A Good-for-Nothing

160. Terribly Annoyed (2)

Translator: Dragon Rider

Within a few minutes after his return home, He Changchun had received two phone calls.

The first one was from Li Tiangang, Li Zong’s grandfather, who said that the next day he would come over with a lawyer to deal with He Zheng’s due share of the family property.

He Changchun was boiling with rage. Property? He was still alive! What was this nonsense about dividing family property?!

But Li Tiangang was Li Zong’s father. Although Li Zong had been dismissed from his post as vice-superintendent of SMB, He Changchun still didn’t dare offend him, so he subdued his anger and agreed.

The second one was from Old Master Zhu.

Old Master Zhu was not as polite as Li Tiangang had been. He Changchun picked up the phone and was just about to greet his father-in-law when Old Master Zhu started chewing him out. The old man also said that from this day onwards, the He family would be the Zhu family’s mortal enemy. He Changchun underwent a torrent of abuse, unable to chip in with a single word. After taking it out on He Changchun, Old Master Zhu quickly hung up the phone.

He Changchun was stupefied by these two phone calls. When he collected himself, a surge of anger abruptly rose inside him.

He Yu, who had been standing beside him and heard every word of the two callers, flinched, not daring say anything.

He Yu knew what was going on, but Qiao Peiyu didn’t.

On hearing the sound of the car engine, Qiao Peiyu went to the living room, waiting. At the sight of He Changchun’s terribly darkened face, she got a shrewd idea of what might have happened.

“Changchun, why are you having this look on your face? Didn’t you go to see He Zheng?”

At the sound of He Zheng’s name, He Changchun’s simmering rage was ignited. “What the hell are you standing here for?! Go back to your room and sleep if you have nothing else to do!”

Qiao Peiyu had never thought He Changchun would act this way. Though angered, she managed to keep her temper and said with a gentle smile, “Calm down, Changchun. Anger is bad for your health.”

Sitting on a sofa, seeing Qiao Peiyu’s submissive face, He Changchun felt a little regretful about having taken it out on her.

But on no account would he apologize to her for it. He Changchun gave a snort, took the cup of tea Qiao Peiyu proffered him and had a sip of it.

He Yu wanted to give Qiao Peiyu a word of warning, but the latter waved her hand and said, “You may go to your room and have some sleep, Yu.”

He Yu had no choice but to nod and then walk upstairs.

He Changchun was sitting on the sofa, Qiao Peiyu kneeling behind him, massaging his head.

“What happened? You didn’t have a good time talking with He Zheng?” ventured Qiao Peiyu.

“Have a good time? That ungrateful creature has probably forgotten who his father is!”

Seeing He Changchun was so angry, Qiao Peiyu came to realize that He Zheng hadn’t disappointed her, that the two of them must have had a bitter quarrel.

Then He Changchun admonished her, “Don’t you ever mention this unfilial son’s name in front of me again. From now on, this person means nothing to our family!”

It’d never occurred to Qiao Peiyu that her plan would succeed so easily. She could barely keep from laughing. Of course she knew better than to show her delight on her face. Still kneading He Changchun’s temples, she said with feigned regret. “It was very ignorant of He Zhen to have behaved like that… But maybe you should cut him some slack. He’s your son after all.”

“Ha, my son? He doesn’t want me to be his father any more. Am I supposed to beg him and let him insult me?”

“Easy. Easy,” sighed Qiao Peiyu. “Alas, this doesn’t make any sense. I’m just worried that we might have offended Li Zong by doing this.”

Li Zong’s attitude had indeed been what concerned He Changchun the most, but now Li Zong was no longer a vice-superintendent. His heart sinking deeper, He Changchun sniffed through gritted teeth, “So what? Although he’s our in-law, we’ve never received any help from him. What’s the point of keeping fawning on him?”

Qiao Peiyu was secretly overjoyed but didn’t let anything show on her face. With the intention to unnoticeably change the topic, she said in a seemingly casual tone, “Oh, by the way, recently Yu’er has been quite close to the youngest son of the Zhou family. Youngsters like them always have so much to talk about. I’ve been thinking maybe it’s time Yu’er got married.”

“The Zhou family?” He Changchun’s heart lurched. “Eek? You mean the one in real estate industry?”

Qiao Peiyu inclined her head, observing He Changchun’s countenance. “Yeah. Their youngest son’s name is Zhou Yihao.”

He Changchun’s face took on a delighted look. It seemed that he’d lost at sunrise but gained at sunset. Although the Zhou family was not as powerful as the Li family, the former was very wealthy. Li Zong was not willing to help the He family, but the Zhou family might be.

“Good, very good.” He Changchun’s spirits instantly rose to normal.

Seeing he was happy again, Qiao Peiyu came to realize that now He Changchun didn’t think as highly of Li Zong as he used to.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, she said, “Changchun, both He Qin and He Yu have reached adulthood. In a few months, He Yu is going to take the recruitment examination of SMB. You know, our daughter is more talented and also works harder than most of her peers, but I heard that the recruitment examination of SMB is very difficult to pass. If you could teach her some life-saving unique skills…”

He Changchun was no fool, and he knew exactly what she meant.

The Welkin Upender that He Changchun was in possession of was the reason why the He family was famous in Coastal City. He Changchun also wanted to teach this unique skill to He Qin or He Yu, but the problem was that neither of them would be able to master it! Thinking about this, He Changchun lapsed into sullenness once again.

“We can talk about this matter some other day.” He Changchun wearily waved his hand. “I feel tired. I’m going up to sleep.”

After saying this, he rose to his feet and walked upstairs without making any further remarks.

Having never expected that things would still come to this after she made such great effort, Qiao Peiyu flied into a fury and almost smashed the teacup in her hand.

These two men of the He family were both bastards!

The expression in Qiao Peiyu’s eyes gradually went cold.

She couldn’t understand why He Changchun was still unwilling to compromise when he clearly had no other choice, but she was fully aware that as long as He Zheng was having a happy life, she and her children were not!

He wanted to have his share of the family property? Even if they were really going to divide up the property eventually, she wouldn’t let him get his share easily.

With a sinister smile on her face, Qiao Peiyu fished out her cellphone and sent a text message.

It was true that the Qiao family, in her husband’s eyes, was a small family, but no matter how small it was, it had its own connections.

Qiao Peiyu held her cellphone, her eyes glinting icily.

She’d like to see how much longer He Zheng could act so cockily!