novellhall Chapter 281 Don't dare to say
Chapter 281 Don't dare to say
Lu Congyue walked to the window, opened it, and took a few breaths of the cool air, which finally dispelled the gloom in his heart.
The call wasn't a complete waste of time; at least it revealed that Guan Jing hadn't found out anything, otherwise the old man wouldn't have reacted this way.
Lu Congyue tapped the window frame twice with his index finger.
How to deal with Village Chief Qian is still a troublesome matter.
He acted too impulsively back then. The right thing to do was not to ask, not to mention, and not to get angry, but to let the old village chief keep quiet until the day he died.
He impulsively ran over and threw a tantrum, taking away almost all of the old village chief's savings. No wonder the old village chief's wife and children separated from him and tended to abandon him.
As people get older, saving face becomes important, but having someone to care for them in their old age and see them off in their final days is even more important.
If Guan Jing offers a lot of money, the old village chief might reveal the matter to appease his wife and children.
Lu Congyue has been thinking about this matter over and over for a long time.
He felt the best solution was to talk to Zhuang Qingxiang about it a year later, when their two sons would be one or two years old, able to understand and do things.
Then let Xiao Donghua hug Zhuang Qingxiang's legs and cry, and let Xiao Chenglin hug his own legs and cry.
One cried and begged her mother not to leave, while the other cried and called for her father, saying she didn't want to leave.
Given Zhuang Qingxiang's gentle nature, she definitely wouldn't be able to bear it. No matter how angry or embarrassed she was, she would obediently stay by his side.
Lu Congyue has never been a hesitant person, but he hesitated for a long time on this matter, and now he has finally made up his mind.
At most, he could appease that inhuman village chief for a year.
He had everything arranged so that if anything unusual happened in Dongya Village, someone would immediately notify him.
Lu Congyue was lost in thought, but Guan Jing didn't dare tell Lu Sheng anything.
If Lu Sheng knew he already had a grandson, he might immediately recover from his illness and book a ticket to come see his grandson.
She didn't get any specific information from the military factory or Dongya Village. She only knew that Lu Congyue had come to see the old village chief once, and the old village chief had driven everyone out of their homes. Nobody knew what they had talked about.
Later, the old village chief discovered that his savings of many years were missing. Everyone clamored to report it to the police, and the old village chief had no choice but to admit that he had taken it.
But they refused to reveal where the money went.
His family had already suspected that he had some kind of relationship with a woman who had angered him to the point of hospitalization. After the money went missing, they all suspected that he had secretly given the money to that woman.
The old village chief's wife was so angry that she threatened to hang herself or drink pesticide. His sons also couldn't accept or understand his actions, and the old village chief is now all alone.
Guan Jing's intuition told her that the old village chief must know something, and it was related to Lu Congyue.
But when she asked, the old village chief wouldn't say anything.
Later, Guan Jing inquired about how much money had been stolen from the old village chief's house. Finally, she decided to take out three hundred yuan and ask the old village chief to tell the truth.
The old village chief said he would consider it, but unfortunately Lu Congyue arrived before he could make up his mind.
Seeing that Lu Congyue's expression was intriguing, Guan Jing was burning with anxiety, wishing she could pull out a gun and hold it to the old man's head to make him explain himself.
Unfortunately, with Lu Congyue around, she had to rush back before she could get any information out of him.
The matter of returning to the capital for the New Year cannot be delayed; we cannot leave Lu Sheng alone at home for the New Year.
To my utter surprise, when I arrived in the provincial capital and couldn't find my son, I learned that he had been framed and taken to the police station by that scoundrel Zhuang Qingxiang.
Guan Jing wished she could tear Zhuang Qingxiang to pieces.
But she couldn't tell Lu Sheng any of her suspicions, which made her even more eager to kill Lu Congyue and Zhuang Qingxiang, these two scourges.
During the Lunar New Year, the house was quiet and deserted, and Guan Jing's eyes were red.
"Old Lu, is there really no way? He's going to ruin Guoqiang's life."
Lu Sheng closed his eyes and sighed, "Don't you know what kind of person Guoqiang is? He must have done something outrageous, right under his brother's nose. He got himself into trouble. What could I do?"
Lu Sheng slapped the sofa armrest in anger, saying with a disappointed sigh, "I thought that after what happened last time, he really knew he was wrong and wouldn't do it again, but... he really... disappointed me!"
Guan Jing's heart trembled upon hearing this, and tears streamed down her face. Wiping away her tears, she said, "It's my fault. I didn't raise him well, but... before Yue came, Guoqiang was such a well-behaved child, you know that! I don't understand how he turned out like this..."
Guan Jing became more and more upset as she spoke.
She was truly heartbroken.
If she had known her son was so easily seduced by women, she would never have used this tactic against Lu Congyue.
"Old Lu, Guoqiang really changed after his reform at the farm. If you don't believe me, go ask his boss and colleagues at his workplace. He's been working diligently and hasn't acted recklessly since. Except for this time... I don't know why, but that widow from the Cong Yue family pinned this crime on him! I really don't believe Guoqiang would act so recklessly. You know he's very afraid of Cong Yue. How could he possibly bully Cong Yue's woman on Cong Yue's territory? It doesn't make sense!"
As Guan Jing spoke, she wiped away her tears while secretly glancing at Lu Sheng's expression.
Seeing that Lu Sheng was moved, he continued, "When I went to see Guo Qiang, he kept shouting that he was innocent. The provincial capital is Cong Yue's territory, and he helped the local police station solve a major case. Now everyone there is under Cong Yue's thumb. I suspect that even if Guo Qiang is innocent, they will still find a charge against him."
"Nonsense!" Lu Sheng interrupted her sternly. "What do you think the Public Security Bureau is? Do you think they'll listen to Lu Congyue? Don't tell me he's just a lowly director in the Commerce Bureau now; even if he were the Minister of Commerce, the Public Security Bureau wouldn't listen to him!"
Guan Jing immediately admitted her mistake: "Yes, I misspoke. I was just anxious! Lao Lu, think about it carefully. Do you think what I said makes sense? You know, with Yue's temper, if we're gone one day, Guoqiang won't even know how he died. Lao Lu, I'm really worried about him..."
As she spoke, she started crying again, her sobs heartbreaking: "Old Lu, I regret meeting you so much back then. If I hadn't chosen to marry you, perhaps none of this would have happened..."
The more Guan Jing spoke, the softer Lu Sheng's heart became.
Especially when he talks about those days, he was in his prime and successful in his career, while Guan Jing was young and beautiful, as charming as a flower that understands him. It was then that he first knew what it felt like to love someone, and it was not easy for him to marry Guan Jing.
Who knew that the woman from his hometown would give birth to his son, and such a troublesome and difficult child to manage.
"Sigh..." he sighed deeply.
Why is it that his promising son is a troublemaker born to that woman back home, while his son with Guan Jing is so unworthy of respectability...?