Liu Chunlan lay there without saying a word, but Wang Meijuan, who heard this from the doorway, disagreed:
"Big brother, what are you talking about? Dad hasn't even passed away yet, and you're already eyeing Mom's money?
"You're overstepping your bounds."
Wang Kai retorted:
"What nonsense are you talking about? I am the eldest son, the head of the family.
"So at a time like this, I should be the one to step up and take charge of the situation.
"Tell Wang Hao to come in, and I will make proper arrangements for all of you."
Wang Hao leaned against the doorframe:
"Tell us, big brother, how do you plan to arrange things?"
Wang Kai also lit a cigarette, but thinking of Wang Jianguo's lung cancer, he threw it to the ground:
"Here's the deal. Since Dad is already in the late stages, there is no need for treatment; it's a pure waste of money.
"However, as his children, we can't let him suffer too much.
"Therefore, Wang Hao, you must get Lin Wanyi back here to serve our Dad for his final few months no matter what. This is what she ought to do as a daughter-in-law.
"Also, Juan'er, come help out when you have time. You're a girl, you're more attentive."
"And what about you?"
Wang Meijuan asked him:
"What about you? As the eldest son, you just move your lips, and your wife, as the eldest daughter-in-law, doesn't even show her face, right?
"You even want Mom to give you all her money to keep.
"Big brother, how did you become so shameless?"
"What do you mean shameless? Dad is sick, and as the eldest, I am the head of the family. What's wrong with me taking control of the finances?
"We just have a different division of labor."
Wang Hao couldn't even be bothered to listen anymore. He dropped a final sentence:
"Whoever wants to take care of him can do it. My wife has already taken care of him for eight years anyway.
"I've also put up hundreds of thousands for his pension; I have done everything I possibly can.
"Don't come looking for me for anything else."
When he went downstairs carrying his suitcase, Wang Kai tried to stop him:
"What do you mean by this? Where are you going?
"Dad is sick, where else can you go?"
Wang Hao shoved him aside:
"None of your business. If you can't bear to part with him, stay home and take care of him yourself, but don't drag me into it.
"Oh, and you'd better call your wife to help."
Before leaving, he also told Liu Chunlan:
"Mom, if you give Wang Kai even a single cent, you will never have me as a son again."
He turned his head and walked away.
Just as he opened the courtyard door, Wang Jianguo immediately squeezed his way in.
He grabbed onto Wang Hao:
"Son, where are you going? Son, you can't just abandon me.
"I can still be treated. As long as there is money, any disease can be cured; if it can't be cured, it's just because there isn't enough money.
"You have so much money on you, give it to me, give it all to me."
Wang Hao stared at him intensely:
"Calculate carefully just how much I have given you over these past eight years.
"Where is that money? I'm asking you, where is the money?
"Wang Jianguo, you don't deserve to be a father."
He left. He was going to find Lin Wanyi.
He didn't want to see these people from the Wang family who made him feel disgusted and irritated.
He wanted to start a new life with Lin Wanyi, to live their own life.
Lin Wanyi felt uneasy. Ever since she received the phone call, her heart had been pounding.
Li Suhua asked her: "What's wrong?"
She told Li Suhua everything in detail, and Li Suhua threw down the rag in her hand:
"Is the Wang family out of their minds? They only think of you when they need someone to use.
"You never get a share of the benefits, but you're supposed to bear all the suffering and exhaustion?
"Wanyi, ignore them.
"The emperor is far away; what can they do if you just don't go back?"
Lin Wanyi hugged her: "Don't be angry, Mom, please don't be angry. Your health isn't good, you absolutely must not get angry.
"I definitely won't go back. I'm not that stupid, don't worry."
Li Suhua picked the rag back up:
"Mom just got a little too emotional. It's fine, it's fine.
"Wanyi, it's good that you jumped out of that fire pit of the Wang family. In the future, no one from the Wang family will ever be able to bully you again."
Just as Lin Wanyi adjusted her mood, she received a message from Wu Qin:
"Wanyi, the Wang family has been so lively these past two days, arguing non-stop.
"That scumbag Wang Jianguo is even keeping a woman on the outside.
"But his karma has caught up to him; I heard he got cancer, and it's terminal.
"I saw Wang Hao leave with his luggage, and he even said he was going to find you.
"You'd better be careful, don't let him pester you again."
Lin Wanyi looked at her phone, and countless images of Wang Hao appeared in her mind.
No matter how hard she tried to push them away, she couldn't. One after another, Wang Hao walked towards her.
As he walked, he kept shouting:
"Wife, I'm here. I've come to find you and Keke."
"Wife, let's never separate. We must be together for a lifetime.
"Wife, wife!"
Lin Wanyi wrapped herself tightly in her blanket, breaking out in layer after layer of sweat.
Until she was completely exhausted.
She was afraid, afraid that Wang Hao was really coming.
She didn't want to see Wang Hao.
Having finally managed to escape, she absolutely did not want to go back.
When Lin Jiajun returned, Lin Wanyi quickly said:
"Jiajun, could you rest at home tomorrow?"
"What's wrong, sister?"
Lin Jiajun asked while washing his hands.
Lin Wanyi handed him her phone:
"I'm afraid he is really coming. Jiajun, I'm really scared.
"I feel sick just hearing his name now. What if he really comes?"
"He wouldn't dare!"
Lin Jiajun shouted loudly: "If he dares to come, I'll break his legs.
"Sister, don't be afraid. This is your maiden home, not their Wang Family Village. No one can bully you."
Lin Wanyi knew this, but she was still afraid.
She instinctively resisted and loathed Wang Hao.
Lin Jiajun felt sorry for her:
"Don't worry, big sister. Tomorrow I'll stay home and keep you company all day.
"He absolutely won't dare to come."
Lin Wanyi's heart finally settled down.
She had her mother and her brother; she had her family.
She was not afraid.
Liu Siyue was still at home, angry with Su Jing.
She didn't understand why Su Jing just wouldn't agree to her being with Qin Chao.
Qin Chao gave her a video call:
"Baby, I miss you so much, I miss you to death.
"Come over to my house."
Liu Siyue didn't want to go. She didn't know why, even though Qin Chao was her boyfriend and even though Qin Chao treated her so well.
But she just didn't want to be alone with Qin Chao.
Yet Qin Chao kept begging her:
"Come on, I really miss you to death.
"Baby, I'm begging you."
Liu Siyue wavered a little, but in the end, she still refused.
On the other end of the video, Qin Chao was clearly unhappy.
He switched to another request:
"Then baby, take off your clothes and let me see, okay?
"I really miss you too much."
Liu Siyue quickly hung up the video call.
She felt uncomfortable; it was too disgusting.
How could Qin Chao say such a thing?
But the next second, Qin Chao sent her a photo.
The blood in her entire body froze.
Qin Chao was still sending messages:
"Baby, look, this is the selfie you gave me last time. You were willing to do it before, why aren't you willing now?
"Baby, I am your boyfriend, it is perfectly justified for me to look at your body.
"Don't be shy, send me one every day from now on, okay?"
No.
Liu Siyue frantically deleted that photo.
It was impossible; she couldn't possibly have taken that kind of photo herself.
Absolutely impossible.
Qin Chao's messages were still coming in:
"My mom is coming tomorrow, and she said she wants to meet you. Baby, have you prepared your meeting gift?"
