Chapter 1716: Raising an Ungrateful Wolf
Chong Lou called Xiao Zhou to come and pick up the visitors. she had no intention of letting them enter the house. However, Liu Peipei, sitting inside, heard Chong Lou speaking at the door for a long time. She rolled her wheelchair out and asked, "Xiang Yao, who is here?"
Chong Lou glanced back at Liu Peipei and said, "Nothing."
Gan Juhua saw Liu Peipei in the wheelchair and her eyes lit up. "Are you my new daughter-in-law?"
Gan Juhua spoke in a local dialect. Liu Peipei did not understand and looked at Chong Lou. "What did she say?"
Chong Lou shook his head slightly. "Nothing, Peipei. Go inside first. I will deal with these two and then join you."
Although Liu Peipei did not want to go back inside, she also did not want to share a room with a country bumpkin like Gan Juhua. She gave a disgusted look, nodded as a greeting, and then nodded to Chong Lou. "Then I will go in first." She rolled back inside.
Gan Juhua wanted to follow her in, but Chong Lou spoke directly. "If you dare to enter, I will have someone break your legs."
Gan Juhua had never imagined her son would threaten her. She was stunned for a moment and looked at Chong Lou. "What did you say?"
Chong Lou no longer wanted to pretend. He said directly, "You had better go back quietly. Jingdu is not a place you can闯 (break into) as you please, and my home is not a place you can enter as you wish."
"You…" Gan Juhua could not believe Chong Lou would say such things. She did not know what to say, her eyes full of disappointment and disbelief.
"Enough. Let's not talk anymore. Let's go rest. We will buy tickets to go back tomorrow." Zhu Guifu was much more清醒 (clear-headed) than Gan Juhua. Since their son could not be relied upon, they could only return to find their clan members. At least Sichen Town was still their root.
Gan Juhua could not believe her husband would say such things. She looked at her. "We…"
"Do not say another word." Zhu Guifu looked at Gan Juhua, stopping her words before they could leave her tongue.
Xiao Zhou arrived. Chong Lou said to him, "Xiao Zhou, take them to Tangyuan Residential Area. Arrange for them to go to the train station tomorrow and leave Jingdu."
"Yes, Boss." Xiao Zhou calculated in his mind and understood. He had a new understanding of Chong Lou's ruthlessness, but he did not show it on his face. Instead, he smiled at Zhu Guifu and Gan Juhua. "The two elders, let me take you to rest first."
"Thank you for your trouble." Zhu Guifu nodded to Xiao Zhou and followed him away.
Seeing her husband leave, Gan Juhua naturally did not stay behind and hurried to follow.
Chong Lou breathed a sigh of relief as Zhu Guifu and Gan Juhua left. In fact, he did not necessarily want to kill them, as long as they knew their place.
Zhu Guifu and Gan Juhua returned to their original residence. Xiao Zhou said at the door, "Tomorrow morning, I will buy train tickets first, and then come to pick you up for the train station."
"Good." Zhu Guifu nodded slightly.
Xiao Zhou said nothing more, just smiled, and left.
After Xiao Zhou left, they entered the house and closed the door. Zhu Guifu's face was full of defeat.
"Why did you not let me speak to Xiang Yao?" Gan Juhua asked. She was unwilling to accept it. That was her son, the son she had carried for ten months.
"If you want to meet Venerable Yanluo, just speak to him." Zhu Guifu took out his pipe and began to smoke continuously. "Did you not notice? That is no longer your son. He has murderous intent towards us because we make him lose face."
Zhu Guifu might not be smart, but he knew how to read people's expressions.
Gan Juhua looked at Zhu Guifu. "You are lying. That is our son. How could he harm us?"
Zhu Guifu sneered. "He is no longer our son. I now understand what the third branch meant back then. He has indeed forgotten his ancestors and will never be a member of the Zhu family again. He is Chong Lou, a person from Jingdu."
Gan Juhua looked at Zhu Guifu, unable to believe the result. "Impossible. That is my son. If my son is gone, who will we rely on in the future?"
"Who else? Rely on ourselves." Zhu Guifu sneered. The result was already out. Even if he had to swallow his broken teeth, he had to endure it and not let anyone see his unease.
"Enough. Stop crying. Hurry up and pack your luggage. At least the current result is better than during the day. During the day, we left with nothing. At least now we can take our luggage and leave." Zhu Guifu looked at his weeping companion. There was no smile on his face. He had reached this point and could not retreat anymore.
"We could have stayed here forever. Why do we have to leave?" Gan Juhua was still unwilling.
"If you want to die, stay here." Zhu Guifu said calmly. "Your so-called son has long lost his humanity. He only wants to live well for himself and does not care about us at all."
Zhu Guifu was very angry, but he saw clearly. Chong Lou was no longer the upright Zhu Xiang Yao of the past. The former Zhu Xiang Yao was upright because of his environment and work. He was a soldier and a party member, so he had his own faith and honor. But after retiring and losing his party membership due to mistakes, his faith was stripped away. So he sought a new faith, but it was not good. He joined the Holy Cult, and thus he changed completely.
Zhu Guifu might not fully understand all the details, but he saw some truths clearly. At least one thing he knew for sure: from today on, the son Zhu Xiang Yao in his heart was gone. The one living now was only Chong Lou.
At this moment, he suddenly felt particularly depressed. The former glory had now become shame. He felt lost about the days ahead.
The next day, a little after ten in the morning, Xiao Zhou came to pick them up. They took their luggage and followed Xiao Zhou to the train station. Leaving was good; at least they could pretend to know nothing.
Zhu Yanyi was slightly surprised to hear that Zhu Guifu and Gan Juhua had left. "They actually left like that? Would Chong Lou allow them to leave?"
"Chong Lou still has some blood ties. Even if he does not want to see Zhu Guifu and Gan Juhua, he does not wish to really kill them." Yan Aohan smiled slightly. "Besides, even if Zhu Guifu and Gan Juhua leave, it does not mean Chong Lou can rest easy in the future."
"Hmm?" Zhu Yanyi looked at Yan Aohan and knew something interesting must have happened. "What interesting thing happened?"
"Silver Fox had someone contact Zhang Qiaolian. You would never guess that Zhang Qiaolian has such heavy ambitions. For her ambitions, she is willing to follow various people to learn various knowledge, including upper-class etiquette, foreign languages, dance, and other courses. It is said she is very diligent." Yan Aohan smiled lightly.