Chapter 239: Doing Something Big
"father……"
Liu Shoucheng was stunned by the beating. He covered his cheek and stared blankly at his father, whose face was red with anger. "How can you side with outsiders?"
"Who is an outsider?" Uncle Liu glared at him coldly, his voice rising. "Ah Cheng is truly filial to your mother and me. How is that like you? You're simply a jackal that can never be fed!"
Aunt Liu rushed over to stop her husband, fearing he might raise his hand to slap her again. She turned to her son and said, "Let's go! Don't you think this place is messy enough? If you still have any dignity, then honestly pay for the tea bowl!"
Liu Shoucheng suffered a great setback and wanted to turn around and leave, but his wife grabbed his sleeve tightly and he could not move.
Liu Cuilan looked at the clothes on her parents-in-law and almost bit the soft meat in her mouth. "Dad, Mom, and Sister Cheng, we went too far just now. Shoucheng has a bad temper and Dad has to come and fix it."
"Don't worry, we will definitely compensate you for this teacup!" Liu Cuilan smiled reluctantly, saying, "Dad, Shoucheng really doesn't gamble anymore. Don't hold on to your old prejudice against him. Let's live a good life as a family."
"Why don't I see the little girl that my sister-in-law was holding yesterday?" Su Cheng said with a smile, and suddenly changed the subject so that Liu Cuilan didn't react.
"Rou'er is at home——"
"She's at the inn near the Zhao family." Liu Shoucheng interrupted her hurriedly, "We wanted to come and talk with our parents, but it would be inconvenient to bring a child with us, so we left her at the inn."
"The child is still in swaddling clothes. How can she do it alone?" Su Cheng pretended to be concerned, but a glint flashed in his eyes. "Which inn is he in? I'll ask Qing Shuang to pick up the child."
Liu Shoucheng and Liu Cuilan looked at each other and saw panic in each other's eyes.
Liu Cuilan forced out a smile that was uglier than crying, and whispered, "That's not necessary... The child is shy. She'll cry if someone other than me holds her."
"Yes, yes, my daughter is very timid." Liu Shoucheng nodded repeatedly, his clothes on the back soaked with cold sweat. "Don't worry about it, we will stay with parents for a while and leave later."
"Okay." Su Cheng smiled inexplicably, his eyes fell on Uncle Liu, and he said softly, "Then I won't disturb your family reunion any longer."
After she finished speaking, Su Cheng looked at Liu Shoucheng and his wife meaningfully, turned around and left, and the two maids followed her.
Liu Shoucheng finally breathed a sigh of relief when the door was closed. As soon as he turned around, he was slapped to the ground by his father.
Aunt Liu shuddered and hurriedly tugged at his sleeve, "Old man!"
Liu Cuilan turned pale with fear and hurried to support her husband, "Father-in-law, why did you slap me like that?"
"Why?" Uncle Liu snorted coldly, looking down at his own son. "It's because Ah Cheng was here just now. Otherwise, I would have kicked you two out for ruining our family's reputation! You went to so much trouble to find us. I know why better than you do. Your mother is soft-hearted, but I'm not someone you can fool! We're out of money. If you want money, get out and earn it yourself!"
"Dad! Why won't you believe me?" Liu Shoucheng knelt on the ground, his face swollen. "Since then, I've never gambled again!"
"Can a gambler quit? I wouldn't believe it even if you beat me to death." Uncle Liu didn't even look at him. He sat at the table and poured himself a bowl of soup. "If you know what's good for you, get out of here."
"Dad, don't you want to see your granddaughter?" Liu Cuilan spoke boldly. She knew that her father-in-law never hit women, so she dared to speak at this time. "Rou'er is getting older, and Shoucheng and I have to think about settling down. If he really doesn't gamble anymore, we can live a stable life when we return to Xinghua Village."
When Liu Xiaorou was mentioned, Uncle Liu's expression didn't look so bad anymore, but he still didn't want to speak. He just sat at the table and drank his soup in silence.
Aunt Liu looked at her husband and saw that he didn't say anything else. She quickly pulled her son up and said, "Shoucheng, is what Cuilan said true? Have you really changed?"
"It's absolutely true, mother. For the sake of my children, I will never gamble again."
Liu Shoucheng pretended to have tears in his eyes and spoke from the heart, but the huge gambling debt was a scam.
"Sit down and have a meal with your parents." After all, he was her own son. Aunt Liu wiped her tears and pulled him to sit aside. "Your father has a bad temper. Back then, in order to pay off your debts and save your arm, we practically lost everything we had, even the dowry we had saved for Ni'er. Your father's anger is understandable."
Liu Shoucheng nodded repeatedly, his mind not on this matter at all, "Mom, how did you get involved with the Zhao family in Beijing?"
The smile on Aunt Liu's face froze for a moment, and then she acted as if nothing had happened, "Why are you asking this?"
"I've never heard my parents say that we have such wealthy relatives." Liu Shoucheng looked at the two of them and spoke carefully, "Mom, if we ask the Zhao family to find a good job for our son, then-"
"impossible."
Before he could finish his words, Uncle Liu interrupted with a stern face, "Ah Cheng has been taking good care of us two old people. This little thing shouldn't be brought to her."
Liu Shoucheng was so angry that he was speechless. Just as they were about to quarrel, Liu Cuilan immediately took over, "Dad, think about it carefully. This is the capital. If Sister Cheng can really persuade Shoucheng to stay with her, it will be much better than just fooling around in a restaurant in town."
"No." Uncle Liu still refused firmly, without any mercy. "The bigger the pot, the bigger the lid. If you don't have the ability, you won't be able to survive in the capital."
Liu Cuilan was at her wit's end and could only look at her mother-in-law angrily. However, Aunt Liu was so focused on eating that she didn't even raise her head.
Liu Shoucheng and his wife looked at each other and realized that now was not the best time, so they could only swallow their anger and take the dishes and chopsticks handed to them by the maid.
This meal was as awkward as it could be.
The two came in glory and left in disgrace.
Liu Cuilan couldn't help but get angry until her eyes turned red. She whispered, "This trip was such a waste! I even lost a teacup from the imperial kiln. Why is my life so miserable? Tell me, what's the point of swallowing that anger?"
"That's enough! At this point, is it any use just to keep blaming me?" Liu Shoucheng's face was filled with anger, and his anger was all piled up in his heart. "I think those two old guys are determined to make things difficult for me."
Liu Cuilan was at a loss and asked softly, "What should we do now?"
"Didn't you ask me to pay you back?" Liu Shoucheng looked around at the Zhao family, a gleam in his eyes. "Since we're here, how can we leave empty-handed? We don't have any maids following us right now, so we might as well make a big buck."
Liu Cuilan instantly understood what he meant, and her eyes lit up, "You mean..."
Liu Shoucheng curled his lips, his eyes full of shrewdness, "Taking something from here and exchanging it for money is much faster than kneeling down and licking the ass of these two old guys!"
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