"Then give me a kiss, sister."
"...Yes, I'm angry."
"..."
A note from the author:
I'm really sorry I didn't explain yesterday's update clearly to everyone beforehand.
The main reason I wanted to disgust people was because the plagiarism was so disgusting, almost happening at the same time as mine. That's why I wanted to annoy them a little. I didn't expect it to cause reading problems for everyone. I didn't think it through.
Forget about the plagiarism, I'll just update normally from now on.
I hope you enjoy reading this article.
Love you all, muah!
Chapter 47 Reservoir
Meanwhile, at the reservoir, after hearing the information from Dai Ying, Zhao Jiu Jiu devoted herself to investigating Shen Zhi Peng.
After investigating for two or three days, she didn't find much about the reservoir, but she did uncover a lot about Shen Zhipeng.
So, by investigating Shen Zhipeng's private affairs, they eventually uncovered the reservoir incident.
Two days before the Dragon Boat Festival, Zhao Jiujiu and Song Jue were still discussing how to tell people about these things when Shen Xianghua brought Shen Zhipeng to their door.
“Brother, sister-in-law, Wuqiu, I will definitely give you an explanation about the reservoir. Today, I brought this unfilial son here to apologize to you.”
It's clear that Shen Xianghua has been preoccupied with the reservoir issue these past few days; he looks much older than he was in just a few days.
The Shen family had just finished dinner at this time. Mr. Shen was about to take a stroll on the street to digest his food when Shen Xianghua came to visit, so he couldn't go out. He invited the father and son inside.
After entering the hall, Shen Xianghua did not sit down. He glanced at Zhao Jiujiu and the others, and the words he had prepared in his mind became difficult to say.
As the saying goes, family scandals should not be aired in public. Logically speaking, Zhao Jiujiu and Daiying are outsiders, and they should know better than to get involved in such matters.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Jiujiu and Dai Ying did not treat them as outsiders and followed them into the hall.
Mr. Shen couldn't bring himself to tell them not to listen, so he could only sigh silently and let them be. He pulled Shen Xianghua to sit on the sofa and said, "Everything can be explained clearly. Don't be anxious. Sit down and talk slowly."
Shen Xianghua refused to sit down no matter what. Just thinking about the reservoir incident made him feel ashamed to face anyone. He got angry just looking at Shen Zhipeng and didn't care that Zhao Jiujiu and the others were there.
“Brother, I am truly ashamed to face you. I know how you have treated me all these years, and I believe I have not let you down. But I never expected that this unfilial son would do something so shameless.”
As he spoke, Shen Xianghua kicked Shen Zhipeng, "What are you still standing there for? Kneel down and apologize to your uncle."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Chen quickly advised, "What are you doing? Let's talk this out. Pengzi, don't listen to your father."
When Shen Xianghua was young, he served in the army. When he got angry, he was usually uncontrollable. Even though his father tried to stop him, he still kicked Shen Zhipeng in the back of the knee.
Shen Zhipeng's legs buckled and he knelt down.
Seeing this, Su Yunzhi came over and tried to pull him up.
"Sister-in-law, don't pull him." Shen Xianghua stopped Su Yunzhi from pulling him, and instead kicked Shen Zhipeng in the back. "Do you think you're all grown up now, or do you think I'm too old? Shen Zhipeng, let me tell you, your father is your father. He gave birth to you, and he'll beat you to death."
This is a bit much to do in front of such a large family.
Zhao Jiujiu was the first to speak up, "Uncle Qiuqiu, if you want to discipline the child, do it at home. Do you have to do it in front of others?"
She didn't visit the Shen family often, but Shen Xianghua still knew her. "Aunt Wuqiu, I'm sorry you had to see this. I was just really angry."
When Zhao Jiujiu thought about what Shen Zhipeng had done and looked at the current situation, she felt that the father and son were just putting on an act. She didn't want to listen to their high-sounding words and said directly:
"To be honest, we've heard a bit about the reservoir. A large reservoir of 1,500 mu (approximately 100 hectares) raised over 100,000 fish, but only 2,000 jin (approximately 1,000 kg) were harvested. That's really a bit unreasonable."
Zhao Jiujiu glanced at her father, knowing that her words might be considered presumptuous, but considering that it was her niece's business, she didn't bother to care what he thought.
Shen Xianghua was also somewhat dissatisfied with her overstepping her bounds. She looked at her father, and seeing that he didn't speak, she continued her words:
"I'm ashamed to even talk about the reservoir."
Zhao Jiujiu remained silent.
Shen Xianghua sighed. Thinking of what his son had done, he was furious and couldn't help but kick Shen Zhipeng again. "Everyone is here today. You unfilial son, you should apologize to everyone properly. Tell us about the fish in the reservoir."
Shen Zhipeng lowered his head and remained silent.
Shen Xianghua: "What, you dare to do it but not to admit it?"
Shen Zhipeng remained silent for a few seconds before quickly glancing at his father, then spoke with difficulty, "Uncle, about the reservoir... I lied to you from the beginning. I didn't put that many fish in..."
With Shen Wuqiu's previous advice, Shen's father was not surprised by the result, but he still couldn't help feeling disappointed. "You child... if you didn't raise that many, why did you report so many to me?"
Shen Zhipeng fell silent.
Shen Xianghua got angry again, "I asked you a question, are you mute?"
Shen Zhipeng was a tall and burly man with a bad temper, but he was still full of fear of his father, Shen Xianghua.
“Initially, I did agree on this amount of fish fry, but something came up at the time, and I urgently needed the money… so I thought I'd use it as an emergency fund and make up the difference later…”
Upon hearing this, Mr. Shen was heartbroken: "If you needed money, you could have just told me beforehand. Why did you have to hide it from me?"
Seeing that he was still only giving half the answer at this crucial moment, Shen Xianghua was furious. He was too lazy to listen to his stammering and ambiguous words, so he simply stopped trying to save face and said directly:
"Why don't you tell me what you did with the money? Is that all you're good for? You're about to die, and you still won't tell your uncle the truth? Brother, to be honest, if his family was poor and he was having trouble with his legitimate business and urgently needed money, and he cheated you out of the fish fry money, I wouldn't feel so ashamed."
Mr. Shen frowned and looked at Shen Zhipeng, "Pengzi, what did you do with all this money?"
Shen Xianghua said it for him directly: "He went to pay off his gambling debts."
“Pengzi, if that’s the case, your uncle really has to talk to you. They say nine out of ten gamblers are cheating. You have elderly parents to care for and young children to raise. How could you pick up such a bad habit?”
Shen Zhipeng kept his head down. "I haven't gambled since then..."
"It's good that you're not gambling anymore." Mr. Shen walked to his side and helped him up. "It's good to admit your mistakes and correct them. I hope you won't make the same mistake again."
Shen Zhipeng nodded repeatedly, "I know, I definitely won't do it again."
Just then, Shen Wuqiu, who had been silent all along, suddenly asked, "Brother Pengzi, how many fish did you release into the reservoir back then?"
Upon hearing her voice, Shen Zhipeng subconsciously looked up at her.
Shen Wuqiu smiled at him, "I just want to know if the reservoir is suitable for raising fish, and what kind of fish is suitable."
Shen Zhipeng nodded, "We released 50,000 yuan worth of fish fry back then."
Shen Wuqiu lowered her eyes, not really believing the number he mentioned.
She had heard about the fish farming history of the previous reservoir contractors. When others lost money, it was always due to external factors. Either the fish ran away or a large number of fish died inexplicably. It was not that the reservoir itself caused the fish to disappear.
However, during the years that Shen Zhipeng was in charge of the reservoir, the reservoir remained calm and peaceful.
"Fifty thousand yuan worth of fish fry, if they are just ordinary fish fry, there should be at least thirty thousand fish, right?"
Shen Zhipeng thought for a moment before answering her: "At that time, I selected some of all kinds of fish fry, which came to about 15,000."
No sooner had he finished speaking than Zhao Jiujiu retorted, "You're lying."
As soon as he opened his mouth, Zhao Jiujiu kept staring at him. Originally, when she saw Shen Xianghua sincerely and earnestly putting righteousness before family and not protecting his own son, she wanted to refrain from exposing his lies in front of him out of respect for Shen Xianghua.
But when she saw him still seriously exaggerating the number of fish fry in the reservoir, she could no longer tolerate it.
“You didn’t even release 50,000 fish fry worth 50,000 yuan back then, you only released 5,000 fish fry.”
"..."
After a few seconds of silence, Shen Xianghua reacted the most, glaring at Shen Zhipeng with fury: "Fine! Very well! You're still lying to me?"
Shen Zhipeng was both surprised and angry, his face turning pale and then red. "I didn't lie to you, I really did release 50,000 yuan worth of fish fry."
After saying that, she looked at Zhao Jiujiu again, her face showing anger and confusion at being wrongly accused: "Aunt, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. Why did you say that I only released five thousand fish fry? What evidence do you have?"
Unrepentant.
Zhao Jiujiu felt more and more that she couldn't keep someone like this working for Shen Wuqiu anymore. She looked at Shen Xianghua:
“Uncle Qiuqiu, you should also know that, given Qiuqiu’s father and Qiuqiu’s personalities, if your son sincerely admits his actions and recognizes his mistakes, the reservoir matter will definitely be over.”
“Aunt Wuqiu, please speak frankly.”
Zhao Jiujiu paused for a moment before saying, "Do you know the specifics of how the money for the fish fry was used? I don't know, but he did lie to you about how many fish fry he bought."
Shen Xianghua clenched his fist again and looked at Shen Zhipeng: "Wasn't that money used to pay off your gambling debts?"
Shen Zhipeng's eyes darted around, his expression becoming increasingly complex, yet he still glared angrily at Zhao Jiujiu: "Aunt, have I done anything to offend you?"
Zhao Jiujiu didn't even bother to look at him, completely unwilling to give him any face. "I don't know if you gamble or not, but I do know a bit about the fact that you're raising someone else's son outside."
The room erupted in uproar.
A few seconds later, Shen Zhipeng lost his composure and asked, "What do you mean by that?"
Zhao Jiujiu looked at him with a hint of sympathy: "That's right, I also know that your little lover's son isn't yours at all."
Shen Zhipeng completely broke down, staring at her with bloodshot eyes, "Nonsense..."
Before he could finish speaking, Shen Xianghua grabbed a glass from the side and smashed it over his head.
It struck Shen Zhipeng squarely on the back of the head, and as the cup hit the ground, a stream of blood immediately slid down his face...
"Hua Zi, what are you doing?"
“Pengzi…”
"The bleeding just won't stop, get him to the hospital quickly."
"..."
In the chaos, Gu Lingyu nervously pulled Shen Wuqiu behind her, saying, "Sister, don't be afraid."
Shen Wuqiu was still reeling from the bombshell Zhao Jiujiu had dropped, and stared at her blankly for a moment. "Why are you so nervous?"
"They're so excited, I'm afraid they'll hurt you."
"..." A person worrying unnecessarily
Chapter 48 Blushing