Hearing the two men's words, which had clearly laid out his plans for him, Li's father was now genuinely afraid of the prospect of living in prison.
“I’m telling you… I really don’t understand any of these things. I’ve never been to school and I can’t read a single word. I don’t know any of these things. My daughter taught me to say these things.”
"She said that the two of them were wronged and that Qiu Tang had harmed them. She asked me to come and talk to them properly so that you would take these words into consideration and release them."
"I only found out Qiu Tang was here because of her. She... she said that doing this was shameless. If the Han family agrees to mediation, then their reputation won't be ruined. But if Qiu Tang doesn't cooperate, saying anything to this daughter won't help. It will only make her life difficult in the future..."
Upon hearing this, Han Qiulin and Lin Xiaoxiao immediately looked at Li Qiutang. They felt sorry for her and, hearing Li's father recount the family's scheming and slander against her, their anger flared up again. Turning to look at Li's father, who was kneeling on the ground, Lin Xiaoxiao gave Han Qiulin a look.
It's good that things have turned out this way today, so that she and Qiu Tang don't have to go through the trouble of planning how to sever ties. Since Li's father has offered himself up today, she should definitely make good use of it.
Lin Xiaoxiao decided to strike first.
He glared at Li's father, "This idea was actually your daughter's idea! She's Li Qiutang's own sister! She used to like the same man and steal her sister's fiancé, which was already a shameless thing to do. Now she's instigating others to ruin her sister's reputation!"
"This isn't a sister, this is an enemy. Even a stranger wouldn't do something as cruel as her."
"And you, you can't even read a single word. You just do whatever your daughter tells you to do. You may not know how to read, but you should at least understand basic human decency, right? You still have the nerve to call Qiu Tang heartless and cold-blooded. You didn't even think about being a decent human being when you were trying to get your youngest daughter out!"
"Li Jiabao is a wicked and morally corrupt person. Even though she's already in the police station, she's still so restless. The things she sent you to do are all vicious and cruel. She knew the truth of the matter, yet she still did them. This only makes her crime more serious!!"
“You’re all questioning the credibility of the public security department, and you’re even making baseless accusations against my family and Qiutang. Li Jiabao is the principal offender and should be given a harsher sentence, while you are an accomplice and should at least be detained and have your file kept!”
Seeing that Li Qiutang and everyone around him were looking at him with disgust, even the little boy standing to the side was calling him a bad person.
The thought that he might really be locked up filled him with fear again. He pointed to his face and body, sweating profusely from the pain: "No, you can't, you can't arrest me. You've already beaten me up like this, that's enough. You can't arrest me."
"Qiu Tang! I am your biological father! What kind of daughter sends her own father to jail? No, I don't want to. I apologize, okay?"
"I really know I was wrong. If you're still angry, how about you beat me up again? Also, you two have a good relationship and you're going to get married, right? Dad will definitely not stop you from being together. If you're willing, you don't even need to hold a banquet for your father. I'll agree to your relationship then."
“From now on, we’re all family. Let’s not make things so tense. If you don’t think about me, you should at least think about yourselves, right? After all, we’re all public officials. Having in-laws like this won’t sound good in the eyes of others.”
“If I go in, Qiu Tang will have no relatives left. You're a young woman out there without any family to support you. What will you do in the future? Qiu Tang, you're capable, but you have to think about yourself too.”
Hearing her father's words, Li Qiutang sneered and pointed at him with great pain, saying, "Pah! Li Jianguo, don't try to fool me with your high-sounding words. I know very well what kind of person you are. You're just a good-for-nothing at home. You don't go out to earn money to support the family; you just wait for the women in the house to go out and earn money to support you."
"You still have the nerve to say you'll stand up for me? I'll keep spitting on you! What kind of biological father would squat outside the hospital waiting for his daughter's paycheck? What kind of biological father would praise his sister after she's had her things stolen? She steals clothes, food, even hair ties! And you never stop her, telling me, the older sister, I should give in to my younger sister. You've only contributed physical labor when you were raising me; what else do you have the nerve to call yourself my father?! And you dare to stand up for me? I'm already grateful you don't hold me back..."
"When it came to stealing her fiancé, she said the same thing. Sometimes I wonder if I'm even your biological daughter. Your favoritism is so extreme. I don't expect you to be nice to me, but you can't be accomplices!"
"With wolves and tigers like you as my family, how can I still have the face to marry into the Han family? Once you become in-laws of the Han family, you might even try to take over their family property."
"With family members like you around, even if the Han family wanted to marry me, I wouldn't. Just give up on the idea of trying to get close to them."
More and more neighbors gathered around, crowding at the entrance to the courtyard, heads bowed, whispering amongst themselves about the day's excitement.
"Oh my, I never expected things to turn out this way. To be honest, this girl is the only normal person in this family. The whole family relies on this young woman to support them. I'm not afraid of being laughed at by others."
"What kind of thing is it for one person to support the family? Didn't you hear that the younger sister in the family is stealing things and men? Now she's ruining her older sister's reputation and making her unable to hold her head up in public. No matter what it is, the family supports the younger sister. Needless to say, this girl knows how difficult it is for her at home."
"It's true. If I had a family like that, I wouldn't hide. I would cut ties with them directly. The whole family would be sucking her blood, and I would never be able to get rid of them for the rest of my life. Just thinking about it makes me feel hopeless."
"Tsk tsk tsk, I have to say, this younger sister is quite shrewd."
"Is your sister powerful? Vicious? She became like this because of her parents' support. The whole family is no good."
"Yes, this girl is right. How could she dare to let her own sister out? The Han family's conditions are what they are. With that shameless girl, seeing a brother-in-law like Han Qiulin, she'll definitely cause trouble. Just thinking about it makes my scalp tingle."
The chatter of a group of middle-aged women on the side was not suppressed at all. Li's father and the relatives of the Li family listened with their faces down, not daring to look up at anyone.
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