AD (QT) Chapter 77

(Word Count: 5136)

 

Liu Mingda was working, and his assistant Xiao Cheng came over to tell him that his father was here and was waiting for him in the reception room. Liu Mingda was stunned at first, and then ecstatic. It seemed that after a few months of settling down, his stepfather finally let go of his prejudice and came to see him.

 

He did not notice the strange look in the assistant’s eyes when he talked about his father. Instead, he stood up with a smile and strode towards the reception room.

 

Assistant Xiao Cheng returned to his work station, and Xiao Zhou, who was sitting next to him, asked quietly and mysteriously: “Is your boss’s father here?”

 

Xiao Cheng frowned and said hesitantly: “I have seen my boss’s father. The old man who was dressed normally, had a fierce and obscene face just now is not the boss’s father at all.”

 

Xiao Zhou smiled slightly and said: “Since he has come to the company, how could he not be your boss’s father? Maybe he has two fathers.”

 

Xiao Cheng scolded, “Don’t talk nonsense.”

 

Who has two fathers for no reason?

 

Xiao Zhou made a gesture to shut up, smiled and kept silent.

 

Although she scolded Xiao Zhou, Xiao Cheng was also full of doubts. She knew Wang Peining. The two had eaten together several times. Wang Peining often mentioned the father of the boss. In her words, he was very gentle. Obviously, he was the same person she had seen.

 

But the one outside was not the father of the eldest brother she had seen, nor could it be the gentle and kind father mentioned by Wang Peining. So, who was that person? Is it really like Xiao Zhou said that the boss has two fathers? She shook her head with a smile. What does the affairs of the boss have to do with her? She is really full and nosy.

 

Xiao Zhou glanced at the thoughtful Xiao Cheng, rolled her eyes, stood up, and quietly went to the reception room. During this period, her eldest brother and Liu Mingda were competing for the position of manager. She wanted to receive first-hand information, and maybe she could help her eldest brother. When her eldest brother became a manager, her position would also rise.

 

In the reception room, Liu Bingshen stared at the tall man in a suit and leather shoes who strode in. He couldn’t help but widen his eyes. Is this his thin son? After not seeing him for so many years, he has become so tall and handsome, like a social elite? He stood up, took a step forward excitedly, and said, “Are you Mingda?”

 

The familiar yet unfamiliar voice made Liu Mingda’s steps freeze. He looked at the old and haggard man in front of him in disbelief.

 

Liu Bingshen saw that he just stared at him and didn’t say anything. He hurriedly said, “Mingda, I’m your father, don’t you recognize me?”

 

Liu Mingda suddenly came back to his senses, looked around, and saw that there was no one else. He looked slightly relieved and asked in a deep voice, “How did you find my company?” Liu Bingshen 　　was stunned by Liu Mingda’s questioning tone, and then said with a smile, “I was released from prison and had nowhere to go. I found Boya Xinyuan and learned that you had moved. Later, I found Han Ze. Han Ze didn’t know your current address, so he gave me the address of your company.”

 

Released from prison?

 

Xiao Zhou, who was hiding next to the potted plants outside the reception room, was excited. It turned out that this man was really Liu Mingda’s father and had been in prison. This news was so exciting. I wonder if the company’s top management will promote Liu Mingda to manager after knowing that he had a father in prison. With such a father, what qualifications does he have to compete with her own brother?

 

Liu Mingda took a few deep breaths, frowned and said, “Then you shouldn’t come to my company. It will have a bad influence.”

 

Not to mention that Liu Bingshen has little education, has been in prison for several years, and is seriously out of touch with society. He didn’t understand what influence it will have if he comes to his son’s company to find him. Even before he went to prison, he was a scoundrel who couldn’t stand any bad words.

 

Now Liu Mingda’s irritable questioning made him feel insulted by his son. He was furious and shouted loudly, “I’m your father, not a shameful person. What influence does it have? Do you dislike me for having been in prison?”

 

Liu Mingda’s eyebrows jumped, and he quickly said, “Dad, keep your voice down.”

 

Liu Bingshen snorted and said, “I have been in prison, but I’m out of prison now, which means I’m innocent. The country has let me go. You are my son, what qualifications do you have to dislike me?”

 

Liu Mingda felt even more headache, and sighed again, why wasn’t his father Han Ze? He said, “I don’t dislike you, but it’s not good for you to come to the company. After all, the company is a place for work.”

 

Liu Mingda’s explanation, Liu Bingshen didn’t know whether he believed it or not. He snorted and said, “Then you should ask for leave from the company. After I got out of prison, I just looked for you and haven’t eaten anything until now. Take me to dinner and buy me some clothes to change.”

 

Even though Liu Mingda was reluctant, he had no choice but to ask for leave from the company and take Liu Bingshen out for dinner and clothes shopping.

 

However, just after he asked for leave from the company, the news that his father had been in jail spread throughout the company, and he knew nothing about it.

 

Xiao Cheng saw the rumor spreading more and more fiercely and wanted to tell Liu Mingda, but was stopped by Xiao Zhou, who told her that Liu Mingda had a bad temper. He asked for leave and if she called him, what if he disturbed him and was scolded by him?

 

Xiao Cheng thought about Liu Mingda’s temper and was afraid of being scolded by him if she disturbed him in private. Anyway, she had met the boss’s father, and that man could not have been in jail. The rumor must be just a rumor. She would wait until the boss came back and explain it clearly. As for the person who came to see the boss today, it must not be the boss’s father, but perhaps a liar.

 

Liu Mingda took Liu Bingshen to dinner and bought clothes. He said expressionlessly: “We’ve had dinner and bought clothes. You can go now. If you have nothing to do, don’t bother me in the future.”

 

Liu Bingshen was carrying several large bags of clothes, his face full of joy. When he heard his son’s words, his face was pulled long. What does it mean to not bother him if you have nothing to do? Mingda meant that he would not care about him? Thinking of this, he was angry and threw the clothes in his hand to the ground, pointing at him and questioning: “Do you mean you don’t plan to take care of me, let alone provide for my old age?”

 

Liu Mingda turned his face away from him, obviously he meant this.

 

Liu Bingshen said bitterly: “You unfilial son. OK, OK, aren’t you afraid that my going to your company will have a bad impact? Since you are unwilling to provide for my old age, I will go to your company every day to make trouble and say that you are unfilial. Let’s see if you will provide for my old age.”

 

If you treat him well, a son is a son. If you treat him badly, a son can also be an enemy.

 

Liu Mingda had no doubt about his words. His father would turn his back on his relatives if he treated him badly. He said angrily, “You are a lunatic.”

 

Liu Bingshen looked at him and said hatefully, “I am a lunatic, and I was driven crazy by you and your mother. If Hu Xialan hadn’t hooked up with someone outside, how could we get divorced? If I didn’t get divorced, I wouldn’t be a bachelor, and I wouldn’t be laughed at. If I didn’t kill someone with a knife in anger, how could I go to jail? In short, it’s all your mother’s fault. You brothers, you must take care of me.”

 

Liu Mingda’s face was still angry. Whatever the matter was, it was his parents’ business, and he didn’t comment on it. He was in a critical period of promotion now, and it was impossible for him to let his father go to the company to make trouble, so he had to agree to take him back to the place where he rented a house.

 

The moment Hu Xialan saw Liu Bingshen, she felt dizzy. Pointing at him, she asked tremblingly, “You, why are you here?”

 

Liu Bingshen licked his lips at her and said smugly, “My wife and son are here, why can’t I be here?”

 

Hu Xialan was disgusted by him and her face turned purple with anger. She shouted, “Who is your wife? We are divorced, who is your wife?”

 

Liu Bingshen came up to her and touched her well-maintained face. Hu Xialan was startled and took a step back. He said nonchalantly, “Han Ze is pretty good. He raised my wife and children fat and white. I wanted to settle the score with him, but now it seems that I’m the winner. Although my wife slept with him for more than ten years for nothing, she paid for it, which is better than that old white man in the village. You are so shameless, but you slept with him for nothing and got nothing in return.”

 

Hu Xialan shook her body, she couldn’t believe that he actually said such nonsense in front of her son, and said angrily: “What nonsense are you talking about?”

 

Liu Bingshen laughed loudly and said: “Are you talking nonsense? Don’t you know what’s going on? If you don’t cheat on me, will I divorce you? Will you stab someone with a knife because of being laughed at? It’s okay for you to cheat on me, but I can’t wear this green hat for nothing. You have to let that old white-faced man compensate me. If he doesn’t give me anything, I will settle accounts with him one day.”

 

Hu Xialan’s face was pale. In front of her son, Liu Bingshen didn’t give her any face. She didn’t dare to look at Mingda’s expression and wished she could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

 

Liu Mingda was extremely embarrassed and his face was full of shame. These were his parents. He said impatiently: “I haven’t seen Peining for a while. You guys chat slowly. I’ll go to Peining’s place to see her.”

 

After saying that, before the two of them could react, he turned and went down the stairs. His parents were once husband and wife, so he had nothing to worry about.

 

Hu Xialan looked at Liu Bingshen who was smiling at her, and she panicked, “What are you going to do?”

 

Liu Bingshen sat on the sofa with a smile on his face, “I’ve been shopping all day, I’m hungry, hurry up and make me something to eat.”

 

Hu Xialan secretly hated him, who did he think he was? She said angrily, “If you want to eat, go buy it yourself. I bought everything at home.”

 

Liu Bingshen had a lewd smile on his face, and he said proudly, “You bought it, but where did you get the money? Those things were bought with my son’s money, so I can eat them. Not only do I need to eat, but I also have to live here every day. What can you do to me?”

 

Hu Xialan was so angry at his rogue look that her teeth itched. She gritted her teeth and said, “We are divorced.”

 

Liu Bingshen looked at her leisurely, “We are divorced. Who pays the rent for this house?”

 

Hu Xialan pursed her lips and said nothing. Liu Bingshen said, “My son paid it. Whether it is the rent or the food and daily necessities at home, they were all bought by my son. You as a mother can enjoy it, and I as a father can enjoy it.”

 

Hu Xialan looked at him with disgust and turned to go to the kitchen to eat. Liu Bingshen didn’t care about her disgusted look. Before the divorce, he had seen too many such looks from her.

 

He glanced at Hu Xialan going to the kitchen, sneered twice and followed her to the kitchen. On the kitchen stove, there were two plates of food, one plate of stir-fried pork with green peppers and one plate of green vegetables. Hu Xialan scooped a bowl of rice and was about to finish her dinner in the kitchen.

 

Liu Bingshen stepped forward and snatched her bowl, pushed her aside, picked up the chopsticks, and finished the rice and the pork with green peppers on the plate in a few bites. Hu Xialan glared at her angrily. Liu Bingshen noticed her eyes, bared his teeth at her, laughed twice, and continued to eat.

 

Hu Xialan watched the two plates of food being ruined by him. Mingda gave her fewer living expenses, so she only bought enough food for today. There was nothing to eat at home, and she was very upset. Thinking of how bad this man was, she felt hopeless about her future life. Her son was unreliable, and there was also a father who had been in prison who lived with them.

 

This life was even more unbearable for her than living with Han Feiyu and Han Shutao. If she knew that she would live like this after divorce, she would never choose divorce.

 

…

 

The next day, when Liu Mingda arrived at the company, he noticed that his colleagues looked at him with doubt and uncertainty, and some girls even looked at him with fear. He frowned, sat down in the office, called his assistant Xiao Cheng, and asked her to come to his office.

 

Xiao Cheng was at a loss, thinking that the boss would definitely scold her. She regretted that she should not have listened to Xiao Zhou yesterday and should have told Liu Mingda about the rumors in the company. She went to Liu Mingda’s office nervously.

 

Liu Mingda looked at her, frowned and asked, “Did anything happen in the company?”

 

Xiao Cheng shuddered, lowered her head, and decided to tell the truth, “…Yes.”

 

Liu Mingda’s face sank slightly. Thinking of his father, he had a bad feeling in his heart, and asked nervously, “What happened?”

 

Xiao Cheng gritted his teeth, “It’s said in the company that your father is a prisoner and has been in jail.”

 

“What?”

 

Liu Mingda stood up suddenly, his face gloomy, “When did it happen? Why didn’t you tell me?” 　　Xiao Cheng whispered, “After you left yesterday, it spread all over the company. I, I didn’t dare to tell you.”

 

Liu Mingda looked at her impatiently and accused her angrily, “Such a big thing, you didn’t even tell me? How do you do your job as an assistant?”

 

Xiao Cheng explained, “I’ve met your father. He is so gentle, how could he be a prisoner? I thought you came to the company and explained it clearly to your colleagues, and they would naturally stop spreading rumors.”

 

It would be good if Han Ze was his biological father.

 

Liu Mingda rubbed his brows with a headache, feeling that nothing went his way. He said unhappily, “Okay, okay, go down.”

 

Xiao Cheng did not move. Liu Mingda looked at her irritably, “Why are you standing here? Are you waiting to be scolded?”

 

Xiao Cheng felt wronged, but still looked at Liu Mingda hesitantly, and asked cautiously, “Then, what about the rumor?”

 

Rumors, rumors! Unless that was not his biological father, the rumor would never disappear. Liu Mingda was angry at his parents again. Even if other people’s parents could not help their children, they would not hold their children back. His parents, on the other hand, were specifically pitting their son.

 

He frowned. He could not tell others that Liu Bingshen was not his father with a guilty conscience. His eyes flashed. He could really tell others that it was not his biological father who was in jail, but his stepfather. As long as he could get a promotion, it would only be a matter of denying that Liu Bingshen was his biological father. It would not affect anything. Anyway, he would provide for his retirement, so he should not care so much.

 

Thinking of this, he looked at Xiao Cheng and said, “The man yesterday was actually my stepfather. He stabbed someone during a fight and went to jail for several years. My mother divorced him because of this. Later, for my brother and me, she remarried my biological father. He came to me yesterday just to ask me to give him living expenses.”

 

Xiao Cheng was happy. She knew that the man couldn’t be the eldest brother’s biological father. She smiled and said, “I’ll explain to my colleagues in the company right away.”

 

Liu Mingda smiled and nodded, “Thank you for the trouble.”

 

Xiao Cheng said, “No, no trouble.”

 

Liu Mingda returned home in the evening and saw his mother’s angry face and his father’s secretly proud face. He frowned and said, “Dad, since you chose to live here, don’t make Mom angry. After all, she raised me for more than ten years.”

 

Liu Bingshen crossed his legs and said, “If you want me to stop making trouble, give me two thousand yuan.”

 

Liu Mingda Liu Mingda was shocked, “What do you want the money for?”

 

Liu Bingshen smiled evilly and said, “Don’t worry about it. Just give me the money.”

 

Liu Mingda is saving money to buy a house now, so how could he give him the money? “I don’t have money.”

 

Liu Bingshen was not angry at all. He said proudly, “It seems that you don’t want to live a peaceful life.”

 

Liu Mingda was furious and gloomy. “I don’t have so much cash now, I’ll get it for you tomorrow.”

 

Liu Bingshen kept chasing: “If you don’t have money, go get it, I want it now.”

 

Liu Mingda clenched his fists, he turned around to get the money, Liu Bingshen got the money, and looked at Hu Xialan happily: “You need means to discipline your children. If the means are not strong, he will think you are easy to bully.”

 

Hu Xialan thought of the fifty yuan Mingda gave her every day, and then looked at Liu Bingshen who was easily asking for two thousand yuan. She felt complicated.

 

Liu Mingda secretly said: “Mom, I’m about to be promoted now, I don’t want to cause trouble, don’t make trouble.”

 

Hu Xialan looked at him quietly and said nothing.

 

The next day, Hu Xialan came back from shopping and saw a pair of high heels by the door. She frowned. She was old and didn’t like to wear high heels. Wang Peining couldn’t come here at this time. Whose shoes were these?

 

“Don’t be impatient!” A woman’s voice came from the room.

 

Hu Xialan was furious. She kicked the door open. The scene in the room made her even more shocked and angry. She pointed at Liu Bingshen with a trembling hand and couldn’t say a word.

 

The woman was also startled, and stood up. She said, “Something happened at your home, so I’m leaving. Two hundred yuan.”

 

Liu Bingshen was so angry that he said, “Why are you leaving? I’m divorced from that woman, so she should leave.”

 

He pushed Hu Xialan out. Hu Xialan staggered, fell to the ground, and hit her head on the door sill. Liu Bingshen sneered, ignored her, and locked the door.

 

Xialan listened to the teasing inside and felt extremely sick. She covered her aching head, sat on the ground alone, and cried silently, asking God again when such days would end.

 

No, she couldn’t accept her fate. She had to find a way to change the current situation. She thought of Han Ze. Han Ze knew how much of a jerk Liu Bingshen was and that she was entangled by Liu Bingshen. Even if he had no feelings for her, they had been married for more than ten years, so he would surely help her. After all, in this city, she didn’t know who else to ask for help except Han Ze.

 

…

 

Han Feiyu went to work, Han Shutao went on a business trip a few days ago, and Aunt Chen took a leave. Han Ze was alone and had nothing to do. As usual, he played chess with others in the pavilion of the community. So, Hu Xialan rang the doorbell at the door of Han’s house for a long time, but no one answered her. She thought of the last time she saw Lao Han, he was playing chess with others in the community, and maybe she could find him there.

 

Han Ze saw Hu Xialan, who was carrying a bag and looked embarrassed, and frowned slightly. He looked at his chess friend apologetically, stood up, and walked to Hu Xialan. The two found a secluded place, and he asked, “Why did you come to me again?”

 

Hu Xialan was full of grievances and thought she had found someone to complain to, but Han Ze’s cold tone was like a basin of cold water, pouring over her head, drenching her heart. She said weakly: “Old Han, please save me, I can’t live like this.”

 

Han Ze said the truth in a deep voice: “We are divorced, and I can’t interfere in your family affairs.”

 

Hu Xialan grabbed his hand, and Han Ze was stunned and struggled to break her hand. He frowned: “Just talk, don’t touch me, it’s not good.”

 

Hu Xialan’s face turned pale, thinking that Old Han had been so good to her before, and always put her first in everything. Why is he so heartless now? Is it because she cheated him? Why didn’t he think about it? As a woman with two children, she married him. How could she win his heart and make him willingly pay to support her two sons if she didn’t pretend to be gentle and virtuous?

 

“Old Han, Liu Bingshen is out of prison and he lives in my house. You know what kind of person he is. He can do all kinds of bad things. I don’t want to live with him… Please help me.” Hu Xialan begged with red eyes.

 

Han Ze frowned. After his original body was paralyzed, the two lived together. Why didn’t Hu Xialan dislike Liu Bingshen at that time?

 

Thinking of this, Han Ze suggested calmly: “You were originally husband and wife. Now that he is out of prison, your two children are so old. Don’t make trouble anymore. Why don’t you remarry? It’s better for the family to live together in harmony, isn’t it good?”

 

Live together in harmony, she and Liu Bingshen in harmony? Hu Xialan shuddered at the disgusting thing she had just seen, her face was miserable, she shook her head and said, “No, I won’t remarry. If I have to remarry, it will be with you.”

 

Han Ze frowned and advised, “You and Brother Liu have two children, you must have had a good relationship before, now he’s finally out of prison, you should forgive his mistakes and live a good life.”

 

How could Hu Xialan live a good life with Liu Bingshen? If she wanted to live a good life with him, she would not have gone out to find someone else more than ten years ago. She looked at Han Ze pleadingly, “Old Han, let’s not remarry. Liu Bingshen is a beast, I will be killed by him if I go back, for the sake of us being husband and wife for more than ten years, please help me this time, help me think of a solution.”

 

“How did I kill you?”

 

Liu Bingshen’s sinister voice sounded behind her. Hu Xialan felt a chill on her back, her heart as if it was strangled. She stiffened her body and turned around silently.

 

“You, why are you here?” Hu Xialan’s panicked voice showed her fear at the moment. Seeing Han Ze next to her, she hurriedly hid behind him.

 

“I’m hungry. Let’s go home and cook.” Liu Bingshen’s face became more and more vicious. He had just finished his work when he found that the woman was gone. He called Mingda, but he didn’t know. He guessed that the woman must have come to see Han Ze. As expected, she came to Han Ze and ruined his reputation. This woman really deserves a lesson.

 

Han Ze said calmly, “Hu Xialan, you and Brother Liu are the original couple and have two children. You are over 50 years old. Remarry Brother Liu and stop making trouble. The two children will not live a peaceful life and will be blamed.”

 

Hu Xialan never expected that Han Ze would really encourage her to remarry Liu Bingshen, not just talk. She asked, “You know what kind of person Liu Bingshen is. How can you persuade me to remarry him?”

 

Han Ze looked at Liu Bingshen helplessly. Liu Bingshen’s face was gloomy and he looked at Hu Xialan viciously. What kind of person is he? He didn’t want to remarry her at first, and just wanted his son’s money, what kind of woman can’t be found? Now it seems that in order to teach this woman a lesson, he can listen to Han Ze’s advice.

 

Han Ze said to Hu Xialan: “You always like to tell lies to mislead others, but you tell lies like the truth, otherwise I wouldn’t have been deceived by you for more than ten years. In view of this, I don’t believe that Brother Liu is as bad as you say. Although I don’t know why you don’t want to follow Brother Liu, for the sake of the two children, I still advise you not to make trouble. Brother Liu is very good.”

 

Liu Bingshen’s face eased slightly after hearing Han Ze’s words. He looked at Hu Xialan proudly and said: “Look, Han Ze said I’m good, what else do you want? You cheated on me, but I still want you. You don’t thank me, but you ruin my reputation everywhere. Are you still thinking about that old white face in your hometown?”

 

“What old white face?” Han Ze frowned and asked.

 

Hu Xialan’s face changed drastically, and she looked at Liu Bingshen pleadingly, asking him not to say it.

 

Liu Bingshen would not give her face at all. He laughed twice and pointed at Hu Xialan: “Han Ze, Han Ze, do you think this woman is just deceiving you? She is a whore. When she was in her hometown, she hooked up with a gigolo. The two of them rolled into bed and were caught by me. We divorced because of this.”

 

Han Ze looked at Hu Xialan and saw that she turned her face away in panic. He was disappointed. Hu Xialan opened her mouth to explain, but Han Ze waved his hand and said dejectedly: “We are divorced. I won’t ask more about you in the past. But even though you did so many things in the past, Brother Liu is still willing to accept you. It’s Brother Liu’s kindness and righteousness. You should cherish your blessings, otherwise no matter how great the blessings are, they will be lost. Also, don’t come to me again in the future. Compared to Brother Liu, I am a little indifferent to you.”

 

Hu Xialan’s tears suddenly fell. Why did Liu Bingshen become a kind and righteous man in the end? He is obviously a bastard. She will never remarry him, or he will kill her.

 

Liu Bingshen looked at Han Ze with more satisfaction. He said, “Yes, you cheated on me, but I still want you. You should be grateful.”

 

Hu Xialan’s tears fell even more fiercely, and she was full of despair. She was disgusted by a prisoner who solicited prostitutes. Why should she remarry him? She was so old, and she had to endure such humiliation. What kind of fate did she have?

 

Han Ze glanced at the watch on his wrist and sighed: “Hu Xialan and Brother Liu, go back and live a good life. I won’t keep you here.”

 

Liu Bingshen had never seen Hu Xialan so desperate. Even when he caught her cheating in bed, she was not so desperate. He was in a very good mood. He pulled Hu Xialan’s arm and said, “Don’t make trouble with me. Let’s go home. Han Ze is right. People should know how to cherish their blessings, otherwise no matter how great their blessings are, they will be wasted.”

 

Hu Xialan was discouraged. Her son was unfilial and her man was unreliable. What was the point of living? She was like a puppet, being led forward by Liu Bingshen.

 

Han Ze returned home and thought about it and called Liu Mingda. Liu Mingda was very surprised to receive Han Ze’s call. He smiled and said hello. Han Ze said bluntly: “Your parents just came to my place to make trouble. Go back to see them. You are their son. Don’t let them come to me for no reason.”

 

After Han Ze finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

 

Liu Mingda frowned. He was at work, so he had no time to go home. Thinking of this, he called Hu Xialan.

 

Hu Xialan sniffed. She couldn’t tell him that his father invited a woman to his home. She said, “It’s okay. Just go to work.”

 

Liu Mingda was busy at work and couldn’t leave. Since his mother said it was okay, he thought it was not a big deal, so he didn’t take it to heart.

 

Xiao Cheng looked at him, and he smiled and said, “My dad called me. Old people are like this. Even if I’m over 30 years old, they still don’t worry about me. They call me to care about me no matter what.”

 

Xiao Cheng was very envious. She smiled and said, “Uncle is a gentle father. It would be great if my father was so good to me.”

 

Liu Mingda smiled and said nothing.