The Wu brothers' company could no longer operate. They had no business acumen to begin with, and with this major incident, the Wu Xiushi brothers' reputation in the business community became very bad, and no one dared to do business with such people.
After this incident, the Wu family was left destitute. They brought home a mountain of poor-quality clothes, quilts, shoes, and socks, but couldn't sell them. They had to pay rent for the piles of goods they had stored in their warehouse. After a few months, the Wu family was so desperate that they had to sell their small courtyard. But that's a story for another time.
Wu Xiuli's private savings were also completely lost, including not only the tens of thousands of yuan she had received from her parents, but also Wen Yulong's salary over the years.
Wu Xiuli had a strong sense of crisis. Whenever Wen Yulong paid her salary, she would deposit it in her own name. Over the past two years, with the "huge sums" she'd received from her brother-in-law, Wu Xiuli had become somewhat extravagant with her spending. Once the compensation was paid, her bank balance was reduced to zero.
Wu Xiuli originally didn't want to pay the money, but once Wen Yulong's case entered the formal investigation process, she had no choice but to pay. First, the bank accounts of Wu Xiuli, Wen Yulong, and everyone else in the Wu family were frozen. When it was discovered that Wu Xiuli had indeed accepted the money, the money was transferred directly from her bank account to the military as compensation, without her consent.
Wen Yulong's resettlement fee for his career change did not come in quickly, so Wu Xiuli and her husband were directly pushed into the "extreme poverty class".
Wen Yiran's heart turned cold towards Wen Yulong. The son he had groomed as his successor was being manipulated by a woman, leaving Wen Yiran with an indescribable sense of failure. "A good wife brings less trouble to her husband" is truly a true saying!
Wen Yiran stayed in the hospital for a week. After the doctor examined him, he told Feng Xueying that all of Wen Yiran's physical indicators were fine. Only then did Feng Xueying agree to discharge Wen Yiran from the hospital.
On the day of his discharge, Wen Yiran offered Wen Yulong a choice: divorce Wu Xiuli or move out of the old house with Wu Xiuli. Wen Yiran said he was old and didn't want to be driven crazy by an unfilial son. As for Wen Ziyun and his sister, they could stay in the old house if they wanted, but if not, they could move out with Wen Yulong and the others.
Wen Yulong pondered for a long time and decided to move out with Wu Xiuli. Wu Xiuli was the "white moonlight" chosen by Wen Yulong in his youth. If he divorced Wu Xiuli, wouldn't it mean that his choice of wife was not as good as his father's? Besides, Wu Xiuli still had a "fairy lady" sister. As long as he could contact Wu Xiuyun, would he still be worried about not having the opportunity to make a comeback?
Wen Ziyun and his sister were reluctant to leave and stayed in the old house.
Seeing Wen Yiran's outburst this time, the Wen Ziyun siblings would definitely choose to stay with him. As long as they lived in the old house, outsiders would see them as Wen Yiran's beloved grandchildren. If they moved out of the old house with Wen Yulong and his wife, given how much Wen Yiran disliked them now, they would be "exiled" with him.
Of course, Wen Ziyun and his sister are not fools, so they would not say their thoughts so openly.
Wen Ziyun, with his sweet words, told Wu Xiuli that he stayed in the old house so that Wen Yiran would not forget his father. Wen Ziqiu said that she stayed in the old house so that she could "keep the news" to her parents at any time.
The two children were so filial that Wu Xiuli was moved to tears.
Feng Xueying saw that Wen Yiran had made up his mind and did not dare to persuade him anymore. Feng Xueying felt sorry for her son and secretly gave Wen Yulong two hundred yuan, asking him to rent a house to settle down first. After Wen Yiran's anger subsided, she would see if she could let Wen Yulong move back.
Thanks to the two hundred yuan, Wen Yulong and his wife were able to escape the fate of living on the streets.
Two hundred yuan wasn't much, but it wasn't too little either. It was enough for Wen Yulong and his wife to live on for a month, but it wasn't enough to allow them to live comfortably. Furthermore, Wen Yulong hadn't been assigned a job yet, and Wu Xiuli was unemployed. After paying the rent, there wasn't much left.
Wen Yulong and Wu Xiuli searched for a whole day, from beautiful residential areas to dirty and messy alleys. Finally, because they were short of money, Wen Yulong and his wife rented a room in a large courtyard and settled down temporarily.
After settling in, Wen Yulong urged Wu Xiuli to find a way to contact Wu Xiuyun. Now, he had been abandoned by Wen Yiran, and apart from starting with Wu Xiuyun, Wen Yulong really couldn't find anyone who could help him.
"Yulong, why don't you ask Ziqing to get some information from He Jingjing?" Wu Xiuli suggested cautiously. After the communication talisman she had used to contact Wu Xiuyun spontaneously combusted, Wu Xiuli had sought out He Jingjing for information on her. He Jingjing looked like she knew something, but she was too tight-lipped to say anything.
He Jingjing has always liked Wen Ziqing. If Wen Ziqing asks, He Jingjing should tell him, right? Wu Xiuli herself is not sure.
"Ziqing?" Wen Yulong frowned. Whenever he saw Wen Ziqing, he'd think of Cao Aimei, who shared Wen Ziqing's phoenix eyes. For years, Wen Yulong had ignored Wen Ziqing, fearing he'd feel inferior before those eyes that seemed to see through people's hearts. If... Wen Ziqing knew his current fate, would he be heartbroken or filled with contempt?
However, if he couldn't find Wu Xiuyun, he would have no chance of making a comeback. Or... should he ask that damned brat? Wen Yulong hesitated.
Wen Ziqing didn't know that Wen Yulong was thinking about him.
Wen Ziqing, far away in Zhaojiagou, was busy learning how to be a "wife slave." While boiling water in the kitchen for his future wife, Zhou Yuanyuan, to take a bath, he sneezed twice and thought he had a cold.
After Zhou Yuanyuan finished her shower, Wen Ziqing finally remembered the phone call he hadn't made yet. Zhou Yuanyuan had been in a coma for the past few days, and Wen Ziqing had been so focused on her that he hadn't even considered checking on Gu Tiezhu.
However, it's not too late to make amends now. After Wen Ziqing made up his mind, he said goodbye to Zhou Yuanyuan and quickly left.
After a week of sunshine, all the snow on the ground has melted.
Before Wen Ziqing reached the brigade headquarters, he ran into the village chief Zhao Youtian on the road.
Zhao Youtian sighed and chatted a lot with Wen Ziqing.
Zhao Youtian had a bad New Year, mainly because something happened in Aunt Gu's family.
For some reason, Aunt Gu was angered by her eldest daughter-in-law Zheng Qiulian and became ill.
At first, no one took it seriously. Every family has its own problems between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law. Aunt Gu was considered a very open-minded mother-in-law, but sometimes she and her daughter-in-law would have some unpleasant things happen.
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