Liu Mingda was working when his assistant Xiao Cheng came to tell him that his father had arrived and was waiting for him in the reception room. Liu Mingda was stunned at first, then ecstatic. It seemed that after a few months of settling down, his stepfather finally put aside 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 workstation. 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 eldest son's father. The old man who was dressed normally and had a fierce and obscene face just now is not my eldest son's father at all."
Xiao Zhou smiled and said, "Since he has come to the company, how could he not be your eldest brother'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 said nothing.
Although she scolded Xiao Zhou, Xiao Cheng was also full of doubts. She knew Wang Peining and they had eaten together several times. Wang Peining often mentioned the eldest brother's father in her words, and she was very gentle. It was obvious that he was the same person as the eldest brother's father whom she had met.
But the man outside was not the eldest father she had seen, nor could he be the gentle and kind father mentioned by Wang Peining. So who was that man? Was it really like Xiao Zhou said that the eldest had two fathers? She shook her head with a smile. What did the affairs of the eldest family have to do with her? She was really bored and meddling in other people's business.
Xiao Zhou glanced at the thoughtful Xiao Cheng, her eyes rolled, she stood up, and quietly went to the reception room. During this period, her boss and Liu Mingda were competing for the position of manager. She wanted to receive first-hand information and maybe she could help her boss. When her boss 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 skinny 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 freeze in his tracks. He stared blankly at the man in front of him, who had an old and haggard face but was extremely familiar to him, in disbelief.
Seeing that he was just staring at him without saying anything, Liu Bingshen hurriedly said, "Mingda, I'm your father, don't you recognize me?"
Liu Mingda suddenly came back to his senses and looked around. Seeing that there was no one else, he relaxed slightly and asked in a deep voice, "How did you find my company?"
Liu Mingda's questioning tone made Liu Bingshen stunned, and then he 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."
Get out of jail
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 his father was in prison. With such a father, what qualifications does he have to compete with his own boss
Liu Mingda took a few deep breaths, frowned and said, "Then you shouldn't have come to my company. It would 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. I don't understand what impact it would have if he went 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.
Liu Mingda's irritable questioning made him feel insulted by his son. He was furious and shouted, "I'm your father, not someone you can't see. What's the impact? Do you dislike the fact that I've been in jail?"
Liu Mingda's eyebrows jumped, and he quickly said, "Dad, please keep your voice down."
Liu Bingshen snorted and said, "I have been in prison, but I am out now, which means I am innocent. The country has released me. You are my son, what qualifications do you have to look down on 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 to work."
Liu Bingshen didn't know whether he believed Liu Mingda's explanation 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 guys and haven't had anything to eat yet. Take me out to eat and buy me some clothes to change into."
Even though Liu Mingda was reluctant, he had no choice but to ask for leave from the company and take Liu Bingshen out to eat and buy clothes.
However, just as he asked for leave from the company, the news that his father had been in jail spread throughout the company, but he knew nothing about it.
Seeing the rumor spreading more and more fiercely, Xiao Cheng wanted to tell Liu Mingda, but was stopped by Xiao Zhou, who told her that Liu Mingda had a bad temper and he had asked for leave, but she still called him. What if she disturbed him and got 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 eldest brother's father, and that man could not have ever been to jail. The rumors must be just rumors. She could just wait until the eldest brother came back and explain everything clearly. As for the person who came to see the eldest brother today, he was definitely not the eldest brother's father, and might be a liar.
Liu Mingda took Liu Bingshen to dinner and bought clothes. He said expressionlessly, "We've had dinner and bought clothes. Now go. If you have nothing else, don't bother me in the future."
Liu Bingshen was carrying several large bags of clothes, looking very happy. When he heard his son's words, his face was long. What did he mean by "don't bother him when there's nothing to do"? Mingda meant that he didn't care about him anymore? Thinking of this, he became angry and threw the clothes in his hand to the ground, pointing at him and questioning, "You mean you don't plan to take care of me, let alone provide for my old age?"
Liu Mingda turned his head away and didn't look at him. It was obvious that this was what he meant.
Liu Bingshen said bitterly, "You are an unfilial son. Okay, okay, okay, aren't you afraid that my going to your company will have a bad influence? 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, and see if you will provide for my old age."
If you treat him well, your son is still your son. If you treat him badly, your son can also be your enemy.
Liu Mingda had no doubt about his words. As long as his father treated him badly, he would turn his back on his relatives in an instant. 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 son. If Hu Xialan hadn't hooked up with someone outside, how could we have divorced? If I didn't divorce, 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 if I didn't stab the person's intestines out? In short, it's all your mother's fault. You brothers must control me."
Liu Mingda's face was still full of anger. Whatever happened was his parents' business, and he would not comment on it. He was in a critical period of promotion, and he could not 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. She pointed at him and asked tremblingly, "You, why are you here?"
Liu Bingshen licked his lips at her and said with a smug look on his face: "My wife and son are here, why can't I be here?"
Hu Xialan was disgusted by him, her face turned purple with anger, and she yelled, "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 Yuandatou is pretty good. He raised my wife and children fat and white. I wanted to settle accounts with him, but now it seems that I have obviously made a profit. Although my wife slept with him for more than ten years for nothing, he paid for it. It's better than that old white-faced man in the village who slept with his wife for nothing and got nothing in return."
Hu Xialan shook herself. She couldn't believe that he would say such a stupid thing in front of her son. She said angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Liu Bingshen laughed loudly and said, "You are 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 make that old white-faced man compensate me. If he doesn't give me anything, I will settle the score with him one day."
Hu Xialan's face turned pale. In front of her son, Liu Bingshen didn't give her any face at all. She didn't dare to look at Mingda's expression at all and wished she could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.
Liu Mingda was extremely embarrassed, his face was filled with shame, these were his parents. He said impatiently: "I haven't seen Pei Ning for a while, you guys chat slowly, I'll go to Pei Ning's place to see her."
After saying this, without waiting for the two to react, he turned and went down the stairs. After all, his parents used to be 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 she 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. He said proudly, "You bought it. Where did you get the money? Those things were bought with my son's money, so I can eat them. Not only do I have to eat, I also have to live here every day. What can you do to me?"
Hu Xialan was so angry at his rogue appearance that her teeth itched. She gritted her teeth and said, "We are divorced."
Liu Bingshen looked at her calmly: "We are divorced. Who pays the rent for this house?"
Hu Xialan pursed her lips and said nothing. Liu Bingshen said, "My son paid for it. Whether it's the rent or the food and daily necessities at home, they were all paid for by my son. If you as a mother can enjoy it, then I as a father can enjoy it too."
Hu Xialan looked at him with annoyance and turned to go to the kitchen to eat. Liu Bingshen didn't care about her disdainful look. He had seen this kind of look from her too many times before their divorce.
He glanced at Hu Xialan going into the kitchen, sneered twice and followed her to the kitchen. On the stove in the kitchen, there were two plates of food, one plate of stir-fried pork with green peppers and the other plate of vegetables. Hu Xialan scooped a bowl of rice and was preparing to have 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 green pepper and pork on the plate in a few bites. Hu Xialan glared at her angrily, and Liu Bingshen noticed her eyes, bared his teeth at her, laughed twice, and continued to eat.
Hu Xialan watched as he wasted two plates of food. Mingda gave her less 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 they had a father who had been in prison living 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 the divorce, she would never choose to divorce even if she was beaten to death.
...
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 in the office, called his assistant Xiao Cheng, and asked her to come to his office.
Xiao Cheng was at a loss, thinking that her 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 his head, and gritted his teeth, deciding to tell the truth: "... Yes."
Liu Mingda's face darkened slightly. Thinking of his father, he had a bad feeling in his heart and asked anxiously, "What's the matter?"
Xiao Cheng gritted his teeth and said, "It's rumored in the company that your father was a labor camp prisoner and had been in jail."
"What?"
Liu Mingda stood up suddenly, his face gloomy: "When did this happen? Why didn't you tell me?"
Xiao Cheng whispered, "After you left yesterday, the news spread all over the company. I, I didn't dare to tell you."
Liu Mingda looked at her impatiently and angrily accused her, "Such a big thing, and you didn't even tell me? How can you be an assistant?"
Xiao Cheng explained: "I have met your father. He is so gentle, how could he be a labor camp prisoner? I thought that if you came to the company and explained it clearly to your colleagues, they would naturally stop spreading rumors."
It would be nice if Han Ze was his biological father.
Liu Mingda rubbed his forehead with a headache, feeling that nothing was going well. He said unhappily, "Okay, okay, you can go down."
Xiao Cheng didn't move. Liu Mingda looked at her irritably: "Why are you standing here? Are you waiting to be scolded?"
Xiao Cheng felt aggrieved, but still looked at Liu Mingda hesitantly and asked cautiously: "Then, what about the rumors?"
Rumors, rumors! Unless that was not his biological father, there was no way that the rumor would disappear. Liu Mingda was angry at that couple again. Other people's parents would not hinder their children even if they could not help them. But his parents were just trying to trick their son.
He frowned. He couldn't tell people that Liu Bingshen was not his father. His eyes flashed. He could really tell people that the person in jail was not his biological father, 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 wouldn't affect anything. Anyway, he would provide for his retirement. He shouldn't 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 was imprisoned 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 delighted. She knew that the man couldn't be the boss' biological father. She smiled and said, "I'll explain it to my colleagues in the company right away."
Liu Mingda smiled and nodded, "Thank you for your help."
Xiao Cheng said: "No trouble, no trouble."
Liu Mingda returned home in the evening. Seeing his angry mother and his complacent father, 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, you can give me two thousand yuan."
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 any 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, his face gloomy, "I don't have that much cash right now, I'll get it for you tomorrow."
Liu Bingshen pressed on: "If you don't have money to withdraw, I want it now."
Liu Mingda clenched his fists and turned to get the money. Liu Bingshen got the money and looked at Hu Xialan happily: "You need to use methods to discipline your children. If you don't use strong methods, he will think you are easy to bully."
Hu Xialan thought about the fifty yuan Mingda gave her every day, and then looked at how Liu Bingshen could easily get two thousand yuan. She felt mixed emotions.
Liu Mingda secretly thought: "Mom, I'm getting promoted now, I don't want to cause any trouble, please don't make a fuss."
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 wearing high heels. It was impossible for Wang Peining to come over at this time. Whose shoes were these
"Don't be in a hurry!" 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 trembling fingers and could not utter a word.
The woman was also startled and stood up. She said, "Something happened at home, so I'm leaving. Two hundred dollars."
Liu Bingshen was so angry that he said, "Why are you leaving? I'm divorced from that woman, so she should be the one to leave."
As he said that, he pushed Hu Xialan out. Hu Xialan staggered, fell to the ground, and hit her head on the threshold. Liu Bingshen sneered, ignored her, and locked the door.
Xia Lan felt extremely sick listening to the teasing voices inside. She covered her aching head, sat on the ground alone, and cried silently. She asked God again when such days would end.
No, she couldn't accept her fate. She had to find a way to change her current situation. She thought of Han Ze. Han Ze knew how much of a bastard Liu Bingshen was and that she was entangled by Liu Bingshen. Even if he had no feelings for her anymore, they had been husband and wife for more than ten years, so he would surely help her. After all, in this city, she didn't know who else she could find to help her except Han Ze.
...
Han Feiyu went to work, Han Shutao went on a business trip a few days ago, Aunt Chen asked for leave, and Han Ze was alone with nothing to do, so he played chess with others in the pavilion of the community as usual. So Hu Xialan pressed the doorbell at the door of Han's house for a long time, but no one answered her. She remembered that the last time she saw Lao Han, he was playing chess with others in the community, so 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 see 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 bucket of cold water, pouring over her head and chilling her to the bone. She said weakly, "Old Han, please save me. I can't live like this anymore."
Han Ze stated the facts in a deep voice: "We are divorced. It is not my place to interfere in your family affairs."
Hu Xialan grabbed his hand. Han Ze was stunned and struggled to get rid of her hand. He frowned and said, "Just talk. Don't touch me. It's not a good influence."
Hu Xialan's face turned pale, thinking about how good Lao Han had been to her before, always putting her first in everything. Why was he so heartless now? Was it because she had cheated on him? Why didn't he think about how she, a woman with two children, could win his heart and make him willingly pay to support her two sons without pretending 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 and 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 became paralyzed, the two of them lived together. Why didn't Hu Xialan dislike Liu Bingshen at that time
Thinking of this, Han Ze suggested calmly: "You were originally married. Now that he is out of prison and your two children are so old, don't bother anymore. Why don't you remarry? Isn't it great for the whole family to be together in harmony and happiness?"
Together with He Meimei, she and Liu Bingshen together with He Meimei? Hu Xialan shuddered at the disgusting thing she had just seen, her face 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, so you must have had a good relationship before. Now that he is 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. If I go back, he will kill me. For the sake of us being husband and wife for more than ten years, please help me this time and 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 and her heart felt as if it was being strangled. She stiffened her body and turned around silently.
"You, why are you here?" The terrified voice showed Hu Xialan's fear at the moment. Seeing Han Ze beside her, she hurriedly hid behind him.
"I'm hungry, 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. Sure enough, she came to Han Ze and ruined his reputation. This woman really deserved 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, so remarry Brother Liu and stop making trouble. If you keep making trouble, the two children will not be able to live a peaceful life and you will be blamed."
Hu Xialan never expected that Han Ze was actually really urging her to remarry Liu Bingshen, not just talking about it. 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 had a gloomy face and looked at Hu Xialan viciously. What kind of person is he
He originally didn't want to remarry her. With his son's money, what kind of woman can't he find? 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 make your lies sound 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 to stop making trouble. Brother Liu is very good."
Liu Bingshen's expression eased after hearing Han Ze's words. He looked at Hu Xialan with pride and said, "Look, Han Ze said I'm good, so why would you not want to? 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-faced guy from your hometown?"
"What old white-faced man?" Han Ze asked with a frown.
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 an old white-faced man. They rolled into bed and I caught them red-handed. We divorced because of this."
Han Ze looked at Hu Xialan and saw her turning 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 you about your 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. You should cherish your blessings, otherwise no matter how great your blessings are, they will be wasted. Also, don't come to me again in the future. Compared to Brother Liu, I am a little unkind to you."
Hu Xialan's tears suddenly fell. Why did Liu Bingshen become a kind and righteous man in the end? He was obviously a bastard. She would never remarry him, otherwise she would be killed by him.
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, her heart 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 was she going to 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 on him, she was not so desperate. He was in a very good mood. He pulled Hu Xialan's arm and said, "Stop making trouble with me. Let's go home. Han Ze is right. People should learn to cherish their blessings, otherwise no matter how great their blessings are, they will be wasted."
Hu Xialan was disheartened. Her son was unfilial and her husband was unreliable. What was the point of living like this? She was like a puppet, being led forward by Liu Bingshen.
Han Ze returned home and after thinking about it, he decided to call Liu Mingda. Liu Mingda was very surprised to receive a call from Han Ze. He smiled and said hello. Han Ze said bluntly: "Your parents just came to my place to make a fuss. Go back and see them. You are their son. Don't let them come to my place to make a fuss for no reason."
After Han Ze finished speaking, he hung up the phone.
Liu Mingda frowned. He was at work and 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 with work and couldn't leave. Since his mother said it was okay, he thought it was not a big deal and didn't take it seriously.
Xiao Cheng looked at him, and he smiled and said, "My dad called me. Old people are like that. Even though I'm over 30 years old, he still worries about me. He calls me to check on me no matter what happens."
Xiao Cheng was very envious. She smiled and said, "Uncle is a gentle father. It would be great if my dad could be so kind to me."
Liu Mingda smiled and said nothing.
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As you all know, when I write, I like to explain things bit by bit, and this is where I haven’t written yet.
Good night everyone. I envy those friends who wear skirts and slippers.
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