Li Zhengguo returned home from work, followed by three people.
"Jingjing."
"Cousin Jintang."
"Cousin Jintang."
It was Tian Ligu, Tian Daxue, and Tian Xiaoxue who had arrived.
Tian Jing looked at Li Zhengguo, wondering why her husband was with these three people.
Li Zhengguo, meanwhile, looked at Zeng Jingchu in surprise: "How did you become like this? When did you get back?"
Zeng Jingchu waved his hand: "You deal with Tiantian's matters first."
Li Zhengguo then explained to his wife: "Tian Ligu went to town to find me, and when I brought him back, we ran into Tian Daxue and Tian Xiaoxue walking to find you."
Tian Jing got up and retrieved three bank cards from the west room, handing them over to them one by one:
"I've solved this matter for you. If you get robbed again, don't expect me to handle it. I'm not your savior."
Tian Ligu, with his arm in a sling, held his bank card and asked, "Is there really money in this card? That boss didn't lie, did he?"
Tian Jing glared at him: "If I've already revealed all my secrets to him so clearly, and he still dares to lie to you, then he's a fake boss and a real swindler."
After speaking, Tian Jing said to Tian Daxue and Tian Xiaoxue: "Yours is the same, 250,000 each."
"Plop!"
Tian Daxue and Tian Xiaoxue knelt down before Tian Jing: "Thank you, Cousin Jintang. We'll leave tomorrow and never come back."
Tian Ligu also thanked Tian Jing: "Thank you, Jingjing. I also want to apologize. I'm sorry for bullying you with the family before. I plan to leave with Dad, Mom, and my elder brother and sister-in-law."
Tian Jing was surprised by Tian Ligu's resolve: "Leaving your hometown at over forty is not easy, especially taking your selfish parents and unfeeling brother and sister-in-law."
Tian Ligu sighed: "They've all changed too. Since they couldn't get any more money from you, and after what happened to the three girls, they've finally developed a conscience."
"If this money can scatter our family, then it's truly fate, and we'll accept it."
Tian Jing only said these few words in passing and didn't care what the Tian family would do.
She waved her hand at Tian Daxue and Tian Xiaoxue on the ground:
"Go on now. Where you go from here is your own business, it has nothing to do with me."
Tian Ligu bowed to Tian Jing and ran out of the courtyard.
Tian Daxue and Tian Xiaoxue kowtowed to Tian Jing and also ran out of the courtyard.
Silence fell in the living room for a long time.
Zeng Jingchu looked out at the courtyard and curiously asked Tian Jing how the Tian family suddenly had so much money.
Tian Jing didn't hide it from him and told him the source of the money.
Zeng Jingchu shook his head and chuckled: "Unexpected windfall? Without the ability to handle it, it can easily lead to bloodshed. Given the Tian family's greed, this is far from over. I'd really like to see it firsthand."
Tian Jing rolled her eyes at Zeng Jingchu: "Cynical and gloating."
Zeng Jingchu nodded instead: "I've always been this way towards my enemies. If they fight amongst themselves, it saves me the trouble, right?"
Tian Jing didn't believe him: "If you wanted to act, you would have done so long ago."
Zeng Jingchu chuckled: "Keeping them in poverty and struggling in that dilapidated courtyard is the best, isn't it? Or do you have other ideas?"
Tian Jing froze for a moment, then pointed at him: "Zhangshan Village and Zhonghe Village are both looking for ways to get rich. If you make the Tian family act uniquely, others will surely think it's my revenge."
"Impossible," Zeng Jingchu shook his head. "Gambling alone can ruin an entire family."
Tian Jing didn't care how this guy was dealing with the Tian family: "Don't make it too obvious, I'm not taking the blame."
"Don't worry," Zeng Jingchu patted his chest and guaranteed: "Tell me about Jixiang's matters."
Tian Jing grinned at him: "You want to know?"
Zeng Jingchu nodded.
Tian Jing's face darkened: "I'm not telling you."
Zeng Jingchu shook his head and chuckled. He could find out from other sources, couldn't he?
Seeing Zeng Jingchu start to move, Tian Jing frowned: "Are you trying to die?"
Zeng Jingchu continued to move slowly: "I'm going to help in the kitchen and stoke the fire."
"You stoke the fire?" Tian Jing sneered: "It would be good if the fire didn't burn you."
"It's not that bad." Zeng Jingchu had already reached the doorway and was supporting himself on the doorframe, preparing to lift his leg.
Tian Jing immediately darted to his side, steadying him, and then reprimanded him fiercely:
"It's hard enough for two legs to bear your weight, and you want to use one? Planning to break it and go find Yuan Man, are you?"
"Help me," Zeng Jingchu smiled at Tian Jing who was supporting him: "Help me to the kitchen."
Help?
As Zeng Jingchu had a premonition that something was wrong, he found himself facing down, extremely close to the ground.
He, a man of nearly six feet tall, was being carried horizontally by a woman of about five feet two inches.
His reputation of a lifetime was ruined!
Li Zhengguo, who had intended to help, saw his wife bullying Zeng Jingchu, shook his head with a smile, and went to the study.
Li Mu and Yu Ziyu looked at the kitchen doorway in astonishment.
Tian Jing was still standing at the kitchen doorway in a dramatic pose.
Zeng Jingchu closed his eyes, wishing he would just pass out.
Tian Jing lifted her arm, and Zeng Jingchu changed from horizontal to vertical.
"Mom, he wants to stoke the fire, but his leg can't take the strain."
Li Mu offered him the high stool she was sitting on.
Yu Ziyu quickly placed the high stool by the stove: "Young... Boss Zeng, please sit here."
Tian Jing turned and left the kitchen: "If it breaks, it'll save Yuan Man from hitting him again."
Li Mu said to Zeng Jingchu: "Tiantian just has a sharp tongue but a soft heart."
Zeng Jingchu nodded: "I know. I actually wanted to hear about Jixiang."
Yu Ziyu quickly moved the high stool to the doorway, by Zeng Jingchu's leg.
"Thank you," Zeng Jingchu thanked Yu Ziyu and slowly turned to sit down.
"You're welcome," Yu Ziyu waved her hand, and seeing his movements, she couldn't help but reach out to support his arm.
Once Zeng Jingchu was seated, she returned to the stove to stoke the fire.
Speaking of Jixiang, Li Mu also missed him: "When Jixiang's birth mother came, I had already gone to Kyoto to take care of Lili."
"I heard Tiantian was worried about Jixiang playing in the village, so she sent him away."
"Jixiang missed his brother, so Tiantian brought Jiqing home and sent him there too."
"It's a happy thing for two children to grow up together."
Zeng Jingchu waved his hand at Li Mu: "I promised Tiantian that I would only acknowledge Jixiang and bring him back when he turns eighteen."
Li Mu smiled broadly: "Good, good, good. I really can't bear to part with Jixiang. He's such a bright and caring child."
"Compared to him, Jiqing is a bit less quick-witted, but with Jixiang leading him, he's also very lively."
"Many things, Jixiang would initiate, pulling Jiqing along..."
...
After dinner, Zeng Jingchu still wanted to hear about his son. He planned to find Chen Fu.
Tian Jing glared at him and picked up the phone to call Zeng Jingrong.
"Captain Zeng, where is the nanny you found for your little cousin? He's come to the courtyard."
"I don't know if I'll break his leg, or perhaps breaking both his arms wouldn't be bad, forcing him to crawl like a turtle."
Zeng Jingrong rubbed his forehead: "The nanny will arrive the day after tomorrow."
"Then I'll tie him to the bed first. Hurry up and find him a psychologist, or I'll cut out his tongue so he can never speak again."
"Oh, right. Whether Jixiang and Jiqing should come back, we still need to get the two children's opinions. Don't force them."
Zeng Jingrong said: "I asked. The two children are only willing to come back for a short time and then want to return to play with Aunt Li and Xiao Xiaohei."
Tian Jing nodded: "Alright then, let them play happily for two years. I think Jixiang's father is seriously ill."
"If two years isn't enough to cure him, then three or five years. He'll be cured eventually."
"Okay, okay," Zeng Jingrong agreed: "I'll find him a psychologist right away."
After hanging up the phone, Tian Jing waved to her husband and son: "Carry him to the room in the front courtyard and tie him to the bed."
Zeng Jingchu, hearing how Tian Jing was treating him, made his own request: "No, I still need to shower, and use the toilet, and... mmmph."
His mouth was covered by Li Zhengguo.
Looking at the three men who had left the dining room, Li Mu looked worried: "Tiantian?"
"It's alright," Tian Jing shook her head: "He was abused for over two years. Suddenly not being abused makes him a bit abnormal."
Li Mu: "..." Someone actually enjoys being abused?
Yu Ziyu: "..." So this is called a masochist.