Liu Yi lay on the bed, listening quietly to the sounds outside. He felt pain all over his body, but his grandparents, who always doted on him, didn't even care about him this time.
All of this was caused by that wicked woman; he had called her "Mom" for so many years.
He still can't shake the image of being pointed at and cursed by a group of people. His neighbors, who used to greet him with smiles, now look at him with extreme disgust.
It's all Cheng Yue's fault. She took the place of her own mother, yet she's still so vicious.
Just then, Huang Tao's cursing came from outside the door again, "She's heartless! She brought her family to our door and made a scene, making sure everyone knew about it, which caused Haifeng to be taken away. Old man, you better think of a way to get him released."
"Who can I go to now?" Liu Tucheng had some friends, but he felt that going to them now would only be humiliating.
The county town is so big, the news has already spread, why should he add more gossip to everyone's minds?
“Aren’t the children and grandchildren of several of your old buddies doing quite well? Like that Section Chief Li’s son, isn’t he in the Song Committee?” Huang Tao reminded Liu Tucheng with a pained expression, “Before Haifeng was taken away, he was beaten quite badly. If he’s not taken to the hospital as soon as possible, he might suffer from long-term health problems.”
"What can we do? Who told him to act like this? I warned him a long time ago to break up with that widow, but what did he do?"
And that child, I've visited him over the years, he's been raised to be skin and bones.
No matter what, she is our own granddaughter, yet that widow has the heart to abuse her.
Now that things have been exposed, it makes our family seem even more mean-spirited.
"When did you go to see her?" Huang Tao really didn't care about this good-for-nothing granddaughter; she hadn't thought of her for so many years.
"They are Haifeng's children after all," Liu Tucheng regretted. Why did he take this step back then? If all else failed, he could have kept both children by his side and told everyone that he had given birth to twins, rather than having no chance to salvage the situation at all.
"Now let's think about what kind of judgment Haifeng will get tomorrow. He'll definitely lose his job, and might even have to suffer some hardship."
Huang Tao's face was pale. She vividly remembered the treatment those people who had been sent down to the countryside received. "Poisonous woman, Cheng Yue, that poisonous woman, she wanted to murder her husband."
"Alright, what's the use of wailing now?" Liu Tucheng slammed his hand on the table and said, "Don't even mention Haifeng, we might all be in trouble. We might not even be able to stay in this city. We should make plans as soon as possible and move back to our hometown when the time comes."
These words struck Huang Tao like a bolt from the blue, leaving her stunned for a long time. "You mean we're going back to the countryside too? Will we be able to come back?"
Liu Tucheng shook his head. "I don't know either, but I guess it's very difficult."
"I haven't done anything wrong, so I don't want to go back." Huang Yao said this with obvious lack of confidence. It was really lucky for them to be able to go back; many people had ended up with their families broken apart and dead.
Liu Yi still had some impression of his hometown, which was just a dilapidated mud-brick house. How could it compare to this spacious and bright three-bedroom apartment?
Ignoring the pain, she stood up, opened the door, and shouted, "I'm not going back. This is my home. I'm not going anywhere else."
Upon hearing that her beloved grandson had objections, Huang Tao quickly reassured him, "We're not going back, we're not going back. This is the family business that your grandfather and I have built up over most of our lives. Why should we go back?"
Liu Tucheng didn't try to shatter the grandfather and grandson's delusions. He figured this matter wouldn't end so easily. It would be a stroke of luck if they could return to their hometown unscathed.
At this moment, he looked at Liu Yi, who looked exactly like his son, but the child was heartless and hadn't cared about his father at all since the accident.
He had been hiding in his room until he heard they were moving to the countryside, at which point he finally came out, because he didn't want to suffer with them in the countryside.
Alas! I was wrong. I was wrong from the very beginning, not stopping Haifeng from associating with that woman...
But now is not the time to complain. He is now the pillar of this family, and he needs to go to his old friends to see if they can help alleviate the situation.
With difficulty, he propped himself up and said to Huang Tao, "I'll go out and try to find someone to help me figure out how to shift the blame onto Hu Juan. You two shouldn't go out. Everyone's waiting to see what happens to our family, so don't go out and embarrass yourselves."
Huang Tao was initially touched that the old man knew to ask for help, but after hearing the rest, she felt a little uncomfortable. "How is this shameful? It's all Cheng Yue's fault. If she hadn't failed to win over Haifeng and give us a big, healthy grandson, none of this would have happened."
Liu Tucheng didn't want to get involved in this, nor did he have the energy to refute it. He waved his hand and pushed the door open to leave.
Several neighboring households nearby made slight noises, clearly having been listening intently for some time.
His face froze; he had never been so humiliated.
But now is not the time to think about these things. If we don't find someone soon, we really won't be able to save our son.
He had shamelessly begged many people, but they all politely declined, which showed that there was no room for negotiation.
When he returned home dejectedly, he found that the grandmother and grandson had already finished their dinner without a care in the world.
Huang Tao served him a bowl of noodles when he came in. "How was it? What did they say? Is Haifeng coming back soon?"
Liu Tucheng really didn't know where Huang Tao got such confidence. Even if he had a lot of connections, it was already quite kind of others not to give him a push when he was on the verge of collapse.
"Why are they all unwilling to help? When they asked us for help before, they were all all smiles and flattery..."
"Shut up," Liu Tucheng said, his head buzzing. "You've had it too easy these past few years. Don't you know what's going on outside? Even if things have been relatively calm these past two years, don't forget that Haifeng is in the eye of the storm. The whole county is talking about it now. Who dares to stand up for him?"
Huang Tao was well aware of this, but Liu Tucheng's connections were there, so she wasn't too worried.
She thought that if she talked to someone about it, things would be fine.
Just because others can't do it doesn't mean their family can't.
But Liu Tucheng's words were like a slap in the face, waking her up and leaving her stunned. "This is a family matter after all. Didn't we already make compensation?"
"Hu Juan is a widow now. At worst, we can let them get married after Haifeng gets his divorce tomorrow."
This was also what she was thinking, so she wasn't in a hurry. But now that Liu Tucheng had gone out for a walk and found nothing, and no one was willing to lend a helping hand, she panicked.
"Why don't we go and beg the Cheng family, or ask Cheng Yue for help?"
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