At the age of 38, he went to college and his children were classmates.

Chapter 245, Buying Out Family Ties! (Please Subscribe)

The argument between the mother and daughter inevitably attracted the attention of the neighbors.

The security door to apartment 301 opened, and a middle-aged woman poked her head out: "Gui Lian, why are you and Qing Wu arguing again?"

"What's going on here?"

The middle-aged woman's concern about the mother and daughter arguing was a pretense; her real intention was to gossip.

She had overheard most of what was going on at home, but from the words of the argument, she could only glean that Li Guilian seemed to be asking Liu Qingwu to pay for her younger brother Liu Xiaojie's wedding, and that it seemed to involve some kind of deception.

If you don't finish eating this melon, you might not be able to sleep well at night, so middle-aged women really want to finish eating it all.

Upon seeing the middle-aged woman, Li Guilian immediately slapped her thigh and wailed, "Yufen, don't laugh at me, but I've raised this daughter for nothing!"

"You watched Qingwu grow up. Do you know how hard it was for me to raise her, to support her education, to help her go to university and graduate school?"

"Now that she's a university teacher and quite capable, she refused to contribute any money to Xiao Jie's wedding!"

"You think I've raised an ungrateful child?!"

Li Guilian delivered a powerful performance, sobbing as she spoke.

Liu Yufen immediately looked at Liu Qingwu and advised, "Qingwu, if your brother is getting married, it's only right that you, as his older sister, contribute some money."

"Aunt Liu, do you know how much they want?"

“50 million!!”

"Where am I, a newly hired intern, supposed to get 50 yuan?"

“That’s just the worst part. They lied to me, saying that Xiao Jie had been tricked into going to northern Myanmar and that they would kill him if I didn’t pay them. I maxed out my credit cards, took out online loans, and finally borrowed money from friends. That’s how I managed to scrape together a little over 400,000 yuan!”

"The results of it?"

"They scammed people out of money so they could buy houses!!"

Liu Qingwu would not allow her mother to distort the truth. If she did not defend herself now, her reputation as an "unfilial daughter" would spread throughout the entire machinery factory's residential area by the afternoon.

Liu Yufen was stunned. In the room, she had only heard Liu Qingwu talk about scamming people, but she never expected there to be such a big scoop.

"Liu Qingwu, don't talk nonsense! When have Xiao Jie and I ever lied to you?"

"You've clearly grown up and are unwilling to help your brother!"

"Yufen, what sins have I committed to raise such an ungrateful child!"

Li Guilian sat down on the stairs, sobbing uncontrollably as she recounted the hardships she had endured over the years.

While she was throwing a tantrum, Zhang Yage, whom Liu Qingwu had met earlier, and the other neighbors who were at home were also alerted.

"We're all family, let's talk things over slowly."

"Gui Lian, what are you doing? Didn't you say you were going to buy a house?!"

"Qingwu, it's no big deal for your brother to contribute some money to his wedding."

"Qingwu, you've made something of yourself now, but you mustn't forget your roots!"

The crowd chimed in with their opinions, and the later-arriving neighbors, unaware of the details, instinctively sided with Li Guilian as she sat on the ground, sobbing and wailing.

Just then, Liu Xiaojie's phone rang.

He glanced at the phone and saw it was a call from his girlfriend, Xu Huili. Liu Xiaojie was a typical simp, completely obedient to his girlfriend, at least for the time being. He quickly answered the phone.

"Xiao Jie, when will you arrive?"

"The homeowner has already arrived!"

Today, Liu Xiaojie made a special appointment with his girlfriend to look at houses, thinking he could show off his wealth. At this moment, his girlfriend, Xu Huili, had already arrived at the real estate agency.

Liu Xiaojie glanced at his mother, who was throwing a tantrum on the stairs, and then at his sister, who stood to the side with a cold expression. For a moment, he didn't know how to respond.

"say something!"

"So many people are waiting for you!" Xu Huili said angrily on the phone.

"Almost there, almost there!"

Liu Xiaojie gave a perfunctory reply and hung up the phone. Then he quickly moved closer to Li Guilian and whispered, "Mom, the landlord and Lili have arrived and are waiting for us."

After hearing her son's words, Li Guilian immediately stopped crying. She glanced at her daughter, Liu Qingwu, and angrily questioned, "Liu Qingwu, I'm just asking you, are you going to get involved in your brother's wedding or not?"

"in spite of!!"

Liu Qingwu coldly replied with two words.

"Yufen, Yayun, you both heard that, didn't you!"

"Oh dear, what kind of mess have I made!"

"What an ungrateful child I've raised!"

Li Guilian started another round of tantrums.

The neighbors, unaware of the truth, criticized Liu Qingwu for being "heartless."

What's that saying again? "The most righteous are often the lowly butchers, while the most ungrateful are often the scholars!"
He read so many books that he stopped caring about his parents and younger brother.

Having already explained the whole story, Liu Qingwu didn't bother to explain further. She said coldly, "That money was all borrowed. Give it back to me!"

"If you dare to use the money I borrowed to buy a house, I'll call the police immediately!"

Before this incident, Liu Qingwu had been deceiving herself. Although her mother was particularly biased towards her younger brother, she felt that her mother still cared for her as her daughter.

Now she understands what care is.
They just used her as a tool to make money. They didn't care about her life or death at all, just to buy a wedding house for their younger brother, Liu Xiaojie!

Let's forget about this kind of care!
She made up her mind to completely break away from this family.

Otherwise, her mother, brother, and unreliable father would just swarm her and suck her blood until they were drained dry!

Are these family members?
Do you have family members like that?

A self-deprecating sneer appeared on Liu Qingwu's lips. She wondered what sins she had committed in her past life to have met such family members in this life.

Just as the two sides were at an impasse, Liu Qingwu's phone rang. It was Shen Qiushan calling.

"Teacher Liu, how is things progressing?"

"Don't hesitate to ask for help if you need it."

Shen Qiushan didn't care about the 28 yuan he had lent out; he was just asking about the aftermath of the incident. After all, he had only heard about being tricked into going to northern Myanmar in the news before.

Upon hearing Shen Qiushan's voice, Liu Qingwu, who had been holding back her tears, couldn't hold back any longer.

Her closest family members only cared about her money, while it was Shen Qiushan, her "friend," who was concerned about her.

Liu Qingwu first sobbed softly, then began to wail loudly.
A simple phone call became a safe haven at this moment.

Shen Qiushan on the other end of the phone was startled, thinking that something had happened to Liu Qingwu's brother. However, he knew that he probably wouldn't get any information at this point, so he could only comfort her, "Teacher Liu, no matter what happened, take care of yourself first."

Hearing Shen Qiushan's words of comfort, Liu Qingwu cried even harder.

She cried as she pushed her way through the crowd and went downstairs.

Once she was outside the building and in a secluded corner, she began to sob as she recounted her experience.

“Old Shen, you transferred the 28 yuan directly to my mother’s bank card last night. You can sue to recover the loan.”

"By the way, we need to apply for property preservation with the court first, to prevent them from transferring the money!"

After crying, Liu Qingwu began to think about how to cut her losses in time.

Based on her understanding of her mother, Li Guilian, she knew it was impossible to get the other party to return the money voluntarily; the only option was to take legal action.

She decided to consider the money she borrowed as a buyout fee for the family relationship since she couldn't get it back, but she really didn't want Shen Qiushan's 28 yuan to go down the drain as well.

(End of this chapter)