I painted an aircraft carrier on the courtyard house for Dongda University.

Zhou Weiguo, who was giving Natasha's unborn child prenatal education in the east courtyard, frowned upon hearing the sound, got up, walked into the courtyard, and opened the gate to the east courtyard.

A large group of people were standing outside the door, led by Aunt Erda.

Zhou Weiguo looked at everyone, his face somewhat grim: "Speak, what's wrong?"

The second aunt seemed to have gone mad at this moment, opening her mouth to start cursing, but Yan Fugui covered her mouth and shoved her next to Liu Guangtian, saying, "You hold your mother down, let me handle this."

Liu Guangtian quickly nodded: "Don't worry, Uncle, I've got my mother under control. You can go ahead."

Yan Fugui felt incredibly awkward upon hearing this.

He shook his head, turned around, and said, "Chief Engineer Zhou, please don't misunderstand. It's like this, some residents in the compound saw Liu Guangqi come to see you last night, so we wanted to ask if that's true?"

Zhou Weiguo looked at Yan Fugui and knew exactly what he meant. But he still frowned and asked, "What? Do I have to report to all of you uncles and aunties every time someone comes to my yard?"

Upon hearing this, Yan Fugui broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly waved his hands: "No, no, Chief Engineer Zhou, it's like this, Liu Guangqi disappeared this morning, and all the money and banknotes stored in the Liu family's home are gone. In this situation, no one knows what's going on, whether the child did it himself, or was tricked by bad people."

Zhou Weiguo nodded: "Yesterday, Liu Guangqi came to me and asked if I could exchange some national tickets for him. I didn't think much of it at the time. I didn't need those tickets either. Since the boy wanted to exchange them, I thought maybe he could use them. Plus, with what happened with Liu Haizhong, I assumed they might be useful, so I didn't ask any more questions and exchanged all of Liu Guangqi's local tickets for national tickets. That's it."

"Hiss!" A murmur rippled through the crowd.

"Doesn't that mean Liu Guangqi ran away on his own?"

"Right, he couldn't have been forced to exchange receipts with Chief Engineer Zhou, could he?"

"All Liu Haizhong does all day is beat his second and third sons. Ordinary families value the eldest son and grandson, but what about the throne he'll inherit? He's completely spoiled these kids. But this kid doesn't even have a letter of introduction; where could he possibly go?"

"Don't talk nonsense. Liu Guangqi is a vocational school graduate. Maybe he was assigned to another place. I think Liu Guangqi just doesn't want to come back."

Upon hearing this, Yan Fugui's eyes lit up, and he quickly said to his second aunt, "Go to the school and check Guangqi's assignment record to see where he was assigned, and then see what to do. Judging from the current situation, it's highly likely that Guangqi left on his own. Guangqi is usually very sensible. Tell me, what did you do to force Guangqi to leave Beijing secretly?"

The second aunt was shocked, staring at Yan Fugui in disbelief, muttering, "Forced? I forced him? How could I possibly force him?"

Liu Guangtian said with a look of disgust, "You haven't forced her yet? After that guy surnamed Wang of yours came yesterday, he just said he could save my dad, and you've been working on my brother ever since, trying to get him to marry that fat woman. Don't even mention Liu Guangqi, if it were me, I'd run away too. Marrying that thing, you'll be crushed to death sooner or later."

Aunt Erda finally realized what was happening and plopped down on the ground, wailing, "If he wanted to say he didn't want to marry us, he should have just said so! Why did he run away with all our family's money? How are we supposed to live? Guangqi is deliberately trying to starve the three of us!"

Liu Guangfu then came out and said, "Mother, we won't starve. My eldest brother went out yesterday afternoon and somehow got some food; he filled our rice and flour jars to the brim."

Liu Guangtian touched the two envelopes in his pocket, said nothing, and simply nodded.

But at this moment, Song Dahua's face was lifeless.

She thought that as long as her husband Guangqi married Wang Meili, her husband would come back, and she could continue to live a good life of frying eggs and watching her husband beat their son.

But now Guangqi is gone, and he even took all the money from the house with him. Not only did he fail to rescue Lao Liu, he might even offend Wang Meili because of this.

Thinking of Wang Meili's background, Song Dahua's face was filled with deep despair.

Just then, Song Dahua subconsciously saw Liu Guangtian supporting her, and her eyes lit up instantly.

She gripped Liu Guangtian's arms tightly with both hands: "Guangtian, Guangtian, you don't want your father to be locked in a cage for the rest of his life, do you?"

Liu Guangtian was startled by his mother's reaction and looked at Song Dahua with a blank expression.

Song Dahua, her face full of urgency, commanded, "Guangtian, go and marry Wang Meili. If you marry Wang Meili, our family's difficulties will be resolved."

Liu Guangtian couldn't help but think of Wang Meili, who looked to weigh half a ton, and a chill ran down his spine. Then, his face filled with terror, he cried out, "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Mother, I'm telling you, you've already driven my brother away. Are you trying to drive me away too? Mother, you don't want me to run away from home with my brother, do you?"

At this moment, Song Dahua seemed to have found hope, so she was not about to give up easily.

She picked up the sole of her shoe and started hitting Liu Guangtian with it: "I told you to run away from home, I told you to study, and you still ran away? Where are you going? With your looks, you still want to run away from home? Go ahead, let me see you run away!"

As he spoke, the sole of his shoe kept hitting Liu Guangtian.

Liu Guangtian was beaten so badly that he had to run away with his head in his hands, but he was helpless.

Just then, Zhou Weiguo's voice came: "Song Dahua, you and Liu Haizhong really are birds of a feather. You just scared away the eldest son, and now you're hitting the second one. I'm genuinely curious, who do you plan to rely on when you're old? The thought processes of you two are truly incomprehensible to us ordinary people."

Upon hearing this, Song Dahua turned her head and saw that Zhou Weiguo had actually spoken.

She was already quite agitated, and the beating of her son only fueled her anger. Turning to Zhou Weiguo, she launched into a tirade: "Zhou Weiguo, I can tell you're no good! Did you trick my Guangqi into leaving? He must have been deceived by you to leave us so heartlessly. Did you make Guangqi steal things from the house? I...I...I'll fight you to the death!"

After saying that, she took the sole of her shoe and hit Zhou Weiguo.

Zhou Weiguo looked at this so-called "second aunt" and was utterly exasperated.

The brain circuits of Liu Haizhong and his wife are different from those of normal people.

He raised his foot and kicked Song Dahua directly in the stomach. With a "thud," Song Dahua sat down on the ground.