Rebirth: She is Ready for a Counterattack!

Mrs. Gu was already impatient, she only cared about getting the money today, regardless of any family ties or not.

She reached out and said to Gu Ruhai, "Eldest, where’s the money?"

This was said with a bold confidence.

Gu Ruhai looked down at Li Weimin.

Li Weimin took out a cloth bag from his chest, opened it, revealing thirty stacks of ten-dollar bills neatly arranged inside.

Mrs. Gu’s eyes immediately shot out greed and joy.

She reached out to grab it.

Li Weimin quickly dodged, pulling the money back into his hands.

Mrs. Gu was displeased, with a cold face she asked Gu Ruhai, "Eldest, what are you doing, wasn’t it agreed?"

Gu Ruhai awkwardly kept his head down and said nothing.

Li Weimin smiled and said, "Old lady, don’t be angry, you can’t discuss this with Gu Ruhai. Didn’t Mr. Gu say this money was borrowed by you? Borrowing money..."

Before he could finish, someone else came through the front door.

It was Captain Gu Changhai and Village Director Fang Zhixin; they walked in and laughed, "Hey, Gu Ruhai, what’s going on here? The two families’ in-laws are gathered together. We originally came to your house to ask you something. This is just the right timing, you talk, and we’ll wait for a while."

Gu Xiaoying and Gu Xiaoqing quickly moved stools for the two of them.

The two indeed sat under the eaves, without speaking.

Mr. Gu’s face turned stern.

This was going to be a tough situation.

Before Mr. Gu could speak to have them leave.

Li Weimin continued to say, "Old lady, the money was said to be borrowed by Mr. Gu for urgent use. I’m only busying around because we’re in-laws, but this money can’t just be taken away with empty words. You have to give us a promissory note, right?

Even between brothers, clear accounts are needed. How about it?"

He smiled as he looked at Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu.

Mr. Gu looked at the silently standing Gu Ruhai on the side. Well, his good son, grown up and now playing tricks even in his heart.

Mr. Gu laughed, but Mrs. Gu wouldn’t let it go.

She stomped her feet and stood up, pointing at Gu Ruhai, "If a note is needed, it should be Gu Ruhai who gives it to you. Why should the two of us do it? Isn’t it Gu Ruhai who borrowed the money?"

Li Weimin asked in surprise, "No, old lady, didn’t Mr. Gu just say you needed it urgently, and that’s why you asked Gu Ruhai to collect it? How can it be Gu Ruhai’s borrowing? This money isn’t used by Gu Ruhai, of course, whoever uses it should make the note."

Both Gu Changhai and Fang Zhixin looked on, it made sense.

The man wasn’t wrong.

Mr. Gu realized that if this conversation continued, Mrs. Gu might blurt out nonsense, and it would get out of hand.

He never truly intended to sever ties with Gu Ruhai after all, whose family didn’t have issues like this.

It’s just that this time, Mr. Gu was angry.

He followed the lead of Gu Rushan and Mrs. Gu to harshly teach Gu Ruhai and his family a lesson.

To make Gu Ruhai understand that just because one has money, it doesn’t mean they can escape control; he could still return him to poverty from nothing.

Therefore, severing ties wasn’t the aim.

No one truly severs ties with their son.

If this got out, it would be a matter of pride.

People would certainly question it, and Gu Ruhai’s honest and naive reputation was well-known, and if pushed deeper, how could it be good?

The Gu Family’s reputation lately was already terrible.

It stank for ten miles against the wind.

Mr. Gu didn’t want more trouble.

So he thought it was best to keep things under wraps.

Such things could be said in private, but not taken seriously.

Gu Ruhai was also someone who cared about face, he’d never spread around talk of severing ties.

Then wasn’t it that whatever Mr. Gu decided would be so?

Just as Mr. Gu was about to stop Mrs. Gu, Gu Xiaoqing handed over a bowl of sugar water, "Grandpa, have some water."

Mr. Gu was stunned.

Mrs. Gu’s words had already escaped her lips, unstoppable.

"Who said we borrowed it? Why would we old folks need to borrow so much money? It’s a one-time upbringing fee that Gu Ruhai gave us, three thousand, as parting money for severing ties. If a note is needed, ask the eldest."

This shocked everyone present.

Mr. Gu slapped his forehead, foolish indeed.

The old woman couldn’t even use her brain.

All this while, he’d been nagging, that this needed to be kept quiet, can’t let it become public.

And it was spoiled by the old woman.

He glanced at Xiaoqing standing next to him, watching the people in the yard intently, and felt dizzy.

These were all sharp people.

"What? Mr. Gu, Mrs. Gu, what’s this about? Why the severance of relations?"

The question came from Gu Changhai, as the captain he had the right to care about village matters, big or small.

Mr. Gu said, "Captain Gu, don’t listen to the old woman’s nonsense, she’s babbling. It’s nothing."

He immediately tried to smooth things over.

Li Weimin was taken aback and asked with a smile, "Old lady, was Mr. Gu speaking the truth, the money is not severance payment? Then make a note, so I can be relieved. In my heart, it’s quite uneasy."

Mrs. Gu pulled Gu Ruhai over and said, "Eldest, you tell them, what is this money?"

She didn’t want to say it herself, talk of severance was too much, if a son said it, it would be grave disrespect and disobedience.

Could Gu Ruhai admit it?

Gu Ruhai stuttered and remained silent.

Mrs. Gu watched Li Weimin pack up the money and put it back in his chest, and her heart ached.

That was three thousand yuan.

She’d never seen so much money in her life.

If she missed this village, there won’t be another store.

Mrs. Gu made up her mind fiercely, not even looking at Mr. Gu’s expression, grabbed Gu Ruhai and said, "Uncle, Gu Ruhai is not filial to us old folks, we want to sever ties with him, he agreed to give three thousand yuan, considered the money we spent raising him over the years."

Li Weimin and Li Weiqiang looked at Gu Ruhai in shock.

Gu Ruhai wished he could sink into the ground.

Gu Changhai and Zhang Zhixin looked at Mr. and Mrs. Gu in surprise.

"Uncle, what is this?"

The two sighed inwardly, too.

Last night when Gu Ruhai and Li Xuemei brought pastries and tobacco to their house to talk about this, they knew, but they still thought Mr. Gu, being a sensible man, wouldn’t let this matter be out in the open.

Perhaps they were just going through the motions, likely Gu Ruhai was afraid of really severing ties and sought them to intervene.

They didn’t expect Mrs. Gu to really want money shamelessly.

Mr. Gu sighed, seeing things as they were, "Hehe, family ugliness shouldn’t be spread, I originally didn’t want to say anything, but the child has grown up, and so has his heart, we can no longer control it."

This vagueness left everyone imagining, pondering over how exactly Gu Ruhai had driven his parents to the point of wanting to sever ties. (To be continued. If you like this work, please vote for it on Qidian.com with recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)