Chapter 1423: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 1423: Sold Off Yet Still Grateful

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Liang Xinghua took a fierce swig of liquor.

"It seems apart from that, there really isn't any better method..."

Liang Xinghua was reluctant to part with his daughter, but he also knew that if he wanted to change the current predicament, he had to show determination.

Separating from his daughter for a year or two is better than having his daughter accompany him suffering hardship for a lifetime!

And his daughter living with Wu Zhengyi might not necessarily be more bitter than living with him.

At least she wouldn't have no meal after this meal, wouldn't be homeless sleeping on the streets.

Even taking ten thousand steps back, even if he died in Southeast Asia, with Brother Wu taking care of his daughter, he could accept it.

Because in his view, Brother Wu is a very conscientious big brother of society; not only did he give him those drugs when he most needed to satisfy his craving, but he also frequently helped him out, helping him devise plans to make a living.

If in this world, even Brother Wu cannot be trusted, he truly doesn't know who else he could trust.

So he said:

"Brother Wu, then I'll set off tomorrow, my daughter is entrusted to you!"

Wu Zhengyi nodded:

"You go with peace of mind; once there, if you're worried, you can call back on WeChat video every few days to check on your daughter."

Liang Xinghua then said:

"With Brother Wu helping look after her, I'm completely at ease; Brother Wu, you're the most righteous person I've ever met! Not like that bastard Wang Erhai, who only knows how to scheme against me, causing me to end up so down and out! Marriage gone, home gone too!"

Mentioning Wang Erhai, Liang Xinghua still hated him so much his face turned ferocious, his back molars nearly grinding to dust.

"Daughter, from now on you'll live with Uncle Wu, you must be obedient!"

At this moment Liang Xinghua stroked Liang Henlan's little head.

Liang Henlan was still burying her head eating barbecue; she didn't care about her dad one bit, she only said:

"Following Uncle Wu, will there be barbecue to eat every day from now on?"

Liang Xinghua said:

"If you want to eat, just have Uncle Wu take you out to eat!"

Wu Zhengyi smiled:

"From now on I'll take you out to eat every few days, not just barbecue — McDonald's, KFC, Pizza Hut, all of it! And when I have time I'll also take you to amusement parks to play!"

Liang Henlan immediately became overjoyed:

"Yay, yay!"

Then she asked again:

"When you're angry, will you hit me like Dad does? Or will you hit even harder?"

Hearing his daughter say such words, Liang Xinghua's face couldn't hold up, he could only smile embarrassedly.

Wu Zhengyi stroked her little face:

"You're this cute, this obedient, how could Uncle possibly bear to hit you?"

Liang Henlan then said:

"Then good, then I can follow you for a lifetime!"

As the saying goes, children's words hold no taboo; seeking benefit and avoiding harm is also a child's nature.

Liang Henlan was truly beaten scared by Liang Xinghua when he went mad, which is why she would say such words at this moment.

Liang Xinghua heard this, and couldn't help feeling a faint ache.

But then he comforted himself; perhaps this is better, at least there won't be wailing and heart-rending grief when parting, making it impossible for him to harden his heart and leave.

"Brother Wu, I'll toast you another bottle!"

Liang Xinghua hurriedly picked up a bottle of beer and gulped it fiercely into his own mouth.

After downing a bottle of beer in one breath, he let out a loud burp, and only then said:

"Brother Wu, if I earn money in the future, I'll definitely repay you properly!"

Wu Zhengyi smiled:

"No need to repay me; when you earn money in the future, spend it sparingly, let your daughter live a better life."

Hearing this, Liang Xinghua was even more moved.

"Brother Wu, I'll toast you another bottle!"

That evening, Liang Xinghua drank a lot of alcohol.

Until the whole person was drunk.

Wu Zhengyi opened a room at a nearby hotel, sent Liang Xinghua and Liang Henlan to the hotel to stay, then went back alone.

By the next morning, he came to the hotel again to find Liang Xinghua.

And saw Liang Xinghua off to the long-distance bus station.

Liang Xinghua arrived at the long-distance bus station; he tightly hugged Liang Henlan for a long time:

"Daughter, let me hug you one last time; while I'm not here, you must listen to Uncle Wu, don't throw tantrums; when Dad earns money, I'll come back and take you to the big city, take you to Changlong Zoo, take you to Disneyland!"

Liang Henlan was hugged by Liang Xinghua until she could barely breathe:

"Dad, you're squeezing me!"

Liang Henlan struggled, trying to push Liang Xinghua away.

Liang Xinghua's face showed a weathered, bitter smile.

He said to Wu Zhengyi:

"Brother Wu, I'm entrusting my daughter to you."

Wu Zhengyi's expression was serious as he nodded:

"No problem, you go ahead with peace of mind."

He also said:

"Little Lan has also reached the age for kindergarten, right? In two days I'll send her to kindergarten, what do you think?"

Liang Xinghua laughed and said:

"That couldn't be better, only, I have no money..."

Wu Zhengyi said very generously:

"I'll cover it for you, just pay me back when you've earned money!"

Liang Xinghua was immediately overwhelmed with gratitude:

"Brother Wu, thank you so much! You are my reborn parents! Please accept a bow from me! Thank you, thank you so much!"

Liang Xinghua immediately lay prone on the ground and kowtowed to Wu Zhengyi.

Wu Zhengyi hurriedly helped him up:

"What are you doing, that's being too polite. I treat you as a good brother, that's why I help you like this, don't be like this!"

Liang Xinghua got up and made another guarantee:

"In the future when I earn money, I'll definitely repay you properly!"

After bidding farewell to Wu Zhengyi, Liang Xinghua entered the bus station, boarded the long-distance bus to Guangzhou, where he would transfer to a bus to the Yunnan border, then in Yunnan meet with the contact person there, and finally be taken by the contact person to Myanmar.

As for what would happen once he reached Myanmar?

That would no longer be up to him.

At this moment, Wu Zhengyi held Liang Henlan by the hand, watching Liang Xinghua's back as he walked into the bus station, a cold smile involuntarily curling his lips, and he couldn't help muttering a sentence:

"A real fool, sold out and still grateful to me..."

Liang Henlan lifted her small head, her big eyes full of puzzlement:

"Uncle Wu, what are you saying?"

Wu Zhengyi smiled and patted her head twice, smiling with narrowed eyes, looking down at her with eyes full of affection:

"Little Lan, I'm saying, let's take you to eat McDonald's, want to go?"

Liang Henlan immediately cheered and jumped for joy:

"Okay okay, Uncle Wu, hurry and take me to eat McDonald's!"

Wu Zhengyi nodded:

"Good, then let's go now!"

Then he hailed a passenger three-wheeler and headed for the only McDonald's in this county town.

On the way, Liang Henlan had none of the pain of parting with her father, only endless longing for McDonald's.

"Uncle Wu, is McDonald's very, very expensive?"

Liang Henlan suddenly asked this, and then also said:

"If it's very expensive, I'll just eat a little bit, Dad said not to spend too much of Uncle Wu's money!"

Wu Zhengyi smiled:

"Silly child, how expensive can McDonald's be? It's much cheaper than the barbecue your dad ordered last night!"

Liang Henlan's face was full of surprise:

"Really or fake?"

"Of course it's real! One meal is just a few dozen yuan, going for barbecue, that's at least a hundred or so!"

"But every time I want to go to McDonald's, why does my dad say that's not a place for kids from poor families like us?"

Wu Zhengyi looked at Liang Henlan, feeling this little girl was truly pitiful, and sighed:

"Maybe your dad is just afraid you'll ruin your stomach."