After all, more than a decade ago, when Huo Xueshen returned, a portion of his salary was quietly transferred to overseas accounts.
If it really is a child he had with someone else abroad, then wouldn't the house title they've been longing for all these years end up in someone else's hands?
Feeling resentful, the two decided to talk to Grandma Yang before he went to work and get some answers.
Grandma Yang said with a face full of dissatisfaction, "House deed? How come your house deed is here with me? Are you senile? You came here to ask for the house deed? Think about it carefully. When I was sorting through your mother's belongings, who ransacked her room? You found all the treasures."
"Over the years, I thought that every time you ran into me on the street, it was because you felt guilty for reporting Xue Shen, which led to your mother's death. But it turns out it wasn't. It was all about the house deed."
When Huo Yunqi heard Grandma Yang recount his accusations against Huo Xueshen without any mercy, his old face instantly turned bright red.
She was so angry, that old woman.
His hands were clenched into fists, and the veins on the back of his hands bulged.
Grandma Yang continued, "Why aren't you saying anything? Do you also feel ashamed for what you did back then—tricking Xue Shen into leaving the research base by using the excuse of your mother's death to lure him home, and even having the Revolutionary Committee members waiting at your house? If that's true, it means you still have a conscience. A hundred years from now, take that conscience and go to your mother to repent."
Zhang Qiushui was extremely annoyed and secretly glared at the sharp-tongued old woman in front of her.
She used to be too lazy to even say a word to them, but now she can't wait to expose all the shameful things they've done.
“Yunqi’s report on Huo Xueshen can’t be entirely blamed on him,” Zhang Qiushui argued. “If he hadn’t been transferring a large portion of his money to a foreign account every month, and the Revolutionary Committee hadn’t discovered it…”
When Su Yue and Fu Shen heard Zhang Qiushui mention that Huo Xueshen had transferred money to an overseas account, they exchanged a knowing glance and then continued to listen intently.
Grandma Yang was too lazy to waste any more words with them. She stared at Huo Yunqi and said firmly, "I didn't take my good sister's house deed. Before she passed away, she was waiting anxiously at the hospital for you to come and give her an explanation as to why she reported her own brother. But she waited until she was about to die and you still hadn't come. So she sent someone to find me and asked me to do my best to help her find the place where Xue Shen was sent down and send him some food."
“Listen to this, my good friend was worried about her youngest son until her death, but you ruined him so easily. You didn’t even show up when you were handling her funeral arrangements because you were in her room, rummaging through drawers and cabinets looking for the house deed you wanted. Am I right? When my old man and I were packing our things, you and Zhang Qiushui were watching us like we were thieves. Did you see us take anything afterward?”
Hearing Grandma Yang talking non-stop, some neighbors came out of their homes and curiously asked, "Old Wu, who are these two people?"
Grandma Yang pointed at Huo Yunqi and Zhang Qiushui with disgust and replied irritably, "They are my good sister's son and daughter-in-law. A few years ago, they reported their own brother and drove their mother to her death. Now they have the nerve to come and ask me for the house deed. What do you say..."
Huo Yunqi and Zhang Qiushui couldn't listen anymore and hurriedly turned and left, looking dejected.
Grandma Yang rolled her eyes dismissively at their departing figures.
The thought that the key to the safe deposit box wasn't in my possession made it really satisfying to start cursing.
The neighbors overheard the whole story and realized that the two men were no good. They all went up to comfort Grandma Yang and told her not to get upset.
Huo Yunqi and Zhang Qiushui walked outside the road. Huo Yunqi suddenly stopped, turned around, and looked in the direction of Grandma Yang's house with a sinister gaze.
As Zhang Qiushui walked, she noticed that Huo Yunqi hadn't followed, so she looked at him suspiciously and asked cautiously, "Back then, did Mom really not give our family's house deed to Aunt Yang?"
Huo Yunqi said in a low voice, "Whether we have it or not, we won't get it."
Zhang Qiushui pressed on, unwilling to give up, "How could that be? If she really took it, isn't it normal for us to want what belongs to our family back?"
Huo Yunqi: "Didn't you hear her just now pushing all the blame for the mistakes of that year onto us? Mom must have said something to her."
Zhang Qiushui frowned and guessed, "Could it be that back then, Mom was hoping Huo Xueshen would come back, so she gave the house deed to a trustworthy person to keep it temporarily..."
Grandma Yang chatted with a few neighbors for a few more minutes, then asked Grandpa Yang to close the gate.
Back inside, Su Yue gave Grandma Yang a thumbs-up with admiration, "Grandma, you're amazing! You chased away all the bad guys."
Grandma Yang smiled smugly and said, "Grandma said that as long as the key is not on me, I will give them a good scolding every time I see them. This time they came to my door on their own, they just asked for a scolding."
Fu Shen looked at Grandma Yang and asked, "What's the story behind Zhang Qiushui saying the money was transferred to an overseas account?"
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