his wife, the eldest wife, looked at each other in bewilderment. Although they felt that the second wife had gone a bit too far, they had never thought of dividing the family. These days, dividing the family would lead to criticism.
Yu Jiankang from the third house watched coldly. He saw clearly that if his second brother and the people from the second house continued to live together, it would probably be a mess. Separation might be good for everyone, but he also knew that his parents probably wouldn't agree now.
Yu Jianan remained silent, neither admitting nor denying. Old Mrs. Yu watched with disappointment. She had long felt that the second branch wanted to split up, but she thought it was Liu Lai Di. She didn't expect that even her son Yu Jianan was involved.
Old Lady Yu stood up and said coldly, "Don't even think about it. I don't want our Yu family to be cursed. Put away your thoughts. We are not dead yet."
The farce ended in a bad mood. Although Yu Xiu felt it was a pity, she didn't think the family would be separated so soon.
After the people from the second room came clean, they stopped pretending and looked at the people from the first and third rooms with their eyes not being eyes and nose not being noses, and returned to their rooms without a word.
Zhang Xinlan frowned. "Why has the second house become like this? Although my second brother's wife used to make trouble, it was always over trivial matters. Why is my second brother starting to do this too?"
Yu Jianping sighed, "I didn't expect the second branch to harbor so much resentment, but taking it out on my parents is too much."
Yu Jiankang knew it very well. He might be the one who knew his second brother best in the family. Although he looked honest and loyal, he was actually sensitive and petty.
He would only go along with him out of consideration for family ties, but he didn't expect the second wife to be so excessive that even the five-year-old Yu Xiu was led astray.
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