Liu Quanfu took a deep breath, looked at Grandma Liu, and said very clearly, “This will be my last time I call you mother! Back then, it was you who insisted on selling Duo Er. And I was so filial to you that I actually agreed. For that, I really am, as you said, a f**king useless person.”
As he spoke, he even viciously slapped his own face.
“It is true Liu Qing is your grandson, but ever since Liu Duo was young, you never liked her and always made life difficult for her. After Ran Er was born, you also treated him the same! Did you ever consider them your grandson and granddaughter?”
“It was Liu Qing who kidnapped Ran Er and broke the law. Is Duo Er wrong for reporting it? He treated my son this way, so why should I go help and ask Duo Er to retract the accusation?”
“Even if I was a f**king useless person and went to beg Liu Duo for mercy, why would she listen to me? I am no longer related to the two of them because of you…”
Liu Quanfu burst out and said a bunch of stuff that had been kept hidden in his heart for a long time. It wasn’t known when his face started to be filled with tears.
Right now, he did not care at all that he, a grown man, was crying in the street in front of so many people!
And Grandma Liu listened to her youngest son’s complaint. She frowned and…was she about to start crying as well?
The people who were not clear on the situation had all been criticizing Liu Quanfu just now. Now, they all stood on his side and started to judge and criticize Grandma Liu.
In the end, Liu Quanfu wiped his tears away with his hands while choking on his sobs. He put the sack back on his shoulder, no longer looking at her. Instead, he looked at his feet. “In the future, we will be the most familiar strangers to each other. Let’s both live our lives well!”
He used the phrase Liu Duo had said to them before and gave it to Grandma Liu.
Right now, he really didn’t want to have any interactions with her anymore! They would just be strangers to each other.
After he finished speaking, he went into the store and continued to work. He didn’t want to lose this long-term job.
This time, Grandma Liu didn’t pull him. She just kept looking at his back, feeling stunned. It was only after a long time that she turned around and left, trembling.
She hadn’t been gone long when she lifted her hand and wiped the corner of her eyes. She murmured, “Was I wrong? It feels like I was wrong beyond reasonable limits?”
In the blink of an eye, Grandma Liu grew much, much older.
Liu Liushi was also working in this store but she wasn’t paid. It was because she worked without pay that the boss allowed Liu Quanfu to work here on a long-term basis.
After all, they were a bit older in age and wouldn’t be as strong as the young. Naturally, there wouldn’t be a lot of stores that would want to hire them.
Although they only received one salary for both of their work, this store’s boss gave them free lodging and food. It was mainly because he saw they were very hardworking and wouldn’t slack off. That’s why he gave them some preferential treatment.
Liu Liushi was washing dishes in the kitchen. When she saw her husband coming in while carrying the sack, she immediately went forward to help wipe his sweat.
“Little Yun…” Liu Quanfu looked at her, spoke, and then stopped.
Liu Liushi saw him behaving this way so she asked curiously, “What’s going on? If you have something to say, say it. Why are you humming and hawing?”
Liu Quanfu looked at his wife, who had followed along with him since she was a young maiden until now, when she was old and decrepit. He felt that he was unworthy of her, and even more unworthy of his daughter.
“Little Yun, let’s go visit Duo Er and Ran Er.”
Liu Liushi frowned when she heard him. Usually, it was she who kept mentioning going to look at Liu Duo and Liu Ran from afar, but he always said, “Let’s not bother them. We should work and earn more money so we can leave it to them to make up for our past mistakes.”
She was slightly not used to him suddenly mentioning that he wanted to go see Liu Duo and Liu Ran. However, she also thought, is it because something happened to Liu Duo and Liu Ran?