Feeling the meaningful look in Old Master Chu's eyes, Chu Xing felt somewhat helpless.
Song Mai, unaware of anything, continued chatting with Grandpa Chu. Grandpa Chu, who enjoyed talking, had a very pleasant conversation with Song Mai.
Chu Xing served food to the two of them, occasionally saying a word, and the meal was very harmonious.
However, when Song Mai went to the restroom, Old Master Chu angrily hit Chu Xing with his cane.
The man was completely puzzled.
"Who upset you again?"
Old Master Chu glared and said, "Don't you even look at how badly Song Mai is injured? You should at least be more restrained, or you might hurt her even more."
Seeing the progress in their relationship, he was happy but couldn't help feeling that his grandson was too inhumane. Song Mai had been shot, no matter what, and he was still willing to do it.
Chu Xing slowly picked up a piece of green sunflower with his chopsticks.
"Won't."
Hearing his grandson's words, which showed absolutely no tenderness towards women, Old Master Chu was so angry that he hit him again, but the grandson dodged it precisely.
"Why wouldn't I? Mai Zi is a girl, and girls are meant to be cherished. Do you think you're tough and thick-skinned? She's not fully recovered yet, and if you hurt her a second time, I won't forgive you!"
Chu Xing glanced at him indifferently: "I will avoid the wound."
Old Master Chu: "..."
"Are you even human? How come I never knew you were so impatient? Couldn't you have waited for her to be better?"
Chu Xing glanced at him disdainfully: "Aren't you eager to have a grandson? Why are you playing the good guy now?"
"You brat! How dare you talk to your grandfather like that! You're really getting worse as you get older."
Chu Xing calmly retorted, "Aren't you in a hurry?"
Old Master Chu was speechless after being asked this question: "I am anxious, but there is no need to rush it."
The man gave a sarcastic "tsk", looking like he didn't deserve a beating.
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
Grandpa Chu was both annoyed and amused by his grandson's arrogant attitude.
"Who was it that said they had absolutely no interest? Who said she was boring? And who said they were unwilling to get married?"
Upon hearing this, Chu Xing's eyes darkened.
"You really like watching cartoons?"
Old Master Chu was taken aback by his question.
"What?"
"The Legend of Nezha".
Enraged, Old Master Chu swung his cane at the man's calf. The man nimbly dodged, but the cane suddenly changed direction and landed precisely on his thigh.
Chu Xing: "..."
When Song Mai returned from the restroom, she saw a tense atmosphere between the grandfather and grandson.
What happened? How did this grandfather and grandson end up like this after just one trip to the restroom?
But she didn't show any emotion on her face, teasing Old Master Chu like she was teasing a child.
"Why is Grandpa Chu angry? Did Chu Xing offend you?"
Upon hearing this, Old Master Chu immediately said pitifully, "It's this brat! He's so unfilial. I only said a few words to him, and he got angry and talked back to me."
As he spoke, his eyelids drooped, and he looked very sad.
Chu Xing was speechless. He was used to the old man playing the victim, and he was too lazy to bother arguing with him.
"I don't."
"Look, he still won't admit it."
Song Mai didn't know what had happened, but Old Master Chu was so old, he wouldn't wrongly accuse his grandson, so she looked at Chu Xing with a hint of reproach:
"As the saying goes, having an elder in the family is like having a treasure. Grandpa Chu is our family's treasure. He's so old, you have to respect him and be filial to him."
With his granddaughter-in-law protecting him like this, Old Master Chu immediately gave her a "you heard that, didn't you, kid?" look.
Chu Xing had no choice but to agree.
The grandfather, grandson, and granddaughter talked for a while longer before saying goodbye and parting ways.
As Song Mai was leaving, she saw the middle-aged man who had picked up Grandpa Chu last time. After the middle-aged man helped Grandpa Chu into the car, he politely said goodbye to Chu Xing and Song Mai.
Song Mai felt something was off; this person seemed to be being a little too polite.
He wasn't a professional driver, but he acted like one.
Seeing that Chu Xing didn't say anything, she didn't ask any further questions.
During this period, the Song family was almost driven mad by Liu Weiqiang.
Song Mai disappeared without a trace. She moved to a new place and took a long leave from work. Song's mother and sister-in-law waited near her company for a long time but couldn't find her.
When Liu Weiqiang came to demand the person's return, he was furious to hear that the matter had not been resolved and the person was nowhere to be found. He vented his anger at the Song family's house, smashing up the place before threatening, "Since you can't find the person, you'll have to pay back the two million. You'll only let the Song family go when you hand over the money!"
Mother Song trembled with fright, clutching her grandson tightly in her arms. Upon hearing this, her old face was filled with astonishment:
"What? Two million? Didn't you say it was one million last time?!"
Liu Weiqiang sneered: "Of course it's two million. Don't you think my time is valuable? I gave you a dowry of 500,000 before, and you promised to marry your daughter to me. But not only did you not marry your daughter to me, she also married someone else. I won't hold it against you. I said that as long as you can get her to divorce her husband and marry me as soon as possible, I will not pursue the matter."
"But what was the result? You failed to do it again and again. I gave you time, and you kept playing me for a fool. I offered to pay you back one million as compensation for your breach of contract, but you still refused, insisting that you could do it. And what happened? You don't even know where she is now, but you're always running around with my people, causing them to get injured. How can I not settle this score! Let me tell you, if you want to settle this, it's two million, not a penny less!"
Liu Weiqiang casually pulled over a chair and sat down, glancing sideways at Song's mother with a cold, sinister look in his triangular eyes.
Where could Song's mother possibly come up with two million?
In fact, she had already used that 500,000 yuan.
Although she had kept the money firmly in her hands, Liu Weiqiang's men had extorted tens of thousands of yuan from her last time. Medical expenses and recuperation fees, and later they threatened her for several follow-up examination fees. In total, she had given away nearly 50,000 yuan.
Even if she were to use all of her family's savings to scrape together the money, she could only manage to raise 500,000 yuan. For the Song family, 500,000 yuan was already an astronomical figure, let alone 2 million yuan.
Even if they sold their entire family, they still couldn't come up with that money.
She was trembling with anxiety and hurriedly pleaded in a low, humble voice:
"Weiqiang, even though the deal fell through, our friendship remains. Although we couldn't become family, I've always treated you better than my own son. Please, for my sake, give us a way out. I'll return the 500,000 to you. Please, be magnanimous and forgive us this time..."
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