The next morning, Wang Peng received a call from Principal Ma, who was already downstairs with his daughter-in-law and son.
Wang Peng opened the window and saw Principal Ma Gaige. He smiled and called out, "Principal, I'll come pick you up."
"No need, let's go upstairs." Ma Gaige waved to the upstairs neighbors and led his son and daughter-in-law upstairs.
Wang Peng opened the door and invited them inside. He brewed a pot of hot tea, and Li Mingzhu also came into the living room with her child.
After exchanging a few words, Wang Peng poured tea for the guests and took the opportunity to observe Ma Xingbang and Chen Yu.
Ma Xingbang was taciturn and his temperament was nothing like his father's.
Chen Yu, on the other hand, was cheerful and chatted happily with Li Mingzhu. The two prepared to go to the bedroom for a chat.
"Mingzhu, don't rush." Ma Gaige took out two hundred yuan and said with a smile, "This is a gift for the child."
"Thank you, Principal Ma." Li Mingzhu accepted the money and thanked him again.
Ma Gaige smiled slightly and took out a document from his briefcase: "This is your graduation thesis. Take some time to work on it."
Li Mingzhu handed her son over to her mother and opened the documents.
Wang Peng leaned over to take a look and found that the paper actually required her to share the creative process of One Piece and then draw a picture with the theme of family affection.
This was very easy for her, and Wang Peng was in a great mood, so he quickly thanked the principal.
"Xiaopeng, Mingzhu, graduation is in ten days. Try your best to attend the graduation party." After saying this, Ma Gaige got up to take his leave.
"Please rest assured, Principal, I will definitely attend the meeting." Wang Peng shook hands with him and saw them downstairs.
Ma Gaige drove to Brothers Supermarket No. 1 Store, where Du Lei was waiting for them.
Wang Peng was about to go upstairs when he turned around and saw Li Guifen. Seeing that her face looked very unpleasant, he didn't want to talk to her, so he turned and went upstairs.
"Xiaopeng." Li Guifen ran to his side in two steps, her lips moved, and tears welled up in her eyes.
"What's wrong?" Wang Peng frowned slightly, staring straight at her.
"Wang Cheng asked me to pay rent, but I refused. He said he would kick me out." Li Guifen's voice grew louder as she wiped tears from the corners of her eyes.
Wang Peng was not surprised at all; a miser like Wang Cheng, who was obsessed with money, would do such a thing.
"You chose this yourself, there's no need to tell me." Wang Peng turned and left.
“Xiaopeng,” Li Guifen grabbed his sleeve, her face contorted with grief, “I don’t know what to do, please teach me.”
Wang Peng pulled her hand away and sighed softly, "Don't you have savings? Go buy a house and live there by yourself."
Li Guifen immediately shook her head: "I raised him all these years, he should give me alimony. If he doesn't... I'll sue him."
Wang Peng was taken aback, then understood what she meant; it turned out she wanted alimony.
Although he hates this awful woman, he still has to pay alimony. Even if it goes to court, he will still have to pay alimony.
“I can give you alimony, how much do you want?” Wang Peng asked.
"One thousand a month," Li Guifen demanded, her voice urgent. "You have money, this isn't much, is it?"
"Hmph!" Wang Peng sneered, "Go ahead and sue me in court. Whatever the court awards, I'll give you."
He looked up at the building and saw Wang Cheng standing at the window, waving at him with a smile.
"Heh." Wang Peng looked at Li Guifen and sneered, "You'll regret it sooner or later for colluding with her."
As soon as he finished speaking, he turned and went upstairs, not wanting to look at her again.
When I got home, I took two blocks of ice back to my bedroom and put them in the basin of water next to my bed.
The son was already asleep, and the wife was lying in bed reading.
“Honey, Principal Ma is so good to you.” Li Mingzhu chuckled and handed him a file folder.
"Whether you say good or bad, it's all about interests." Wang Peng opened the bag and took out a document from it.
Upon closer inspection, he couldn't help but laugh out loud; it turned out to be a paper on supermarket management.
This paper is very well written; it's clearly the work of a professor.
Wang Peng scratched his head. "Old Ma is good to me. He even prepared my graduation thesis."
Li Mingzhu rolled over, resting her head on her husband's stomach, and said with a smile, "Honey, are you happy?"
Wang Peng nodded. "You still have a few days left in your postpartum confinement period. Will you be able to make it to the graduation party?"
"Just in time." Li Mingzhu took out a notebook from her pocket, turned to the first page, and said, "I'll be out of confinement in nine days."
She glanced at her sleeping son, her eyes filled with doting affection, "This little guy has really worn me out."
"Wah—" Wang Jiye suddenly woke up and burst into tears.
"Ouch!" Li Mingzhu rolled her eyes and got up to hug the child.
"Let me do it." Wang Peng carefully picked up his son and slowly strolled around the room, humming a tuneless little tune.
But the child was still crying, so Li Mingzhu quickly hugged the child, lifted her clothes, and fed him milk.
The little guy exerted all his strength and soon became covered in sweat.
Wang Peng gently stroked his son's forehead and whispered, "Li Guifen just asked me for alimony; she wants a thousand yuan a month."
"Hmph!" Li Mingzhu sneered, "They're treating us like fools. Let her sue them in court."
After thinking it over carefully, she let out another cold laugh: "If we really go through legal proceedings, she might not win, because she has 200,000 yuan in savings, enough for her retirement."
Wang Peng nodded. A thousand yuan was indeed an outrageous demand, but five hundred a month was acceptable.
“Mingzhu, Wang Cheng is asking her for rent. Her relationship with Zheng Hua has angered Wang Cheng.”
Li Mingzhu was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but laugh out loud. That mother and son were both misers; they were lucky to have survived this long.
"Honey, Du Lei told me that Xu Mengxing wants to hand over her illegitimate child to you for upbringing. Is there any deeper meaning behind this?"
Wang Peng was taken aback. After thinking about it carefully, he said uncertainly, "It probably doesn't have any deeper meaning. I heard that the child is very naughty."
Wang Peng's phone suddenly rang. He took it out, answered the call, and held it to his ear.
"Brother Peng, Xu Chenglong just hit Old Zhao from logistics, and Old Zhao's head is bleeding." Du Lei's voice came from the phone.
Wang Peng sat up on the bed with a start, his eyes widening in disbelief: "What happened? His head is smashed?"
"Yes," Du Lei said with a wry smile. "The two got into an argument, and Xu Chenglong swung a broom and hit Lao Zhao on the head. I just called an ambulance."
Hearing this, Wang Peng was both amused and exasperated. He knew Xu Chenglong was a troublemaker, but he hadn't expected him to be this way.
If it were one of his employees who physically assaulted someone, he would definitely be fired, but Xu Chenglong was giving him a headache.
"Brother Peng, what should we do? Should we call the police?" Du Lei asked, his voice trembling with anger.
Wang Peng scratched his head and said in a low voice, "Don't call the police yet, I'll call Lao Xu."
With that, he hung up the phone and dialed Xu Mengxing's number.
"Uncle Xu, I have good news for you. Your son cracked my employee's skull open. What should we do?"
"Huh?" Xu Mengxing was silent for a long time. Then he gave a bitter smile and said, "Xiao Peng, do you have time? Let's talk."
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