Chapter 173: Jia Dongxu's Fate

What happened to Qin Huairu made the courtyard residents' opinion of Jia Zhangshi even worse.

Faced with the crowd's cold mockery and sarcasm, Jia Zhangshi's inner anger had nowhere to vent.

As soon as evening came, after Jia Dongxu returned from visiting Qin Huairu at the hospital, Jia Zhangshi kept finding fault with him, saying he was unfilial.

Her voice was so loud she wished everyone in the world could hear it.

This made Jia Dongxu extremely anguished.

On the night Qin Huairu returned from the hospital, the Jia family erupted in a fierce conflict.

Qin Huairu completely fell out with Jia Zhangshi and they came to blows.

Qin Huairu shouted for Jia Dongxu to build a wall between the side wing and the ear room, so that from then on each would keep to their own side.

Jia Zhangshi did not back down, fiercely wielding a knife to drive Qin Huairu out of the house.

Jia Zhangshi wouldn't even allow her daughter-in-law to sit during her postpartum confinement, and was about to drive her out.

For a time, Jia Zhangshi's reputation became even more foul.

Yi Da Ma kept her promise and brought Qin Huairu back home.

Yi Zhonghai was driven out of the house, and at night he could only set up a mosquito net in the corridor to sleep.

Whenever Jia Dongxu returned home, seeing the empty house and his hysterical mother, a myriad of feelings would well up in his heart.

Each time after going to console Qin Huairu, at night Jia Dongxu would repress his emotions and lie crying under the covers for half the night.

The next day at work, Yi Zhonghai, who had been bitten by mosquitoes all night, would also scold Jia Dongxu a couple of times.

"Hurry up and settle your family's affairs."

The immense pressure left Jia Dongxu feeling dazed.

A few days later, Jia Dongxu met his fate.

With a thunderous boom.

"Ah………"

The battered Jia Dongxu, during a work operation, due to a lapse of attention, ultimately caused a great disaster.

The high-speed rotating machine tool and the loose parts produced tremendous destructive force.

When Yi Zhonghai arrived, Jia Dongxu's half chest was already a bloody mess.

Perhaps he knew his time was short.

Jia Dongxu grasped Yi Zhonghai's hand and showed a relieved smile.

"Master, I can't go on."

Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.

Yi Zhonghai was in anguish; whether from the perspective of benefit or emotion, he had invested too much.

At this moment, all his schemes came to nothing.

Lying in his arms was the disciple to whom he had devoted countless efforts.

He burst into tears.

"Dongxu………"

"Dongxu… you must hold on……"

"Quickly call a doctor, call a doctor."

"Master……"

Jia Dongxu firmly gripped his hand.

"Master, I can't go on."

"I am leaving."

"I cannot provide for your old age and see you to the end."

"I am sorry to you."

"Master, Bang Geng will be your own grandson from now on."

"Let him provide for your old age and see you to the end."

"Everyone, bear witness to what I say: let Bang Geng acknowledge my master as his grandfather."

"Master, you promised me………"

"Master……"

Suddenly, urgently and forcefully grabbing Yi Zhonghai's hand, he jerked himself upright and shouted with all his might.

"Master……… Bang Geng…………"

Then he collapsed with a thud.

From beginning to end, he never uttered a word about Jia Zhangshi and Qin Huairu.

Watching the dead Jia Dongxu, Yi Zhonghai broke down in tears.

"Wuu wuu wuu………"

"Dongxu……… my Dongxu………"

"Dongxu, how could you abandon me? How am I supposed to live?!"

"Dongxu, my Dongxu………"

His voice, sorrowful, like a cuckoo crying blood.

It made the surrounding coworkers' eyes well up.

By the time the doctor arrived, Jia Dongxu's body had no heartbeat.

Yi Zhonghai was still holding Jia Dongxu and shouting.

Upon hearing the news, Sha Zhu ran over, saw the scene, and also shed tears.

He and Jia Dongxu have been playing together since childhood.

At one point, the He family and the Jia family also had a honeymoon period.

At this moment, the Jia family's scheme against him, his resentment, completely dissipated.

The workshop workers advised Sha Zhu.

"Sha Zhu, don't cry first, hurry up and go inform his family."

"When something this big happens, we have to let their family know."

Although Jia Dongxu was dead, the factory doctor still sent him to the hospital as quickly as possible.

Finally, the hospital issued a death notice.

Upon hearing the news of Jia Dongxu's death, Qin Huairu went completely mad.

Barefoot, she rushed out from Yi Da Ma's house.

She seemed to have lost her soul, running while continuously repeating.

"No, no, this is all fake, fake."

Upon hearing Sha Zhu say that Jia Dongxu had died, Jia Zhangshi suddenly froze for a moment.

Then she frenziedly attacked Sha Zhu.

"Fake, it's all fake, Sha Zhu, you actually cursed my family's Dong Xu, I'll fight you to the death."

Sha Zhu covered his face, did not dodge, and waited until Jia Zhangshi grew tired from hitting before he spoke.

"Dong Xu brother is now in the hospital."

Jia Zhangshi collapsed to the ground all at once, wailing hysterically.

"Ah………"

"Ah……… ah! … ah………"

"My Dong Xu ah, my Dong Xu ah……………"

"You've left, how am I, Mother, supposed to live…………"

"Old Jia ah, you dead person, why didn't you protect our family's Dong Xu…………"

"You useless thing…………"

"Living is useless, dying is useless."

"My poor Dong Xu ah…………"

"My ill-fated son ah…………"

"Heaven has no eyes ah, take me instead, return my Dong Xu to me…………"

………

………

The people in the courtyard were all drawn over, and after learning what had happened, they all began to sympathize with Jia Zhangshi.

She lost her husband in middle age, lost her son in old age, a white-haired person sending off a black-haired one—all kinds of bad things have befallen her.

After Jia Zhangshi had almost finished venting.

He Yuzhu also reminded.

"Aunt Jia, go see off Dong Xu brother."

Only then did Jia Zhangshi react.

"Yes, my Dong Xu, where is my Dong Xu?"

"Aunt Jia, Dong Xu brother is in the hospital."

Jia Zhangshi climbed up from the ground and ran toward the hospital.

Yi Da Ma held the locust blossoms, and beside her was a frightened Xiao Dang, unable to go.

"Zhuzi, you also go see off your Dong Xu brother."

He Yuzhu also followed and ran off.

Those who remained in the courtyard glanced at each other, then each household sent one person, and they began to gather.

Because Yang Qing didn't know where he had gone off to, Chen Hong was also called back.

After learning what had happened, Chen Hong was also shocked.

"Dead? He was fine when he went out today………"

"How………"

"This is too sudden."

Lou Xiao'e tugged at her.

"Let's go, one person per family, our family's Da Mao isn't home either, let's go together."

Gu Ning also came over.

"Let's go together."

Afterwards, Er Dama and San Da Ma also came over……

The courtyard folk, with solemn faces, walked toward the hospital.

Upon arriving at the hospital, from afar they heard shouting and cursing.

"Qin Huairu, you broom spirit, compensate me for my Dong Xu."

"Go die, why don't you go die."

"Good heavens, our family has been unlucky for generations, marrying such a broom spirit."

"I'll beat you to death."

"Compensate for my son's life."

Qin Huairu had already gone stupid, sitting dazedly beside Jia Dongxu, gripping his hand and refusing to let go.

She didn't speak, just stared at Jia Dongxu.

No matter how Jia Zhangshi punched and kicked, she couldn't elicit any reaction from her.

He Yuzhu continually used his body to shield Qin Huairu.

Jia Shen'er, Jia Shen'er, Dong Xu left, nobody expected it, everyone knows how sad you feel inside.

But this has nothing to do with sister-in-law, it's an accident, all accidents.

Don't believe me? Ask the eldest uncle.