Chapter 281 What if it's a frame-up?
Zhang Haijun was furious. He borrowed a phone and called home, but Zheng Xiulan answered.
"Mom, has the second son come home yet?"
"No."
Zheng Xiulan pouted, looking disgusted, and said, "You know him too well. He's been seduced by that vixen Fan Liangyu so much that he won't even come home. Boss, when are you coming home? I miss my grandson so much..."
"Mom! Second son, your eldest son stole my five thousand yuan, do you know that?" Zhang Haijun asked through gritted teeth, too lazy to listen to Zheng Xiulan's nonsense.
Zheng Xiulan was startled, "No, I don't know, I didn't hear the second brother mention it..."
"You know that, right? Fine, then I'll go to his workplace and ask him for it! If he doesn't give it to me, don't blame me for not showing him any mercy as his older brother!"
Zhang Haijun was absolutely furious.
Zheng Xiulan was shocked and quickly tried to stop him, "Eldest brother, don't be impulsive! How can you be sure that the second brother stole the money? What if, what if those two sluts, Su Hongying and Fan Liangyu, stole it and framed your brother? Don't wrongly accuse the second brother..."
"I wronged him?!"
Zhang Haijun spat, "Fan Liangyu didn't even go to the hotel, and Su Hongying couldn't possibly have stolen it. If she wanted to steal it, she would have done it long ago, why wait until today?! The hotel staff all saw it; it was him who stole it!"
"That...that might be something that the hotel staff colluded with Su Hongying..."
Zheng Xiulan's words were like adding fuel to the fire. Zhang Haijun's hand trembled as he held the microphone, and he shouted, "Mom, can you please stop favoring the second son? I didn't hold it against you for giving the second and third sons five thousand each before, but that doesn't mean I approve of it! I'm also your son, why should they get to take five thousand yuan from you and Dad for no reason, while I didn't?!"
Zheng Xiulan let out a sound of surprise.
After a few seconds of silence, he argued forcefully, "Didn't you also take five thousand?"
"That five thousand was earned by myself, and I handed it over! How much did the second brother hand over, and how much did the third brother hand over?"
Zhang Haijun was even angrier. "What do you mean by always favoring them?! Am I the eldest and that's why I deserve to be unlucky?! The second brother had better hand over the money obediently, or I won't have him as my brother today!"
"Hey, boss..." Zheng Xiulan was about to say something when Zhang Haijun slammed down the phone.
He was so angry that the veins on his forehead bulged and the veins on the back of his hands stood out. He was furious and went to find Zhang Lao Er to settle the score.
Su Hongying followed after them, carrying the child.
"What are you going there for?"
Su Hongying said, "From what I heard from your mother, she'll probably go to help the second son. I don't want you to face both of them alone. Haijun, you're too sentimental. You can't argue with such a cunning second son and your mother."
Zhang Haijun pursed his lips, gestured for Su Hongying to get on, and rode his bicycle to Zhang Lao Er's workplace.
By this time, Zhang Lao Er had already dropped Fan Liangyu off at her workplace and was still feeling quite unsatisfied as he rode his bicycle to his own.
I was stopped by Zhang Haijun as soon as I arrived at the office.
He grabbed her by the collar and demanded, "Where's my five thousand yuan? Give it back to me..."
Zhang Lao Er instinctively covered the property certificate, which was half-exposed, afraid it would fall out.
Zhang Haijun spotted it immediately, reached out and pulled it out. Seeing the property deed, he became even angrier, glaring at Zhang Lao Er and saying, "You used my money to buy your house? Lao Er, you're really something!"
"...No, brother, you've misunderstood. I didn't take your money. This money was used by Fan Liangyu and me, with our advance wages, to buy the property." Zhang Lao Er denied it outright, stretching out his arms to try and take back the property certificate.
He needs this to exchange for the property ownership certificate tomorrow, so he can't let the eldest brother take it away.
When Zhang Haijun heard him deny it, his anger flared up, and he shouted, "You still won't admit it? It's your money, right? Fine, then give me back my five thousand!"
"Big brother, can't you understand human language?!"
Zhang Lao Er stomped his foot and shouted, "If I didn't steal your money, why should I pay it back? Maybe it was your wife who stole it?! Why don't you go ask Su Hongying..."
"Are you talking about me?" Su Hongying stepped out from behind Zhang Haijun.
When Zhang Lao Er saw her, he looked at the child in her arms with some guilt and said, "Who else could it be but you? You resent my older brother for helping my mother push you down and almost killing you. You deliberately retaliated against my older brother by stealing the money and saying that I stole it, so that we brothers would become enemies!"
Zhang Lao Er was just going along with what was being said, but as the conversation progressed, he became more and more convinced that what he was saying made sense, and excitedly called out to Zhang Haijun.
"Brother, she must have stolen it. She has a motive; she wants to cause discord between us brothers. You won't fall for her tricks, will you?"
If Zhang Haijun hadn't heard the hotel staff say it, he might have believed it to some extent.
Now, all Zhang Haijun sees is Zhang Lao Er desperately trying to smear others, taking his money and refusing to admit it, while making excuses.
All he wanted to do was beat people up.
"Second brother!"
Zhang Haijun clenched his fist and punched Zhang Lao Er in the face. "You're still lying! Someone saw you run away with the money, and you're still framing your sister-in-law?! You bastard, I've been so good to you all this time..."
"ah!"
Zhang Lao Er cried out in pain.
The brothers' commotion alerted many workers rushing to the workshop, and many stopped to watch the spectacle.
Zheng Xiulan arrived at this time as well.
She rushed forward to stop him, "Eldest brother, second brother already said it wasn't him. The money must have been from Su Hongying. Second brother is right, she wants you two brothers to become enemies over money. She's taking revenge on the Zhang family. Eldest brother, listen to your mother..."
Zhang Haijun's eyes turned red with anger.
She shouted, "Mom, the people at the hotel all said they saw him with all four eyes. When he left, he was sneakily putting his bag into his coat, and that bag was my wallet. Hongying had no idea. She...she's never even touched a hundred-yuan bill, how could she possibly have taken my five thousand?!"
“I just told you, the people at that hotel colluded with Su Hongying to steal your money and frame the second son…” Zheng Xiulan babbled on.
Zhang Haijun glared at her and said, "Mom, stop talking. You only know how to favor the second and third sons. I'm the eldest, and I'm the one who will take care of you in your old age and see you off when you die! What kind of spell has the second son cast on you?! Why are you so biased towards him?"
"I'm not biased towards him, I'm just stating the facts. You don't doubt outsiders, but you doubt your own brother..."
Zhang Haijun didn't want to listen. He grabbed Zhang Lao Er and gritted his teeth, "Lao Er, aren't you going to pay back the money?"
"Brother, how can I pay you back if I haven't seen your money?" Zhang Lao Er said with a bitter face, insisting that he had never seen Zhang Haijun's money.
Zhang Haijun was furious. He grabbed Zhang Lao Er by the neck, his eyes red, and yelled, "I'll teach you to not see me! I'll teach you to not see me! You thief..."
He punched Zhang Lao Er repeatedly in the face, stomach, and body.
Su Hongying held the child, watching the two brothers fight like dogs with cold eyes.
Zheng Xiulan, standing to the side, was so anxious she kept slapping her thigh. Catching a glimpse of Su Hongying's amused expression, she lunged at her, ready to tear her apart, yelling, "It's all your fault, you jinx..."
Su Hongying looked at her coldly and whispered, "Yes, it's all my fault. I want you and your son to pay the price for pushing me down..."
Zheng Xiulan was stunned for a moment, then screamed in response.
"Boss, she admitted it, it's her!"
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