latelenovela Chapter 214: Grandpa is critically ill, the eldest wife is happy
Chapter 214: Grandpa is critically ill, the eldest wife is happy
"You'd better be careful, Lin Hanwen is a lunatic."
Shen Qiubai reminded him that Xia Mingchen had been plotted against in his previous life, leaving him half paralyzed and disfigured. Although he did not die, his life was worse than death.
"The one who should be careful is my eldest niece. If Lin Hanwen knew that your wife secretly cured his mother and wanted to give him several brothers and sisters, he would definitely go crazy!" Xia Mingchen smiled faintly.
He quite liked his cheap niece's unscrupulous style of doing things, which was very much to his taste.
"China won't tolerate him messing around, just take care of yourself!"
Shen Qiubai snorted coldly. The Lin family was only domineering in Southeast Asia, and they had to bow down when they came to China.
Five minutes after Shen Qiubai left, Xia Mingchen touched the Bodhi bracelet on his hand, got up and left the teahouse, and drove back to the Jade Buddha Temple.
"Aunt Juan, you and Uncle Liu go back to Hong Kong first. I will go back in three days."
Xia Mingchen's tone was a little anxious, but his expression remained calm.
"Master, what happened?"
Aunt Juan's heart skipped a beat. A few days ago, the young master said that he would return to Hong Kong City and let them stay inland. Why did he change his mind today?
"My father is not feeling well. I need to go back to take care of him. I won't be returning to the mainland for a while."
Xia Mingchen sighed, and a hint of sadness appeared on his indifferent expression.
"Master is sick? Hasn't he been fine all the time? Why did he suddenly fall ill? Is Master okay?" Aunt Juan was more anxious than Xia Mingchen.
Xia Dechang had asked the young master to seek refuge inland, but now he was suddenly recalled to Gangcheng, which meant that the old master's health condition was not good. She had to inform the first wife of this news as soon as possible.
"It's fine for now, but the doctor doesn't think it's optimistic. My father said he wants to distribute his property ahead of time, so I have to go back. Aunt Juan, you and Uncle Liu go back first. I'll come back after I finish dealing with things here."
Xia Mingchen's usually calm face showed a little bit of fragility and worry, as well as confusion about the future. He rubbed his head vigorously, and his tone became irritable: "My study is quiet. When you leave, tell me."
"Okay, young master, don't worry too much. God blesses the old man, and he will be fine."
Aunt Juan comforted him with a few words. Xia Mingchen went to the study and closed the door tightly. She hurried to the backyard to find her husband Liu Zhengping.
Liu Zhengping was washing the car. He was a middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance and looked honest.
"Old Liu, something big has happened!"
Aunt Juan lowered her voice and said everything Xia Mingchen had just said, and said worriedly: "The master must be dying, and the property will be divided. We have to inform the old lady about this as soon as possible."
"It just so happens that the young master asked us to go back first. He said he would deal with things here before returning. Let's go back tomorrow."
Aunt Juan's eyes sparkled, and her honest face became shrewd and calculating. She sneered, "Now that the master is dead, the Xia family must be all the eldest wife's family. We don't even know if the young master can survive. We told the old lady to pay back all the high-interest loans you owe, then leave the Xia family, find a job and live a stable life, and don't gamble anymore."
"I definitely won't gamble anymore. I don't know if I was possessed by a ghost during that time. I was dragged to gamble by Aqiang and his friends, and I ended up owing high-interest loans without realizing it. The old lady is so cruel!"
Liu Zhengping gritted his teeth in hatred. He used to be a person who didn't even play Pai Gow, but now he was tricked into becoming a gambler.
During the time he was gambling, he lived in a daze, as if he was possessed by a ghost. It was not until the dealer took out a stack of loan sharking contracts with his fingerprints on all of them that he finally woke up and vaguely realized that he was being trapped in a pig cage.
[Wearing a pig cage means setting a trap to slaughter pigs]
Later, the old lady found them and said that she could pay off the usury for them, but they must report the young master's whereabouts in time. Only then did he realize that the person who set him up was the old lady who ate vegetarian food and chanted Buddhist scriptures every day.
"We ordinary people can't beat these rich people. When we return to Hong Kong City, we will live a down-to-earth life and not get involved in the affairs of these rich people."
Aunt Juan comforted her husband, and she also hated Song Wanyi and blamed Xia Mingchen.
She and her husband are just ordinary people. If Xia Mingchen had not offended Song Wanyi, her husband would not have been set up and owed a lot of high-interest loans. This is a fight between gods, and they, the common people, are suffering.
The couple packed their luggage, said goodbye to Xia Mingchen, and flew out of the capital the next day. They got off the plane in Yangcheng, and then took a bus to Pengcheng and then entered the country.
After a day of running around, the couple did not feel tired. They were very excited. As long as Xia Mingchen and the master died, the old lady would let them go, and they would be able to live a good life in the future.
After returning to Gangcheng, the couple called Song Wanyi and told her that Xia Dechang was dying and asked Xia Mingchen to come back to divide the property.
Song Wanyi hasn't seen Xia Dechang for many years, and she rarely goes out. Most of the time, she lives alone in the old house, eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist scriptures. She dresses very simply and often wears a string of Buddhist beads in her hands. She looks like a kind-hearted old lady.
After hanging up the phone, Song Wanyi laughed at the people around her: "Go check if Xia Dechang is dying."
An hour later, her people came back to report: "The master was in a meeting at the company yesterday, but left in the middle of it. He has not come to the company since then, nor has he returned to his residence. Someone saw Secretary Xu go to the hospital."
"The old man is finally going to die, haha, God is seeing things!"
Song Wanyi raised her head and laughed. How much she loved Xia Dechang in the past, how much she hated him now. She wished this man would die immediately!
Her biggest wish now is to die after Xia Dechang. Even if she dies only one minute later than this man, she will win!
"Tell Ma Juan and Liu Zhengping that as long as we know the exact time when that bastard returns, the loan sharking will be written off!" Song Wanyi said coldly.
The bastard she was talking about was Xia Mingchen.
This time she must make that little bastard die. All the property of the Xia family belongs to her children and grandchildren, and not a single cent will be given to outsiders!
Song Wanyi was in a good mood. She asked the kitchen to prepare a table of seafood, opened a bottle of red wine, and called her son, daughter-in-law, and two other grandchildren to enjoy the meal together.
Now, apart from the children and grandchildren of the eldest wife, the Xia family only has the little bastard and that good-for-nothing Xia Mingyuan.
Xia Mingyuan is a piece of trash that is easy to deal with. After the old man dies, give this piece of trash some money, and he will be grateful.
If she kills the little bastard, all of Xia family’s property will belong to her children and grandchildren.
The old man had planned everything, but in the end, he still lost to her.
"Call Yunzhe and tell him not to act rashly. That little bastard will be back soon!"
Song Wanyi took a sip of red wine, her thin face dim under the light. She was no longer young, with many wrinkles on her face, and she looked older than her actual age.
"Mother, is father really dying?"
Xia Mingshan was a little skeptical. His father had always been in good health, so how could he suddenly become ill?
[The author does not have a critical attitude towards the character of Song Wanyi. From her standpoint, she cannot be said to be innocent, but she cannot be said to be wrong either. Because of Xiaoyu's matter, she and Xia Qingqing became rivals, and one of them must lose.]