Chapter 382: Chapter 383 Shameless Wang Family

Wang Zhuzhu’s eyes were glued to Huo Chen, her lips curled in a blissful smile until Old Man Wang called out to her, snapping her back to reality with reluctance: “Dad, what’s wrong?”

“Cut out your daydreaming, look at yourself in the mirror.”

Wang Laoer’s Wife and Wang Laosan, standing nearby, clearly looked down on her too.

Old Man Wang’s remark was like poking a hornet’s nest. Wang Zhuzhu immediately became upset, wiping away tears angrily as she turned to confront her sister-in-law and brother: “What’s wrong with the way I look? Haven’t you all said that I’m pretty? Are you saying I’m not?”

Wang Laoer’s Wife dared not to contradict her, fearing a beating from her mother-in-law, so she could only reply with guilty conscience, “Pretty, of course, you’re pretty.”

Wang Laosan, struggling to suppress his laughter, followed suit and bobbed his head with feigned praise: “Yeah, definitely pretty.”

As he finished, he turned his gaze towards Xu Ying, filled with amazement and greed.

He hadn’t expected to encounter such a beautiful woman in this world, pity she was married; if she wasn’t, to have such a stunning woman beneath him would be so comforting.

Now, all Wang Laosan could think about was Xu Ying.

Huo Chen noticed his licentious thoughts towards his wife and his eyes turned icy. He quickly dialed the police.

In no time, the police arrived. After understanding the situation, they turned to warn the Wang Family, “Please leave now, or else come with us to the station.”

Wang Laotai was already frightened when she saw Mr. Public Security, her earlier arrogance gone.

Now, trembling with fear, she scrambled up from the ground, and along with her husband, tried to run away.

But Xu Ying wasn’t about to let them off that easily and spoke up, “These people have been disrupting our business for a good two hours. We could have earned over 200 yuan during this time, and I demand they compensate for our loss. Otherwise, what happens if someone else causes a scene and interrupts our business again? Am I supposed to just stop making money every day?”

Upon hearing Xu Ying, Wang Laotai suddenly burst into tears, crying with her face in her hands.

“Good heavens, these city dwellers bully us too much, directly trying to set us up…”

“Shut your mouth. If you continue to make a scene, you’ll spend a few days at the police station,” said Mr. Public Security, his head throbbing with the disturbance these shrews and ruffians were causing – the most troublesome kind to deal with.

Ultimately afraid of actually being taken to the police station, Old Man Wang glared at his wife and said harshly: “Just shut your mouth, damn your crazy ideas, now you’ve got us having to fork out two hundred yuan.”

So much money, their whole family couldn’t save that much even after a year of working in the fields.

Old Man Wang anxiously turned to his eldest son, “Fucheng, can you talk to your boss? Ask him to accept less money.”

Wang Fucheng had no face to do such a thing, speaking indifferently: “What the boss is asking for is already low. Today’s a Sunday, and the store especially relies on Sundays for good earnings. Normally, we only make about one or two hundred a day, and it’s on these student holidays that we earn more. But there you go, blocking the door and causing such a scene, leading us to lose out on two hundred yuan. I can’t afford that out of my own pocket.”

Old Man Wang, on hearing his son’s words, grew red in the face with anger – this damn kid was actually siding with the boss.

“Fucheng, you know our family’s situation. These two hundred yuan could cost your mom and me our very lives. Have you really not saved any money after working for over a month?” Old Man Wang prodded desperately.

Wang Fucheng shook his head, “I barely make a few dozen yuan a month here, and I still have to pay for my son and daughter’s schooling, as well as our rent. Every single thing here in the city costs money, from food to rent. With us being new, where would we find the extra cash after making ends meet?”

As soon as these words came out, Wang Laotai felt a pang in her heart, she didn’t have two hundred yuan.

Watching Huo Chen humbly plead, “Boss, could you possibly be flexible? Just deduct the money from my eldest son’s wages.”

As soon as she spoke, Wang Fucheng’s eyes reddened with rage, and he couldn’t control his emotions, bellowing, “Mom!”

Wang Laotai was startled by his outburst but quickly turned around and glared at him, “Yelling what? Call your mom; I’m not dead yet.”

“Mom, are you giving me any way to survive? If you deduct two hundred yuan from my wages, what will I have left to eat, drink, where will I live, and what about my son and daughter?” Wang Fucheng cried out, on the brink of collapse.

There was definitely more than two hundred yuan at home; before he left, he heard his parents discussing arranging a match for his younger brother.

They generously promised to give five hundred yuan for the bride price directly.

He had just started working and received only one month’s salary.

After getting paid, he had hurriedly bought daily necessities, kitchen utensils, and clothes for his son and daughter; he literally had no spare cash on hand.

If he had to pay back those two hundred yuan, he’d have to go without food or drink for several months. He could manage, but his wife and children couldn’t bear such hardship.

“I’m not paying back this money,” Wang Fucheng declared firmly for the first time.

Wang Laotai instantly flew into a rage and began to wail, “Eldest son, you heartless unfilial child.

I carried you in my womb for ten months, and it was tough to bring you into this world. I took care of every part of you. Is this how you repay me?”

Wang Fucheng said nothing.

Yang Hongxia stepped forward, “It’s fine if Fucheng pays back the two hundred yuan for you, but from now on, you are not allowed to come to us again. Our two families shall cut ties from this point forward.”

After her words were out, Old Man Wang’s eyes bulged, and Wang Laotai was stunned.

Cutting ties? How could that be possible? The eldest son had a job now, earning tens of yuan a month. He was supposed to provide some filial money to his old parents.

Without hesitation, she shook her head and immediately refused, “That’s unacceptable. He is our own son, how could we just cut ties? You malicious woman, all you do is sow discord between a mother and her son.

Cut ties, how could you be so cruel? No matter what, he’s still the child I bore. I can’t bear to part with him.”

After hearing this, Yang Hongxia snorted coldly, “You’re not willing to let go of my man, or is it his money-earning ability you can’t let go of?”

When she said this, Wang Laotai’s face turned red, glaring fiercely at Yang Hongxia, raising her hand as if to strike her.

The Mr. Public Security officer, having understood the situation, looked at Old Man Wang and his family with disgust on his face.

Now seeing the old woman about to hit someone, he sternly warned, “Madam, we are living in a new era, and a mother-in-law has no right to hit her daughter-in-law.

If you hit her, that would be an offense, and we could arrest you.”

“What?” Wang Laotai was bewildered. She couldn’t fathom who reprimanding her own daughter-in-law could possibly trouble.

Why couldn’t she hit her? She looked at Mr. Public Security, huffing, and lowered her arm.

“Eldest son, you’re my son, how could I bear to sever ties with you?”

“Then I shouldn’t return it, I don’t have the means to pay it back. Even if I did, there are my second brother, third brother, and younger sister as well, they are also your children, why is it that when trouble arises, it’s always me who has to bear it?” Wang Fucheng challenged.

“You are the eldest son, the eldest brother in the home, and if not you, then who will take on these responsibilities?” Wang Laotai said angrily.