Chapter 310: with translation of chapter title

Hearing this, Liu Guangtian couldn't help but interject:

No, Xu-ge, you've got it wrong.

My dad has never hit my older brother.

In my memory, my older brother has never been hit.

Xu Damao: "Yeah, but he did hit you."

Your older brother is like that because he saw your dad often hitting you and got scared.

So he keeps his distance.

It's not that I'm saying your dad...

You two are already this old, yet he still lectures you all day like he's scolding grandchildren.

If it were me, I would have quit long ago.

Liu Guangtian shook his head, looking dejected, and said:

Who says it's not?

Just because my dad made a little money in business; otherwise I and Guangfu definitely wouldn't have come back.

Xu Damao laughed: "That's right, I had already thought of that."

But regarding our cooperation on this matter, you must not tell your dad.

Liu Guangtian beamed: "Brother, rest assured on this point."

New people, new things, new country—earn your own money, spend it yourself.

Xu Damao nodded and said: "Then that's good."

Now speaking of Liu Haizhong.

I don't know what's wrong with him; after returning home, the more he thought, the more depressed he became.

The more he thought, the more he felt Xu Damao was extremely lacking in virtue.

He wanted to side with Qin Huairu and the others, to criticize and struggle against Xu Damao, even Shazhu.

He had long been dissatisfied with Shazhu.

He took this opportunity to criticize Shazhu a bit.

Thus he stood up and walked out the door.

He had already said he wouldn't bother with Qin Huairu's affairs anymore.

But when Qin Huairu invited him to a meal, he changed his mind.

As soon as he got back, he started criticizing Xu Damao.

Upon entering Qin Huairu's home, he immediately spoke:

Let me tell you, it's a matter of conscience.

This Shazhu is completely outrageous.

Wait, wait until he comes back, I will give him a good scolding,

Having said that, he sat down by himself in front of Yi Zhonghai, looked at Yi Zhonghai, and continued:

You wait; if I don't give him a dressing-down, I'm not the Second Elder.

Yi Zhonghai frowned, somewhat displeased, and asked:

No, who are you going to criticize?

Liu Haizhong blinked, then said: "Shazhu, who else?"

Yi Zhonghai: "Then why are you looking at me while saying that?"

Upon hearing that, Liu Haizhong immediately became unhappy.

Qin Huairu hurriedly said: "Second Elder, thank you for standing up for me."

But let's just drop this; let me settle it with Shazhu, no need to trouble you.

After all, we haven't gotten our marriage certificate yet.

We have no relationship at all.

Liu Haizhong shouted: "What's the big deal?"

Everyone in the courtyard knows you two are already a family.

Just missing the certificate.

Qin Huairu said nothing.

Liu Haizhong glanced at Yi Zhonghai: "Today, Lao Yi is here too; Lao Yi, we brothers have no conflict."

I wasn't targeting you just now; I wanted you to know my determination.

Having said that, Liu Haizhong turned to Qin Huairu and continued:

Huairu, let me tell you.

I just scolded Xu Damao for a long time.

Isn't he just full of hot air?

How can he, to someone's face, just expose their shortcomings?

Later I'll have Xu Damao apologize to you.

Yi Zhonghai: "This matter with Xu Damao is indeed problematic."

But this restaurant, after all, was invested in by Teacher Ran.

Liu Haizhong: "You just don't understand this."

No, no, this problem isn't blatantly obvious?

There's a term now, a new word, called, called "emotional investment".

Of course, you don't do business, you don't understand.

You, your mind is still stuck in, uh, that pre‑reform‑and‑opening way of thinking, ah.

You, you don't understand.

Yi Zhonghai, irritated, said: "Right, I don't understand, but I don't punish anyone unless I catch them."

Liu Haizhong, also irritated, said: "No, whoever catches someone, they punish them, right?"

Yi Zhonghai: "You keep reprimanding Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu at home, just now you even scolded Xu Damao, and now you come here still wanting to reprimand me; isn't that just punishing whoever you catch?"

Liu Haizhong: "No, I'm… I'm just trying to reason with you."

"If you don't understand, just listen properly, okay?"

Yi Zhonghai snorted, saying nothing.

Liu Haizhong continued: "That Ran Qiuyue, she's doing it just to pull Shazhu over here."

"From, from Qin Huairu's side, pulling her away."

Yi Zhonghai couldn't help interjecting: "Lao Liu, you need to understand one thing: Qin Huairu hasn't yet registered marriage with Shazhu."

"That isn't protected by law."

"Teacher Ran is single, Shazhu is also single; even if they are together, no one can say anything."

Liu Haizhong: "Didn't I just say that?"

"Although Shazhu hasn't registered with Qin Huairu, everyone in our courtyard knows they're a family now."

"You, let me finish speaking first; can you stop interrupting, okay?"

"We, we have no conflict here; my point is also to have Shazhu and Qin Huairu together."

"Don't you want them to be together?"

Yi Zhonghai: "Of course I do."

In fact, Yi Zhonghai actually didn't want it.

He subconsciously already regarded Qin Huairu as his woman.

Because Bang Geng was born of him and Qin Huairu, you know.

He certainly doesn't want to see Qin Huairu become Shazhu's woman.

Liu Haizhong: "Isn't that right then?"

"Let's think of a way together right now to pull Shazhu back."

At that moment, Yan Bu Gui's voice suddenly rang out: "Pull what, pull what?"

The voice reached everyone.

As the words fell, Yan Bu Gui walked in.

"Can't pull them back."

"I know Shazhu too well, and I also know Teacher Ran too well."

"This time I can say, they will definitely be together."

"It might even be that they have already been together for a while."

Hearing this, Qin Huairu started crying again.

Liu Haizhong glanced at her, then looked at Yan Bu Gui, who had already sat beside him, and said:

"Old Yan, you, you don't understand."

"Shazhu still has Qin Huairu in his heart."

"Don't you boost other people's ambitions, ah."

Yan Bu Gui let out a long sigh and said: "I don't want to either."

"But, you know, when I go back I'll settle this account properly."

"In the end, it was Yang Ruihua who cleared this account for me."

Bang Geng, who had been silent all this time, heard this and hurriedly asked:

"Yo, Third Grandfather, who is Yang Ruihua?"

Yan Bu Gui: "Yang Ruihua is your third…."

"Tsk tsk, you, don't interrupt here nonsense, ah."

"Third Grandfather is speaking here; the younger generation should listen on the other side."

Bang Geng, with a gloomy face, nodded and said: "Yes, go ahead."

Yan Bu Gui: "Where was I saying?"