The thought that Huo Yunqi was the one who angered Aunt Huo to death instantly filled Tian Huanyan's eyes with rage.
In her heart, Huo Yunqi was just like Tian Wenxiu, an ungrateful wretch.
Tian Huanyan took a deep breath, her voice filled with intense indignation, and looked at Su Yue, saying, "Is that bastard Huo Yunqi still alive?"
Su Yue replied calmly, "I am alive, but Dad said that living is more painful than dying."
"He lied about his grandmother's death to lure his father back from the research base just because of money. In the end, the Revolutionary Committee people were already waiting at home to arrest his father."
Su Yue thought she should explain a few things to Huo Xueshen and continued, "At first, the Revolutionary Committee accused him of crimes because Dad was studying abroad. Later, they found out that he was sending money abroad every month, which made the charges even more serious. At that time, right and wrong were reversed, and we ordinary people were powerless to resist."
Sure enough, upon hearing that Huo Xueshen was sent down to a lower-level position because he was sending money abroad, Tian Huanyan asked nervously, "You mean, Huo Xueshen was sent down to a lower-level position because he was sending money abroad?"
Her grandmother's neighbors had never mentioned this to her, so she knew nothing about it.
Su Yue felt a sense of foreboding and quickly tried to salvage the situation by changing the subject: "Dad has the status of studying abroad, and the higher-ups had long anticipated that he might be implicated. They had warned him in advance not to leave the research base, so he could have escaped this predicament. But then that bastard Huo Yunqi came along. He was jealous of how much money Dad made while he was just a factory worker. He felt unbalanced and reported Dad, thinking that after Dad was sent down to the countryside, the house would belong to him alone."
"Unfortunately, he miscalculated. After Dad was sent to the countryside, Grandma hid the treasure in the small wooden box before she passed away and told Grandma Yang about it."
Tian Huanyan glanced at the contents of the small wooden box again, and asked with a puzzled look, "Huo Yunqi wants a house, shouldn't he want the deed? There isn't one here?"
Su Yue smiled slightly. "Dad took it. He asked someone to find a powerful figure to sell the house... Huo Yunqi and his family had nowhere to live and didn't dare to fight with the other party, so they had to move away with their whole family in a sorry state. Before the college entrance examination was reinstated, Huo Yunqi and his family could barely make ends meet, but after the reform and opening up, things became difficult. Many factories were in a slump, and workers were laid off one after another, including Huo Yunqi and his two sons."
“They were not well-liked to begin with. After being laid off, it was difficult for normal people to find jobs, let alone people like them who even treated their own family members cruelly. Besides, Dad had specifically made arrangements to prevent anyone from giving them job opportunities.”
“Actually, if they were willing to go to more distant places, they could find some odd jobs or manual labor, but they are not willing, so they barely make a living on the monthly relief food.”
"Didn't Huo Yunqi have a son who got married? That wife was constantly being pointed at and gossiped about, and she never had enough to eat. In the end, she ran away with someone else, and her grandson secretly ran away to look for his mother, but he got lost too."
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Outside the main room, Fu Shen looked at Huo Xueshen and asked seriously, "Dad, what exactly is the situation between you and Mom now?"
Huo Xueshen didn't react for a moment and asked in confusion, "What?"
Fu Shen patiently repeated, "I'm asking you, do you still love my mom? What are your plans for the future?"
Hearing his son ask this, Huo Xueshen's ears turned slightly red, and he said somewhat awkwardly, "You don't need to worry about our affairs. Your mother and I are both getting on in years, and we know what we're planning for ourselves."
In truth, he wanted to make it up to Tian Huanyan, but he didn't know if she would accept it.
Fu Shen coughed lightly and teased, "Dad, my mom looks much younger than you. When you say you're getting old, it doesn't seem to include my mom."
Despite his parents being separated for many years, Fu Shen felt no sense of incongruity when he saw them standing together at the Public Security Bureau.
As a son, he naturally hoped that his parents could live together again in the future.
Huo Xueshen: "..."
He was already several years older than Tian Huanyan, and given their different lifestyles over the decades, it was perfectly normal for Tian Huanyan to look younger than him.
He could only say helplessly, "Your mother does look much younger than me."
Just then, Ping An came home from school and heard Huo Xueshen's voice at the door. He excitedly ran in and shouted, "Grandpa, Grandpa!"
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