roccoschili Chapter 708 Are you greedy?
Chapter 708 Are you greedy?
But isn't he just after her family's wealth?
Yes, he was after her family fortune.
For the past two or three years, he had been living in a daze, and he really didn't understand what the point of being greedy for money was.
Countless nights he dreamt of the past, of how he rejected his mother's outrageous advice and happily brought his wife and daughter home from the hospital.
Their family is filled with laughter and joy every day.
Unfortunately, upon waking, all that remained was a cramped and cold rented room, without even a window.
During the humid season, it was drizzling inside the house.
Pan Xiaohua also looked melancholy.
Seriously, they played a winning hand terribly.
After getting to know Yang Feng, she gradually learned about the help Miss Fu had given her over the years.
Her clothing business was successful because she had a good source of goods.
Her better source of goods comes from a trading company under Ms. Fu's name.
My niece's successful enrollment was also related to Miss Fu.
Actually, if they hadn't been so greedy, the family would definitely have lived a good life.
Miss Fu is a loyal and affectionate person, and she is very generous to those around her.
If her family treated her well, with her abilities, it would be easy for her to arrange for her niece to get her arm healed, for her older brother and sister-in-law to get a job, or for her to start a small business herself.
Even the slightest glimpse of her finger could make her family live the best life in the whole village.
But greed is insatiable; they want everything from others.
……
After returning home, Wang Zhong remained silent, as if he had aged ten years overnight.
He would spend all day holding that medical record, locking himself in his room, and not eating.
Jiang Mei continued to curse, mainly at Fang Qing, and then at Tang Xiaofen.
In her eyes, one of the two women was a jinx, and the other was a traitor who didn't know how to be grateful.
In short, they are both bad people, and their family has fallen to this state because of them.
Occasionally, villagers who come to testify and leaders who want to recover alimony are also scolded.
He scolded the villagers for meddling in other people's business and for disregarding their years of kinship.
They criticize their boss for being greedy, while they themselves are all well-fed and healthy, yet they still try to squeeze every last penny out of her; they're trying to drive her to her death.
In short, she herself did not do anything wrong.
The two children were too frightened to speak.
Wang Zhi lost his temper and didn't dare to cause trouble anymore.
Because if he cried or made a fuss, he would get a beating from Jiang Mei, who was annoyed by his behavior.
Even though they're already in kindergarten and don't fully understand things, they can still clearly see the reactions of adults.
After being beaten a few times, he naturally didn't dare to cause any more trouble.
On the third day, Wang Zhong finally came out of that room.
"They've withdrawn the lawsuit; Jianguo's case is off."
Jiang Mei was taken aback. "What? You're not going to fight? Then Jianguo will really get ten years in prison. Ten years? He'll be out for over thirty years by then. At best, he'll have spent the last ten years in prison."
Wang Zhong looked at her calmly, "Do you still think he's innocent?"
Jiang Mei: "..."
"The evidence is right in front of us, what's the point of fighting? Do you think we can win?"
"Well... we should at least give it a try."
"Try it? And then ten years will turn into indefinite detention?"
"Huh?" Jiang Mei's expression changed. "This...no way?"
"Why not? During the first trial, they didn't say that the two of them had been having an affair for a long time. With this evidence, he will only get a heavier sentence."
Upon hearing his words, Jiang Mei visibly panicked.
"What should we do then? Does Jian Guo really have to go to jail for ten years?"
Wang Zhong did not respond.
Jiang Mei slapped her thigh and cried, then dragged out the relevant personnel and gave them a good scolding.
After she had finished wailing, Wang Zhongcai spoke again.
"I'll pay you back tomorrow."
Jiang Mei was stunned. "What money?"
"The money awarded by the court."
Jiang Mei said angrily, "What can you do if I don't give it to you? Come on, arrest me and put me in jail. I'll just retire in jail."
Wang Zhong said calmly, "Haven't you heard of enforcement? They just take it from my savings, and if that's not enough, they sell the house. It's even easier with me; they just deduct it from my child support."
Jiang Mei: "..." She naturally understood that she couldn't fight city hall. What could ordinary people like them do besides shut themselves in and grumble?
She can't just not pay back the money; she's just unhappy about it.
“What will happen then? Jianguo is in jail, I won’t have any alimony, and the whole family will depend on your money from now on.”
Wang Zhong gave a bitter laugh and shook his head, saying, "Do we deserve it? Do you deserve it? Didn't you hear what people said in court? You never even raised him, so what right do you have to take this money?"
"This..." Jiang Mei blushed with embarrassment and said, "I'm just not taking it."
"I'm too ashamed to take it. I'll go to the supervisor and have my share of the money revoked as well."
"What?" Jiang Mei immediately scrambled to her feet and stopped him. "You're not allowed to go! Are you trying to kill us?"
Wang Zhong simply said, "I didn't raise him either; my mother raised him. After my mother died, he went out to work and earned his tuition on his own. He relied entirely on himself."
"But...but you're his father."
Wang Zhong said with a wry smile, "I'm not qualified to be his father."
“Oh, old man, all that is in the past. Why are you bringing this up? We still have to live our lives and raise our grandson. Without that money, the whole family will starve. This money is yours, and you can’t cancel it.”
Wang Zhong coldly replied, "Get out of the way."
Jiang Mei was startled by his shout.
Wang Zhong pushed Jiang Mei aside and prepared to leave. Jiang Mei was extremely anxious and shouted, "If you're going to go, go tomorrow! Look how late it is, the boss has already left work."
It was a little past five o'clock, and by the time he arrived, it was indeed past the end of the workday.
Wang Zhong couldn't hold back his anger any longer, but he still managed to suppress it.
Okay, I'll go tomorrow.
Jiang Mei cooked dinner, and seeing that Wang Zhong was finally willing to eat, she carefully served him from the side.
Now that she has no income while Wang Zhong does, she has no right to speak harshly and can only carefully serve him.
Otherwise, if he kicks her out, and she's too old to remarry, then everything will be over.
"Old man, what do we do now?"
How to do?
He looked at his two grandsons and said, "Take them back to our hometown."
"Go back to our hometown? We've already sold our house there, where would we live?"
"Isn't my mother's thatched house still there?"
That house is so dilapidated...
"The neighbors would laugh at us to death. Have you forgotten how we got here six months ago?"
"Hehe, now we won't be laughed at by the neighbors anymore? They've all gone back, and they'll probably be here today. The joke about our family has probably spread to the surrounding villages by now."
Jiang Mei: "..."
She had enjoyed over twenty years of good life, never expecting to suffer like this in her old age.
We really have no choice but to go back. The rent here is so expensive. Right now, only my husband has any living expenses, but after paying the rent, there's hardly anything left. The whole family is going to starve.
So, she spent the whole night carefully trying to persuade Wang Zhong to give up the idea of not wanting alimony.
Unexpectedly, the old man went mad, insisting on not taking the money and shouting that he didn't deserve it.
No matter how much Jiang Mei pleaded, it was to no avail.
The next day, Wang Zhong got up very early, took out his savings book, and prepared to withdraw money to pay back the money Jiang Mei had owed over the years, and also to forgo his own alimony.
Jiang Mei cried and screamed, clinging to him tightly.
"No, you can't just not take the money. I won't stop you from paying back the money, but your alimony is yours. You're his biological father, it's yours to receive, you have to take it."
"Get out of the way." Wang Zhong pushed Jiang Mei aside and went out the door.
Jiang Mei scrambled to her feet and hurriedly chased after him. The two then began to tug and push each other in the stairwell.
One cursed angrily, the other pleaded tearfully.
During the struggle, Wang Zhong, who was standing above, slipped and fell down.
Jiang Mei was shocked, "Old man..."