Si Nian's heart sank. She quickly stopped the bicycle and walked into the house with Yaoyao in her arms.
Before she even entered the living - room door, she heard a familiar female voice saying, "You little brat! I'm your real aunt, and you actually help an outsider scold me. Do you want to piss me off?"
Si Nian rushed in and saw Zhou Tingting fiercely pinching Second Child's ear and twisting it, with a mean look on her face.
"Don't go into my mom's room! You're not allowed to! You're a bad person!" Second Child wailed. Even though his ear was red, he still tightly hugged Zhou Tingting's thigh to stop her from going upstairs.
Zhou Zedong's face was horribly gloomy. He clenched his fists tightly and stared at Zhou Tingting.
The man beside her impatiently said, "Come on, come on! Hurry up. My mom is still waiting for the money to bail my brother out. Can you stop being so slow? Isn't this your home?"
Hearing this, Si Nian rushed in, pushed Zhou Tingting away, grabbed Second Child and protected him in her arms. She looked at Zhou Tingting with cold eyes and said, "Zhou Tingting, what are you doing!"
Zhou Tingting got angry as soon as she saw Si Nian. It was all because of this bitch that her mother - in - law lost her job and her brother - in - law was sent to the police station. Now that her brother - in - law had a criminal record, her own child wouldn't be able to take the civil service exam in the future. The whole family would be affected!
She also instigated her elder brother and didn't even inform her of the marriage. If her good friend hadn't called her, she wouldn't have known that her elder brother got married yesterday!
Originally, although her elder brother was cold, he wouldn't not invite her to his wedding.
It was obvious that Si Nian was instigating behind the scenes!
She had suffered so miserably, while Si Nian was living a comfortable life.
She just wanted to monopolize her elder brother's property, so she had ruined all the people who had a good relationship with the Zhou Family. It was so hateful.
Zhou Tingting hated her so much. She came back to get her elder brother's passbook. She knew that her elder brother's passbook must have a lot of money in it. This passbook was left by her elder brother for her and her sister to use when he was serving in the army outside. All the money was saved in it.
She also knew the password and planned to take it to withdraw money and find someone to get her brother - in - law out.
Her in - laws had put down a hard - line message. If she didn't get her brother - in - law out, they would divorce her!
Zhou Tingting knew better than anyone what divorce meant these days. Moreover, having gotten used to the good life in the city, Zhou Tingting was definitely not willing to go back to the countryside. She was also too ashamed, so of course she didn't want to.
That's why she came back.
"What I'm doing is none of your business. So, am I not allowed to come back to my own home and discipline my sister's kids without your permission?"
"You little brat, get out of the way. That's your uncle, not an outsider!" Zhou Tingting impatiently reached out to push Zhou Zedong.
She had always thought her sister's kids were annoying. When her sister died, the three kids wanted her to take care of them.
Zhou Tingting was already married and of course didn't want to, so she urged her elder brother to come back home!
But before her elder brother came back, she had helped take care of them for a few days.
Unexpectedly, they were so ungrateful now, helping an outsider bully her, their real aunt!
It really pissed her off.
It was okay that her elder brother was blinded by this vixen, but why were these kids also protecting this woman so much?
She was their step - mother. How could she not be closer to them than this little aunt?
Zhou Zedong took two steps back and then stood his ground again. His aunt had brought people to beat them before and had also helped Grandma Liu bully them.
Now, she brought her husband-in-law along and insisted on going upstairs without any explanation.
He knew that they must be up to some bad tricks again.
Of course, he didn't want them to go up.
"First, this isn't your home. This house was built by Zhou Yueshen in recent years. He bought the foundation himself, and it has nothing to do with your Zhou Family. And if I remember correctly, your Zhou Family's old house should be at the end of the village not far from here. That's where you should go."
"Second, although Zhou Zedong and Zhou Zehan are indeed your sister's children, you could discipline them in the past. But now that I've married Zhou Yueshen, my name is on his household register. The two children are on our household register, so they are my children. What right do you have to discipline my children?"
"Third, if you don't want to be sent to the police station again for breaking and entering, I suggest you get out."
Si Nian's words completely stripped Zhou Tingting of her dignity, and her face flushed red.
She knew Si Nian was arrogant, but she never expected that Si Nian would become so brazen after marrying her elder brother.
Right in front of her husband, Si Nian so rudely told her to get out without any regard for her face. Zhou Tingting's face contorted in anger.
Finally, she turned to Zhou Zedong and said in a solemn voice, "Xiaodong, look at this stepmother you're protecting. This is how she drives your relatives out! She just wants to take over the Zhou Family's property. First, it's me she's driving out, and later, it'll be you three siblings!"
However, Zhou Zedong stared at Si Nian. He didn't think there was anything wrong with what Si Nian said. It was clearly his little aunt's own fault, and she always came to cause trouble, which was really annoying.
So he averted his gaze. His pair of dark, black eyes were unusually calm and cold. "Mom won't tell me to get out because I'm not a bad person."
Without waiting for Zhou Tingting to change her expression, he continued, "Auntie helped Grandma Liu, who bullied us, and even brought people to beat us. Now she wants to steal things. You're just as bad as Grandma Liu. I don't like you."
Zhou Zehan also shouted loudly, "I hate you too. Don't come to my home!"
Zhou Tingting was so angry that her face contorted, and she lost all her face and dignity.
Her husband, Li Jiaming, also looked extremely ugly. He never expected that his wife had such a low status in the Zhou Family that even a child didn't give her face.
They used to think that since his wife's family ran a pig farm and made a lot of money, he always indulged and flattered her at home.
He was hoping that if the Zhou Family really became prosperous in the future, they could give the Li Family a hand.
But now, not only did the Zhou Family not help the Li Family, but her younger brother was also sent to jail, and his mother was reported and lost her job.
Now, because of his younger brother's impending imprisonment, he was so worried that his hair had turned white.
His job would also be affected, and even his future children would be implicated.
That's why he had to take a leave of absence and come back to the Zhou Family with his wife to deal with this matter.
He would never back down. He believed he was right. Although his younger brother might have really done something wrong, Li Jiaming thought that there must be a reason. If Si Nian hadn't done anything wrong, his younger brother wouldn't have gossiped about her behind her back.
The Zhou Family really doesn't understand the ways of the world at all. Such a thing should have been let go. It was already a disgraceful matter. Instead of trying to minimize it, they even made a big fuss out of it. Beating up his younger brother wasn't enough; they even forced him into the police station!
It really infuriated him!
Of course, an apology was out of the question!
But in order to pull some strings, they had spent a lot of money during this period, and their family was almost emptied out.
Naturally, Li Jiaming started to blame his wife. He thought that her elder brother had pushed them into such a difficult situation, yet she was of no help at all. The more he thought about it, the angrier he got.
