Chapter 47: Shazhu Gets Swindled

Hospital.

Yi Zhonghai had gauze wrapped around his head, and quite a few people were standing beside the hospital bed, each looking at First Uncle with worried eyes.

"Old Yi! I told you not to do anything with a guilty conscience; look at you, retribution came so quickly..."

Liu Haizhong brought an egg as a gift to visit First Uncle, and even in this situation, he didn't forget to be sarcastic.

Shazhu: "First Uncle, just tell me who did this? I won't stop until I've dismantled their hip joints!"

"This is attempted murder; my suggestion is that it's safer to report it to the authorities!"

"Does that even need asking? It must be that brat Xu Damao, harboring evil intentions and waiting for a chance to retaliate!"

Listening to the crowd's discussion, Yi Zhonghai also kept a straight face; hearing those voices, combined with the fact that Xu Damao had already disappeared, it was highly likely that this brat was the one who did the deed.

That one brick had almost cost him his old life!

It was fortunate that he was blessed with great luck, otherwise he would have to go down and play mahjong with Lao Jia right now.

However, he didn't intend to investigate too deeply; otherwise, if he really reported it and his previous schemes were exposed, no one would end up with a good outcome.

As for that brat Xu Damao, he had already run from Dongcheng to Xicheng and found a secluded bridge arch to crawl into.

He thought he had caused a death and only dared to return once the heat died down; for all he knew, there might be several police officers waiting at home to arrest him right now!

"Damn it, I'm really out of luck to run into something like this!" Xu Damao cursed.

His injuries hadn't healed yet, he had run in a hurry, and he had no money, so he could only make do in the bridge arch.

It was late autumn, and there were withered yellow weeds everywhere; Xu Damao was now like a wild man, pulling up dry grass everywhere so he could at least sleep a bit warmer at night.

The problem of eating was hard to solve; in this day and age, if one went to the street to beg, there was no guarantee they wouldn't be taken away.

Moreover, Xu Damao had such a distinctive appearance that who knew how many people recognized him; the outside world was truly too dangerous!

A few days later.

Ever since Xu Damao had been missing from the Siheyuan, Shazhu had lost a lot of fun; he used to be able to kick Xu Damao a few times, but now he didn't even have a target to bully.

Furthermore, the tea-selling girl Shazhu had met outside recently had also gone silent.

"Have you heard? That woman Shazhu knew is actually a swindler; she swindled all of Shazhu's money!"

"I knew it wasn't that simple; claiming to be a tea seller from Xianggang coming to Sijiucheng to visit relatives—that's pure nonsense..."

A group of old women were discussing this matter in the courtyard.

The reason Shazhu wasn't fawning over Qin Huairu right now was because he had met a tea seller and even considered her the love of his life.

It was Shazhu's own fault for being bad at matters of the heart, falling for someone's trap so easily.

She told Shazhu she had snuck over from Xianggang to visit relatives, that her family had a large business, and that her father was a big tea merchant.

Due to various reasons, she told Shazhu her grandfather was ill and needed some money, and the reward would be staying with Shazhu and taking him to Xianggang to develop and inherit the business.

Unexpectedly, Shazhu actually believed it!

He even gave away more than a month's wages and borrowed a lot of external debt!

"I think Shazhu deserves it; with this effort, he might as well help out our Jia Family more," Qin Huairu said with a smug look, holding melon seeds in her hand.

She had been a bit jealous when she first heard about it, but now it was great; Shazhu had been swindled, so wouldn't he have to bow down under her pomegranate skirt in the future?

Moreover, Qin Huairu was pregnant, and with Jia Zhangshi in prison, she was living better than ever, even snacking on melon seeds.

Hearing Qin Huairu's words, the other women rolled their eyes; the Jia Family's reputation was not good right now, as they were simply a bottomless pit.

Just in the last ten days or half a month, they had organized people to help them every few days—Jia Dongxu's medical expenses, Qin Huairu's pregnancy protection money, Huaihua's milk powder money, and so on...

Yet now, they were snacking on melon seeds while others could only watch longingly, living worse than the Jia Family.

"The Jia Family daughter-in-law is really living well; when will I get pregnant and enjoy some comfort too? Hehe," someone said with a dry laugh.

"Indeed, it's a pity we can't compare; we don't have a backer like First Uncle..."

Many women spoke with a hint of sarcasm; what kind of person was Qin Huairu? She was a top-tier "green tea" bitch—could she not hear the implication?

She could only scoff, crack a melon seed, and head home sullenly.

"Putting on airs... who knows whose child is in that belly..."

"..."

Once Qin Huairu left, the Siheyuan's large intelligence organization began discussing it behind her back.

At this moment, at the Public Security Bureau.

Shazhu and Yi Zhonghai were being interrogated.

After all, this kind of matter counted as fraud, and there was more than one victim besides Shazhu.

"Comrade Officer, everything I said is true; there isn't a shred of falsehood," Shazhu said with great heartache.

He had already been fined for selling furniture last time, and this time he had been swindled out of his family's wealth.

Even He Yushui was shocked when she got home; there was no furniture left in the house, and even the money was gone, making her so angry she almost ran away from home.

Now they were relying entirely on First Uncle's family for support, otherwise they would have starved to death.

"Look at you, you're such a grown man, how could you fall for such a trick? And claiming to be from Xianggang to visit relatives—a young girl, does she have the ability to smuggle herself over?"

"Old Yi, is your godson's brain a bit stiff?"

The Comrade Officer sat in front of the two, and after hearing Shazhu's account, he was also furious.

If it were a small amount of money, it would be one thing.

But Shazhu had not only taken out his own wages but also borrowed a lot of external debt, adding up to over a hundred yuan—a not-so-small hole.

"Comrade, do you see any room for recovery in this matter?" Yi Zhonghai also felt a headache coming on.

"This is a habitual offender, and we are also in full pursuit, but the hope is slim; you should go home and wait for news!"

The Comrade Officer did not give a definite answer.

That tea-selling girl was an old hand who hit and ran, and her disguise technique was also superb; it was said she was actually a foot-picking brute in disguise, and the average person couldn't recognize it at all.

Upon hearing that the woman he had loved for so long was actually a foot-picking brute in disguise, Shazhu almost fainted on the spot.

"Oh, my pathetic life..."

Shazhu's face was covered in tears, thinking to himself that Sister Qin was still the best to him; at the very least, Sister Qin's gender was correct.

Because the Public Security Bureau was busy with affairs, the two were quickly invited out, and while walking on the road, Yi Zhonghai did not forget to lecture Shazhu, "I'm telling you, Pillar, can you be more mindful in the future? I've barely been out of the Hospital for a day, and I already have to deal with this kind of thing for you!"

"That Zhao Gangzi was right on the money; I am just here to wipe your ass!"

Even now, Yi Zhonghai still had two layers of bandages wrapped around his head, and he couldn't even walk properly.

"First Uncle, please don't mention the name Zhao Gangzi in the future. I suspect that the feng shui of our house was ruined by him; otherwise, we wouldn't be this unlucky..."

Shazhu was at a loss for tears at this moment, not knowing what had been going on lately; he could step in dog shit while walking on the main road, and even drinking cold water made his teeth feel stuck.