These two old geezers actually had a trick up their sleeve for her. She originally wanted to take over everything from the Du family and fight against Jiang Wanqing through marriage, but now it seems she has to deal with these two old men first, Su Su thought to herself.
“Dad, I have no objection to you wanting to save Du Heng, but are you sure Jiang Wanqing and Cheng Ran will want to see us? Even if they are willing to see us, are they willing to let go? In the future, there will only be endless troubles. It’s just treating the symptoms, not the root cause. How about we make a bet?”
Du's mother frowned. She also noticed that her new daughter-in-law, who had only been married into the family for a short time, was a bit cold and even heartless. Her son had taken the blame for her, but she was only thinking about her own interests!
"What do you want to bet? How do you want to bet?"
“It’s simple. I’ll go with you to visit Jiang Wanqing. If she agrees to let Du Heng go, all the better. If she doesn’t, she’ll have to listen to me in everything when she gets home. Based on my understanding of the couple, once they’re targeted, he’ll be imprisoned for at least three to five years. You can’t just watch the Du family get divided up by outsiders.”
Su Su was very experienced with imprisonment; she had suffered many setbacks and losses in this matter. Therefore, this time she deliberately had Du Heng take the blame for everything, so she could reap the benefits from behind the scenes.
"this……"
To put it bluntly, even if Du Heng goes to jail, there's still the youngest son, Du Ming. It's not up to outsiders or Su Su, this daughter-in-law from another family, to take power. But right now, she's an uncontrollable factor, and we can't easily provoke her. Du's father's eyes flickered, and he agreed.
"If it doesn't work out, you can do whatever you want. But if it does, when Du Heng comes back, you'll be his good wife and stop causing trouble! Otherwise, I'd rather he divorce you than have another troublemaker in the family!" Du's father snorted.
He hated Jiang Wanqing for showing no mercy, but that was external damage. If Su Su only thought about using the Du family, that would be internal damage, which would be fatal. This rotten flesh had to be cut out immediately!
They originally wanted to find Jiang Wanqing as soon as possible, but then they realized that without a middleman, it would be a wasted trip. They could only wait for Du Ming, the only person who had some connection with the couple, to return so that he could help introduce them.
Du Ming originally wanted to go back to the army to calm down for a while, but his superiors soon received news that something had happened to his family. In order to avoid suspicion, he was asked to rest for a while and cooperate with the investigation. As for his arrangements, there may be adjustments later.
Du Ming was not surprised by this, but he was still surprised that it happened so quickly, and he thought there must be other factors involved.
But who could he blame? Cheng Ran had given him a chance from the very beginning, but he had been so perfunctory towards his savior, letting family ties lead him astray and causing the person who had been kind to him to be hurt time and time again. He knew he no longer had the chance to ask for forgiveness.
Therefore, when his parents asked him to help introduce Cheng Ran and his wife, his first reaction was to refuse.
Du Ming slapped his face twice: "Dad, Mom, do you have no shame? Commander Cheng has been kind to me and saved my life. Without him, I wouldn't be alive today. My brother broke the law and deserved to be arrested. Are you trying to violate public order and good morals and make his crime even more serious?!"
"Du Ming!" Du's father slapped him across the face and roared, "It's your brother who went in! How could you risk your brother's life for your own face and for the sake of outsiders? Are you even human?!"
"I'm not human, yes, I'm not human. I should have died long ago. If I had died, none of this mess would have happened. I'm the one who ruined my brother, and I'm the one who ruined Commander Cheng and Sister-in-law Wanqing. People will take an inch and then a mile, especially my brother, and especially you!"
This was the first time Du Ming had spoken such serious words to his family. His eyes were bloodshot with anger as he pointed at them, his face contorted with rage.
Seeing his stubbornness, and realizing that even the authority and status of his parents couldn't subdue him, Du's mother knelt down with a cry and hugged his legs.
"Mom begs you, Mom will kneel down and beg you to save your brother. You're still connected by blood. He just got married. Do you really want our family to lose its pillar of support? Don't forget who supported your studies, watched you join the army, and took care of you in every way. You can't be so heartless. We're not asking you to do anything too difficult. We just want you to take us to see Jiang Wanqing and Cheng Ran in your name. You don't have to do anything else. Your dad and I will do even the most shameful things. Just agree. If you still don't agree, Mom will kowtow to you, okay?"
As she spoke, Du's mother released his legs and braced herself with her hands on the ground, ready to kowtow.
This kneeling was already too much for Du Ming to bear, and now his mother was going to kowtow to him. He was afraid that it would shorten his lifespan, so he subconsciously went to help her up, but he still didn't let go of her words.
Seeing this, Du's father knelt down again, saying, "Your mother kneeling before you isn't enough, so I'll kneel too, just please help your brother!"
"Dad, Mom! You don't treat me like a human being at all!"
Du Ming straightened up, turned his head away, and clenched his fists. Everyone was pressuring him, while Su Su stood to the side, watching the show with her arms crossed, occasionally making a sarcastic remark.
“If you don’t agree to their demands, they will only resort to more extreme methods to see that couple. Do you think you can get away with it? Just because you are Du Heng’s brother means you are destined to be involved.”
"Shut up!"
Just two weeks ago, he still regarded Su Su as his beloved sister-in-law, but now, he feels disgusted whenever he sees this woman. The Du family hadn't reached this point before, but ever since she came up with the bad idea of marrying his brother, things have become increasingly out of control!
"you……"
Su Su wanted to retort, but Mr. and Mrs. Du glared at her fiercely. Thinking of her own plan, she held back for the time being, but her face was extremely ugly.
“Du Ming, your sister-in-law is your sister-in-law, and your brother is your brother. We can resolve our internal problems ourselves later. Right now, the most important thing is not to let this family fall apart. Besides… our family’s finances depend entirely on your brother. Think about it, what will happen to the factory if something happens to him? What will happen to the hundreds or thousands of families behind the factory? I know you have a lot of love in your heart, but you should think more about the bigger picture. Think about it again, if your brother really had a serious problem, the police would have arrested him and investigated him long ago. Why would it have waited until today? It’s obvious that someone is pushing this from behind!”
"Enough!"
Du Ming didn't want to listen to any more of these words. He didn't care how much of it was true or false. He closed his eyes and clenched his fists.
"This is the last time. No matter the outcome, I will apply to dedicate the entire year to the frontier of our motherland as an atonement for your sins and for my own!"
“Du Ming…”
Hearing this, his parents were startled, but they thought it must be a momentary lapse of judgment on their part. Their priority was to resolve their eldest son's matter, so they said nothing.
As they wished, Du Ming led them, shamelessly approaching Jiang Wanqing's house, and raised his heavy hand to knock on the courtyard gate...
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