Zhang Lei's face also changed, and he shouted at the man on the ground: "What do you mean by fifteen dollars? I clearly promised eight dollars a month!"

The man on the ground stood up and snorted, "It's not like a few years ago. Even the soup dumplings at my doorstep have gone up in price. The eight yuan we agreed on has to go up as well."

Liu Ercui tugged at her man's sleeve and asked through gritted teeth, "He is Yue'er's uncle, right? Didn't you say you gave him fifty yuan? What about the eight yuan? Explain it to me clearly!"

Uncle Yue'er snorted in an ambiguous tone, "He told you that I am Yue'er's uncle..."

"Shut up!" Zhang Lei interrupted angrily, "Fifteen dollars is impossible. The most I can give you is two dollars, which makes it ten dollars a month!"

Lin Peng came to Yue'er yesterday just to ask him for money. He directly and dignifiedly refused, thinking that Lin Peng would not dare to say anything else.

Who knew that Lin Peng was such a scoundrel that he caused a scene at the gate of the family compound today and revealed everything.

Glancing at the people around watching the fun, Zhang Lei felt ashamed and regretful.

If I had known this earlier, I would have been more patient and discussed it with Lin Peng in private.

When Lin Peng heard that he would only give ten yuan, he immediately said, "Hand over Yue'er, and I will take her home."

It depends on whether you, Zhang Lei, are willing to let it go!

Liu Ercui suppressed her anger and resisted asking Zhang Lei what was going on. She said to Lin Peng, "Okay, you can take Yue'er back. After all, you are her uncle and a blood relative."

Before Lin Peng could react, Zhang Lei became unhappy and glared at her as if he was going to eat Liu Ercui.

"This is none of your business, go home!"

Liu Ercui felt like she was slapped in the face in public.

What she meant by that was that she really wanted Yue'er to go with her uncle. It was just a way to deal with the scoundrel.

Didn't Yue'er's uncle want money? If he took Yue'er away, he would have no money left, and he would have to spend more money to raise Yue'er. How could he be willing to do that?

It’s not that Zhang Lei didn’t think of this, he just cared too much and didn’t dare to gamble.

Liu Ercui stared blankly at her man, her eyes more broken than ever before.

Zhang Lei suddenly felt panicky, as if something was slowly being lost.

Lin Peng couldn't wait any longer and asked, "How did you two decide on this? I don't have that much time to waste with you."

Before Zhang Lei could say anything, a stern rebuke came from outside the crowd.

"Who's causing trouble here?"

Zhou Weiguang approached, glanced at Lin Peng, then turned to the sentry and shouted:

"The family quarters are also part of the barracks and are military facilities. Ruffians are not allowed to cause trouble here! As a sentry, it is your responsibility to maintain the peace and security of the family quarters."

The words were spoken to the sentry, but actually meant for Lin Peng to hear.

The officer in front of him was obviously different from the others. Lin Peng was a little scared, but he still said bravely: "I didn't cause any trouble, it's..."

Zhou Weiguang winked at the sentry.

The sentry stepped forward immediately and said sternly: "You have caused a crowd to gather and created a bad influence. Please leave immediately. If you don't leave, I will have the right to arrest you!"

When he heard the word "arrest", Lin Peng finally calmed down, said to Zhang Lei, "I'll find you later", and ran away quickly.

The onlookers turned their attention to Zhang Lei and Liu Ercui.

Zhou Weiguang raised his hand and said, "Everyone go away." Then he looked at the sentry and said, "You can't even do your job well, and you still need me to teach you?"

The sentry turned pale and admitted his mistake: "It was my fault."

Zhou Weiguang withdrew his gaze and found Qin Hanshu in the crowd, hoping to seek praise.

Qin Hanshu was afraid that Zhang Lei would have a brain short circuit, so he promised to give Uncle Yue'er fifteen yuan a month and asked Zhou Weiguang to clean up the situation.

Unexpectedly, Qin Hanshu didn't even look at Zhou Weiguang tacitly, and just walked home with Liu Ercui.

Liu Ercui was in a daze. She didn't say a word and no one knew what she was thinking.

It was not until they entered the corridor that Liu Ercui suddenly asked, "Zhang Tugou, who is Yue'er?"

Hearing Liu Ercui's question, Zhang Lei didn't even bother to blame her for calling him by his nickname in public. He said in a panic, "I don't understand what you are saying."

Liu Ercui looked at him steadily for a long while, then said "Oh" and stopped talking.

The couple went upstairs one after the other.

Qin Hanshu looked at him worriedly before turning around and going home, closing the door.

While eating dumplings, Wang Xiaogang suddenly said, "I used to think that Captain Zhang's sister-in-law was very powerful, but today I found out that she is quite pitiful."

Qin Hanshu glanced at him and nodded, "Yeah, it's really pitiful..."

Not to mention Liu Ercui, even she felt that there was something wrong with Yue'er's identity.

For some reason, Qin Hanshu recalled something that happened long ago.

Xiao Ming's mother said at the entrance of the cooperative that year that Dr. Qiao, whom Zhang Lei had talked to, had passed away.

Yue'er was an orphan and was adopted around that time.