Siheyuan: I live next door to Xu Damao, my last name is Cao

Liu Guangqi opened his eyes wide, his face full of disbelief, his heart was in a tangled mess.

He really couldn't understand why his father, who had always been reasonable, became so stubborn this time, completely denying the sincere and deep feelings between him and Sihui just because his home was far away.

In his opinion, his father's behavior was tantamount to breaking up a pair of lovers, cruelly and ruthlessly separating them, a pair of lovers who were in love with each other and had a deep affection for each other.

This sudden blow was like a bolt from the blue, making him feel immense pain and despair.

He couldn't help but ask himself: Could it be that the happiness that he had been pursuing was so easily trampled under his father's feet?

"Dad, how could you do this? You don't understand Sihui at all! She is so kind and sensible, a good girl that is hard to find even with a lantern! The two of us sincerely want to walk through the future together and create a beautiful life for ourselves. But you...but you want to separate us abruptly just because of such a trivial misunderstanding. This is too unfair to me!"

Liu Guangqi could no longer suppress the surging emotions in his heart. He was so excited that he was almost out of control. He shouted at the top of his lungs, his voice trembling and choking with obvious sobs.

At this moment, he seemed to have exhausted all his strength. Every word he said fell to the ground like a hammer, as if it was a cry bursting out from the deepest part of his soul.

However, facing his son's grief-stricken accusations, Liu Haizhong's face remained as gloomy as water, without the slightest movement.

He pursed his lips tightly, his eyes firm and resolute. It was obvious that he had already made up his mind and would not be shaken in the slightest because of Liu Guangqi's pleading, complaints and scolding.

"I told you, this is non-negotiable!"

Liu Haizhong slammed the table so hard that the teacup on the table shook a few times. A little tea splashed out and fell on the table, forming a small stain.

He stared at his son in front of him, his eyes full of majesty and indifference, as if the person standing in front of him was not his own flesh and blood, but a stranger.

"You are still young and don't understand what marriage life is. The complexity of it is far beyond your imagination!"

The voice from the bangs was cold and without any warmth, just like the biting north wind in the cold winter, which made people's faces hurt.

Liu Guangqi gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, which were trembling slightly due to excessive force. He stared straight at his father, with anger burning in his eyes, as if he wanted to devour him.

At this moment, his heart was like a volcano about to erupt. The hot magma was constantly rolling and surging, waiting to erupt as soon as it found a breakthrough.

"Dad, you keep saying that this is for my own good, for the good of this family, but have you ever thought about how I feel?"

Liu Guangqi roared, his voice so loud that the whole room shook.

"You are clearly destroying my happiness by doing this! I have grown up and am no longer the child who needs you to make the decision for me in everything! I have my own ideas and I know clearly what kind of life I want."

When Qi Sihui heard Liu Guangqi's words, she was shocked, as if struck by a bolt from the blue. She quickly grabbed his arm and gently advised, "Guangqi, don't be impulsive. Let's talk to uncle again. There will always be a way."

She knew very well that doing so would only make things worse, but at the moment she could only try to calm Liu Guangqi's emotions, as if trying to grab the last straw in a storm, trying to prevent the situation from getting completely out of control.

The second aunt stood quietly by the side, her hands clenched tightly together, her feet stomping the ground constantly, and the ground seemed to tremble slightly because of her anxiety.

That originally kind face was now filled with anxiety and worry, his brows were tightly furrowed, and his lips were trembling unconsciously.

Her eyes were fixed on her son who was suffering, her eyes were full of heartache and helplessness.

It felt as if millions of fine steel needles were mercilessly piercing her heart at the same time, each one bringing a sharp pain that made it almost impossible for her to breathe.

Looking back, if I hadn't reminded Liu Haizhong, things might not have developed to such a bad point.

How harmoniously the two children got along at that time! They could have continued on smoothly, and perhaps they would have already started discussing marriage.

But the current situation is such a heartbreaking one... Thinking of this, Second Aunt was filled with regret and self-blame, tears welled up in her eyes and could burst out at any time.

At the same time, the second aunt also deeply felt the heavy worry in her husband's heart.

Seeing that he was also worried and restless, she understood that the couple's mood at this moment was exactly the same - the confusion and worry about their child's future was like an invisible net that enveloped them tightly and made it difficult for them to break free.

At this moment, she was in a dilemma, like an ant trapped in a hot pot, turning around in circles but unable to find any way out.

"Guangqi, child, don't be anxious. You should know that your father did this because he is worried about the future of our family. We are all family, so why can't we sit down and talk it out calmly? Please don't hurt the harmony between each other because of such a thing."

The second aunt tried to persuade her earnestly, but her voice couldn't help but reveal a hint of helplessness and fatigue.

After hearing his mother's words, Liu Guangqi not only did not calm down, but became even more agitated.

His already red eyes widened, and now looked like two balls of blazing flames that would burst out at any time and devour everything around them.

At the same time, the blue veins on his forehead bulged out one by one, like crawling earthworms, and kept jumping along with his angry roar.

"Mom, I want to talk to you calmly! But the problem is, you and my dad always use the so-called 'for my own good' as an excuse to stop Xiaohui and I from being together! In the final analysis, aren't you just thinking of relying on me to take care of you when you're old, so you're determined not to let me marry Xiaohui?"

Liu Guangqi roared in rage, and the huge sound waves made the eardrums of everyone present buzz.

Finally, he threatened: "If you insist on not agreeing to my marriage with Qi Sihui, don't blame me for not recognizing you in the future, and don't expect me to provide for you in your old age!"

His voice was like a heavy hammer, hitting everyone's heart in the room hard.

As soon as these words were spoken, it was like a bolt from the blue that struck Liu Haizhong's heart!

His eyes were opened as wide as bells, as if their eyeballs were about to pop out, and his face was full of disbelief, as if what he had just heard was not an ordinary sentence, but the most absurd and incredible thing from outer space.

His lips trembled slightly, like a candle swaying in the wind, as if he wanted to argue or explain something, but his throat seemed to be strangled by an invisible hand, and he couldn't utter a word for a long time.

At this moment, Liu Haizhong was standing still like a sculpture, his mind was in chaos and confusion. All his thoughts seemed to be cleared in an instant, and he completely lost the ability to think.

The second aunt standing aside was also completely confused!

She stood there blankly, her hands subconsciously clutching the apron in front of her, so tightly that her knuckles turned white.

Her eyes, which had been quite lively before, were now filled with astonishment and fear, as if she had encountered a sudden and extremely powerful natural and man-made disaster. This sudden change completely destroyed the warm world she was familiar with in an instant with a devastating force.

You know, the reason why the old couple made such a move was simply because they hoped that their son could be closer to them, take care of the family wholeheartedly, and live a stable and ordinary life from then on.

In their deeply rooted traditional concepts, family harmony and the dignified status of elders are of paramount importance!

However, who could have expected that today, Liu Guangqi would say such heartless and ruthless words to his own father without hesitation just because of a woman.

For Liu Haizhong and the second aunt, this was like being slapped hard in the face in front of everyone. The burning feeling of shame quickly surged from the bottom of their hearts and spread like wildfire to every corner of their bodies.

Liu Haizhong stood there in a daze, and it took him a while to come back to his senses. He felt a nameless anger rushing to his forehead, and he was so angry that his whole body was shaking.

The trembling finger pointed directly at Liu Guangqi, and the voice had become hoarse and sharp, as if to cut through the dull air: "You...you are such an ungrateful and unfilial son! You actually dared to say such treasonous and unjust nonsense to the father who gave birth to you and raised you for a mere woman! Back then, I worked hard and raised you from a crying baby to your current size. I went through so many hardships and paid so much blood and sweat. Is it just for you to behave so disobediently and unfilially today?"

Every wrinkle on his face, which was distorted by extreme anger, seemed to be filled with disappointment and sadness.

At this moment, Liu Guangqi was also furious and completely lost his mind. He stretched out his thick neck, stared with eyes wide open, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Dad, from childhood to adulthood, when have I not been respectful and obedient to you? I have always respected you from the bottom of my heart, but this time, you really went too far!"

"You have never put yourself in my shoes and have completely disregarded my personal feelings. You have only relied on your own ideas to arbitrarily decide on my marriage, which is related to my lifelong happiness. Sihui and I are in love with each other. We have long vowed that we will do our best to honor you and mom in the future. But why do you want to be so unreasonable and stop us without any reason?"

After saying this, Liu Guangqi's eyes were firm and sharp, as if they could penetrate the heart of the person in front of him.

His originally straight back was now even straighter, and the whole person stood there like a pine or bamboo tree standing proudly in the wind, showing no weakness.

Facing his father, he showed no intention of backing down. He even raised his head slightly and looked at him in a provocative manner. The two sides were tit-for-tat and neither gave in. The air was filled with a suffocatingly tense atmosphere.

Qi Sihui, who was standing aside, was already frightened by the tense situation, and her heart instantly rose to her throat.

Seeing that the conflict between the father and son was becoming more and more intense and was about to break out, she was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

In panic, tears flowed uncontrollably, rolling down her fair and delicate cheeks, surging down like a flood that broke through a dam, unstoppable.

The crystal clear tears were like pearls that had broken off the string, rolling down continuously with a crackling sound, splashing tiny tears on the ground.

She could no longer care about anything else, and rushed forward hurriedly, stretched out her hands and tightly grasped Liu Guangqi's arm, her body trembling slightly with extreme fear and anxiety.

She sobbed and said in an almost pleading tone: "Guangqi, please stop talking! Don't ever talk to uncle like that again! We can sit down and discuss anything..."

By the end of her speech, her voice was already filled with tears, which made people feel very distressed.

Then, she turned around and bowed deeply to Liu Haizhong and the second aunt, and said with tears on her face: "Uncle, aunt, I'm really sorry! It's all my fault. I have caused you so much trouble... I will take Guangqi away from here, and we will never bother you again..."

Her words were filled with deep guilt and self-blame, and every word sounded heavy as if squeezed out from the depths of her heart.

The second aunt stood aside, staring intently at the chaotic and heart-wrenching scene before her, with mixed feelings in her heart.

She felt sorry for her son, but at the same time she felt helpless and worried about her husband's tough approach.

She gently raised her hand and wiped away the barely noticeable tears from the corners of her eyes with her sleeve. Then she lowered her voice and said softly to Liu Haizhong: "Haizhong, why don't we have a good discussion about this. After all, the children are still young, and they are sincere. We can't just do this to the extreme."

When she said this, Second Aunt's eyes were full of pleading and expectation. She hoped so much that she could find a little gap to ease the incompatible relationship between father and son, which was like water and fire.

However, in response to his wife's persuasion, Liu Haizhong snorted coldly, and his originally serious face became even more gloomy as if water could drip out of it.

He glared at me and refuted me mercilessly: "Negotiation? Humph! He dared to talk to me like that, what is there to discuss! I think he has grown wings and doesn't take me, his father, seriously! If he is really capable, he should never set foot in this house again!"

Before he finished speaking, Liu Haizhong's tone became more and more resolute, and he had no intention of compromising or giving in at all.

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