1959Siheyuan, a Turnaround

Chapter 330: Calm down

That night, there was constant laughter and joy in the He family's house. The family sat together and had a warm reunion dinner.

He Daqing's face was full of smiles. He never let go of his eldest grandson in his arms. He just held him while eating. His eyes were full of love. Perhaps this is the affection between generations.

He looks completely different now than when he first had Shazhu. Back then, he didn't like children as much as he does now.

However, at the Yi family next door, the atmosphere was completely different.

As soon as Yi Zhonghai got back from get off work, an aunt told him the news that He Daqing had returned.

"Old Yi, it's bad, He Daqing is back!"

"What? Why is he back at this time?"

Yi Zhonghai's face immediately turned ugly.

He knew very well how much trouble He Daqing's return would mean.

The first thing is that he embezzled the living expenses of Shazhu and his sister.

Fortunately, Boss Hu was arrested later and the old lady warned him not to act rashly.

He also never went to collect the money that He Daqing sent to Sha Zhu and his sister.

What Yi Zhonghai didn't know was that He Daqing felt uneasy after his public security comrades left, and from that time on, he never sent any money to Beijing again.

At this moment, Yi Zhonghai was pacing back and forth at home, feeling uneasy. He was thinking about how to get around this matter.

After all, many things cannot withstand investigation, even though the people above have erased the original records.

But if he doesn't give He Daqing an explanation, this matter will definitely be exposed, and then he won't be able to clear himself even if he jumps into the Yellow River.

After much deliberation, Yi Zhonghai decided to return all the money he had embezzled from Sha Zhu's siblings.

He frowned and paced while muttering to himself: "For now, this is the only arrangement. I hope this matter can be settled..."

But when he thought about having to pay out money, he felt uncomfortable.

Ever since Jia Dongxu lent him one thousand yuan, his family encountered problems one after another and his savings became less and less.

Now it seems that the one thousand yuan that the Jia family borrowed was completely wasted.

After Jia Dongxu passed away, he had an intimate relationship with Qin Huairu, and the money he lent him must have disappeared.

Tomorrow is Sunday, and he has to take his passbook to withdraw money, and then give it directly to He Daqing.

I hope He Daqing won't be too difficult to deal with by then, otherwise this matter will become known to everyone in the hospital, and he will be unable to defend himself.

The Li family next door was also talking about He Daqing's return.

Grandpa Li and Grandma Li also had opinions about the fact that He Daqing left his two children behind to defend the city.

"There is no one like him in the world," Grandpa Li said, shaking his head. "There is no father who would abandon his own children and go live with someone else."

Grandma Li also agreed: "That's right, He Daqing was indeed not a decent person back then, but it's been so many years since the incident, and it's not appropriate for outsiders like us to talk too much about other people's family affairs."

Li Dajiang also sighed: "Hey, fortunately Sha Zhu can stand on his own and has skills, so he doesn't have to rely on He Daqing to make a living..."

Wang Guifang said while eating: "We have to say that Lanxiang is a good person, otherwise He Daqing wouldn't have been able to enter the house so easily today!"

"That's right, my aunt's family has a good upbringing, otherwise, I wouldn't have introduced Lanxiang to Shazhu!" Wang Dahua felt a little proud when she said this.

"Yes, you are all right, Weiguo! Since you promised He Daqing, go back early after dinner and clean up the house."

Li Weiguo responded readily: "Got it, grandma. I'll go back with Uncle Xinchuang after dinner!"

Sure enough, not long after Li Weiguo finished his meal and returned to the courtyard, he heard a knock on the door.

When Li Weiguo opened the door, he saw He Daqing and his son standing in front of it.

Sha Zhu followed He Daqing holding a quilt. Li Weiguo saw that the two men looked normal and thought to himself that it seemed that the father and son had a very harmonious meal.

Li Weiguo greeted them with a smile: "Uncle He, Uncle Zhuzi, you are here!"

Sha Zhu said gratefully: "Weiguo, I'm sorry to bother you tonight!"

"Uncle Zhuzi, why are you being so polite to me? Come inside and talk."

Li Weiguo waved his hand, welcomed He Daqing and his son into the house, and directly led them to the room where Li Dajiang and his wife had lived.

Now, there is no other furniture in the room except a big kang, but fortunately there is a kang mat, which is kept clean.

He Daqing walked into the room, looked around, and a hint of satisfaction and gratitude appeared in his eyes.

He looked at Li Weiguo, nodded slightly and said, "Weiguo, thank you for letting me stay here. I'm sorry to bother you."

Li Weiguo waved his hand and said, "Uncle He, don't be so polite. This room is empty anyway, so you can stay here as long as you want!"

He Daqing smiled and said nothing more. He had already planned to go to the Li family tomorrow to express his gratitude in person, and thought of preparing a more generous gift by then.

Sha Zhu put the quilt on the kang and helped to tidy it up.

"Dad, you should go to bed early today. I'll be on my days off tomorrow and will accompany you around the city!"

"Okay, go back now!"

After Sha Zhu went back, He Daqing simply washed up and dragged his tired body back to the room to prepare for bed.

In order to hurry on his journey today, he got up too early and is now exhausted.

He lay on the kang, thoughts of Yi Zhonghai flashing through his mind. He remained calm, knowing that Yi Zhonghai would definitely come to his house tomorrow.

"Hmph, I'll just get enough rest tonight so that I can deal with that despicable Yi Zhonghai when the time comes." He said to himself.

Perhaps because of the fatigue from the journey, or perhaps because of the joy of seeing his eldest grandson, He Daqing slept particularly soundly that night without any dreams.

But at Yi Zhonghai's home, it was a completely different scene.

Yi Zhonghai slept uneasily that night.

Whenever he thought about having to spend money again, he felt heartbroken.

In addition, he had no idea what He Daqing's attitude was now. What should he do if he disagreed with what he said?

Also, will Sha Zhu hold a grudge against me if he knows that I embezzled his and his sister’s living expenses?

These questions kept circulating in his mind, causing him to toss and turn, unable to fall asleep.

As the night grew deeper, Yi Zhonghai tossed and turned in bed, even sighing from time to time.

It was not until the next morning that Yi Zhonghai got up, looked at his dark eye sockets in the mirror, and shook his head helplessly.

The self in the mirror looked really haggard, and even a bit guilty.

At this moment, he couldn't help but regret in his heart: "Why did I covet the living expenses of Shazhu's brother and sister? Now that I think about it, I really shouldn't have done that. My vision was too narrow."

He recalled that he was only thinking about getting Shazhu and his sister into trouble and forcing them to come and seek his help.

But he never expected the emergence of Li Dajiang, who came to the aid of Sha Zhu and his sister and ruined all his plans.

"Alas, why did I put all my hopes on Sha Zhu and Jia Dongxu at that time..."

Yi Zhonghai secretly complained in his heart that he should have thought of finding someone else to have the child with earlier.

Thinking of this, he turned his attention to Qin Huairu.

"I don't know if Qin Huairu is pregnant now? It would be great if Qin Huairu could really give me a child!"