Because her mother was present, Ruan Shengzhi took out a box without any fear, opened it in front of Ruan Shengpeng, and took out a property certificate.
Ruan Shengpeng angrily took out the two bankbooks from the box, opened them, and felt a wave of dizziness: "These are my wife's bankbooks, the inheritance left to her by her parents. How did they end up with you?"
"And this bankbook is my pay slip, it's for supporting her family and children, so why is it with you?"
Ruan Shengzhi was speechless. She couldn't very well say that she had stolen it, could she? Or that she had looted it?
Ruan Shengpeng walked over, grabbed Ruan Shengzhi, and lifted her up: "When will you get the house? When will you get the bankbook? Tell me!"
The next words were deafening. A stern voice came from behind Ruan Shengpeng: "Put her down. What kind of family are you? Can't you sit down and talk?"
Ruan Shengpeng ignored him and continued to hold Ruan Shengzhi. Ruan Shengzhi was being choked and soon felt suffocated, struggling desperately.
When Grandpa Ruan saw that Ruan Shengpeng hadn't listened to him and put his sister down, he immediately gave his bodyguard a wink.
The guard walked over and pressed acupoints on Ruan Shengpeng's arm.
Ruan Shengpeng loosened his grip, and the man snatched the weapon. He tried to lunge forward, but the old man's bodyguard dodged him.
Then he lunged forward, crashed to the ground, spat out a mouthful of blood, and passed out!
Grandpa Ruan was both angry and furious: "Your injuries haven't even healed yet, why are you being discharged from the hospital? If you can't take care of your own body, why do you want to stay in the army? Get up now!"
As a result, Ruan Shengpeng remained motionless. The guard put Ruan Shengzhi down, squatted down, and exclaimed in shock: "He's vomited blood and fainted!"
And so, less than an hour after being discharged from the hospital, Ruan Shengpeng was rushed back to the hospital.
The attending physician, seeing the more serious injuries, became somewhat angry: "If you didn't want this son, you could have just abandoned him. Why did you even bring him to the hospital?"
Grandpa Ruan opened his mouth, but in the end he just sighed and sat down in his chair, glancing back at his wife: "What are you two arguing about? I said before that it was wrong to give that house to Shengzhi!"
"That's the house that the fourth brother bought himself. He has a wife and children, so of course it should be for his wife and children to live in. Why are you trying to take it from him?"
Ruan's mother scoffed, "Why can't I take it? She's just a country bumpkin. It's good enough that she has a house to live in. Why should she live in such a big house?"
"My daughter comes from a far more noble background than her, so why does my daughter have to live in a tenement while she lives in a detached house?"
"Then why don't you go and take over the courtyards of your other daughters-in-law?"
Ruan's mother hesitated. Did she dare? Those daughters-in-law all had powerful families. If she dared to take it, they would dare to come knocking on her door!
“You are just like Shengzhi, only because you see that he has no family to rely on and that Si’er is away on a mission. I also let it slip that time that he probably won’t be able to come back for at least ten years.”
"You had your eye on this yard back then, didn't you? You thought you could bully her like she was an easy target, so you and your daughter could do whatever you wanted with her!"
"Don't you ever think about how heartbroken Si'er is when he comes back? He had a perfectly good family, but his son is dead, you've taken the house, and you've forced his wife to live at her workplace!"
"No wonder my fourth daughter-in-law has refused to come home for the past ten years no matter how much I call her. Fortunately, you did one good thing. You took their daughter with you and raised her. This is the only thing you did for your fourth son."
"When Si'er wakes up, return the courtyard to him as he wishes!"
"Why should we return it? How will Zhi'er explain it to her son-in-law? It was agreed before the wedding that we would provide a courtyard as part of the dowry. Now that we've taken the courtyard back, how will Zhi'er face the world?"
"Are you disregarding Zhi'er's life or death? What does it matter if Si'er is a tough man? Just let him go home!"
These words made the old man hesitate for a moment. Other families favored sons over daughters, but their Ruan family was the opposite. Because girls were rare, they especially cherished girls.
Ruan Shengzhi was their only daughter, and they cherished her dearly! But no matter how much they loved her, she had to go to the countryside. Even though he held a high position, he dared not show favoritism.
When Ruan Shengzhi graduated from high school, although he was reluctant to let him go, he still sent Ruan Shengzhi to the countryside.
He had already made arrangements with his comrades to let Zhi'er join the training team in the Northwest. After two or three years in the countryside, she would gain the experience and then be able to come back and find a civilian job in the army.
But despite all his careful planning, he never expected that Ruan Shengzhi would change the location of his trip to the countryside, completely disrupting his plans!
At that time, he was angry and didn't pay attention to what happened to his daughter after she went to the countryside.
I never expected that my daughter would come back on her own after three years in the countryside.
She was still angry with herself and didn't even go home, saying she had gone to stay with her fourth brother.
Although he loves his daughter dearly, he cannot lose his dignity as a parent. If his daughter doesn't come back, he certainly won't go to see her.
The stalemate continued until Si'er was sent abroad on a mission. Only then did his wife tell her that their daughter had found a job and that she was getting married.
As the eldest son, he naturally wanted to take a good look at the prospective son-in-law when his daughter was getting married. However, after meeting him, he was not very satisfied, as Fang Dawei was somewhat snobbish.
Grandpa Ruan asked his wife to call their daughter: "Zhi'er, this Fang Dawei is a shrewd and opportunistic person. If our family were in a high position, he would behave himself."
"If our family isn't in power anymore, you'll have a hard time!"
Ruan Shengzhi didn't care: "I have four older brothers and several nephews. Isn't there anyone who will stand up for me?"
Ruan Shengzhi's question made the old man nod. His four sons and several grandsons were all hardworking and were doing well in the military.
So what if he's snobbish? Anyway, I'm here to keep an eye on him, my four older brothers are here to keep an eye on him, and I have several nephews to keep an eye on him.
In Beijing, Fang Dawei has no chance of making any waves!
So Old Master Ruan nodded in agreement to the marriage. He was usually busy, so he left the dowry arrangements to his wife.
On one occasion, he impulsively asked his driver to take him to see his daughter and grandson, only to discover that the house his daughter lived in was actually his fourth son's house.
Grandpa Ruan frowned. He had visited this courtyard when he came to see the twins. At that time, the courtyard had been decorated very warmly by his fourth son and his wife.
He knew that Si'er had a deep affection for his fourth daughter-in-law, but now all the warm decorations were gone, replaced by vulgarity.
He immediately questioned his wife, who casually replied, "I've already discussed it with my fourth daughter-in-law. She'll stay at her workplace, and I'll help her take care of our daughter!"
"How can this be?" Old Master Ruan felt a little uneasy.
Mother Ruan snorted coldly: "What can't she do, she's a despicable woman who got rid of my precious grandson?"
Hearing this, Old Master Ruan felt a pang of pain in his heart. Those were twins, a boy and a girl, but now only one daughter remained!
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