Sure enough, the police came again the next day. Everyone tried to stop Old Chen from reconciling, but he refused to listen. Under his cursing and strong demands, the police had no choice but to release the man.
After Yang Su was released, he immediately went to the hospital to visit Old Chen.
In the ward, all the children were angry and left, leaving the old man alone. When Yang Su came, he was staring at the ceiling in a daze.
"Brother Chen." Yang Su walked in slowly, her face haggard. She had never imagined that she would be arrested for just a quarrel among her family members.
After spending a day and a night in the Public Security Bureau and being released today, she almost thought she was going to be arrested and sent for reform.
Fortunately... fortunately she was released quickly, otherwise her life would be over.
Old Chen waved to her, and Yang Su sat down weakly beside his bed and began to talk about her heartache for him and her fear of being arrested by the police station.
Old Chen touched her hand soothingly, then said, "I believe you didn't take the money. Even if you had money, you couldn't buy a job, so why steal it? I will find out who stole the money, but it is true that the money disappeared. The most important thing now is Wang Ming's job.
I...I already agreed with him that the job was his. Now that the money's gone, I'll tell him again and I'll use my salary to pay for it until it's paid off. I know you're under a lot of pressure, so let's talk it over and make a good living. I've said before, your business is my business, and I'll definitely help you solve it."
Yang Su touched his face and said, "Okay, let's live a good life from now on. Brother Chen, you will be my backbone from now on. I will listen to you in everything."
Old Chen was satisfied, and the two old men chatted for a long time in this sweet way, completely unaware that Chen Xiangdong and Wang De were standing at the door.
Chen Xiangdong was furious when he heard this. His father was really mentally ill. He used to give the money to his brothers, then gave it to Widow Huang, and now to Yang Su. Thinking of the past, Chen Xiangdong's resentment towards Old Chen deepened.
When the family still lived together, Old Chen only spent a third of his monthly salary on the household. With so many people, it wasn't enough, and most of the money came from his mother. He either gave the rest to outsiders or used it for himself. If the children asked him for money, he would tell them to ask their mother.
In the end, all the children accepted that they could not get any money from him, and they would almost always ask their mother for help whenever they needed money.
When my mother’s salary was all gone, I had no choice but to ask my father for help.
But now, Yang Su just said a few words casually, and his father would find a job for his son, spending both money and effort. Those who didn't know would think that Wang Ming was his son.
Chen Xiangdong wanted to point his finger at Old Chen and curse. He had been wronged by this damned old woman, and yet she still had to spend money on her. Even if the money was gone, she would still use her salary for the next one or two years to buy a job for her son. Wasn't she just being taken advantage of?
But he was stopped by Wang De.
Chen Xiangdong and Wang De had met only a few times, and they had hardly exchanged a few words. It was fate that they met outside the ward.
He was about to point at Wang De and curse him. After all, he and Yang Su were family, so it made no difference whether he was cursing the son or the mother.
However, Wang De's expression was even worse than his, as if the one whose house was robbed was not him, Chen Xiangdong, but the man in front of him.
"Why are you like this? Your family is taking advantage. What's the point of looking like you've been let down?" Chen Xiangdong's voice got louder as he spoke, and Wang De covered his mouth with his hand.
Wang De said, "Keep your voice down. Even if you go in now and scold Uncle Chen, it will be useless. He will probably scold you back, and then my mother will spread bad words about you everywhere. You won't get any benefit."
Chen Xiangdong was puzzled. This man was so strange that he didn't even help his own mother. "What is your purpose?"
Wang De: "I don't have any motives. I just think Uncle Chen is right. Isn't it good for us to live a good life as a family? We won't harm you, and you shouldn't harm us. Even if we can't be a family in our hearts, it's okay to look like a family on the surface."
Chen Xiangdong: "You have a mental problem, right? Although I moved out, the house you live in now is where I used to live, and the house your brother lives in is where my younger brother used to live. The fact that you moved in has already affected us, and you're still telling me we're a family. Are you being ungrateful?"
Wang De: "Didn't your brother also cheat my mom out of her money? He could have bought two houses for you with just over 400 yuan."
Chen Xiangdong screamed in shock: "When did you cheat? How come I didn't know?"
Now it was Wang De's turn to be confused. How come the relationship between the brothers of the Chen family was not that good? They were obviously cooperating well when they were fighting before. Why didn't they share the spoils of more than 400 yuan?
"Go back and ask Chen Xiangnan, he knows."
Chen Xiangdong said a lot of swear words, cursing Old Chen, Yang Su, Chen Xiangnan and Chen Xiangbei, but Wang De stopped talking and just left on his own.
Chen Xiangdong was confused again. Sometimes he wondered if his mind had changed because he had moved out. He used to be able to join in with his brothers' conversations, but now he not only didn't know about the money, but also didn't know what Wang De was up to.
What's going on? I feel like I've been abandoned by the whole world.
Never mind. Chen Xiangdong thought to himself that he should first tell the third child about the situation here. The third child was about to graduate, and if he didn't have a job, he would really go to the countryside. Their "good" father was now becoming a good father to someone else's family. The one who should be the most angry was not him, but the third child.
Wang De walked out of the hospital, becoming angrier and angrier along the way.
Just now in the ward, when his mother was talking to Uncle Chen, she was talking about his two younger brothers all the time. She said that Wang Ming was pitiful because the people from the rural office came to urge him every day to go to the countryside. Then she said that Wang Xian was pitiful because the school was a mess and he had to stay at home. She was afraid that he would get sick from staying at home idle.
Wang De really wanted to go in and tell his mother to let his brother do some work, or even some odd jobs. Even Chen Xiangbei, the most ignorant of the Chen family, knew how to find a way out. Wang Xian was about the same age as him, just a few months younger, so why did he just lie around at home chewing on big apples every day?
No wonder Chen Xiangnan and Chen Xiangbei were so upset with them. Even the eldest brother was upset. He toiled tirelessly at the factory, giving all his earnings to his mother. But it was his two younger brothers who lived a leisurely life with his earnings. His mother didn't even think about his hardship or fatigue; all she could think about was Wang Ming's easy job and his promising future.
She only cares about Wang Ming and Wang Xian, and doesn't care about his life or death at all.
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