If they had known it would turn out this way, they would never have agreed to let He Shuhui come to live in their home.
It's too late to say anything now.
The thought of how many strange looks they would receive if they went out made He Kangyong and Tao Juan break out in a cold sweat.
But this is something they can't escape by hiding like cowards.
After closing the courtyard gate, my eyes were finally at peace.
But the neighbors' chatter still clearly carried through the courtyard wall.
“I think He Kangyong and his niece are quite close, so he might know about the buying and selling of school places.”
"I think so too. The police should arrest them as well."
"These wicked bastards who ruin people's futures must not be let go!"
He Kangyong and Tao Juan were so angry that their faces turned green. All they did was cook a meal for He Shuhui. What was wrong with that?
As for the matter of reselling student records, it has absolutely nothing to do with them.
This couple was dragged down by their awful relatives!
The two were furious, but they knew that in the eyes of their neighbors, they were no different from He Shuhui, so they were too scared to leave the house.
No matter how much they were being cursed outside, they remained silent.
But a moment later, a deafening knocking sounded at the door.
"He Kangyong, open the door! Don't hide inside and keep quiet, I know you're home!"
"You're so capable of snatching students' enrollment, but you're not capable of opening the door! Stop hiding inside and pretending to be a coward!"
Grandma Lü and Grandma Qian were smashing things up, as if they wanted to tear the He family's door apart.
"Don't think you can get away with this just because the police haven't detained you! My grandson's tutoring fees must be returned to me today, or I'll report you to the police station!"
Tao Juan was already traumatized by the police station; how could she dare let those two old geezers go and report the case?
She cursed the bad luck in her heart, but she still had to swallow her anger and open the courtyard gate, humbly discussing the matter with Old Lady Lü and Old Lady Qian.
"Please be reasonable. There's a cause for every grievance, and a debtor for every debt. Your grandson's tutoring fees weren't paid to me, so why should you ask us for them?"
"Hey, how dare you talk like that! You cheated my grandson, and I'm already being lenient by not asking you for compensation for emotional distress, yet you dare to deny it!"
Grandma Lü pointed at Tao Juan's nose and cursed her, spitting everywhere.
"He Shuhui is your own niece, a member of your He family, how can she have nothing to do with you!"
"Stop giving me that nonsense. If you dare not pay me today, I'm not finished with you!"
She and Grandma Sun sat cross-legged on the ground, slapping their thighs and shouting, clearly determined not to leave until they got their money.
The commotion attracted a lot of onlookers.
People pointed and whispered about He Kangyong and Tao Juan, and there were quite a few people who didn't get along with their family who were making sarcastic remarks.
"The two old ladies from the Lü and Sun families are notoriously difficult to deal with. If the He family gets involved with them, they'll be in deep trouble."
"Evil people will be punished by other evil people, they deserve it!"
He Kangyong and Tao Juan were so scolded that they almost fainted on the spot.
But it's impossible for me to actually faint!
They still need to put in the effort to resolve the current situation!
Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to continue living in the tenement building anymore.
"It's just tutoring fees, isn't it?"
He Kangyong gritted his teeth and squeezed out a few words.
"I'll compensate you for whatever amount you have."
Upon hearing this, Grandma Lü and Grandma Qian no longer felt back pain or leg soreness, and they could dig ten miles of land in one go without any effort.
She scrambled to her feet and began counting on her fingers to figure things out with him.
"You said it yourself! We have to pay for He Shuhui's tutoring fees these days, the money for the chair she broke, the cost of her drinking water, the food she ate... we have to pay for all of that!"
"Don't say we're ripping you off. Considering we're all neighbors in this big courtyard, just give us a hundred yuan."
One hundred yuan!
Why don't they just rob it!
You should know that even if He Kangyong worked himself to the bone for a month, he might not be able to earn that much money!
Tao Juan's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets, but the two old women weren't buying it at all and immediately pretended to lie down on the ground again.
"If you don't give it to us, we'll go to the police station. Then it won't just be a hundred yuan. We'll have to pay for the emotional distress and the medical expenses that made us sick from the stress!"
He Kangyong and Tao Juan were furious, but amidst everyone's curses, they had no choice but to meekly hand over the money.
Seeing that Grandma Lü and Grandma Qian left happily as if they had gotten a great deal, they watched as Grandma Lü and Grandma Qian left.
The two men were filled with resentment and hatred, wishing that He Ligen's family would die in prison.
It's better than dragging their family down like this time!
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After receiving the message from her kind neighbor, Mrs. Xie excitedly went to buy a newspaper.
"The police are really efficient. The verdict was delivered in just one day."
She pressed Shen Zhihuan into a chair and told her to continue eating breakfast, while she read the contents of the newspaper to her.
"The newspapers say that all those involved in He Shuhui's case, as well as the school, have been thoroughly investigated. It seems that it won't be long before I see He Shuhui and her whole family in jail."
Grandma Xie nodded repeatedly as she looked at the newspaper, her face full of satisfaction.
"If this is the case in the capital, the problem of students taking someone else's place in school must be even more serious in other smaller places."
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