Sadness welled up in Qi Zhijun's eyes as she spoke with difficulty, "What do you mean? You think I sent her?"
Zhao Dahu shook his head and said, "You're the only man in the Qi family. No matter what, I'll definitely come to you if anything happens, not the women in the house. You should also tell them to give up on that idea; Aiguo won't acknowledge you. The second thing..." As he spoke, he took out 30 yuan from his pocket and handed it over. Qi Zhijun's face turned red, and his lips trembled as he asked, "What do you mean?"
Zhao Dahu said softly, "Your brainless niece got tricked by Aiguo and became a sucker, buying things worth more than 20 yuan. I put the receipt in there to make it a full 30 yuan for you. This is the last time. If you cause trouble again, I, Zhao Dahu, am not someone to be trifled with!"
Upon hearing this, Qi Zhijun felt dizzy and her vision blurred. She didn't reach for the money. After a while, she said, "She deserved to be tricked. You should go back! I'll go back and keep them in check!"
Zhao Dahu firmly said, "Take the money back! After all, it's not a small amount for you."
Qi Zhijun angrily said, "Can't you give me any face? Let's go! From now on, we're strangers! We'll avoid each other when we meet!" Zhao Dahu nonchalantly took back the money and rode away on his bicycle.
Qi Zhijun watched Zhao Dahu leave, angrily swept the broom a few times, threw it hard on the ground, took leave and rushed home. Seeing that Wang Dong's door was locked, he went to his own side room.
At the door, Qi's mother's low voice could be heard saying, "You too, to let a child scheme against you. Today I'll go with you, I'll risk my old face, I'll even kneel down and beg, I'll get you a chance!"
Wang Fang said resentfully, "Grandma, that Aiguo is so glib now, like a rascal, he's not serious at all. Zhao Dahu is no better."
Mother Qi chuckled softly and said, "What good can come from a family of such low social standing?"
"Mom!" A loud shout startled the two guards. Looking outside, they saw Qi Zhijun with wide, frog-like eyes, panting heavily, his fists clenched, looking like he wanted to eat someone alive.
Wang Fang immediately panicked and became restless. Qi's mother raised her head high, reached out to comfort Wang Fang, and looked at Qi Zhijun.
"What exactly are you trying to do? Can't you just live a peaceful life? Why do you have to scheme against others, especially your patriotism! How can you be so calm and composed when you're scheming like this? Don't you feel a single bit ashamed?" Looking at Qi's mother's pretentious aloofness, Qi Zhijun felt nauseous and wanted to vomit. He turned to look at Wang Fang, as if he saw Qi Zhifang as a child, but he felt no pity, only deep disgust.
"And you, you've already been sent to the countryside, why aren't you staying there properly? Why are you running back? You even tried to scheme against Zhao Dahu and Aiguo, don't you know your own limitations! You let a kid of ten or so outsmart you for a few dozen yuan, you really have the nerve to do that!" He couldn't bring himself to say anything more hurtful, he could only feel angry and his heart ached.
Mother Qi raised her voice slightly and said slowly, "Is this how you talk to your mother? I really have taught you well!"
"Aiguo is my grandson, that's beyond question. I want to take him back now. If they don't want to give him to me, is there a problem with giving me some compensation? Even when children are adopted in the past, the original parents' family should have received some benefits! Who else is like the Zhao family, inheriting your wife, children, and house! All the benefits still belong to them!"
Qi Zhijun was so enraged by these shameless words that he laughed until he went completely mad, bending over and laughing so hard that tears streamed down his face. He finally managed to stop laughing, wiping away his tears, and said, "Mom, people have to have face, trees have to have bark! You can't just lose your shame because you're old! What does patriotism have to do with you? Is it because you've always been biased and weaned him when he was only two months old? Or is it because you made him leave his biological father when he was just over a year old?"
Mo wiped his face a few times and said, "I have no right to talk to you. After all, I'm a fucking bastard. I'm the only one who harmed Wei Shuqing and her son. But let me tell you today, none of you can harm him. Don't use that as leverage against the Zhao family. Otherwise, if you anger the Zhao family, whether you go to the police station for education or go to a labor camp is not up to me. I can't save you!"
Seeing the disbelief on Qi's mother and Wang Fang's faces, he said, as if in retaliation, "Because there is no such person as Qi Aiguo in this world. I signed his death certificate long ago. Now there is only Zhao's child, Zhao Aiguo. He's from the Zhao family, you all understand now!" He then kicked the door hard, staring at Wang Fang and saying, "Zhao Dahu came to me today to give you a chance, and even gave me thirty yuan to give to you, but I didn't take it. Consider it a lesson learned! Keep your petty schemes to yourselves. I've already been blind and heartless enough to wrong them for you all. Now, if any of you hurt them again, don't blame me for turning my back on you!" He turned and left, heading to the educated youth office to report Wang Fang, a sent-down youth, and told her to go home immediately if there was nothing else to do. After explaining the situation, they quickly verified the information…
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