Rebirth: A Cinderella's Counterattack-Chapter 681 - 661: An Encounter in a Narrow Path, He Juncai (20)
Two people stood up, the woman’s face with bruises at the corners of her mouth and eyes; her left eye was swollen shut, barely a slit visible, and there was a bit of blood trickling from the corner of her mouth.
Although Zhang Ye was reluctant, he still handed her a piece of paper as it was, after all, his job.
He Guo fared even worse; although he managed to dodge the keys with his eyes, he couldn’t avoid his scalp and face getting scraped off a large chunk of flesh by the keys.
Blood was profuse, and he was cursing and grimacing in pain, yet he didn’t dare to touch the wound.
Luo Qianqian shivered; this kind of fighting was indeed something she had never seen before. She had been in fights herself, but had never come across such ruthless opponents; no matter what, these two were still a married couple, not enemies forced to engage in combat.
After both stood up, Jimo Cheng immediately covered Luo Qianqian’s eyes. She hadn’t even had the chance to see the dignities of the two people before her vision went dark.
Lin Jiayou was taken aback and quickly covered He Wenyu’s eyes, his mouth twitching slightly in a smirk, thinking it’s risky behavior likely to get caught, yet requiring his collaboration.
Huang Yueran let out a soft exclamation upon seeing the situation, then remembering the two little girls, she looked back to see that their eyes had already been covered, and she breathed a sigh of relief, fearing her children would have nightmares.
"You damn woman! Are you trying to kill me?" He Guo kicked the woman, "If my face gets ruined, you’ll regret it!"
The woman gave a cold laugh, "You think I’m joking? I really don’t want to be with you anymore! He Guo, let’s get a divorce!"
"What?" He Guo wore an expression of disbelief.
By then, Luo Qianqian had also begun to grasp the situation better in the darkness, able to think more about the matter, "So, this is a self-inflicted injury tactic?"
"Your self-inflicted tactics involve shedding a few tears; how come when it’s their turn, it turns to a bloodshed..." He Wenyu naturally picked up the conversation in the darkness, clearly remembering how her mother had beaten her while saying, "For bullying your sister, making her cry..."
"Perhaps... like crocodile tears, even if shed, no one would believe?" Luo Qianqian, grasping Jimo Cheng’s hand, attempted to pull his hand away, but Jimo Cheng’s hand didn’t budge.
His gentle voice arose beside her ear, "Not suitable for children, better you don’t watch. It’s quite horrifying."
He Wenyu awkwardly noticed that Lin Jiayou had already withdrawn his hand, and looking at the other two, she resignedly used her own hands to block her view, thinking if she could mention it was to avoid ’scarring her eyes,’ afraid of having nightmares later?
Luo Qianqian said nothing, only muttering in her mind; she had seen people with their heads blown off, so why would a bit of blood disturb her? Nevertheless, she obediently nodded. She was always happy to play the lady in front of Jimo Cheng.
Then she stretched out a hand, "Give me a piece of preserved plum."
The corner of He Wenyu’s mouth twitched, thinking was this a movie theater offering snacks?
Then, watching through the gaps in her fingers, she saw Jimo Cheng place a preserved plum in her open palm, promptly closing her fingers around it. Why was she so determined to watch these two people?
"He Jun, this woman is yours now, you should compensate me!" He Guo disdainfully looked at the woman, he had long found the woman irritating, lazy, and especially after Cong Xin’s death, even more so! If it weren’t for him, she might starve to death by now!
Who knew that He Jun calmly picked up a calculator, the crisp sound of the calculator chiming, "Resetting, one sixty-eight plus ninety-three plus seventy-six plus one hundred eight plus... plus fifteen hundred plus five point five plus three minus five hundred equals one thousand seven hundred thirty-five yuan and fifty cents."
He Jun immediately said, "Um, if I give you five hundred yuan for medical expenses, you will still owe me one thousand seven hundred thirty-five yuan and fifty cents considering our familial ties, I’ll round it down for you, just give me one thousand seven hundred. The dirty skewers on the ground, the broken bottles, unpaid bills, the damaged tables and chairs, the blood-stained table - you can take all these away. Are you paying in cash or by card? No credit sales."
"Pfft..." He Wenyu burst out laughing, her father was really too funny, meticulously pressing the calculator for so long; she had actually thought he was going to pay, as that’s what usually happened in the past.
"I have all the bills here, if you need an invoice, I can provide that too. See what you think." He Jun glanced at his daughter who was eating snacks with her eyes covered, seemingly carefree, and was momentarily speechless.
Zhang Ye was also stunned, unsure whether to laugh or maintain composure, only able to bow his head and try to conceal his amusement, after all, he still needed to maintain his dignity, but his colleagues beside him couldn’t hold back and laughed first.
"He Jun!"
"Hey, boss, are you paying by cash or card?"
"I’m your brother!"
"Even brothers settle accounts clearly, Boss He, even my daughter has to pay when she eats here."
He Wenyu curled his lips. That was because she never came to eat here, if she wanted to eat she would just call and pick it up in the evening.
Huang Yueran whispered to Luo Qianqian, "Whatever you want to eat, just tell your godmother, and I’ll bring it home for you."
Luo Qianqian pursed her lips and nodded.
So that’s how it was, but it wasn’t like He Wenyu was someone who would sit here to eat, at home she could even sit on the floor to eat, but that wouldn’t do here. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦
"Are you set on doing this? Then let’s split up the family! You bring out your things, and I’ll bring out mine, and we’ll divide them in half!" He Guo’s eyes rolled around. Although he didn’t know about the other things, He Jun definitely owned property.
"My things? I’m all alone. The bank account is in my wife’s name, the house is my child’s. I just work for them; they handle my food and everything."
He Jun’s face was calm.
He Wenyu was quite surprised. She knew that the household account was under her mother’s name because of this messed-up family.
But still, wasn’t father’s statement a bit too pitiful?
What did he mean by working?
But then again, aside from work, he didn’t really do anything else, yet he was always happy.
"And furthermore..." He Jun’s voice suddenly grew louder, "I remember the ’money-losing goods’ you always talked about forced us to leave our home with nothing after my beloved daughter was born. Now that she has passed away, you still want to lord over me?"
He Guo, upon hearing this, didn’t care about the injury on his face and just sat down on the ground: "Oh my God, come and see, as soon as you let go, your beloved son doesn’t care whether his brother lives or dies anymore!!!..."
"Officer, please enlighten him with some common sense." He Jun’s face was indifferent.
Zhang Ye nodded, "Comrade, legally, there is no obligation for brothers to support each other financially, and since you are physically capable, morally, there’s no standing on your side either."
"Even the police are bullying me now, not maintaining justice!!!" He Guo continued to yell without hesitation.
"What time is it?" Luo Qianqian was very calm.
"Eight fifty-three," Lin Jiayou answered.
"Uncle Police, we kids need to go to bed, their voices are too loud and it’s keeping me from sleeping well. Is this considered disturbing the peace?" Luo Qianqian yawned without hesitating, let go of Jimo Cheng’s hand, and said with her eyes closed.
Disturbing the peace... at a night market?
Zhang Ye’s face was also a riot of colors, but he used this as an excuse to take everyone, including He Jun, back to the police station. Luo Qianqian then opened her eyes under He Wenyu’s direction, curled her lips, "Really, godmother, why don’t you and godfather go make a temple visit to get rid of this bad luck, why is there always trouble like this?"
"It’s probably because of bad deeds done in a past life... Ow, Mom, why did you hit me?" He Wenyu hadn’t finished speaking when Huang Yueran smacked her hard on the butt.
"What are you blabbering about?" Huang Yueran quickly packed up things outside with the help of the children and moved them inside before she chased everyone out of the store and locked the door: "All of you go to sleep, next time you dare run out this late, see if I don’t beat you. I’ll go check on your dad, and Qianqian, you better sleep well and don’t run around, do you hear me?"
"Oh..." He Wenyu watched Huang Yueran leave in a taxi, with a face of innocence: "Does mom know we’re living together or not?"
...Could you please not think about such irrelevant things?
