Chapter 352 Appearances of All Living Beings

Aunt Yan's face turned pale and she said unkindly: "This is simply too much bullying. Banggeng is such a naughty kid, he really needs to be properly disciplined..."

So, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law took Yan Zhaodi, who was still crying and feeling sorry for her new clothes, and went straight to the Jia family.

"Qin Huairu, is Qin Huairu at home?"

Inside the house, Qin Huairu and Jia Zhang were busy cooking. After hearing the noise outside, she quickly put down the work in her hands and walked out.

"Hey! Aunt Yan, you...what happened to you?" Seeing Aunt Yan with a bad face and Yan Zhaodi crying, Qin Huairu's heart skipped a beat and she thought, "Could it be that Bang Geng got into trouble again?"

Aunt Yan looked unhappy and said to Qin Huairu bluntly: "Qin Huairu, you should take good care of your son Bang Geng. He is simply a little hooligan."

"Little hooligan?" After hearing this, Jia Zhang's face darkened and she quickly walked out of the room, saying with dissatisfaction in her tone, "Aunt Yan, your words are a bit too much!"

"Why did my Bang Geng offend you? You keep calling him a little hooligan. He is just a child..."

Jia Zhang is truly an expert; right from the start, she stands on the moral high ground.

Aunt Yan was speechless and stammered, "I...I, then you guys come and see what Banggeng has done."

As she spoke, she pulled Yan Zhaodi over and asked Jia Zhangshi and Qin Huairu to take a look.

"Look at this new cotton-padded jacket. What has it become because of Banggeng?"

Qin Huairu was not Jia Zhang after all, so she could not lie with open eyes. She looked straight at Yan Zhaodi and asked directly: "Zhaodi, tell Sister Qin, what happened? Was it accidentally stained by the stem of the stick?"

Yan Zhaodi cried, “Wuwu…, it was Banggeng who pulled me down, wuwu… I still have to wear it to school!”

"This..." Qin Huairu witnessed this scene and had a general understanding of the ins and outs of the matter in her mind. No one knows a child better than his mother.

Jia Zhang was standing aside, muttering, "It's common for children to suffer some losses when they fight."

"As for coming to my door to make a big deal out of it?"

At this moment, Ran Qiuye quickly found Yi Yuanchao and happened to hear Jia Zhang's sarcasm.

She retorted without showing any weakness: "Aunt Jia, if it was just a simple child playing around, why would we mobilize so many people? We are not unreasonable people."

"In fact, Bang Geng intended to bully Zhao Di and violently dragged her to the ground. Yuan Chao was also present at the time, and we can directly ask him to understand the whole story of the incident."

Qin Huairu's face changed slightly when she heard this. Recently, she was busy dealing with Li Huaide and neglected to discipline her children.

Jia Zhang was an even more heartless person. When Qin Huairu was not at home, she completely let her children run wild.

Qin Huairu said to Yi Yuanchao kindly, "Yuanchao, tell me, what is going on?"

Yi Yuanchao glanced at Ran Qiuye, who smiled and stroked his head, encouraging him: "Yuanchao, don't be afraid, you are very brave. Tell your sister Qin what happened just now."

Yi Yuanchao nodded slightly and said bluntly: "Banggeng just held a string of small red whips and asked me to complete his winter vacation homework for him. In exchange, he..."

"Zhao Di thought that what we did was wrong, so she stopped me from helping Bang Geng cheat. Bang Geng got angry and then..."

Qin Huairu was so angry that she trembled when she heard this. She had been making compromises for Banggeng's future, hoping that her child would have a promising future and she would be free. However, Banggeng's behavior was so unreliable that she was very disappointed.

"Bang Geng! Get out here right here..." Qin Huairu shouted harshly. Her voice was like an icy sword, instantly piercing the tranquility around them.

Jia Zhang, who was standing by, was so frightened by the sudden roar that her whole body trembled, as if her heart was tightly gripped by an invisible force.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Jia Zhang hurriedly stopped the furious Qin Huairu: "Huairu, calm down! Don't be impulsive. You have to understand the situation clearly first, and then educate the child."

"Besides, it's hard to tell whether this wild kid's words are true or false. If he has been colluding with Yan Zhaodi and intends to frame Bang Geng, what should we do?"

Jia Zhang's blurted out "Wild child!" was like a sharp blade, cutting the eardrums of the men present and making them feel unhappy.

Aunt Yan frowned and her gaze instantly turned to Jia Zhang, with obvious displeasure in her eyes.

Ran Qiuye's face darkened and she asked directly, "Aunt Jia, what do you mean by that? Who do you say is a wild child?"

Afterwards, she quickly embraced the tearful Yi Yuanchao and said firmly: "Yuanchao, don't cry, don't listen to her nonsense. You are not helpless, you are Yi Yuanchao, we are here for you."

"Wuwu... Teacher Ran, I'm not a wild child, not a wild child anymore. I have a father and a mother. I'm no longer the wild child that no one wants. I'm not..."

When Aunt Yi heard the commotion outside, she quickly walked out of the room. The scene before her made her furious.

Yi Yuanchao, her son, was seen in tears, being held in Ran Qiuye's arms for comfort, while Jia Zhang was standing aside acting arrogantly.

She immediately rushed forward and shouted sternly: "Yuan Chao, my son, don't cry! Mom is here, Jia Zhang, how dare you bully my son, I... I will fight you!" Her voice was firm and powerful, full of protection for her son and anger towards Jia Zhang.

Aunt Yi was about to start a quarrel with Jia Zhang, "Old hag, I have tolerated you for a long time, today it's either you or me..."

Jia Zhang was shocked. She had never seen such a kind person like Aunt Yi get angry. She was stunned for a moment and forgot to dodge. Aunt Yi almost scratched her face.

Fortunately, Qin Huairu was beside her and stopped Aunt Yi when she saw the situation.

Qin Huairu was also very angry at this outspoken mother-in-law. There were three masters in charge of the courtyard, and Jia Zhang had offended two of them at once.

Her family had a bad reputation to begin with, and Qin Huairu was worried that she would offend the neighbors and be expelled from the compound.

"Mom! You should apologize to Aunt Yi!" Qin Huairu suddenly scolded Jia Zhang in front of so many people.

Jia Zhang was stunned for a moment, and she stammered, "I...I have to apologize to her, Huairu, how can you speak for an outsider?"

Not only her, but Aunt Yan and Ran Qiuye were also quite surprised.

Qin Huairu suddenly felt so tired. She had given everything for such a family, but she didn’t know if it was worth it.

"I said, I asked you to apologize to Aunt Yi, are you deaf?" Qin Huairu looked at Jia Zhang with a cold face.

Jia Zhang felt uncomfortable under her gaze and a chill rose in her heart.

Jia Zhang's heart felt like it had sunk into an icy cave. In front of everyone, Qin Huairu mercilessly accused her, "I'm sorry, it's my fault, I'm foul-mouthed, I deserve to die..." She felt completely humiliated, without a trace of dignity left.

Qin Huairu didn't even look at them. She ran straight into the house with an expressionless face to catch the culprit.

Aunt Yi was originally furious, but now she stood there in a daze. Seeing Jia Zhang being treated coldly by Qin Huairu, she felt a chill in her heart and deeply felt that the world is unpredictable.

Similarly, Aunt Yan and Ran Qiuye looked at each other in surprise when they saw this scene. Qin Huairu's drastic change made them feel unfamiliar, as if she had become a different person.

"What's wrong with Qin Huairu..." Everyone was puzzled.

After a while, Qin Huairu grabbed Banggeng's ears and pulled him out while he was crying.

"Mom, let go, please let go, it hurts! Woo woo... it hurts so much..."

Qin Huairu ignored his resistance and led him straight to Yan Zhaodi, saying briefly and firmly: "Apologize!" Then, she pressed down Bang Geng's head forcefully, forcing him to bow and apologize to Zhaodi.

Banggeng was terrified. He had never seen his mother so strict. His voice was trembling, not daring to resist at all. "Wuwu... Zhaodi, I... I was wrong. I sincerely apologize. Please forgive me." His voice was tearful and full of regret.

When Yan Zhaodi saw that Banggeng was taught a lesson, her resentment was half gone. "Sister Qin, you...just spare Banggeng!" She was just a child after all, and she said with some reluctance.

After hearing this, Qin Huairu smiled at Yan Zhaodi and said bluntly: "Zhaodi, you are a good child. Sister Qin will not let you suffer in vain, you can rest assured about this."

"Take this money and let Aunt Yan make you a new cotton-padded jacket." As she spoke, she quickly took out a big unity banknote from her pocket and stuffed it into Yan Zhaodi's hand without saying anything.

Yan Zhaodi didn't want to take advantage of others. Her clothes were just dirty, not damaged and could not be worn.

"Sister Qin, I can't take this money, I can't take it..." Aunt Yan also reacted when she saw this. Although she liked to take advantage of small things, she was definitely not an unreasonable person, and she would never blackmail others.

"Oh, Huairu, why are you doing this? The child got into trouble, you just need to teach him a lesson, there is really no need for compensation, just take the money back."

Ran Qiuye also persuaded, "Yes, Sister Qin, we don't have to be like this. Banggeng is just too naughty. You just need to discipline him."

"We are all neighbors, there is no need for compensation!"

Qin Huairu smiled and said, "Zhao Di, take this from Sister Qin, and treat it as a New Year's gift from Sister Qin."

Aunt Yi watched coldly from the side. Why did Qin Huairu suddenly become so generous?
Not to mention Aunt Yi's confusion, even Aunt Yan and Ran Qiuye were extremely curious.

Could it be that the rumors outside are true?
Is Qin Huairu really hooking up with Deputy Director Li? Otherwise, how else can we explain the changes in the Jia family's life?

This year, Qin Huairu was no longer stingy, contrary to her usual behavior. In previous years, she rarely gave the children who came to pay New Year's greetings a dime or two, but this year, she generously gave out a one-yuan red envelope.

During this year's Spring Festival, the Jia family also had a prosperous year, and they prepared a lot of fish and meat.

A few days ago, Qin Huairu returned home to visit her relatives. She rode her brand new bicycle with a variety of packages hanging on the handlebars. This scene caused quite a stir in Qinjiazhuang, and the villagers all looked at her with envy.

Qin Huairu's family, including her parents, brother and sister-in-law, all changed their previous attitudes and smiled at her and treated her warmly.

Because, ever since she hooked up with Li Huaide, Qin Huairu has completely freed herself. Although she has given birth to three sons, her means of playing with men have not diminished at all. This woman is born knowing how to control men.

As usual, she fascinated Li Huaide.

Li Huaide now feels like he has missed her for three years if he doesn't see her for a day!
In order to please Qin Huairu, Li Huaide spent most of his illegally earned extra money on her.

Qin Huairu now wears well-tailored clothes, a shining gold necklace and jewel ring, and has all kinds of cosmetics, delicacies, and gorgeous clothes. She lives a carefree life and enjoys luxury.

No wonder the villagers were talking about how Qin Huairu's life became more and more comfortable after her husband passed away. She must have been hooking up with a rich man.

Such rumors quietly reached the ears of Qin Huairu's parents. Qin's father didn't care about it, but Qin's mother was worried.

"Her father, when Huairu comes back, should we ask her clearly whether she has a man outside?"

Father Qin glanced at her and said, "Even if we find out clearly, what can we do? Let her separate from that wild man?"

"Given Huairu's current situation, can she still remarry and find a good family?"

"You know how hard Huairu's life was before. Besides, she doesn't have a husband now. If she follows him, except for the lack of status, isn't everything good?"

Mother Qin heard this and said with a worried look on her face, "But, if I just follow someone without any status, when will it end?"

"What if one day people start to get tired of her? What will she do then?"

Father Qin was unhappy when he heard this and said, "I think you are just worrying about nothing. Just take care of the things in front of you. Who can predict what will happen in the future?"

Besides, what good would it do him if he messed up his daughter's good deeds? Who would buy him cigarettes in cartons to smoke, who would buy him the mellow "Wild Mountain Erguotou" to drink?

My daughter used to think that she was married in a formal way, but so what? She still had to eat coarse food and was unable to support her parents.

Here, Qin Huairu's parents were worried about her and plotting against her.

In another room, Qin Huairu's brother and sister-in-law were also secretly wondering about her current situation.

"Hey, your sister is really nervous now, is she really dating a rich man?"

Qin Huairu's brother retorted unhappily: "What are you talking about? What do you mean by sugar daddy? It's so ugly."

Qin Huairu's sister-in-law was not a pushover either. "Am I wrong? Her husband's family is so poor, how could they let her wear gold and silver?"

"Let's not talk about anything else. The gold nugget on her wrist weighs four or five taels. Where did she get it?"

When Qin Huairu's brother heard this, a gleam flashed in his eyes. After thinking for a moment, he said decisively: "Hey! This is indeed suspicious. I know my sister well. She is usually very frugal. If she hadn't suddenly become rich, how could she be so generous to bring back so many gifts for home? It's good enough that she doesn't continue to squeeze us."

He sighed and said frankly: "Although it may sound a bit harsh, your life is your own after all. As long as you live comfortably, why bother about what others think."

Qin Huairu's sister-in-law pursed her lips, stretched out her fairly presentable hand, and waved it in front of her husband.

Qin Huairu's brother didn't understand and asked, "What do you mean?"

Qin Huairu's sister-in-law said, "Don't you think my bare hands are useless?"

"You mean, I should buy you a ring too? Damn, do I have that kind of money?"

"You don't have money, but your sister does. Oh, now that she's rich, what's wrong with her taking care of her brother?"

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Nanluoguxiang Siheyuan.

Aunt Yan and Ran Qiuye came with the intention of demanding punishment, but they left in silence. They were defeated by Qin Huairu with just a few moves.

After witnessing Jia Zhang's public apology, Aunt Yi no longer pursued the matter and returned home with the depressed Yi Yuanchao.

Xu Damao, who was in the backyard, heard the commotion and watched from afar, but did not step forward to intervene. He just watched silently.

Qin Huairu is no longer someone he can easily approach. He remembers that time when Li Huaide summoned him to his office and after a "reprimand", he decisively drew a line between himself and Qin Huairu.

Li Huaide, this man is cunning and insidious. He is now heading towards the pinnacle of power and all power is about to fall into his hands.

After this bastard gained a firm foothold as deputy factory director, he gradually showed his fangs and started to wrestle with Director Yang for the right to speak at the Red Star Factory.

In the Red Star Factory, after the factory director and the secretary, Li Huaide has become the third most important person. He secretly wins over the hearts of the people, and many people have quietly joined his camp.

How could Xu Damao mess with his woman at will?

Xu Damao is also flexible. In the past, Qin Huairu always licked Xu Damao. Now, it is Xu Damao who licks Qin Huairu instead.

Qin Huairu was delighted by the change of status. She looked at Xu Damao, who was circling around her like a pug, and felt proud. A mocking smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "Xu Damao, you have come to this day too?" Her heart revealed a kind of contempt and pleasure that was difficult to conceal.

"It would be even better if the surname was Liu..."

"Liu Zhiye, I will make you pay the price, I will..." Qin Huairu's face gradually distorted, but no one could see her anger and hideousness.

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Lou Xiao'e stood quietly behind Xu Damao, scanning his back with complicated eyes. She asked softly, "Damo, what are you looking at?" There was a bit of curiosity and confusion in her voice.

Xu Damao turned around and said to her calmly, "Nothing. I just saw the old Jia family quarreling with their neighbors again. I just watched the excitement for a while."

Lou Xiao'e hesitated for a moment and said bluntly: "Da Mao, are you hiding any secrets from me? Your behavior has been a little abnormal recently. Is there something going on between you and Sister Qin..." Her words revealed a bit of worry and sadness.

Xu Damao's face suddenly changed, and he flatly denied it: "Don't talk nonsense! Sister Qin and I are just neighbors in the same courtyard, and now we are colleagues. What special relationship can there be?"

Lou Xiao'e ignored his explanation and continued to whisper to herself: "Is it because I have not been able to give birth to a child for you that you..." Although her voice was small, it revealed deep worry and self-blame.

"Da Mao, why don't we go to the hospital to check and see what the cause is, okay?"

Hearing this, Xu Damao said with a gloomy expression: "I'm not sick, why should I go for a check-up? I think you are sick..."

(End of this chapter)