Chapter 962: If a Wolf Turns Its Head, There Must Be a Reason 2

"Keep your voice down, don't shout so loudly." He was afraid his son-in-law would hear and his self-esteem wouldn't be able to take it.

But Ji Yingjie didn't interpret it that way; she felt her husband was in the wrong and didn't want to be caught in the act by her.

Tell her to keep it down?

She wouldn't.

Not only did she not lower her volume, her voice actually grew louder: "A man doing housework at home is useless, not a real man—these are all things you said. What, you want to go back on your word now?"

"Clatter!"

The sound of a bowl being dropped in the kitchen.

Gu Zhihao came out of the kitchen, huffing with anger, and said to his father-in-law: "So that's how you think of me?"

"I'm busy from morning till night every day, and in your eyes, I'm just useless, not a man, right? Fine, I'll move out immediately." After he finished speaking, he went upstairs with a livid face.

"It's all your fault. The more I tell you not to say things, the more you talk nonsense; you're just causing me trouble."

Shi Yucheng was pacing back and forth in anxiety.

Now the misunderstanding was huge.

Shi Youxuan reminded him: "Stop complaining and hurry upstairs to take a look; Brother-in-law is quite angry."

Shi Yucheng went upstairs to apologize; there was no other way, he had to apologize for the words he said wrong!

She complained to her aunt: "Why do you have to stir up trouble wherever you go? They just made you a table full of good food to welcome you, and you start scolding people as soon as you're full. That's going too far."

Before Ji Yingjie could speak, Nianyin defected: "Mother is right. Those were all things Father said; Mother is merely stating facts. Is it that in this world today, one is no longer allowed to speak the truth?"

Shi Youxuan:...

"Nianyin, can you not join in and make things worse?"

Nianyin: "I cannot." She had waited so long for her mother to come to Jiangzhou, and she was looking for every opportunity to please her.

Naturally, she wouldn't let such an opportunity pass, especially since she didn't think much of Gu Zhihao in the slightest.

Ji Yingjie chimed in: "Nianyin is right. Unlike you, you only know how to side with outsiders and never speak up for me."

Shi Youxuan thought to herself, with your unreasonable attitude, if I sided with you, wouldn't you bully people to death?

But she didn't say it.

Her aunt was completely unreasonable; it was useless to talk to her.

At this moment, sounds of arguing and children crying came from upstairs, and Shi Yuke was crying too—it was a total mess.

"You all are just courting disaster."

She went upstairs to see what the situation was.

Her brother-in-law was carrying a large suitcase in each hand, but her sister was hugging his leg, refusing to let him leave.

The two children were each hugging one of their mother's legs, the three of them crying together, while Shi Yucheng looked ashamed and was apologizing to his son-in-law in a humble manner.

"I'm sorry, I did indeed say those things at the time, but—but the situation was special. Your mother-in-law told me to listen to her in everything, so I just spouted some nonsense about how local customs were different; I didn't mean to look down on you..."

"Stop talking, there's no need to explain. You all look down on me, so there's no point in forcing ourselves to live together."

Gu Zhihao was also a stubborn person; once he set his mind on something, he wouldn't easily turn back, and besides, now that he had money in his hands, his backbone had stiffened.

He insisted on moving out, not even willing to wait for a single night.

Shi Youxuan tried to persuade him: "Brother-in-law, this matter is Father's fault, but he has already apologized. Don't leave; this is your home, and they are all your family. Can you forgive him once?"

"No. I'm busy from morning till night without a minute to spare, but in their eyes, I'm just a freeloader, useless. It's too bullying... I can't live here anymore, not even for a minute."

A man leaving home is different from a woman leaving home.

In an ordinary family, if a woman is angry and leaves, she goes by herself!

But Gu Zhihao wanted to take his wife and children with him, and he was taking both children.

They were all his; he wouldn't feel at ease leaving any of them behind.

Shi Yuke didn't want to leave; her father had just returned, and she didn't want to leave him.

But she couldn't bear to be apart from her husband even more, so although she was crying and unwilling, when her husband asked with a straight face, "Choose between me and Father, you must choose one," she still chose her husband.

The two children had always been cared for by Gu Zhihao, and they liked playing with Shi Yuke, so they moved out with them.

Gu Zhihao dragged his family and luggage down from upstairs.

Seeing that he really couldn't keep them, Shi Yucheng made a final effort: "If you're going to move, you have to find a place to stay first, buy furniture and such. If you move out all of a sudden like this, where will you live?"

Ji Yingjie interjected: "They can stay in a hotel."

Shi Yucheng:...

"Shut up, no one will think you're a mute if you don't speak."

She actually shut up, and surprisingly, she didn't argue back.

"You don't need to worry about where we live. I'll let you see if I can support my wife and children or not. Don't always... look at people through a crack in the door." He started to say "look down on people like a dog," but changed it when the words reached his lips; he didn't dare say it.

As the family of four reached the gate, Ji Yingjie spoke up: "Meiyin stays."

Shi Youxuan really couldn't watch anymore and reminded her: "What did you come here for? If Meiyin stays, are you going to take care of her, or is Nianyin? Is either one of you capable of taking care of a child? Are you not going to do what you came here to do?"

This worked; after Gu Zhihao refused, she didn't insist further.

"I'm leaving too. You've all been tired for a day, get some rest early." Shi Youxuan said goodbye, but she didn't go straight home; instead, she dialed Gu Zhihao's number on the way: "Brother-in-law, where did you go? Why don't you come back and stay with me for a few days? Her temper is just like that—a sharp tongue but a soft heart. Don't take it to heart."

Gu Zhihao: "No need, thank you. We've returned to the bungalow. As long as the family is together and happy, it doesn't matter where we live."

"I have to let her see that I don't need to be a freeloader to support my wife and children."

He was very firm, and Shi Youxuan couldn't say anything else, only urging him to find her if he had any difficulties and not to try and tough it out alone.

Shi Family.

Nianyin hadn't left; she was busy upstairs and downstairs, helping her mother prepare loungewear, cutting fruit, and heating milk.

"The others have left, why haven't you?" With her niece gone, Ji Yingjie stopped giving Nianyin a pleasant look.

"Mother, I will stay to serve you," Nianyin said humbly.

Shi Yucheng said irritably, "You go home too; there is no need to serve us. We have hands and feet and can do things ourselves; it's not like we are too old to move."

"That won't do. Mother cannot be without someone to protect her. I must protect Mother. Besides, my mother is precious and noble; she cannot do manual labor."

Ji Yingjie said, "You leave. That brat is not even as good as his father. He's okay at plotting some schemes, but he doesn't have the ability or the guts to kill me with his own hands."

"I don't need you, and don't try to curry favor in front of me. It's useless; I have already chosen someone else to be the Successor."

Nianyin knelt on the ground, "Mother, I have no other intentions, nor do I covet the position of Clan Leader. I only hope Mother can forgive me and no longer be angry with me."

Ji Yingjie raged, "Get out! Leave here immediately. Stop saying pretty words in front of me; I don't care for them!"

Nianyin eloped with Lao Qi and even took Meiyin away, which was viewed by her as a betrayal of the Ji Family and could never be forgiven.

Nianyin was not forgiven and had no choice but to leave.

Early morning.

Shi Yucheng got up early, intending to use the excuse of going out to buy breakfast to go over to the bungalow to see his daughter, son-in-law, and the children.