bookrandom Chapter 415 Zhuang Chaoying, Open the door if you dare!
Chapter 415 Zhuang Chaoying, Open the door if you dare!
Zhuang Ganmei rode his bicycle, his fingers red from the cold.
Twenty minutes earlier, he had been turned away at school. Leaving the school, something felt off, so he turned into the familiar alleyway leading to his brother's house.
He pushed his cart to the door of the older brother's house in the alley and reached out to knock.
Then, with a creak, a young couple carrying a vegetable basket walked out of the door.
"Who are you looking for, standing at our door?" The man warily pulled his wife behind him.
Zhuang Ganmei wiped her face. "I'm looking for Zhuang Chaoying; I'm his younger brother."
"Teacher Zhuang, their family moved away a long time ago."
After saying that, the young couple locked the door and walked out.
Zhuang Ganmei quickly caught up with them: "Excuse me, do you know where they moved to?"
"I don't know, we just moved here last month." The man waved his hand without turning his head.
Just as Zhuang Ganmei was gripping the handlebars in a daze, Zhang Amei, wearing a red cotton-padded jacket, leaned against the door frame across from him, looking him up and down.
Are you looking for Teacher Zhuang?
"Yes! Ma'am, do you know where they moved to?"
Zhang Amei tugged at the woolen scarf around her neck. "I know, but..."
She drew out the last syllable, staring at the man. "Are you really his younger brother?"
After receiving an affirmative answer, Zhang Amei pointed towards the end of the alley. "Follow the road to the third intersection, there's a three-story building with blue brick walls."
When Zhuang Ganmei finally stood in front of that small building.
He rubbed his frozen fingers and knocked on the metal ring on the door. "Knock knock knock."
Inside the house, Zhuang Chaoying had just picked up a piece of green vegetable with her chopsticks when there was a knock on the door.
He put down his chopsticks. "Mom and Dad, you eat, I'll go open the door."
His voice came through the door. "Who is it?"
"Brother, it's me, Ganmei."
Zhuang Chaoying suddenly opened the door a crack, and with lightning speed, he stopped his younger brother from trying to squeeze in, pressing his palm against the brother's chest.
"Let's talk outside."
Zhuang Ganmei was pushed back half a step, but still smiled apologetically. "Brother, it's freezing cold outside, let me come in and have some hot water..."
"Get to the point."
Zhuang Chaoying slammed the door shut, his arms crossed over his chest, and he could feel his brother's hot breath on his face even through his sweater.
"Hurry up and leave after you finish speaking, don't keep me from having dinner with my family."
Zhuang Ganmei was a coward who bullied the weak and feared the strong. Looking at his elder brother's chilling eyes, he couldn't help but tremble.
He swallowed hard, forcing a smile. "Brother, Dad broke his leg the other day. Don't you want to go back and see him? After all, Mom and Dad raised you. Brother, I even went to your school to look for you. Why did you quit your job?"
Zhuang Chaoying crossed her arms tightly and responded coldly, "Our two families are no longer related. What does it matter to you whether I quit or not? Go away and stay somewhere cool. Do you think cleaning toilets is too easy and want to try carrying manure?"
Zhuang Ganmei was taken aback by her elder brother's words, but she still forced herself to speak, unwilling to give up.
"Brother, I asked my friend at the police station, and that severance agreement we signed is completely useless. You should support your parents. If you don't, believe me, I'll... I'll sue you in court!"
Upon hearing this, Zhuang Chaoying suddenly threw her head back and burst into laughter.
Then, he stared coldly at Zhuang Ganmei and said, word by word.
"Sue me? Go to hell! You're really something! You went to the Education Bureau to report me last time, and now you're trying to pull this stunt again. Did your parents send you? Or did you come here to make some money?"
Zhuang Ganmei was truly at a loss. She had originally thought that her older brother had a stable job and that she could use that to blackmail him into fulfilling his filial duties. But now that her brother had lost his job, she seemed to have lost all leverage over him.
But the words had already been spoken, so he had no choice but to continue.
"Yes, Dad sent me, brother. Look at the big house you live in now, why don't you bring Dad here to stay for a while? It takes a hundred days to recover from a broken bone. We can send him home once he's almost fully recovered. Or how about this, you can give him five hundred yuan for nutrition expenses, as a token of your appreciation."
Zhuang Chaoying sneered. "No money, trying to send the old man here? You wish! All these years, you've spent their money, and you always push things away when something happens. Is this how you support your parents? Amazing! I think the factory manager's surname is Wang. How's Zhenbei's retaking the college entrance exam?"
Zhuang Ganmei's heart skipped a beat. He had just given Director Wang a thousand yuan today, and the director had agreed to transfer him back to his original position.
If their trivial family matters were to reach the factory manager again, he might really have to stay in the toilet-cleaning job until retirement.
"Big brother, no matter what, I'm still your brother. We're blood brothers, even if our bones are broken, we're still connected by tendons! The elders are still your parents, and we're still family after all. Big brother, please... please don't do this!"
Zhuang Chaoying listened to Zhuang Ganmei's words.
"Even if you break bones, the tendons will still connect them." He really wanted to take a rusty axe and break his bones to see if the so-called tendons could really connect them.
Over the years, the actions of the Zhuang family had completely chilled his heart; they were like a pack of ungrateful wolves. If he didn't teach them a lesson, they would only become more and more ruthless.
Zhuang Chaoying reached for the bicycle, leaning forward slightly. "Ganmei, don't come to me every time something happens at home. You're not a child anymore. Why should I care about your parents? Don't you know why? Tell me, you know perfectly well why our relationship has deteriorated like this. Ganmei, go back and think about it carefully. If your parents don't live with you anymore, and you lose their two pensions every month, let's see if you can still live such a good life. Goodbye!"
After saying that, he opened the door without turning around.
Zhuang Ganmei was stunned and confused by what her elder brother Zhuang Chaoying said. She felt a tightness in her chest, as if a heavy stone was pressing down on her.
He watched helplessly as his elder brother entered the courtyard, and with a loud bang, the door slammed shut. Only then did he slowly exhale.
No wonder he was a teacher; his words are so eloquent that he left himself speechless.
Suddenly, he slapped his forehead. Wait a minute, he came here to ask for money. How could he have been so easily confused by his older brother's few words?
No, I have to get some money from my older brother today; I can't just make this trip for nothing.
Why should he be in charge of everything his parents do, while his older brother can stay out of it?
"Zhuang Chaoying, open the door! I know you're home. You have the nerve to ignore your parents, but you don't have the nerve to open the door!"
Zhuang Ganmei shouted at the top of her lungs.
"Don't hide inside and keep quiet! Open the door! Zhuang Chaoying, Huang Ling, open the door!"
He shouted as he pounded on the door, "thump, thump, thump."
"Huang Ling, it's all your fault! My brother used to be such a filial son, but you've corrupted him. Open the door! You have the nerve to ignore Mom and Dad, so open the door! Don't hide and stay silent. You came out just now."
Zhuang Ganmei became more and more agitated as she spoke, like a shrew who had lost control.
Beep beep beep beep...
Zhuang Chaoying frowned as she listened to the noisy commotion outside, which sounded like shrewish women cursing in the street.
He turned and went into the house, where he saw Huang's parents standing up with worried expressions, protecting Huang Ling behind them.
"Mom and Dad, Ah Ling, you can continue eating. It's okay, I have a way to deal with him."
As he spoke, he picked up the phone and dialed 110 to report the incident.
He truly didn't expect that his adopted brother would have the nerve to shout and yell at the door; he had absolutely no bottom line.
He glanced subconsciously at Huang Ling's protruding belly. This problem needed to be resolved as soon as possible; he couldn't let his family suffer along with her.
Hearing the foul-mouthed shouts outside the door, Mr. Huang was so angry that he stomped his feet and his face turned red.
"Chaoying, open the door! I refuse to believe that the two of us combined can't take him down. Are you just being kind because he's your brother and you can't bring yourself to do it? I don't care about that anymore, I can't swallow this insult, I'm so angry!"
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