Chapter 279: Brothers at odds 2 What brothers, what siblings, one penny...
Cao Guangyi was scared to death. If this matter were to be made public, it would have a very bad impact on Yao Taotao. And given that woman's temper, she would definitely break up with him.
He didn't want to break up, and he couldn't have children. Even if Yao Taotao helped him keep it a secret and found another woman to live with, he wouldn't be willing to do that. No one was as good as Yao Taotao.
She is beautiful, capable, and can make a lot of money. Although he doesn't know how much money she has, in short, this woman is perfect in his heart and no one can replace her.
He quickly spoke to the two teachers and asked them not to make it public.
These two people happen to be a couple. The husband is a Chinese teacher named Zhang Lixin. He is of medium build, has a round face, smiles all day long and is very friendly. The wife is a mathematics teacher named Nie Xue. Because she gave birth to three children in a row, she is extremely thin. Although she is serious and old-fashioned in class, she is also very nice and polite in private.
The couple agreed. Nie Xue even reminded them, "Keep your voices down. It's okay for you guys, but it's different for Teacher Yao."
"Yes, this job is hard-earned for her, so please don't ruin it for her." Zhang Lixin kindly added.
Everyone knows that Yao Taotao is from the countryside and got her job by reporting Qi Baozhu for reselling farm tools from Chengbei Primary School.
If she were to be taken advantage of by someone with ulterior motives, she would definitely be trampled upon, and Cao Guangyi would then be guilty of a serious crime.
Cao Guangyi quickly agreed, turned around and closed the door, and whispered a warning to Cao Guangyuan: "Just shut up! Don't hurt my Tao'er! I won't pay a penny to our mother when the time comes!"
"Then hurry up and find a woman to take care of your sister-in-law during her confinement. You will cover all the expenses!" Cao Guangyuan had the upper hand over him, and it would be a shame not to take advantage of it. So he simply took advantage of the situation to rob her. His own woman actually asked his brother to pay for her confinement care. It was simply unreasonable.
But Cao Guangyi had no choice but to agree with a gloomy face.
While Yao Taotao had not returned yet, he quickly rode his bike to Director Zhang's house to ask for a day off. The next day he would go to the countryside to find a relative's child to come over, preferably one who was diligent in his work, so as not to get paid without doing anything.
After taking leave, he saw that Yao Taotao had not come back yet, so he had to eat, take a shower, and lie down on the bed.
There are many books and magazines on the desk beside the bed, half of which are textbooks from the first grade of elementary school to the third grade of high school, and the other half are various magazines, classics, etc.
At the very edge there is a pile of manuscripts that were collected and discarded.
As for the drawer of the desk, it was locked. Yao Taotao's passbook and diary were inside. She didn't let him look at them, and he didn't really touch them.
It's not that he didn't want to, but he didn't dare, or he didn't succeed. In fact, he tried to pry the lock with wire, thinking that he could take a peek and then put the money back, so that he could at least know how much money she had. But as soon as he poked the wire in that day, Yao Taotao came back.
He felt a little itchy again today because he couldn't wait for anyone to come back.
He took out the wire that he had used several times from under the bed and was about to pry the lock when he heard Yao Taotao's voice.
Nie Xue from next door called her, "Teacher Yao, my sweet girl has finished writing the manuscript. Can you come and help me take a look?"
Yao Taotao thought it was a magazine submission, so she went straight in without hesitation.
After closing the door, Nie Xue whispered, "Teacher Yao, have you divorced Cao Guangyi? He and his brother had a very loud argument today. You'd better deal with it as soon as possible, otherwise you might lose your job if there's a quarrel later."
What? Yao Taotao was startled: "Did Cao Guangyuan say that?"
"Yes, Cao Guangyi pleaded with my husband and me, asking us not to make it public, and we agreed. But we wanted to tell you about it. After all, the woman is at a disadvantage in this matter. Let's break up quickly to avoid any more trouble." Nie Xue liked Yao Taotao very much. She felt that Yao Taotao was the kind of trumpet creeper that grows on cliffs. No matter how difficult the environment is, it will do its best to bloom beautiful flowers.
She admired Yao Taotao very much and didn't want to see her fall into a passive position and ruin her future.
Yao Taotao understood: "Thank you, Teacher Nie. I'll go back and deal with it right away. I'll look at the child's manuscript tomorrow."
"There's no such thing as a manuscript. I just made it up." Nie Xue didn't like to laugh, but it was a rare occasion when she gave Yao Taotao an encouraging smile.
They say it is better to destroy ten bridges than to ruin a marriage, but since this couple has divorced, it doesn’t matter whether they are married or not. It is more important to protect Teacher Yao.
Yao Taotao was very grateful and borrowed paper and pen from Nie Xue. She wrote an anonymous letter of complaint with distorted handwriting with her left hand and signed it to Cao Guangyuan.
She warned, "Teacher Nie, I came here today just to look at the manuscript. You didn't tell me anything else."
Nie Xue understood that this was to get the couple out of the way so that Cao Guangyi would not resent and retaliate against them.
She raised her voice and scolded the man and the child: "Zhang Lixin, you are a Chinese teacher, how can you be so ashamed? After giving guidance for a long time, the child's manuscript still can't pass."
Zhang Lixin immediately cooperated: "Okay, okay, it's me who's behind the times. I'll study the magazine's style a little more, okay? Don't worry."
Amid the noise, Yao Taotao spoke to comfort them, "Don't worry, teachers. Tiantian's manuscript has improved a lot compared to last time. Keep up the good work and you'll succeed."
"Then I'd like to ask Teacher Yao to take some time to come and give me some advice." Nie Xue opened the door, and after Yao Taotao went out, she criticized Zhang Lixin a few more times. Zhang Lixin held back his laughter and pretended to be a grandson, which was very funny and made the three children in the family laugh.
After Yao Taotao returned and closed the door, she habitually glanced at the lock on the drawer first.
She didn't say anything when she found signs of prying. This wasn't the first time. Every time she pretended not to notice because she was testing Cao Guangyi.
If Cao Guangyi successfully opened the drawer and saw the huge deposit in her passbook, it would be impossible for him not to be tempted.
Today, she said deliberately as usual, "It's time to pay the gift money again. You said we're divorced, so I don't have to pay for your eldest brother's daughter, right?"
Cao Guangyi failed to successfully pick the lock at all. There was nothing he could do. Yao Taotao came back and he was under a lot of pressure. His hand trembled and he pricked his finger.
He didn't know how long Yao Taotao would stay next door, so he had to hide the tools he had used in the crime, wash his hands, suck the blood clean, and pretend nothing had happened.
At this moment, Yao Taotao was lamenting about spending money again. He tried to please her, as usual, and said, "It's okay, I'll pay for it, and it's under your name."
That's because he didn't see the passbook, otherwise he wouldn't be so happy. He is very petty. But Yao Taotao thought that this was not a solution, so she decided to deposit the things with her elder sister.
She knew what kind of person her elder sister was, so she was not afraid of her elder sister thinking about it. Besides, even if her elder sister really needed money, she would tell her openly and would not do these little tricks.
In short, her fate with Cao Guangyi ended here.
She unlocked the door in front of Cao Guangyi and took out two thousand yuan in cash that she had prepared long ago. "This was when we were getting divorced. You asked me to keep it to show your sincerity. After all these years, your money is still here, not a penny less. Count it."
Cao Guangyi had a bad feeling in his heart. He looked at Yao Taotao nervously: "Why are you giving me this for no reason?"
"Let me show you how sincere you are." Yao Taotao often taught those troublemakers a lesson at school, so she had some experience in manipulating people's hearts.
Don't you, Cao Guangyi, really care about me? I'll give you a compliment first, but you won't be able to take it off later.
Cao Guangyi didn't know what she meant, so he could only put on a smile: "Tao'er, don't you know how sincere I am to you? I, Cao Guangyi, didn't behave like a human being before, and it's all because of your generosity that you let bygones be bygones. Otherwise, how would I have survived these past few years? You can take this money, just consider it my compensation to you."
"Cao Guangyi, you really love me so much. I'm so touched." Yao Taotao looked at the man affectionately. She pushed the money he pushed towards her back, "But I can't take this money. Your mother is in poor health and has many expenses. Your eldest brother has Ma Xiangqin's influence, so he's bound to make things difficult for you. It's easier for you to deal with it if you have some money on you. As for me, I have a job and I won't starve to death."
"But..." Cao Guangyi still had a bad feeling, and he asked tentatively, "But as a couple, why should we be so clear about the difference?"
"Who are you and your partner?" Yao Taotao pulled out the anonymous letter of accusation. "Do you know why I only came back now?"
"Is the child sick?" Cao Guangyi couldn't think of any other possibility, and he didn't know that Yao Taotao had actually gone to help Duan Cheng take care of his mother.
Duan Cheng had a teaching meeting today and was too busy to handle it. Yao Taotao happened to have nothing to do after get off work, so she went to lend a hand.
But she didn't want to tell Cao Guangyi. This man was narrow-minded and it would be bad if he misunderstood Duan Cheng.
Cao Guangyuan happened to be causing trouble, so she could deflect the blame. She directly threw the anonymous letter at Cao Guangyi: "Take a good look at this. Your brother has been trying to break you and me up for a while. The principal gave me this letter. I have until dawn to deal with it, or I will be expelled for improper conduct."
As she spoke, Yao Taotao reached out and touched the man's cheek, looking reluctant to leave.
Cao Guangyi had just been threatened by Cao Guangyuan in person, so he believed it and opened it without hesitation. After reading it, he was furious. He trembled all over and asked, "What should we do? How about we remarry?"
Yao Taotao's eyelids twitched with anger, but she managed to keep her composure and said, "Do you think it's possible? Your brother is doing this simply because he can't bear to see you suffer. If you marry me, he'll be even more jealous. We can only separate for a while until your brother calms down."
"But..." Although Cao Guangyi knew that he couldn't have children, so he and Yao Taotao probably wouldn't be together forever, he never expected that the good days would be so short.
He still wanted to delay it for a while longer. He was trying hard to take Chinese medicine to recuperate. What if? What if he could be like a normal man?
He held Yao Taotao's hand, anxiously crying: "But I can't bear to let you go."
"It seems that your sincerity towards me is also unreliable. Do you want to see me lose my job and only be happy when I have to revolve around you? Cao Guangyi, you have such a cruel heart. It turns out that you have been lying to me all along. It was clearly you who promised that I can break up anytime I want. Otherwise, I would never let you into my house." Yao Taotao had guessed long ago that this man would never change his bad habits and still hoped that one day he could regain his fertility.
She didn't even think about the fact that at this point, nothing could be more important than her job. She could only use Cao Guangyi's own words to shut him up.
Cao Guangyi was speechless. He looked at the woman in front of him silently and clenched his fists.
It wasn't until one in the morning that he finally convinced himself: "Okay, let's break up. I know you're ambitious, and if I make you lose your job, there's no hope for us. But remember, this is just a breakup, not a lifelong separation. If you want that... you can secretly ask me to go to the guesthouse, or..."
Yao Taotao breathed a sigh of relief. It was best if they could separate without any quarrels or noise.
She pretended to be reluctant to leave, hugged the man, and gave him tenderness for the last time.
At dawn, Cao Guangyi, who had not slept all night, began to pack up his things and went back to his brother before daybreak.
However, the house he originally rented was already occupied, so he could only rent the room that Ye Zheng had rented for a short period of time.
After everything was packed up, he kicked open the door of Cao Guangyuan's house. He was determined to teach this beast a lesson today!
What brothers, what siblings, in his brother's heart, they are worthless!
In that case, don't blame him for being rude!
He went straight to the public kitchen and found a handful of dried chilies, chopped them up, fried them in oil, then filled a bucket of water and stirred it until it became a bucket of choking chili water. He then poured it over Cao Guangyuan's head as he had just gotten up.
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