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When the young master gets angry, the unfortunate ones are the sycophants.

Although Yi Zhonghai doesn't admit that he's a simp for Qin Huairu, in fact, he is.

After Banggeng caused a scene at home, Qin Huairu began to give Yi Zhonghai all sorts of hints, urging him to come up with a solution.

She didn't care at all whether Yi Zhonghai could do it or whether he had the ability.

Actually, she was just doing something unnecessary.

Yi Zhonghai wanted He Yuzhu to obey him even more than he did, but the problem was that he couldn't.

At least I could see He Yuzhu before. Even if I couldn't control He Yuzhu, I could still annoy him a little.

Right now, he has no idea where He Yuzhu is.

Even if he could perform seventy-two transformations, he wouldn't be able to use them.

There was nothing else Yi Zhonghai could do but pretend he didn't understand.

If Qin Huai knew that Yi Zhonghai was pretending, wasn't she pretending as well?

Now that things have come to this point, she already knows in her heart that it is impossible to scheme against He Yuzhu.

But she hated Yi Zhonghai. If it weren't for Yi Zhonghai deceiving her back then and pushing her into the fire pit of the Jia family.

How could she possibly have lived such a miserable life?

There were clearly more promising people in the courtyard, but Yi Zhonghai didn't introduce her to them. Instead, he introduced her to the worst, short-lived guy.

She would be unworthy of the title of "heartless widow" if she didn't get revenge on Yi Zhonghai.

If Yi Zhonghai knew what she was thinking, he would definitely complain.

Back then, so many workers went to the countryside to help, including many who were well-off.

Qin Huairu didn't fancy any of them, but she fell for this old man. Can you blame him?
Before introducing Jia Dongxu, Yi Zhonghai made it very clear.

Although the Jia family is not well-off, he will definitely help them.

His promise has remained unchanged for decades.

No matter how wronged Yi Zhonghai was, Qin Huairu often used the excuse of worrying about Bang Geng to forget to cook and wash Yi Zhonghai's clothes.

In the end, Yi Zhonghai was forced to eat only the oil residue that fried chicken shops could fish out of the oil.

But this infringed upon Yan Bugui's interests.

It was agreed beforehand that we would divide these oil residues equally after get off work each night.

If Yi Zhonghai eats it all, then he won't get any.

Yan Bugui was too embarrassed to tell Yi Zhonghai not to eat, so he could only hint at it indirectly.

"Old Yi, I know fried pork cracklings are delicious, but you can't eat them as a meal."

We're too old; we can't take it anymore.

Yi Zhonghai thought to himself, "He'd be willing to eat it, but he still has nothing to eat."
These pork cracklings aren't filling, and they make your stomach uncomfortable after eating them.

But not eating is not an option.

If he doesn't eat, there won't be any food left when he gets back to the courtyard house.

The cook for the Jia family now is Jia Zhangshi.

Expecting Jia Zhangshi to cook for him is like hoping for a windfall.

As for sending him to confront Jia Zhangshi, that would be even more disastrous.

Jia Zhangshi's remark that "there are no bad elders in the world" left him speechless.

In terms of age, Jia Zhangshi was older than him; in terms of seniority, counting from Old Jia's lineage, Jia Zhangshi was his sister-in-law.

The phrase "an elder sister-in-law is like a mother" sealed his fate.

If we start counting from Qin Huairu, then it's even more disastrous.

He wanted to call Jia Zhangshi "Mom".

Yi Zhonghai understood Yan Bugui's intentions and did so on purpose.

The greatest strength of these people is that they never look for their own shortcomings.

Yi Zhonghai didn't think he was wrong; instead, he blamed everything on others.

He Yuzhu was responsible for 80% of the mistakes.

If He Yuzhu had obediently listened to him and been a good child who respected the elderly, he wouldn't have suffered so much.

Now he should be worshipping the patriarch in the courtyard house.

Given He Yuzhu's current wealth, his status as an ancestor far surpasses that of the deaf old lady.

But He Yuzhu insisted on being disloyal and unfilial.

Besides He Yuzhu, Yi Zhonghai also blamed the cause on Jia Zhangshi, Qin Huairu, Yan Bugui, Liu Haizhong and others.

Jia Zhangshi shouldn't have focused on He Yuzhu back then; Qin Huairu should have put more effort into getting to He Yuzhu.

Furthermore, Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui lack self-awareness.

They pretend not to notice their own children's lack of filial piety. If only these two people recognized their mistakes and actively joined forces with him to plan for their old age together.

He won't be reduced to fighting alone.

At this moment, Yi Zhonghai is a bitter, resentful person who blames everything and everyone.

"Old Yan, Huai Ru is having a hard time these days. She has to worry about Bang Geng's wife every day."

Yan Bugui thought to himself, "Is this the same thing he was talking about?"
What's wrong with Banggeng's wife? What's her relationship with him?

He didn't care whether Bang Geng was getting a divorce; he only cared that his interests had been swallowed up by Yi Zhonghai.

"Old Yi, that's not what I meant."

Yi Zhonghai was a little annoyed. He had eaten all the promised fried pork cracklings by himself; that was definitely not right.

But Yan Bugui's insistence on holding on to this issue is wrong.

Don't forget, he's the major shareholder of this fried chicken restaurant.

"You are being unreasonable."

Yan Bugui was indignant. He believed he had never cheated anyone, young or old, and had not taken advantage of Yi Zhonghai.

On the contrary, Qin Huairu reaped most of the benefits of opening this fried chicken shop.

He suffered a loss, but instead of being reasoned with, he was accused of being unreasonable. Where could he find anyone to reason with?

So the two men, both in their seventies, started arguing.

They were arguing, but no one came to break them up.

Because those who try to break up fights never end up with a good outcome.

When the two got tired of arguing, they naturally stopped.

The argument also affected business, forcing the fried chicken shop to close early.

Liu Haizhong is now alone in the yard, feeling quite bored.

No one in the entire compound wanted to talk to Liu Haizhong. Xu Damao was among them.

Ever since Xu Damao said those words to him that day, Liu Haizhong has kept them in mind, and he would say them whenever he encountered something unpleasant.

I haven't been a leader for a long time.

He sat at the entrance of the Yan family's house, staring blankly at the chessboard there.

Upon seeing Yi Zhonghai and Yan Bugui enter, he greeted them.

"Why are you back so early today?"

Yi Zhonghai disdained to explain.

Yan Bugui then complained and told Liu Haizhong about the despicable things Yi Zhonghai had done.

Upon hearing this, Liu Haizhong felt that Yan Bugui's words made sense.

"Old Yi, that's where you're wrong."

We all know what kind of temper Lao Yan has.

He'll eat anything, but he can't stand being taken advantage of. Why did you steal his pork cracklings?

Yan Bugui felt that these words seemed to be implying something about him, but after looking at the speaker, he gave up on the idea.

Yi Zhonghai felt wronged. All he wanted was to fill his stomach; what was wrong with that?

Besides, there's not much of it in total, less than three ounces.

"Old Liu, if you don't understand, don't talk nonsense."

Liu Haizhong immediately got angry.

What do you mean he doesn't understand? Who does he look down on?

"How could I not understand? When you do business together, you have to abide by the rules you've agreed on."

Breaking the rules is a breach of integrity. Without credibility, no one will partner with you.

“That’s right.” Yan Bugui was quite pleased to hear Liu Haizhong’s support for him.

Looking at the two of them, and thinking about his own situation, Yi Zhonghai felt a pang of sadness.

He just sat there without saying a word.

Liu Haizhong doesn't understand, but Yan Bugui does.

Looking at the down-and-out Yi Zhonghai, Yan Bugui felt quite uncomfortable.

"Old Yi, it's not that I'm reluctant to part with that bit of oil residue, it's just that things can't be done that way."

Qin Huairu has gone too far this time. You can't keep indulging her."

Yi Zhonghai certainly didn't want to indulge Qin Huairu, but he had no choice.

If he had any other choice, he would definitely let Qin Huairu know that he would always be Qin Huairu.

The problem is, he can't find anyone to check and balance Qin Huairu. (End of Chapter)