Chapter 130 - Chapter 130: Chapter 128: Repaying Debts: The Storm Approaches (Part II) (1/2)
Chapter 130: Chapter 128: Repaying Debts: The Storm Approaches (Part II)
“But Dad…” Di Yelei hesitated.
“Ms. Zhao, let go of Third Child. You’re embarrassing yourself, a woman acting like this. I, Di Defu, must have no luck or virtue to have married a disaster like you. Sigh!” Elderly Mr. Di sighed, looking as if he aged by ten years in an instant.
Ms. Zhao couldn’t help but let go of Di Yelei’s thigh, moving closer to Elderly Mr. Di with a whimper.
“Old man, what’s the matter? This is…”
“Ms. Zhao! I’m getting old! I don’t have many years left, and I can’t protect you for much longer, so you… just take care of yourself.”
After saying this, Elderly Mr. Di leaned on his crutch, shakily walking back into the room. The once shrewd and decisive man had succumbed to the passage of time, now walking with great caution in his old age.
“Old man! Old man! Old man!”
Ms. Zhao’s mournful cries couldn’t bring him back. Elderly Mr. Di’s heavy steps led him into the room, and he closed the door behind him.
“Old man! You damn bastard, are you really just abandoning me like this?”
Ms. Zhao fell silent for a moment before suddenly wailing loudly, louder than at any other time.
Di Yelei ignored her, took the bamboo basket from Liu Sisi’s hands, placed it at his father’s door, and left the old house, not looking back.
“I heard she is my mother’s distant cousin. Although she’s a few years younger than my mother, my mother liked her the most. When my dad had an arranged marriage with my mother, she was just a young girl accompanying my mother. She fell in love with my dad at first sight. Unfortunately, my dad and my mother were already in love, so when my mother married him, their feelings remained strong. She didn’t marry until she was 20 years old and considered an old maiden. A big reason for my mother’s constant illness was her presence. After my mother passed away and her husband died, she couldn’t wait any longer and married over here after her three-year mourning period.”
Di Yelei held Liu Sisi’s hand, speaking softly.
So there was such an inside story!
If that’s the case, Ms. Zhao’s feelings for Di’s father should be considered genuine.
Liu Sisi nodded, recalling Elderly Mr. Di’s words just now, suddenly understanding why Ms. Zhao was crying so bitterly!
Di Yelei’s large hand felt exceptionally warm and strong, completely enveloping her small hand as they quickly walked toward home.
Halfway there, they could already see Di Xuan tumbling and crawling toward them from a distance, rolling on the ground by accident.
“Dad! Something’s happened to Dad…!”
The two were shocked! Di Yelei took a few quick steps to help Di Xuan up.
“What’s going on? Xuan’er!”
“Something happened…at home…” Di Xuan gasped for breath.
Di Yelei suddenly pushed Di Xuan aside and sprinted towards home like a madman.
“Dad, don’t go! Someone’s there to catch you…”
Di Xuan, sweating profusely, yelled loudly, “Dad! Don’t go back— there are… there are so many governmental office’s runners at home, they say… they say they’re here… to catch you!”
To catch Yelei?
Liu Sisi’s head buzzed, and she couldn’t help but sway a little.
Forcing herself to steady her body, she quickly grabbed Xuan’er clothes, almost toppling him with her strength. “What did you just say? There are governmental office’s runners at home to catch Yelei?”
Di Xuan’s face was covered with sweat and tears. He gritted his teeth and nodded, “Mom! What should we do?”
What can they do?
“Get up! Let’s go back and see!”
Liu Sisi yanked Di Xuan up forcefully, no longer caring about anything else. They both sprinted towards home, and she didn’t even bother to pick up the bamboo basket.