LRAB Chapter 80 Changing Surname to Become a Son-in-Law
Chapter 80 Changing Surname to Become a Son-in-Law
The air in the room seemed to have been suddenly sucked out.
Zhao Gang's heart was in his throat as he watched helplessly as that rough, large hand reached for the coffee table.
Wang Jianguo's fingers were always covered in cigarette smoke, his fingernails were stained yellow. Now, he slowly picked up the bright red divorce certificate.
"Clatter".
The red book was opened and tossed onto the marble coffee table.
Wang Jianguo lowered his eyelids, glanced at the document twice, and said in a flat, emotionless voice, "Yesterday's date. Just now?"
Zhao Gang's throat was dry, and his tongue felt stuck to his palate, so he couldn't utter a single word and could only nod stiffly.
"Good. That's great."
Wang Jianguo gave a short laugh.
The next second, the foot wearing a thick-soled leather shoe kicked out without warning.
"Bang!"
A muffled thud.
Before Zhao Gang could even utter a sound, he was sent flying backward like a tattered sack, his back slamming hard against the dresser. The vase on it wobbled twice before shattering into pieces with a loud crash.
"Gangzi!" Wang Lili screamed, but before she could move, Yan Xiujuan grabbed her and held her down tightly.
"You stand right there!" Yan Xiujuan shouted sharply, turning to look at her husband, her face also deathly pale. "Old Wang, what are you doing! Let's talk this out, don't hurt him!"
"Broken him? I'm going to beat him to death today!"
Wang Jianguo ripped open the top button of his collar, and a vein on his neck bulged and throbbed.
He strode up to Zhao Gang, pointing down at the man curled up on the ground:
"I, Wang Jianguo, have spent most of my life in this workplace. What kind of monsters and demons haven't I seen? Today, I've finally seen something I never expected with you, you little brat! You got my daughter pregnant while keeping your wife at home? What do you take Lili for? A mistress from the old society? Or some slut that everyone talks about behind her back?!"
That shout made the chandelier on the ceiling tremble.
Zhao Gang clutched his chest, gagged twice from the pain, and a trickle of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.
He didn't bother to wipe himself, he crawled back on all fours, knelt down again, and banged his forehead on the ground with a thud.
"Dad...Dad, I was wrong...I was forced by my family...I really wanted to live a life with Lili..."
"Truly sincere? Your heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys are all black!"
Wang Jianguo spat out a long distance, then raised his leg to kick again.
"Stop hitting him, Old Wang!"
Yan Xiujuan rushed forward and hugged her husband's waist, her face covered in tears and snot. "It's easy for you to beat him to death, but what about Lili? What about the baby in her belly? If someone dies, will our family still be able to stay in the county town?"
This sentence is like pressing the pause button.
The large leather shoe hovered in mid-air, just two inches from Zhao Gang's face.
Wang Jianguo was panting heavily, his chest heaving violently. His bloodshot eyes were fixed on Wang Lili's swollen belly. His facial muscles twitched a few times before finally turning into a long sigh squeezed out of his chest.
"What a terrible thing to do..."
He plopped down on the sofa, making the teacup lid bounce around.
"Yan Xiujuan, is this the son-in-law you carefully selected? Honest? Dutiful? This way of doing things is even more efficient than a operative! He came to our door right after the divorce, making a fool of our whole family!"
Yan Xiujuan lowered her head and could only try to soothe her husband, not daring to utter a single word in rebuttal.
The room was eerily quiet, with only Zhao Gang's intermittent sobs.
Wang Jianguo took out his cigarette case and lit the cigarette after three attempts.
The smoke rose, blurring his gloomy face.
He burned the cigarette butt to the end, and the sparks burned his fingers, before he shoved the cigarette butt hard into the crystal ashtray and crushed it twice.
"Take Lili to the hospital first thing tomorrow morning."
"Get rid of the baby in your belly."
The air in the room froze instantly.
Zhao Gang suddenly looked up, ignoring the blood on his face, and opened his mouth wide.
If the child is gone, his last talisman will be shattered.
Without those two species, it would be easier for Wang Jianguo to crush him than to crush an ant.
"No!"
Wang Lili, who had been huddled in the corner of the sofa, exploded. She jumped up abruptly, clutching her stomach with both hands, her voice shrill: "Dad, what are you saying! I'm over five months pregnant! I can feel the movement! How could you be so heartless?"
"Me, heartless?" Wang Jianguo stood up, his tall shadow casting a heavy shadow on the wall, making it hard to breathe. "I'm doing this for your sake! Look at what people are saying outside! They're saying our Wang family has taken in a Chen Shimei! If this child is born, he'll be gossiped about everywhere he goes, called a bastard! A illegitimate child! Where will that leave the Wang family's reputation?"
"I don't care! I'm going to give birth!"
Wang Lili had completely lost her mind. The fear of losing her unborn child drove her to hysteria. "I want to be with Gangzi! He's divorced, we can get our marriage certificate, he's not an illegitimate child! Dad, if you dare touch my child, I won't live anymore!"
As she spoke, Wang Lili looked around and her gaze suddenly locked onto the apple-peeling knife on the coffee table.
Without a second thought, she grabbed a knife and pressed the tip against her long neck.
The skin was already delicate, and with just a little pressure from the knife tip, a red mark was instantly pressed out, which looked shocking.
"Lili! What are you doing! Put it down!" Yan Xiujuan was terrified and screamed as she tried to rush over, but was stopped by Wang Lili's shrill scream.
"Don't come any closer! None of you come any closer!"
Wang Lili cried her eyes out, her hair disheveled and plastered to her face. Her eyes were filled with a desperate madness. "Dad, don't you care about your reputation? Don't you want to lose face? Fine! I'll die right here today! Three lives lost! Let everyone in the compound, the whole county, see that it was you, Section Chief Wang, who, for the sake of saving face, personally drove your own daughter and grandson to their deaths! Let's see where you'll put your face then!"
"You—you rebellious daughter!"
Wang Jianguo was so angry that he was trembling all over, and his hand pointing at Wang Lili was shaking, but he didn't dare to take another step forward.
He cares about his image, but he only has this one precious daughter!
"Wang Jianguo! Are you crazy?!"
At this moment, Yan Xiujuan no longer cared about the hierarchy between husband and wife. Like a mother lioness protecting her cubs, she turned around and pounced on Wang Jianguo, clenching her fists and raining blows onto Wang Jianguo's broad chest.
"How many more people do you want to drive to their deaths? Huh? Lili is our only child! She's already weak, and the doctor said if she miscarries, she might never be able to conceive again! Do you want our family line to end? Do you want to drive the child to her death, then drive me to my death, and completely destroy this family?"
Yan Xiujuan cried her heart out, pounding her fists and wailing, "I've spent my whole life with you, and in the end you'd risk your life for that old face! Fine, if you're going to kill them, then kill me too! Let's all die together, cleanly!"
The room was in complete chaos.
Wang Lili was crying and screaming with a knife in her hand, Yan Xiujuan was throwing a tantrum, and Wang Jianguo stood there with a livid face, his chest heaving violently. He was clearly cornered by the mother and daughter.
Just then, the person on the ground moved.
Zhao Gang neither tried to grab the knife nor tried to break up the fight. He crawled on his knees to Wang Jianguo's feet.
"Thump!"
His forehead slammed heavily against the floor, even harder than the previous blows.
"Thump!" Another sound.
In no time, a pool of blood appeared on the floor. Zhao Gang's face was covered in blood, mixed with tears and snot, making him look both disgusting and pitiful.
"Dad! It's all my fault! I'm a beast!"
Zhao Gang kowtowed and howled, his voice hoarse like a broken bellows, "If you're angry, go ahead and cut me with a knife! Please don't push Lili any further! She's heavily pregnant and can't take any more abuse!"
He suddenly raised his head, and his bloodied and mangled face was right in front of Wang Jianguo. He even reached out to grab Wang Jianguo's trouser leg.
"Dad, I know you look down on me and think I'm a liar. But my feelings for Lili are real! As long as you let Lili give birth, I'll do anything for this family! Even if you make me not have the Zhao surname, but instead have the child take the Wang surname and become a live-in son-in-law in the Wang family, I'll be willing!"