Rebirth 1983: Building My Business Empire-Chapter 128 - 121 Arguing

Chapter 128 -121 Arguing

Qiangqiang and Xiao Feng saw Lu Jiajie, extremely happy; both of them pounced on him at the same time, hugging him, “Daddy, Daddy, I missed you so much.”

In Yangcheng City for three months, he too longed for his two children day and night, “Let’s go, Dad will take you home.”

Mother Ma stopped him with a smile on her face and said, “Why go back when you can eat here? Coincidentally, today I bought two pounds of mutton and a pig’s trotter, and I’ve cooked them all.”

Lu Jiajie replied coldly, “For a country bumpkin like me, who doesn’t deserve to appear in public, I don’t deserve to sit at your table, let alone eat your family’s meat.”

Those words were Ma Dahua’s insults, and Mother Ma hadn’t uttered a word back then. Since they didn’t give him face initially, and now they were trying to suck his blood, he naturally wouldn’t offer any respect in return.

Mother Ma’s face turned as red as a liver.

The two children sensed the atmosphere was off and didn’t dare to make a sound. Lu Jiajie found the children’s coats for them to wear, then picked up one and led the other out.

Outside, Lu Jiajie asked, “At your grandma’s place, were you guys bullied by Little Fatty?”

The moment Qiangqiang heard this, he said with grievances, “Yes, he always steals Xiao Feng’s and my stuff, and grandma always tells me and Xiao Feng to let him be. He’s older than me and Xiao Feng, why should we let him have his way?”

At their aunt’s house, Brother Zhang and Sister Zhenzhen always let them have their way because they were the youngest. But at their grandma’s house, it was the complete opposite.

Xiao Feng also said, “Daddy, I don’t want to stay at grandma’s house. I want to go to auntie’s place, but mommy won’t agree. Daddy, can you take us to auntie’s house, please?”

Having to work, Ma Lili couldn’t leave the kids at home during their holidays, so she sent them directly back to her parents’ house. Knowing that Mother Ma wouldn’t favor them, the two children were especially well-behaved at the Ma family household.

Lu Jiajie touched her head and made up an excuse, “Your aunt is not in good health. You guys are too noisy and will disturb her. You won’t need to visit your grandma’s house anymore; you’ll just stay at our home.”

The two children cheered.

In such cold weather, Lu Jiajie was too lazy to cook. He took the two kids to a restaurant. After a fulfilling meal, he then brought the two children home.

As soon as Ma Lili saw him, she said with a cold face, “Lu Jiajie, what was with your temper at my mom’s place just now? What has she done to provoke you?”

Qiangqiang couldn’t stand to hear that and loudly defended, “Mommy, Daddy didn’t lose his temper at grandma. He just said we wouldn’t eat at grandma’s house.”

Lu Jiajie touched his son’s head, “Qiangqiang, take your sister and go back to your room.”

Once the two children were out of sight, Lu Jiajie spoke up, “Ma Lili, don’t you have a clue why I was angry?”

Ma Lili replied, “My parents’ attitude wasn’t great during that time because of the adoption. But we’ve been living at my parents’ place for many years, and they helped us raise Qiangqiang and Xiao Feng, so you shouldn’t hold a grudge against them for those things.”

Lu Jiajie laughed in anger and went straight to the point, “Tell me, how much did you borrow?”

Ma Lili felt a bit guilty, but quickly retorted, “Borrowed how much?”

Lu Jiajie hadn’t called Ma Lili to inquire about this matter after blowing up at Lu Jiaxin. He wanted to see when Ma Lili would decide to tell him. But to his surprise, she still hadn’t mentioned it, even with the New Year approaching. Not only that, but she had the nerve to question his attitude as well.

Having lost his patience, Lu Jiajie asked coldly, “Yan Jixiang is buying a house, how much did you borrow on the outside to give to them? When will they pay back the money? The year is ending and people are waiting to use the money to buy new clothes and prepare for the New Year, delaying is not good.”

Ma Lili blurted out, “How did you know?”

Lu Jiajie laughed bitterly, saying, “You don’t remember how much you borrowed from so many people? Ma Lili, you’re quite something! Our own home still has a heap of debts, I’m racking my brains to figure out how to make more money to pay it off, yet you go on to borrow more to help your nephew buy a house. I’ll tell you, whoever incurs the debt should pay it back, I’m definitely not going to.”

Even if Jiaxin hadn’t lost her temper at that moment, it wouldn’t have been long before Jiaguang found out without having to send Ah Le to inquire.

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Ma Lili also felt aggrieved and said, “Do you think I wanted to borrow money? But when my parents knelt before me, pleading desperately, what could I do?”

Lu Jiajie, burning with anger, shouted, “So if your parents knelt before you and asked you to die, would you do it?”

“Wah, wah, wah…”

Xiao Feng was frightened by his loud voice and started wailing loudly. Lu Jiajie couldn’t continue arguing with her and quickly ran inside, only to see his daughter crying bitterly in his son’s arms.

Qiangqiang was also crying, while pleading through tears, “Daddy, can you please not fight with Mommy? Mommy has been very busy working and taking care of me and my sister lately.”

Lu Jiajie, holding back his rage, patted his head, hummed a response, then went to pour some hot water. He washed the children’s heads and faces and soaked their feet to soothe them to sleep.

After the children fell asleep, Ma Lili cautiously said, “Jiajie, I’m sorry, I know it’s my fault. But when my elderly parents knelt on the ground begging me, I truly couldn’t refuse.”

Suppressing his anger, Lu Jiajie asked, “How much did you borrow?”

“One thousand five hundred.”

In truth, she had given two thousand, but only managed to borrow one thousand five hundred; the remaining five hundred came from selling a gold necklace and a ring. However, she knew better than to tell Lu Jiajie.

Lu Jiajie’s stance was the same, he wouldn’t pay the money back. Either the Ma family would return it, or Yan Fang and Ma Dahua would.

With her head down, Ma Lili said, “My parents emptied their savings and even borrowed two thousand from elsewhere. My elder sister and her husband have no money.”

“That’s not my problem.”

Having said that, Lu Jiajie went to wash up, and after he finished, he took his son to another room to sleep, not sharing the same room with Ma Lili.

Though the situation was infuriating, Lu Jiajie was so exhausted from running around the past few days that once he lay down, he fell asleep almost immediately. Meanwhile, Ma Lili lay awake, tossing and turning all night.

The next morning, Lu Jiajie took the children to Ah Le’s house, asking Ah Le’s mother to help look after them for a while. He went to Radiance Road first to get some money from Lu Jiaxin, then went to find Lu Jiaguang.

Lu Jiaguang looked at him somewhat surprised, “How come you’ve gained weight?”

The brothers talked on the phone quite frequently and knew that Lu Jiajie was very busy on his end. Generally, when someone is that busy, they would lose weight.

Lu Jiajie touched his face and said, “The seafood over there is very cheap. We often bought some to cook ourselves in the evening, and I just couldn’t help but gained some weight without realizing it.”

The place was near the sea and seafood was indeed very cheap.

Lu Jiajie took out eight hundred yuan, and under Lu Jiaguang’s scrutinizing gaze, he made it clear that this was the reward Lu Jiaxin gave him, “I said I didn’t want it, but she said if I didn’t take it, she would just give it directly to Lili.”

Since the business had been successful and made quite a profit, it was only fair to give him a bonus, considering Lu Jiajie’s contribution to half the work. But as Lu Jiaguang thought of his brother’s family issues, his brow involuntarily furrowed again.

Lu Jiaguang asked, “Hasn’t your wife told you about borrowing the money?”

Lu Jiajie shook his head and said, “I had a few unpleasant words at the Ma family when I went to pick up the kids yesterday. She came back and scolded me, and, in a fit of anger, I confronted her.”

The more he talked, the angrier he got until his voice involuntarily raised, “And she’s still hiding it from me? When those creditors come knocking for their money, am I not going to find out? I told her that I’m not paying the money back. If the Ma family and Yan Fang and her husband don’t pay it, she’ll have to figure it out herself.”