"Alright, pass it on to your father-in-law for me."
Can you just pass it on because you say so?
National Day complained, "Grandpa Liang, you wouldn’t be thinking of bringing this up again, would you? Let me tell you, if it weren’t for your sake, I wouldn’t want to go to the bureau to bail anyone out. You tell me, isn’t your grandson a bit too much? He calls Xiao Wu to his face, yet stabs in the back."
"Yes, yes, I’ve already stood up for you."
"Oh, please spare me! Can we discuss something? Let’s just leave it at that. My brother Liang admitted his fault at the time, if you keep bringing this up, it won’t make him resent me?"
"Since he made a mistake, he has to take responsibility. Who knew that rascal was up to so many things behind the scenes? I called to explain something to your father-in-law..."
National Day quickly interrupted, "Grandpa Liang, don’t, please don’t bring it up. My wife and I have been punished by my dad to write out several hundred characters, and we haven’t even started on our reviews yet. If you add fuel to the fire, it’s fine if I break my wrist, but my wife can’t. She’s not well."
"Oh? Punished, huh." The phone echoed with laughter, "You deserve it, kid. If you have any issues, come to Grandpa Liang, won’t I stand up for you?"
National Day winked at Mr. Cheng and his father-in-law. This old man is really funny, actually thinks we’re buddies?
"You see, it’s different not being your immediately related grandson, you’re happy when I’m punished. But, Grandpa Liang, your grandson is really something, and completely brainless.
You tell me, he digs up the old yard, fine, but how could he try to pin it on my father-in-law? Isn’t that right? At that time, he turned pale with fright. It really makes me hate iron for not becoming steel. Grandpa Liang, sigh..."
"Xiao Wu, I have no choice, there’s a useless grandson. When he came back, I asked him, it’s just that some bad friends egged him on to dig up the yard. Besides that, he really wouldn’t dare do much. Our family is just common folks, how would we dare meddle in higher-up matters?"
"Grandpa Liang, you still don’t quite understand your grandson. If there wasn’t something substantial to this, I wouldn’t pin it on him? Never mind, let’s not talk about this, what’s past is past. See if there’s anything else, I need to write my review."
"Xiao Wu, is your father-in-law around? Call him to take the phone."
"Hold on, my dad was just in the living room half an hour ago." National Day put down the phone, went to the coffee table, picked up the teacup, seeing his father-in-law hadn’t moved, he finished the tea, and continued back to the desk.
"Hello hello hello... are you there?"
"Where’s your father-in-law?"
"My dad just went out not long ago. Why don’t you call a bit later?"
"Alright. Then pass on a word for me, I’ll call him tonight."
As soon as Cheng Lao saw they finished the call, he hung up the phone and broke into loud laughter. Jumbled up by this kid’s antics, every sentence mentions his grandson, now Old Liang must be fuming.
Just as he expected, in the Liang family’s study, on the other end, Mr. Liang placed the receiver down, leaned back against the chair, closed his eyes to rest.
Listening to the conversation from the receiver, several men of different ages ahead dared not breathe loudly, not daring to make any move, just staring at their father (grandfather) in front.
As time passed, occasionally a young boy quietly shifted his foot, immediately glared at by a middle-aged person beside him, making him stare at his nose, nose at heart, standing still.
"How do you feel now? I often warn you, times have changed, our family is no longer what it used to be. And you? Are you unhappy?"


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