Chapter 106: No Help
The rapid knocks on the door sounded like drums.
Before Liu Ye could give any instructions, Wang Ma walked forward and opened the door. When she saw the person outside, her face looked very unhappy.
"Hu Hongyan? Why are you knocking on the door so urgently in broad daylight?"
Here in the capital, knocking on the door is extremely particular. When knocking on the door of a wealthy family, you have to knock three times in a low voice first. If no one comes, you have to knock three more times in a higher voice.
Such short and rapid knocks on the door would only be heard when someone has died at home, and the announcement of the death would be made in a hurry, notifying one family first and then the next.
Hu Hongyan rolled her eyes. She was in a hurry at the moment and didn't bother to argue with Wang Ma. She stuck her head out to look inside, and the moment she saw Yan Ye, she squeezed in through the crack in the door.
"Hongyan, is there something you need?" Ever since Wang Hao was beaten last time, the two of them had already tacitly agreed to be at odds with each other.
Even if they sometimes met in the yard, they would not say hello to each other.
According to Hu Hongyan's personality, she would never visit the Yan family again unless something terribly wrong happened.
Hu Hongyan looked very uncomfortable. She took two steps towards Yan Ye, then fell to her knees with a plop.
"What are you doing?" Liu Ye hurriedly stepped forward and pulled the person up. The door of the Yan family had not been closed yet, and she, Hu Hongyan, knelt down in front of a junior so blatantly. If this got out, people would think that it was their Yan family who took advantage of their power to bully others and forced the orphan and his widowed mother to kneel down and apologize.
Yan Ye took a few steps back. He understood what was going on and remained silent.
This was exactly the effect Hu Hongyan wanted. She knew that the Yan family wanted to save face when doing things. Moreover, since she had already knelt down, she would not stand idly by even for moral reasons.
"Liu Ye, to tell you the truth, my son Haozi has a really hard life. His biological father passed away a long time ago and he can't be relied on anymore. He made some bad friends and went astray, and was directly taken to the police station."
"I have also inquired about this matter. This matter is related to your Yan family. Haozi said that this time the Public Security Bureau and the army cooperated together. I don't ask for much. I just hope that Yan Ye, you can spare his life for the sake of growing up in the same courtyard with Haozi."
"I would accept it even if he became a labor camp prisoner."
When Liu Ye heard this, her eyelids twitched. It was estimated that few people in the entire compound didn't know that Wang Hao had been arrested.
Old Yan had already told her the whole story. Wang Hao was a slacker and unruly guy on weekdays. Normally, he couldn't cause any trouble on his own, but he made friends with a lot of gangsters and went astray.
This time, he was even involved in a child trafficking case and provided clues of several children to several criminals, specifically kidnapping children whose grandparents were in the care of because their parents were busy at work.
After listening to a few words, Liu Ye felt scared. Coming from a big compound, she didn't expect Wang Hao to be so bad.
After learning about what Wang Hao had done, Liu Ye didn't expect that Hu Hongyan would be so shameless as to come to him and ask Yan Ye to open the back door.
"Hongyan, we all live in the same courtyard, so it's only natural that we should help each other if something happens."
Liu Ye met Hu Hongyan's gaze and blurted out the words on her lips, "But what your Wang Hao did is really hard to judge."
Hu Hongyan understood that he didn't want to help. She turned her head to look at Yan Ye. The man had a cold expression on his face and didn't say a word from beginning to end.
Yan Ye did not refuse as directly as Liu Ye. His silence showed his attitude that he did not want to get involved in this matter.
"Liu Ye, I have never begged anyone in my life. For Wang Hao, just consider it as me begging you." Hu Hongyan no longer looked as graceful as she did when she quarreled with Xu Xiaoyue in the alley. She was hunched over and looked half a head shorter.
The curly hair that was originally permed and dyed for fashion is now a mess, and it looks like it has not been taken care of for a long time.
Liu Ye couldn't bear to see this, because she knew Hu Hongyan was always strong-willed. Even when they were quarreling, she would dress herself neatly in public.
"I really can't help you with this."
"Wang Hao is an adult now and can make his own choices. You don't have to worry about not being able to live without him. The Women's Committee of the Street Office will never leave you alone. Besides, you can still get a pension when you retire."
"Liu Ye, are you talking like a human being?" Hu Hongyan was furious. She didn't know where she got the strength from, but she rushed to Liu Ye and pretended to hit her.
Yan Ye took a few steps forward and used his big, copper-like hand to firmly stop Hu Hongyan's waving arm.
She suddenly went crazy and Liu Ye was startled. Yan Shuli was smart enough to stand in front of her to block her.
"Aunt Hu, I've always said that a loving mother often spoils her son. I've told Brother Haozi many times to study hard." Yan Shuli said in an impatient tone.
"When he said he was tired of studying, you were the one who promptly arranged for him to take a leave of absence. Later, when Haozi said he was tired of working in the factory, you asked him to go home and rest."
The more Yan Shuli spoke, the gloomier Hu Hongyan's face became.
"Look, he never studies or goes to class. He just stays idle at home. He just wants to find something to do. He accidentally went astray. Brother Haozi is your child, not our Yan family's child."
"Could it be that if he gets into trouble, he still needs our Yan family to clean up his mess? There are so many children in the compound, and they all ask us for help. Do you think we are a welfare home?"
Hu Hongyan was so angry at Yan Shuli's hurtful words that she staggered.
Yan Shuli said that the Yan family is an orphanage. Doesn’t that mean that Wang Hao is a wild child with no one to take care of him?
"You, shut up." Hu Hongyan no longer cared about her face and roared at the top of her lungs.
Yan Shuli raised his eyebrows. Seeing that the old woman was very angry, she blinked at her and hid behind Yan Ye.
Yan Ye glanced at him lightly, and Yan Shuli immediately stopped smiling and stood upright.
"Aunt, our Yan family cannot interfere in Wang Hao's affairs. You have come to the wrong place today. Goodbye, I won't see you off."
Yan Ye said "walk slowly" but used irresistible force to pull Hu Hongyan to the door. Before she could react, he closed the door tightly with a "bang".
"Uncle, you really are this!" Yan Shuli said, giving the man a thumbs up.
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