Chapter 338
Mentioning Li Tao, Chen Guifeng's expression faded a bit. "When we were young, her family and I lived across the street from each other. We had a good relationship and often played together. Later, a matchmaker introduced your dad and I to each other. We hit it off and started dating. That's when I found out that she was also interested in your dad and had made advances to him several times, but your dad was rather dull and didn't understand. Just when she was trying to ask the elders to send a matchmaker to your dad's house to propose marriage, your dad and I started dating. She was very angry and felt that I had stolen her man."
"Because of this, I had a fight with your dad, but it was one-sided. Your dad didn't even know who she was, let alone that she and I were close. At the time, your dad said that even if he knew that Li Tao and I were close, he would still date me. Because there was nothing between him and Li Tao, and he was honest and upright, so why couldn't he date the girl he liked?"
Ye Fuyue smiled ambiguously: "Dad is quite affectionate and upright."
Chen Guifeng seemed to recall the scene at that time and laughed: "Yes, I was moved by your father's words and decided to marry him."
"After I married your father, my relationship with Li Tao was completely severed. Later, I moved with your father to the factory's staff quarters, and I had absolutely no contact with Li Tao anymore. I only heard news about her occasionally, and sometimes bumped into her on the street. She pretended not to know me, and I pretended not to know her either. If she hadn't deliberately wanted to show off in front of me today, I wouldn't have said so much to her."
Ye Fuyue bought a cotton-padded jacket for Chen Guifeng, and Chen Guifeng also bought a lot of things for Ye Fuyue, all for her to take to college.
If Ye Fuyue hadn't insisted on not letting Chen Guifeng buy any, Chen Guifeng would have wanted to buy more.
The two men returned to the slum with their hands full of things. Not long after entering the slum, they heard a quarrel.
Chen Guifeng pricked up her ears and listened. "Is that your Aunt Duan's voice? Your Aunt Duan is quite gentle and has never gotten angry with anyone. Who is she arguing with?"
Chen Guifeng and Ye Fuyue walked in and knew who Duan's mother was arguing with.
"I don't agree to split up the family, so don't even think about moving out and living on your own! You're being unfilial!" Old Man Duan put his hands behind his back, his wrinkled face gloomy. "I'm not even dead yet, how can my grandson and daughter-in-law want to move out and live on their own?"
"Dad, we are not discussing this with you, but informing you. Dawei and I have already thought about it. We will take Caixia out to live alone, and you and Old Mrs. Tao will live on your own." Duan's mother said calmly.
"I don't agree!" Old Man Duan emphasized these four words in a strong tone: "Also, don't call her Old Lady Tao, she's your mother, your grandmother! Speak with some respect!"
"Mom is dead. She was Old Mrs. Tao." Duan's mother's tone was still indifferent.
Old Lady Tao glared at Duan's mother and Duan Dawei and said, "Just because I asked Duan Dawei to marry the girl I introduced to him and he wasn't happy about it, you're making a fuss about separating and living on your own?"
"Yes, but it's not just because of this." Duan Dawei said: "Look at what Caixia is wearing. Not only is it old, but it's also much shorter. We wanted to make Caixia a new dress, but you all disagreed. And..."
Duan Dawei pulled up Caixia's sleeve so that Old Man Duan and Old Lady Tao could see the wound on Caixia's arm clearly.
"Look for yourselves, what has Caixia done to her after you beat her up. If we don't take Caixia out to live alone, I'm afraid she will really be beaten to death by you." Duan Dawei mustered up the courage to say what had been buried in his heart for a long time.
"Which girl has not been beaten and scolded by her family? If you don't teach her a lesson now, she will be as dishonest as her mother when she grows up. She will bring shame to our Duan family!" Old Man Duan said sinisterly.
"Dad, if you think Caixia is embarrassing, we can take her out to live alone, so you and Old Mrs. Tao can worry less." Duan's mother said.
Old Man Duan glared at Mother Duan: "You are getting bolder and bolder now. You think the opposite, don't you?"
"It's not that I think the opposite, but Dad, you have never really wanted me, Dawei and Caixia to be well. Since you don't want us to be well, we can only think more about ourselves." Duan's mother's attitude remained calm.
Old Man Duan felt like he had punched cotton. He became even more furious. "Anyway, I don't agree! If I don't agree, none of you can leave this house! Dawei must also marry the person his grandma introduced!"
"I won't get married. I don't like that girl." Duan Dawei said firmly, "Also, she's not my grandma. My grandma wouldn't force me to marry a girl I don't like, and she certainly wouldn't hit Caixia!"
Old Mrs. Tao had a gloomy face and suddenly covered her face with her hands, looking so aggrieved that she seemed about to cry.
"So, you're dissatisfied with me. If I leave this house, you'll be happy to stay home."
Old Man Duan took Old Lady Tao's hand and said gently, "With me here, who would dare to be dissatisfied with you? This is your home, you stay home and don't go anywhere else."
"Yes, Mrs. Tao, this is your home. Just stay here and let's go." said Duan's mother.
A gleam of light flashed in Mrs. Tao's eyes. She turned and asked Mrs. Duan, "After you leave, will Duan Dawei pay his grandfather back every month to support him?"
"Of course not. We've all paid separately. Dad has money and is well cared for. Why should we worry about him?"
After Duan's mother finished speaking, she said to Duan Dawei, "Pack your things and we'll leave."
Duan Dawei nodded and was about to pack his things when Old Lady Tao blocked his way.
"Okay! So when you said you were dissatisfied with the girl I introduced you to, and that we shouldn't teach Caixia a lesson, you actually just didn't want to take care of your grandfather!"
Old Man Duan came to his senses and snorted coldly, "So you guys despise an old man like me. Fine, I can't stop you from going out and living alone, but don't even think about taking anything from this room with you!"
Duan Dawei turned around and looked at Duan's mother, asking her what she meant with his eyes.
Duan's mother looked at the several sets of clothes they had packed earlier and said to Duan Dawei, "That's it, let's go."
Duan Dawei nodded, and he and Duan's mother each held one of Caixia's hands and walked out of the slum.
Old Man Duan was so angry when he saw the three of them leave like that that he almost fainted.
"Go, all of you! You heartless people! I worked so hard to raise you all, and this is how you treat me?! If you leave, don't ever come back. It would be best if you died out there!"
After Old Man Duan finished cursing, he turned around and saw that many people were still watching. He cursed, "What are you looking at! Get lost! What's so good about this!"
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