lcionline Chapter 121 The fish takes the bait
Chapter 121 The fish takes the bait
Two days later, Liu Youzhen brought her not-so-bright nephew, Liu Erming, to Li Qiumei.
When Li Qiumei saw Liu Erming's half-good, half-foolish appearance, she thought that Wenjing would be with such a silly boy in the future, and she was overjoyed. The more she thought about it, the happier she became.
Upon hearing Liu Youzhen say that if things went well, Wenjing would marry Liu Erming, and the Liu family would give an additional thousand yuan as a thank-you fee, Li Qiumei's old face lit up with joy.
They kept urging us to take action quickly.
The plan was already devised: lure Wenjing to Chenjiawan alone, drug her, let Liu Erming succeed, and then "coincidentally" return home to catch them in the act. The next step was to make a big fuss about it, the more people who knew, the better. In this way, Wenjing would be completely labeled a "loose woman" and would have no choice but to marry Liu Erming.
It's not difficult to get Wenjing to come see her father, the problem is how to get Wenjing to come alone while Deng Xiuzhen doesn't come.
The ancients were right: three cobblers can indeed outwit one Zhuge Liang. Li Qiumei and her two companions actually came up with a solution.
"Wenxin! Wenyu! Where are you trying to run off to again?" Li Qiumei blocked the doorway with a stick.
"Grandma, we're going to find our classmates, can you let us out for a bit?" Wen Yu was in a hurry to get to the arcade, so he quickly put on a cute and coquettish act.
"Grandma, I made plans with my classmates to have a get-together at Xiaoqian's house today. Xiaoqian's dad works for the Industry and Commerce Bureau, and my uncle's company has to go through the Industry and Commerce Bureau for many things." Wenxin was always more cunning than Wenyu, and she knew how to get to Li Qiumei's weak spot.
But today, nothing worked – no matter how much she pleaded, begged, threatened, or reasoned with her. Li Qiumei had only one message: "Nobody's leaving the house today. Stay home and take care of your father. Anyone who dares to step out of this door will have their legs broken!"
They even moved a stool and sat at the door to guard it, making it impossible for anyone to sneak away.
The two were extremely anxious at home, scratching their heads in frustration, but to no avail.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Liu Youzhen asked, pretending not to know anything.
“These two brats wanted to run off to play, leaving their dad to me to look after. How could I possibly manage? I’m so exhausted these past few days, my bones feel like they’re going to fall apart!” Li Qiumei said, twisting her neck and rubbing her legs, looking completely worn out.
"Wenxin and Wenyu, your grandmother really can't take care of you all by herself. Why don't you stay home today and help take care of your father?"
"Aunt, I really have something to do. Besides, we can hire a caregiver to take care of Dad," Wenxin quickly objected. She was in a hurry to leave, as the appointed time was almost up.
“Yes! We’ll hire a caregiver!” Wen Yu responded enthusiastically.
"Hire a caregiver? Hire a caregiver for 1,200 a month, how about you pay for it? You each pay 600, and I'll kick you out right now!" Li Qiumei glanced at the two children and snorted coldly.
Upon hearing that they each had to pay 600, Wenxin and Wenyu immediately fell silent.
Wenxin needs money to associate with those people, and she won't give them any.
Wenyu worked as a gang leader at the arcade, and after a few days, he only had 300 yuan left out of his 1,000 yuan. Not only could he not come up with the money, but it was also a headache to ask his uncle for more money next month.
"Sigh!" Liu Youzhen sighed and said, "Wenxin and Wenyu, you finally have a summer vacation, you should take a good rest, especially Wenxin. You've made so many good friends, which will be great connections in the future. You really need to get together more often."
Given your father's condition, it's really unreasonable to leave your grandmother to take care of him alone. After all, you are your father's children, and if she doesn't take care of you, people will gossip.
If all else fails, why don't you have your mom, Wenjing, come and take care of your dad?
Wenxin and Wenyu's eyes lit up, but then dimmed again. They muttered, "Wenjing might agree, but Mom definitely won't." They remembered that before the divorce, their mother was cold and indifferent to their father. After the divorce, she moved out and wouldn't see him. When they did meet, they would either argue or fight.
The fish took the bait. Liu Youzhen remained calm and, feigning concern for them, asked hesitantly, "How about you invite Wenjing over alone, and I'll try to persuade her?"
"Okay!" Wen Xin and Wen Yu replied in unison.
When Wenxin and Wenyu found Deng Xiuzhen and Wenjing, they were cleaning.
"Mom, Wenjing, Dad... he's not feeling well." Wenxin lowered her head, her lips trembling slightly.
"What happened? What's wrong? Why aren't you taking him to the hospital?" Just as they expected, Wenjing panicked as soon as she heard that Qin Yanlin was unwell, and grabbed Wenxin anxiously to ask.
"Sister, Dad doesn't have any other problem, he has sores all over his body. The doctor said it's because he hasn't been moved around much..."
"Why don't you turn him over?" Wenjing interrupted Wenxin impatiently.
“We can’t turn over it, and Grandma doesn’t care. She’s always at home cursing Dad for not dying yet…” Wenxin’s voice grew softer and softer as she spoke.
"That old man..." Wenjing ultimately didn't utter the curse, but was so angry that she was panting heavily.
"Sister, go and take a look. I'm worried Dad will rot to death," Wen Yu said softly, keeping his head down and not speaking.
Wenjing turned to look at Deng Xiuzhen, and Wenxin and Wenyu also looked up.
Deng Xiuzhen sighed and said, "He is your father after all, so you should go see him, but you can only go once! I'll go with you!"
Wenxin and Wenyu exchanged a quick glance: Sure enough, Mom didn't agree to their sister taking care of Dad. Luckily, they had already come up with a solution!
Deng Xiuzhen asked Wenxin and Wenyu to wait outside. She and Wenjing went inside to change their clothes and then bought some fruit at a stall at the entrance of the community, where they chatted with the owner for a while.
Wenxin and Wenyu came on foot, but they weren't allowed in earlier. They were so hot that they stood far away in front of the convenience store to soak up some of the cool air from the air conditioning. Seeing Deng Xiuzhen dawdling around, they were inwardly complaining, but dared not say a word.
The four arrived at Chenjiawan. Before they even entered the house, they heard Li Qiumei cursing and the sounds of pots and pans being smashed and broken.
"What are you doing here? Get out!" Li Qiumei saw Deng Xiuzhen and the others, immediately closed the door, and watched them leave with a hint of panic in her expression.
Wenjing blocked the door from closing, saying, "I want to see my dad, you have no right to stop me!"
Wen Xin and Wen Yu also came to help. Li Qiumei was no match for them, and the door was quickly pushed open. Wen Xin squeezed in and ran straight into the room.
"You two bastards, you're traitors! I'll beat you to death!" Li Qiumei grabbed a broom and started hitting Wen Xin and Wen Yu.
Before the two children and Deng Xiuzhen could even enter the house, they were swept by the broom. Wen Yu ran away immediately, stumbled, and fell to the ground, shouting, "Ouch! Ouch!"
"Wen Yu!" Deng Xiuzhen and Wen Xin quickly stepped forward to check on him.
The moment his hand touched her knee, Wen Yu screamed like a pig being slaughtered.
"Could it be a broken bone? Quick, get a doctor to take a look!" Li Qiumei panicked and shouted loudly.
Deng Xiuzhen didn't have time to argue with Li Qiumei, and immediately helped Wen Yu to the clinic with Wen Xin.
Li Qiumei was worried and followed behind them.
No sooner had the group left than Liu Youzhen and Liu Erming appeared.
Liu Erming chuckled as he entered the house and immediately locked the door from the inside.
Seeing that her mission was accomplished, Liu Youzhen ran off happily.