Chapter 179: Chapter 179

Gong Qiang lay angrily on the bed, wishing he could kill Dong Li, but as furious as he was, he knew there was no way to get the money back.

"I’m telling you this, if Gong Zheng gets his hands on the ginseng, he’ll definitely use it to his advantage."

"I can’t keep my position, and then Gong Zheng gets promoted. He has a father-in-law to rely on, think about how I’ll end up in the future."

No matter how much Zhang Lan values him as her eldest son, does she not also care about her younger son, Gong Zheng?

Already caring in so many ways, now knowing this son has become variously successful, won’t she pay more attention to him?

If she doesn’t care and doesn’t see him, how will he swindle money from Zhang Lan in the future? Gong Qiang feels on the verge of tears, are his days of suffering about to arrive?

Gong Qiang can’t direct his anger at Gong Zheng, so he keeps lashing out at Dong Li, kicking her from time to time.

"If it weren’t for you stealing money, I wouldn’t have ended up ."

"You’re a harbinger of doom, my mom was right, marrying you was a fast track to ruin."

"Your family does nothing but drag me down, no benefit at all."

"From today on, you’ll hand over all your wages to me, and I’ll give you one dollar a month for pocket money. I don’t care how you spend it, but don’t think about touching the rest."

Having been swindled by the Dong family out of so much money already, Gong Qiang won’t let them have another chance to take money from his family.

Dong Li was stunned, what, just that little amount? How could it possibly be enough?

Even if not for last time when her family took so much money, every time Dong Li visited home she’d give her parents a little pocket money, one or two dollars, but now she’s only getting one dollar a month, how is that enough.

"Isn’t it a little too little?" Usually, Dong Li would have exploded, but she couldn’t do it now.

Little? "You eat and use what’s at home, what do you need money for, it’s not that money is short, but you’re an overbearing daughter-in-law; no bride subsidizes her own family like that after marriage."

"Is your family’s house going to split and give you half? If so, I wouldn’t mind." Gong Qiang wouldn’t keep throwing money into that bottomless pit, just one brother-in-law who would keep ruining.

Gong Qiang regretted it, how could he have been so blind to not choose a good girl but instead picked Dong Li, a spendthrift.

Taking her family’s house, how is that even possible, not even mentioning whether her parents would agree, just her brother and sister-in-law wouldn’t agree.

"Hmph, fine, if you don’t agree, then we’ll get divorced, and I’ll go to your family to demand back the money they borrowed, you know the consequences." Gong Qiang turned over, ready to sleep.

As for the choice Dong Li would make, there’s no need to think about it, how could a family that only exploited her accept her returning home after a divorce.

"Alright, go make dinner, I’m hungry." Gong Qiang said gruffly.

Dong Li shot a vicious glare at Gong Qiang, yet no matter how furious she was, she could only go make dinner.

Gong Zheng, enduring his injuries, arrived at the post office intending to remit money. Gong Zheng was worried his big brother would also remit money, so he returned early to snoop around. When he heard his brother and sister-in-law arguing, he realized almost certainly his sister-in-law had taken their money to the Dong family.

Gong Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, though he’d prepared some money, it was just about a hundred yuan, and suddenly needing an extra hundred on top of that made Gong Zheng anxious.

Summoning up the courage to ask his in-laws for money, he learned their money had also been sent back to their hometown. Feeling helpless, Gong Zheng thought perhaps his in-laws were unwilling to lend him money.

However, if he gets promoted, the Wu family can also benefit, so he could only put that thought aside, especially after seeing his mother-in-law step out to borrow money from friends, Gong Zheng completely squashed the idea; in critical times, his in-laws were good, far better than his sister-in-law’s family.

Even so, when Gong Zheng finally managed to gather the money, it was already afternoon. Fortunately, Gong Qiang had no money, otherwise, Gong Zheng really couldn’t guarantee the ginseng would still be his.

"Gong Zheng, there’s a telegram for your family, your dad said not to remit money, said the item is gone." A familiar staff member saw Gong Zheng and first noticed the marks on his face.

The commotion of the Gong Brothers fighting yesterday had spread far and wide, and people had pieced together bits of the story. Though nothing was said in front of Gong Zheng, some ideas were inevitable.

What? The item is gone? Gong Zheng was stunned, what does this mean, wasn’t the telegram yesterday saying the item was still there, whoever pays gets it?

How could it disappear in just a day’s time, isn’t that a bit too incredible?

Gong Zheng began to suspect a scheme, it wouldn’t be his own mother seeing things weren’t right and took money from Gong Qiang early to buy the ginseng for herself.

That’s it, the more Gong Zheng thought, the angrier he got; having been beaten by Gong Qiang yesterday, and then today finding out the item still belonged to Gong Qiang, who wouldn’t be upset?

No, this can’t go unchallenged, he has to show Gong Qiang who’s boss.

Once Gong Zheng thanked the other person, he ignored the pain in his body and rushed towards the Gong Family.

"What the heck is going on?" The counter staff was dumbfounded, wasn’t he just talking about remitting money, how come in a blink, the money’s not being sent.

The most intriguing part was the colleague actually laughing joyfully, as if they could watch drama unfold.

"Yesterday was the first part of the Gong family drama, and now comes the follow-up." Ah, too bad it’s work time, otherwise they could follow and watch the drama.

Though later someone would describe the course of events, hearing it from people and seeing it oneself were entirely different experiences.

Ah, no wonder this was one of yesterday’s drama participants, the counter worker felt regretful, had known about the situation, they should’ve paid today more attention, now they’ve missed such significant news.

"Hey, aren’t you going to send the mail? Hurry up and send it." The counter worker couldn’t wait till tomorrow; she wanted the latest developments, so she hurried her colleague out.

And just like that, the postal staff seized the opportunity of delivering letters to sneak out and watch the excitement.

Gong Zheng had no clue that his reaction was drawing onlookers, his mind was consumed with Gong Qiang possibly snatching away his promotion opportunity. Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on novęlfire.net

His father-in-law assured him of possibly securing such a great opportunity, and he was deeply relieved, even promised to help him manipulate things a bit.

Gong Zheng didn’t know how to break the news that the ginseng was gone along with the promotion chance, it would be heartbreaking.

No promotion means he can’t apply for a bigger house, what about when the baby comes?

Thinking of all these issues, Gong Zheng feels overwhelmed, wishing he could rush over and beat Gong Qiang furiously, making him understand that even as a big brother, he couldn’t be so excessive.

Gong Zheng rushed to the Gong Family, Gong Qiang struggled with his sick body, staring at the telegram in his hand, also dumbfounded, "What’s the situation, how is the ginseng gone?"

No way, Gong Qiang’s first thought was losing his position, he’ll return to being bullied by others, wrongfully, he’ll live even grimmer days than before.

"Gong Qiang, are you still human?" Before Gong Qiang could comprehend it, there was an angry shout, and suddenly he felt himself flying through the air.