Chapter 412: Two Brothers-in-law Meet 2 If it doesn’t work, you can…
The best way to avoid conflict is to change the subject or separate the conflicting parties.
Yao Zhizhi took the second approach. She did this because she naturally didn't want to see her two brothers-in-law fighting.
However, Yang Shuming is a man with a strong sense of self-esteem. As a professional criminal policeman who has been fighting life and death on the front line for twenty years, he will never back down.
Especially when it comes to his wife, he is even less likely to show weakness.
He let go of Yao Zhizhi and said calmly, "Here's the key. Open the door yourself."
Seeing that he refused to leave, Yao Zhizhi had no choice but to look at Qi Changxiao and ask him to think of a solution.
Qi Changxiao understood. He took the umbrella from Yang Shuming, walked into the rain, and came to the front of the car. He calmly looked at this man who had a superior appearance but a dirty mind, and asked, "What do you want?"
Ye Jingtian had never met Qi Changxiao, but he knew Yao Zhizhi, and with a little guess he knew who the man in front of him was.
He doesn't want to offend the descendants of the martyrs, but rather the Buddha.
He said politely, "Chaoying and Chaomei's grandfather is dying, and I'm here to take them back to see him one last time. Yao Weihua won't let me go find the children's mother, so I came to ask Deputy Director Yang for some leniency."
Qi Changxiao suddenly realized why. This was the reason. He really couldn't get involved in such matters. He said politely, "Wait a moment, then. I'll ask my brother-in-law. By the way, the children won't be called Chao Ying and Ying Mei anymore. They'll be called Guan Ying and Guang Mei. The younger ones in the family aren't very familiar with the affairs of their elders, so for the children's sake, you should stop calling them by their old names."
Ye Jingtian was unhappy and wanted to refute, but when the words came to his lips, he caught a glimpse of Yao Zhizhi with a frosty face from the corner of his eye, so he could only respond: "Okay, I'll try my best."
Qi Changxiao turned around and returned to Yang Shuming, acting as a qualified messenger.
Yang Shuming couldn't act on his own, he had to ask Yao Miaomiao what she thought.
After a couple divorces, no matter which party the child lives with, the other party has visitation rights, but this does not include the child's grandparents.
To put it bluntly, the Marriage Law only recognizes the family unit formed by two generations of direct blood relatives: parents and children.
So this is purely a matter of human relations and has nothing to do with legal provisions.
Qi Changxiao came to the front of the car again with an umbrella. "We have to wait for the second sister to give her a word. Where do you live? Leave your contact information. I'll get back to you after the second sister confirms it."
"According to you, as long as Yao Miaomiao doesn't agree, my dad won't be able to see the child for the last time?" Ye Jingtian had a bad temper to begin with, but he didn't yell at Qi Changxiao for the sake of the descendants of the martyrs. Now, his patience was almost exhausted.
His tone was obviously getting impatient. It was conceivable that if Qi Changxiao's answer still did not satisfy him, he might get angry.
However, before Qi Changxiao could speak, there was another person under the umbrella.
Yao Zhizhi rushed into the rain, hid under an umbrella, and stared at the man in the car window through the rain. She said bluntly, "Don't ask me questions when you already know the answer. The child has no obligation to visit their grandparents. Besides, you say he's critically ill? Do you have any evidence? What if you tricked the child away and hid him? Who would my sister ask for help?"
Ye Jingtian paused noticeably, his fingers tapping the steering wheel nervously. He laughed angrily, "Okay, sure, you think of me so shamelessly. Yao Miaomiao has always slandered me in front of you, right?"
"Do people like you need to be corrupted?" Yao Zhizhi sneered at him and asked bluntly, "There are so few quotas for purchasing domestic cars, and your father is almost dying. Where did you get one? Don't tell me it was allocated by the company. If it was allocated by the company, you'd be using the company car for personal purposes. If it wasn't, you probably wouldn't be able to get a quota, right? Tell me, what loophole did you exploit, what tricks did you pull?"
Ye Jingtian was stunned by the question. Okay, sure, Yao Miaomiao's younger sister is really sharp-tongued, just like Yao Miaomiao!
He was so angry that he turned the steering wheel and drove away without saying a word.
Less than half a minute after they left, Yao Weihua arrived. He stopped the car and ran hurriedly to the corridor outside the Public Security Bureau lobby to greet his long-lost relatives.
Yao Zhizhi was very excited when she saw her third brother who looked exhausted. She pulled him aside and asked him all sorts of questions, not caring about Ye Jingtian's interlude at all.
Yao Weihua smiled and patiently answered each question. After a while, he asked, "Has Mr. Ye been here? I was following him, but an old man fell into the rain while crossing the street, and I was delayed to take him to the hospital."
Yao Zhizhi suddenly realized, no wonder third brother was so anxious, no wonder third brother ran to the police station.
She comforted him, "He was here before, but it's okay. He wouldn't dare do anything rash. He might have gotten his car through some shady means. Come on, Third Brother, let me lend you my car. We'll talk about it when we get home."
"Let's go," Yao Weihua said with a smile. "This is a car I picked out especially for you. Take a look and see if you like it. Since you haven't graduated yet, let Mom drive the car first. When you graduate, I'll send you a new one. I guess it will have new features by then. Anyway, the style should be similar."
"I like it." Yao Zhizhi doesn't know much about cars. All the cars in the apocalypse were scrapped, and she hasn't touched many cars in this world. She only rode in one a few times when she went to Hong Kong to visit her third brother, so she is not picky.
Besides, this car was driven back from Hong Kong by my third brother with great effort, and he had to change boats halfway. The friendship that spanned half of China is more precious than anything else.
She wouldn't mind even if the style wasn't good, and what's more, this one is really fashionable.
She likes the streamlined design and shiny piano paint.
She smiled as she got in the car, looked around, and couldn't help asking, "Isn't this car expensive?"
"It's not expensive, just a drizzle." Yao Weihua is a big boss after all, and he is different now. He speaks in a bold manner.
On the way, he asked Yao Zhizhi and his wife why they were at the Public Security Bureau. He was quite happy to learn that the couple had just helped solve a case.
The only one who spoiled the mood was Ye Jingtian.
He was silent for a moment, but still prepared to talk to Yang Shuming, so he asked, "Brother-in-law, tell us the truth, do you get angry when you see someone with the surname Ye?"
"Yes." Yang Shuming has never been good at lying. He finally lied once in his life, saying that they were brother and sister, and almost lost his current wife. He didn't want to suffer the consequences of lying again.
So he simply admitted it.
Yao Weihua wasn't surprised, but the answer did make him worried. He asked, "Why are you angry?"
Yang Shuming, sitting in the passenger seat, was filled with indignation: "I don't mind him visiting the children, but for all these years, he hasn't once mentioned seeing them. During the holidays, I've never seen him buy anything for the two children and send it to them. He's not worthy of being their father. Now that the children's grandfather is dying, their family has finally remembered that they have these two children. How shameless."
Yao Weihua felt relieved, as long as his brother-in-law was not jealous of Ye Jingtian.
That kind of man is not worthy of being compared with Yang Shuming.
Therefore, as long as Yang Shuming does not fall into romantic thoughts on this point, this family will not be in chaos.
He smiled and jokingly said, "That's understandable. He's accomplished nothing and can't do anything right. He's such a grown-up and still needs his parents' protection just to make a living. He's simply a giant baby who hasn't been weaned. In front of you, he's not even worthy of carrying your shoes. Of course, he has no face to show up. But then again, brother-in-law, don't think about respecting my sister's wishes. You have to show your attitude. Just say you don't want to and you're unhappy. The child has been with you for so many years. Why should he wear mourning for someone else's elders?"
Yang Shuming naturally understood. He was just afraid that Yao Miaomiao would be unhappy. This woman has her own ideas!
If you make a decision without telling her, I'm sorry, she will definitely make a fuss; but if you put her first in everything, respect her, and give in to her, even if she is reluctant to do something, she may make a break for it and agree because of your attitude.
After all, the two have been married for almost ten years, so they still understand each other.
So Yang Shuming said, "Anyway, let's see what your sister thinks first. I'll tell her if she asks me."
Yao Weihua was helpless, okay, this is what it’s like to be henpecked.
The car stopped at the entrance of the alley. It was difficult to turn around, so we had to walk the rest of the way.
Fortunately, my second sister lives at the entrance of the alley, just a few steps away.
It was raining so hard that Yao Miaomiao was soaked all over when she came back from riding her bike. Even wearing a raincoat was useless. She was taking a shower at the moment.
Xie Chunxing was in the kitchen serving the last dish of vegetable and tofu soup. Guanying and Guangmei were doing their homework, and Jinghui was helping his mother wash clothes by the sink.
Tingfeng was busy in the main room. She was holding chopsticks and distributing the braised chicken that her grandma had just made to the family members.
Mom once said that Dad is a frontline criminal policeman, who consumes a lot of physical energy and is prone to danger, so the meaty parts like chicken legs should be given to Dad to eat.
Mom then said that grandma is old and it is not easy to take care of them, so we should respect the elderly and love the young, and gave the other chicken leg to grandma.
Mom also said that she likes to eat chicken heads, so give her the chicken heads.
However, there is not much meat on the chicken head, so Tingfeng thought about it and gave both chicken breasts to his mother.
Give the tender and juicy parts of chicken wings to your older brothers and sisters. They are teenagers and are in the growth period, so they cannot lack nutrition.
The remaining chicken necks, chicken ribs, etc. can be given to her and Jinghui.
After contentedly distributing the chicken to his family, Tingfeng looked up and saw his aunt coming.
He quickly dropped his chopsticks and rushed over: "Oh, Auntie, you didn't even tell me you were coming in advance. Are you eating here today?"
Yao Zhizhi picked up Tingfeng and said with a smile, "No, I still have to go back to see the stars and the moon. Where's your mother?"
"Mom is taking a bath." Tingfeng hugged his aunt's neck and finally saw the rare guest while acting coquettishly. He immediately shouted excitedly: "Mom, Third Uncle is back! Third Uncle is back!"
After shouting, she immediately twisted her body and got out of her aunt's arms and went to act coquettishly with her uncle.
Yao Zhizhi looked at this funny guy and liked him very much. Since her second sister had not come out yet, she decided to go into the room to see Guanying and the others.
She quietly walked behind Guanying who was doing homework, and looked at the powerful handwriting, feeling very pleased.
No matter what, the child finally grew up safely with my second sister. Even if there are some bad things in the Northeast, as long as my brother-in-law can handle it, the sky will not fall.
She walked up to him with a smile and patted Guanying's head. "Good boy, stop writing and take a break. Go talk to your third uncle."
Guanying looked up and insisted, "Aunt, Tingfeng must have rushed up. I'll finish this question first."
Yao Zhizhi smiled and said nothing.
Children from blended families are always extra sensible.
I don’t know how many times this kind of courtesy to my sister has been silently performed in our daily lives.
Yao Zhizhi felt a little distressed. She took a chair and sat next to her: "Then your aunt will accompany you."
*
In the guesthouse, Ye Jingtian frantically called his sister in the Northeast and complained, "That Yao Zhizhi actually suspected that my car was of unknown origin."
"It's true that his origin is unknown." Ye Xin shrugged helplessly. Ever since she divorced Duan Cheng, she has never found another employer.
When people heard that this was her third marriage, they immediately shook their heads. She had no choice but to stay in her parents' home.
As for her brother, he was also a second-hand commodity that no one wanted. She had asked countless matchmakers, but no one dared to act as a matchmaker.
Seeing that her brother is almost forty years old, if all else fails, he has to get a child back.
Raise children to prepare for old age. How can you prepare for old age without children?
That's why she gave her brother such a bad idea.
She idly picked at her nails and said, "Don't worry about these trivial things. Just be humble and say that our father is really not well and we can trick the children back. Then you can keep whichever one you want. If that doesn't work, hide both children and see what Yao Miaomiao will do."
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