Marriage in the 1980s 8
Upon arriving at the Zhao family mansion, Zhao Xiuning first took them to meet Old Lady Zhao. After a few words, Zhao Xiuning couldn't wait to go to the west courtyard to see what was going on. Cheng Wei, worried that he might overdo it and cause trouble, didn't want him to be known for pissing off his own father, so she followed him. Tao Yuan also wanted to see what was happening, so she signaled to Cheng Sheng to take her there.
As soon as you walk through the door of the main hall in the west courtyard, you can feel the unusual atmosphere inside. Zhao Haoyu's grandparents and parents are all there, as are Ke Yi's parents, brothers and sisters-in-law. Ke Yi is kneeling on the ground sobbing, and the man is standing aside holding the child and looking at him, while Zhao Haoyu is sitting on the sofa with a tired and haggard look on his face.
"Oh, it's so lively! Everyone's here!" Zhao Xiuning said loudly as he walked in, "Grandpa, I heard you became a great-grandfather, so I came to congratulate you. This is my gift to you. Congratulations on having a great-grandson! Congratulations, congratulations!"
Old Master Zhao glared at Zhao Xiuning fiercely, then turned his face away.
Everyone's eyes turned to Zhao Xiuning. Zhao Jianan and his wife's already grim expressions darkened even more when they heard Zhao Xiuning's voice. Just as Zhao Xiuning hated Old Master Zhao and the second wife, Old Master Zhao and the second wife hated him. The two sides were a raging, unreconciled rift, their hatred raging. Zhao Xiuning had clearly come to laugh at them, yet they couldn't even fight back, leaving them feeling even more angry and embarrassed.
Tao Yuan and Cheng Sheng did not go in, but just stood at the corner of the door outside the hall and watched. There was no need for them to do anything, they just needed to appreciate the ugly faces of those people.
"Why do you all look so unhappy? This is a happy occasion!" After putting down his things, Zhao Xiuning walked over to Zhao Jianan and said, "Third brother, you're already a grandfather, why don't you set up a few tables to celebrate? Your Zhao Haoyu has been married for less than half a year and already has a one-year-old son. I'm so envious! Now that you have a grandson, it will be easier for you to fight for property in the future. You should be happier!"
Zhao Xiuning has an older sister, so Zhao Jianning is the third child in the Zhao family.
"This is our second house's family affair. It's none of your turn to comment. After you've seen the joke, you can get out!" Zhao Jianan said with a gloomy face.
"Look at what you said. I'm really happy for you!" Zhao Xuning pretended to be sad and patted his chest, then shook his head and said, "It's really like a dog biting Lu Dongbin and not knowing a kind heart. I bought this gift specifically to congratulate your second branch and old man. Just talk about such a big happy event. Who else can have such a big event? It's just that your second branch and old man are so immoral... Ah, it was a slip of the tongue, a slip of the tongue. What I meant was that your second branch and old man did so many good things that moved the heavens, so God gave you a cheap grandson."
The Ke family's faces became more and more ugly because of Zhao Xiuning's words, but after all, they were in the wrong, so it was not easy to say anything at this time.
"Get out of here!" Old Master Zhao threw the teacup at Zhao Xiuning with all his strength, but Zhao Xiuning, who had practiced martial arts since childhood, dodged it easily.
"Look at you, you're so old and still so easily angered. If you faint from anger, wouldn't that be... wouldn't that be the fault of the Third Brother and Zhao Haoyu?" Zhao Xiuning said as if he suddenly remembered something. "Oh, there's one more thing I almost forgot to tell you. This thing may not be a good thing for you, but for our Cheng family, it's a great joy!"
"So, do you want to know?" Zhao Xuning said mysteriously with a smile on his face.
"Not interested!" Zhao Jianan said coldly.
"I'm a person who enjoys sharing. If you don't want to listen, just pretend you didn't hear it after I tell you." Zhao Xuning cleared his throat and said seriously, "I'm going to be a grandfather soon, and our Xiao Ling is almost three months pregnant. Let's all be happy together."
Everyone else in the hall was stunned, and then everyone's eyes turned to Tao Yuan who was standing at the door.
Ke Yi, whose eyes were swollen from crying, turned to look at Tao Yuan. After marrying Zhao Haoyu, he had been eager to have a child. He had never expected Tao Yuan, who married after him, to get pregnant first. He knew that if Tao Yuan got pregnant first, the Zhao family would regret letting him marry Zhao Haoyu even more.
Seeing that they were all looking at him, Tao Yuan turned around and looked at Cheng Sheng. Cheng Sheng immediately used his eyes to comfort him, telling him not to care about those people's gazes.
"Third brother, after all, I'm still not as good as you. Look, your grandson is already one year old, but I don't even know if he or she is a grandson or a granddaughter. However, no matter whether it is a grandson or a granddaughter, they are all the blood of our Cheng family, and they are the flesh and blood of our Cheng Sheng. I am equally happy in my heart." Zhao Xuning's face was full of smiles that he couldn't hide.
Zhao Jianan and Zhao Haoyu, father and son, were so angry that their chests ached, their fists clenched tightly. Old Master Zhao, on the other hand, was overcome with mixed emotions, but despite his complexities, he wasn't happy at all, and was mostly angry. Zhang Shufen and Li Qin, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, were also shaking with rage, looking like they were on the verge of tears. If they hadn't wanted to embarrass themselves in front of Zhao Xiuning, they would have burst into tears long ago.
"Xiuning!"
"Hey! Mom, I'm here!" Zhao Xuning immediately responded loudly.
"Didn't you say you would pick me up and take me to the hot spring villa? I have asked someone to pack my things, why are you still dawdling?!" Old Mrs. Zhao asked loudly while standing outside. She also specially chose the time to call people.
"Okay, let's go right away!" Zhao Xiuning said, turning to them and saying, "I won't disturb your family's joy. Congratulations again on the birth of your baby. If you plan to have a banquet to celebrate, I will definitely give you a gift. By the way."
Zhao Xiuning took Cheng Wei's hand and strode out. When they reached Old Lady Zhao, they stopped and helped her walk out slowly. Tao Yuan and Cheng Sheng followed slowly behind.
After Tao Yuan and the others had all left, Zhang Shufen slammed her hands on the table and cried, "What a sin! How can our family face others in the future?!"
Li Qin was so angry that tears kept falling. She pointed at Ke Yi and angrily asked, "What has our family done to you that you would want to trick us like this? Now our family has become the laughing stock of the whole city, and you are satisfied?!"
"No, I really didn't mean it!" Ke Yi explained while crying, "I really thought I had a terminal illness, so I left. I came back because I love Brother Haoyu too much and I don't want to be separated from him for the rest of my life."
"Then why didn't you tell us that you already had a child with someone else? Why did you hide it from us?!" Li Qin continued to question.
"I really didn't mean to hide it from you. I was worried that you would disagree with my marriage to Brother Haoyu after you knew it, so..." Ke Yi cried breathlessly. He knelt in front of Zhao Haoyu, tightly grasped his hand and begged, "Brother Haoyu, I really love you. Please forgive me. I will give birth to many children for you in the future. Please forgive me, okay?"
Zhao Haoyu was so deeply shocked that he felt extremely conflicted. He looked at Ke Yi without saying a word.
"Ayi, have you forgotten our vows? We agreed to be together for the rest of our lives. We even have a child. Don't you want to keep the child?" Jiang Ming's face was also full of fatigue, but he still wanted to try to win back Ke Yi's heart.
"Shut up!" Ke Yi looked back at him and said loudly, "I have never made any vows to you, and I have never loved you at all. I only had a child with you because I thought I didn't have much time left and didn't want to leave this world without leaving anything behind! Why are you here? Why are you trying to destroy my marriage and happiness?!"
Jiang Ming looked at Ke Yi in disbelief. He didn't expect Ke Yi to say such words. He opened his mouth, with countless words in his heart that he wanted to say to keep her, but now he couldn't say a single word.
The Ke family, who had been silent all this time, had to speak up at this time. Ke Yi's mother said, "The child is too young and will always make mistakes. He is still a good child if he can admit his mistakes and correct them. For the sake of the relationship between our two families and for the sake of my old reputation, please forgive him this time and give him another chance."
"That's easy for you to say. Give him another chance?!" Li Qin glared at Ke Yi's mother and said, "Ke Yi has brought such a great loss of face to our family. Do we have to forgive him for your sake?! If he hadn't said those words at the wedding, it would be Xiao Ling who would be marrying our Haoyu now. Xiao Ling not only has a good family background, but he is also a clean person! If we had known that your Ke Yi even had a child, how could we have canceled the marriage with the Xiao family and married a second-hand person?!"
Li Qin's words were so harsh that the Ke family felt very uncomfortable, but they could only bear it and let the Zhao family vent their anger first before talking about what happened next.
"In this matter, it is indeed Ke Yi who made a mistake. It is our Ke family who is in the wrong. We are willing to compensate you. If it really comes to the point of divorce, it will only make outsiders laugh at us. We will take this child away to raise him and will never let him appear in front of you again." Ke Yi's father said in a deep voice.
The Zhao family was now in a difficult position. If they really divorced and looked for another, Zhao Haoyu would be married for the third time. Moreover, after the previous broken engagement with the Xiao family, coupled with this incident, no good family would be willing to marry their child into their family and be criticized along with them. Finding a family with a strong family background like the Xiao and Ke families was even more impossible. If they were willing to marry a child into a small family that only cared about money, it would be too unfair to Zhao Haoyu.
Moreover, they had already fallen out with the Xiao family. If they stopped dealing with the Ke family, it would have a huge impact on their business. So divorce was impossible. They could only swallow their anger. However, it would be difficult for them to be nice to Ke Yi in the future.
As long as Ke Yi could avoid divorce, he would accept some of the humiliation. He had done something wrong, and all this was what he deserved. He thought that time would smooth everything out, and once he had a few more children, the Zhao family would naturally stop caring about his past.
However, what he didn't know was that he would never be able to have children with Zhao Haoyu in this life because Zhao Yu had a health problem and could not have children.
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