CHAPTER 778: CHAPTER 753 ON THE PATH

The three of them remained silent.

Qin Dayu’s face turned red.

Her brother’s words made her feel ashamed. She had known what their mother had done over the years but thought it was out of the same mentality as their parents, feeling her brother owed them.

But when seriously considered, it seemed they had wronged her brother.

Li Kaoshan’s face turned red, too.

As a man, being confronted face-to-face by his brother-in-law with such words filled him with shame.

Even though he had some greedy, self-serving thoughts.

The problem was, he was still a man.

He hoped others would see him as a strong, respectable man.

Over the years, everyone remained silent, you good, me good, everyone good. The brother-in-law was easy-going, siding with his mother, and the mother-in-law favored his wife, so he could feel it was okay.

But the brother-in-law had suddenly revealed that beneath the surface of family harmony was his brother-in-law’s compromise.

He couldn’t hold on anymore.

The slap to his face resounded loudly.

"Dazhuang, over the years I’ve owed you. Your brother-in-law knows you’ve had it tough."

Li Kaoshan said awkwardly, unable to express more gratitude than that.

Without his mother-in-law speaking, what could he say?

Saying the mother-in-law favoring her daughter was wrong?

That would make him a scoundrel taking advantage of the situation.

Mother Qin raised her triangular eyes, filled with hostility, staring at Qin Dazhuang.

This son was different now.

In the past, this son never resisted her. Back then, she almost always had the final say in front of this boy, always getting what she wanted, but now he’s changed.

Mother Qin suddenly realized that the son who used to obey her every command no longer existed. After Qin Dazhuang hospitalized her, she should have realized this son dared to hit, to gamble, and now even dared to do business!

Using her old ways on such a son was a wrong idea.

If she really pushed Qin Dazhuang too hard, not only would he refuse to pay the 10,000 yuan, but if he actually kicked her out and bore the bad name of being unfilial, who could do anything to Qin Dazhuang?

Could she go to court?

Even if she was uneducated, living in the city with her husband for so many years, she knew from experience.

There was nothing now that could constrain Qin Dazhuang.

Maybe before, Qin Dazhuang was restrained by his job and reputation, and any family disputes were referred to the factory leader.

The factory leaders had much power.

If you didn’t listen, you got fired.

But now, Qin Dazhuang hadn’t worked at the factory for a long time.

That so-called stable job was a thing of the past.

If he wanted to be filial, willing to listen to her, it would be her luck; if he didn’t want to be filial, even if he bore the bad name and kicked her out, could the police do anything?

Could the women’s federation help?

If Qin Dazhuang really hardened his heart and disregarded everything to tear off the facade, it would ultimately hurt her daughter and son-in-law.

The daughter and son-in-law couldn’t bear such a reputation.

Being supported by the younger brother and sister-in-law for so many years?

Mother Qin wasn’t smart, but she wasn’t dumb either!

If that happened, the gossip could drive her daughter and son-in-law to death. This matter wouldn’t stand up to scrutiny by someone with a vested interest.

Not even the police or women’s federation could do anything to Qin Dazhuang.

Being filial is about genuine willingness.

Forcing someone who’s unwilling, what could you do if they disagreed?

Qin Dazhuang wasn’t someone to fear trouble.

Mother Qin suddenly remembered the incident where the daughter was knocked unconscious by Qin Dazhuang and had money taken away.

She felt a chill in her heart, remembering how she forgot that Qin Dazhuang, though appearing amicable and kind, could be crueler than most.

If she pushed Qin Dazhuang too far, she and her daughter might be finished.

Her tone immediately softened.

She wasn’t here to sever ties.

"Dazhuang, you’re right. You’ve given a lot for the family, for your parents, and for your sister over the years. Mom genuinely appreciates you. Whatever you say goes!"

Mother Qin’s words immediately eased the atmosphere. As long as she was willing to back down, Qin Dazhuang wouldn’t push things to the extreme.

Qin Dayu apologized softly.

"Dazhuang, those years were unfair to you. This money is borrowed from you, and in the future, your sister and I will pay you back."

Li Kaoshan panicked in his heart, this was ten thousand yuan!

How could he pay it back?

He didn’t even have a job now.

The children were sick.

Even by collecting from everywhere, they ran into a mountain of exterior debt.

They couldn’t pay off even this money. If Qin Dayu also carried this ten thousand yuan debt of her brother, their family would be finished.

He hurriedly winked at Qin Dayu.

But Qin Dayu remained unmoved.

Mother Qin, seeing her son-in-law anxious and flustered like a headless chicken, felt helpless as well. How did she choose such an irresponsible man for her daughter? Just look at him.

But what else could she do?

Her daughter had already given birth to three kids; they couldn’t ask her to divorce her husband now.

Even though Li Kaoshan wasn’t great, once a woman marries and has children, life has to continue like this.

"Brother-in-law, don’t worry. Since I said I’d get this money for you, I never expected you to pay it back, so you don’t need to repay it."

Qin Dazhuang decided not to expect the money back for the sake of his foster mother and Qin Dayu.

After all, paying for surgery was something an average family couldn’t afford; it was a sum that would bankrupt them.

He was willing to be this generous fool because he intended to repay his foster mother and Qin Dayu this time. If in the future, the foster mother and Qin Dayu chose to have a peaceful relationship with him, then they would still be relatives and interact like normal relatives.

He would still be filial to his adoptive mother, providing for her in her old age. But if the foster mother and Qin Dayu continued being greedy, this would be the last time. No matter what came to light in the future, Qin Dazhuang wouldn’t agree, and no one could do anything about it.

Though his reputation was tarnished, what harm was there in that reputation?

When he was gambling, the whole neighborhood treated him like a plague, avoiding him.

Now he looked shiny and polished because he had money, so people called him Boss Qin, but privately, his past deeds didn’t stop circulating.

Who could truly see him as a good person!

If he couldn’t be a good person, and being a good person meant grievances, he preferred to be a bad one.

At least as a bad person, he could find some peace and serve his children properly; this money was meant for his two daughters, not for anyone else to squander.

Qin Dazhuang was able to be ruthless.

Li Kaoshan breathed a sigh of relief, grateful that his brother-in-law was sensible.