Courtyard House: My Wife is Xu Huizhen

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The two families stood facing each other, each filled with anger, ready to fight at the slightest provocation.

He Yuzhu frowned. Just as he had guessed, the two families were in the same pattern again.

This time, He Yuzhu didn't try to stop her. Instead, he went to Wen Yuping's side, greeted her, took his younger sister into his arms, and said:

"What's going on here?"

"It was after Da Mao was arrested that the Xu family came to the Yi family to cause trouble."

Xu Wude has two daughters and only one son, Xu Damao, whom he usually dotes on.

Of course, the Yi family would blame themselves for what happened to their son. Even though Xu Damao beat Yi Wending so badly that he ended up in the operating room, in Xu Damao's mother's eyes, the Yi family was still to blame.

This is also why He Yuzhu didn't try to mediate the fight when he came over today. This time, the Xu family is being unreasonable, and he doesn't want to get involved.

But he hid to the side to watch the excitement, and Yi Zhonghai didn't want him to have any peace and quiet.

Yi Zhonghai shouted loudly, "Zhu Zi, you're back. Come over here and let everyone judge who's to blame in this matter."

Helpless, He Yuzhu walked to the middle of their two houses and said, "We've been neighbors for years. Arguing and cursing like this won't solve anything. Let's sit down and calmly talk things out."

Xu Wude also realized that there was no point in continuing to curse.

Right now, the priority is to find a way to get our son out. So we said:

"Alright, let's sit down and talk again."

They originally wanted to negotiate at He Yuzhu's house, but He Yuzhu declined and instead went to Liu Haizhong's house to talk.

He Yuzhu had long since stopped caring about his leadership position in the courtyard house; otherwise, he wouldn't have let three old men continue to serve as the courtyard's caretakers.

Given his current social standing and the fact that he manages a factory with several hundred employees, everyone would give him ample respect.

He has money and power, and no one in the courtyard will disregard his opinions.

At Liu Haizhong's house, Xu Wude said, "Old Yi, hurry up and get my son out of here. He didn't hit him. You're just trying to smear him."

"Heh, you make it sound so easy. Just because you say he didn't hit me doesn't mean he didn't."

Yi Zhonghai said with some pride:

"I've asked the police officers, and they have evidence that Xu Damao was the one who injured my son. How can you still deny it?"

"Impossible, you're framing him. My son would never do such a thing. You're forcing him to confess."

“It’s no use talking to me. My eldest son’s second child was broken and he went to the operating room twice. His life is ruined. Since that’s the case, your son can forget about getting out.”

"You're framing me. My son didn't do that."

"The police have evidence." Yi Zhonghai was very proud. He had been bullied by Xu Wude for so many years, and the money he earned still had to be paid him 30 yuan a month. He had been harboring a lot of resentment for a long time.

This time, we finally have concrete evidence to send Xu Damao to jail, and we can finally avenge our great grudge.

How could Yi Zhonghai possibly give up just because of Xu Wude's two sentences!

What's more, they're giving 10 yuan every month now, with no end date in sight.

No one would feel comfortable in this situation.

Seeing that the two of them were about to start arguing again, Liu Haizhong quickly intervened and stopped them:

"Alright, alright, we're all in our fifties or sixties now, let's talk things over slowly."

"What's there to say? Da Mao is still in the police station, and I don't know how he is now," Xu Wude said angrily.

Liu Haizhong asked, "Did Xu Damao really do this?"

Xu Wude shook his head hurriedly: "It's absolutely impossible that Da Mao wouldn't do such a thing."

Although he had some belief in his heart that Da Mao might have done it, he was still unwilling to admit that Da Mao was responsible.

Yi Zhonghai said, "It's no use if you don't admit it. The police station has already arrested another person, the one from our factory surnamed Du. He's usually best friends with Xu Damao, and he's already confessed."

Yi Wending and his brother were inseparable, so Xu Damao found his best friend, and the two of them put sacks over the Yi brothers and beat them up.

Fighting and brawling were common occurrences at this time, and Xiao Du didn't think it was a big deal.

It was only because Xu Damao kicked Yi Wending hard before leaving to vent his anger that the matter became public.

When the police were investigating Xu Damao, this man surnamed Du also came into their view.

When they brought him to the police station, Xiao Du confessed everything.

Now that they had witnesses, they were able to arrest Xu Damao.

Yi Zhonghai recounted the events with some pride, then asked:

"Everyone, tell me, the police officers already have evidence, yet this guy surnamed Xu is still so relentless. If he's so capable, why doesn't he go to the police station and cause trouble?"

Xu Wude was so angry he didn't know what to say.

I previously thought that since the police officers had no evidence, Yi Zhonghai couldn't frame He Daqing, so he framed his own son. I didn't expect there would be a third person who could provide evidence.

"This is impossible, how could this happen?"

Sitting next to her, Xu Zhaodi was dumbfounded. Was her brother going to go to jail?

Xu Wude was so angry he couldn't speak. This was his only son, which made things difficult.

He's almost at the age to get married. If Da Mao goes to jail, he'll be there for at least three to five years. When he comes out, he'll not only be older, but his reputation will also be ruined.

He might end up a bachelor for life.

If that happens, the Xu family's relationship will be completely severed.

Hüwood racked his brains but couldn't come up with a solution to the problem.

My relationship with Yi Zhonghai is already the worst; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say we're enemies. There's no way I can rely on him.

Then he turned to Zhu Zi and asked, "Zhu Zi, what do you think we should do about this? Da Mao can't go to jail."

Chapter 279 The Middleman

I didn't want to go to jail back then, but I had no choice. The evidence was conclusive, and no outside force could interfere.

But the current situation is different. It was just a regular fight, but Xu Damao went a bit too far and caused injury.

Xu Wude had a sliver of hope that the best thing would be to get his son out of jail.

He Yuzhu frowned. Even if he wanted to get someone out of trouble, he shouldn't have said it in public like this.

He simply shook his head and said, "There's nothing I can do about this. The police officers already have evidence."

It's just a joke. If it's a small matter, I'll help if I can, since I need to give Zhaodi some face.

But I would never interfere in such a case recklessly.

Even if I wanted to get involved, the police station wouldn't allow it.

At this time, it is definitely more difficult to offer bribes than ever before.

He Yuzhu would never put in that effort.

After speaking, Xu Wude realized he had misspoke. He knew Yi Zhonghai would not agree to discuss this matter in front of him.

Sure enough, Yi Zhonghai said, "Old Xu, don't blame me for being ruthless. If you dare to pull any tricks, don't blame me for reporting you to the leaders."

"So, your son is a son, but my son isn't?"

Xu Wude said angrily, "It's not your child. Who knows who that bastard surnamed Bai had with? You still treat him like your own son."

Yi Zhonghai was so angry that he finally managed to stammer out, "You...you surnamed Xu, you've gone too far with your words."

Then he said, "Hey Xu, don't be so smug. This time your son will be in jail."

After saying that, he got up and left.

Xu Wude slumped into his chair, deflated, his eyes lifeless.

I had a feeling that this matter would be difficult to handle.

Having manipulated Yi Zhonghai for years, even if he were to give back all the benefits he had received, Yi Zhonghai would likely still refuse to let his son avoid going to jail.

Xu Zhaodi also asked, "What should we do about this? Is Da Mao really going to jail?"

Seeing that Xu Wude remained silent, Xu Zhaodi turned her head to look at He Yuzhu.

Liu Haizhong also asked, "Zhu Zi, say something! What should we do about this?"

He Yuzhu smiled bitterly: "You ask me, what can I do? I don't own that police station. They have evidence. By now, most of Da Mao's people have already admitted it."

"Sigh, what a mess this has made. How could Da Mao be so stupid!" Xu Zhaodi said helplessly.

Xu Wude suddenly sat up straight: "Zhu Zi, could you please go to the police station tomorrow and see how things are going?"

The request was reasonable; it was just to go and find out what was going on. Anyway, He Yuzhu had made up his mind that he would never plead or help Xu Damao in this matter.

Returning from the backyard, He Yuzhu went into the main room of the middle courtyard. He Daqing had just returned and asked, "How did things go?"

"What else can happen? I heard that Xu Damao did it, and the police station has found witnesses."

"That's great, now I can clear myself of suspicion," He Daqing said happily.

Then he cautioned, "Don't forget the shady things the Xu family did before. If you hadn't been lucky, you would have been outmaneuvered by them long ago."

He Yuzhu nodded and said, "Don't worry, I won't do anything. They don't expect me to use my connections to help them."