Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 623 The Clown
Not long after, Lou Xiao'e returned to the state-run hotel with a heavy heart.

"Oh, Xiao'e, what's wrong with you?" When Lou Tanshi saw Lou Xiao'e like this, she hurriedly got up and went to greet her and asked.

"Mom, the Pang family is gone!" Lou Xiao'e glanced at Lou Tanshi and then said with a complicated expression.

"What? The Pang family is gone? Which Pang family?" Lou Tanshi was slightly taken aback, then asked with some confusion.

"Which Pang family could it be? It's Pang Hetai's family!" Lou Xiao'e sat down on the sofa, feeling exhausted.

"No, what's going on? Why are you suddenly saying their family is gone?" Lou Tanshi was getting more and more confused as she listened.

Seeing Lou Tan's appearance, Lou Xiao'e sighed softly, then slowly began to explain:

"I went to see Li Guoqiang this morning! Who knew that Pang Hetai would secretly follow me and go to Li Guoqiang's house to show off and offend him."

Then, Li Guoqiang used a satellite phone to notify the people in Hong Kong to have the Pang family wiped out within half an hour.

At first, not only Pang and Tai, but even I was somewhat skeptical.

Unexpectedly, less than half an hour later, people from Hong Kong called Li Guoqiang to say that the Pang family was gone.

After saying that, she thought of Pang Hetai kneeling before Li Guoqiang like a dog, and she still felt an indescribable fear in her heart.

How long ago was it that the Pang family, who made her swallow her anger and compromise her principles, just disappeared like that?
"Really? This..." Lou Tanshi was so shocked upon hearing this that she was speechless.

If this is true, then Li Guoqiang's position in the Qiangsheng Group will likely far exceed her expectations.

Moreover, since Li Guoqiang was able to wipe out the Pang family so easily, he could naturally wipe out the Lou family just as easily.

This is what worries and frightens her the most.

"Xiao'e, you absolutely mustn't offend him!" Lou Tanshi snapped out of her daze, grabbed Lou Xiao'e's hand, and said in a somewhat panicked manner.

"Mom, the issue now isn't whether I should offend him or not; it's that I've already offended him," Lou Xiao'e said with a bitter face.

"What's going on? Does he want you to serve him and you don't want to?" Lou Tanshi glared at him and asked anxiously.

"Mom, that's not what I meant. I have two children with Pang Hetai," Lou Xiao'e explained somewhat irritably.

"Oh dear! How could I forget about that! What should we do now?" Lou Tanshi was suddenly stunned, then slapped her thigh hard, her whole body pacing anxiously.

As Lou Bancheng's most favored concubine, she was not the kind of ignorant woman.

Therefore, she understood perfectly well that a powerful figure like Li Guoqiang would not allow Pang Hetai's child to grow up and seek revenge against Li Guoqiang.

If the Lou family wants to sever ties, the only way is to send Pang Hetai's children back to the Pang family and let them disappear along with the Pang family.

However, this was undoubtedly a very difficult decision for Lou Xiao'e.

Regardless of her feelings for Pang Hetai, the child is her own flesh and blood. How could she bear to send the child to the Pang family and let the child suffer with the Pang family?

Just as Lou Tanshi and Lou Xiao'e were stumped by this problem, on the other side, Pang Hetai also took the next available flight back to Hong Kong. As soon as he got off the plane, he was taken away by several foreigners who were waiting at the airport.

Some might say, aren't all foreigners arrogant?
Why are they now working so hard for Qiangsheng Group?

In fact, the reason is quite simple: the Qiangsheng Group has won over all the foreigners with high status and position.

After all, the money that Qiangsheng Group is giving us is huge!
In this world, unless there are special circumstances, no one would turn down money.

If there really are foreigners who would rather lose money than stand up against the Qiangsheng Group.

Well, sorry to say, the next day the evidence of their crime will be placed at the doorstep of their competitor.

Soon, the Pang family's affairs, like a wave on the sea, became a thing of the past in an instant.

Apart from some smaller families who had previously had close ties with the Pang family and were somewhat uneasy, the major wealthy and powerful families didn't care about it at all.

In fact, in their view, the Pang family didn't even deserve to be the chicken used as a warning to others.

At that time, which of the wealthy and powerful families in Hong Kong didn't have assets worth billions, or even tens of billions?

Although it is indeed insignificant compared to the trillions of dollars that the Qiangsheng Group possesses, it is still quite impressive compared to small families like the Pang and Lou families whose assets are only tens of millions.

That morning, Li Guoqiang had just finished dealing with some group affairs in courtyard number 99 and returned to courtyard number 95. As soon as he entered his own courtyard, he saw from the hanging flower gate that the middle courtyard was surrounded by some neighbors.

Among them were not only the Yan family, the Liu family, and the Qin family, but also Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu, and even Lou Xiao'e.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang became interested and immediately turned around and walked into the hanging flower gate.

Soon, he took in the situation in the central courtyard, and a slight look of surprise appeared on his face.

"Zhu Zi, don't be foolish. This is your father, your own father. He's come back to see you now. You can't be so disrespectful as to drive him away." Yi Zhonghai grabbed Sha Zhu's arm and said seriously.

"He's not my dad, my dad died a long time ago!" Upon hearing this, Sha Zhu immediately stuck out his neck and shouted angrily.

Upon hearing this, He Daqing, who was standing in front of Sha Zhu, hunched over and lowered his head, as if he wasn't the one who abandoned his children back then.

"Zhu Zi, do you even listen to what you're saying? All the lessons I've taught you over the years, have you forgotten them all?" Yi Zhonghai quickly reprimanded Zhu Zi when he saw how agitated he was.

Then, he turned to Lou Xiao'e and urged in a deep voice, "Zhu Zi's wife, say something about this!"

Lou Xiao'e looked at Sha Zhu's angry face and He Daqing's lonely appearance. She opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but in the end, she didn't say anything.

"Alright, old man, stop talking. Even if you talk until the end, I won't acknowledge him as my father." Sha Zhu hurriedly spoke up when he saw that Lou Xiao'e seemed a little embarrassed.

Before Yi Zhonghai and Lou Xiao'e could say anything, He Daqing said quietly, "If you don't acknowledge it, then give me back my life. I gave you this life, and I taught you your skills."

Also, when you were younger, I sent you money every month; you have to pay me back for that.

"What money? I haven't seen a single penny you sent back!" Sha Zhu glared, then spoke with a face full of indignation. "Hey! Yi Zhonghai, what's going on? I clearly sent money back for you to give to this idiot, why is he denying it?" He Daqing slowly raised his head to look at Yi Zhonghai.

"No, I was just worried that they were young and wouldn't be able to handle it, so I was helping them keep it for now!" Yi Zhonghai explained, feeling somewhat embarrassed and guilty.

“Okay, then you can pay me back the money later, so I don’t have to ask this silly boy for it again. And these three houses are also our family’s ancestral property. Starting today, I will live here.” He Daqing nodded and then said with a matter of course.

"No, if you're staying here, where am I supposed to stay?" Sha Zhu was dumbfounded when he heard that He Daqing was coming back to stay.

"I don't care. Either you beat me to death, or I want to come back and live here. You decide what to do!" He Daqing said somewhat shamelessly.

When Sha Zhu saw He Daqing like this, he was so angry that he trembled.

He had never seen a father as despicable as He Daqing in the entire world.

He ran off with a widow before, abandoning his brother and sister, and that was fine. Now that they're old and no one cares for them, they've come back to force him to support them in their old age and even want to take back his house.

"He Daqing, what are you doing? Didn't we agree that you would live with me after you came back?" Yi Zhonghai couldn't help but lean forward and question him in a low voice when he saw He Daqing talking more and more outrageously, completely deviating from his plan.

That's right!

He Daqing was brought back by someone Yi Zhonghai asked for help, with the aim of ensuring that Sha Zhu wouldn't leave the courtyard and wouldn't be abandoned.

However, what he didn't expect was that He Daqing, who had promised so readily before returning, changed his mind immediately afterward.

Not only did they expose his past misdeeds regarding the child support payments for Sha Zhu and He Yushui, but they also wanted to take back Sha Zhu's house.

Isn't this forcing Sha Zhu to go to Hong Kong with Lou Xiao'e?

"When did I tell you?" He Daqing pretended to be confused when faced with Yi Zhonghai's question.

In any case, these matters were not discussed directly with him face-to-face by Yi Zhonghai, but only through a letter.

Now that he has burned the letter and returned, even if he changes his mind, he doesn't need to worry about what Yi Zhonghai can do to him.
When Yi Zhonghai saw that He Daqing refused to admit it, he was instantly furious.

Afterwards, he also felt some regret, regretting that he had lost his mind and actually wanted He Daqing, this ruthless person who abandoned his child, to cooperate.

If He Daqing were so easily manipulated, he wouldn't have done such a selfish thing back then.

"Alright, He Yuzhu, your son is still here watching over things! Let's go inside and talk about it."

At this moment, Lou Xiao'e couldn't stand it anymore and hurriedly went to Sha Zhu's side, lowering her voice to persuade him.

She was really unlucky. She just wanted to bring her child to see Sha Zhu and explain to him that she needed to work for Li Guoqiang.

Then, before she could even speak to Sha Zhu, she encountered He Daqing returning to ask Sha Zhu to take care of her in her old age.

Before she could even say anything, Yi Zhonghai directly called her Sha Zhu's wife, leaving her speechless and unable to remain uninvolved.

Left with no other option, she could only think of spending some money to see if she could settle the matter.

"Okay, I'll do as you say!" Sha Zhu looked at Lou Xiao'e's still charming face, hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded and agreed.

After all, no matter what, He Daqing is still his biological father.

Even if he doesn't want to admit it, it doesn't change the fact that He Daqing is related to him by blood.

Moreover, Lou Xiao'e is right, the children are watching right now!
If he treats He Daqing badly, wouldn't that set a bad example for He Xiao?

He didn't want He Xiao to disown him as her father.

After saying that, he walked straight up, grabbed He Daqing's arm, and said in a deep voice, "Let's go! Didn't you want to go back to your own home? Now I'll take you inside and show you around!"

Seeing this, He Daqing did not refuse.

He simply looked up and glanced at Sha Zhu, then followed Sha Zhu into the house.

Immediately afterwards, Lou Xiao'e pulled He Xiao along and followed.

When Yi Zhonghai saw that neither Sha Zhu nor Lou Xiao'e invited him to come in, his face instantly turned gloomy. He then angrily turned and went into his room.

At that moment, he realized that he seemed to have become a clown.

"Brother Qiangzi, when did you arrive?"

As the crowd gradually dispersed, Xiao Dang quickly spotted Li Guoqiang standing outside the crowd. She then hurriedly ran to his side, grinning as she asked him a question.

"Why are you here at this time instead of going to work?" Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang did not answer but instead asked a question in return.

"Hehe! I just forgot to bring something, so I came back to get it!" Xiao Dang's heart tightened, and then she hurriedly explained with an embarrassed smile.

In fact, she didn't forget anything at all; she just used the excuse of feeling unwell to ask for leave from work and then sneaked back to lie around and slack off.

She didn't dare tell Li Guoqiang the truth because Li Guoqiang had never agreed to her resignation.

"Really? Then when Huaihua comes back tonight, I'll have to ask her properly and see if what you said is true?" Li Guoqiang raised an eyebrow and then said with a hint of amusement.

"No! I was wrong. I shouldn't have lied to you. I wasn't feeling well, so I took leave from work." When Xiao Dang heard that Li Guoqiang wanted to find Huaihua to verify, she was so frightened that she trembled on the spot. Then she hurriedly grabbed Li Guoqiang's arm and pitifully admitted her mistake.

"Are you feeling unwell? Where does it hurt? Have you seen a doctor?" Li Guoqiang chuckled inwardly, then pretended not to see through Xiao Dang's little trick and asked with feigned concern.

"No, I'm just a little itchy!" Xiao Dang realized she couldn't fool him anymore, so she could only wink at Li Guoqiang.

"Oh? Then come back with me, I'll take a good look at you!" Li Guoqiang raised an eyebrow, then pulled Xiao Dang directly towards the front yard.

(End of this chapter)