The next day Zhang Yu got up and found that there was still no one in the two houses next door. She couldn’t help but frown; Zhao Lin’s condition yesterday, it should be a fracture, which means surgery. But you can’t stay in the hospital for a night, right? Zhao Qi surely wouldn’t agree; he would definitely say he has to go to work and can’t be late or something like that. Zhao Fu wouldn’t stay there all night either; most likely, Gong Da Niang would be taking care of Zhao Lin. Zhang Yu didn’t have the inclination to knock on their doors to inquire. After freshening up, she ate and left to prepare for work. Everyone felt strange too, wondering why there was nobody from Zhao Fu’s family, but they wouldn’t go knocking. Yesterday, Zhao Lin got injured. Zhao Fu was like a mad dog, biting everyone, thinking someone might compensate for the loss. What if you went to his house now and got blackmailed by him? Especially Zhao Fu’s behavior yesterday; it really pissed everyone off. In the courtyard, everyone tiptoed past, afraid of disturbing Zhao Fu’s family. Zhao Fu and Zhao Qi returned home past midnight. Don’t ask them how they knew; the excuse was that Zhao Lin had just come out of surgery. Once they understood the situation, they hurried back because they were the breadwinners of the family and couldn’t afford to fall sick. Yesterday was exhausting; they’d spent the day in the mountains looking for rabbits, which wore Zhao Fu and his son out, and by the time they got home, it was already midnight. They slept soundly, completely unaware they were already late. Zhao Fu yawned and turned over to continue resting, finding it very quiet outside, with the sun shining brightly. Aaahhh, Zhao Fu jumped up in fright, "I’m late, I’m late." He looked at his watch, and his mouth dropped open, "It’s already noon." Zhao Fu knew he was late and prayed in his heart, hoping it hadn’t been long, but reality was cruel, and it was already past noon. Even if they rushed to the factory now, lunch would definitely be over, and they would still get scolded. Zhao Fu could picture the workshop supervisor’s very displeased face, thought it over, and said, "Forget it, going to the factory now won’t bring any good." Follow current novels on N0velFire.ɴet "Let’s go tomorrow." Zhao Fu flopped back down to sleep. Zhao Qi was startled awake by Zhao Fu’s shout from the next room, saying they were late. This frightened Zhao Qi; how could it be, how could they be late? He didn’t have time to think much and quickly started dressing. He soon heard Zhao Fu say it was twelve o’clock. No way, Zhao Qi was stunned, had they really slept until noon? He hadn’t taken leave today, and didn’t even bother thinking about the workshop supervisor’s unpleasant face. As for yesterday, when he still wanted to impress and strive to go to a branch factory out of town, he completely gave up on that. As the eldest son, how could he go out of town? He must stay home to take good care of his parents; even if someone had to leave home, it must be Zhao Lin. This time, it wasn’t just their family in trouble; even the uncle’s family was unlucky too. Zhao Jian had hit his head, which was definitely the doing of Auntie Zhao and her daughter. Zhao Qi had seen them bully Zhao Jian several times, but he always ignored it. Regarding this cousin, Zhao Qi felt even more disgusted. Initially, with Zhao Juan causing trouble and Zhao Lin being so dumb, he was confident that he would catch Uncle’s eye and be groomed. But with Zhao Jian around, no matter how good Zhao Qi was, or how dumb Zhao Jian was, he wouldn’t get trained. He prayed countless times in his heart, hoping Auntie Zhao and her daughter would drive Zhao Jian away. But now, it was pointless to hope; it was hard to say who was in trouble this time, Auntie Zhao or them. Zhao Qi really couldn’t understand; Uncle had already warned them to treat Zhao Jian well, so why would they still do such stupid things? Alas, no matter what, he knew Zhao Jian wouldn’t leave, and Zhao Gui’s connections would all be his. Zhao Jian wasn’t happy, really not happy, and felt aggrieved. Zhao Jian lay unhappily in bed, pondering what he should do. He didn’t want to be like Zhao Fu, relying on Zhao Gui all his life, nor relying on Zhao Jian, this distant cousin. But even unwilling, what else could he do? Zhao Jian tossed and turned in bed for a long time and suddenly felt that his previous disdain for the kang was unnecessary; it was quite big and totally enough for him to toss around. It’s all because of Zhao Lin; if that little kid wasn’t home, at least sleeping would be more comfortable. Zhao Fu was exhausted from the night and hadn’t really rested. Initially, he wanted to take a leave, but thinking it over, decided to go to work. If there’s any hint of trouble, he could at least explain himself, though the chances weren’t high, he wouldn’t let himself be led to the slaughter. After half a day at work, he really regretted it. If he had known the rumors would hit so hard, his so-called explanation seemed so weak. What alarmed him more was that there were already rumors in the factory, saying he planned to push the Zhang Yu and her two children to death and then take over Zhao Jun’s family’s property. When Zhao Gui heard this rumor, he was utterly shocked. Heavens, all he had ever planned was to scheme for Zhao Jun’s job, and maybe a bit of compensation. But really, really, he dared not think beyond that, let alone wipe his family out for inheritance. Colleagues originally had heard vague rumors but didn’t have much more info, so they just kept a bit of distance. Now that rumors were spreading, colleagues, especially those in Zhao Gui’s department, couldn’t wait to get him out of the office. But, unfortunately, they had no such authority, not even the head of office had that power. Zhao Gui felt deeply wronged, feeling extremely unjust, and his hatred for Zhang Yu was growing day by day. This matter should have been over long ago; who knew she would bring it up again? Moreover, Zhao Jian’s injury this time, after thorough examination, the wound wasn’t too serious. But the doctor said the child’s health wasn’t great and suggested better nutrition. Thinking of the doctor’s subtle look, he knew the doctor probably suspected he was usually mistreating the child. Mildly righteous heavens, he only had this one son, hoping he could care for him in old age, so how could he abuse him? He only wished for his well-being. Zhao Gui had always thought that since he, the head of the family, had spoken, his wife should obediently listen. Now he knew he was just a big fool. If there hadn’t been a fallout with Zhang Yu’s family, he could have sent Zhao Jian to eat at Zhang Yu’s; her food was definitely good. Seeing Zhao Lei grow taller these days, one could tell. But they’ve already fallen out with Zhang Yu, and she said not even to be ordinary neighbors, to propose eating together? Not a chance. Now Zhao Gui really regretted helping Zhao Fu. No benefits were gained, but he ended up in a mess. Zhang Yu had no idea Zhao Gui was still scheming for her son to join her family’s meals.