Chapter 511

Qin Huairu's skill at turning black and white is high; a spell of crying and wailing instantly reversed the unfavorable situation for Bangeng.

Qin Huairu

Blockhead

Jia Zhangshi

He already has a notorious reputation; if he adds the infamy of violently beating his own grandmother, Bangeng has no future to speak of—he won't even be able to marry a wife.

Qin Huairu chose to sacrifice Jia Zhangshi; while she related the whole story to everyone, she also put Jia Zhangshi on the fire.

Locust flower

Deputy Factory Manager

These days, the neighbors in the courtyard have heard from Jia Zhangshi too many boastful words about Bangeng—such as "Bangeng directly entered Yagangchang as a cadre."

Steel Rolling Mill

Basically, every time she sees someone, Jia Zhangshi boasts once, and she especially seeks out occasions with many people to boast.

The neighbors suspect that someone will report the Jia Family out of jealousy; even that person might be himself, and regarding Bangeng's inability to enter Yagangchang, he feels somewhat assured in his heart.

Jia Family

Wang Yaxiong

She did something that brought disaster from her mouth, causing Bangeng not only to be unable to enter Yagangchang, but also unable to work there as a cadre, and even implicating some people.

Within these past ten or so days.

At Yagangchang, the newly arrived Deputy Factory Director Li was dealt with.

I heard that Qin Huairu's leave request slip was personally signed by this Deputy Factory Director Li.

The two of them were not lovey-dovey.

Who would believe that?

The Jia family's drama is becoming more and more interesting to watch.

The neighbors hoped the Jia family would meet misfortune, especially someone like Wang Yaxiong, a potential romantic rival of Bangeng, who even wished the Jia family would never be able to turn things around.

The atmosphere at the scene.

For a moment, it felt somewhat eerie.

Shazhu in the crowd felt a faint sense of pleasure, arising from the Jia family's farce, which was caused by Jia Zhangshi's broken mouth.

Bangeng couldn't enter Yagangchang, let alone become a cadre there.

This is a universally acknowledged fact.

Even if Jia Zhangshi didn't show off, Bangeng would have no connection whatsoever with Yagangchang.

Combining some memory fragments from the previous life, Bangeng's job had nothing to do with Yagangchang from start to finish—how could he possibly become a leader there?

In his previous life, Bangeng had a falling out with Shazhu, and Qin Huairu used that as an excuse to drag Shazhu along for eight years.

How many eight-year spans can a life have?

Jia Dongxu died in an accident, and Qin Huairu had considered remarrying, but Jia Zhangshi outmaneuvered her, ultimately extinguishing Qin Huairu's thoughts of remarrying and instead scheming against Shazhu.

Later, marrying Shazhu was not out of love.

But stemmed from considerations of interest.

The neighbors of the Siheyuan and the workers of Yagangchang all knew that Shazhu had supported Qin Huairu for over ten years; if Qin Huairu didn't marry Shazhu, she couldn't wrap things up, which would worsen people's perception of the Jia family as beasts, affecting Bangeng's marriage and work, leaving her no choice but to reluctantly live together with Shazhu.

Qin Huairu herself felt no love for Shazhu; the so-called gratitude and repayment were also because Bangeng's marriage required a house, job, and savings.

All these conditions had to be resolved by Shazhu.

In his previous life, Qin Huairu urged Xiao Dang and Huaihua to get close to Shazhu, working on his thoughts, saying that Bangeng was a young man who cared about face, and as Bangeng's elder, Shazhu should understand the younger generation's feelings, letting Shazhu, as an elder, first lower his stature to get close to Bangeng, saying that if Bangeng had this stepping stone, he would not oppose Shazhu being with Qin Huairu, and if Shazhu helped Bangeng solve his work, Bangeng would feel even more grateful to Shazhu.

The newly bought television became a trophy for the Jia family, and Shazhu also had someone get Bangeng a driving learner's permit the next day, enabling Bangeng to learn to drive and drive for the Bùlǐ.

This instantly raised Bangeng's starting point to a high level.

Bangeng didn't believe it and went to Qin Huairu for confirmation.

Qin Huairu said that Shazhu indeed had such a connection, telling Bangeng, Xiao Dang, and Huaihua to remember this, not to judge by appearance, and never to underestimate anyone.

It is clear that all of this was within Qin Huairu's calculations.

As for Qin Huairu,

Her love for her son far surpassed that for Shazhu; her positioning of Shazhu from beginning to end was that of a willing old ox toiling to help her raise her child.

But all this.

In his previous life, Shazhu never figured it out—he was being schemed against to the death.

After being reborn,

Shazhu thought that as long as he stayed away from the Jia family and had no dealings with them, he would avoid suffering the losses of his previous life.

But seeing Bangeng suffer setbacks and seeing the Jia family meet misfortune, the pleasure that welled up in his heart let Shazhu realize a truth: his so-called distancing from the Jia family was actually self-deception; his heart had never let go, and he harbored deep resentment toward the Jia family, especially Qin Huairu.

This is the internal Jia family struggle between Jia Zhangshi and Bangeng.

It awakened Shazhu's true self within his heart.

Under the influence of this self, regarding the Jia family's domestic affairs, Shazhu no longer had the idea of just watching the show; he wanted to get involved, but because behind him Yu Li was pulling his collar, his action remained unchanged, indirectly extinguishing the thought of Shazhu leaping over the crowd to slap Bangeng.

He could only engage in a war of words.

He used words to refute Qin Huairu's claim that Jia Zhangshi had slapped herself and framed Bangeng.

"Qin Huairu, I've never realized you could be so eloquent, turning good into bad and black into white, you keep saying Bangeng didn't hit Jia Zhangshi, you, in front of all the courtyard neighbors, pat your own conscience and say Bangeng didn't lay a hand on Jia Zhangshi—do you dare?"

Shazhu's opening remark.

This pushed the situation to a new climax.

The neighbors at the scene never expected Shazhu to jump out at this moment to speak up for the Jia family, especially for the Siheyuan's troublemaker expert Jia Zhangshi.

They were all dumbfounded.

They stared, their gazes converging on Shazhu.

What a good fellow.

It really is Shazhu.

You know, over these years Shazhu has had no dealings with the Jia Family; even if they met, it was as if they hadn't seen each other.

It's precisely the impossible thing.

But at this moment, it precisely became possible.

An unexpected scene left both parties dumbfounded; some rubbed their eyes, thinking they were seeing things, and others whispered to those around, asking if Shazhu was speaking up for Jia Zhangshi.

The final answer.

Yes.

Shazhu, who never sees the Jia Family, spoke up for Jia Zhangshi, asking Qin Huairu whether she dared to say that Bangeng hadn't hit Jia Zhangshi.

Both sides felt both joy and worry.

Naturally, the happy one was Jia Zhangshi.

Seeing Shazhu step forward, Jia Zhangshi felt like a wronged young wife who had finally seen her natal family after many years, tears welling up.

She felt wronged to the extreme.

Clearly Bangeng hit her, clearly Qin Huairu was going to send Jia Zhangshi back to her hometown, clearly Jia Zhangshi was telling the truth, yet the neighbors in the courtyard didn't believe.

Her tears flowed more than her urine.