Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Chapter 229 He Yushui questions Yi Zhonghai about embezzling living expenses

Upon hearing the sound, Yi Zhonghai looked back. He was about to reprimand Wang Feng when he saw that the postman, Xiao Zhang, was following behind He Yushui, which made his expression change instantly.

Qin Jingru saw Wang Feng return at the door and quickly walked over. As soon as she got there, she saw He Yushui with tears streaming down her face.

Before Yi Zhonghai could speak, Sha Zhu said with a gloomy face, "Wang Feng, what do you mean? What gives you the right to insult an old man like me? If you hadn't called Yu Shui out, Yu Shui wouldn't have even made it to the banquet, and you still have the nerve to say that?"

Wang Feng laughed: "You idiot Zhu, you're a complete moron! Are you trying to recognize a thief as your father?"

Just as Sha Zhu was about to speak, He Yushui cried out, "Brother! Our father has been sending us money and letters all along, it was...it was Yi Zhonghai who intercepted the money and letters our father sent us."

boom!

These words struck Yi Zhonghai like a thunderbolt from a clear sky, causing his mind to explode.

Everyone was stunned and stared at Yi Zhonghai.

Sha Zhu stared blankly at Yi Zhonghai, then shouted incredulously, "Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"

As he spoke, he stared intently at Yi Zhonghai and asked again, "Uncle, is this true? You really intercepted my dad's letter and money?"

At this moment, the postman, Xiao Zhang, walked up to Yi Zhonghai and roared, "Yi Zhonghai, I saw that you and He Daqing had a good relationship before. I gave you the letter with money He Daqing sent, saying you would pass it on to He Yuzhu and his sister. But what have you done? Have you lost your conscience? How could you withhold the children's living expenses?"

The post office director also stepped forward and said, "Comrades, I am the director of the post office. I can testify that after He Daqing left Beijing in 1951, he has been sending money and letters to He Yuzhu and her brother ever since June of that year. However, today He Yushui came to our post office and said that she and her brother have never received any money or letters from Comrade He Daqing. These money and letters were indeed signed for by Yi Zhonghai."

After the post office director finished speaking, he left with the postman, Xiao Zhang. If the post office director hadn't stopped him, Xiao Zhang would have given Yi Zhonghai a good beating.

Upon hearing that even the post office director had come out to testify, the way everyone in the courtyard looked at Yi Zhonghai changed, and some people were even gritting their teeth.

Many older women had seen Sha Zhu and Yu Shui scavenging for food, but the people in the courtyard weren't wealthy and couldn't offer much help. But Yi Zhonghai was too despicable; how could he do something so immoral? These living expenses were Sha Zhu and Yu Shui's life-saving money!

"No, no, Sha Zhu, let me explain. I saw your reckless personality and was afraid you would squander the money, so I saved it for you to get married. Sha Zhu, you have to believe me. Have you forgotten how I've treated you all these years?" Yi Zhonghai quickly explained.

Seemingly afraid that Sha Zhu wouldn't believe him, Yi Zhonghai added:

"Shazhu, your dad only sent a few hundred yuan in total. Think about it carefully. I lent you 1500 yuan a while ago. Do you think I'm the kind of person who needs a few hundred yuan?"

He Yushui, tears streaming down her face, glared angrily at Yi Zhonghai.

"Waaah, Yi Zhonghai, this is the living expenses my dad sent us. When my dad just passed away, my brother and I were so hungry that we had to scavenge for food, why didn't you give us the money? Were you going to wait until we starved to death before giving it to us? If we starved to death, how would my brother get married? You're clearly lying."

"Yi Zhonghai, you bastard!"

Sha Zhu roared and rushed in front of Yi Zhonghai, punching him in the face.

"Silly Zhu, listen to me..."

"Bang."

Before Yi Zhonghai could finish speaking, he was hit solidly by Sha Zhu, knocking him to the ground.

Sha Zhu is extremely angry, he's about to explode with rage. Over this period of time, he has seen through Qin Huairu's true colors. Qin Huairu just wants to leech off him to support her family.

He had always seen how good Yi Zhonghai had been to him. During this time, he had treated Yi Zhonghai even better than his own father, and he truly did regard Yi Zhonghai as his own father.

But what did Yi Zhonghai do? He intercepted the living expenses his father sent, watched him and Yu Shui howling from hunger, and couldn't bear it any longer, so he went to pick up garbage to eat?

Sha Zhu was about to make a move when the old woman suddenly grabbed him and roared:

"Shazhu, what are you doing? Don't you know how Lao Yi has treated you all these years? Without Lao Yi, you and Yushui would have starved to death long ago. How could you hit him? Have you lost all your conscience?"

"Silly Zhu, think about it carefully. You beat up Xu Damao and were taken to the police station. If it weren't for Lao Yi lending you 1500 yuan and secretly using his connections to get you out of jail, you'd still be in prison right now!"

"Yes, I know it was wrong of Lao Yi to intercept your dad's money and letter. Can't you forgive him this once, considering how he's treated you like his own son all these years?"

Yi Zhonghai stood up, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and sighed deeply.

"Silly Zhu, hit me all you want. As long as it makes you feel better, hit me as hard as you want. I know I lied to you, and you're angry. It's understandable that you're angry."

"But, Shazhu, have you thought about why I did this? Your father had just left Beijing and entrusted you and your brother to me. When I saw you, you were still the same reckless person I always was. I just wanted to teach you a lesson and change your personality. Did you really think I would watch you and your brother starve to death?"

Wang Feng and Qin Jingru watched all this silently. Wang Feng wanted to see if this silly Zhu could be fooled by Yi Zhonghai.

Anyway, he has already revealed the truth. No matter how He Yushui and Sha Zhu treat Yi Zhonghai, he will no longer care. He and Qin Jingru are just watching the show now. If Sha Zhu lets Yi Zhonghai go, it doesn't matter. Anyway, it will only take him a minute to deal with Yi Zhonghai.

Before Sha Zhu could speak, He Yushui shouted, "Yi Zhonghai, you're lying! How long are you going to keep lying to my brother? You keep saying it's for our own good, but when we're so hungry we can only fill our stomachs with cold water, when we're so starving we have to scavenge for food, is that really for our own good?"

As she spoke, He Yushui turned her gaze to Yi Zhonghai and demanded sharply, "Yi Zhonghai, where is the letter my father sent us?"

Yi Zhonghai shook his head with a pained expression: "I...I burned it."

"Yi Zhonghai, you bastard!"

He Yushui roared, glaring angrily at Yi Zhonghai, wishing she could tear him apart alive.

"Yi Zhonghai, what else do you have to say? Why did you burn the letters my father sent us? You said all this before, that it was for our own good, that you wanted my brother to suffer a bit, but you intercepted our father's letters and didn't give them to us, and then burned them. What's going on here? It's you who made us misunderstand my father for so many years. I always thought my father abandoned us, but I never expected that it was you who was behind all this."

He Yushui shouted this out, tears streaming down her face, sobbing uncontrollably.

"Waaaah, brother, wake up! Yi Zhonghai is a hypocrite, he's lying to you!"

"Brother, you must report this to the police immediately. If it weren't for Yi Zhonghai, how could we have suffered so much and misunderstood Dad for so many years?"