1959Siheyuan, a Turnaround

Chapter 339 Yi Zhonghai's Visit

A few people drank tea and chatted in the yard for a while.

Afterwards, He Daqing led his family away from the Li family yard. After they left, Grandma Li stood in the yard, looking in the direction they left, feeling deeply moved.

She sighed and said slowly, "Looking at He Daqing, he doesn't seem like a confused person. I can't believe why he left his family and career and abandoned his two children. This Yi Zhonghai has really done a lot of harm to people."

After hearing this, the others also nodded, their eyes filled with resentment towards Yi Zhonghai and sympathy for what happened to He Daqing's family.

Sure enough, not long after He Daqing and his group returned home, Yi Zhonghai came to their door.

As soon as Yi Zhonghai entered the room, his face was full of smiles, his eyes narrowed into slits, and his voice was filled with false warmth: "Daqing, you see, when I came here just now, no one was home. Did you go to visit friends?"

At that time, He Daqing was sitting on a stool playing with his little grandson on the bed. When he heard Yi Zhonghai's voice, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared, like a blooming flower suddenly encountered frost.

He turned around slowly and said expressionlessly, "Yes. I went to visit Brother Li. What's going on? Is there anything you want to talk to me about?"

He Daqing asked this question even though he knew the answer. In fact, he knew Yi Zhonghai's purpose of visiting him clearly, but he didn't want to let him succeed easily, so he pretended to know nothing.

Yi Zhonghai looked at He Daqing and complained in his heart, thinking that He Daqing was really good at pretending.

But he still kept a smile on his face. Although he despised He Daqing in his heart, he could only force a smile and said, "Daqing, I have something to tell you."

As he spoke, Yi Zhonghai took out a stack of coins from his arms and placed them on the table in front of He Daqing.

"This is the money you sent to Shazhu's brother and sister..."

At this time, He Yuzhu, who heard the voices here, came over with a teacup.

He asked in confusion, "Uncle, what are you doing? Why did you take out so much money?"

I have to say that Sha Zhu's appearance was at just the right time, as if he had rehearsed it with He Daqing.

Yi Zhonghai was secretly annoyed, thinking that this Sha Zhu was really a fool. He asked questions without even waiting for someone to finish speaking. How could he continue speaking?

Before Yi Zhonghai could speak, Sha Zhu asked again: "Dad, didn't I hear that the uncle borrowed money from our family? What's the matter with this money?"

Listen, this is the cleverness of Sha Zhu. He didn't ask about the source of the money, but directly said that it was borrowed from the He family.

He Daqing also pretended to be like that, frowning: "I don't know, I don't remember lending your uncle money, you have to ask him about this."

After saying this, both the father and the son looked at Yi Zhonghai thoughtfully. Their eyes were like two sharp arrows, making Yi Zhonghai feel uncomfortable all over and even ashamed.

Yi Zhonghai felt like he was being roasted on a fire, and his face turned red and white.

He tried to calm himself, but his mind was rapidly thinking about how to respond.

He cleared his throat and tried to make his voice sound steady: "No, it's not a loan. This money is the living expenses you sent to Sha Zhu's brother and sister."

His eyes were a little wandering and he didn't dare to look He Daqing and his son in the eye.

"What? Living expenses!"

Sha Zhu stared at the stack of money on the table with wide eyes in disbelief.

"Uncle, are you sure? How come my living expenses are with you?"

At this moment, even Chen Lanxiang, who was doing housework nearby, came over when she heard the words.

"Living expenses? So the Yushui brothers and sisters have living expenses? Uncle, why haven't I heard you mention it before?"

"Yes, uncle, why didn't we know that we had living expenses? If you knew we had living expenses, brother wouldn't have to take me to pick up rags!"

Sha Zhu, Chen Lanxiang and He Yushui asked Yi Zhonghai every word.

Although their questions seemed normal, if you listened carefully you could hear some dissatisfaction in their voices.

Yi Zhonghai was questioned by a group of juniors and felt extremely embarrassed and ashamed.

"I'm not... worried that you'll spend it recklessly, so I'm saving it for you!"

He Daqing sneered, and that laugh was like ice chips: "Oh? Uncle, you are really kind. Why didn't you mention this to us in all these years? The two children didn't know, and I always thought that the money hadn't been sent."

He Daqing's eyes were full of mockery. He leaned forward and stared at Yi Zhonghai, as if he wanted to see through him.

Sha Zhu scratched his head and said, "Yeah, uncle, what you did was a little strange. You should have told us anyway. At the beginning, Yu Shui and I were so poor that we had to pick up scraps from the garbage dump outside. If we had known that we had living expenses, we wouldn't have suffered so much!"

There was a hint of complaint in Sha Zhu's tone, and his eyes were cold when he looked at Yi Zhonghai.

Beads of sweat appeared on Yi Zhonghai's forehead. He felt that his lies were made of paper and were about to crumble under the questioning of He Daqing and his son.

He wiped the sweat off his face, forced a smile and said, "Zhu Zi, I was wrong in this matter. I encountered difficulties at the beginning..."

He Daqing slammed the table and stood up: "You are in trouble? No matter how difficult it is for you, is it more difficult than Shazhu and Yushui? Don't you know what kind of life they have been living these years?"

He Daqing's anger seemed to devour Yi Zhonghai. His eyes were wide open and his face was full of anger.

Yi Zhonghai was frightened. He didn't expect He Daqing to suddenly get angry.

He stammered, "Daqing, calm down first and let me explain. Xiulan needed a large sum of money for medical treatment, so I shamelessly borrowed the money first."

Sha Zhu and his wife and He Daqing all looked at Yi Zhonghai at the same time.

Li Weiguo's prediction turned out to be correct, and Yi Zhonghai actually used this excuse to get away with it.

"Borrow? When I left, you only made 40 yuan a month. Do you still need to borrow the living expenses of Shazhu's brother and sister?"

"Besides, there are many people living well in the courtyard. Why don't you go to the Yan family or the Liu family to borrow money when you are in trouble? Instead, you want to borrow the living expenses of my two helpless children. What kind of logic is this!"

"This……"

Yi Zhonghai felt that he was in a desperate situation, and a trace of panic flashed in his eyes.

He originally thought that he could handle this matter easily, but he didn't expect that He Daqing and his son would be so difficult to deal with.

He kept cursing in his heart, but on the surface he had to continue explaining: "Daqing, this is indeed my fault. I am doing this for the good of Shazhu's brother and sister. I wanted to keep the money for them first, and then return the money to them when the time is right..."

Hearing this, He Daqing looked at Yi Zhonghai with contempt: "The right time? Then tell me, when is the right time? Isn't it the right time when the children have no money to eat? Or when Sha Zhu gets married? Your excuse is really lame."

Yi Zhonghai was speechless. He stood there, at a loss as to what to do, like a child who had done something wrong.