Chapter 461

Chapter 461

She summoned her eldest son to the provincial capital with the sole purpose of expelling the He family.

Now that He Youde is incarcerated, but the others can return, right?

In this affair, the He family suffered losses, and so did she. Only the eldest son and his wife remained unscathed?

They have everything, including a promising future?

Initially, everything was within her tolerance, and she always benefited—how did it suddenly come to this?

Qi Yingying was baffled.

"Wait."

Just as He Tian and the others were about to depart, He Wei halted them.

Several people turned to her, puzzled.

Without explanation, He Wei rose, approached them, and slapped He Huihui outright.

Everyone was taken aback.

"Wei Wei?" He Zhifei was touched, but upon seeing his daughter strike someone, he was instantly displeased.

Unfazed, He Wei sneered and delivered another slap.

"What do you think you're doing?" He Huihui covered her face, hating He Wei.

"What am I doing? How long have you been stealing my fiancé? Do you think you can just pretend nothing happened? Didn't I say I'd hit you every time I saw you?" He Wei said, looking at her father.

"Dad, remember, you expelled He Tian for my sake. Though I'm not close to my brother, I find his situation quite pitiable.

As for Third Uncle's family, they deserve no sympathy whatsoever!

On this matter, I stand with He Ming." After saying that, He Wei went back to her room.

Initially, she had no desire to meddle in family affairs; her career was stable.

She had savings, and if the family became too tumultuous, she planned to move out.

After all, her parents adored her and wouldn't neglect her.

Yet today...

The eldest brother's demeanor towards the family, coupled with Dad's favoritism towards Third Uncle's family, instilled a sense of crisis in her.

Dad is fixated! He'd go to any lengths to assist Third Uncle's family.

With Third Uncle incarcerated, his family is now whole.

In no time, this family will likely return to live here again, won't they?

Dad may feel remorse, but she must ensure he remembers the deeds of Third Uncle's family.

The eldest brother and sister-in-law have already secured their due benefits and are too lazy to get involved in the He family's mess.

In the future, this house will directly become He Tian's territory.

This is unacceptable.

He Zhifei was reminded of the wrongdoings of He Youde's family through his daughter's words.

The guilt that He Tian's tears had stirred up gradually lessened.

He remembered the cold, piercing look in his eldest son's eyes during their fallout, as if Qinghe could see right through him.

That look frightened him, deepening his sense of regret.

Why didn't Qinghe allow him a proper chance to explain?

He was just upset at the moment!

Now, the family stability they had managed to maintain for a while was disrupted again.

He Zhifei couldn't bring himself to smile when he looked at He Tian's family.

He Tian regretted bringing He Huihui, not anticipating He Wei's lingering resentment.

Even though Huihui was married to Ji Feng, He Wei still refused to forgive her.

The eldest uncle's children are all the same—no good.

"Uncle, I know about Huihui's situation, and our family is also to blame. We... we promise to change in the future and will never cause trouble for your family," He Tian said, looking very pained and not daring to lift his head.

He Zhifei's internal struggle intensified. On one hand, he pitied his nephew. With Youde in prison, his nephew remained unmarried.

If he didn't look after him, what would become of the boy?

On the other hand, he couldn't bear to lose his eldest son, who was truly exceptional.

Lately, he had heard people praise his eldest son, with compliments from Director Zhou and a stellar reputation at the factory.

How much time had passed?

He had already built such a strong reputation. Qinghe was sharper than the others.

With Youde in prison, there should logically be no barriers between the family and Qinghe.

But he couldn't understand his own thoughts—he simply couldn't accept He Tian.

Why couldn't they just get along?

If forced to choose, one was a successful but distant son, and the other was a nephew who had always seen him as a father figure.

"Uncle, we'll head back first," He Tian said, noticing He Zhifei's conflict and feeling a pang of disappointment. It was all Wang Qinghe's fault. Without him, He Tian could have surely grown closer to his uncle.

He might have even convinced him to let him return right away.

But it didn't matter if he couldn't return. With his father gone, he could bring his girlfriend straight here when the time was right.

He Tian believed his plan was flawless.

He Zhifei didn't know what he was thinking, but his attitude wasn't as warm as before.

Out of his four children, three didn't like He Tian coming to the house. Only He Cheng hadn't expressed an opinion...

After He Tian left, He Zhifei closed the door, feeling even heavier.

He looked at his younger son with pain: "He Ming, I'm asking you."

"Dad, you shouldn't ask me. If you're asking about older brother, I doubt he'll ever want to see you guys again." He Ming didn't mince words when criticizing him.

He couldn't understand what his dad was thinking; he found it unbelievable that his older brother was willing to come today.

But after he arrived, dad's actions were just surreal.

"Hey! I'm your father! Don't you want dad and your older brother to get along, for our family to live happily together?" He Zhifei was torn, wishing he could turn back time to take back his words.

"It's better not to, dad, you can't stop taking care of third uncle's children. Besides, older brother wasn't close to you guys to begin with, now he's completely cut ties.

Why don't you just leave each other alone?"

With that, He Ming dashed back to his room, pretending to be dead.

He Quan was still in the living room, watching He Cheng and his wife discussing something, and seeing his son looking defeated and unsure what to do.

He sighed: "Oldest, I'm not trying to criticize your eldest son. If he can scheme against his third uncle today, he can scheme against others tomorrow. You and Yingying aren't close to him, even if you treat him well again, he might reconcile with you outwardly, but behind your back, he could still be deceitful...

In my opinion, it's better to act like he doesn't exist.

As for that house, you really shouldn't have given it to him.

Look, He Cheng and his wife don't have a place to live yet, and He Ming will need to get married too.

How could you just give the house away so freely?"

He Cheng's eyes lit up hearing his grandfather's words, just about to agree.

He Zhifei frowned: "Dad, that's a different matter. That house, I owed him. When he needed me and Yingying to raise him as a child, we didn't fulfill our duty. I can't let people say behind my back, I can't take that house back.

As for the future, he is after all my son.

His third uncle's matter... actually, thinking carefully, he was right. Isn't it all Youde's fault? What does it have to do with him? Do you think it's too late for me to apologize now?"