Chapter 175: Find a Scapegoat
Shen Meng arrived at the old courtyard with a man and children to find chaos unbridled. Several people from the Liu Family along with Wu Xianglan, Zhou Jiaojiao, Lu Jiaxuan, Lu Miaomiao, and Lu Lanhua were fighting fiercely, bruised and with disheveled hair. Lu Lanhua and Lu Miaomiao especially, had their clothes torn, hinting at the intensity of the brawl. These two were relentless, fighting as if their lives didn’t matter. They had spent so much money just for employment, and now, money was lost and jobs were gone too, suffering losses on all fronts and draining all their family resources. How could they just let it go?
Zhou Jiaojiao, leaning against the doorframe, cried bitterly. Seeing Shen Meng approaching, she immediately turned her head away, thinking that Shen Meng had brought her family just to mock her.
"Hand over whatever you’ve taken, then we can still be considered relatives. Whatever shouldn’t be said, let’s forget it once we leave this courtyard and we can still interact in the future. But if you’re stubborn, then don’t blame me for being rude."
"What you’re talking about, we’ve never seen. We’re poor, but we can’t be falsely accused like this. You want to be rude? Fine, let’s see how you plan to go about it today, you little brat. If not for me rescuing your mother from the ditch back then, none of you would be here!"
Liu Sanjin, initially furious due to his daughter-in-law’s lost textile factory notice, red-eyed with anger and resentful towards his own family’s incompetence, felt his efforts over the years were sufficient. Visiting during the festive season, pretending not to notice some issues, and giving some money were nothing major. They shouldn’t have targeted his daughter-in-law’s job; that was crossing the line.
However, his defiance didn’t last long. Hearing his elder brother say such words, his spirits immediately dampened. Yes, back then, as a girl, his family didn’t want him. His parents abandoned him in a ditch, telling outsiders he was dead. It was his elder brother who found him after searching for a long time and brought him back.
No matter how many years passed, he owed him his life.
"Jiaxuan, let your uncles leave. Whatever it is, it’s the festive season, we can get through it. Jiaojiao is a lifesaver to someone from the textile factory director’s family. Just say that a thief broke into our place and stole the notice. Just talk it through, plead nicely, maybe... maybe they could arrange another job."
Lu Jiaxuan listened to his mother, his brow furrowed tightly, while Zhou Jiaojiao cried even more mournfully.
"Mother, mother! That was my possession. Even if I’m a benefactor, with all they’ve given and securing a lifelong job for me, the gratitude is beyond repayment. A lifetime job, something that can be passed on to my children, such a precious thing lost, how can you ask me to request another, sob, sob, sob... Mother, how can you be so cruel!"
Watching his daughter-in-law weep bitterly, Liu Sanjin shrunk his neck, barely daring to meet her gaze.