Chapter 314: He can go, but the house must stay

Shazhu felt increasingly gloomy; he jumped off the bed, walked over, lifted the door curtain, looked outside, and saw no one.

"Cut it off? Sure."

"First return the wages you've taken from me these years!"

"Otherwise, just wait for meat compensation."

Shazhu muttered through gritted teeth.

Qin Huairu returned home in tears; Jia Zhangshi couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

After thinking a moment, Jia Zhangshi spoke up:

"Enough, stop crying."

"Now, no matter what, we still have to keep Shazhu locked up; we can't let him go to work again."

Qin Huairu let out a long sigh and said:

"That's easy to say; he's not a little kid."

"I can lock him up for a while, but can I lock him up forever?"

Jia Zhangshi: "What should we do then?"

Qin Huairu: "If I knew what to do, I wouldn't be sitting here angry."

"This really makes me furious!"

"This Shazhu, all these years he's been nothing but insincere toward me."

Jia Zhangshi: "Never mind whether he's sincere; if he wants to be with Ran Qiuyue, let him leave the house behind."

Qin Huairu: "What right do they have?"

"I haven't even gotten a marriage certificate with them yet."

Jia Zhangshi: "If I may say, it's all your fault; if you'd gotten the certificate with him earlier, it would've been settled."

"Even if we got the certificate, we wouldn't have had all this trouble."

Qin Huairu grew unhappy: "I'm still not wanting to let Dong Xu down."

"This can also be blamed on me."

Jia Zhangshi: "Anyway, if he's going to work, we'll just lay it all out to him."

"He can go, but the house must be left for us."

"I'm telling you, Huairu, no matter what, let Bang Geng stay there, don't move; this house, whether he gives it to Bang Geng or not, we must get it."

Qin Huairu: "Now isn't the time to think about that; I'm worried Shazhu will make me return the wages I've collected for him over these years."

"Where do you expect me to get that much money to pay him back?"

Jia Zhangshi: "What repayment? Just don't repay."

"What can he do about it?"

"What we've taken is ours."

Qin Huairu let out a long sigh and shook her head.

Her intestines are filled with regret.

If she hadn't been so obstinate back then and agreed to get the certificate with Shazhu,

she wouldn't be so passive now.

Just then, Xiao Dang walked out from the inner room.

"Let me say, Sha Shu has been secretly seeing Teacher Ran for a while."

"Now I even suspect that Teacher Ran's son is his and Teacher Ran's child."

Jia Zhangshi glared at Xiao Dang and said angrily:

"No, what nonsense are you spouting?"

"And you suspect? Do you even have the right to suspect like that?"

"Don't bring up the pot that shouldn't be opened."

"You're doing this on purpose to cause trouble for us, aren't you?"

"No, why are you getting up if you're not sleeping?"

Xiao Dang said with a gloomy face: "Can I even sleep?"

"And Huaihua keeps tossing and turning."

"She just couldn't find Mom."

"She figured Mom must have gone to the restaurant to look for Sha Shu."

"They just argued, and she heard it all."

The words fell.

Huaihua walked out with a puffed face, then headed straight outside.

Jia Zhangshi hurriedly asked: "Huaihua, where are you going at this hour?"

Huaihua stopped, turned around, and said: "I'm going to find Eldest Uncle."

"At this time, only Eldest Uncle can settle Sha Shu."

Having said that, seeing Jia Zhangshi and Qin Huairu silent, Huaihua walked outside.

Glancing at Huaihua's back, Xiao Dang looked at Qin Huairu, who wore a dead‑pan face and silently shed tears, sighed softly, walked over, sat beside her, and comforted:

"Mom, just try to be more open‑minded, okay."

"Actually, I've already thought this through."

"It's a tangled mess that can't be cut."

"You haven't even gotten the certificate with Sha Shu, so you're not protected by law."

To put it bluntly, you, the foolish uncle, and Teacher Ran are all single.

The foolish uncle's choice of whom to select is also his freedom.

No one can force him.

The more you pressure, the more I worry you'll drive him toward Teacher Ran.

So, calm down and let the foolish uncle choose for himself.

Qin Huairu let out a cold snort and said nothing.

After a moment, Huaihua pushed the door open and walked in.

Xiao Dang hurried to his feet and asked, "Huaihua, what did Eldest Uncle say?"

Huaihua said proudly, "Eldest Uncle has already left."

"In a little while, Second Elder will also go."

"After another hour, Third Grandfather will also go."

"Wheel battle—hmm, the foolish uncle won't be able to sleep today."

Xiao Dang let out a long sigh and said, "It's over; this is a scandal."

"Now everyone knows and everyone is aware."

Huaihua: "Then you still think others don't know what's going on?"

At this point, Huaihua looked at Qin Huairu, whose face still resembled a corpse, and continued:

"Mom, just rest assured."

"Even with my three grandfathers, even if they explode, they'd scare the foolish uncle into stopping his wild thoughts."

Meanwhile.

Shazhu Jia.

Yi Zhonghai sat at the bedside and said to the lifeless‑looking Shazhu:

"You are wrong."

Shazhu furrowed his brow and asked, "How am I wrong? Where exactly am I wrong?"

Yi Zhonghai: "Your mistake is that you shouldn't have hidden it from Qin Huairu."

Shazhu said irritably, "Then tell me, if I hadn't hidden it."

"Could I have opened this restaurant?"

"You aren't unaware of Qin Huairu's methods."

"How many matchmaking sessions did I have back then?"

"Which one wasn't ruined by her?"

"If she hadn't ruined it, I would have had a son long ago."

"Is that why I'm so frustrated now?"

Yi Zhonghai frowned, glanced at Shazhu, and asked,

"Be honest, is that thing of yours still useful?"

Shazhu, with a gloomy face, said, "What are you talking about? How did it become useless?"

Yi Zhonghai: "Back then I did remember what the doctor said."

Shazhu: "So what if I remembered?"

"If I were incapable, why would I still be thinking about getting married?"

Yi Zhonghai thought for a moment and said, "Alright, quit. Starting tomorrow, don't work for Teacher Ran anymore."

Shazhu: "On what grounds?"

"On what grounds can't I go?"

Yi Zhonghai: "Just because Qin Huairu is so heartbroken now."

"No, I ask why you insist on going to Teacher Ran, mixing into that restaurant."

Shazhu: "If I don't get involved, who would invest this capital for me?"

Yi Zhonghai: "Then I ask you, have you considered Qin Huairu's feelings?"

Shazhu: "She's not my wife; why should I consider her feelings?"

"Oh, if I consider her feelings, I just stop working? I can't find a wife?"

"If I consider her feelings, who considers mine?"

Yi Zhonghai: "Yes, you're right."

"You and Qin Huairu haven't gotten a marriage certificate."

"But everyone in this compound knows you two are like family."

"They've long tacitly accepted that you're together."

Shazhu: "What kind of tacit acceptance is that, tacit acceptance."

"I have no relationship with her, Qin Huairu, at all now."