In the summer afternoon, insects chirp and birds sing, the sun burns the concrete road, the street is steaming hot, but the alley is quiet and comfortable.
All the elderly people nearby gathered in the alley and sat in a row, chatting and gossiping.
Lin Qin rode her bicycle quickly through the alleys and arrived at Grandma Liu's house. The alley was very quiet.
Without thinking much, she pushed her bicycle inside. After knocking twice at Grandma Liu's door, she heard a loud noise coming from Liu's side.
Lin Qin looked over subconsciously, and the door just opened.
Granny Liu was obviously very surprised to see Lin Qin. She was stunned for a few seconds and quickly called her into the house. "Hurry up, it's very hot outside, don't stand at the door."
"Grandma, I think the alley is quite cool." Lin Qin said as she pushed the bicycle in.
Grandma Liu closed the door very quickly and even bolted it.
Lin Qin's head was full of question marks, "Grandma, why did you lock the door?"
Granny Liu made a gesture to keep quiet, "Don't talk, or you'll get yourself into trouble."
As soon as she finished speaking, Liu Ling came out of the house, holding a half-eaten popsicle in her hand, and waved excitedly at Lin Qin, "Sister, come here, I'll take you to watch the fun!"
Lin Qin caught up with Liu Ling.
Granny Liu seemed very helpless.
The two of them entered the house next door. The houses here all had high windows on the side facing the street, but the windows were positioned very high, so passers-by could not see what was going on inside the house through the windows.
Moreover, the window is small and its only function is to provide lighting.
Liu Ling moved two stools and pulled Lin Qin to sit on them. From here, they could have a clear view of the Liu family's yard.
At this moment, Lin Qin only saw two broken flower pots in the yard, and a long-haired woman was sitting on a chair in the main room with an overbearing look, and no one knew what she was doing.
Before she could ask, she heard the sound of a bicycle coming from the alley.
Liu Yongming hurried into the yard, ignoring the mess on the ground, and angrily said to Fang Meixiang in the house, "What on earth do you want to do? You just got out of prison and you want to go back in again?"
Fang Meixiang slowly raised her eyes. Three years of prison life had worn away the only sweetness she had. She now looked more than ten years older, and her eyes were filled with cruelty.
"Liu Yongming, you are quite capable! I asked you to take good care of my daughter, but you didn't take my words to heart at all!"
Liu Yongming felt guilty, but soon regained his composure and said, "I hadn't graduated yet."
"Stop making excuses for me!" Fang Meixiang suddenly jumped up and kicked the stool over. The two gangster boys beside her immediately pinned Liu Yongming down and forced him to kneel down.
Fang Meixiang looked down at him with a sneer on her face, "I heard that you were having an affair behind my back!"
"I didn't! Stop talking nonsense!" Liu Yongming struggled hard and denied it.
Fang Meixiang didn't even want to argue with him. She turned around and asked another younger brother to bring An Meihua over.
Seeing An Meihua, Liu Yongming's face turned pale instantly, "Fang Meixiang, this is a matter between the two of us, and has nothing to do with Meihua. It was you who pretended to be Fang Ying to approach me, and I don't intend to make a fuss with you. We are even now, how about we each take a step back?
You can discuss anything you want.”
An Meihua was terribly frightened at first, but when she saw Liu Yongming protecting her like that, she was immediately moved. Relying on the fact that she was a pregnant woman, these people didn't dare to do anything to her, so they had to step forward to rescue Liu Yongming.
"Fang Meixiang! I know everything about you and Yongming. If you hadn't lied to him, he wouldn't have married you. You even lied to him that you were pregnant with a son, but you ended up giving birth to a girl. How could Yongming have suffered so much? He lost all his money because of you. How could he possibly afford to raise a child? It's clearly your fault. How dare you make a scene here!"
An Meihua looked at them jokingly, the mockery on her face becoming more and more obvious, "Hey! Who gave you the courage to yell in front of your ex-wife? Do you really think I dare not do anything to you? Or do you think Liu Yongming can protect you?"
"You" An Meihua just opened her mouth but was stopped by Liu Yongming's eyes.
"Fang Meixiang, you know very well that my mother only wants a grandson, and I, a grown man, can't take care of a child. The request you made was to embarrass me. It's better for the child to stay in the Fang family than to stay with me. You are the child's mother, don't you understand? Now you come to me just to get benefits. Tell me, what do you want to do?"
Liu Yongming looked at Fang Meixiang coldly. He had already paid off the money he owed to the loan sharks, his job was stable, and it had been so long since the beating of Lin Yi, and Lin Yi was still alive and well. Even if Fang Meixiang brought up the past and gave the evidence to the police station, the most he would have to do was pay some money and use his connections to smooth things over, and it would not have any impact on him at all.
It can be said that Fang Meixiang no longer has any leverage to restrain him, and he does not have to worry about being threatened by Fang Meixiang.
Fang Meixiang has been out of prison for a while. The reason why she came to find Liu Yongming now is to investigate the situation of the Liu family in the past three years.
She also knew that Liu Yongming had someone powerful to support him, otherwise he wouldn't be so stubborn in going against her.
Thinking of this, Fang Meixiang's mouth corners slightly raised, and she slowly stood up from the chair and approached Liu Yongming, "You are more vicious than I thought. You are indeed worthy of being the man I once fell in love with. We are still husband and wife now! As long as I don't agree to divorce, there will always be a place for me in this Liu family. An Meihua will never be able to be with you legitimately even if she dies.
Even if you two give birth to a son, he'll be a bastard! Hahahaha"
Fang Meixiang watched Liu Yongming and An Meihua change their expressions with a sly smile, then she walked out of the yard leisurely and pushed open Ma Cuihua's door.
Ma Cuihua and Xu Manzhi were in the room. The two women were huddled together, looking at Fang Meixiang warily.
Fang Meixiang sneered, "Mom! Sister-in-law! Haven't you seen Liu Li for a long time? Tsk tsk tsk. Liu Yongming is quite capable to exchange a little girl for the family's wealth. One really has to be ruthless, otherwise he can't climb high! I just don't know who will be the next one!"
Ma Cuihua's face tensed up, and her voice was trembling. "What nonsense are you talking about! My daughter obviously married a rich man, so stop trying to sow discord between us!"
"That's right! Mom, don't listen to her nonsense." Xu Manzhi said anxiously.
In fact, she had long noticed that something was wrong with Liu Li's marriage, but it did not affect her interests. Besides, without that annoying little girl Liu Li, her life was much more peaceful, so there was naturally no need to pursue it to the end.
"I'm talking nonsense?" Fang Meixiang laughed. "Mom, you're not very smart, how come you're so obsessed with your precious daughter's lifelong event? Liu Li's body has been played with for a long time. She drank, had abortions, and made trouble. I don't know how many times she's been to the police station.
Not to mention the rich, even a decent family can't marry her! What kind of rich man do you think she can marry? Tsk tsk tsk, don't blame me for not reminding you when you collect Liu Li's body someday!" (End of this chapter)
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