Chapter 1293: Chapter 1293: Informing
Bai Xiao took Liu Hong to the airport.
The ticket was bought by someone she called at the last minute.
Liu Hong didn’t even have the money to buy a ticket.
Bai Xiao didn’t say a word; she just told her that if she needed help, she should go to Bai Yue.
She absolutely believed Liu Hong couldn’t handle this situation on her own.
If Li Shuanzhu could put Liu Hong in this position, it meant that all the family’s financial power was in Li Shuanzhu’s hands, and Liu Hong would probably face many difficulties when she returned.
She should have gone back to help, after all, Liu Hong was her friend.
But she really couldn’t leave, He Weng was waiting for her.
If she could, she would be willing to go help Liu Hong.
This is all she could do now.
She watched Liu Hong board the plane.
Bai Yue was going back tonight.
She called the village.
The Liu Family shouldn’t be unaware.
Liu Hong’s eldest brother, Liu Zhiweng, answered the phone and was simply in disbelief after hearing Bai Xiao’s words.
What kind of life had his sister been living these years?
Every time they visited Liu Hong, she would say she was doing well.
Li Shuanzhu didn’t have a good attitude towards them; they thought Li Shuanzhu might see them as freeloaders because they had no money.
So, to avoid suspicion, they didn’t visit their sister’s home much.
As long as the couple was doing well, they truly weren’t interested in their sister’s money.
Why add trouble for the couple?
Whenever they called, Liu Hong would always say she was doing well.
They also thought everything was fine.
Actually, if they thought about it carefully, there had been clues all along.
Liu Hong had been married for so many years, and except for the year she gave birth, she came back to her parents’ home for a month with the baby and never returned.
Every time she would say she was too busy! The business couldn’t do without her.
They didn’t think much of it.
But other families do business too.
No other family would never visit their parents.
What’s more, their brother-in-law never even called on holidays to greet the family.
It’s as if he didn’t exist.
Not to mention the niece and nephew, they’ve never talked to them.
They didn’t even know what those two kids looked like.
The parents hoped every year that Liu Hong would come back for the New Year.
But every year they were disappointed.
Even when the father was ill, Liu Hong came back to take care of him for a week and then left.
Yet they didn’t know their sister had been living like this all these years.
Liu Zhiweng hung up the phone, his face looking truly unpleasant.
The father’s health wasn’t good, and the mother was the same.
This matter couldn’t be known to them.
He forced a smile. Lately, the parents often talked about Liu Hong, probably because people, as they age, miss their children more, particularly those who are away.
Liu Hong originally chose Li Shuanzhu because she could stay at home, close by, for convenience in taking care of them.
They could see each other occasionally.
But Liu Hong herself said she wanted to go with Li Shuanzhu to the provincial capital to continue doing business; it couldn’t be delayed.
As a result, with the mountain high and the emperor far away, Li Shuanzhu bullied his sister like this.
Just thinking about it made him want to punch someone.
Does Li Shuanzhu think he can withstand his fist, bullying the Liu Family as if there’s nobody?
Liu Zhiweng returned home and immediately crashed into his brother, Liu Zhiguo, “Big brother! What are you doing? Why do you look so upset? Did your Xiaopeng cause trouble again?”
Liu Zhiguo saw from afar that his big brother looked furious and guessed his nephew had been acting up recently, wanting to go south to work, saying something about more money and opportunities there, looking down on village life.
The big brother was a stubborn man; he came back from the military to stay with his parents.
The kids had differences in thinking with the big brother; they couldn’t communicate, and this generational gap wasn’t something easily explained in words.
The kids nowadays were different from when they were kids.
If you spoke urgently, they’d directly argue back.
Now they were grown, he couldn’t hit them, reprimanding didn’t work either, truly angering the big brother.
“Perfect, little brother, come to my place, I’ll tell you something.”
Liu Zhiweng signaled to his younger brother, saving himself a trip.
“Sure! Let’s go, but just make sure I get lunch at your place, otherwise won’t your wife see me out?”
The two brothers joked around.
“You just keep joking, when hasn’t your sister-in-law served you well, I haven’t even treated my brother-in-law so well!”
Liu Zhiweng was frustrated, his wife was very virtuous, treating parents and family very well, she did her part so much that you couldn’t help but feel moved and respond similarly, the couple had never had an argument since they married.
“I was just kidding, why take it seriously?”
Liu Zhiguo felt embarrassed, his older brother was just old-fashioned, too rigid even for jokes.
Entering the courtyard, his sister-in-law Li Qiao was cleaning up; New Year was in twenty days, and the house had to be tidied up properly.
“Sister-in-law, I’m here to freeload, you better make something tasty, my Xiuhua’s cooking doesn’t match yours, look at me, I’ve never gained weight for all these years.”
Li Qiao laughed, “Sure, I’ll tell your Xiuhua right away, make sure you’re kneeling on the washboard tonight.”
The brother-in-law was cheerful, able to chat with anyone unlike her own husband, like a block of wood, a block of wood with a bad temper.
But the wood wasn’t looking good now.
Li Qiao guessed if there was an issue with the call.
She didn’t know who had called; she heard from the messenger it was a woman.
So far away, it was probably their sister Liu Hong calling.
“No, no, sister-in-law, how can you sell me out immediately, I don’t dare eat now, that meal will earn me three days kneeling, it’s not worth it.”
Liu Zhiguo was still jesting.
“Hurry in, don’t be disrespectful to your sister-in-law, stop with the nonsense, I have something to say.”
Liu Zhiweng kicked Liu Zhiguo hard.
Liu Zhiguo was kicked directly into the room.
“Ouch! Brother, why are you still so volatile? Such temper for so many years, still unchanged. Back in the troops, you always kicked me, you’re a father now, still kicking me? How can you let me face people?”
Liu Zhiguo was just mouthing off, the two brothers were used to roughhousing.
Liu Zhiweng came in and shut the door, which made Li Qiao glance over.
So mysterious, closing the door in broad daylight.
“Brother, did you do something bad? I feel something’s not right.”
Liu Zhiguo felt his brother was too abnormal, all the way here and now, his attitude and words weren’t usual.
“There’s a problem!”
“Really a problem? What is it? You didn’t sneak around with some woman besides sister-in-law, right? Then I won’t interfere, if sister-in-law deals with you, you deserve it, I can’t help.”
Liu Zhiguo knew his brother had just gone to answer the phone, which was a woman calling! In the village, there was no privacy.
That’s why he said it.
“Something happened to Hong!”
Liu Zhiguo’s expression changed.
“What’s wrong with Hong?”
With only one sister, their family doted on Liu Hong.
Liu Zhiweng explained the situation.
“Damn his ancestors for eight generations!”
Liu Zhiguo smashed the kang table with his fist, the table couldn’t withstand the force and instantly shattered into splinters.