The next morning, the two were woken up while they were still asleep.
"Alright, it's getting late, you should set off."
The staff from the neighborhood office had been keeping watch all night and wanted to send the person away as soon as possible.
"It's too early, we haven't had enough sleep yet." Li Ci looked at the dark sky, quite annoyed.
"You'll have time to sleep on the train. There are some educated youth going to the countryside on the other side of the street. You can go to the train station with them."
The staff at the street office didn't care whether they were asleep or not; they were even more exhausted after guarding the place all night.
"Isn't there a car to deliver it? We've packed a lot of things and need to send some of them over first, so we need to go to the post office first."
"There are also some large items in the house that need to be dealt with, but there's no time to do it."
Li Ci originally planned to have Qi Bowen sell all the goods in the morning, and then send the rest before setting off, but she didn't expect them to urge her so urgently.
They had to leave as soon as it was light, because they didn't want them to stay even a minute longer.
"You're dreaming. Minister Qi has given instructions that you are not allowed to touch anything in the house except your own things."
"This family compound was allocated to Minister Qi, it has nothing to do with you. We've already given you enough face by letting you live here."
"You want to be driven here? Why don't you just fly to the sky? If you don't want to take the train, then go walk to the countryside."
"Once you leave Beijing, you can go wherever you want. But we will check everything you bring. Not a single item is allowed."
The staff members had been working all night, and now they were so angry at these demands that they laughed. Did they think they were Marshal Li's relatives?
Their subdistrict office was well aware that Marshal Li's family was being secretly protected by higher authorities, and their cooperation was needed.
So even if their family made a huge fuss, they didn't take it seriously. When Li Ci went to Sichuan Province to get a certificate some time ago, they didn't say a word and didn't dare to offend anyone.
But starting yesterday, the two people who were secretly protecting them withdrew, and the Li family really stopped caring about them.
"What did you say? You won't even let me take him? No way! You need to bring Qi Feng to see me. Even if we're divorced, I still have a share in this family. Why can't I take him with me?"
Li Ci roared with all his might, as if they were driving them to the brink of despair, leaving them no face and no way out.
"You think you can just see him like that? You think you can see Minister Qi? Get out of here right now, or we'll arrest you as a vagrant."
The staff at the neighborhood office rolled their eyes. Minister Qi had already divorced her, yet she still acted all high and mighty.
This family compound was allocated to Minister Qi by his work unit; it was earned through hard work and dedication. What did she do?
She just sits at home doing nothing all day, bossing around Minister Qi. Who spoiled her like that? Does she think she's Marshal Li's daughter?
Li Ci wanted to say something more, but the staff at the street office didn't give her a chance to speak again and gave her an ultimatum.
Li Ci didn't dare to argue with them anymore, knowing that these people weren't afraid of her at all, and even looked down on her.
They could only go inside and rummage through all her messy belongings again, not even letting her take a blanket, except for her own clothes and some money and tickets they didn't know about.
"Mom, and that person..." Qi Bowen didn't have much luggage, just clothes and other things, so it was very light.
"What's it to me!" Li Ci was seething with anger and had nowhere to vent it.
She originally thought that if she sold all the things in her house, those three big items alone would be worth several hundred yuan.
And all the furniture in the house—she chose the best pieces, so she wouldn't have any trouble selling them.
There were also some jewelry and small yellow croakers. If those people really searched her luggage, she wouldn't be able to take them with her, nor would she dare to.
She was incredibly annoyed, but Qi Bowen only cared about his own father. No matter how nice it sounded, wasn't he siding with outsiders?
If she didn't know that going to the countryside meant relying on the locals for some care, she would have preferred him to be dead.
Qi Bowen dared not speak. The men at the door were staring intently at him and kept urging him on, so he had no choice but to go inside and help the man up.
Wei Changgen woke up in the middle of the night, but he felt groggy and unwell. He hadn't eaten anything and was feeling weak and listless.
He had no strength to stand up at all, so Qi Bowen came over and supported him. He leaned his whole body against Qi Bowen, and the weight almost crushed him.
"Where to?" Wei Changgen asked weakly.
“Go back to the countryside, go back to where you came from.” Qi Bowen’s words were quite sarcastic.
“Go back? Why go back? Bowen, listen to me, you must stay in Beijing. You are a city person.”
“Go and coax that family, and the second son too. Take me to see him. After all, I’ve raised him for over twenty years.”
"If he's really that heartless and kicks you out, I'll sue him."
Wei Changgen had no intention of returning to Yangliu Brigade; that place was not his home, but his nightmare.
He dared not think about what he would face if he went back, or what he would do if he went back in his current state. He couldn't do anything and couldn't support himself at all.
He had finally escaped from the farm and didn't want to go back to Yangliu Brigade to be tortured again; he would die.
"Hmph, you think you can fool anyone with your little schemes? Do you think this is the Yangliu Brigade, where you can just do whatever you want?"
"You have no idea of the Li family's status in Beijing. Not to mention you can't see them now, even that good son you raised hates you to death. Do you still expect him to take care of you in your old age?"
Qi Bowen felt like he had heard a big joke, and when he faced the Li family, he only dared to beg for mercy and act pitiful.
He hoped they wouldn't kick him out out of consideration for their upbringing; he wouldn't dare go against the Li family at all.
And then there's Li Ci, with such a bad temper, yet she doesn't dare utter a single word.
He even went to sue the Li family, but he was afraid that no one would dare to take the case. Those higher-ups would only protect the Li family and get rid of Wei Changgen.
"How did it come to this? Go and beg them again, we can't go back."
Wei Changgen was completely distraught and at a loss for what to do.
"It's up to you. You can come back or not if you want. If we leave, you'll be a drifter. No farm would want someone like you. Just fend for yourself."
Seeing him like this, Qi Bowen didn't want to bother with him anymore, so he put him down and prepared to leave.
"Bowen...I...I'm leaving." Wei Changgen was terrified; staying here would only lead to certain death.
"Get me something to eat first. I'm exhausted and will only be a burden on the road."
Wei Changgen felt weak and listless, his stomach felt empty, and he felt very uncomfortable.
"There's no food, and there's nothing left at home." Qi Bowen was very agitated by his appearance. If he got dizzy on the way, he would be in trouble.
He had no choice but to take out the candy he had been saving from his pocket and stuff it into Wei Changgen's mouth. Wei Changgen tasted the sweetness and wolfed it down.
Qi Bowen didn't wait for him to calm down before supporting him and taking him out the door.
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