The conspiracy of the courtyard

Chapter 233: Exposing each other's scars

Director Wei read the transcript at a glance, without any sign of anger on his face. Section Chief Xu introduced the young men standing by the wall to Lao Xiao and Lu Zixuan.

The Xu family has three sons and one daughter, namely Xu Haoruo, Xu Haoyin, and Xu Haoxian. The youngest daughter Xu Qingzhu is not among them. The Wei family has four sons, namely Wei Mingwen, Wei Mingwu, Cen Haitao, and Wei Mingbin.

Lu Zixuan was not the only one who had been keeping an eye on Cen Haitao. While looking through the transcripts, Director Wei would also look up from time to time to see his nervous look.

He finished reading the transcript expressionlessly, then twitched the corner of his mouth and said sarcastically:

"Haitao, let me ask you again, why do you not want to change your last name?"

Wei Mingbin, the youngest, quickly interrupted:

"Why are you asking this again? Did the Cen family write to ask for money from Third Brother again? Third Brother, you can't indulge them anymore..."

"Shut up!"

Director Wei's angry shout made Wei Mingbin stop talking in embarrassment.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Cen Haitao again. His face was red, his teeth were clenched, and he stammered for a long time, but was unable to utter a complete word.

"Haitao, I know you are very smart, and I understand your desire to stand out.

I can tolerate your scheming, using tricks, and even snatching resources.

But you schemed against your comrades and brought harm to your family, which is unforgivable."

Director Wei ignored Cen Haitao who knelt down and continued coldly:

"Today is my last day as your father, and I will teach you one last lesson.

Do not act beyond your status, and your ambition must be based on your corresponding strength, otherwise, you will end up hurting others and yourself."

Cen Haitao smiled bitterly and said:

"Dad, you've given me all these years, are you willing to give up so easily?

Am I worse than an idiot who knows nothing?

Our family has done everything we can to keep him well fed and clothed. Isn’t that enough?

Do you know how much suffering my family has endured for him over the years?

My mother said that he had a weak stomach since childhood and could not eat coarse grains, so the whole family tightened their belts and replaced the coarse grains for living with fine grains to feed him alone;

They said he was of weak health and could not stand the cold. All his family had never seen cotton before, and even the rough cloth strips for patching were obtained by begging for them by kneeling down.

Do we have to worship an ancestor just because his parents died on the battlefield?

Because she had to take care of him, my mother became pregnant three times, but she never had the chance to see the world.

Do you know how my father died? He starved to death..."

Seeing that Cen Haitao was kneeling on the ground and was about to faint from grief, Lu Zixuan lowered his voice and muttered to make sure that everyone in the room could hear him.

"Well, how about you take a look at your mother and brother's statements before you wail and wail?"

"Burp..." Cen Haitao's sobbing stopped abruptly.

Everyone looked at Lu Zixuan in confusion. He grinned and spoke again:

"It's okay, I'm just worried that you might get too excited and even believe it yourself.

Regarding the cause of your father's death, you and your two children have different opinions, but this does not affect your passion. Keep going. Hehe..."

This... can continue?

Wei Mingbin's brain capacity of a teenager might not be able to absorb too much unfamiliar information at once, so he blurted out:

"No, I don't understand. Third brother, what do you mean? Which him? Whom to support? Whose father starved to death? Isn't our father alive and well? Explain yourself clearly."

Section Chief Xu glanced at Cen Haitao who was kneeling on the ground, and hurriedly led the other young men out of the yard.

Lao Xiao and Lu Zixuan also wanted to leave, using the excuse that they had something to do, but were kept by Director Wei.

Director Wei took a deep breath of cigarette, exhaled a thick puff of smoke, hid his expression in it, and said:

"Get up, and sit down if you are willing to tell the truth. Otherwise, I don't mind taking everything back."

Cen Haitao stared at the ground again, shedding tears for a while, then he slowly stood up and said earnestly:

“I don’t know what they said, but it’s true that my family took in and raised the children of revolutionary fighters who participated in the war, and it’s also true that you adopted the child from Cenjiazhuang. Does the rest matter?

If ten years ago, the one who went home with you was the real orphan, can you guarantee that he would be like me, be able to be friendly and respectful to his brothers, have the ability to get into university, and be able to inherit your resources?

All you want is a reputation for raising the orphans of revolutionary martyrs and training the next generation of revolutionary fighters. Now that your goal has been achieved, why bother about anything else?

No matter who I am, I am the child you have carefully nurtured. No matter where I go, I am the arm of my brothers, isn't it?

Yes, I do want to cheat the Xu family, but I don’t believe you don’t know why.

I couldn't just stand by and watch my brother lose sleep over the chance to get a promotion this year.

When faced with Brother Xu, his only competitor who was as close as a brother to him, the eldest brother had no chance of winning and did not dare to use despicable means.

You can accept your elder brother's failure calmly, but I can't. I will never forget the kindness your whole family has shown me in raising me.

Not to mention the bad reputation of framing my brother's family, I'm willing to pay a higher price.

But I can't find any weakness in his family except Yinzi. So..."

These words had a profound impact on Director Wei. Just when he was having difficulty making a decision, Lu Zixuan interrupted his thoughts again.

"Oh, then when you were treating Xu Haoyin like a fool, did you ever consider his impression of you?

You knew that Xu Haoyin had a stutter, yet you kept instigating everyone to undermine his self-esteem. Do you think he didn't know?

Xu Haoyin had already revealed your purpose of approaching Kong Zhao.

He would rather abandon the future of his entire family to vent Kong Lin's anger. Would he care about your little favor?

So innocent and cute..."

After saying that, he stood up and motioned Lao Xiao to leave quickly. The two of them retreated to the door quietly and found Chief Xu and a few others standing outside the door with a dejected look. He smiled apologetically.

Section Chief Xu felt a little embarrassed as if he had been caught, and responded with an awkward smile.

Xu Haoyin broke free from his brother's hold, strode into the room, and asked harshly:

"Cen... Haitao, I haven't offended you, right? I remember..."

The unique struggle between the Wei and Xu families began.

Section Chief Xu scolded Cen Haitao for his bad intentions, Cen Haitao complained that Xu Haoyin was petty, Xu Haoyin denounced Wei Mingwen for being despicable, Wei Mingwen criticized Xu Haoruo for being hypocritical, Xu Haoruo angrily accused Wei Mingwu of being ignorant, Wei Mingwu accused Xu Haoyin of being…

From wetting the kang at the age of three, to secretly extorting money from widows, to fawning on superiors, to abusing power, to the amount of lucky money given, to evidence of bribery and corruption...

The filth and embarrassment of the two families were all exposed.

Old Xiao pulled Lu Zixuan to sit on the stone bench in the courtyard, shaking his head and sighing "Oh, oh, eh, well, that's how it is", while recording carefully.