Everything happened all of a sudden. Wei De was caught off guard. He was at a loss of what to do.

  Those people had not only withdrawn their funds but also recalled the people whom they had recruited earlier.

  Given his current capability, Wei De could not control the chaotic situation that he was facing now.

  Wei De had already received a harsh beating from Zhai Hua and Zhai Sheng earlier. Every bone and muscle of his body was in extreme pain. In the end, the employees were so furious that they pressed Wei De to the ground and mercilessly gave him another round of beating. Wei De even fainted eventually.

  When Wei De could finally open his swollen eyes, albeit with much difficulty and barely opening them in a slit, he found himself surrounded by four miserable white walls and he was having a bad headache. Had he been hospitalized?

  It was true that everyone kicks a man who is down.

  He and Zhai Hua were not over yet, but these people could not wait to trample on him who was down on luck.

  Just wait and see. When he reconciled with and married Zhai Hua, he would use the Zhai family’s power to retaliate against whoever made things difficult for him today!

  “Sir.” The auntie whom Wei De had hired to look after Wei Wei was sitting by his side, looking awkward. “Sir, you are awake. D-do you want some water?”

  Wei De gave a long sigh. He closed his eyes and nodded weakly.

  After the auntie fed Wei De a mouthful of water, she was thinking of how to get away. “Sir, Wei Wei is sleeping. Should I wake him up?”

  “!” Wei De gave a glare and revealed a murderous look in his eyes. Nevertheless, this murderous aura disappeared very soon after.

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  A woman was a woman, while his son was his son.

  Zhai Hua was very important to him but so was his son.

  When he said that he did not want Wei Wei anymore, he was faking his stand in front of the Zhai family in order to plead for Zhai Hua to turn back her heart. It was impossible for him to give up on this son.

  However, the situation had turned out as such. Certainly, Wei Wei would not be able to remain in Ping Cheng anymore.

  Wei De was afraid that Zhai Hua would be unwilling to meet or bother about him again if he were to bring up Wei Wei’s name again, not to mention to allow this child to appear in front of her. “I will give you a contact number. Call this number. You don’t need to tell the person about my situation. You just need to tell the person that I have been too busy with my business recently and am not in Ping Cheng now, and ask them to fetch Wei Wei back.”

  “Oh, sure.” The auntie was aware that her only duty was to take good care of Wei Wei when she was hired.

  If the child were to be sent away, she should be able to leave then?

  When she received the contact number, the auntie paid out of her own pocket and dialed the number. She repeated Wei De’s words accordingly.

  After Mother Wei listened to the phone call, she agreed readily without suspecting. She took it that Wei De was really busy. “Fine, send the child to the train station tomorrow. I will go and fetch him.”

  “Okay.” The auntie heaved a sigh of relief.

  After hanging up the phone at home, Mother Wei lost her temper. “Ah De is a man. He needs to support the entire family and earn money. He needs to support us. Zhai Hua is just a woman. Why is she so insensible? Why doesn’t she know her limits? As a woman, first, she should serve her man. Second, she should take good care of him and his child. As for the rest of the matters, she can leave it to Ah De to handle. Outrageous! If she becomes my daughter-in-law next time, I will definitely take her in hand properly and make her understand what a woman’s duty is. If she is not able to change her temper, she can forget about calling me mom!”

  Her son was very capable now. He could earn so much money.

  Now, in the village, which family’s house was better than hers? Whose clothing, food, and daily necessities were better than hers?

  Touching the big and heavy gold bracelet on her wrist, Mother Wei looked so smug that she was about to fly. “Given my family’s Ah De’s current qualities, if it is in the olden times, he would be considered a magnate who should have a few wives. At this point in time, he will be able to get any women that he wants. Pretty and young ones will come to him as long as he waves his hands. It’s just that our family’s Ah De is too honest and virtuous. He has never shunned her. She also has to know where she stands. She was not being appreciative at all!”

  Zhai Hua was almost thirty years old and she still refused to marry Wei De. She was so proud. Mother Wei could not wait to rush to Zhai Hua and give her a few tight slaps on the face.

  Juniors who were insensible deserved a beating!

  When Father Wei heard Mother Wei’s words, he was so furious. Bam—!! He smashed his bowl on the table and it shattered into pieces. “Your son is so capable now that you hate other people’s daughter so much. Fine, make a phone call now and ask your son to break up with her. Thereafter, get your son to do according to what you said—find a young, pretty, and well-educated one. Won’t that do?”

  When Father Wei flared up, Mother Wei’s voice softened. “What do you mean by this? I’m going to keep my mouth shut. People from our Wei family are honest and virtuous. I…… I was just lamenting a little. I didn’t do anything either.”

  “Humph. You just know how to talk.” Father Wei snorted with disdain. Regardless of how pleasant the words were, everything that his son had now was owed to that ‘daughter-in-law who had countless faults’ from his wife’s mouth.

  Would their son be able to establish himself in Ping Cheng without that family’s daughter?

  “She is not even married to our family yet and you are already protecting her. You…… What do you mean by this?” Mother Wei was not willing to admit that her own son was not good enough and had to rely on a woman. Her son was the capable one. It was that woman who was too insensible.

  That woman should pass all the power in her hands to her son.

  It had always been the case where a man should take care of external matters while his wife took care of domestic affairs. That should be the right way.

  “What else could I mean? Is Ah De not my son? Believe it or not, as long as you say any of what you said just now to the other family’s daughter, she will turn against our family. Both of us know how capable our son is. Do you dare to say that he will be able to find someone better than her? However, if the chief’s daughter leaves Ah De, her family can easily introduce her to someone who is much better than Ah De.”

  In the eyes of the parents, their own children would always be the most outstanding ones in the world.

  Father Wei did not like to talk but it did not mean that he did not have brains.

  His wife had been bragging too much, so much so that she had taken her words of bragging as the truth.

  It was not that the other family’s daughter could not leave Ah De. If Ah De were to leave her, he would be reduced to nothing.

  Mother Wei was panting heavily in anger but she did not refute Father Wei’s words. “Why are you so fierce? I am just saying this at home.” Of course, she would not be so stupid as to say this in front of that lady.

  That lady’s biological father was the great chief while her whole family was farmers.

  Nevertheless, after Ah De married that woman, that woman also had to address her as ‘mom’ abidingly and respectfully although she was a farmer. She had to be filial to her!

  “You can’t say that even at home. What if someone hears it and mouths it to that lady? Also, you let your tongue slip now. When you really meet that lady, what if you can’t help it and say this to her? You’ll see how your son will deal with you if you wreck this marriage.”