According to Qin Lingdi, Zhao Sufeng was worried that Liu Jiangsu would not be willing to give up the house for her to get married, so she simply made up a lie to deceive Zhao Hairen.
Zhao Sufeng also promised that if Liu Jiangsu was killed or kicked out, Zhao Sufeng would be willing to divide the family property equally with her second uncle, Zhao Hairen.
Qin Lingdi sighed insincerely, "We weren't after that little bit of property! Besides, what's there to covet in the half-room and half-kang that Uncle had left? We were just sincerely trying to avenge Uncle!"
With a sigh, she glanced at Luo Hongkai standing next to Liu Jiangsu, and then added, "Su Fen said that you and Luo Laoguan were always hanging out together, and we saw it with our own eyes. We don't know who is telling the truth now."
You two are innocent, huh? Then how come you actually eloped and got married?
And she even had a child late in life?
The disdain on Qin Lingdi's face was clearly visible.
For a moment, everyone in the room fell silent, overwhelmed by the events of decades ago.
Li Xiangdong kept thinking about what Zhao Hairen and Qin Lingdi and his wife had said, and the more he thought about it, the more something seemed off!
"Zhao Sufeng... oh, my second aunt, how can she be so sure that my maternal grandmother wouldn't agree to give her a house? Did my maternal grandmother abuse her?"
Qin Lingdi and Zhao Hairen exchanged a glance, then stammered, "Uh... how would we know..."
“Logically speaking, my maternal grandmother shouldn’t be the kind of person who would abuse her stepdaughter. Besides, if she really did abuse her, you two would have already confessed. So, who made my second aunt so unsure about getting the house?”
Li Xiangdong reasoned step by step, "My maternal grandfather had no sons, only two daughters. My mother was only five years old at the time, and with the eldest daughter to carry on the family line, my maternal grandmother would definitely agree. So, after all the calculations, only the person who benefited the most is the most suspicious."
He walked up to Zhao Hairen, whose face had turned pale, looked him intently into the eyes, and said, "You did it, didn't you?"
Zhao Hairen avoided eye contact with him.
"Yes, then it must be you guys."
Li Xiangdong clapped his hands, "So now there is one more crucial issue, which is that you can only get rid of my maternal grandfather by using my second aunt to drive away my maternal grandmother."
"So, you two killed my maternal grandfather, didn't you?"
When Zhao Hairen and Qin Lingdi heard him say that, they jumped up in fright, waving their hands and trying to explain.
"Don't talk nonsense! My older brother died suddenly from colic, what does that have to do with us!"
"Exactly! Even if you're powerful now, you can't just slander good people like that!"
"Dad, let's go quickly! This is too scary!"
Qin Lingdi frantically grabbed her husband, saying, "What if we get arrested as murderers? That would be terrible!"
Li Xiangdong now has connections everywhere, and he's on very good terms with the police at the local police station and the public security bureau. They can't afford to mess with him.
Zhao Sufang's face turned ashen. "So, you and my second sister both knew the real cause of my father's death, right? You've been lying to me all these years, haven't you!"
Qin Lingdi was unusually a little guilty, "It was mainly your second sister's idea..."
Liu Jiangsu closed her eyes; the belated vindication didn't seem to cause much of a ripple in her heart.
There was still one thing Li Xiangdong didn't understand.
"Now that my maternal grandmother has been taken away by my current maternal grandfather, there's no one to interfere with your division of the family property. So why didn't my second aunt marry Qian Shiren?"
Qin Lingdi glanced at Zhao Sufang, whose chest was heaving, and said cautiously, "Qian Shiren also had an affair with the concubine of the Shi family in the county town. Later, I don't know how, he went to Hong Kong with that concubine."
"So, Qian Shiren dumped my second aunt. My second aunt didn't want an abortion, so she married her husband and gave birth to my cousin from Hanzhong."
Li Xiangdong finally figured out what was going on in this melodramatic plot.
He had previously felt that his second aunt seemed to have some kind of leverage over his second maternal grandfather.
Looking back today, this weakness was quite significant.
Actually, when they first started talking, they asked all the bystanders to leave, and closed all the windows and doors.
But life is full of unexpected coincidences. Li Zhaowang waited outside for his wife and eldest son for a long time, but they didn't come back, so he decided to go to his brother-in-law's house to ask.
As soon as I reached the door, I could faintly hear my wife's name coming from inside.
Li Zhaowang slowed his pace, moved quietly, and listened carefully to the sounds inside.
He came from the middle and happened to hear the whole story of Li Hanzhong's background.
The poor old man, surrounded by his children and grandchildren, was struck as if by lightning. He felt as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over his head, and his whole body stiffened.
Then he felt like his internal organs were on fire. He desperately wanted to find a good iron shovel so he could question his wife, Zhao Sufeng, about whether what they had just said was true!
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Li Hanzhong helped his mother, Zhao Sufeng, out of Li Xiangdong's house.
Li Lan, who was sitting in the courtyard keeping watch, stood up worriedly and asked, "Cousin, are you and Auntie alright?"
The two of them didn't look well at all, especially the second aunt, who looked ashen and lifeless as a dead person.
Zhao Sufeng and Li Hanzhong didn't say anything and walked straight out.
Then, Qian Shiren, who was unwilling to give up, also wandered out.
He shouted to Li Hanzhong, who was about to disappear through the door, "Son, I came here specifically to see you. I'm going to Shanghai in three days, I'll wait for you for three days!"
Li Hanzhong paused, then resolutely continued walking out.
But the mother stopped walking.
"Mother, why not..."
Zhao Sufeng stared intently ahead.
Li Hanzhong looked over and said, "Father...Father, why are you here..."
Li Zhaowang tremblingly raised the shovel in his hand. He wanted to strike it down, but in front of him was his son, whom he had loved for more than forty years!
He raised the shovel, but halfway up, he let it fall limply.
"Smack—"
The shovel hit the ground, raising a cloud of dust.
Li Zhaowang suddenly squatted down on the ground, covered his head with his hands, and began to wail loudly.
Li Hanzhong felt heartbroken by his crying and wanted to go over to comfort him, but he didn't know whether he should.
Qian Shiren walked over, looked at Li Zhaowang, whose hair was completely white and who was crying bitterly, and patted him on the shoulder, "Alright, stop crying. My son has called you 'Dad' for so many years, you're not at a disadvantage!"
Li Hanzhong glared angrily, "If you keep spouting nonsense, I won't be polite!"
Qian Shiren shrugged smugly, "What I said is all true!"
Li Zhaowang cried even harder.
Zhao Sufeng felt that her sincerity, along with decades of her life, had been wasted.
She squatted down in front of Li Zhaowang and said slowly, "Dad, I'm sorry. I was deceived by that bastard back then, and this is karma. Don't cry. If you're still not satisfied, let's get a divorce!"
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