Hearing Zhuang Qiang's impatient voice, Chen Guihua couldn't stand it anymore and kicked Zhuang Qiang: "What are you talking about!"
Zhuang Qiang winked at Chen Guihua, signaling that continuing to make a fuss wasn't going to work. He would handle the rest of the matter. After living together for so many years, Chen Guihua understood Zhuang Qiang's intentions. She didn't bother to argue with him any further. She was counting on Zhuang Sheng to return! If he did, there would be hope for their children, Zhaodi and Laidi.
As for Liu Ruonan, she was just a woman. At home, who didn't have the final say? As the saying goes, if you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, you follow the dog. As long as Zhuang Sheng turned back, Liu Ruonan would be helpless.
At this point, Chen Guihua stopped talking and just stood quietly aside, with her arms folded across her chest, watching the situation unfold with an arrogant look.
Zhuang Qiang coughed twice, cleared his throat, walked in front of Zhuang Sheng, and looked at him with a hint of helplessness in his eyes.
Zhuang Sheng is 1.85 meters tall, while Zhuang Qiang is only 1.75 meters tall. The two of them standing together form a strong contrast.
Zhuang Qiang's back was a little bent, perhaps from the exhaustion of these years. Although he had never considered Zhuang Sheng, he had to consider Lai Di. Sooner or later, the boy would grow up and find a wife. In a few years, people might not even look down on their newly renovated house.
Rural families with sons have to work hard, earn money, and save money, so that when their sons get married and start their own families, they can buy them a new house.
"Zhuang Sheng!" Zhuang Qiang's tone slowed down, becoming much softer than when he first entered. "No matter what happened in the past, we are still father and son. It was your father who was confused back then. What about recently? It's not like I haven't thought about it. I was indeed wrong back then. But today? I'm here to apologize to you."
Zhuang Sheng just stared at Zhuang Qiang quietly. It was undeniable that when Zhuang Qiang softened and spoke to him, Zhuang Sheng's heart was deeply hurt. After all, the person before him was his only closest blood relative in the world.
"If I had known this would happen, why did I do it in the first place?" Zhuang Sheng frowned slightly, trying his best to hide his emotions.
"Yes, yes, yes." Zhuang Qiang nodded repeatedly and took out a piece of paper from his pocket. It was the contract he had signed with Zhuang Sheng. He stood in front of Zhuang Sheng and tore the contract into pieces. Then he looked up and said to Zhuang Sheng:
"This contract is void from today onwards. It has no validity. Let's get back together!"
"That's so easy to say!" Liu Ruonan helped Zhuang Sheng stand up. Looking at Zhuang Sheng's expression, she knew that he must be a little shaken.
"You were the one who kicked me out, and you were the one who signed the agreement to sever the father-son relationship! Now, you've torn up the contract and unilaterally invalidated it. Did you even ask for the opinions of the parties involved?"
"Why are you everywhere?" Zhuang Qiang blamed. He knew Zhuang Sheng's character best. Although he was decisive and ruthless on the battlefield, he was the softest-hearted when it came to family affection.
Zhuang Qiang knew that Zhuang Sheng's greatest longing, from childhood to adulthood, was for his father's love. Perhaps because his mother had died young, he placed all the emotional needs he lacked in his life on Zhuang Qiang.
However, Zhuang Qiang couldn't give him these. From the moment he married Chen Guihua, he knew that although Zhuang Sheng and his wife were family on the surface, in fact, Zhuang Qiang and his wife had already excluded him.
If Zhuang Sheng had not joined the army early, had an income, and sent money home without leaving a penny, the matter of severing the father-son relationship might have been put on the agenda long ago.
"Zhuang Sheng, I know you blame me, and I blame you too! Doesn't the old saying go like this? Who in this world is without fault? And the old saying also goes, 'It's a great honor to admit one's mistakes and then correct them, isn't it?' I'm the old man, you're the young one. I know I was wrong, and I admit it. In front of so many people, please give me some face."
Zhuang Qiang was indeed a little embarrassed and couldn't help but blame his neighbors in his heart. These neighbors were also strange. They would come as soon as they heard about any big or small event. There was no good show that they could not miss.
Zhuang Sheng just looked at Zhuang Qiang, speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say! How could he bear to see an old man being so humble in front of him?
Chen Guihua watched Zhuang Sheng from the side. His face underwent very subtle changes, and Chen Guihua was very sharp-eyed and captured these changes. She didn't expect that Zhuang Qiang, who looked quite rough on weekdays, could be quite resourceful when it came to real things.
They say that no one knows a son better than his father, and it seems this is absolutely true. Zhuang Qiang knew how to hit Zhuang Sheng's softest spot.
Liu Ruonan was about to say something when Zhuang Qiang spoke first. He said to Liu Ruonan:
"I know you're doing this to support Zhuang Sheng. But father and son are still father and son, and the blood relationship is real. You were a pitiful person in the past, but now that you've married Zhuang Sheng, we're a family. Whatever grudges we had in the past, let's write them off today and get along well as a family from now on. What do you think?"
Zhuang Qiang lowered his attitude and gave in in front of Liu Ruonan.
A sneer of disdain appeared on Liu Ruonan's lips. This Zhuang Qiang really knew how to poke people in the heart. But, Zhuang Sheng fell for it. What should he do? Perhaps Zhuang Qiang had coaxed Zhuang Sheng back in this way in his previous life?
"Brother Zhuang Sheng, what do you mean?" Liu Ruonan did not respond to Zhuang Qiang, but turned to look at Zhuang Sheng and asked.
Zhuang Sheng just looked at Liu Ruonan tenderly. At this moment, his heart was actually tangled. After a while, he slowly said, "Let me think about it."
Perhaps Zhuang Sheng felt that Zhuang Qiang's confession before him, in front of so many people, was a sign of sincerity? How could Zhuang Sheng not understand that Zhuang Qiang was simply regretting his actions because he saw how well he was doing now? Where was the sincerity in his heart?
But he longed for a home too much.
This family was different from the one Liu Ruonan had formed. It was a family with both parents.
Although he would never have his mother again in this life, his father was still alive and well in this world. Life is short, how hard would it be to live if he kept dwelling on these so-called grudges and hatreds?
"Okay, you can consider it!" Liu Ruonan said firmly, "But I absolutely disagree."
Chen Guihua was originally delighted when Zhuang Sheng said he'd consider it. But why did Liu Ruonan, this troublemaker, suddenly come and interfere at this moment? It was truly disgusting.
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