Chapter 175 The Stone Mother Comes to Seek Help for Her Daughter
He Xu and Shen Tang went to the state-owned restaurant to eat before returning to the Shen family.
Without taking a short break, Old Man He ordered them to take little He Zhi over.
It was hot in the summer, and the He family had an electric fan on in their house. The whole family was sitting inside. Next to Mr. He sat an old man with an equally old face. Behind him stood two middle-aged men, three teenagers who looked barely adult, and a woman with red and swollen eyes from crying.
The atmosphere in the house was eerily quiet.
As the two walked in, they were met with everyone's gaze. He Sisao's eyes were full of sarcasm and ridicule, as if they had committed a serious crime and were about to be in trouble.
"He Xu, come here." Grandpa He called him over and touched the little He Zhi in his arms. A smile flashed in his eyes: "Sit down first, your uncle Liu has something to ask you."
Seeing that Mr. He's expression had relaxed and he was not angry, and even asked the two of them to sit next to him, the expressions of the people from both branches of the He family changed.
The people of the Shi family had received the news of He Xu's return a long time ago, but due to Mr. He's poor health, they waited until today to come.
At the beginning, the Shi family was implicated for corruption and bribery. Some were demoted, some were separated from the family, and some were imprisoned. Now there are only a few young people left who published an announcement in the newspaper to sever ties with the Shi family and voluntarily went to the countryside.
The three young men looked no more than sixteen or seventeen years old, and this time they were invited by Shi Mu.
He Xu and Shen Tang sat down and greeted the person opposite them: "Hello, Uncle Liu."
Uncle Liu, who was only in his fifties, nodded. He was the vice president of Capital University and had an old acquaintance with the old man. He also had some relationship with the Shi family, otherwise he would not have come to the He family for a granddaughter of the Shi family.
"He Xu, I am not unreasonable. Liu is my distant cousin, and Shi Bing is also my distant niece. She committed suicide in Haishi for no reason, so I have to give her justice!"
Vice Principal Liu was probably not feeling well. After he finished speaking, he couldn't help coughing a few times.
He Xu thought that he was an old man who was about the same age as his uncle, and he didn't want to argue with him, so he narrowed his eyes and asked: "Oh, let Uncle Liu be the judge, then what exactly did I do wrong?"
Vice Principal Liu frowned at his carefree attitude and asked, "Did Shi Bing go to the art troupe just for you?"
He Xu shook his head faster than a rattle: "Absolutely not. The Shi family hadn't fallen at the time. Shi Bing was the darling of the Shi family. How could she run to the art troupe for a loser like me? She went to the art troupe to experience life. She came back after playing for two years."
Vice Principal Liu: “…”
He had heard that He Xu was not serious, and he thought that since he was from the He family, how serious could he be? He never expected that he would be sarcastic from the beginning.
Turning his head, he heard the gangster approach his wife and hurriedly explained: "Tangtang, I'm telling you that this is absolutely not the case. I am devoted to you, and the world can testify that I have never looked at other women."
Chen Tang was stared at by everyone, his face suddenly turned red, and he lowered his voice: “Be serious.”
Vice Principal Liu continued to cough a few times and asked sharply, "But she died in Hai City. Do you know about this?"
"I don't know!" He Xu's main point was to deny it: "I'm in the military district. The military district is so slow in transmitting information. Who knows the situation in Haishi City?"
Vice Principal Liu couldn't help but look at the woman behind him.
Didn’t you say that He Xu betrayed Shi Bing?
Didn’t you say that Shi Bing was murdered by the couple?
Now no one will admit what you say, what should I do? Why don't you say something?
Liu, Shi Bing's mother, was crying so hard that she stared at the two of them with hatred in her eyes. She cried and wanted to rush over, but was stopped by the people around her.
"My Shi Bing grew up with you, He Xu. She has loved you for more than a decade. She gave up her job at home and went to the army to suffer hardships for you. She is sincere. How could you kill her?
She's not even 26 yet, she's still so young, and she's pregnant for seven months, why can't you just let her go? What deep hatred do you have that you have to force her to death?"
The three young men from the Shi family looked at He Xu with eyes that seemed to want to tear him to pieces. After all, Shi Bing's surname was Shi and he was a child of their Shi family.
How could the Shi family not hate the He family when such a young girl died so tragically?
What's more, the reason why the Shi family fell was because of the actions of people from the He family faction.
He Xu jumped up and angrily said, "I have nothing to do with the girl from your Shi family. Don't try to slander me. Although Shi Bing was transferred to our military art troupe, she got married a long time ago. I also got married. She interfered with other people's military marriages. If they didn't get a marriage certificate, she would have been in trouble a long time ago!
It's impossible that just because I know her and lived in the same compound with her when I was a child, I have to be responsible for her now that she has come to the military region.
Besides, after she got divorced, she retired from the military, remarried, cheated on her husband and got pregnant with another man's child, and went to jail for murder. Why should I save such a person? The He and Shi families have no relationship at all in eight lifetimes. I would be crazy to risk my future and connections to save her!"
As soon as these words were spoken, Vice Principal Liu and his two sons behind him all changed their expressions.
Liu only said that Shi Bing was murdered, and that He Xu had relied on Mr. He's power and had not been punished at all. When he saw Shi Bing commit suicide by jumping off a building while pregnant, and even her body could not be brought back, he thought that Shi Bing's death was really related to He Xu, so he came to question him.
Who would have thought Liu had hidden so much.
"My Shi Bing has been obedient since she was young. If you hadn't seduced her and stayed with her, would she have followed you all the way to the army and died tragically?"
Liu regretted so much that she almost went insane.
That was her daughter, the only child in her life. Even if she spoke harshly, it was all for her own good. How could she, how dare she, commit suicide like this?
She vented her resentment on He Xu and transferred her hatred to the He family. If He Xu hadn't saved her daughter that year, her daughter wouldn't have been so heartbroken. If people from the He family faction hadn't reported the Shi family, Mr. Shi wouldn't have been sentenced to death, and Shi Bing wouldn't have been left without support!
It’s all the He family’s fault!
He Xu looked at his grandfather aggrievedly: "I really shouldn't have agreed to what Mr. Shi said. Please explain it to them quickly and don't let Tangtang misunderstand."
Mr. He: “…”
You really deserve a beating!
"It's like this. Back then, my He Xu was young and frivolous, and he made some... friends. Shi Bing was bullied by other students at school. I told Shi Lei about this several times, but the old man didn't take it seriously. He even said that why those people bullied Shi Bing but not others. As a mother, you also know this, right?"
Liu was stunned. Mr. Shi favored boys over girls. In his eyes, his granddaughter was just a tool for marriage. Otherwise, she would not have been able to take her daughter away after the divorce.
She didn't expect that Shi Bing would become mentally ill because of being bullied.
The family background of the people who bullied Shi Bing was better than that of their Shi family. In fact, Grandpa Shi had taken care of it once.
But not only did she not stop, she bullied them even more severely in secret. They also learned to pretend to be well-behaved, and every time they were questioned by her, they would play innocent and explain that they did not do anything.
Gradually, she stopped believing what her daughter said. She thought that she was mentally disturbed. The old man had already stopped them once. They might not really be bullying Shi Bing. After all, she didn't have any injuries on her body. When she came back, her clothes were fine. It was Shi Bing herself who was mentally disturbed and thought wrongly...
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