Old Master Zo wished he could beat this unfilial son to death but he did not dare to say anything. He seemed to have realized the crux of the situation, Zi Mu had signed a contract but the farm had been burned which meant that the contract which was in effect was now pressing heavily on the heads of his son and his son-in-law!
He turned to look at Yu Dong and pretended as if he did not understand what was going on. He said, "Miss Yu, I really don't understand why are you here, if they were the ones who signed the contract and did not hand you the fruits, then you should be looking for them and not us."
In short, he was telling Yu Dong that he was not going to pay compensation or anything of the sort to her for Zi Mu and Ye Zexian.
Yu Dong had expected this which was why she was not surprised. She only chuckled lightly and then said to Old Master Zi, " I do not care who signed the contract or who did not. I only know that your family has not separated which means that they are still members of this family.
They had caused me a loss by taking fifty taels and not bringing me any fruits, forget about three thousand catties of each fruit, they did not even bring one back."n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
"So who should I look for when they spent all their money? They neither have money nor fruits. If I don't look for their family who should I look for?"
She kicked off from the table against which she was leaning and then said to Old Master Zi, "I am not a charity organisation, either I get the products for what I paid for or I need to get the money back." Her smile turned into a ruthless sneer as she added, "In your case, I cannot get anything. So you better tell me how you are going to pay for this mess?
Money or fruits, either of the two things you better hand me."
If not for the fact that he could not kill his son, he would have done it in a heartbeat!
"How could you say that? She is your granddaughter!" Zi Mu could not bear his father saying such heartless things especially not when it concerned his daughter. He looked at his father coldly and said, "Zan Zan went to work in that restaurant because of you! You were the one who said that she needed to earn money now that she was old enough.
She is four years younger than Zi Bao, yet she was forced to work by you. Now that something happened to her, how can you push her away like this?"
"What do you mean by forced by me? Did I sell her or did I threaten her? She went on her own!" Old Master Zi refused to admit but Ye Zexian did not let him off, he immediately followed by saying,
"Yes, you did not force or threaten her. But you did scold her every time she ate a meal or asked for money for something. It was as if you were the one paying, the rice and grains in this house are bought by her father, why can't she eat? If anyone deserves to be good for nothing and eat like a pig, it is your precious eldest son and his family!
Even you and the entire family are the same, my husband was fed rice gruel by you all so why should he be filial to you by feeding you fine rice?"
This was the first time Ye Zexian had fought back with his father-in-law, he usually stayed quiet because he was a 'bought' son-in-law but now that his daughter had been targeted, he was not willing to back down.
"You..." Old Master Zi was really angered, he rushed forward to slap Ye Zexian but before he could touch him, a leg shot out and kicked him in the stomach.