After the Han Family Brothers left, Fu Yu imdiately stumbled back ho. A scolding from his mother was inevitable. But when Mrs. Fu asked him why his clothes were wet inside and out, Fu Yu didn’t tell the truth; he simply said it happened while he was playing around.
Only little kids tattle to their parents and teachers after a fight! He was determined to take his revenge with his own hands!
And he didn’t quite understand what it ant by ’he owed Zhen Yu sothing’! What did he owe Zhen Yu anyway?!
Thinking it over, it was only in the matter of Second Uncle Fu that the Fu Family did indeed owe Zhen Yu so apologies.
But it had been half a month since then, did Han Mingyue just now rember to settle the score with him?! His reaction ti was damned too long...
Mrs. Fu thought her son got snowballs stuffed down his neck during a snowball fight and didn’t say much more.
However, by late afternoon, Fu Yu seed listless, and when Mrs. Fu felt his forehead, he had a fever.
Dinner ti was approaching, and since Fu’s father wasn’t off work today, she had no choice but to curse the little rascal who had wronged her son while taking her son to the clinic herself to see a doctor and buy dicine.
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As twilight approached, Mrs. Zhen sent Li Li away early, locked up the shop, and rushed straight to the Han Family to pick up her daughter.
After leaving the Han Family, mother and daughter discussed what to eat for dinner on their way ho, and whether Zhen Yu needed to take another day off tomorrow to rest—the atmosphere was warm and cozy.
But as they turned the corner at Fangshan, both mother and daughter suddenly froze in their tracks.
A young man was leaning against the gate of the Zhen Family, smoking. Upon hearing them, he turned his head to look. One eye was covered with a black eye patch, and the other showed a ferocious glare.
Zhen Yu’s fever had subsided after getting an IV drip at noon, but she was still weak. Seeing this, she imdiately whispered to her mother, "Run! Back to the Han Family!"
Mrs. Zhen was stunned for a mont, and before she could react, Zhen Yu had already grabbed her and sprinted back towards the Han Family.
The man, certainly not expecting such decisiveness from the Zhen Family won, imdiately threw his cigarette butt to the ground and started chasing after them!
Fortunately, the Han Family was close enough!
Fearful that her mother would be implicated, Zhen Yu summoned all her strength and managed to get her mother through the door of the Han Family just before the man could catch up.
The man, who was Fu Shouli, watched furiously as the Zhen Family mother and daughter rushed into the house, swearing profusely at the gate of the Han Family.
Unimaginably vicious words spewed out of his mouth, words that no one inside the house could have anticipated.
It was hard to believe that the person outside was a junior college student who had been well-educated and was half a sester away from graduation.
Mrs. Zhen’s face was frosty with rage, as if she wanted to glare holes right through Zhen Yu.
Eventually, constrained by being in soone else’s house, she suppressed her anger and borrowed a phone to call Grandpa Fu.
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Grandpa Fu must have co over as soon as he hung up the phone, taking almost no ti at all.
It was a pity that outside the Han Family gate, no matter the tactics he used, lecturing or roaring, reasoning or appealing to emotion, nothing worked!
In the end, it was Fu Shouli who, tired from his tirade and seeing that the Zhen Family mother and daughter were adamant not to co out, finally left, kicking and cursing as he went.
After Second Son left, Grandpa Fu stepped forward and knocked on the door of the Han Family.
But when the door opened, he did not enter. Instead, he stood outside with his face flushed with sha, continuously apologizing to Mrs. Zhen and Zhen Yu.
Zhen Yu remained silent. The situation had evolved to this point, and the fault could not be entirely blad on Grandpa Fu alone!
She had already realized where she had gone wrong, but unfortunately, once the words were spoken, they couldn’t be taken back.
Since she had already decided not to ddle in the Fu Family’s affairs anymore, she would not add even one more word to the conversation!
Let her mother handle it all! Zhen Yu still had great trust in Mrs. Zhen’s ability to deal with interpersonal relationships.
As expected, after only hearing a couple of sentences, Mrs. Zhen cut off Grandpa Fu’s apology, "Uncle Fu! There’s no need for extra words! I’ve seen how your son treats you! Let’s not quibble about who’s right or wrong in this matter! But as you know, we are moving away right after Tomb-Sweeping Festival! Considering our many years as neighbors, can you let spend this last half month in peace?"
"Of course! Definitely!" Grandpa Fu imdiately replied without hesitation, then seamlessly added, "I will send him away tomorrow! I will personally see to it!"
"Thank you for your understanding." Mrs. Zhen was really feigning magnanimity; in reality, she was so angry she felt like her heart was bleeding! "Please go back now! We’re all good here!"
Grandpa Fu also knew his own situation was awkward, so he politely excused himself and turned to leave.
A farce ca to an end, symbolizing the dissipation of neighborly ties.
Being watched in such a scenario, especially by the Han Family whom she had always held animosity towards, Mrs. Zhen felt like she had lost all her dignity!
As soon as Grandpa Fu left, she imdiately took Zhen Yu with her to say goodbye and leave.
It was the sa path as before, but the atmosphere dropped to freezing. Neither mother nor daughter spoke as they walked ho, one after the other, heads down.
Open the courtyard gate, lock the courtyard gate, enter the yard...
When Mrs. Zhen went to unlock the door to the house, Zhen Yu ran to the wall shared with the Fu Family, picked up the bench that was always placed there, and carried it to the storeroom door!
Mrs. Zhen glanced at her but said nothing.
After the two had a silent dinner, Zhen Yu wanted to help her mother with the dishes, but Mrs. Zhen refused.
"Go lie down on the small kang (traditional Chinese heated bed)! Take the day off tomorrow! Don’t go to school for now!"
Zhen Yu opened her mouth, wanting to ask what "don’t go for now" ant?
But just a second later, she obediently turned and went into her small bedroom.
Better not ask. Mom is on the verge of exploding, and even if she had to stay ho for half a month, what difference did it make? She could study by herself!
But as Zhen Yu lay there, her mother never ca in to scold her! Instead, faint sounds of chopping ca from outside the window.
What was going on? Zhen Yu slipped on her slippers, walked over to her brother’s bed, and peered out the window.
It was hard to see through the plastic sheeting, but it looked like her mother was chopping down a tree...
After hesitating for half a second, Zhen Yu still put on her coat and went outside. With the help of the indoor lights, Zhen Yu saw that her mother was indeed laying into the sand pear tree near the Fu Family!
"Mom, why are you chopping down the tree? When we sold the house, that grandpa and grandson..."
"That grandpa and grandson are not my concern! Everything is finalized except for a tree, is it going to kill us?" Mrs. Zhen continued chopping without looking up and said, "If I don’t chop down this damned tree, should I keep it for that little bastard to climb over the wall? What if it’s not Fu Yu who climbs over, but that mad dog from the afternoon?! Our windows don’t even have security bars!"
Only then did Zhen Yu realize that her mother’s chopping carried a strong sense of resentnt, as if she was hacking at Second Fu himself...
Zhen Yu really wanted to say, wasn’t Grandpa Fu going to send him away tomorrow? Even without these trees, if soone wanted to jump over, they would still do it! A wall just a little taller than a person, even she couldn’t stop it, let alone an adult man!
But she dared not say it! She didn’t want to provoke further trouble...
Given her mother’s ferocious deanor, if Zhen Yu dared to annoy her, she might very well co over with the axe and chop her down too...
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