Chapter 175 Backhand Most of the women today were found by Wang Hui herself...
I underestimated Wang Hui. She actually had a trick up her sleeve. This woman's perfect timing in appearing here was something Wang Ying believed Wang Hui had orchestrated.
Du Jianguo is such a piece of shit! Wang Ying looked at Huanhuan. How could a child accept this?
Wang Ying ignored her mother's throwing a tantrum, handed Yueyue to Zhao Yunsheng, and walked over to Huanhuan and picked her up.
Huanhuan was picked up, her head still turned towards the room, looking at the three people inside. The woman swept the floor and wiped the table, as if the noise outside had nothing to do with her. The little girl looked outside timidly, and when her eyes met Wang Ying's, she turned around and pulled her brother back into the room.
When Li Fengju saw Wang Ying holding Huanhuan, she burst into tears again: "My poor granddaughter! She longed to come back to find her father, but he was holding another child in his arms! How heartless! Damn it! She's cutting into the child's heart... The child's biological mother is nowhere to be found, and she's brought in by her stepmother!"
Du Jianguo was startled and looked towards Huanhuan. Seeing his daughter staring blankly at the three people in the room, he regretted it again. He quickly said to Huanhuan, "That's not the case. Huanhuan, don't listen to your grandma's nonsense."
Du Jianguo wanted to snatch Huanhuan from Wang Ying, but Wang Ying dodged.
"Aunt Deng is here to take care of grandma, just like Grandma Wu." Du Jianguo and Huanhuan explained.
Huanhuan looked away, ignoring Du Jianguo. She put her arm around Wang Ying's neck, buried her face in her shoulder, and said, "Auntie, let's go back. This isn't my home anymore."
Du Jianguo got anxious and tried to grab Huanhuan again, but Wang Yongren pushed him away. Du Wenli wanted to speak but didn't dare to, so she just helped her second brother.
"Du Jianguo, just wait. This matter is not over yet. We will go back to the police and ask for an explanation for my daughter and granddaughter!" Wang Yongren pointed at Du Jianguo's nose, but did not take action in front of the children.
Wang Ying said to Li Fengju, "Mom, stop crying. Let's go back. If anything happens, we'll talk about it in court. Leave it to the police and the court."
Li Fengju wiped away her tears and said, "Yes! Hand her over to the police! Take Huanhuan back home. She can't be left here to be tortured by her stepmother!"
"You can't leave! Huanhuan is a member of my Du family!" Even if Du Jianguo was a fool, he would come to his senses. He made such a fuss just to snatch Huanhuan away.
Wang Ying looked at him coldly: "Okay, you tell the woman and her two children to leave now, and promise not to let them in again."
Du Wenli was anxious: "Why do you care so much! Your little sister has run away with someone, and you still care about my second brother looking for someone else!" She didn't want her second brother to really agree. If he really agreed, she would have to come back to take care of her mother! Although her life in her husband's family was not easy, she didn't have to take care of her mother-in-law's excrement and urine.
Du Jianguo hesitated. Just half an hour ago, Deng Xiuzhu told her that as long as he was sure to want her, she would let both children take his surname, and the two children immediately changed their names and called him dad... Moreover, Deng Xiuzhu started working after she came to the house, and she was obviously diligent. With her at home in the future, he would feel at ease when he went to work outside.
Wang Ying sneered, without saying a word to him, and turned around and left with Huanhuan in his arms.
"Huanhuan!" Du Jianguo called his daughter again, but Huanhuan didn't even look at him.
Wang Ying carried Huanhuan all the way home. When she got home, her arms were shaking.
When Chen Xiuqin and Zhao Chengjun saw that Huanhuan was brought back by them, they didn't ask anything and just arranged dinner.
Huanhuan ate very quietly, not like a child. When Chen Xiuqin picked up some food for her, she didn't forget to say thank you and ate the food she had served her cleanly.
After dinner, Wang Ying asked Zhao Yunsheng to take the two children upstairs to play.
Only then did Chen Xiuqin ask about their visit to the Du family.
Li Fengju told Chen Xiuqin what happened at the Du family's door. Li Fengju was filled with righteous indignation, and Chen Xiuqin was furious.
"The Du family is such a jerk. They are so eager to bring people home! Huihui must have been forced away by them!" Chen Xiuqin said angrily.
Li Fengju also sighed: "I'm really a little scared now. Huihui might be upset..."
"No," Wang Ying interrupted Li Fengju. "She won't be so desperate. The woman today was most likely found by Wang Hui herself."
"Ah?" Li Fengju was stunned.
Chen Xiuqin hissed, "It's really possible."
"She didn't say a word to Huanhuan and me. She must have had some backup plan. This woman must have taken the initiative to find Du Jianguo. Wang Hui asked her to go." Wang Ying said.
"She, she doesn't want Huanhuan to stay in the Du family?" Li Fengju asked.
"Well, it's probably for her own reputation." Wang Ying nodded. "She made so many preparations, it's impossible for her to just commit suicide. She's not the kind of person who would seek death."
"She really is..." Li Fengju didn't know what to say.
"Once this woman enters the Du family, she won't leave easily. She'll definitely cling to Du Jianguo to raise the two children," Wang Ying said. "We can also use this as a chance to seize custody of Huanhuan."
"Can you snatch it away? He's my real father." Zhao Chengjun interrupted.
"It doesn't matter if we can't get it. Huanhuan won't go back by herself. It's fine as long as she's here with us. At most it will be a little troublesome when she's studying, but it's no big deal." Wang Ying said.
Wang Ying was most concerned about Huanhuan's own thoughts. As long as Huanhuan didn't want to go back, then nothing else mattered. The scene at the Du family's door today had saddened Huanhuan. She was so smart, she definitely wouldn't go back.
At this time, Du Weimin of the Du family was furious.
"Your brain is clouded by your mother's shit, isn't it? Wang Hui has only been gone for a few days! If you bring her back, won't you give people something to talk about?"
"Dad, Xiuzhu is here to help. It won't work at home without a woman. My elder sister and younger sister are out. We can't always ask them to come back. Their in-laws will definitely have objections. What should we do at home then?" Du Jianguo lacked confidence, but still said it with a stiff upper lip.
"Is this what you did?" Du Weimin pointed at Deng Xiuzhu and her daughter.
"Dad, don't point fingers at them. They didn't do anything wrong. They started working as soon as they arrived. Look how delicious the dishes are." Du Jianguo saw Deng Xiuzhu and her daughter hanging their heads pitifully, trembling with fear and not daring to speak, and immediately spoke to them.
Du Weimin looked at Deng Xiuzhu deeply. His son was really stupid.
"How could I give birth to such a stupid and useless thing like you!" Du Weimin said coldly, "Send them away and bring Huanhuan back home. I'll find someone to take care of the family."
"I won't!" Du Jianguo is now worried about the person Du Weimin has found. He is afraid that his father will ask someone to torture his mother to death.
"How dare you disobey me!" Du Weimin glared at Du Jianguo fiercely.
"Anyway, all the neighbors know about it now, so I don't care. Huanhuan can just stay at her aunt's house for now. Their family is well-off and will treat Huanhuan well. After all, she is my daughter! I'm not afraid that she will disown me in the future." Du Jianguo said to Du Weimin with his neck stiff.
Deng Qiaoling had just told him this. She said his sister-in-law and mother-in-law were at the door today, clamoring for custody of Huanhuan. If he gave Huanhuan to them, they wouldn't sue him.
"You are so stupid! Have you ever thought about why this woman came to you at this time?" Du Weimin was really angry to death.
"Don't think everyone is like you!" Du Jianguo only wanted to protect the Deng family mother and son. Even if Deng Xiuzhu took the initiative to come to him, it would be so what? She cared about him and liked him! He had already lost Wang Hui, and he couldn't lose Deng Xiuzhu again!
"Uncle Du, I will live a good life with Jianguo, and both children will have Jianguo's surname." Deng Xiuzhu finally spoke.
Du Weimin sneered: "What does their last name matter? They don't have Du family blood flowing in their veins! Tell me the truth, was it Wang Hui who asked you to come?"
Du Jianguo was stunned: "Dad, what are you talking about?"
Deng Xiuzhu certainly didn't admit it: "Uncle Du, you misunderstood. Jianguo and I just met by chance."
"Dad, stop talking nonsense. Why would Wang Hui do this?"
"There are so many benefits! If you bring her home now, people will just think that you forced Wang Hui to leave! It will ruin your reputation and the Du family's reputation! And Huanhuan, if you bring her back now, what will Huanhuan think? The Wang family is just taking Huanhuan away! You're stupid and you're still so pretentious! Even Wang Hui and this woman are smarter than you."
"Don't you always dislike Huanhuan? Why are you talking about Huanhuan again?" Du Jianguo said.
"Even if you don't like them, they are still the children of my Du family! Even if these two have your surname, they are still bastards!" Du Weimin pointed at Deng Xiuzhu's two children and yelled at Du Jianguo.
Du Jianguo heard the two children call him "Dad" twice, and not wanting to embarrass himself in front of Deng Xiuzhu, he yelled at their father, "I don't care. She's ruined her reputation because of me, and she's been beaten up. I can't kick them out!"
"Then get out of here with them! This is my home!" Du Weimin is not someone who can be scared by Du Jianguo's yelling.
But Du Weimin forgot one important thing.
"Is it all my fault that our family is in this state? Dad has no responsibility at all! Mom is still paralyzed in bed. Where do you want to send me?" Du Jianguo was desperate and threatened Du Weimin with Wang Hui's matter.
Du Weimin gave Du Jianguo a sinister look, then turned around and walked out without saying anything.
Du Jianguo had a layer of sweat on his back. After his father left, he took two steps back and fell onto the stool next to the dining table.
Deng Xiuzhu came over, tears in her eyes, and said, "Jianguo, you did all this for me and for the three of us. We will remember your kindness."
This was the first time in his life that Du Jianguo had argued with his father like this. He was afraid, but facing Deng Xiuzhu, he felt he had to do it. Du Jianguo didn't quite understand what Deng Xiuzhu said. His head was buzzing and his ears were ringing. He wondered if he had fought his father to the end that night like he did today, instead of giving in after being scolded by his father, would Wang Hui still have left?
"Jianguo...Jianguo..." Deng Xiuzhu gently pushed Du Jianguo.
Du Jianguo came to his senses and met Deng Xiuzhu's concerned eyes.
"I'm fine, let's eat." Du Jianguo said.
"I'll go heat up the dishes. You can serve them to your aunt and feed her later. She's not familiar with me yet, so I'm afraid she won't want me to feed her." Deng Xiuzhu said gently.
"Well, thank you for your hard work. You have to do so many things right after you arrive." Du Jianguo looked at Deng Xiuzhu.
"Don't say that, it will only embarrass me." Deng Xiuzhu lowered her head and took the food to the kitchen to heat it up.
The two children also took the bowls and followed Deng Xiuzhu to the kitchen without leaving her side.
"Mom, do we really want to stay here?" the little girl asked Deng Xiuzhu in a low voice.
"Well, this is the best family Mom could find," Deng Xiuzhu said. "Don't worry about it. Just eat and drink. If you hear anything unpleasant, just ignore it. The three of us, mother and daughter, are together. We have enough to eat and wear warm clothes. In the future, you just need to have education. Don't worry about anything else; it's all empty talk."
The brother and sister both nodded. The little girl said with tears in her eyes, "Well, they are all empty. Only rice and thick cotton-padded jackets are real."
"Yes." Deng Xiuzhu wiped the tears from her daughter's eyes. "Eat whatever you want later. Eat as much as you can."
Deng Xiuzhu heated up the food, packed the ones for Sun Qiaoling first, put them on a tray, and asked her daughter to take it to the main room.
"Go, give it to your father and let him feed you milk." Deng Xiuzhu said.
The little girl carried the tray steadily and came to the main room, saying sweetly, "Dad, Mom asked you to feed grandma first."
When Du Jianguo heard the girl calling him dad, he smiled, took the tray from her hand, and went into the room to feed Sun Qiaoling.
Sun Qiaoling could hear and understand the noise outside. She really wanted to die, but she couldn't die even if she wanted to.
Du Jianguo helped Sun Qiaoling sit up and fed her the food, but Sun Qiaoling turned her head away and refused to eat.
"Mom, I have no choice. Don't you know my situation? Do you want me to be alone forever? Wang Hui is gone, Huanhuan won't let me have her, so what kind of person can I find if I look for someone else?" Du Jianguo said, "Xiuzhu has had a hard time too. Just pity the three of them. She has to stay home to take care of you tomorrow."
Sun Qiaoling ate it anyway. What else could she do?
Du Jianguo had dinner with the Deng family's mother and son. Deng Xiuzhu's cooking skills were not as good as Wang Hui's, but Du Jianguo had no choice.
After dinner, Deng Xiuzhu cleaned up all the dishes neatly, leaving only one dinner on the dining table in the main hall, which was for Du Weimin.
Deng Xiuzhu cleaned the kitchen, and her two children followed her. After washing the dishes, she asked her son to call Du Jianguo.
"Dad, Mom is calling you over." The little boy went to the room to find Du Jianguo.
Du Jianguo felt that he had picked up a son for nothing and felt happy. He touched the boy's head and carried him to the kitchen.
"Call me." Du Jianguo said.
"Well, my aunt needs to wipe herself at night. Can you tell me what basin and towel she uses?" Deng Xiuzhu said.
Du Jianguo looked at Deng Xiuzhu and felt that he was so lucky. Where could he find such a virtuous woman?
"Thank you for your hard work. Why don't you wait until you get familiar with mom, then we can talk about it," said Du Jianguo.
Deng Xiuzhu said angrily, "If you don't wash yourself, you'll feel uncomfortable. How can you wait like this?"
Seeing that she was so sensible, Du Jianguo let her do as she pleased.
Deng Xiuzhu took the basin of water and followed Du Jianguo to Sun Qiaoling's room.
"Mom, Xiuzhu is here to wipe your body." Du Jianguo said.
Deng Xiuzhu said, "Okay, leave this to me, you can get out now."
"Is it okay?" Du Jianguo felt that Deng Xiuzhu was quite thin.
"Don't worry, I have taken care of patients before," said Deng Xiuzhu.
Du Jianguo really went out.
Deng Xiuzhu walked to the bedside and looked at the several strips of cloth beside the bed, yellow, red, white... There was a bell wrapped behind the cloth strips. She knew what each strip of cloth represented. Wang Hui told her.
"Auntie, let's get out of bed and go to the bathroom first." Deng Xiuzhu said.
Sun Qiaoling looked at Deng Xiuzhu, and Deng Xiuzhu smiled at her: "Auntie, I will help you get out of bed to relieve yourself, then wipe your body and change your underwear."
Sun Qiaoling did not refuse. She felt uncomfortable and of course wanted to wipe herself off.
While wiping Sun Qiaoling's body, Deng Xiuzhu said, "When the weather gets better, I'll give you a bath."
Sun Qiaoling could feel that Deng Xiuzhu was very skilled in doing these things, and she must have taken care of paralyzed patients before.
Du Jianguo was at the door and heard Deng Xiuzhu talking to his mother in a soft voice. He felt even more grateful for his reunion with Deng Xiuzhu and vowed to treat the three of them well in the future.
Du Weimin went out that night and never came back. The next morning, he came back, packed his luggage and went back to the construction site without saying a word to Du Jianguo.
As soon as Du Weimin left, Deng Xiuzhu breathed a sigh of relief. She and her child would not be kicked out for the time being.
Du Jianguo was a little disappointed. He was about to give his father some medicine, but before the medicine was ready, his father left. He could only wait for him to come back next time. He just didn't know when he would come back next time if he got angry this time.
Deng Xiuzhu and her child settled down at the Du family's house. Neighbors had all sorts of things to say about them, but she didn't care. She and her child were content as long as they could make a living there. Du Jianguo, who hadn't slept with her until now and treated her with respect, made Deng Xiuzhu even more willing to stay. He genuinely cared for Sun Qiaoling.
On the fifth day after Wang Hui ran away from home, Wang Ying asked Li Fengju to go to the Public Security Bureau again. This time, the police took the matter very seriously and went directly to the area around Du's house to understand the situation.
After a round of visits, the public security comrades heard the general outline of the story: the woman was taking care of the elderly and children at home, while her husband was having an affair outside, and he probably ran away in anger.
The police finally arrived at the Du family home. Du Jianguo had just gotten home from work. He was terrified that his mother-in-law had actually summoned the police, and he was extremely nervous. The police searched the house but found nothing suspicious. After questioning Du Jianguo, they concluded that Wang Hui had escaped, not been murdered.
Regarding him and Deng Xiuzhu, they insisted that they were old classmates helping each other and that they had no improper relationship before Wang Hui ran away from home.
After the police left, Deng Xiuzhu advised Du Jianguo, "Jianguo, go have a good talk with Huanhuan's grandparents and aunt, and tell them not to bother the police anymore. After all, it's not good for you, and it's not good for Wang Hui either. She might even come back in the future."
"I don't want to go." Du Jianguo said.
"You should go. At least there should be an explanation for Huanhuan's matter, right? Huanhuan will be going to school in the second half of the year." Deng Xiuzhu said.
"Xiuzhu, you are so nice...you always consider me in everything." Du Jianguo was deeply touched.
"If you don't want to see your father-in-law and mother-in-law, just go find Huanhuan's aunt. Huanhuan happens to be at her house right now," Deng Xiuzhu said. "If Huanhuan is willing to come back, I will definitely take care of her like my own daughter. If she refuses to come back, you still have to take responsibility. You have to give her the tickets and the money. If you do this, Huanhuan might relent and be willing to come back one day. Besides, when Huanhuan grows up, she'll know you didn't neglect her."
Deng Xiuzhu's words convinced Du Jianguo.
Du Jianguo didn't have much money on him, so he took twenty yuan and went to find Wang Ying immediately.
On Wang Ying's side, Huanhuan has recovered a lot in the past few days, or the child has hidden her emotions. She usually plays with Yueyue and they talk and laugh, but she is only seen in a daze occasionally.
As soon as Du Jianguo arrived, Huanhuan hid in the room, not saying a word to him and refusing to see him.
Du Jianguo had no choice but to tell Wang Ying, "Sister, Huihui really left on her own. The police came to investigate today, and I really didn't harm her. My family really had no other options. My mother really needed someone to take care of her, so I asked my classmates for help... Huanhuan doesn't want to go back with me now, so I'm sorry to bother you for the time being. Huanhuan is my daughter, and I won't hesitate to pay any less."
Seeing that Du Jianguo came to his house so readily and gave up Huanhuan, Wang Ying knew that the woman in his family must have made a move.
"Don't talk nonsense. You've seen it too. Huanhuan doesn't want to see you. Don't bother her if you have nothing to do!" Wang Ying said.
"Then...my eldest sister told my parents not to go to the police station anymore. Wang Hui will definitely come back in the future. She has her own way to live. If we make a big fuss, it won't look good and it won't be good for Huanhuan either." Du Jianguo said.
"Did you bring all of Huanhuan's things?" Wang Ying asked.
"I brought it." Du Jianguo said.
Du Jianguo brought Huanhuan's birth certificate, vaccination booklet and other things, as well as Huanhuan's clothes and shoes, two photos of Wang Hui, and one photo of him and Wang Hui. These were all things Deng Xiuzhu asked him to bring.
Wang Ying accepted the things and money and drove Du Jianguo away.
"You are not allowed to come to my house in the future. If Huanhuan wants to see you, she will go back by herself." Wang Ying said coldly.
Du Jianguo wanted to say something, but Wang Ying had already closed the gate.
Huanhuan came out of the room only after Du Jianguo left. Huanhuan, who had not cried in the past few days, couldn't help crying when she saw the things Du Jianguo sent, especially when she saw Wang Hui's photo.
"Mom..." Huanhuan cried while holding Wang Hui's photo.
Wang Ying's family felt sorry for what happened, but they couldn't hold anyone responsible, so they could only coax the child.
Zhao Yun went upstairs, took down a photo frame, put Wang Hui's solo photo in it, and returned it to Huanhuan.
Huanhuan held the photo frame in her arms until she went to bed at night.
Wang Hui had just arrived in Shenzhen, and she found that the city was completely different from what she remembered...
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