usatvline Chapter 272 Suffocating Family - Prepare to Leave
Chapter 272 Suffocating Family - Prepare to Leave
In the end, Zhou Leng did not ask for You Shengli's money.
If she was not You Tong, everyone in this family would seem to be wrong from an outsider's perspective.
The old couple of the You family chose to conceal the truth because they wanted their son not to live out his life alone, and let their son cheat on Wang Hehua. You Shengli made his wife a lesbian, and he was indifferent to his wife and daughter, watching his increasingly paranoid wife and his suffering daughter with cold eyes. As for Wang Hehua, no matter what she suffered, she was not a good mother to her daughter.
Unfortunately, Zhou Leng is You Tong, and those people are her grandparents, father, and mother.
One month after Wang Hehua passed away, Zhou Leng went to work as a cram school teacher. After all, it was not easy to go back to school, and she didn't want to go to school now. She just wanted to muddle through and earn enough to live on.
The days passed by so dully, without a family or children. As long as I had repaid the kindness of my parents’ birth and growth, I could fly freely in the vast world.
One quiet afternoon, when Zhou Leng was enjoying the peaceful life in his rental house, You Shengli called him.
After the call was connected, the man's most anxious voice was heard:
"Tongtong, please come to the hospital soon. Your uncle Feng is sick and in the hospital. Dad can't take care of him alone. Please make some soup and come and visit him."
Zhou Leng frowned slightly, and said in a calm tone:
"Dad, if you are too busy, you can hire a nurse. If you want to drink soup, you can order a better takeout. I don't have any obligation to help you take care of Uncle Feng. I respect you and just don't want the whole family to quarrel every day. It doesn't mean that I have to take care of your mistress who cheated on me during marriage. How can I be worthy of my dead mother if I do this? Dad, please understand me. If it were you, I would definitely take care of him, but I really can't take care of Uncle Feng."
You Shengli was silent for a while and then said:
"Can't you just think of it as taking care of dad? Dad has been good to you over the years. Although you have only met Uncle Feng twice, he has always been thinking about you. He has no children in his life, so can you just think of it as taking pity on him? Can you just think of it as doing it for dad?"
Zhou Leng thought about it and answered:
"Dad, maybe the peaceful coexistence between us over the years has made you forget your past indifference. If I had not respected you in the beginning but mocked you, abused you and spitted on you, would you still be a good father? If I had not discovered your affairs, had evidence against you, and told mom about your affairs, if mom had not been overly concerned about me, what would have become of our family? If I died at the age of 23, would you have divorced mom without any guilt and lived your own life?"
You Shengli said with annoyance and confusion:
"What are you talking about? There are so many ifs. Aren't you alive and well? What's the point of talking about dying? If you don't want to come, then don't come. How have I let you down over the years? I'll pay for a nurse, okay? I don't think about you being poor now. We have savings. If you treat us well, all these will be yours in the future."
Zhou Leng couldn't help but sneer sarcastically. Maybe she was narrow-minded and always felt that the other party was just making empty promises. Maybe the other party really cared about You Tong, but it was a pity that the client was already calm and there were no more waves. She replied:
"Dad, I promised grandma that I would take care of you until the end of your life. Tell me when you are hospitalized. I will use your money to hire the best nurse for you and supervise you throughout the whole process. Don't worry about these. You know how I was a good daughter to mom, and I will be a good daughter to you in the future. But let's forget about Uncle Feng's matter."
You Shengli was completely enraged and he hung up the phone.
For two months, there was no contact between father and daughter.
Two months later, Uncle Feng was on the verge of death. He had no father, no mother, no children, and had lived his entire life only with You Shengli.
There are rules for funerals in this city. When a person dies, his descendants must help him wear mourning clothes so that he can be reincarnated peacefully and be reborn as a human being in the next life.
Zhou Leng received another call from You Shengli, who asked her to go and wear mourning for Uncle Feng.
This was a tone and plea that Zhou Leng had never heard before. The other party almost cried as he said:
"My daughter, Dad has treated you well over the years. I gave you all the money I saved before the divorce, and I left the house to you. I never asked you for anything over the years. Can you come and wear mourning clothes for Uncle Feng? Just think of it as Dad begging you, okay? You can have whatever you want. I will give you the house under Uncle Feng's name and all my savings, okay? Just think of it as Dad begging you."
The man's tone was full of pleading.
Zhou Leng replied: "No, I feel sorry for my dead mother."
You Shengli said in a threatening and fierce tone:
"You Tong, you are penniless now because of your mother's medical treatment. Uncle Feng and I have some savings. If you are so ruthless, I will make a will and you won't get a penny. For the sake of money, you should help Uncle Feng to wear mourning clothes. We have money, so we can give you the money, okay?"
Zhou Leng replied: "No, I feel sorry for my dead mother."
You Shengli finally became furious and shouted loudly:
"You Tong, think carefully. If you refuse today, the relationship between us as father and daughter will be severed. You won't get a penny in the future, and I don't want you as my daughter. You... you should think carefully. We will never have any contact with each other again. You are unmarried and childless, and you are not close to people of your age. You don't have any friends. If you cut off contact with your father again, think about your life and how others will see you."
In fact, Zhou Leng had already made up her mind, but she still pretended to think about it. After a long silence, she answered:
"So in your heart, apart from grandpa and grandma, Uncle Feng is the most important person. You have been sorry to us mother and daughter from the beginning. Now you are threatening me with ridiculous father-daughter relationship. I won't go. I don't want your money, and I am not afraid of your threats."
Zhou Leng didn't hang up the phone. She was waiting for the other party to give up on her first.
The sounds of each other's breathing were transmitted into their ears through the electronic network, angry, calm and enlightened.
After a long time, You Shengli regained his composure and said:
"Then let's do this. As expected, we are not related as father and daughter. You got close to me because you wanted to get rid of your mother's discipline, right? But is it all my fault? I am the only son of your grandparents, and I cannot let them down. There are so many couples without love in this world. How many of them can do what I do after divorce? I did not commit domestic violence, and I took the initiative to leave the house so that you could grow up without worries about food and clothing. Isn't all this worth you fulfilling my small request?"
Zhou Leng couldn't help but retort:
"Not committing domestic violence and making sure I have enough food and clothing is what a father with a conscience should do. It's understandable that I take care of you in your old age and wear mourning clothes, but if you ask me to wear mourning clothes for the male mistress who cheated on you during your marriage, I'm afraid my mother will crawl out of her grave and scold me to death. This matter cannot be discussed."
The call was hung up.