She won't clear her name; she'll throw away all the scum.

Chapter 235

After closing the door, Chen Weijun and his family began to talk.

Chen Ligang was the first to express his dissatisfaction: "Dad, what did Uncle and Aunt mean just now? Why did they say I was useless? Why didn't they say what a terrible job they found for me? They just dropped me because I was late? If they really helped me find a job, how could they drop me for this reason?"

Chen Weijun muttered under his breath, "Your uncle is all talk and no action. He always acts like a good older brother, but he's nothing at all."

Chen Weijun was also angry. Just now, in front of so many people, his good older brother directly asked him to pay back the money, which was simply trampling on his dignity.

If it weren't for Song Xinhe's wedding tomorrow, he would have left even if Chen Mei had tried to persuade him.

Chen Mei: ...Actually, I didn't try to persuade her.

Fang Rong was extremely upset and irritable. Now that her older brother was leading the way in ostracizing them, how could their family ever hold their heads high among their relatives again? What would become of their two children, Li Gang and Li Qiang?

Liqiang can wait two more years, but Ligang is about to graduate from high school. If he stays at home every day, won't he be forced to go to the countryside?

If we confront them head-on, Wei Jun's work might be affected, and his whole family would starve.

Her sister-in-law is no good either. Her son is only in the first year of high school, but her third brother's family found him a job as an apprentice in a factory. She could have given it to Ligang, whose family could have had several years to spare.

The third son's family is no good; they'd rather find a job for a snobbish child like Chen Mei than give a good job to Liqiang, who's desperately looking for work.

Now, they've all sided with Chen Weiguo again, so why would they care about his family's affairs?

"I've already humbled myself to this extent, but why is no one helping Ligang?" Fang Rong said with a mournful face. She couldn't sleep well, her mind filled with images of Ligang being taken to the countryside, not eating or sleeping well, and being bullied by the villagers.

She knew that Xiang Hong from her eldest brother's family had just returned home from the village. During the time when her eldest brother and sister-in-law were arguing, she went to her eldest brother's house to call for her sister-in-law, hoping that she could take her eldest brother back.

She had met Xiang Hong before. Before she went to the countryside, Xiang Hong had a chubby face and was fair-skinned and delicate at home. She was also a good student and looked like a cultured and knowledgeable intellectual.

But when she came back from the countryside, her face was darker than her husband's, who had been under the sun all summer at work. Not only was her skin dark, but her cheeks were sunken, her hair was dry and yellow, and she looked much older, like a married woman.

One can only imagine how terrifying that wolf den must have been.

Her son, Ligang, can't handle hardship; he absolutely cannot go to the countryside.

She seemed to have made up her mind; she was willing to kneel before her eldest brother and third sister-in-law, but her son absolutely could not go to the countryside.

“Tomorrow, I will make them find a job for my son, Ligang. If they don’t settle down soon, he’s finished,” Fang Rong said sadly. “Tomorrow, before the man’s side arrives, I will kneel down by their door and force them to find a job for Ligang.”

“Since things have already gotten this bad, how much worse can it get? If they’re not human, I’ll make them lose face in front of Xinhe’s in-laws.”

“Who does Chen Mei think she is? She’s even siding with our older brother and trying to control us. If she wants to save face, she has to agree to our request.”

Chen Weijun lit a cigarette and said, "If you do this, we can't turn back now. You've offended them all."

Fang Rong: "That's about enough now. Are you really going to return the money to your older brother?"

Chen Weijun: "Where would I get the money to pay back?"

Fang Rong: "That's it. The eldest brother is forcing us to pay back the money, and Chen Mei and Lao San are also forcing us. Isn't this just deliberately trying to make us cut ties with them? Since things have come to this, we might as well make a bigger scene and get Li Gang a job."

Chen Weijun took a deep drag of his cigarette, but choked and started coughing violently.

Fang Rong stepped forward and patted him on the back. "Alright, alright, at worst you can find an excuse to leave tomorrow, away from them, and let me be the bad guy. Maybe there will be room for maneuver later."

Chen Weijun: "Do you think they're all idiots, still trying to bluff?"

"Then let's leave it at that. From now on, we'll just be a good family."

After the second son and his wife made their decision, they began to discuss how to be even more ruthless than the others the next day in order to achieve their goal in the best way.

Chen Ligang, who was listening nearby, didn't react. As a beneficiary of the situation, he would definitely agree wholeheartedly. But his younger brother, Chen Liqiang, was unhappy. His parents had offended their relatives terribly. What would he do after graduating in two years? Was his older brother supposed to stay in the city while he went to the countryside?

"Mom and Dad, you've solved my brother's problem this way, but what about me? I'll be left without anyone to help me, and I won't have a job. Are you planning to just let my brother stay here and send me to the countryside to suffer?"

"I disagree, I definitely disagree. What good will it do our family to follow Uncle around like that? Why do you have to make things so tense?"

“Dad, just agree with what Uncle said and pay back the money little by little. If our family really can’t afford to eat or wear clothes, just like Uncle said, they won’t stand by and watch us die. It’ll be tough, but if something really bad happens in the future, there will always be someone to help us.”

Chen Weijun shouted, "Are you stupid? We only feel secure and at ease when the money is in our own hands. We've returned all the money to your uncle, and our family is really going to have a hard time from now on."

"Do you think that if I return the money to him, your uncle will help our family like before? No way, he definitely won't come to our house again."

Chen Liqiang: "Then what am I supposed to do? You guys are just biased, only thinking about the eldest brother and not caring about my life or death at all."

Seeing him throw a tantrum, Chen Weijun had no choice but to explain things to him in a more gentle and persuasive way, saying, "Your uncle is a soft-hearted person. Even if we don't give him money, if something really serious happens, I'll go to his door and beg him. They definitely won't have the heart to abandon him."

"Your third uncle is the same. Although he is a bit harder-hearted than your eldest uncle, and with your third aunt in charge, he can only help us so much. But if a few of us go to your third aunt and act pitiful, she will definitely lend a hand."

“Do you really think your dad is so heartless as to abandon you? I'm not like your uncle and aunt, who are heartless. They clearly had the ability to help Xiang Hong, but they just stood by and watched her die. She's their own daughter. Even if you were a daughter, I wouldn't send you to the countryside.”

“If they really won’t help, then Dad will give you the job. You definitely won’t go to the countryside.”

After receiving this promise, Chen Liqiang finally shut up; his father was indeed very good to his two children.