Chapter 716: Chapter 718 Xu Zhihao is in Trouble
"You’re drunk and talking nonsense," Ji Ying glanced at her daughter-in-law and her own daughter, then started leading Xu Qinghe toward the house.
Xu Qinghe, with his head swaying, said, "I’m not drunk, I’m sober. I’ve let you down, let all the kids down. If only..."
After belching from the effects of alcohol, Xu Qinghe continued, "If only we had separated households earlier, you wouldn’t have had to suffer so much with me."
"It’s all in the past; the kids are all here. Don’t say that anymore; let’s go inside and sleep," urged Ji Ying, pulling Xu Qinghe toward the house.
But the intoxicated Xu Qinghe wouldn’t listen and kept saying, "It’s even better that the kids are here, just perfect to tell them it’s my fault, I, as your father, didn’t take good care of you all."
Xu Qinghe, seeing double, was supposed to be speaking to Nianhua but instead made a beeline toward Zhou He.
"Mom, I’ll go back to take care of Nianji," said Zhou He as she turned around and went back into her room, shutting the door behind her.
"Mom, I’ll help Second Brother upstairs," said Nianhua.
As she spoke, Nianhua pulled Nian’an, who was as drunk as a lord and clamoring to drink more, toward the stairs, coaxing, "Alright, alright, we’ll drink upstairs."
Sure enough, Nian’an staggered up the stairs with Nianhua.
"Nianhua, Nian’an, Nianji," Xu Qinghe called out the names of the three siblings one after another, but Ji Ying hastily pulled him back, saying, "Stop calling, it’s time to sleep."
"Yingzi, I’m sorry to you," Xu Qinghe repeated this sentence over and over.
Ji Ying consoled him, saying, "Alright, alright, if you’re sorry, then treat me well from now on, and that’ll be fine!"
...
Nianhua had finally managed to get Nian’an back to his room. Overhearing Xu Qinghe’s loud voice from downstairs, she couldn’t help but sigh, thinking that if Dad had left the Xu Family earlier, they wouldn’t have had to live such a hard life.
Dad is just too honest.
That’s what Nianhua thought as she took a shower and then lay back down in her room, nestled into a blanket as soft as a cotton ball, feeling incredibly content.
The next day, Nianhua was woken up by the noise in the village.
"Mom, what happened?" Nianhua yawned, took a deep breath, and noticed that the air in the house seemed unusually sweet.
"It seems Xu Zhihao is in trouble," said Ji Ying, who had risen early.
In such a small village, any bit of news spread quickly.
"Ah?" Nianhua froze for a moment, then listened as Ji Ying explained, "Yesterday evening, Xu Zhihao was caught in the act with... Ma Xiuhong at the factory right when the health bureau came for an inspection."
"No way," Nianhua couldn’t comprehend how Zhihao could still... be with someone else?
Shen Qiuyun is from the city, right?
When Zhihao married Shen Qiuyun, he had gone through a lot of trouble. It had only been a few years, and now... he was having a secret affair with someone else?
If she remembered correctly, wasn’t the canning factory where Zhihao worked owned by Qiuyun’s family?
"Caught red-handed, Shen Qiuyun was furious. Their factory’s stuff wasn’t clean either, so it got shut down," Ji Ying remarked with a sense of regret; they had experienced a similar situation just a few days ago.
If it weren’t for their consistent emphasis on quality from the beginning of their factory’s operations, they probably wouldn’t have been able to resume work today.
"Your grandma is furious; she’s arguing with someone now," said Ji Ying, who had just returned from breaking up a fight. Liu Sanmei and Hu Aihong were having a heated argument, and now the whole Liu family had rushed to the county.