Chapter 55: The Siheyuan's New First Uncle

Qin Huairu carried a bowl of herbal medicine and delivered it to Jia Dongxu with a smile on her face.

Seeing this, Jia Dongxu's heart couldn't help but skip a beat; it was truly a case of fearing what might happen, and he dared not open his mouth to drink the medicine no matter what.

Seeing Jia Dongxu like this, Qin Huairu couldn't help but sigh and said softly, "The doctor said your mind has suffered a shock and you must drink the medicine every day, otherwise you will develop schizophrenia."

"Just think about it, if something really happened to you, what would you have me and the child in my belly do? Sob sob sob..."

As she spoke, tears began to stream down Qin Huairu's face.

Now that Jia Zhangshi was in prison, the Deaf Old Lady had been sentenced to death, and even the Jia Family's greatest backer, Yi Zhonghai, had fallen.

Even her own sycophant Shazhu was now like a drowned rat, chased and dunned for debts every day, with everyone calling for him to be beaten.

The only spare money in the house had now all been spent on buying herbal medicine for Jia Dongxu.

"I won't drink it! No matter what, I, your father, will not drink it!"

Jia Dongxu snatched the bowl directly and smashed it onto the ground; the herbal medicine in the bowl spilled all over the floor and even made a hissing sound.

Seeing this, Jia Dongxu was even more convinced of his own thoughts: there was definitely something wrong with this herbal medicine.

It was fortunate that he had reacted in time.

Otherwise, he would have ended up like Jia Dalang.

As for this behavior of Jia Dongxu, although Qin Huairu didn't say anything on the surface, she couldn't help but curse him bitterly in her heart.

What a useless piece of trash; he's already crippled like this, yet he still has so much nonsense every single day. If it weren't for the fact that she was timid, she would definitely have slipped some poison into it for him!

Qin Huairu wore a gloomy face as she squatted on the ground to clean up the broken porcelain shards, and just at this moment, someone outside shouted in the direction of their house,

"Brother Jia, Sister Qin, hurry up and come out, the Siheyuan is going to hold a full-courtyard meeting again!"

"Hurry up and come out, the Second Uncle said that everyone must be present..."

Hearing this voice, Jia Dongxu felt as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw; he used both hands to push off the ground and crawled out rapidly like a grasshopper.

"Dongxu, wait for me!"

Qin Huairu followed, carrying Bang Geng in her left hand and holding Huaihua in her right.

Don't look at the fact that Jia Dongxu was crippled; his crawling speed was faster than an average person running.

And at this moment, in the courtyard.

The Second Uncle Liu Haizhong was holding his coronation ceremony.

Liu Haizhong stood in the very center of the crowd, looking down at the many subjects of the Siheyuan, and even the two brothers Liu Guangfu had struck a pose at this moment.

Anyone who didn't know better would think Liu Haizhong was restoring the monarchy and had enfeoffed his two sons as princes.

"I say, Second Uncle—ah no, now it's First Uncle—what exactly are you trying to do? Last time our courtyard was already dug three feet deep; can't you let us rest for a while?" someone asked in confusion.

The others were also laughing it off, each of them listless and drowsy.

"Ahem," Old Liu coughed violently.

Immediately, he officially began his inaugural speech.

"Everyone knows that a female spy appeared in our courtyard, and her home was raided these past two days, especially the former First Uncle, Yi Zhonghai!"

"He was unprincipled and embezzled the Zhao Family's subsidies, and now he has already been brought to justice!"

"I hope everyone can take this as a warning and not commit the same mistakes again..."

"This..."

"That..."

"..."

Liu Haizhong stood in the crowd, speaking in official jargon, rambling on and on; he sternly criticized Yi Zhonghai's lifestyle and moral character, and removed the Deaf Old Lady from the Siheyuan's registry.

Ah no, it should be Kameda Meiko!

Afterward, he vigorously praised Zhao Gangzi, clearly with the intention of winning him over, but Zhao Gangzi understood perfectly well what this old thing was thinking in his heart.

Naturally, he didn't pay much attention to it, though Old Liu had indirectly helped him, so he could refrain from pursuing past matters too much.

As for Xu Damao.

He could now return home with his head held high.

He was even praised by Liu Haizhong, who also asked Xu Damao to recount in public the details of how he had used a brick to strike Yi Zhonghai, so that everyone could learn from it.

"I knew long ago that this old black dog Yi Zhonghai was no good; in fact, the matter of me acting like a hooligan was also plotted by Yi Zhonghai single-handedly!"

Xu Damao began to recall his tragic experience in public.

He even brought up the matter of how he had been framed before. Now that was settled; Yi Zhonghai was inside, and the remaining conflicts shifted to Qin Huairu and the others.

There were also Shazhu and Jia Dongxu; these two could not escape their share of the blame either.

"No, no, no, that's not how it happened, everyone don't listen to Xu Damao's nonsense!"

Qin Huairu hurriedly denied it flatly.

"That's right, how could we have done such a thing? It was all Kameda Meiko's idea! I am innocent!"

Shazhu, who had just been released, was also terrified, fearing he would be locked up again.

But at this time, the crowd's anger could not be vented, so they had no choice but to take it out on Qin Huairu and the others.

It was only because Qin Huairu was pregnant that the crowd didn't dare do anything to her, but Jia Dongxu and Shazhu were miserable; they were beaten until they were unconscious, lying on the ground and twitching incessantly.

"I knew long ago that these few fellows were no good; they were all in cahoots with Yi Zhonghai!"

"That's right, Shazhu was even Kameda Meiko's god-grandson! People like this should be dragged out and shot!"

A group of people chattered away, one after another speaking up for Xu Damao.

Liu Haizhong didn't stop them; since he couldn't win over Zhao Gangzi, winning over Xu Damao was just as good.

As for Shazhu and the others, they were considered Yi Zhonghai's old subordinates, and the Second Uncle felt it was necessary to suppress them severely.

"Damao! Don't you worry, if there's anything, just tell your Second Uncle; I will definitely uphold justice for you!"

Liu Haizhong chuckled.

Meanwhile, Third Uncle's status had risen with the tide; he transformed into the second person in charge of the Siheyuan and even inherited the vegetable plot that originally belonged to the Deaf Old Lady.

As for the Deaf Old Lady's house, which was Kameda Meiko's former residence, it had been sealed off because someone had died there, and no one was willing to go near it at all.

Yi Zhonghai was sentenced to ten years in prison directly because of the matter of embezzling the Zhao Family's subsidy, and also because his relationship with the Deaf Old Lady was unclear.

Perhaps the next time I see Old Yi, there will only be a box left.

Xicheng Prison.

The First Aunt brought food and kept crying and complaining; she had not closed her eyes for three days and three nights, and her entire eye sockets were swollen and unbearable from crying.

"Old Yi, how could you do such a thing? I told you not to ignore my advice, and now something has gone wrong..."

"How am I supposed to live from now on!!!"

"Sob sob sob..."

Looking at the decadent Yi Zhonghai inside, the First Aunt could not help but cry bitterly.

And Yi Zhonghai felt immense regret in his heart at this moment.

He had spent so many years painstakingly cultivating his image, never expecting it to be destroyed in one fell swoop, and he even had to be sentenced to ten years; his life was ruined just like that.

If he had known it would turn out like this, he would have been better off being an ordinary person in the courtyard; at the very least, he could have lived a stable life.

"I have let you down!"

Yi Zhonghai let out a long howl toward the sky, and finally, he entrusted one more thing to the First Aunt, saying: "The old lady is going to be executed by firing squad in a few days. After all, we were mother and son, so please help me collect the old lady's body..."

"If anyone gives you trouble, just say I told you to do it; at worst, they can just add another ten years to my sentence..."

The Deaf Old Lady, sleeping in the next cell, had her eyes half-open at this moment; she had not expected that, even in this predicament, her foster son could still think this way.