Yu Lili took her child back to her parents' home and never left the family compound again.
Zhang Guixiang was anxious at home, not knowing where they had gone, so she asked Lu Xiuwu to go look for them.
Lu Xiuwu snorted and chuckled:
"Mom, don't you understand yet? She took Zhuangzhuang to see her older brother and didn't come back. She must have gone back to her parents' home!"
Even if my older brother comes out, he won't find a good job. They have no hope of finding one, so it's no wonder they're staying home!
Upon hearing this, Zhang Guixiang felt a wave of sorrow wash over her, and she collapsed onto the sofa, wailing.
"My son, you're so pitiful! Who exactly is that Lu Wanqing? She's trying to ruin my family..."
Annoyed, Lu Xiuwu snapped at her:
"It was all his own doing. He went to Lu Wanqing to ask for money and even beat up a woman."
"Hmph, he went behind our backs to find it because he was afraid we'd come after him for a share of the money. Serves him right!"
Zhang Guixiang also felt that her eldest son's actions were somewhat dishonest. If he asked Lu Wanqing for money, they should all share it. How could he keep it all for himself?
Maybe he got the money and gave it to Yu Lili, letting her keep it all. Otherwise, why wouldn't he come back?
Fine, she's going to find Yu Lili and demand an explanation!
Thinking this, she walked out, intending to find Yu Lili.
Li Xiuwu coldly said from behind her, "Do you even know where her family lives? Go there then."
Zhang Guixiang stood there blankly. Yes, she had only heard people say that her family worked in a government agency, but she didn't even know their positions, let alone where they lived.
But what they didn't know was that Lu Xiuwen did, and she decided to go to the police station.
Before they even stepped out of the courtyard gate, a group of loan sharks, some carrying sticks and others knives, strode in arrogantly.
"Call Yu Lili out and pay back the money!" Big Face said to Zhang Guixiang in a rough voice.
"She's not here." Zhang Guixiang looked nervous, knowing that the visitor was up to no good and was likely here to ask for money.
Sure enough, the next second, Big Face turned his anger towards her:
"She's not here, so you'll pay back the money for Lu Xiuwen."
Zhang Guixiang wanted to say that she was just visiting from next door and had no relation to the Lu family, but Lu Xiuwu spoke up anyway.
"Mom, tell my older brother that Yu Lili has gone back to her parents' home..."
Her heart sank to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean; one sentence had completely exposed her identity.
"Who are you?" Lu Xiuwu roared, clenching his fists.
At this point, Zhang Guixiang was already in the hands of two loan sharks.
"Young man, we can talk this over." Seeing that Da Lian was about to get angry, Zhang Guixiang quickly tried to smooth things over.
Then, she glared at Lu Xiuwu, signaling him not to act impulsively.
Since Lu Xiuwen and his wife were both away and owed high-interest loans, they could only ask his mother to pay them back.
However, Zhang Guixiang didn't have a thousand yuan. After searching high and low, she could only find a little over two hundred yuan.
She then asked her youngest son if he had any money, and if so, to take it out quickly.
Lu Xiuwu spends all his money on drinking and eating meat; he has no money to spare.
Big Face then grabbed Zhang Guixiang's hand, threatening to chop off one of her hands as a threat.
Lu Xiuwu clenched his fists so hard they almost burst. As a retired veteran, was he really going to just stand by and watch his own mother have her hands and feet chopped off?
But where could he find the money?
"Son, now we have no choice but to go find your sister," Zhang Guixiang said in a moment of inspiration.
He sneered, "Sister? Do you mean Lu Jiajia, or Lu Wanqing?"
“Jiajia has been missing for so many years, of course we should go find Lu Wanqing!” Zhang Guixiang spat.
Actually, after Lu Jiajia was swept away by the water, she was rescued by villagers downstream.
Her face was disfigured, and she was taken in by a kind person who even wrote a letter to Zhang Guixiang.
However, she later heard from Zhang Guixiang that she had become a wanted criminal, and that's when she stopped contacting her family.
Therefore, Zhang Guixiang knew that Lu Jiajia was not dead, but she did not mention it to anyone else.
Upon hearing this, Lu Xiuwu sneered: "Now you know she's your sister! I wonder how you forced her to go to the countryside back then!"
He still had some conscience and was unwilling to go to Lu Wanqing about this matter. Besides, would he give it to her if he asked?
However, he still agreed to Big Face's request and gave him three days to find the money.
This time, the loan sharks got smarter and took Zhang Guixiang hostage.
"Don't try anything funny. If you don't have the money, I'll chop off your hand!"
Zhang Guixiang left crying and shouting.
The thought of the torture she might have suffered sends chills down my spine.
Lu Xiuwu sat in the courtyard, not knowing who to borrow money from, and had no clue until dark.
......
After finishing work that day, Lin Xiaocui and Han Lei walked along the lake in the park.
Business at hot pot restaurants tends to be slow in the summer, so she simply closes up early and goes out to enjoy herself.
The streetlights in the park are all on, and a gentle night breeze is blowing by the lake, making it a great place for couples to escape the summer heat and go on dates.
The moon was reflected in the shimmering water, shimmering like scattered silver light. Han Lei couldn't help but embrace Lin Xiaocui and kiss her.
After kissing for a while, Lin Xiaocui started to feel a little out of breath and leaned on his shoulder to catch her breath. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a couple walking towards them.
That man... he looks familiar.
It's Lin Cong!
Although many years had passed, Lin Cong's skin had become much fairer, and he exuded an imposing aura, but she still recognized him.
She broke free from Han Lei and prepared to chase after him.
However, the two had already disappeared into the nearby grove of trees.
She then realized that if that person really was Lin Cong, it meant he had already returned to Beijing from the military.
She hadn't contacted her family for several years, and Luo Hao and the others probably didn't know about these things. Lin Cong also didn't contact her, so the two siblings were practically strangers.
She quickly came to terms with it. Although Lu Wanqing had no connection with the Lu family anymore, Lin Cong had still stolen Lu Xiuwu's credit. Such moral depravity was even more despicable than beating and scolding his own mother.
"What's wrong?" Han Lei noticed that something was wrong with her, so he quickly turned her head and asked softly.
Lin Xiaocui snapped out of her reverie and took his hand to continue sightseeing.
Two days later, Lu Xiuwu woke up from his hangover, looked blankly at the calendar, and realized that there was only one day left before the loan sharks were about to cut off his mother's hand.
He rubbed his throbbing head and made up his mind to go find Lu Wanqing.
Given the current situation, only she can come up with that much money.
But when she arrived at the garment factory, the security guard told her that Lu Wanqing was not there.
He didn't know any other places, but remembering that Lu Xiuwen had asked at a hot pot restaurant next to Donglaishun, he hurriedly rushed to the hot pot restaurant.
Upon arriving at the store, he inquired about Lu Wanqing's situation from the waiter, and Chun Tao, very wary, called Lin Xiaocui out.
Lin Xiaocui was entertaining VIPs upstairs when she followed Chun Tao downstairs.
“That’s him. He said he was looking for Sister Wanqing. He looks a bit like the person from last time,” Chuntao said, pointing at Lu Xiuwu.
Lin Xiaocui looked over and met Lu Xiuwu's eyes, her expression dazed:
"He finally found us!"
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