A Showdown
Hu Yufeng thought she would be furious. If it were her previous bad temper, she would have definitely started cursing.
Not only do he curse, but he also wants everyone to know about it, and it would be best if everyone criticizes him.
But in fact, her heart was cold, so cold that when she opened her mouth, it seemed as if cold air was bubbling out.
It’s so cool that my mind is extra calm.
Look, she still has time to continue thinking about what happened before.
But Wenli seemed not to want to mention it and just looked at her with concern. What are you worried about? Are you worried that I will bring up the past again?
That's why I just mentioned it, Hu Yufeng thought with some malice, you are still pretending now, I wonder if you can hold it together in a while.
"What's going on between you and that woman?" She looked at Wen Li and spoke lightly.
"What woman?" Qin Wenli looked confused.
Seeing that his expression was not fake, Hu Yufeng laughed sarcastically and said, "What woman? Do you need me to remind you? Do you remember the woman you supported every month by grinding flour behind your wife's back?"
I thought you were a man who dared to do and take responsibility for your actions, but I didn't expect that you were as cowardly as Qin Shengtian, who dared to do things but not to admit them.
Qin Wenli was confused at first, then he seemed to have thought of something and showed an expression of disbelief.
Because this matter was too unbelievable, he was so frightened that his lips trembled, and he said incoherently with a terrified look: "No, Mom, you misunderstood, there is no woman, why do you think so, it is..."
What is it? Hu Yufeng looked at him calmly, waiting to see how he could make excuses.
Qin Wenli opened and closed his mouth for a long time before he said with difficulty: "That's my second sister-in-law, Mom, the noodles are for my second sister-in-law."
Seeing Hu Yufeng's noncommittal expression, Qin Wenli explained anxiously:
"Really, mom. After my second brother passed away, the other brothers often went to the store to help out. I usually can't run errands, so I thought of sending some rice and flour."
"Oh, according to you, this is a good thing. Everyone should do it, but why do you hide it from your family?" Hu Yufeng asked directly.
She knew the answer in her heart, but she still wanted to hear him say it himself.
Qin Wenli choked up. Yes, it was human nature to take care of an orphan and a widow. Why did he want to hide it from his family in the first place?
"Can't tell? Then let me tell you, am I right? Are you on guard against me from the bottom of your heart? Do you think I will hinder you from getting along with your biological parents and brothers?"
Qin Wenli wanted to say no, but his mouth seemed to be stuffed with cotton, so he could only shake his head instinctively, but he looked extremely pale.
"It's nothing. It's nothing if you want to hide it..."
Hu Yufeng chuckled and tapped her fingers lightly on the teacup.
The situation went wrong from the very beginning, so that none of the words Qin Wenli had prepared in advance were useful. His mind was in a mess at the moment, and he didn't know what to say to calm his mother down.
Hu Yufeng looked at his distorted face and felt unusually calm in her heart.
After taking another sip of water, she said:
"Come on, tell me what you have to say now, so that you don't have to worry about it..."
She didn't say anything else, but Qin Wenli understood it completely.
Even when I understood it, I felt even more ashamed and didn't know how to continue.
…
On the other hand, Uncle Hu always felt that a storm was about to come, so he paid special attention to the mother and son in the past few days.
Today, he saw Wen Li go in to look for his mother with a serious face, and he didn't come out for a long time. He quietly approached the door and listened to a few words, and suddenly felt that something serious had happened.
I wanted to call someone, but Huizi and Yang Jian were not there, and family matters could not be exposed to ordinary employees.
Alas, he sighed, looked up the shop's phone number, picked up the paper and ran to the village office.
Yang Xiu was a little surprised when she received the call from her uncle. The person on the other end just said that there was something going on at the factory and asked her to come over, without saying anything else. Yang Xiu was completely confused.
Uncle Hu was also in a difficult situation. He wanted to explain it clearly, but it would be bad to chase the owner away if he borrowed someone else's phone. Xiu'er was an obedient child, so she would definitely come, right?
On the other end, Yang Xiu hung up the phone and looked at Huizi.
If there really was something going on at the factory, why didn't Wenli or my mother-in-law call, instead of my uncle? And the phone used was not the factory's.
This indicates two things: either the uncle was captured and forced to make the phone call; or Wenli and her mother-in-law had something going on, and the uncle tipped off the person.
After thinking about the first idea carefully, she immediately ruled it out. It didn't make sense to call her. Was there any use to her?
Then there is only the second one. Yang Xiu suddenly had a bad feeling, so he went out with Huizi, hailed a car and went straight to the factory.
From a distance, I saw my uncle wandering around the factory gate and looking around. When he saw the two of them, he was as if he had seen his saviors.
As expected, as soon as he got there, he lowered his voice and said anxiously, "I don't know why your mother and Wenli started arguing. It's been going on for quite a while, and I didn't dare to go in..."
Yang Xiu suddenly became anxious and hurried to the office door.
Take a few deep breaths and gently push the door open.
Huizi slowed down and stood not far away, while Uncle Hu stood on tiptoe and stretched his neck to look inside.
The room was not as tense as they had imagined. Hu Yufeng sat on the office chair with an expressionless face, and Wen Li sat on the sofa near the door with his head down, wondering what he was thinking about.
Uncle Hu's heart sank back to its original place. As long as there was no bloodshed, he said that the higher the position of the eldest sister, the better her temper.
He immediately turned on tiptoe and walked briskly back to the concierge.
Yang Xiu was not at ease. On one side was her husband and on the other was her mother-in-law. Before she understood the situation, she could only chuckle and say, "Mom, Wenli, you are all here."
Hu Yufeng was not surprised to see Yang Xiu. She had seen her elder brother peeking out of the window a while ago. Based on her understanding of him, he must have gone to get help.
It’s good that Yang Xiu is here. She also wants to know what Wen Li has been hiding from his family. Is Yang Xiu completely unaware of this, or is she a good helper?
…
"Sit down."
Hu Yufeng spoke.
Yang Xiu glanced at her husband, and he looked up at her, his eyes full of guilt and helplessness. She sat down next to her husband.
"Did you know that Wenli and Xue Maodong are doing business together?" Hu Yufeng said straight to the point.
Yang Xiu was stunned, and her first reaction was to look at her husband.
"Look at what he's doing. I'm just asking if you know."
After a while, Yang Xiu nodded and whispered, "I know."
"Did you know that Wenli sends noodles to your second sister-in-law every month?"
Yang Xiu swallowed and continued in a low voice: "I know."
"Haha..." Hu Yufeng sneered: "So he kept it a secret from us fools..."
"Tell me, what else are you hiding from your family? You can't remember your wife!" Hu Yufeng said directly.
Yang Xiu took a glance and saw that her mother-in-law's face was cold with no other emotions visible, but Yang Xiu felt a chill in her heart for no reason.
I looked at my husband again, and he still had the same expression.
The air was filled with a deathly silence. Yang Xiu's hands were sweating and he was so nervous that he didn't even dare to swallow.
After a long time, so long that Yang Xiu became restless and wanted to escape, Qin Wenli finally spoke.
"When I first started my business, I concealed some of the accounts..."
"With the money I saved from doing business over the past few years, I bought a storefront in Qingyuan, which I rented out just before the New Year."
After saying all this, Qin Wenli seemed to have unloaded a heavy burden. In fact, I have indeed unloaded the burden in my heart. God knows how it feels like to make money in the past few years, like bungee jumping off a cliff, always worrying that the rope will break.
He sighed and continued, "Mom, you also know that Xiu'er can't do anything to me. I always act first and report later. She knows the general idea, but not the details. However, we are husband and wife, so my mistakes are her mistakes."
Having said that, he looked at Yang Xiu deeply, with a hint of shame on his face.
Ever since she married him, her wish has always been to have a stable life, a peaceful life without quarrels and calculations. She finally got what she wanted after all these years, but because of him, because she believed in him, she was always worried. He was the one who let her down.
He was only thinking about escaping and keeping the truth secret in exchange for a good life for his family of four, but he didn't consider the feelings of other people in the family.
"Mom, no matter what, I was wrong and I feel sorry for my family..." After a long silence, Qin Wenli finally made a decision: "I was unfilial first. Life at home is better now, and I don't have the face to enjoy it at home. I will leave the shop in Qingyuan to my family, and I...I will move out with the three of them."
Hu Yufeng had been listening quietly until she finally burst into laughter out of anger.
"Move out? Where? Go find your biological father in Qingyuan? Have you been looking forward to this wonderful thing for all these years? Then what are I and your father for all these years? Have we been suckers raising a child for others? Can we count on you to grow up, and you just leave without a care in the world? Who are we? What is this family to you?"
The voice became higher and higher, and even a little sharp at the end.
Yang Xiu hurriedly stood up and held her back: "Mom, mom, we were wrong, don't let yourself get hurt by being angry."
Hu Yufeng pushed her hand away and said, "Isn't it just what you want to be angry to death? Don't you like to pretend to be filial and like to hear good reputations? Once I die, you can go to your parents without any scruples. What are you afraid of?"
Yang Xiu stood by at a loss.
Qin Wenli also lowered his head. He really didn’t think that much.
In the past, when my mother was unhappy, she would say that she would kick them out and "let the whole family beg for food."
So he thought that leaving his family with nothing was the most painful punishment for them in his mother's mind. But to his mother, it seemed as if he left deliberately in order to avoid taking care of her in her old age.
I don’t know what to say, so I just say nothing.
Hu Yufeng was not only furious at this moment, she was also feeling very sad.
She actually thought that everything at home was in her control. She pulled her family forward with all her might because of a dream, fearing that the whole family would end up in tragedy if she wasn't careful. However, she didn't even know that Wenli's heart was not at home.
How funny! She was pulling the cart desperately in the front, while Wenli was secretly pulling the cow's tail from the back.
No, not only was he dragging her, he was also prepared to jump out of the car if the situation got bad.
How absurd and ridiculous.
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