Chapter 179 Being Protective
Wu Xiyuan was reading intently with a book in his hand. When he heard Su Jiuyue's question, he gave a muffled sound, "They probably wanted to do business but have no funding, so they wanted their parents to sell the house for them."
Su Jiuyue was puzzled when she heard this, "If they are the elderly Mr. Guo's son and daughter-in-law, why haven't we seen them come here to take care of their parents even though we've lived here for so long?"
Wu Xiyuan shrugged his shoulders, "We are filial, but there are always people in this world who are not."
Su Jiuyue was a bit indignant, "If they don't support their parents, how could they be so shameless to ask them for money?"
"There are always shameless people. Don't you see that the elderly Mr. and Mrs. Guo are ignoring them?"
Be that as it may, it was not a good idea to leave it like that, was it? It was disturbing that his son kept making trouble all the time whether Mr. and Mrs. Guo would get angry or not. Xiyuan had exams coming up in a few days, so how can he study with the noise?
"No, I have to go out and take a look." Su Jiuyue stood up.
Wu Xiyuan called out to her, "What do you have to say to them? They are unreasonable."
Su Jiuyue was not afraid, "You have no idea. You can't be reasonable with unreasonable people. Just watch and learn."
After hearing what she said, he stopped reading and looked outside with interest as he wanted to see how his wife dealt with the two people outside.
Su Jiuyue came to the door, cleared her throat, and shouted at the two people, "Hey! What are you doing?"
In the courtyard, Guo Jinfan had been yelling for so long that his mouth was dry, but no one paid any attention to him. Now that someone was finally here, he immediately turned his head and looked at Su Jiuyue.
"I was going to ask you that. Why are you in my courtyard?"
Su Jiuyue stood on the step with her eyebrow lifted, "Your courtyard? How come I've never seen you before?"
"My parents are living in this room. Whose courtyard would it be if it isn't mine?" Guo Jinfan rolled his eyes as if she had asked an idiotic question.
Su Jiuyue also rolled her eyes, "How do you prove that it was your parents living inside? I've been here for a month and I've never seen you. so you're not a liar, are you?"
Being accused as a liar, Guo Jinfan got extremely furious, "You bastard, who do you say is a liar? Don't try to trick my father into giving you the house just because you're young and pretty!"
"I'm the tenant here and I have signed the contract. Now my man has to study. If you yell again, I'll report you to the police! Let's see how the police will deal with you then!" Su Jiuyue glared at them as she threatened.
The woman beside Guo Jinfan snorted lightly, "Are you threatening us? Just go to the police! This is still our courtyard no matter what you tell the police!"
Su Jiuyue crossed her arms in front of her chest and looked at them from above, "The Great Zhou Dynasty rules by filial piety, but you two have not been taking care of your parents. When you have finally come back, you even yelled at them. I don't think the police will take your side!"
As Guo Jinfan couldn't win the argument, he picked up the broom on the floor, "You! You bastard, trying to report to the police! I'll beat you to death!"
Su Jiuyue used to fight with people a lot in the village when she was young and had to protect her younger siblings, so she was not afraid of him now.
When he hit her with the broom, Su Jiuyue subconsciously tried to dodge.
But to her surprise, a hand suddenly reached out from behind and pulled her behind him.
When the broom swung down, it was firmly grasped by him.
"Hitting my wife in front of me? You are a little too dismissive of me."
Wu Xiyuan was a tall man with a describable vibe about him. He could bluff Guo Jinfan by only staring at him.
"You ... you ..."
He couldn't say a word for a long time. Wu Xiyuan snatched the broom out of his hand and threw it on the ground.
Looking at him with cold eyes, he said, "If you dare to pick on my wife again, don't blame me for not being nice!"
Perhaps because it was too loud outside, Mr. and Mrs. Guo could not stay silent at home anymore.
"Stop it!" It was a powerful voice. They turned around and saw the elderly Mr. Guo standing in the doorway with several patches on his grey coat. Mrs. Guo was standing next to him.
They were in their sixties and were supposed to enjoy their twilight years, but who would have thought that their only son would leave them alone?
Now, this house was the only place they had left to settle down, but his son wanted them to sell the house for business.
Just thinking about it, Mr. Guo felt his heart full of sorrow, "If I had known this, we would not have had you!"
Guo Jinfan was also discontented as there was a big deal waiting for him. As long as it was successful, not to mention one house, he could even buy dozens of houses for them. Why couldn't they support him?
"If you hadn't had me, it would also be easier for me!"
The elderly Mr. Guo got married when he was sixteen. The first three children were all daughters, so he was hoping to have a son to carry on the legacy.
But who knew that he would have such a loser?
His three daughters have got married. Maybe because they were very disappointed in their parents, they don't even go back to visit them.
This loser had ruined everything they had saved all their lives, and now all they have left was this house, yet he still wanted to use it for business!
"I will expel you from the family today! Your life will have nothing to do with me anymore, and I don't need you to take care of me or make funeral arrangements for me!" Mr. Guo said directly.
But Guo Jinfan refused, "What? Are you really going to give them this house? Don't forget who your real son is! The Guo family depends on me to pass on!"
The elderly Guo spat on him, "A scum like you should not be passed on!"
This was someone else's family issue, so Su Jiuyue and Wu Xiyuan were not in a position to interfere any further.
As they were arguing again, there was another knock on the door outside.
Su Jiuyue walked over and opened the door. She saw that there were actually some people dressed as policemen.
"Officers, what are you..."
The leader of the group took a glance towards the courtyard before saying, "Just now, someone next door reported to the police that there was a break-in here."
Su Jiuyue was stunned as she hadn't reported to the police. Why was it breaking-in?
While she was in a daze, the Elderly Mr. Guo shouted, "No! Who reported to the police? This is our family issue!"
Su Jiuyue was dumbfounded, thinking that the elderly Mr. Guo was so different after the police came. If she hadn't heard it with her own ears, she wouldn't have been able to connect the person who said this with the one who said he wanted to break off his relationship with his son earlier.