Chapter 272 The Han Family’s Endless Dispute
Just at this time, Section Chief Han returned home from get off work.
Seeing that Wang Dongsheng and his wife were invited to their home, Han Dixing greeted them warmly as if he had met his relatives.
"Uncle, aunt, you are here?"
Lin Xiuying nodded and smiled bitterly: "Last time when our Zonghao got married, you went to the village to have a drink, and we haven't said thank you in person yet."
"Yes, I really caused trouble for Section Chief Han that day."
Wang Dongsheng forced a smile on his dark and thin face. On the day of his youngest son's wedding, in order to force the bride's parents to give in and stop asking for an additional gift, Wang Zonghao had a sudden idea and asked Han Dixing to drive out of the village for a spin.
Afterwards, the Chen family's relatives finally agreed not to ask the Wang family for an additional dowry.
This matter was originally nothing for Han Dixing, but Wang Dongsheng, with the simple thinking of Zhuang Jiahan, believed that the Wang family's wedding this time was entirely due to Han Dixing's help at the critical moment, so that their youngest son could get married smoothly.
Therefore, the couple always remembered the kindness of Section Chief Han.
"Uncle, you are too polite. Zonghao is married now. Are the couple doing well?" Han Dixing placed the black handbag in his hand next to the single sofa and sat down to drink tea and chat with the elder.
Ever since returning from the wedding banquet in the village, Han Dixing has been busy with his work at the bank and has not been to the Armed Forces since.
Recently, because of Baoer's matter, he has been thinking about taking time to visit Wang Zonghao one day. After all, the two families are relatives. If the Wang family needs help, he is the only one among the three brothers of the Han family who works in his hometown county, so he will naturally do his best to help the Wang family.
Wang Dongsheng smiled honestly, "Zong Hao is still cooking in the canteen of the County Armed Forces Department, but my daughter-in-law is pregnant now..."
"Zonghao is going to be a father? This kid is the same age as me and is going to be a father, but I'm still single. I'll go to the Armed Forces to congratulate Zonghao someday." Han Dixing paused while drinking tea, his eyes behind the glasses showing a hint of surprise.
Grandma Han glanced at her third grandson unhappily. She didn't like her grandson being close to the Wang family.
After all, this is not a good match, and the Han family will not let the daughter of the Wang family step into the Han family's doorstep again.
While they were chatting, Director Han and his wife returned home from get off work at the hospital.
After the two sides met and exchanged greetings, Han's nanny had already cooked dinner and set the table. Dean Han invited the guests to move to the dining room, "Let's eat and chat."
At this moment, Wang Dongsheng and his wife already knew that they were invited to the Han family for dinner because of the matter of the two families' children.
Before President Han started talking, they didn't dare to ask anything.
During the meal, Grandma Han couldn't help but look at her son, "President Han! Since you have invited people to your home, why don't you say something?"
"Yes!" Dean Han nodded. Ever since he received a call from Han Suijing and learned that the child was truly a descendant of the Han family, he had been feeling extremely heavy. At this moment, facing a table full of delicious dishes, he had no appetite at all.
He stopped his chopsticks, turned to look at his wife, and then said in a low voice, "I specially invited you two to my house tonight because I want to discuss Han Suijing's affairs with you."
Wang Dongsheng held the chopsticks nervously, nodded, and dared not say more.
"Since you have also heard that Ziru and your Zhai family's son-in-law have divorced, I will not say more about this aspect, but the thorny issue facing our two families now is that the child is our Han family's flesh and blood."
Suddenly, Wang Dongsheng and Lin Xiuying were both shocked.
I was so scared that the chopsticks in my hand fell on the table.
"Originally, the in-law relationship between our two families was set in stone, but who knew that you would suddenly cancel the engagement five years ago?" Dean Han spread his hands and asked in a low, angry, and questioning voice, "It has been five years since the cancellation of the engagement, and we have already arranged a marriage for Han Suijing. Now your daughter comes to him and says that he has a child..."
Grandma Han took the opportunity to ask, "Since Ziru was pregnant, why did you, as parents, follow the child and make such an unwise decision?"
"If this happened five years ago, the Han family would have given you an explanation no matter what. But five years have passed and Han Suijing suddenly has an illegitimate child. Do you know what this means?"
Lin Xiuying had tears in her eyes. No matter how uneducated she was, she could feel the cold attitude from the Han family.
She lowered her head, raised her hand to wipe away her tears, and choked up, "This is all our fault, grandma. If you want to blame someone, blame us for not educating our daughter well..."
Wang Dongsheng sat on the chair, neither refutating nor responding, with a sincere attitude, which was regarded as tacit approval by the Han family.
"What's the point of blaming you?" Grandma Han tapped the edge of the table with her chopsticks. Her usual friendly expression was gone, replaced by a stern one: "Now Ziru wants to marry Han Suijing with this child as an excuse. As parents, you can't just ignore this matter, right?"
"Grandma..." Lin Xiuying burst into tears and kept wiping her tears, "I'm sorry, it's all because we didn't educate our child well. How can we marry Han Suijing again?"
Han Dixing, who was sitting next to his grandmother, saw that the atmosphere was becoming increasingly tense, and asked, "Grandma! My second brother's marriage report has been printed, and if it's fast, it can be delivered to the capital tomorrow morning. What are you doing?"
Qing Junmian looked at the serious-looking family members and sighed, "You all know what Second Brother meant. He finally met Sister Ziru again, and they have to get married this time. Besides, Baoer also needs a complete family."
"Chief Han!"
Grandma Han said in a cold voice, "If you can't speak, then don't say anything. It's not like Zi Ru can get married just because she wants to. You know, your second brother is a soldier, and the fact that he has an illegitimate child is a serious behavior problem. If the higher-ups investigate, all his hard work over the years will go down the drain."
"Do you want to see your second brother being punished by the army and have it on file for the rest of his life?"
"Grandma! Second brother will take care of this matter. Even if anything happens, eldest brother will come forward to help him."
Dean Han raised his head, pushed up his glasses, and said in an ambiguous tone, "Chief Han, please stop talking. You can see that your eldest brother, Han Tingzhang, has become the top defense commander in Beijing at the age of 26. If your second brother maintains his current development momentum, he will also be able to achieve the same success in two years."
"But, as long as the army finds out that he has an illegitimate child, he will never be able to move up in his career no matter how hard he tries. Do you think he will accept this?"
President Han threw the question to the third brother with a loud bang, stern and ruthless manner.
After a pause, seeing that the third child was speechless, Dean Han leaned back on the chair and sighed, "I have already asked for leave from the hospital. Tomorrow morning, your mother and I will go to Kun District to deal with this matter in person."
"But tonight,"
He placed his hands on the table and said to Wang Dongsheng as a patriarch: "Dongsheng, I understand your feelings, but you don't know Han Suijing's current military position."
"He only needs to move up one more step to become the top leader like Han Tingzhang."
"So we as parents have no other choice. What I mean is that the Han family will recognize the child and give the child to the Han family for upbringing, but we will give Ziru a sum of money to compensate her for her efforts over the years."
Grandma Han looked at Lin Xiuying who was crying and said, "You are not crying anymore, and we didn't bully your daughter, right? You should have told us about Bo-ah's existence right away. Since you didn't tell us then, there is no need to discuss it now."
"Han Suijing and Ziru, don't mention marriage anymore. We have already arranged a marriage for Han Suijing there. The girl may have heard about it now, so Dean Han and his wife have to go there and explain it to the girl's parents in person..."
Wang Dongsheng had never felt so embarrassed as he did today. He couldn't raise his head, and it felt very uncomfortable to be pinned to the ground and slapped in the face.
They were country people, sure, but the Wang family had never thought of using their children's marriages to curry favor with the Han family.
His face was stiff, and he nodded, "This is all our fault. Everything is up to Dean Han..."
"Han Suijing is a man of the Han family, loyal and honest, and he doesn't want to let them down! So, Han Suijing's attitude is very tough now. You also heard Chief Han say that he has already reported his marriage to the troops."
After a pause, Dean Han said in a more stern tone, "I hope you can do a good job of convincing your daughter to let go! She is still young and will definitely remarry. On the premise of not taking the child away, we will give her the necessary compensation, in addition to marrying Han Suijing."
Section Chief Han tugged at the tie around his neck and said, "Dad! Aren't you breaking them up again?"
"You have to say more?! If this matter is left to you, we won't bother to care, but your second brother has a special status, and no ordinary woman can match him. Besides, Ziru married someone else and got divorced, and now she wants to marry your second brother again. Even if Han Suijing agrees to this, we will never agree. Don't you understand this?"
As soon as Han Dixing opened his mouth, he was severely reprimanded by his father and could only sit there and worry.
After a while, he looked at the people at the table who were in a stalemate and said, "Second Brother has had a hard time in the past few years. Now that he has met Sister Ziru again, it is a great happiness for him. Why do you have to do things so cruelly?"
"Han Dixing! Get out of here!" Dean Han pointed at the third brother and scolded.
Grandma Han sighed, "No matter how bad Han Suijing's life has been in the past few years, he has come here. This shows that he and Ziru have separated because their fate has ended. Forget it, let's not talk about these irrelevant things. Chief Han, go call your second brother. They may be waiting for our call."
At that time, the troops’ family compound.
Han Suijing took his mother and daughter to a hotel for a simple dinner, and then took them back to their home in the military compound.
At this moment, he was sitting in the study, waiting for a call from home.
Downstairs in the living room, the TV was playing a news program, and Baoer and her mother were watching it with great interest.
He walked to the staircase and glanced towards the living room. He then heard the phone in the study ring. He quickly turned around and walked into the study and answered the phone: "Han Dixing? It's very lively at home tonight, right?"
"Yeah, it's quite noisy! Second brother, you have to be prepared. After discussion, the adults have decided to keep the child and give Sister Ziru some extra money." Han Dixing held the phone and lowered his voice to inform his second brother.
"What do you mean by keeping the child and giving her some money?" Han Suijing's eyes rose suddenly, like a sharp blade cutting through the air, with a sharp and firm determination, "Is this something they can decide? Is it grandma's idea or my parents'?"