Old Deng is reborn in the 1980s, and he starts by severing his father-son relationship!

Chen Jianguo's forehead began to sweat, his eyes darting around: "Isn't the passbook in the drawer?"

"I looked, but it's not here!" Liu Rui stepped closer. "I'm asking you, where's the bankbook?"

"I...how would I know? Maybe you forgot where you put it." Chen Jianguo still tried to struggle.

Liu Rui sneered, then suddenly reached out and grabbed Chen Jianguo by the collar, like an enraged tigress: "Chen Jianguo! I've slept with you for so long, I know what you're up to the moment you bend over, and you're still playing dumb with me! Tell me, where did you hide the bankbook?!"

When his scheme was exposed, Chen Jianguo simply stopped pretending. His face fell, and he sighed, "I didn't hide it. Dad took the bankbook."

"What?!" Liu Rui's eyes widened, her voice rising eight octaves: "You'd just give it to him because he wants it? That thousand-plus yuan is money we both worked so hard to save! Why should you give it to him?!"

Spit sprayed all over Chen Jianguo's face, and he grabbed Chen Jianguo by the collar and shook him repeatedly.

"Let go!" Chen Jianguo was already feeling suffocated with anger, and now Liu Rui shook him, making him dizzy and lightheaded. He reached out and tried to pry her hands off.

"I won't let go! If you don't get your money back, I'm not done with you! I'm going back to my parents' house right now!" Liu Rui not only didn't let go, but started punching and kicking him like a madwoman.

She had worked so hard to save up for so long, only to have it all go to Chen Deshun; she couldn't accept that.

The punches and kicks didn't hurt much, but the humiliation made Chen Jianguo's anger flare up instantly.

Even a clay figure has a bit of fire in it.

His leniency towards her doesn't mean he's afraid of her, nor does it mean he can't beat her.

"Have you made enough of a scene?!"

Unable to bear it any longer, Chen Jianguo exerted all his strength and accidentally pushed Liu Rui away.

Liu Rui stumbled, lost his balance, and fell to the ground with a thud.

After a brief moment of shock, she burst into tears, sat on the ground, slapping her thighs and crying and cursing, "Chen Jianguo, you heartless bastard! You dared to hit me for some old geezer! I can't live like this anymore! I'm going back to my parents' house!"

Crying and cursing echoed in my ears.

Chen Jianguo was at his wits' end. Seeing his wife sitting on the ground throwing a tantrum, her face covered in tears and snot, his heart softened. He squatted down and patiently helped her up, saying, "Alright, alright, stop crying, the ground is cold."

"Don't touch me!" Liu Rui shook off his hand, her voice trembling with tears.

"Get up first, let's discuss how to get the money back, okay?"

Chen Jianguo lowered his tone and advised, "Don't worry, we're in the right. Dad can't just take all the money. I'll go to his house to ask for it after I get off work tomorrow."

Liu Rui's crying subsided a little, and she asked through sobs, "What if he doesn't give it to me?"

"Not giving it to me?" Chen Jianguo sneered. In fact, he had been thinking about this issue on his way back, and now he had some ideas.

He leaned close to Liu Rui's ear and whispered, "Don't worry, everyone has a weakness, and my dad has one too."

"To be honest, before, my dad always listened to my mom in everything at home, big or small, and he always did what she wanted. After my mom passed away, he hasn't remarried in all these years."

Liu Rui sniffed and impatiently interrupted him, "What does this have to do with money?"

"Of course it's related." Chen Jianguo smiled. "My mother died of postpartum heart failure when she gave birth to our fourth child. My father has always felt guilty, so he hasn't been very kind to our fourth child all these years, and he doesn't even dare to go to my maternal grandparents' house. Why? Because he's afraid of them."

Liu Rui's eyes lit up instantly: "You mean, if you get your grandparents involved, we can get our money back?"

"More or less." Chen Jianguo nodded.

Liu Rui was thrilled, but then a new worry surfaced, and her emotions quickly cooled: "But your mother has been gone for so many years. To your family, you're an outsider. Will they really help us?"

Hiss! That sentence reminded Chen Jianguo.

Yes, when Mom was alive, he was the grandson. Now that Mom is gone, he's an outsider. His maternal grandparents are old and might not want to get involved in the Chen family's mess.

His brows furrowed slightly, and after a long pause, he slowly said, "It's alright. If this path is blocked, we still have a backup plan. My dad has always been filial and listens to my grandparents the most. My grandfather is the head of the family, and my dad wouldn't dare disobey him."

He paused, then added, encouraging himself and Liu Rui: "Although I'm not the eldest grandson, I'm the most successful among the grandchildren. There's no reason for grandparents not to side with us."

After hearing this analysis, Liu Rui's expression relaxed a bit, and his anger subsided considerably.

Phew! As long as I can get the money back, that's all that matters.

Seeing that his wife had calmed down, Chen Jianguo quickly helped her up from the ground, looking at her with concern: "Honey, the ground is cold, get up and eat. After dinner, let's go to bed early. Um, I'm in good spirits today, I'll definitely satisfy you later."

Liu Rui glanced at him sideways, her eyes full of disdain, and forcefully shook off his hand: "Don't touch me. Let me tell you, Chen Jianguo, you can forget about touching me until we get our money back!"

Chen Jianguo's face instantly crumbled into a pile of rubble.

Isn't marriage all about getting a warm meal? How am I going to get through this long night?!

I made up my mind that I couldn't give my dad a chance to react. I decided to take leave from work tomorrow and go back to my hometown to ask my grandparents to come and settle things!

Meanwhile, at Chen Deshun's home.

Chen Sanqi had cleaned up the leftovers from dinner, washed the dishes and chopsticks, and wiped the table until it was spotless, without a trace of oil.

Chen Jianye and Chen Jianshe were sitting with their legs crossed, picking at the food scraps on their teeth, when a bicycle bell rang in the yard.

Chen Deshun borrowed two bicycles from his neighbor and parked them in the yard.

Chen Jianshe leaned closer with a curious look: "Dad, why are you being so secretive? Borrowing a bicycle? Where are we going to collect our debt?"

He only remembered that his family was heavily in debt, but he couldn't remember who owed them money.

What's going on with Dad?

Chen Jianye, being more thoughtful, asked thoughtfully, "Dad, you're not going to take my third brother and me to my eldest sister's house, are you?"

Yesterday, Chen Deshun first asked his elder brother to repay the money, then his elder sister came to his house and angered him. In a fit of rage, he also asked his elder sister to repay the money. Now that his elder brother has repaid the money, it's his elder sister's turn.

Besides that, he couldn't think of anyone else who owed his family money.

Chen Deshun hopped on his bicycle and said truthfully, "I'm going to your eldest sister's house."

Chen Jianye's lips twitched involuntarily.

Others may not know, but he knows many people and has heard about the people and things happening around him to varying degrees.

His brother-in-law's family was notorious in their area for being ruthless and unruly.

Last year, that kid Huang Hui climbed over the wall and stole the jujubes that the neighbors had planted in their yards, and he got caught red-handed.

When the eldest sister's mother-in-law heard about it, she blocked the doorway and cursed for half the alley. The two families almost got into a fight. In the end, the neighborhood committee intervened and forced the homeowner to bring out a bowl of dates as an "apology" before the matter was settled.

This kind of person can kneel down and call you "father" when borrowing money, but getting the money back from her is harder than killing her.

Chen Jianshe wasn't thinking about such complicated things; he only cared about one thing: "Dad, if my second brother and I help you get the money back, will you share some with us?"