Chapter 206: Apologize and Sever Relationship
Zhang Xiuer's face was pale. She clutched the corner of her clothes tightly with both hands. Her lips moved, but she couldn't utter a word.
She called out, but couldn't wake them up. The fire had already started and the house was full of smoke. Feng Mengru and Feng Liu were both sleeping very soundly, and she couldn't wake them up no matter what she did.
Old Man Feng is not in the house. I wonder if he is working outside.
But she didn't dare to go look for him. She was the one who caused the disaster. If her family knew about it, they would definitely beat her to death.
"Zhang Xiuer! Say something!"
Li Chengyong was anxious and actually called her name directly.
Zhang Xiuer was so scared that she shuddered and subconsciously tried to grab Li Fugui's arm, but missed.
"I..." she stammered, "I was so scared! How old was I then?! The fire was already burning, and I called out to them, but they couldn't wake me up, so I had to run away by myself!"
Seeing her self-righteous look, Liu Lizheng was so angry that his beard flew off: "Then you can also go and call for help! Why don't you ask people to put out the fire!"
The villagers were poor, and candles and oil lamps were expensive, so they were reluctant to use them. As soon as it got dark, they all went indoors.
So, when something happened to the Feng family, no one noticed it in time. It was Father Feng who came back from outside who was the first to discover it...
Of course Zhang Xiuer wouldn't call anyone. She didn't dare to do so for fear of being discovered.
She looked around with her eyes wide open. The faces she was familiar with now all had expressions of hatred and disgust. Her heart sank little by little.
"It was you who knocked over the candlestick and caused the fire, so you didn't dare to call for help." Bao Ya's voice was crisp, and her starry eyes were shining with a cold light as she stared at Zhang Xiu'er.
Zhang Xiuer's heart skipped a beat: "You're talking nonsense! How did you know that?"
"Because the base of the candlestick that holds the candle has this crescent-shaped lace. The candlesticks we use at home are all like this, and they are the cheapest."
Yunyue walked out from the crowd at some point and stood next to Baoya.
She glared at Zhang Xiu'er and pouted: "Why are you shouting? You scared my little sister Baoya!"
Zhang Xiuer: ...
All she could see now was the indelible scar on her arm.
There is nothing to argue about anymore. You can pick up a candlestick from anyone's house and it will match.
"Ah," Liu Lizheng sighed and looked at Feng Mengru, "The matter has been sorted out. Mengru, what are you going to do?"
Feng Mengru's emotions had stabilized a lot by now, and the look he gave Zhang Xiuer was as cold as ice.
"I won't compensate her for her barn. It was just a barn with a few piglets, but what burned down in my house was three rooms and a little life in my mother's belly!"
Liu Lizheng frowned and looked at Zhang Xiuer, who lowered her head and dared not answer.
Feng Mengru sniffed and continued, "I want her to apologize to me and my parents!"
"Okay, I...I apologize." Zhang Xiuer said with lowered eyebrows.
If it was just an apology, she could still accept it.
Seeing that she agreed, Feng Mengru breathed a sigh of relief. The heavy stone that had been weighing on her heart for so many years was finally lifted today.
"Liu Lizheng, I want to sever ties with Zhang Xiuer and Li Fugui."
Li Chengyong's rough voice suddenly rang out.
"What?!" Li Fugui was startled by his sudden words, "Are you crazy?"
"Isn't this matter resolved? How are you going to pay it back? How are you going to pay it back..."
"I don't want my wife to feel uncomfortable." Li Chengyong put his arm around Feng Mengru's shoulders.
"If she lives with me from now on, not only will she have to endure the wrath of you two, but she'll also have to see the man who burned down her own house and caused her mother's miscarriage walking around in front of her every day. I'm afraid she'll get sick from being so angry."
Zhang Xiuer: ...
Li Fugui: ...
Both of them had extremely ugly expressions on their faces.
Liu Lizheng clapped his hands and said cheerfully, "I think it's a good idea. Let's break it off. Cheng Yong has just started a family and established his own business. From now on, your two families will have nothing to do with each other. Live and let each other live happily ever after."
He knew that Zhang Xiu'er and Li Fugui were bad-hearted people, and they had bullied Li Chengyong a lot before he got married.
Now is the time.
"That won't do! If we divide the family, how can I explain this to my parents in heaven?" Li Fugui stiffened his neck and glared at Liu Lizheng.
Liu Lizheng was almost amused by him: "So you think you can explain yourself now?"
"I think your parents didn't get so angry that they opened their coffins. Just be thankful!"
"I..." Li Fugui was choked.
Zhang Xiu'er rolled her eyes and said, "Liu Lizheng, let's not divide this family. I know I was wrong now. From now on, I have to compensate the young couple!"
"No need!" Feng Mengru glared at her coldly. "As long as you don't appear in front of me, I'll be happier than anything else!"
Zhang Xiuer suddenly felt embarrassed. It was not that she didn't want to break up the relationship, but she just felt that it couldn't be done so quickly.
The family's barn burned down, and they lost a lot of money. Now that the childhood events have been dug up, Li Chengyong and his wife will definitely not compensate them. If they cut off all ties with her, Feng Mengru won't get any dowry either. Isn't that a huge loss?
"Brother, sister-in-law, I'll call you this one last time."
Li Chengyong, who had been silent on the side, said, "There's no room for negotiation on this matter of severing ties. After my parents left, I always listened to my brother. Later, when my brother married my sister-in-law, I listened to you two."
"Now, I don't want to listen to either of you. I'll just listen to myself and my wife. Liu Lizheng, go get the paperwork. I'll move my household registration out tomorrow and re-establish my household with Mengru."
"Okay!" Liu Lizheng responded with great effort, a hint of excitement in his slightly vicissitudes of life voice.
He was very happy for Li Chengyong and Feng Mengru.
The Chinese New Year is almost here. Although a lot of things have happened in the village, it seems that the final results are not bad.
Zhou Cuihua, the shrew who had given him a headache for so many years, left with her good-for-nothing son. Now the honest man who had been bullied by Zhang Xiu'er and Li Fugui for so many years has turned over a new leaf and has his own family. That's good.
Liu Lizheng turned around and went back to get the documents. Zhang Xiuer and Li Fugui still had sullen faces, as if their boss was unwilling.
Baoya looked at the two of them and said bluntly, "Aunt Zhang, please apologize to Sister Mengru!"
Zhang Xiuer was almost heartbroken when she was called "Auntie". She was only two years older than Feng Mengru and hadn't even given birth to a child yet!
Why is it that when Baoya calls Feng Mengru she's sister, but when she calls her sister she's aunt?!
She wanted to roll her eyes at Baoya in annoyance, but was glared at by Yun Chenglu, Yun Hua and Yun Yue together.
"Hmph!" Baoya put her hands on her round waist and said with a stern face, "Hurry up and apologize! We're all watching!"
"I'm sorry." Zhang Xiuer said to Feng Mengru in a very casual manner.
"Why are you like this!" Seeing her fooling around, Baoya puffed up her cheeks in anger.
Suddenly, she heard her grandmother's voice behind her:
"Zhang Xiu'er, we're settling this privately. If you're going to treat Meng Ru this way, why don't we go to the authorities? The evidence is all there, so we can talk it out properly then."
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