"Why doesn't your aunt want us to come?" Xia Bao asked back.
Before Zhang Juan could even utter her instinctive rebuttal of "no," Lu Ya frowned and said with disdain, "Of course she doesn't want us to come. If we come, won't her lie to your uncle be exposed?"
"Sister-in-law, I'm not trying to be mean, but you really have the nerve to lie to my brother when you can run faster than anyone else?"
“I…I…didn’t—” Zhang Juan tried to deny it.
Xia Bao's words sealed her fate.
“Uncle, if you don’t believe us, we can go to the store and ask. Besides, Aunt said she got some medicine. What kind of medicine? Tell me, I want to see if it’s medicine from our store.”
Under Xia Bao's aggressive questioning, Zhang Juan's face drained of all color.
Seeing her like this, how could Lu Yuanzhou not understand?
His face was ashen; he was so angry that he didn't even notice anything amiss with Xia Bao's use of the phrase "our shop."
"Little sister, you know about this, but now that Xia Bao has found a job, let's drop the matter. I have some things to take care of at home, so I won't keep you any longer."
Lu Ya was somewhat dissatisfied with Lu Yuanzhou's conciliatory attitude: "Big brother, the reason why sister-in-law can do so many stupid things is because you spoil her. Every time it's just a minor incident, it's no wonder she doesn't realize her mistake!"
"In my opinion, they should be taught a lesson. Huai Dong is such a good kid, and you've forced him to run away from home. And you should find a better daughter-in-law than Li Jia, who is so outstanding."
"Brother, if you don't listen to me, and let your sister-in-law do whatever she wants, she'll end up breaking up with her family sooner or later."
Lu Yuanzhou's face grew increasingly sour, and the air seemed to be infected as well, with a faint smell of burnt hair wafting through the space.
"Mom." After Lu Ya finished her verbal attack, Xia Bao slowly tugged at Lu Ya's arm and turned to Lu Yuanzhou, saying, "Uncle, my mom has a sharp tongue, don't take it to heart. We're leaving now."
After the two left, Lu Yuanzhou, on the verge of exploding in rage, picked up the gifts on the table and smashed them to the ground.
Zhang Juan quickly pulled back her foot and darted away, which made Lu Yuanzhou even angrier.
"You still dare to hide?"
"Yuanzhou, I...I..."
From the doorway came the voice of Wang Xiu, the second son's wife: "Dad, Mom, what's wrong?"
She entered the room and glanced around, her tone immediately turning gloating: "Mom, what did you do now? Why are you so angry with Dad?"
Lu Yuanzhou gave Wang Xiu a cold glance: "Come with me to the study."
He doesn't have the thick skin to let the younger generation laugh at him!
The two went upstairs.
"Why aren't you leaving?" Lu Huaibei, who had just parked his bicycle and entered the house, nudged his wife, who was standing in front of him, looking up at the building.
Wang Xiu turned around, swatted away Lu Huaibei's restless hand, and whispered, "Your dad and mom had a fight."
"Let them argue," Lu Huaibei said dismissively. "It's not like we haven't argued before."
Immediately, Wang Xiu's gossipy desire subsided by half, but she had a vague feeling that this time was a bit different, and couldn't help but say again, "I think this time it's quite serious, what do you think about us—"
"Don't even think about it!" Lu Huaibei immediately stopped Wang Xiu from eavesdropping. "If Dad finds out, he might kick us out of the house."
"Is it that serious?" Wang Xiu complained, but the thought in her mind was quickly dismissed.
She couldn't bear to give up the good life at home.
Suddenly, Wang Xiu noticed the pig's head meat on the ground. Her eyes lit up, and she unconsciously licked her lips, patting Lu Huaibei's arm: "Huaibei, it's pig's head meat!"
"Then... shall we eat something first?"
Lu Huainan had mentioned at the breakfast table that he was going to a classmate's house tonight and wouldn't be back. Lu Huaidong had moved out again. The couple exchanged a glance, quickly picked up the item, and sat on the sofa to start chewing on it.
He had only taken three bites when Lu Huaidong suddenly walked into the house.
The gluttonous couple were both taken aback.
Lu Huaibei stretched the piece of pig's head meat he had placed in his mouth forward, the part he had just gnawed on still glistening with saliva. He said foolishly, "Big brother, want some?"
Useless thing!
Wang Xiu angrily stomped on Lu Huaibei's foot and glanced upstairs at the study: "Big brother, Mom and Dad are arguing, it seems... it's because of you and sister-in-law..."
Lu Huaidong frowned slightly and hummed in agreement, explaining, "I'm just going upstairs to get something."
"Big brother," Wang Xiu called out to him, "Mom and Dad are in the study upstairs."
Lu Huaidong nodded to Wang Xiu, then turned and went upstairs.
As soon as he went upstairs, Wang Xiu immediately snatched the meat from Lu Huaibei's hand. With Lu Huaibei calling her "wife" in dissatisfaction, she stepped on his foot and said irritably.
"Idiot, what are you standing there for? Hurry up and pick up the gifts on the ground and bring them inside!"
Lu Huaibei chuckled and got to work quickly.
Lu Yuanzhou's house is a two-story courtyard house. Upstairs there is a study and two bedrooms, one for Lu Huainan and the other for Lu Huaidong.
The study is at the front, and the two bedrooms are at the back, meaning that if Lu Huaidong wants to go to the bedroom, he must pass through the study first.
Lu Huaidong didn't stop walking. He went inside to get his things and then prepared to go downstairs.
But on the way back, Lu Yuanzhou's hysterical roar erupted from the study, shaking the room violently.
"Zhang Juan, you idiot! Such a big thing happened and you didn't tell me?"
Lu Huaidong paused for a moment, then continued to lift his foot, but the next second, his heel fell back down.
He tiptoed toward the study, opened the door, and could clearly hear Lu Yuanzhou and Zhang Juan talking inside.
"Speak! Tell me everything that happened yesterday, without missing a single word!"
Zhang Juan, who was lying on the ground, spoke in a trembling voice, and told them about how Li Jia had gone to the department store to cause trouble for her yesterday and how she had been fired.
"Anything else?" Lu Yuanzhou asked, trying to control his temper.
He rambled on and on, without getting a single point out of it.
"No...nothing..."
Lu Yuanzhou grabbed Zhang Juan's hair, forcing her to raise her trembling neck: "That's it? Then why did Li Jia so confidently say that she would send you to the police station in three days?"
Zhang Juan burst into tears, stammering, "I...I don't know..."
"You don't know? You don't know?" Lu Yuanzhou really wanted to slap Zhang Juan, that stupid woman, but he couldn't bring himself to do it. He said angrily, "Today is the first day. You'll know when I send you to the police station the day after tomorrow!"
The thought of being locked in a dark room terrified Zhang Juan, and she cried even harder. Tears mixed with the blood and bits of skin on her face, which had just been abused that day, and fell to the ground. She looked so ugly that she would vomit up her New Year's Eve dinner from last year.
“Yuanzhou, we’re husband and wife, you can’t just abandon me. Besides, it was you who mentioned it in the first place, that Huaidong is filial and asked me to send hawthorn cakes to Li Jia, that’s why I came up with this terrible idea. If we’re really going to investigate, you’re also responsible.” Zhang Juan hugged Lu Yuanzhou’s leg, her usually dull brain surprisingly clever for once.
She was clever, but Lu Yuanzhou was furious at her words.
What's the meaning?
Threaten him, saying she wouldn't save her, and would sell him off?
Lu Yuanzhou kicked Zhang Juan away and was about to speak when Wang Xiu shouted from outside the door, making his legs go weak.
"Brother, what are you doing at the study door?"
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