The Sweetness of the Seventies-Chapter 1195 - 1164: Losing Both People and Wealth

Zhu Zhitao was truly utterly disappointed.

This was the family he had always defended, the one that caused him to lose his own small home?

"Hahaha!" Hearing his mother’s words, Zhu Zhitao found it utterly absurd. In his mother’s eyes, his family, his happiness, his child—all these didn’t matter. Only money was important to her.

"Keep it down," Father Zhu, seeing his son like this and fearing his son might really lose his mind, quickly interjected to stop his wife.

"Since the divorce is final, of course we must seek the greatest benefit," Mother Zhu said. "Xiao Xiao has joint property with you and your wife; no matter what, you have to get custody of Xiao Xiao."

As long as they got Xiao Xiao, the girl was still young; the properties would still be at the discretion of the elders.

Zhu Zhitao scoffed and said, "With you as elders, that’s how the child won’t live a good life. She’s my own flesh and blood, and of course, I want Xiao Xiao to have a good life. It’s my fault; I wasn’t capable enough to protect them. I only took one car; the house belongs to Yuan Hua. You no longer have the right to live here, so pack up and move out tomorrow."

"What?" Mother Zhu was stunned. "You didn’t take anything, just a car?"

"I have no face to take anything," Zhu Zhitao said coldly, "Only a person as greedy as you would keep eyeing your daughter-in-law’s things. Now she’s not your daughter-in-law anymore, let’s see how you can cling on!"

Having said that, Zhu Zhitao went in, packed some clothes into a big bag, and was set to move out first thing in the morning.

Seeing her son act like this, Mother Zhu was so angry she didn’t know where to vent, and cursed, "Useless thing, such a big family business, and you didn’t fight for it, such a disappointment."

Father Zhu regretted, "Ah, we really did go too far in the past, we just didn’t expect Yuan Hua to have such a fiery temper, to go straight to divorce."

"Divorced, damaged goods, what good can come of it? I want to see what kind of good man she can find," said Mother Zhu. "Let’s not rush, if that woman can’t find someone good, maybe she’ll reconcile with our son."

Mother Zhu’s mindset couldn’t be changed in an instant; she felt that this was only temporary.

Father Zhu didn’t feel the same way; he thought that Yuan Hua might really mean it this time.

"Maybe..." Father Zhu hesitated, uncertain.

"There’s no maybe, we don’t need to move," Mother Zhu said. "If they don’t eat, we’ll eat. We can only be in good spirits once we’re well fed and watered."

Father Zhu had no choice but to sit down and eat, thinking to himself that he should find some time to talk to his in-laws. Women’s matters are like this, no need to take them to heart; a complete family is better after all.

Deep down, Mother Zhu was also somewhat panicked. If they lost a daughter-in-law like that and considering her son’s dull nature and him not taking any property, that would be a huge loss.

Her son was excellent, but she had to admit Yuan Hua was very talented and good at making money too.

If they were to find another, her son could surely find someone as good as Yuan Hua.

They all had an uneasy sleep that night.

In the morning, Zhu Zhitao got up, put several big bags into his car, and said, "Hurry up and pack your stuff. I’ll send the luggage to the company’s dormitory, then I’ll come back to help you move your things."

"This is my home, why should I go?" Mother Zhu retorted. "If anyone is leaving, it should be you!"

Zhu Zhitao frowned; he had promised Yuan Hua he would get his parents to leave here as soon as possible.

"If you don’t leave, there will be people who’ll make you leave," Zhu Zhitao said. "This is Yuan Hua’s house, my ex-wife, not your daughter-in-law anymore."

"No, I won’t move," Mother Zhu said. She didn’t want to move back to some apartment building after living in such a spacious place.

Just then, Aunt Wu came in with a few strong men and said to Zhu Zhitao, "Zhitao, Yuan Hua asked me to bring some people over to watch them move."

Zhu Zhitao nodded and said, "Then I’ll have to trouble you all. Since they won’t listen to me, let others pack up their things."

Zhu Zhitao turned around and drove away.

As for his parents, if they didn’t care about losing face, then he’d let them be disgraced.

Father Zhu and Mother Zhu looked at each other, stunned.

Aunt Wu directly led people to Father Zhu and Mother Zhu’s room and said, "Hurry up and pack your things. You can’t live here anymore. Yuan Hua is no longer your daughter-in-law, and now you finally can’t boss us around anymore. Come on, if you don’t pack up yourselves, then we’ll do it for you."

Mother Zhu’s complexion turned ugly, pale, and she clenched her fists tightly.

"How could she do this? How could she be like this?" Mother Zhu muttered to herself, unable to understand how the lamb-like Yuan Hua could suddenly become so tough.

When Aunt Wu heard Mother Zhu’s words, she said, "It’s only because Yuan Hua is a good-natured person that she’s put up with your pretense. Now she doesn’t want to tolerate it anymore, and since you’ve always looked down on her, you can hurry up and leave now."

Mother Zhu wanted to say more, but was stopped by Father Zhu, who said, "Don’t embarrass yourself, just hurry up and pack."

Aunt Wu watched them as they packed.

Mother Zhu thought that if they had to leave today, she should at least take something good with her, but Aunt Wu was watching closely.

As Mother Zhu was packing a vase from the cabinet, Aunt Wu scoffed and said, "Oh my, you want to take your former daughter-in-law’s belongings? Go ahead, pack them up. But before you leave the house, we will check everything again. You won’t be able to take anything that doesn’t belong to you."

"It’s from my room, of course I can take it," Mother Zhu retorted defiantly, unwilling to let go of the benefits in her hand.

Aunt Wu laughed and said, "Heh, in that case, is the road you walked on also yours to take? What a joke. Yuan Hua didn’t mind it before, but we never expected that each time you went back, you’d take the best things from the house. You think we don’t know? We know everything. I even have a list here. Do you want to return those things as well?"

Now that the bridge was burned, Aunt Wu was not afraid of Mother Zhu.

On top of enduring past grievances from Mother Zhu, she could finally vent them all at once.

This old woman was really too much.

Seeing the situation, Father Zhu hurriedly said, "Don’t take it, just take our clothes and leave. After all, that stuff isn’t ours anymore." freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

The situation had spiraled beyond his expectations, beyond his control.

If they made a scene, they would be the ones losing face.

Better to just pack up quickly, or those strong men would arrive and throw their belongings out.

Mother Zhu was angry but powerless.

They were both old and could not overpower the several strong young men, and with their younger son not around and their elder son not caring, they were helpless.

After dragging her feet for an hour, Mother Zhu finally finished packing, looking back reluctantly at her surroundings. Ah, such a nice house, such a beautiful yard, and now they could no longer live here.