Li Chu led Cui Chunmei outside the restaurant, took an envelope out of his pocket, and casually tossed it over.
Before Cui Chunmei could react, something flew over and she hurriedly caught it.
“This was given to me by He Yuzhu this morning. He said it was five hundred yuan as child support for the children.”
Upon hearing this, Cui Chunmei stared blankly at the envelope in her hand, then raised her hand to hand it over.
"Don't give it to me. I'm just here to pass it on. If you don't want it, you can return it to him yourself, or you can just throw it away," Li Chu said, waving his hand.
These words left Cui Chunmei, who had already raised her hand, frozen in mid-air.
“Brother Li… I can’t accept this money. I can raise my child very well without him.”
"I know, whether you want it or not is your business, whether he gives it to you or not is his business. Don't tie me to your affairs. I've already said, I'm just a middleman."
Li Chu paused here, looked at Cui Chunmei, and continued, "Comrade Cui Chunmei, I know you can raise the child well on your own, I don't deny that, but no matter what, He Yuzhu is the child's father."
He has a responsibility and an obligation to raise the child. Don't involve the child in your adult squabbles.
“Brother Li, my son doesn’t have a father like that.”
It's clear that even after all this time, Cui Chunmei still harbors resentment when she mentions He Yuzhu.
"Chunmei, I'm not trying to criticize you, but He Yuzhu did make mistakes. But did you do absolutely nothing wrong?"
He shouldn't have given Qin Huairu money from the family without consulting you, but was what you did that night really right? What were you planning to do with those people you brought? Catch them in the act?
Have you considered what would have happened if the matter had actually reached the police station? Yes, he would have gone to jail, but what about your son? He's only a few years old, and he'd have to bear the burden of his own father being imprisoned for treason?
He'll never pass any future vetting process. Because of their biological father, your two daughters might not be able to go to university no matter how well they study. So you want your son to end up like that? Unable to go to university, unable to join the army—is that what will satisfy you? Is this how you try to maintain balance among your three children?
Li Chu's words left Cui Chunmei completely bewildered; no one had ever said these things to her before.
“I…I didn’t…I didn’t think about that much, and I didn’t intend to send him in.”
"That's why I said He Yuzhu has his own problems, and you have yours too. You're only concerned with your own comfort and don't consider the consequences at all."
You didn't intend to send him in, but that's exactly what you did. If you really didn't intend to send him in, why would you need to bring several people to find him?
If He Yuzhu and Qin Huairu really did something illicit in that house, how do you think things would have turned out?
Cui Chunmei hadn't considered any of this. At the time, she was only thinking about venting her anger and getting a divorce; she didn't consider anything else at all.
However, if those shady things really happened, her actions at the time would have harmed her son.
Nowadays, everything is subject to censorship. Putting aside the censorship itself, the criticism alone could drown a person.
The city of Beijing is neither small nor large; the news can spread like wildfire throughout the city in no time.
How will this child grow up?
Those gossipy women spread these rumors without caring whether they might cause indelible trauma to a child's young mind.
Some people, just to satisfy their gossipy nature, will even come here specifically to take a look.
If all of this really happened, He Yuzhu certainly deserves to die, but no one will say a good word about Cui Chunmei either.
Seeing that her eyes were red from what he had said, Li Chu sighed slightly: "Alright, the worst thing hasn't happened yet, so you should be grateful."
No matter what, he is He Yuzhu's child. If he wants to fulfill his obligations, you can't stop him. You can hate him, but you can't teach your child to hate his own father.
"Now that you're raising the child, and He Yuzhu is willing to pay child support, you should accept it. As for whether Mingming wants to acknowledge that father when he grows up, that's something the child needs to consider when he's older."
"I understand, Brother Li." Cui Chunmei's emotions had calmed down by this time.
"Well, He Yuzhu will probably leave in half a day to go south. His exact words were that if he can establish himself there, he will send money back to me every month, and I will collect it for you. If he doesn't send it, then there's nothing I can do."
"Thank you so much, Brother Li. It's such a small matter for us, and we've troubled you to run around like this."
"Alright, go inside and get back to what you're doing," Li Chu said, waving his hand.
After saying that, Li Chu walked to the car parked by the roadside without looking back, got in, started the engine, and drove off.
He didn't really like dealing with this woman. She seemed somewhat weak on the surface, but she was actually very hard-hearted, which gave him a bad feeling.
He Yuzhu is clearly the kind of guy who responds better to gentle persuasion than force, but you insist on going against him. That just means you don't want to live a peaceful life.
Lou Xiao'e had reminded her the first time that her approach was wrong and that she shouldn't have confronted He Yuzhu so forcefully.
If she had cried pitifully at that time, He Yuzhu would have been so weak in the knees that he wouldn't have been able to walk, and he would have guaranteed never to have anything to do with Qin Huai again.
But it was precisely because of her assertiveness that He Yuzhu's rebellious nature was further aroused. If you don't let me do this, I won't. I will give her the money.
Of course, He Yuzhu is the worst person in this whole affair. He caused everything, always wanting more than he had. Now, his family is broken up, which is entirely his own doing.
Just as he drove to the intersection and was about to turn into the alley, he saw a person standing at the small intersection near his house.
After recognizing who it was, Li Chu couldn't help but look up at the sky through the windshield.
What kind of day is this? It's really weird. He Yuzhu came to see him in the morning, and Qin Huairu came in the afternoon. The fact that she's standing here means she must have been to the hospital, found out she was gone, and then came over but didn't see the car, so she's standing at the intersection waiting.
What the hell is this?
Qin Huairu, who was standing there in a daze, quickly looked up when she heard the sound of a car.
Upon seeing that it was Li Chu's car, she reached out and tugged at her clothes, then smoothed her hair. Only after the car stopped did she take a few steps closer.
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