Landlady who likes to hoard land

"Xu Wen, Xu Yao, do not believe anyone's sweet words, not even your own family members, and do not easily promise others things beyond your ability."

You've all heard the story of "a promise is worth a thousand pieces of gold," right? We don't care about others, but we ourselves must keep our word. We must always do what we promise, and never make promises we can't keep.

Seeing that his two sons had taken his words to heart, Wang Chengyu continued...

Grandpa has told both of you that he would buy you houses. He's said that since you were little. Has he actually bought them for you?

Even if he really has this idea now, what if one day he gets upset and says he won't buy it for you? What can you do then?

"Mom, I know, this is called making empty promises."

"Wow, Xu Wen has even learned to answer first!"

Wang Chengyu jokingly quoted a line from a skit, and the two brothers immediately burst into laughter.

"Given your grandparents' current behavior, do you think there's a high chance they'll buy you a house in the future?"

"Not big."

The two brothers answered in unison once again.

"Smart. Why would someone who doesn't like you buy you such an expensive item as a house?"

"We must look at things from multiple perspectives. As I always say, don't easily believe any promises made by others!"

"Grandpa and Grandma are so hypocritical! They clearly don't like us but they pretend to. What big liars!"

Xu Yao pouted unhappily.

"You can't talk about Grandpa and Grandma like that. Even if you see through their true thoughts, don't say it out loud. Just watch their performance quietly."

They even thought they'd fooled us, so they'd bring us snacks and treats to cheer us up. Isn't that fun?

Wang Chengyu didn't know if her way of teaching was right or wrong. It was her son, and she had the final say. So she taught him this way.

“It’s really fun, like acting in a play,” Xu Yao always says surprising things.

"Yes, it's all about acting. We can act when dealing with people who lie to us, but we can't act when dealing with people who are genuinely kind to us, understand?"

"We know!" the two answered loudly. "Yes, Mom and Dad can't act."

"Congratulations, you got it right."

"Mom, but acting all the time is so tiring! I wish they weren't our family. Then we wouldn't have to act with them."

"Can we get different grandparents?"

Xu Yao looked at Wang Chengyu with sparkling eyes, his tone full of disappointment.

"Mom, will you divorce Dad? There's a classmate of mine whose parents are divorced, and now nobody takes care of him. He often doesn't come to school. He said his parents were always arguing, and then they got divorced."

Xu Yao looked at Wang Chengyu with unease. His parents had been arguing a lot lately, at his grandmother's house, at home, and outside.

He was afraid that his parents would divorce in the future, and after they divorced, he would become a pitiful child that no one wanted.

Wang Chengyu felt a bitter ache in her heart. These days, you might say kids are naive, yet they seem to know everything. But then again, they only have a superficial understanding.

Although Xu Wen didn't say anything, Wang Chengyu could clearly feel that his body was tense.

She reached out and embraced her two sons.

"Xu Wen, Xu Yao, if your parents really get divorced one day, that's a matter for the two of us adults, and it has nothing to do with you."

Even if Mom and Dad get divorced, you won't be left without anyone to care for you. Mom will definitely raise you both.

Wang Chengyu didn't lie to her son about not getting a divorce just to reassure him. They would find out sooner or later that their parents were divorced.

All she could do was clearly tell them that even if they got divorced, she would still take them with her, and that not all children become pitiful after their parents divorce.

"Mom, you have to keep your word!"

"You keep your word! Mom never lies."

……

The three of them chatted until very late before going to sleep. By the end of the conversation, the two children's unhappiness had completely disappeared.

On Wang Chengyu's side, the mother and her two children were loving and filial, creating a warm atmosphere.

Meanwhile, in the private room where Xu Jianren was staying at Hedilao, chaos reigned.

The waiter called the police, who arrived at the scene quickly and, after investigation, preliminarily determined it to be a domestic dispute.

After a few words of mediation between the two sides, they agreed that the two sides could leave after the riverbed fishermen paid compensation.

Xu Jianren supports bachelors and refuses to pay compensation.

"I have no money. You can either arrest me or let me go."

The police were so angry at his shameless behavior that they laughed.

"You have no money, but when you overturned someone's table, did you never think about whether you had money or not?"

Xu Jianren was heartbroken and, disregarding his image, grabbed the policeman's hand and burst into tears.

Ever since Wang Chengyu filed for divorce, he has wanted to have a good cry.

Now, with the perfect timing, location, and people, it's the perfect opportunity for him to have a good, open cry.

"Officer, those are my father and mother, those are my sisters. They abandoned me to come here for my birthday. I am their own son and brother. Is it possible that they are short of a pair of chopsticks for this meal?"

Xu Jianren pointed to the people in the private room and tearfully recounted his story, like a wronged young wife.

"Officer, you don't know, my parents have always been biased towards me since I was a child. They spent a lot of money to find a job at a bank for my older sister and spent money to buy a house and a car for my younger sister."

I was put to work in a factory, working day and night, and they only paid me 4,500 yuan a month. I had to support a family of four. Can you believe how miserable I am?

In other families, it's sons who are favored over daughters; in our family, it's daughters who are favored over sons!

The police officers looked at each other, realizing the situation was indeed quite dire.

Several waiters also silently sympathized with Xu Jianren. He was quite pitiful. He was forced to do something like flipping the table by his parents!

"You're talking nonsense. What do you mean by favoring girls over boys? I raised my son with hardship and my daughter with luxury. I did that to toughen you up. If it weren't for my hard work, how could you have supported a family of four?"

Xu Chenxing was so angry that his eyebrows trembled, and he interrupted Xu Jianren.

Xu Jianren had no intention of stopping; he was determined to be shameless today.

What a load of bull! Knowing full well that such a small amount of money is not enough to support a family, they used the phrase "the family fortune I have earned will all belong to you" as bait, under the guise of training him, to give him a pitiful 4,500 yuan, and then forced him to ask for money, before condescendingly handing it over to him.

They expect him to be grateful? Do they really think he's stupid?

It has to be said that Xu Jianren suddenly had a breakthrough after the divorce.

He didn't respond to Xu Chenxing's words and continued rambling.

"Officer, I strongly suspect that I am not their biological son. I demand that you take me back to the police station so that I can have a paternity test and find my biological parents."

"Enough! Get up! Aren't you ashamed enough already?!"

Seeing that Xu Jianren's words were becoming increasingly outrageous, Xu Chenxing couldn't help but shout angrily. If Xu Jianren continued, his high blood pressure would flare up.

Xu Chenxing's sudden shout startled everyone present.