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Chapter 2460 Xiao Dang's Explanation

Let alone arguing with Yi Zhonghai, Jia Dongxu has hardly ever argued with anyone else.

Jia Dongxu's personality was described as "good boy" when he was a child, but "coward" when he grew up.

He doesn't dare to argue with anyone else.

It was precisely because of his incompetence that Qin Huairu had a reason to complain to Sha Zhu.

When Sha Zhu heard Qin Huairu's complaints, his male chauvinism kicked in, and he naturally stood up for Qin Huairu.

Once you do it once, you'll do it a second time, a third time, and then it becomes a habit.

If Sha Zhu doesn't step forward, Yi Zhonghai can righteously accuse Sha Zhu of being heartless.

Being a coward is not a good compliment for a man.

But when applied to the Jia family, it becomes the biggest help for them to exploit others.

Imagine if Jia Dongxu had a little more backbone, would he have allowed his wife to have an affair with someone else?

Without Jia Dongxu's tacit approval, Qin Huairu would have no way to fool Sha Zhu.

Without Qin Huairu's meddling, Sha Zhu would probably have gotten married long ago.

Yi Zhonghai's hypocrisy, Liu Haizhong's stupidity, Yan Bugui's greed, Qin Huairu's flirtatiousness, Jia Dongxu's cowardice, Jia Zhangshi's shrewishness, the deaf old lady's kindness, and the indifferent people in the courtyard.

The combined forces gradually buried Shazhu in the pit.

When Xiao Dang saw that the two didn't believe her, she quickly explained, "I'm telling the truth."

My grandmother resented Yi Zhonghai for being rich and unwilling to help our family, so she scolded him.

Yi Zhonghai privately approached my father, asking him to control my grandmother, and even threatened him, saying that if my grandmother caused trouble again, he would kick her out.

My dad is the most filial son; he would never kick my grandma out. He just argued with Yi Zhonghai for a bit.

Sha Zhu and Xu Damao were taken aback, then began to recall seriously.

When Jia Dongxu was alive, Yi Zhonghai relied on Jia Dongxu to support him in his old age. Jia Zhangshi saw this and was full of confidence.

Others may fear Yi Zhonghai, but she is not.

Not only was she unafraid, but every now and then, Jia Zhangshi would deliberately cause trouble and scold Yi Zhonghai.

It was only after Jia Dongxu died that Jia Zhangshi became more restrained, but only by reducing the frequency of her actions.

When it's time to scold someone, you absolutely won't hold back.

In 1966, Sha Zhu was devastated by Lou Xiao'e's departure and was transferred away from the canteen, so he was unable to help Qin Huairu.

Without Sha Zhu's help, the Jia family's life became difficult, so they had no choice but to seek help from Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai wanted Qin Huairu to marry Sha Zhu, but Jia Zhangshi scolded him severely, so much so that Yi Zhonghai didn't dare to mention spending the New Year together.

The number of times they cursed each other was so numerous, and given the passage of time, neither of them could remember whether Jia Zhangshi had cursed Yi Zhonghai before Jia Dongxu died.

Whether or not someone has actually insulted you is not important.

The important question is: what is the Jia family's purpose?

Xu Damao then asked, "Who told you this?"

"It was only after Yi Zhonghai died that he said this. That's why we were unwilling to hold a memorial service for Yi Zhonghai on his deathbed."

Yi Zhonghai killed my father; we're lucky we didn't get revenge.

My silly father even forced us to worship him.

Uncle, do you think we can do that kind of thing?

Yi Zhonghai is an old man without descendants. As long as he is alive, we take care of him; that is our way of showing filial piety.

He died, we buried him, and that was the end of it.

It is impossible for us to worship him.

If we were to actually do that, we would be letting my dad down.

My brother had been drinking that day, which is why he acted that way towards my mentally challenged father.

He regretted it the next day when he sobered up.

Just take that with a grain of salt.

Neither Xu Damao nor Sha Zhu believed it.

If the Jia family truly regretted their actions, they wouldn't have had that argument a while back.

For a while, the Jia family showed no sign of backing down.

On the contrary, when the Jia family heard that Sha Zhu wanted the family property, they wanted nothing more than to kill him.

"Can your brother regret it?"

Xiao Dang said, "Really, my brother really regrets it, but with his personality, he's so stubborn he won't say a word of apology."

Dad knows. Back when Sha Zhu married my mom, didn't my brother also anger Dad and not speak a word to him for over ten years?

He eventually admitted his mistake.

Sha Zhu spat, "Don't flatter him. He admitted his mistake because I found him a good job."

If I didn't have that job, would he give me a friendly look?

Later, when I married Tang Yanling, it was I who gave up the house.

A hint of embarrassment flashed across Xiao Dang's face, but it disappeared in an instant: "Silly Dad, how could you say that? He wasn't doing it for your benefit."

That's because I'm sorry, there's no way to back down gracefully.

Finding him a job and providing him with a house are ways to give him a way out.

He took the initiative to come down when he was given a way out.

Don't you think so?

Xiao Dang looked at Xu Damao nervously, afraid that Xu Damao would speak.

Xu Damao was a shrewd man, and even Yi Zhonghai was wary of him at first.

Whenever Sha Zhu drinks with Xu Damao, Yi Zhonghai will immediately start brainwashing him.

Sometimes, if that's not enough, they'll even invite a deaf old lady over to help brainwash him.

The Jia family unanimously believed that Xu Damao was behind this falling out with Shazhu.

They were afraid that Xu Damao would expose their lies.

They felt much more at ease as long as Xu Damao didn't speak. With Sha Zhu's brains, they were confident that with a few more tricks, they could make him obedient.

Xu Damao saw through Xiao Dang's thoughts, but didn't pay much attention to them.

Sha Zhu is no longer the easily fooled Sha Zhu he used to be.

He couldn't help Sha Zhu in everything.

To deal with Qin Huairu, Sha Zhu must be clear-headed.

Sha Zhu was certainly sober, but he didn't turn against Xiao Dang.

The Jia family understands him, and he understands the Jia family.

Sha Zhu knew very well that the Jia family's methods were definitely not limited to this.

He wanted to see what the Jia family would do next, so he gave Xiao Dang a perfunctory answer.

Although Xiao Dang is clever, her preconceived notion of Sha Zhu is unchangeable.

She couldn't see through Sha Zhu's perfunctory attitude and thought she could win him back and get him to continue helping their family.

Xiao Dang said things that Sha Zhu liked to hear, making Sha Zhu very happy.

Xu Damao watched from the side, and only asked Sha Zhu after Xiao Dang left.

"Are you going to break ties with the Jia family, or do you want to rekindle your old flame with Qin Huairu?"

Sha Zhu rolled his eyes at him: "Qin Huairu is my enemy, don't you think?"

"Then why did you say those things to Xiao Dang?" Xu Damao asked curiously.

Sha Zhu said smugly, "You don't understand. I bet Xiao Dang was sent by Qin Huairu to scout ahead."

Next, Xiao Huaihua will definitely continue to take action.

Their goal was to exploit my sympathy and get me to continue helping them.

Xu Damao couldn't stand Sha Zhu's smugness and immediately said, "I saw it coming a long time ago."

Since you figured it out, why did you still tell her those things?

Sha Zhu said, "They want to use me, but I also want to use them."

I'm playing along, seeing what their true intentions are.

Xu Damao curled his lip: "I'm afraid you're not just playing along, but you've lost both your wife and your army, and will continue to fall at Qin Huairu's feet."

“That’s absolutely impossible. I have an irreconcilable feud with the Jia family, and I will never let her get away with it,” Sha Zhu said firmly.

Xu Damao glanced at him twice, but ultimately didn't continue to mock him.

Sha Zhu suddenly became unserious: "How was Xiao Dang's granary just now?"

I deliberately pushed her into your arms.

Xu Damao glanced at Sha Zhu in surprise, then grinned mischievously.

"It's alright. It's not as good as Qin Huairu's."

I knew it! It's all your fault she ended up in my arms.

Sha Zhu spat, "You're blaming me now? I wonder who it was that was holding on so tightly." (End of Chapter)