Swallowing the Seas

Chapter 28

"The last time I heard about Baokang was on May 1st. That day the police station called me and said that he threw a beer bottle downstairs again and almost hit someone. I said don't come to me for this kind of thing in the future. You guys If you want to arrest him, just arrest him and lock him up for a few more years. I can take advantage of the situation and take back the small house, so that my husband will not have any objections to me."

Meng Zhao's eyebrows were slightly twisted, his eyes were concerned, and his eyes were filled with an expression of listening carefully. The woman sitting opposite her smiled bitterly, lowered her head and wiped the corners of her eyes: "It's funny, isn't it, police officer? I used to love him so much. I couldn't bear to buy the yellow mutton for my daughter when she took the high school entrance examination. I bought the stewed meat by the slice. I just want to send it to him. I just think that he is the only legitimate root of our old Gao family and my brother's only son. Isn't it natural for my sister to help my brother?..."

Gao Xia is not a few years older than Meng Zhao, but she looks much older than her. Her shoulders are always slightly hunched, as if she has to grit her teeth all the time to carry her innate humility and cowardice - if you just look at her appearance, Look, she is so different from Gao Baokang, who has a crew cut, splayed eyebrows, and almost the word "strong" written on his face. They don't look like an aunt and nephew.

Meng Zhao let out a long sigh and asked, "Then does he still ask you for money now?"

That sigh of understanding struck Gao Xia's heart, causing the haggard middle-aged woman to feel the grievances that she usually suppressed and dared not complain to others: "You want money? - You know when Baokang was just raped? Caught in, my husband finally couldn't bear the divorce. What did they do to me? My dad called me back to my hometown and scolded me half to death! He also said that I didn't take good care of Baokang and didn't give him money early. I bought a house and got married, so I made him commit a crime and go to jail. I deliberately wanted to cut off the relationship between Lao Gao's family! What kind of life did I live in those two years? My husband didn't want me, my daughter disowned me, and I worked as a cow and a horse for them in my hometown. I still think it's unlucky for me to be a divorced woman..."

Gao Xia choked up obviously and quickly restrained herself.

"Later, my husband relented and said that my daughter cannot live without her mother. He took my daughter and remarried me, which saved me from the pit of fire. Who would have thought that just one year after we remarried, Baokang was released from prison, and he started calling again to ask questions? I want money and a house, and if I don't give it, I'll scold him! It's enough for him to scold me. My parents also called me from my hometown all day long to ask me to give him the money for my daughter's study abroad. If I don't give it to him, I don't care about family ties and are not filial to my parents. Silly wolf! After that, I didn't even dare to answer the phone. I still have my own life to live and my husband and daughter to take care of. Should I get divorced again and go back to work as a cow horse for them? "

Gao Xia wiped her eyes heavily with her palms. Meng Zhao grabbed her wrinkled hands and patted her soothingly: "What did you do next?"

"I blocked his and my brother's numbers," Gao Xia sniffed hard and said, "But I didn't block my parents. After all, I can't really be unfilial... Alas!"

Meng Zhao was noncommittal: "Have they contacted you recently?"

"It's gone since the accident on May 2nd...wait a minute." Gao Xia suddenly remembered something: "In that case, at the end of last month, my dad called me asking for money, and what he said was quite strange. "

"What words?"

"He said, Baokang has no money to spend now. You, a biological aunt, look down on him like this. When he makes a lot of money, you won't be able to lick him. I said he can make a lot of money, let alone engage in pyramid schemes. Right? My dad said proudly, Baokang is now very capable, and people are sending money to our house to ask him to help with things!"