Chapter 500

"Brother! Don't be impulsive!"

"This matter has nothing to do with you!"

"Now you see Qin Huairu's true face, right!"

"From now on, stop getting entangled with Qin Huairu!"

"Find a partner, get married, and live a steady life!"

After all, they were siblings from the same mother, and He Yushui never gave up on this brother.

Although her brother wasn't very good to her, she still hoped he could live well.

Perhaps this is the unbreakable bond of blood!

He Yushui was right, but Shazhu couldn't listen:

"What do you know!"

"Qin Jie must have been deceived by a bad person!"

"Qin Jie is such a good woman!"

"If she wanted to do that, she would have remarried long ago!"

"This is a misunderstanding! Someone is harming Qin Jie!"

Shazhu didn't know what kind of psychology he had; he just didn't want to believe that Qin Huairu would do something scandalous.

In his heart, Qin Huairu was a kind, strong, and pitiful good woman!

He Yushui looked at Shazhu in shock.

Her brother had gone crazy!

There was no saving him!

"Do whatever you want!"

"I don't care anymore!"

He Yushui turned and left, full of disappointment.

She knew that no matter what she said, Shazhu wouldn't change his feelings for Qin Huairu.

Saying anything more was just a waste of breath!

He Yushui left, and Shazhu sat down, feeling stifled and helpless.

Sitting alone in the room, like a wax figure that had lost its soul.

Cao Family

Cao Weiguo returned home, and Song Yulan was sleeping soundly.

The commotion outside hadn't woken her from her beautiful dream.

Cao Weiguo poured a glass of cool boiled water and couldn't help but shake his head secretly.

The courtyard wasn't big, but the water was truly muddy.

It truly fulfilled that saying: the temple is small but the evil winds are strong, the pond is shallow but there are many turtles.

Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu committed a scandalous act and were almost caught in bed.

Yet in the end, it was left unsettled!

The fundamental reason for this was human nature—seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages!

The residents in the courtyard knew it clearly, but no one wanted to be implicated.

They were all worried and afraid that if the matter blew up, it would affect and damage their own interests.

The ones who made the mistake were Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu, but a stinking reputation would affect the entire courtyard.

When everyone spread the word, they would inevitably mention who from which courtyard in which alley.

In order not to bear the blame for corrupt morals, they all unanimously chose to make big issues small and small issues disappear.

The First Uncle, Liu Haizhong, also chose to cover it up through gritted teeth for his own interests.

Otherwise, if Yi Zhonghai was unlucky, he would suffer too.

Under those circumstances, even if Cao Weiguo insisted that Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu had committed a scandalous act.

Even if he produced various pieces of evidence.

Even if he confronted Yi Zhonghai.

Those residents would still choose to believe the lie, because if they didn't believe the lie, they would suffer.

This is the reality and current situation of the large communal courtyard.

A certain scholar and writer once said: seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages is a common human trait, but if everyone pursues such a process,

they will eventually be crowded in the low places, bustling about like maggots.

Ancient saying: righteousness moves the gentleman, profit moves the petty person. (Righteousness can move a gentleman, profit can move a petty person.)

Clearly, in this courtyard, there were no gentlemen with noble character; they were all petty people at the bottom focusing on immediate interests.

Including Cao Weiguo.

He never considered himself a righteous gentleman.

He was just a petty person living at the bottom.

Selfishness was his nature.

That's why he followed the crowd and let this matter be left unsettled.

Because if he insisted on blowing the matter up, he would be the enemy of all the residents in the courtyard.

These residents might not be good at accomplishing things, but they were truly good at ruining things.

It wasn't worth provoking trouble for an old dog like Yi Zhonghai and having to guard against a bunch of petty people every day.

Rather than being enemies and feeling stifled, it's better to let them be used by me.

So-called friends are those whose interests align with ours; that's called a friend.

So-called enemies are those whose interests conflict with ours; that's called an enemy.

And worldly affairs are impermanent and ever-changing, so there are no eternal friends and no eternal enemies, only eternal interests.

Interests have no distinction between good and bad, no distinction between right and wrong, no distinction.

Everyone seeks advantages and avoids disadvantages; to say one is not seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages is to fail to see the facts clearly.

Actually, seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages is not shameful; the true fool is the one who doesn't know what they want.

Although he couldn't kill Yi Zhonghai with one blow this time, what follows will be enough for him to suffer.

In the courtyard, they made big issues small and small issues disappear, and everyone wanted to cover it up.

But Cao Weiguo wouldn't let this matter stop at the courtyard.

The good show had just begun! ===== CHAPTER 502 =====