Yi Zhonghai was stopped by a single sentence from his second aunt, and he was caught in a dilemma of self-redemption and resentment.
He was furious that Zheng Ya had destroyed the authority he had cultivated in the courtyard for many years.
This made the people in the courtyard see his ugly face and stop being afraid of him.
Are people in the hospital starting to slander and defame Yi Zhonghai, claiming he was cuckolded?
Whether this is true or not, it is a form of harm, an open act of retaliation.
If this gets out, it will ruin his reputation. How will Yi Zhonghai face people then?
If things go wrong, you could end up like Zheng Ya's predecessor on the border, isolated, ostracized, and targeted by everyone.
Those days were a scheme he had devised to manipulate Zheng Ya's past life, and he naturally knew that the outcome was something he could not bear.
He was so angry that he wanted to kill someone.
Even though Yi Zhonghai kept screaming in his heart that the child was his own and could not possibly be someone else's, and that Zhang Dongmei would not dare to do anything to betray him, it must be a retaliatory statement deliberately made by people in the hospital.
But even if this were true, Yi Zhonghai couldn't accept being the target of rumors and slander, as his reputation could be ruined overnight!
Seeing that provoking Yi Zhonghai had worked, the second aunt pretended to be scared and backed away, saying, "You, you're an old man in the courtyard, why are you scaring me?"
"It wasn't me who said it. I'm just a fellow resident who was also concerned about you being cheated on. I was just trying to be helpful and remind you, why are you getting so worked up about it?"
"Ahem, okay, I didn't control my emotions and scared you. I apologize. I'm sorry."
"Please tell me who is spreading rumors and slandering me behind my back?" Yi Zhonghai came to his senses, apologized to her, and pressed her for an explanation, not intending to admit defeat so easily.
If we lose like this, how will we raise our children and survive in the hospital?
Finding an opportunity to turn the tide is the only way for Yili to support his family in the compound.
Second Aunt wouldn't dare to speak carelessly and cause someone's death, as that would be her own fault. She shook her head and said, "I really don't know who is talking badly about your family behind your back."
Grandma Long was a witness at the time. Why don't you go home and ask her?
"If you ask me, I don't know either. I can't just say anything and create conflict, right?"
"Alright, I'll go home and ask the old lady. Thank you for telling me." Yi Zhonghai saw through her shifty eyes, which seemed to be concealing the truth. He had no time to waste words with her and turned to leave.
Aunt Er followed him and said, "He's an old man, and the old lady really feels sorry for your Dongmei wife."
When you get home, don't argue with Dongmei. Be careful that she doesn't have a miscarriage, as it's bad for the baby's development.
If anything goes wrong, Dongmei and the old lady will suspect that I said something I shouldn't have to you, don't you think?"
"Second Aunt, what do you mean by that?" Yi Zhonghai was on high alert. Sure enough, this second aunt was up to something!
This housewife, who usually obeys Liu Haizhong's orders, has actually learned to scheme against people. I really underestimated her!
Little did they know that Liu Haizhong and his wife now hated Old Lady Long to the core, and they thought that if Old Lady Long weren't in the courtyard, things wouldn't be like this.
It's not about compensation. Why should their crimes implicate Liu Haizhong's family, forcing them to pay money and plead guilty? Isn't that unfair?
I'll accept the loss; after all, I fell into the trap set by Granny Long and Yi Zhonghai. I'll just have to accept my bad luck.
But when they had to pay money a second time, Liu Haizhong was furious. He complained at home that his second aunt was a good-for-nothing woman who did nothing at home and let the family be schemed against by Old Lady Long. In a fit of anger, he beat his second aunt up.
He was beaten in front of his three sons.
The second aunt was furious and began to blame herself, thinking of taking revenge on the culprit.
Clearly, the culprit is none other than Old Lady Long.
Now that Director Wang has essentially revoked Grandma Long's status as a recipient of the "Five Guarantees" (a government-provided social welfare program for the elderly), it's the perfect time to strike while the iron is hot.
When the old lady encountered the pregnant woman, the old lady Long's overjoyed protectiveness instantly triggered the second old lady's nerves, and she couldn't let them have an easy time.
But if we don't let them have an easy time, we're no match for them if we openly confront them.
The only way to deal with Yi Zhonghai would be to secretly instigate trouble, find a way to kill Old Lady Long, cut off Yi Zhonghai's accomplices, and then make things much easier.
So, the second aunt started plotting against Yi Zhonghai, this old man who had a child late in life. When Yi Zhonghai questioned her, she smiled and said, "He's an old man, isn't it obvious?"
Rumors are circulating in the neighborhood that an older woman is pregnant, and that's why you've been cuckolded.
At that time, several of us women from the courtyard were washing clothes and chatting by the sink when an older woman came over to fetch water and started gagging.
Think about it, back then, we couldn't gossip about you being cheated on in front of an older woman, could we?
That would be asking for trouble, making yourself unhappy, or disrupting unity, right?
Just as we were congratulating the old lady, Grandma Long returned from outside the courtyard and spread the rumor that you had been cuckolded.
The old lady hurriedly called away the older woman, as if we were going to hurt her.
I suspect that this old lady deliberately framed us, saying that you were cheated on. I can't guess what she was plotting!
Uncle, I've told you everything that happened in the courtyard. If you don't believe me, go back and ask the people in the courtyard if this is the actual situation.
To make it clear beforehand, the reason I was able to come and call you home is because Grandma Long asked me to make this trip. That's all I have to say.
"No, you clearly didn't finish. Speak up, what reason do you have to say that Granny Long is spreading rumors and slandering me, that I was cheated on?" Yi Zhonghai understood that his second aunt was trying to sow discord between him and Granny Long.
But if that's the case, it's terrifying.
Because Yi Zhonghai knew that Old Madam Long was capable of scheming, and that everything in the courtyard was basically the result of her calculations, with Yi Zhonghai himself carrying out the plans, he knew best what kind of person Old Madam Long was.
That was a cunning person who craved food and drink.
Ruthless and merciless, with endless tricks up her sleeve, as can be seen from the fact that Old Lady Long ordered her to deal with the Zheng family.
After all, this was the descendant of the twelve martyrs who murdered their entire family; if things went wrong, it could lead to the extermination of the whole family.
If Old Lady Long dares to scheme about something like this, Yi Zhonghai can't think of anything else Old Lady Long wouldn't dare to do.
Second Auntie naturally knew that Old Lady Long was very skilled, and hesitated before saying, "Why are you asking me?"
You clearly know the answer, so what can I say if you ask me?
If I say too much, you'll suspect I'm trying to sow discord.
Even if I don't say anything, you'll still think I'm trying to sow discord between you and Old Lady Long. But what good does that do me?
"Indeed, your attempt to sow discord between me and the old lady will not only do you no good, but will also bring you the old lady's revenge."
"Since that's the case, why don't you tell me what you've seen, heard, and speculated about?" Yi Zhonghai was certain that she wasn't the type to sow discord, so there was no point in doing so, and it would only cause trouble. Given the brainless and blindly obedient intelligence of Liu Haizhong's family, they wouldn't do such a thing.
Little did he know that his second aunt had calculated all of Yi Zhonghai's thoughts.
In other words, because her family had lost all their money and she had been beaten, the second aunt was filled with anxiety, anger, and resentment, which triggered her latent potential, and she began to fight back...
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