Siheyuan: A warm home with wife and children

In their family, no one's word carries more weight than that of their maternal grandfather.

For small matters, ask Grandma; for big matters, ask Grandpa.

Once these two agree, Mom and Dad have no choice but to listen.

Yang Jianguo picked up the little girl and sat her down. He gave his daughter a disapproving look, which instantly deflated Zhiyi's arrogant attitude. She obediently shrank her head and hid herself by the table, hoping that no one could see her.

If I had known, I wouldn't have shown off like that.

“Don’t listen to your mother’s nonsense. If you want to eat Grandma’s cooking, just give us a call. Your grandma and I will come to Handong to see you right away. When school is on holiday or during festivals, Grandpa will have someone pick you up. You can stay at home for half a year a year, so how is that difficult?”

Hearing her grandfather say this, the heartbroken Meng Jie finally stopped sobbing.

She glared at her mother angrily, "You bad person, you just like to scare children."

"Hehe~"

Under her parents' gaze, Zhiyi could only give an awkward smile and didn't dare to say a word.

If you make the elderly couple's precious granddaughter cry again, she'll have to sleep on her own tonight.

She, an outsider, was not welcomed in this courtyard.

After eating and drinking to their hearts' content, Yingzi spent time with her granddaughter until after nine o'clock. She then asked Zhiyi to take her back to her room to rest. As soon as Yingzi entered the room, she slumped down, looking as if she had deflated and gone limp.

"What, you're reluctant to let your granddaughter go?"

"You're willing to do that?"

"..."

Yang Jianguo was speechless after being confronted. Who could bear to see someone grow up under his nose?

But life is a process of decluttering and letting go, and no one can do anything about it.

Children are ultimately their parents' children. It's only right for them to stay with their parents. No matter how much effort you put into them, they can never replace their parents.

Besides, the child will be going abroad in a few years, so it's good for her to stay with her parents and strengthen their bond.

Chapter 877 Unrepentant, Who is Right and Who is Wrong?

In the alley, Qin Huairu walked home with her head down, her steps uneven.

Behind her followed Huaihua, who was unusually well-behaved now, having just been given a beating.

In fact, the locust flower knows better than anyone else.

Her family is her only support; without their protection, she doesn't know how much trouble she would have gotten into this time.

And those creditors, don't be fooled by their current restraint in not taking action.

But that's because he has family members who own houses in the capital, and it seems like they can help him solve his debts.

Otherwise, those people would have already kidnapped her and sold her.

Even if it doesn't sell for a few million, it's still better than losing everything.

If you find someone who can sell her in smaller pieces, then sell her in those pieces.

A few million is not impossible.

Are locust flowers afraid?

She must have been scared. If she hadn't been scared, she wouldn't have gone to such lengths to run all the way back to the capital from the depths of the country to ask her family for help.

But Huaihua would still get angry and embarrassed by their constant nagging.

I admit I made a mistake, but that's that. What's the point of criticizing me now?

Besides, everyone makes mistakes.

Has my eldest brother never made a mistake? Or my second sister never made a mistake? Or has my mother never made a mistake?

We're all the same; we've all made mistakes.

When others make mistakes, they can be overlooked with just a few light words.

Oh ~

Why should I be judged like a criminal when it's my turn?

The locust flower refused to accept this.

"Squeak~"

The screeching sound of the door hinges rubbing together interrupted Huaihua's rambling, making her refocus her gaze on what was ahead.

"Come in, what are you standing there for?"

Qin Huairu tugged at her impatiently, causing Huaihua to stumble through the gate.

My eldest brother and second sister are not home; they both have their own things to do.

"Eat first, then talk after you finish eating."

She ran outside and squatted by the roadside for hours, almost freezing to death.

Feeling cold and hungry, Huaihua couldn't resist the sight of hot food.

While she was wolfing down her food, Qin Huairu made her a bowl of seaweed soup with boiling water. That would do for now.

Right now, she really wasn't in the mood to cook a big meal for Huaihua.

After finishing the meal, the locust flower's cold body finally warmed up.

Just as he was wondering what his mother was going to nag about again, and whether he should put up with it, he saw Qin Huairu quickly clearing away the dishes and chopsticks. "Go to sleep, we'll talk about it when you wake up."

Eh?

Huaihua was surprised; she had actually changed her personality.

But then, Huaihua's heart jumped into her throat.

'Is this going to be a farewell dinner? What if she really abandons me?'

Huaihua's heart was in turmoil, and all sorts of terrible thoughts came one after another, causing her rebellious and proud heart to gradually fall to the bottom.

If her mother really stopped caring about her, Huaihua felt she might as well just die.

To avoid being captured by creditors and subjected to unimaginable torture.

But she was unwilling to give up. Who would want to die when they can live?

She just made a mistake, misjudging people and getting deceived by that scoundrel.

Why can't they understand and forgive themselves?

It's not that family members have to understand, tolerate, and support each other, or whether you're still family to them.

So, I was adopted, right?

Huaihua was filled with resentment, worried about being abandoned by her family and resenting them for treating her this way.

At the same time, she complained about the unfairness of the world and the heartlessness of men.

She treated him so well, gave up everything for him, and poured her heart and soul into following him.

In the end, however, he absconded with the money, leaving himself burdened with debt and alone to face the predatory creditors.

'You bastard, don't let me see you again, or I'll skin you alive!'

Huaihua cursed inwardly, hating the scoundrel's heartlessness and even more so his abandonment of her when he ran off with the money.

But what she hates most is that she was so brainless as to become the legal representative in the first place.

Why didn't they think of running away with the money before him, leaving him to deal with this mess?

If I had made plans earlier, I wouldn't be in this predicament today.

At that time, she should have been lying in a luxury hotel in some unknown country, enjoying fine wine and food, and looking forward to her new life.

The heartless bastard was caught and severely beaten by the creditors, and finally dismembered and sold in pieces.

At this moment, the locust blossoms seemed to experience a strange kind of spiritual elevation.

"What are you thinking about? Go to sleep."

Seeing her regret and grit her teeth at those times, Qin Huairu was too lazy to say anything more.

Right now, they're still indulging in some wild daydream.

They haven't taken any real action; all their intelligence has been used for wishful thinking.

If she had taken any action at all, Qin Huairu would have thought more highly of her, but unfortunately—

In the past, the elderly always said that dog meat was not fit for formal occasions.

She's like dog meat that can't be served at a banquet; no matter how delicious she is, she's unpresentable.

After dinner, Banggeng and Xiaodang returned one after another.

Both of them had already eaten, and neither of them paid any attention to Huaihua, treating her as if she were invisible.

After washing up, they all went back to their rooms.

With plenty of food and drink at home and spare money on hand, they naturally wouldn't deprive themselves.

Every room in the house has a TV, and Xiaodang even installed a computer for herself.

It has a big butt and looks as heavy as a lump of iron.

However, she quite enjoys chatting with people on it, and even opened her own chat room as an administrator.

Upon logging into the chat room, Xiao Dang began complaining about the mess that had recently happened to her family.

In this virtual world where no one knows anyone and they probably will never meet in this lifetime, Xiao Dang can let down her guard and pour out her bitterness.

The members offered her advice and comforted her, telling her to think more positively.

However, some dissenting voices have emerged: "She may just feel that she has been treated unfairly."

"Unfair? What's unfair? Isn't she being treated too well?"

Xiao Dang's mentality is a bit shattered. From childhood to adulthood, Huaihua has always been the most favored one.

She's being unfair, but I'm being unfair too!

If she hadn't been pampered since childhood, where would she have gotten the audacity to act so recklessly?

"What I mean by unfairness is that you have indirectly deprived her of the ability to face society and survive independently."

"I~" Xiao Dang angrily typed on the keyboard, but quickly stopped in her tracks.

Upon careful consideration, what the other party said does seem to make some sense.

From childhood to adulthood, everything was arranged for her. She didn't need to think or deal with troubles; she only needed to follow the steps.

Listen to me and do as I say.

It is a true reflection of Huaihua before her rebellion, and also the main theme of her life.

Sooner or later, she might develop a strong rebellious streak, just like she does now, wanting only to gain recognition through her own efforts and eager to prove herself: "I can do it, I can do it."

Chapter 878 There's no such thing as simply disappearing into thin air; it's all very troublesome.

Whether it's the truth or not, it's no longer important at this moment.

The locust flower, which has caused such a huge problem, is wrong no matter what it does.

Right now, the only thing the family needs to consider is how to help her resolve her debts.

Give me the money!

If Xiaodang scrapes together the money and sells two fixed assets, he can come up with the funds.

Bang Geng also has a considerable amount of savings.

But if they give away the money easily, the unnamed 'debts' that emerge later will only pile up like mountains, completely ruining the whole family.

Therefore, their first task is to clarify the debt.

Which aspects are Xiaodang's responsibility, and which are unrelated to her and should be the responsibility of the company itself.

In addition, we need to find the bastard who tricked him.