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Chapter 1173 Ending the Relationship
However, Lin Hao was thinking about Lilia, who had just come to his house.

This Lilia who suddenly appeared clearly had a special purpose in approaching me; otherwise, what a coincidence!

Elena had previously stated that she was assigned to assist in investigating the sudden appearance of industrial and military equipment within the country.

It's only been less than two months, so it's not surprising that they found out here.

However, Lin Hao didn't care. To put it bluntly, they still haven't acknowledged the establishment of a nation within the country.

They would have to wait until tomorrow to admit it, and by then the tide had turned against them, so they abandoned the Kuomintang. The official announcement would not be released until the 3rd, and the establishment of the embassy would not be until after the 13th.

Getting back to the point, although Lin Hao knew that Lilia had ill intentions, he didn't care much. He would first see what she wanted to do and test her true colors.

Besides, when you think about it, she's Elena's cousin, which is practically like her sister-in-law.

Thinking about how he had just given that person a hard blow, and how the other person had acted as if nothing had happened, Lin Hao found it increasingly interesting.

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However, for the next two weeks, Lilia did nothing at all. Instead, she used her relationship with Elena to get along quite well with the women in her family.

Aside from Liu Rusi, perhaps due to the sensitivity of her past profession, she seemed to have a natural hostility towards Lilia.

During this period, Lin Hao would buy snacks at low prices every two or three days and sell them to Tian Zao and her friends, and their lives gradually improved.

With the note Lin Hao had given them, they bought some flawed fabric from Chen Xueru and changed into new clothes, no longer looking as slovenly as before.

So, taking advantage of the opportunity to start a literacy night school, Lin Hao persuaded Tian Zao to take her younger siblings to attend the night school.

It was for this reason that Tian Zao met Tie Dan, also known as Li Tie, again.

Li Tie was very happy to see Tian Zao and tried to explain something to her, but Tian Zao did not forgive his previous deception even though the misunderstanding was cleared up.

Seeing Lin Hao standing next to Tian Zao, the two looking like a perfect couple, Li Tie was immediately consumed by jealousy and roared angrily:

"Zao'er, is it because of him that you're ignoring me?"

Seeing Li Tie's unreasonable behavior, Tian Zao was both angry and anxious, and then angrily roared:

"Yes, I'm with him now, that's why I don't like you. Don't bother us anymore!"

Tian Zao's words struck Li Tie like a thunderbolt, leaving him dumbfounded. He then stared at Tian Zao in a daze.

Are you satisfied now? Don't bother me anymore. From now on, we'll go our separate ways and don't bother us again.

Hearing Tian Zao's heartless words, Li Tie became dazed, and then looked at Lin Hao with resentment.

After all, in his heart, Tian Zao belonged to him. The two had been childhood sweethearts and would become husband and wife sooner or later.

But Lin Hao's appearance made Tian Zao lose his previous enthusiasm for him, and he felt that his childhood sweetheart had been taken away by Lin Hao.

However, now that he has an official position, he naturally cannot do anything like pulling out a gun or making threats.

"Do you dare to resolve this with me the way a man would?"

He had previously studied wrestling and even apprenticed under Tian Zao's father, so he proposed resolving the matter using the rules of the martial arts world: find Lin Hao for a wrestling match to determine who would be the rightful owner of Zao'er.

"A man's way? To solve it?" Lin Hao said with a disdainful look:

"Li Tie, what do you consider the dates to be? As objects? Or as stakes in your bet?"

"From this point of view, it's clear that you've never respected Zao'er at all!"

Seeing that Li Tie was about to argue, Lin Hao interrupted him, saying:
"Actually, I've been married for a long time and have two children. I don't have any special relationship with Zao'er."

Lin Hao glanced at Tian Zao, then continued:

"If I had to say something, it would be that she was raising a group of children to make a living, which was quite difficult, so I gave them a job!"

"I guess Zao'er thinks of me as someone who's pleasing to the eye, not a bad person at heart, and generally a decent person!"

"But you, from the moment you came in, started spouting nonsense without any regard for Zao'er's feelings, and even subconsciously treated her as your possession. Do you think that's appropriate?"

At this moment, Tian Zao looked at Lin Hao, feeling incredibly moved. She had truly fallen for him.

Although she was not well-educated and could not articulate the reasoning Lin Hao was referring to.

But she could sense that Lin Hao genuinely cared for her with an equal attitude, and even carefully preserved her last shred of dignity.

Lin Hao's words made Li Tie feel ashamed, but when he saw Tian Zao looking at Lin Hao with eyes full of love, he instantly felt unwilling to give up.

So, in a moment of impulsiveness, I said:

"Okay, I was wrong before, but I still want to wrestle with you. If you can beat me, I won't bother Tianzao anymore. I'll treat her like a little sister from now on, okay?"

Lin Hao turned to Tian Zao and asked in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Zao'er, what are your thoughts?"

"If you really don't like him, I'll compete with him, and I guarantee he won't win. If you still have feelings for him, then I'll grant your wish today!"

Tian Zao was taken aback upon hearing this, then looked at Tie Dan, and then at Lin Hao who had encouraged her, and suddenly laughed.

Then, as if having made up his mind and letting go of his burdens, he said with a calm expression:

"Brother Lin, don't let him lose too badly!"

"Good!" Lin Hao was delighted upon hearing this. The strategy of feigning indifference was indeed effective. He then looked at Li Tie and said calmly:

"Come on, as you wish!"

Given the gap between Lin Hao and Li Tie, Lin Hao wasn't even taking it seriously, and the kid just went down.

However, Tie Dan'er was still very persistent. Even after being thrown to the ground by Lin Hao forty or fifty times, he continued to challenge him.

Finally, exhausted and demoralized, he could only helplessly admit defeat with a bitter smile.

At the same time, he swore an oath in front of Tian Zao that he would treat Tian Zao as his younger sister from now on and would never have any improper thoughts again.

Although it seems that he did indeed do so, there was still a hint of affection in his eyes when he looked at Tian Zao.

First love is always profound; who can forget their first love, let alone a childhood sweetheart?

However, Lin Hao didn't care. Instead, he chatted enthusiastically with Tian Zao. At this moment, the love in Tian Zao's eyes when she looked at Lin Hao was almost overflowing.

Meanwhile, Li Tie, watching Lin Hao and Tian Zao being so intimate from afar, left dejectedly.

After Li Tie left, Tian Zao glanced at him, then looked away and focused her attention back on Lin Hao.

Lin Hao's words just now undoubtedly confirmed the relationship between the two.

Actually, she had feelings for Lin Hao before, but knowing that he had many wives and concubines, she occasionally had improper thoughts, but never put them into action, only silently watching Lin Hao. At this time, Lin Hao knew that it was not yet time to make their relationship public, so he sent Tian Zao and her friends to the neighborhood literacy night school.

Although Lin Hao didn't say anything, he still stirred the girl's heartstrings. Later, on her way home, she told Chun about her feelings.

Chunxi has become a nurse thanks to Lin Hao's help, and naturally, she is inclined to be biased towards Lin Hao. She should boldly pursue him and confess her feelings so that she won't have any regrets.

Suo Qian, a descendant of a noble family in the late Qing Dynasty, was well known for his thoughts about Chunxi. He also had a good impression of Lin Hao, who saved Chunxi from dire straits, and agreed with Chunxi's opinion.

As Tianzao's neighbor, Aunt Li, who treated Tianzao like her own daughter, also supported Tianzao in pursuing her own happiness after learning about it.

The people living in this courtyard still hold onto traditional ideas and don't see anything wrong with a man taking a concubine; they all support her.

However, they also advised him to invite Lin Hao to their courtyard so they could help assess whether Lin Hao was the kind of person he could entrust his life to.

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A few days later, Tian Zao, along with a few friends, found Lin Hao.

Tian Zao was a little shy, glancing at Lin Hao every now and then, but Lin Hao didn't mind and instead asked about her studies at night school.

Although Tian Zao is usually quite clever, she's not very good at studying; her academic performance is barely passable.

At this moment, apart from her own name and Lin Hao's name, she didn't recognize a whole bunch of other characters.

Don't let her lack of interest in studying fool you; she's got quite a crush on Lin Hao. Her mind is a jumble of thoughts, her eyes crinkling into slits with delight, revealing her silly, goofy demeanor.

"I'm asking you, what do you want from me? Stop spacing out!" Lin Hao asked speechlessly, looking at Tian Zao's silly smile.

"Um, Brother Lin!" Tian Zao said hesitantly.

"After everyone discussed it, we've decided to treat Brother Lin to a nice meal!"

There should have been another sentence after it, "Meet the people in our compound," but I was a little embarrassed to say it.

Although Tian Zao didn't say it aloud, Lin Hao knew what she was thinking, so he deliberately said:

"Oh, I'm so honored! But there's really no need to treat me to a meal. I didn't expect anything in return for helping you!"

"Besides, with that little money, you can buy some food, eat something good at home, or buy some meat and noodles to make dumplings. Wouldn't that be better?"

Lin Hao also had a smile on his face, mainly because Tian Zao's silly smile was so infectious.

"We bought the noodles and meat ourselves to make the dumplings. This is our way of showing our appreciation!" Little Coal Core said, acting like a little adult.

"Oh, you made these dumplings yourselves?" Lin Hao said with a smile upon hearing this.

"Then I'll definitely have to try it. But I'll go inside and tell my wife first, so they don't worry!"

"By the way, next time you come to see me, just come inside. If you don't go in from the alley entrance, people will think my house has a high threshold!"

Lin Hao returned to the courtyard and spoke to Mu Chunhua, but the woman completely ignored him.

After Lin Hao left, Liu Rusi covered her mouth and laughed, "Sister Chunhua, is this really a good idea?"

Mu Chunhua smiled helplessly and said:
"What's good or bad about it? Don't you know his health? He's always out there flirting with other women. What if he accidentally brings another one home? You'll have nowhere to cry then!"

"It shouldn't be that bad, the one he was talking about was just a little beggar." Liu Rusi subconsciously looked towards the door.

"What little beggar? I think this little beggar is very cute, just his type!"

"Sister Chunhua, what you said rhymes quite well!" Liu Rusi said with a smile.

"Really? I hadn't noticed that before, but now that you mention it, it's true."

"Never mind, who cares if it rhymes or not, I've won! I've drawn a pure suit and a pair of pairs, pay up!" Everyone had no choice but to take out their money.

"Sister Chunhua, your mahjong skills are getting better and better! You've almost won all my pocket money!" Liu Rusi complained.

"If I win it all, you can go ask Lin Hao for it!" Mu Chunhua teased.

"Remember to wear your black stockings and your blue and white porcelain cheongsam, the one with the high slit. I guarantee he'll be able to produce even more!"

"Sister Chunhua, now that the baby has been born, I think we should continue to help Lin Hao with his affairs and share some of the burden once the baby is a little older!"

"You're quite considerate of him!" Mu Chunhua glanced at Liu Rusi, then said irritably:

"But we've all gone to work, who will take care of the child?"

"Aren't there still Xiaoru and the little girl?"

"That's true. The two of them treat 051 and 056 better than we two mothers do. We can trust them to take care of the children."

"And you're right, we can't just stay at home all the time, we need to have something to do!"

The tiles were quickly arranged again, and they stopped talking and continued playing mahjong, since they had to wait until tomorrow to go to work.

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Soon Lin Hao drove to Tian Zao's small courtyard.

This was a courtyard house with one entrance. As soon as he entered the courtyard, a group of people came up to welcome him.

They were all neighbors from the courtyard: Aunt Li, Uncle Gui, Boss Tong, Grandpa Suo, and Chunxi, the sister of Mei He.

Suo Qian was the first to step forward, insisting on giving Lin Hao a deep bow before respectfully saying:
"Mr. Lin, may you be blessed. My name is Suo Qian, and Chunxi and I are a couple. Thank you for helping Chunxi before, Mr. Lin!"

"After a few days, when Chunxi and I are officially married, you must come to our wedding banquet!"

Suoqian, that's a surname he changed. It's said that his ancestor was Suo'etu. Lin Hao wasn't sure, but that's what he said.

However, just by looking at a few valuable items in his house, you can tell that his ancestors were indeed wealthy.

However, his family later fell into poverty, and due to well-known reasons, he sold his family's house.

Now, in his ancestral home, he can only live in one room in the courtyard.

The rest of the houses were sold by his spendthrift father decades ago.

He himself is a good-for-nothing, so there is almost no chance of him redeeming himself.

The largest main room was sold to the servant owner.

This servant boss is a star; he used to be quite famous. He was a female impersonator and made a lot of money.

Whenever he went on stage, the wealthy ladies below would throw their gold rings onto the stage.

(End of this chapter)