Chapter Twenty-Two: Farce



"Child, let's go. Don't stay with that idiot any longer," Tao Ying sighed, urging Wang Xin to leave.

"Mom~, I haven't eaten yet." Wang Baoshan looked at Tao Ying angrily.

"Mom!" Before Tang Wei could answer, an angry shout came from afar.

Tao Ying's heart skipped a beat. She looked up and saw that, besides Zhao Shuangfeng, there was a middle-aged couple and two young men in their twenties.

"Child, I'm afraid the transfer can't be completed today. Your aunt will come to see you again tomorrow. You go now." Tao Ying sighed.

I don't want to live another day like this.

"Auntie..." Before Wang Xin could speak, she was surrounded by Zhao Shuangfeng's family.

"Zhao Shuangfeng, what do you mean? Are you trying to hit your mother-in-law?" Tao Ying wasn't afraid of Zhao Shuangfeng.

The term "mother-in-law" was incredibly useful in the 1980s.

"Mother-in-law, I want to ask you what you mean? You can't be this biased! Your eldest son and his wife don't care about anything and give all their money to your youngest son? You should also consider what we, the family, think." Zhao Shuangfeng's mother, Ding Xianghua, rolled her eyes and started yelling at Tao Ying, spitting all over her mouth.

Tao Ying hid behind Wang Baoshan. "How have I been biased? I've been biased towards your daughter. She's been married to Wang Baojun for a year now, and have I ever asked her for a single penny of her salary? Baojun's father has been gone for so long, and your daughter hasn't come home to see her mother-in-law even once."

“Wang Baojun’s two younger brothers are not married yet, and his younger sister is still in school. Has he ever brought home a single grain of rice? My second son knows that it’s not easy for me to support the family, so he hands over all his salary. What about his older brother and sister-in-law?”

"Tell me, what are you all doing here? So many people, are you trying to break this old man's bones? Zhao Shuangfeng, what do you mean? What are you trying to do? I need to go to your workplace and ask your boss how this kind of person was trained!" Tao Ying became more and more confident as she spoke.

He didn't have the ability to fight or throw a tantrum, so he could only stand on the moral and social high ground to question Zhao Shuangfeng.

I don't believe Zhao Shuangfeng's family doesn't care about her job.

So I don't care, since I don't get a single penny from them anyway.

“In-laws, we’re here today to ask you about buying a house. I’ve heard you’ve been inquiring about houses all day. Shuangfeng is pregnant with your Wang family’s eldest grandson, so the house should go to Shuangfeng.” Ding Xianghua wasn’t afraid of Tao Ying at all.

Today, I absolutely have to get this house registered under my daughter's and son-in-law's names.

"Baoshan, go and find Wang Baojun, ask him what he means by just letting his father-in-law's family bully his widowed mother like this?" Tao Ying said angrily as she turned to Wang Baoshan.

"Okay, Mom." Wang Baoshan immediately walked out.

Zhao Shuangfeng dared not let Wang Baoshan go to Wang Baojun, since Wang Baojun was already angry with her. She quickly gave her two younger brothers a look, signaling them to stop Wang Baoshan.

Zhao Shuangfeng's two younger brothers also harbored resentment. It had been agreed that the job at the machinery factory would be given to their own family, and their brother-in-law had already agreed to it.

Now that her job is gone, and her sister's house is about to be taken away, Wang Baoshan still wants to run away. Filled with anger, he naturally went a little harder.

During the scuffle, Wang Baoshan lay flat on the ground.

"Baoshan!" Tao Ying heard a thud and rushed over, picking up Wang Baoshan and glaring angrily at Zhao Shuangfeng's two younger brothers.

"Child, could you please help me find the police?" Tao Ying calmly turned to look at Wang Xin.

"Wang Baoshan, are you trying to extort money from me?" Zhao Shuangfeng's younger brother was also dumbfounded. He hadn't even made a move yet, but he wanted to go forward and check on Wang Baoshan's condition.

"You dare touch my son? This is outrageous! How dare you bully us, a widow and her orphan!" Tao Ying cried loudly, holding Wang Baoshan's head.

The onlookers pointed and whispered among themselves. Wang Xin was stunned for a moment and then quickly ran out.

"Mom..." Zhao Shuangfeng was also dumbfounded.

All I want is money. If Wang Baoshan really gets into trouble, Baojun and I will definitely have a falling out.

"Baoshan, damn Baoshan." Tao Ying completely ignored Zhao Shuangfeng, carefully hugging Wang Baoshan's arm, trying her best to hide Wang Baoshan's face.

Just now, when Tao Ying rushed over, she wanted to pinch Wang Baoshan's philtrum, but Wang Baoshan secretly grabbed her trouser leg. If there was anything else she didn't understand, she immediately hugged Wang Baoshan's head and started acting.

"Sister, you're the one who told us to stop them..." Zhao Shuangfeng's younger brother was also a little flustered.

"Mom, my brother didn't do it on purpose. If you had given me the money earlier, this wouldn't have happened." Zhao Shuangfeng panicked.

"Are they even human? They drove their mother-in-law and brother-in-law to their deaths for money..."

“…”

The onlookers began pointing and whispering about Zhao Shuangfeng.

Zhao Shuangfeng's two younger brothers tried to run away, but were stopped by the enthusiastic onlookers.

"You hit someone and you still want to run away." A kind-hearted older brother grabbed Zhao Shuangfeng's younger brother's arm to prevent him from leaving.

“This is a family matter, what does it have to do with you?” Ding Xianghua also became anxious.

I'm afraid the police will come and arrest my son.

Tao Ying just kept hugging Wang Baoshan and wailing.

"Ma'am, you should take your child to the hospital first," a bystander suggested quietly.

“Yes, young lady, we’ll keep an eye on them for you. We’re all witnesses, and we’ll make sure the criminals don’t get away,” an elderly woman with gray hair chimed in.

The Zhao family immediately panicked, and Ding Xianghua turned to look at Zhao Shuangfeng.

"Mom, I'm going to find Baojun." Zhao Shuangfeng was really panicked.

They just wanted the money; they didn't want Wang Baoshan dead.

Tao Ying acted as if she hadn't heard, and deliberately hugged Wang Baoshan and cried.

"Mom, I can't breathe." At this moment, Wang Baoshan felt that his mother's love was so heavy that it was suffocating him.

Tao Ying “…”

Wang Baojun's workplace wasn't far from here, but the police didn't arrive first.

The main problem is the current crackdown; there are police officers everywhere trying to meet their quotas.

No sooner had Zhao Shuangfeng left than Wang Xin summoned the police.

Before Tao Ying could even speak, the enthusiastic citizens embellished the story and told the police officers what had happened.

To the police, that would be considered robbery of other people's property and murder for money.

Needless to say, they grabbed the whole family of four by the collar and took them away.

They also kindly took Tao Ying and Wang Baoshan to the hospital.

Sitting in the police car with his eyes closed, Wang Baoshan's heart was pounding and his legs were trembling.

Tao Ying “…”

"Baoshan, Mom's here." Tao Ying pulled Wang Baoshan into her arms and put her other hand on his shoulder.

Wang Baoshan immediately stopped shaking.

"Auntie, you'll cause the child further harm if you do this." The police officer driving the car was startled by Tao Ying's sudden outburst, thinking to himself that this old lady was too reckless.

"Officer, my husband just died. If something happens to my son too, I won't live anymore." Tao Ying's voice was trembling with sobs, but she couldn't shed a single tear.

The ginger juice smeared on my sleeve had long since lost its flavor.

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