Chapter 60
Deng Yu lived in an upscale residential complex, and Teng Zheng's mother collected rent from the building next to it. The rent there was similar to other nearby buildings, equally expensive, yet some people still chose to live in this expensive area because of the environment and security concerns. This clearly showed that even if Teng Zheng never worked, his family could still support him.
I thought Sui Yusheng's living conditions would not be bad. Wen Liangxi's family was well-off. In today's economic environment, he could spend a long time with Wen Liangxi. Most likely, his adoptive parents' family conditions were also good, which could at least support him to get along with a friend like Wen Liangxi for a long time without a breakup.
However, after what happened yesterday, I'm afraid that even if Sui Yusheng no longer has the financial strength, Wen Liangxi will still use him.
Before the car turned off, Teng Zheng suddenly asked a question I hadn't considered: "You said Sui Yusheng is such a bad person. Is he being so nice to Aunt Deng because of some other motive?"
So what is the purpose? Sui Yusheng wants this building?
"You probably don't know this yet, but Aunt Deng's family is much better off than her husband's."
Teng Zheng stopped the car and seemed very excited to share this gossip with me. "My mom told me when we were in school that Aunt Deng's family was very well-off. I heard her parents owned a company and had bought her several houses. But they're both dead now. I heard she had an older brother who now manages the affairs of the company his parents left behind. She got married, and I don't know why she ended up like this. Not even my mom knows."
After all, I already understood what he meant. He simply wanted to say that Sui Yusheng wanted to take over the property of Deng Yuhao.
After all, everyone witnessed Deng Yu's preference for him.
"We're here, let's go, let's carry the gifts upstairs."
I followed Teng Zheng, taking in everything I saw. Overall, this residential complex looked just like any other, with regular maintenance and beautification. Every flower and tree was neatly trimmed, and there wasn't a speck of trash on the streets. But in terms of style, it still pales in comparison to where Wen Liangxi lived.
The destination is on the twelfth floor, and we can get there quickly by elevator.
As the doorbell rang and time passed, the door was opened from the inside. The person who opened the door was not someone else, but Deng Yu's biological son, Sui Jiangbao, who was disliked by her.
Sui Jiangbao obviously still recognized me. When he saw me, a smile appeared on his gloomy face and he raised his hand to greet me warmly.
Taking the opportunity, Teng Zheng and I gave him the gifts we had.
"Xiaobao, is your mother at home?" Teng Zheng asked him.
Speaking of this, Sui Jiangbao curled his lips unhappily and pointed to a door across the street: "She's crying in the room."
Anyone would feel awkward and impolite when seeing an elder in a rather disheveled state. At that moment, Teng Zheng and I looked at each other, thinking that this was really a bad time to come.
Sui Jiangbao didn't care about this. He volunteered without even saying hello and ran to Deng Yu's room. He raised his hand and slammed the door, shouting in a resentful tone, "Someone is looking for you. Don't be sad. Come out and take a look!"
Teng Zheng and I expressed our agreement in silence: "..."
After a while, the door opened, and half of Deng Yu's body appeared in my sight, sitting in a wheelchair. I saw Sui Jiangbao still walked into the room very considerately, pushing his mother over.
Teng Zheng dragged me to the sofa in the living room and sat down.
The wrinkles formed by her smile gave the tears overflowing from her eyes a better channel to flow, and her forced smile only served to highlight the fact that she had been crying. I knew I shouldn't have looked at Deng Yu like that. No one wants to be seen in such a state of disgrace, let alone by an elder. But her expression was so obvious that I couldn't help but glance up at her.
Deng Yu took a tissue from the table and blew her nose right in front of us. Then she looked at us with red, moist eyes. As we stared at each other, her smile became even uglier. "Why did you suddenly think of coming to see me? You came and brought so many things."
If we ignore her crying expression at the moment, this would be such a common courtesy, but now her sad face cannot be ignored. Teng Zheng and I don't know how to respond for the time being.
Teng Zheng was a straightforward and honest person. Seeing this, he didn't intend to beat around the bush or use his concern for Deng Yu to secretly gather information. He simply said directly, "Aunt, I heard about Sui Yusheng. Don't be too sad. How can a living person disappear so easily? We can always find him."
"Even if he runs to the ends of the earth, the police uncles and aunties can catch him back." After hearing Teng Zheng's words, Sui Jiangbao suddenly chimed in with agreement, "He will be executed."
Deng Yu's complexion became visibly ugly.
This was really adding fuel to the fire. The discord between the two brothers was fully displayed here. Teng Zheng pretended to cough a few times, hinting to Sui Jiangbao to go back to the house and do his homework. Of course, the child didn't understand what he meant by winking, and thought that his eyes were uncomfortable. He ran into the house and came back soon with a bottle of eye drops in his hand.
Teng Zheng: "...Xiaobao, your mother and I need to talk about something else. Can you go back to your room and play games?"
Sui Jiangbao was no fool. Just because he couldn't understand the movements didn't mean he didn't understand the words. His gaze quickly passed over Deng Yu, who lowered his brows and had a sad face. He opened his mouth and left without saying a word.
In the living room, only Teng Zheng, Deng Yu and I were left.
Silence instantly enveloped each of us, and occasionally I could hear the breathing of the green plants beside the sofa. Although my personality does not allow me to be as heavy as a human, but in such a space, I looked up and looked around, my eyes suddenly fell on the profile of Deng Yu who lowered his head and remained silent, and then looked at Teng Zheng.
Teng Zheng hesitated to speak, then looked at me and sighed.
Suddenly, the green plants behind Deng Yu danced a few times, and a green leaf quietly fell on her shoulder and was thrown down by her.
Deng Yu cried again.
She cried very suppressedly, her shoulders shaking from slightly to uncontrollably. In order not to let the younger generation laugh at her, she covered her face, and a hoarse voice came out from between her fingers.
"Xiaoxi came to see me this morning," Deng Yu stammered. "He said a lot of things I've never thought about, and I wouldn't even believe them if someone else told me."
My expression suddenly turned serious, and when Wen Liangxi was suddenly mentioned, Teng Zheng's eyes widened with curiosity.
It was as if I had seen Wen Liangxi's true face with my own eyes. Deng Yu trusted Wen Liangxi very much when he was playing with Sui Yusheng. After Wen Liangxi said what he wanted to say, Deng Yu felt like the sky had fallen.
She never thought that her adopted son would be like this.
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Deng Yu's leg was amputated because she saved her mother-in-law.
When they were in love and even got married, Deng Yu had made it clear that she did not want to have children, and the man supported her and was even willing to go to the hospital for a vasectomy. However, the operation was ultimately not performed due to various opinions, and the truth was revealed when she was preparing to conceive Sui Jiangbao, but Deng Yu did not blame him.
As for why she did not blame her husband, it was because the birth of Sui Jiangbao was indeed what Deng Yu had been looking forward to.
Deng Yu is naturally fond of small animals. Her love for animals is similar to the maternal love that some mothers have for their children. After getting married, she raised a tabby cat and named it Baby. She would tell Baby all her joys and sorrows. Baby was also very attached to her, and she spent more time with Baby than with her husband.
But one day, the baby suddenly disappeared. When he was found again, he had turned into a cold corpse.
Deng Yu was so heartbroken that he couldn't eat for several days.
Since their marriage, the man's family, especially his mother-in-law, had taken care of her like a real mother, and their eyes were filled with heartache as they watched her gradually lose weight. One day, her mother-in-law had heard rumors about a local fortune teller with extensive experience in matters of life and death, and she hinted at wanting to take her to have one read.
Deng Yu was also obsessed. When he heard that he could predict the baby's condition, he took it as psychological comfort and became superstitious.
The master had a fluttering beard and his eyes were slightly closed. He had quite the immortal aura that her mother-in-law had described. She still remembered what he said.
"The fate of the master is preserved in the raccoon slave, whose brilliance spreads throughout the palace of offspring. If you take another child, like Nezha reborn on the lotus, the fate of the master's raccoon slave can renew your relationship with you. This is what is often called a spiritual contract."
To put it simply, if Deng Yu had a biological child of her own, that child would be her tabby baby.
Ordinary people would think this was ridiculous, but Deng Yu was so deeply involved in it that he actually believed the words of the unknown charlatan.
Therefore, she was very much looking forward to the birth of Sui Jiangbao.
But a few years after Sui Jiangbao was born, her adopted son Sui Yusheng told her a piece of news. He heard with his own ears that the baby was killed by Sui Jiangbao's grandmother, and the fortune teller was also fake. The purpose of all this was to make her give birth to a biological child with the man's family blood.
Her first reaction when she heard about this was of course to not believe it, but she couldn't help but let her imagination run wild. One day, she couldn't stand the torture of the nightmare anymore, so she went straight to the point. She brought up the fortune-telling and made up an excuse. When she confronted her mother-in-law face to face, she accidentally heard her mother-in-law reveal the truth of the matter.
It turns out that Sui Jiangbao is not Bao Bao's reincarnation at all. What Sui Yusheng said is true, and all this is a lie told by the mother-in-law.
The scam made her look like a fool. From then on, she became cold towards Sui Jiangbao and sometimes felt disgusted by the crying of the child. Her emotional changes were seen by her family, especially her mother-in-law, who took the initiative to apologize to her and hoped that she would treat her child well.
But these words were like a piece of straw, igniting the anger in Deng Yu's heart and making her even more disgusted with her son Sui Jiangbao.
That day was the first time she spoke harshly to her mother-in-law. She cursed Sui Jiangbao's birth like a madman and excessively blamed all of her mother-in-law's actions just because she was a deceived victim.
It was not until her mother-in-law, deeply shocked by her words, ran out of the house like a lost soul, that she slowly came to her senses. Fearing that the old lady's body could not withstand her words, she chased after her.
Just this chase made her lose the ability to walk.
When she was in the hospital, her husband was working and her sister-in-law would occasionally come to visit, but she could not provide as much care as her mother-in-law.
But because of the baby's matter, she could never face this woman, and her feelings towards her mother-in-law became a little complicated. In the end, they became strangers. She was not angry with her, but she didn't treat her well either.
When she was discharged from the hospital, the sequelae had improved a lot. Her mother-in-law took the initiative to propose to return to the village to live. Her husband did not stop her because of her situation and gave the decision-making power to her, and she agreed.
Afterwards, my mother-in-law took poison and died in the village.
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