Chapter 384
Ye Fuyue wrote the receipt and read it to Cui Li. After confirming with Cui Li that the content was correct, she gave the receipt to Cui Li.
"I'm going to the slum with you. I'm going back too." Ye Fuyue said.
Cui Li nodded and took Lai Bao and Ye Fuyue back to the slum.
The aunts in the compound saw Cui Li coming back with Laibao. Laibao's face was covered with tears and snot, half of his face was red, and there were shoe prints on his clothes. They all asked Cui Li.
"I heard Laibao running out of the compound crying earlier. Did he go looking for you?"
"What's wrong with Laibao's face and clothes? Who hit him?"
"Did you bring Bao back to seek justice for him?"
Cui Li thought about how she would have to ask Liang's father and his family to sever ties with Lai Bao, and she would have to ask these aunts to be witnesses to prevent Liang's father and his family from playing rogue in the future. So she smiled faintly and said to her aunts, "Yes, Liang's father and Liang Nan fought with him. They told Lai Bao to get out. I brought Lai Bao to them specifically to ask them to agree that Lai Bao would follow me."
When the aunts heard this, they became even more interested. They didn't even go back home and followed Cui Li and Lai Bao to the Liang family.
Cui Li took Lai Bao with her but didn't go in. She just shouted at the door: "Liang Nan - come out - Liang Nan -"
After Liang's father and Liang Nan casually treated the wound on Liang Tianxiong's forehead, they were making a fire and cooking. When they heard Cui Li's voice, they all went out.
When they saw Cui Li holding Laibao's hand, they knew that Laibao had really run out to find Cui Li. Liang's father and Liang Nan's faces turned unhappy.
Liang Nan took the initiative and said, "Look at your good son. He hit Tianxiong's forehead like this! I think he has the same character as you. He has been completely corrupted by you!"
The aunts who were watching saw the two wounds on Liang Tianxiong's forehead, and they felt the pain just by looking at them.
But they didn't believe Liang Nan's words, and they all whispered:
"I think Liang Tianxiong inflicted the injury on his head himself. Laibao is much more obedient than him, so there's no way he would hit him."
"Exactly. He must have hurt himself somewhere and blamed it on Laibao."
Liang's father heard everyone's murmurs and said with a stern face, "The wound on Tianxiong's head was caused by Laibao. He hit Tianxiong with a stone in front of Liang Nan and me. What other kid is so lawless as him, hitting his own brother with a stone in front of the elders!"
Cui Li didn't waste time talking to Liang's father and the others. She said directly, "Since you dislike Laibao so much, let him live with me."
Cui Li took out the folded note from her pocket and unfolded it, saying, "If you agree, please sign and fingerprint this note. From now on, Laibao will live with me. You cannot come to find him and ask him to go back."
Liang Nan sneered, "How can you support him just by selling a few buns?"
"Whether I can afford to support him is my problem and has nothing to do with you," said Cui Li.
Liang Nan and Liang's father looked at each other.
Liang's father took the note from Cui Li's hand and read it quickly.
The note said that Laibao would follow Cui Li from now on, and no one from the Liang family was allowed to look for Laibao, so Laibao was asked to return to the Liang family.
Liang Tianxiong noticed the hesitation on Liang Nan and Liang's father's faces and cried, "Dad, Grandpa, there's something I haven't told you. Laibao not only doesn't want to do housework, but he always fights with me for food. He says he'll save all the food he grabs for Cui Li! He also says we've been mean to him, and he's remembered it all. From now on, any money he makes will be given to Cui Li, leaving you two behind!"
Cui Li glanced at Lai Bao. From Lai Bao's expression, she knew that Liang Tianxiong was lying.
Cui Li sighed in her heart: When it comes to how to make people annoying, Liang Tianxiong knows better.
Lai Bao held Cui Li's hand tightly and said harshly, "You hit me, scold me, and treat me badly. Now that I'm grown up, of course I won't care about you! Only my mother treats me the best, and I only care about my mother!"
Cui Li admired Lai Bao in her heart. Lai Bao was smart. He knew Liang Tianxiong was eager for him to leave, so he just followed Liang Tianxiong's advice and admitted it.
Lai Bao's words really made Liang Nan and Liang's father furious.
"You are heartless!" Liang Nan cursed. "Have we treated you badly? Who will give you shelter, food, and clothing? Do you think you can have a good life if you follow her? She's just a bun seller. How much money can she make? How can she give you a good life? She's just speculating and profiteering. Maybe one day she'll be arrested, and you won't even have a mother. I don't think anyone will care about you anymore!"
Laibao raised his chin stubbornly and said nothing.
Father Liang looked at Lai Bao with disappointment. "Since you want to follow Cui Li, then follow her. But there's one thing: once you follow her, you can forget about returning to the Liang family. Even if she's caught one day, we in the Liang family won't want you!"
Laibao said without hesitation: "If you don't want it, then don't. I will only follow my mother!"
Liang's father and Liang Nan were once again so angry at Lai Bao's words that their chests ached.
Liang's father said to Liang Nan, "Write this clearly on this note: No matter what happens to Cui Li in the future, no matter whether she can support Bao or not, our Liang family will not want him anymore. We only have Liang Tianxiong as our grandson!"
"Okay!" Liang Nan responded, took the note into the house, and added everything to the back of the note as Liang's father said.
Cui Li took the note back and saw Ye Fuyue in the crowd. She said to her, "Fuyue, can you help me check if what they wrote is the same as what they said?"
Ye Fuyue took the note, read it carefully twice, and said to Cui Li, "It's the same."
Cui Li then said to Liang's father and Liang Nan, "Let's sign and put our fingerprints on it."
Liang's father said, "Liang Nan, please write another piece of paper with the same words. We and Cui Li will each keep a copy."
"good."
After Liang Nan finished writing the note, they signed and stamped their fingerprints on two pieces of paper respectively.
Since there was no ink, they used red paper instead. After wetting the finger, rub it on the red paper several times to make the fingerprint.
Cui Li almost laughed when she saw the three signatures and three fingerprints on her note.
She turned to the crowd and said, "Aunts, you all heard what the Liang family and I just said. I beg you to bear witness. From now on, Laibao will follow me, Cui Li. The Liang family can no longer take Laibao back, and I will not give Laibao to the Liang family. If the Liang family regrets their decision in the future, aunts, you must uphold justice for me."
Father Liang sneered, "I hope you won't be the first to regret it!"
The reason Liang's father and Liang Nan had so readily agreed to let Laibao stay with Cui Li wasn't just because of the recent events, their pent-up resentment towards Laibao, and Liang Tianxiong's recent incendiary remarks, but also because they felt Cui Li alone couldn't support Laibao. Cui Li's shabby livelihood, selling steamed buns, wouldn't only fetch little money, but would also inevitably lead to trouble. Cui Li would surely regret letting Laibao stay with her, and Laibao would surely regret not staying with the Liang family.
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