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Seeing that Yi Zhonghai remained silent with a smile on his lips, Liu Haizhong's anger intensified.

He thought of the deaf old woman who had taken sides.

If it weren't for this old lady's favoritism towards Yi Zhonghai, he would have become an old man in the courtyard long ago.

He was a man of great talent but never found his place in the world, all because of that deaf old lady.

"What else can that old lady do besides favoring you?"

The deaf old lady died long ago. If it weren't for the plan from back then, Yi Zhonghai would probably have forgotten about her.

Yi Zhonghai did not take Liu Haizhong's complaints seriously, nor did he defend the deaf old lady.

"Old Liu, don't be unconvinced."

You just really like being an official.

You usually like to put on airs and criticize others. You get angry when others don't listen to you.

After getting angry, she would go home and vent her anger on her two sons.

Think about it carefully. You beat Guangtian and Guangfu so badly when they were little.

And Guangqi.

Don't think that just because you didn't do any lighting, Guangqi will be grateful to you.

Do you know that every time you hit Guangtian and Guangfu, Guangqi would shout that his parents were unkind and his children were unfilial?

He never said it to you, but he remembered it all.

His subsequent actions proved this to be true.

After graduating, he moved out under the pretext of finding a job, and later even went to Shijiazhuang.

With each sentence Yi Zhonghai spoke, Liu Haizhong's eyes grew a little redder.

"Enough!" he roared, unable to contain himself.

After his outburst, Liu Haizhong wanted to refute Yi Zhonghai.

"That's all from the past, it's all ancient history."

Now, my three sons are all more filial than the last.

I told them to face east, and they absolutely wouldn't dare look west.

Yi Zhonghai coldly replied, "That's because you're rich."

Have you forgotten how Guangtian and Guangfu secretly moved away back then?

One day, when you run out of money, they will move out again without hesitation.

Liu Haizhong thought of what happened back then, opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.

He knew very well that this was a possibility.

In order to keep his two sons by his side, Liu Haizhong always kept a tight grip on the family's money.

He believed that if the money was in his hands, his children would obediently and dutifully serve him.

After his anger subsided, Liu Haizhong calmed down. He was now wealthy and had no need to worry about his children being unfilial.

"Old Yi, what you're describing is unlikely to happen."

I have money now, and I will have even more money in the future.

As long as you don't cause trouble this time, I won't lose any money.

I understand. This time, your approach to the neighborhood committee about letting the rich help the poor was aimed at me, wasn't it?

How can you be so petty? Just because you don't have children doesn't mean you want my children to be unfilial.

Yes or no."

Yi Zhonghai's smugness vanished, replaced by anger that nearly made his nose crooked.

He said all that because he wanted Liu Haizhong to understand that he would end up like him, with no one to care for him.

Why can't you capture the essence of bangs?

Yi Zhonghai felt like he was talking to a brick wall.

Liu Haizhong ignored this and turned to ask Yan Bugui, "Tell me, is this Lao Yi's purpose?"

Old Yan, I'm warning you, don't try to play tricks on me.

"You went to the neighborhood committee office with Lao Yi, so you must know his real purpose."

Yan Bugui quickly denied it: "Old Liu, you've misunderstood. We were really targeting Sha Zhu back then."

Think about it, you only have a little money. If you give it all away, no one else will get much.

Sha Zhu is different.

He owns a restaurant in Beijing, whose five famous restaurants are famous throughout the city, and two factories.

If you just take any item and give it to the neighbors in the courtyard, they can live a good life.

Then you'll benefit too, right?

Yan Bugui genuinely didn't know if Yi Zhonghai had this intention, and even if he did, he wouldn't admit it. Admitting it would offend Liu Haizhong.

Having offended Liu Haizhong, where is he going to find a sucker to buy him drinks?

Liu Haizhong still trusted Yan Bugui quite a bit, and his expression improved considerably after hearing his words.

Upon hearing that Yan Bugui had been mentioned, Yi Zhonghai prepared to change his strategy.

Liu Haizhong is too stupid; it's too difficult to persuade him.

He was afraid that Liu Haizhong would drive him crazy, so he decided to start with Yan Bugui.

He had already spoken to Yan Bugui several times beforehand, and Yan Bugui had accepted his idea.

This time, we have a pretty good chance of persuading Yan Bugui.

"Old Liu, I'm doing this all for your own good."

The old lady not only concluded that your child was unfilial, but she also concluded long ago that Old Yan's child was unfilial.

Liu Haizhong looked at Yi Zhonghai with a puzzled expression, then immediately turned to look at Yan Bugui.

He felt that Yan Bugui should definitely refute someone who said his child was unfilial to his face.

Yan Bugui's expression turned sour, but he did not refute it.

Liu Haizhong asked, puzzled, "Old Yan, you..."

Knowing that Yan Bugui was embarrassed to speak, Yi Zhonghai took the initiative to pick up the conversation.

Let me tell you.

Old Yan is just too calculating. He treats his son like a business; if the child drinks a cup of water, he'll ask the child for money.

Their children learned exactly the same things as him.

If he wants to divide the property into several parts for his retirement in the future, he will definitely have to calculate the cost with him.

The way he schemed against his children back then is the way his children will scheme against him in the future.

These are the rules he set for the family.

Some things are different when you talk about yourself versus when you talk about others.

When talking about yourself, you'll definitely feel uncomfortable; but when talking about others, you won't feel that way.

That's how it is with bangs.

Upon hearing Yi Zhonghai mention Yan Bugui, Liu Haizhong calmed down considerably.

After carefully considering the Yan family's rules, he realized that Yi Zhonghai was right.

Back when Yan Jiecheng was making a fuss about dividing the family property, he was the leader of the workers' picket team, and he was the one who presided over the division of the Yan family property.

In order to gain his support, Yan Jie exposed all of Yan Bugui's secrets.

He knew very well how Yan Bugui had schemed against the children.

Back then, he disapproved of Yan Bugui's methods of teaching children, thinking they were too unethical.

It's shameful for a father to charge his child for even a sip of water.

However, Liu Haizhong wasn't particularly happy either.

He and Yan Bugui were like brothers in misfortune, and both of them were belittled by Yi Zhonghai.

"Alright, Lao Yi, you've said so much, you've made all of Lao Yan's and my kids sound like they're unfilial."

What exactly do you mean?
No matter how wretched we are, we still have our son.

No matter how unfilial a son may be, he will still offer incense to us during festivals after we die.

And you……"

Yi Zhonghai's expression turned sour for a moment, but it quickly disappeared.

Today wasn't about arguing with Liu Haizhong; his purpose was to announce his retirement plans to the two of them.

"I'm not trying to expose your shortcomings."

Let me tell you the truth. Back in 1951, the old lady had already decided that neither you nor Lao Yan's children would take care of you in your old age.

She told me that if the three of us were to take care of ourselves in our old age, we would have to work together to find a suitable caregiver in the courtyard house.

Yi Zhonghai paused for a moment, giving Liu Haizhong time to react.

After a while, he continued, "The person I chose to care for me was Dongxu. Unfortunately, Dongxu had a bad life and passed away early."

However, he married a good wife.

Everyone has seen what Huai Ru is like. In our courtyard, there is no one more filial than Huai Ru.

I'm telling you all this today because I want to have an open and honest conversation with you.

Liu Haizhong was a little confused: "Explain yourself clearly, what exactly do you mean?"

"The three of us will retire together. Think it over carefully." With those words, Yi Zhonghai left. (End of Chapter)