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Xu Damao then began by recounting He Daqing's departure.

From his perspective, He Yuzhu saw a different viewpoint.

"After Uncle He left, he left money and a letter of recommendation with Yi Zhonghai."

You already know that, so I won't go into details.

Let's talk about the grain he prepared.

He left you and the rain with fifty pounds of wheat flour and one hundred pounds of cornmeal.

You saw it with your own eyes.

When you come back from Baoding, where did all those things go?
Don't tell me you didn't know.

Sha Zhu said indignantly, "Didn't that mean you guys robbed me?"

"Bullshit. What do you mean we robbed you? Why didn't you lock the door when you left?"

"An old man said he would watch over my house for me."

"You're hopeless, still calling that old man with no descendants a 'grandpa'."

Sha Zhu paused for a moment, then changed his words: "Yi Zhonghai."

He said it was a way to avoid disaster by spending money; since the people in the courtyard had taken the benefits from my family, they wouldn't bully the rainwater.

The old lady also advised me not to pursue the matter.

Xu Damao then continued, "You idiot, you would believe those two old widows."

Before you and Yu Shui even boarded the train, Jia Zhangshi barged into your house and took out the white flour.

When Yan Bugui saw this, he followed and took a bag of cornmeal.

That's when everyone followed.

They almost came to blows over trying to steal your things.

In the end, Yi Zhonghai made the decision, distributing one jin of wheat flour and two jin of corn flour to each household.

The rest was given to the Jia family.

He's using the benefits from your family to build up goodwill for himself.

My dad didn't want to take it, but the other man pressured him with the whole hospital. In the end, my dad had no choice but to take it.

Sha Zhu loses his senses whenever anything involves Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu.

Even though Xu Damao had made it very clear, Shazhu still didn't quite believe it.

“And what about the old lady? She told me that a big… she told me that Yi Zhonghai did that for my sake.”

Xu Damao said disdainfully, "That old hag is begging Yi Zhonghai to take care of you in your old age, of course she'll side with Yi Zhonghai."

"What did you say?" Sha Zhu glared at Xu Damao with displeasure.

In Sha Zhu's heart, the deaf old lady was the best person to him. He could doubt Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu, but he would never doubt the deaf old lady.

Xu Damao was both scared and disappointed when he saw Sha Zhu about to hit someone.

"Okay, I won't say anything more, alright?"

He Yuzhu was unwilling and stepped forward to stop Sha Zhu: "If you want to know the truth, then listen to him finish."

He must have had his reasons for saying that.

Sha Zhu snorted: "Then tell me, how did the old lady lie to me?"

There are countless examples like this.

When Sha Zhu was not yet deeply mired in trouble, he almost fell out with Yi Zhonghai several times. It was the deaf old lady who stepped in and persuaded Sha Zhu to apologize to Yi Zhonghai.

Faced with the examples Xu Damao listed, Sha Zhu wanted to refute them, but couldn't find any reason to do so.

He knew very well that he really hated Yi Zhonghai on those occasions.

It was a deaf old lady who pulled him aside, spoke well of Yi Zhonghai, and begged him to apologize to Yi Zhonghai before he finally lowered his head.

Xu Damao added, "She and Yi Zhonghai are in cahoots, trying to frame you."

You were framed by Yi Zhonghai; she's the mastermind behind it all.

"Impossible." Sha Zhu couldn't accept this conclusion.

After all, the deaf old lady's love for him was genuine.

No matter what mistakes he made, the deaf old lady would defend him without any principles.

If it weren't for the deaf old lady, he wouldn't have ended up with Lou Xiao'e, and he wouldn't have had He Xiao either.

He Yuzhu knew that Sha Zhu's feelings for the deaf old lady were genuine, and to bring Sha Zhu to his senses, the deaf old lady's pretense had to be exposed.

“Shazhu, I think Xu Damao has a point. That deaf old lady is the boss in the courtyard. If she really wanted to find you a partner, would you still be unmarried at thirty?”

Sha Zhu looked up and glared at Xu Damao: "Isn't it all because of him? He deliberately caused trouble for me."

Xu Damao retorted indignantly, "You're talking nonsense. I've only damaged it a few times."

The rest were all sabotaged by Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu.

Oh, and there's that old bastard Yan Bugui.

You didn't know that, did you?

Every time you went on a blind date, Yi Zhonghai would give Yan Bugui three yuan so he could speak ill of you to the matchmaker and your date.

"Do you have any evidence?" Sha Zhu's tone was calm, but the hatred in his eyes was growing stronger.

It wasn't a secret that Qin Huairu had sabotaged his blind date. Especially after the incident with Ran Qiuye, Qin Huairu confronted him directly.

On Yi Zhonghai's side, Sha Zhu had suspicions, but he never expected that Yi Zhonghai would give Yan Bugui money in order to ruin his blind date.

Xu Damao said confidently, "If Yan Jiecheng and his brothers said it themselves, does it count?"

They were sitting nearby when Yi Zhonghai gave Yan Bugui the money.

When Xu Damao mentioned the Yan brothers, Sha Zhu's back bent slightly.

Without even asking, he knew that what Xu Damao said was very likely true.

These words only prove that Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu are not good people, but they cannot expose the deaf old lady.

He Yuzhu then reminded Xu Damao: "Didn't that deaf old lady do anything?"

Xu Damao also came to his senses: "What else does she need to do? Does she dare to say she didn't know that Yi Zhonghai ruined Sha Zhu's blind date?"
She knows everything.

But Yi Zhonghai is her godson, so she has to help him.

He Yuzhu nodded: "I think he not only helped, but also came up with ideas and even helped clean up the mess in the end."

"Does Yi Zhonghai always bring food to Sha Zhu's blind dates?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Damao thought about it seriously for a while, then slapped his thigh.

"Yes, I remember now. Usually, Yi Zhonghai arranges for his wife to deliver meals to the deaf old lady."

Before and after each blind date, Yi Zhonghai would bring dishes to the deaf old lady.

At the time, everyone thought he was being filial to the deaf old lady, but now it seems that he was plotting with her.

Damn it, he's so insidious, he almost fooled me.

Sha Zhu, do you believe it or not?

If you don't believe me, you can ask Liu Guangqi and Liu Guangtian to come over.

They should remember.

Sha Zhu didn't want to believe it, but faced with the undeniable facts, he had no choice but to accept it.

"Why? I've been so good to her, why is she treating me like this?"

"Of course, I'm afraid that after you get married, your wife won't be able to take care of you," Xu Damao immediately said.

Sha Zhu said, "I will take good care of my wife after I get married."

Xu Damao said disdainfully, "Have some shame. You even tried to marry Qin Huairu, but it didn't work out. How did you show her filial piety then?"

You gave all your salary to Qin Huairu, and you can't even afford to buy stewed meat for the deaf old lady.

You say you'll be filial to your wife after you marry her, but do you even believe that yourself?

Sha Zhu was speechless.

In order to refute Xu Damao, Shazhu brought up the matter of the house.

"The old lady left the house to me, that's a fact, isn't it?"

Xu Damao retorted, "Was that left for you? She had no other choice."

If you hadn't asked Li Huaide for help, the house would have been allocated to someone else by the neighborhood committee long ago.

That was only left to you as a last resort.

He Yuzhu added, "Back then, houses weren't worth much, were they?"

Xu Damao nodded: "That's right. Back then, houses couldn't be bought or sold. After the neighborhood committee took them away, you could rent them out for just a few yuan a month."

He Yuzhu said, "That's right. Trading a worthless house for a lifetime of guilt is a huge deal."

"How so?" Xu Damao asked He Yuzhu curiously.

Sha Zhu looked over, puzzled. (End of Chapter)