Chapter 107: I Think You Have Lost Your Mind

Liu Laosan's wife had angered Old Man Liu; originally she was sent to the Second Branch as a mediator, but instead she went straight to quarreling with the Third.

Seeing them like this, Mother Liu was about to say something when Seeing Liu Chuxue pulled her back inside: "You've all been tired all day; hurry up and wash and rest."

After entering the room, she then said, "Let them quarrel; why should we let them shift the battlefield? For so many years, my Third Aunt has never suffered any losses."

Her words carried a deep meaning.

Mother Liu thought this made sense; if she stood out at this moment, the battlefield would likely soon burn onto her own doorstep, which would indeed benefit the Third Sister-in-law. In any case, the Second Branch was the least urgent matter right now.

No matter how chaotic things became outside, the Second Branch did not go out again.

Listening to the commotion outside, Father Liu felt it was deeply ironic.

Old Man Liu had wanted his grandson to knock on the Second Branch's door, but he was stopped by the Third, Liu Shanling: "Father, we are the ones begging the Second Branch now; it is so late, let us speak tomorrow."

When Mother Liu opened the door the next morning, she was startled by the people standing outside, thinking: Our daughter truly thought far ahead; we really must move out as soon as possible.

Hearing the main room door open, Seeing Liu Chuxue had already reached the side room door; she had already guessed what would happen today.

They heard Liu Jianqiang speak with a hoarse voice: "Second Aunt, please, in the name of us all being the Liu family, spare my parents."

He had already inquired clearly from the Public Security Bureau yesterday; although the Second Brother was the beneficiary after the matter was settled, he had not participated, so at most he would be detained for a few days, but his parents were a different matter entirely.

How could Mother Liu agree so easily? "I cannot make this decision; they harmed Seeing Liu Chuxue, so naturally she is the one to decide this matter."

Liu Jianqiang closed his eyes; the Second Branch's most reasonable people were Second Uncle and Second Aunt, yet he never expected them to have changed as well.

Before he could say anything else, Seeing Liu Chuxue opened the side room door and walked out: "You need not trouble my parents; no one can make decisions for me in this matter."

"What exactly must you do to let them go?"

"Simple: our Second Branch will sever ties with you, including Grandfather and Grandmother; additionally, you must compensate me five hundred yuan. If even one thing is missing, there is no discussion, after all, I truly do not lack money right now."

Liu Jianqiang did not expect Seeing Liu Chuxue to make such demands; for a moment, he did not know what to say.

Old Man Liu, who had been hiding inside listening to the commotion, now had a very grim face; he strode out of the room in a few steps: "Liu Chuxue, I think you have lost your mind. To sever ties? How about you fly to the sky? You want compensation? Not a single hair on your head is missing; what compensation are you asking for? Moreover, you yourself said you do not lack money; who are you trying to drive to death?"

Old Man Liu's shout immediately drew a crowd outside: "You were the ones who came to my door asking me to set conditions; I have set the conditions. If you do not agree, then it is no longer my concern. Do not keep trying to morally blackmail our Second Branch; do whatever you like."

After speaking, she took a wood-chopping knife and a binding rope and was about to walk out; thinking of something, she added one more sentence: "Do not try to trouble my parents again, or the consequences are something you cannot bear."

She had to go to school today, but since the family had just been divided, there was little firewood at home; she must go out early to gather some first to relieve this pressing emergency.

As soon as Seeing Liu Chuxue left, the neighbors gathered outside began to whisper: "Now that Old Man Liu wants to control the Second Branch, it will be difficult."

"Who told them to be so ruthless before? How did Second Brother's leg get injured? Was it not for the sake of the Liu family? Yet how did they treat him?"

(End of this chapter)