Chapter 1627: Chapter 1627: Taking Care of It

Luo Qiao pulled her inside, "Don’t worry, we don’t need to do it ourselves. To deal with someone like Zhao Jianing, you have to use some tactics. She’s like a cockroach in the gutter, disgusting."

Gu Qianru, being straightforward, agreed, "Exactly, she’s really annoying. Coming to borrow money and being so self-righteous about it, even threatening to kneel at the factory gate if we don’t lend it to her. Isn’t that just being a scoundrel?"

Luo Qiao brewed a pot of tea, "Come, come, come, sit down. Getting angry makes you age faster. It’s not worth getting upset over others."

She poured a cup of tea and handed it to Gu Qianru, "What does my dad mean by this?"

Gu Qianru said angrily, "Seeing Zhao Jianing in tears made him a bit soft-hearted. I understand him; after all, they raised Zhao Jianing for fifteen years. But Zhao Jianing easily asks for eighty thousand yuan and finally resorts to threats, which I can’t accept.

So in this matter, if your dad dares to intervene, I’ll definitely distance myself from him. She’s done so many things wrong to you, and just because she’s not doing well now, doesn’t mean she can be forgiven. Her current situation is not caused by others, but by her own choices, no one forced her."

Luo Qiao nodded, "This time, I’m with you. If my dad really helps Zhao Jianing, that means he’s choosing to cut ties with the five of us, or at least with me. I won’t have any more interactions with him in the future.

You’re right, just because someone is living miserably doesn’t mean they deserve forgiveness. If that were the case, society wouldn’t function. Why bother learning about propriety and integrity? Everyone would just play the pity card."

Just as Luo Haotian was returning home from work, he overheard this. Any pity he had for Zhao Jianing was gone. If he lost his daughter and his love for her, not just them but his sons might not talk to him either.

He couldn’t, nor did he want to, lose them. The life he was living now was exactly what he wanted, and no one was going to ruin it.

So he turned around and left, went back to the factory, made a call to handle things, and then returned home.

As he entered the courtyard, he shouted, "Honey, I’m back. Is our daughter back?"

Gu Qianru ignored him with a cold face.

Luo Haotian entered and saw his daughter, "Qiaoqiao, I saw your car."

Luo Qiao, lacking her usual warmth, said plainly, "I came to bring you some oil tea, but mom just said you might actually need it."

Hearing this, Luo Haotian felt a wave of sadness, relieved that he hadn’t done anything wrong; otherwise, he might have returned to how things were before.

Seeing Luo Haotian in a daze, Luo Qiao added fuel to the fire, "Mom, Stone’s family went back to live with Grandfather’s for a few days."

Knowing about Fengfeng’s situation, Gu Qianru wasn’t surprised, "Did the Ning Family come and cause trouble?"

Luo Qiao sipped her tea, "Not just the Ning Family, the day I went over, the family of the driver from the Valve Factory who helped Sun Yu also came to plead. So I let them stay with the Gu family to avoid trouble."

After finishing, she glanced at Luo Haotian, "Auntie Tang said she wanted company anyway, she’s usually quite lonely."

Upon hearing this, Luo Haotian glared at his daughter and quickly went to sit beside Gu Qianru, expressing his stance, "Qianru, I think you’re right, some things are beyond our control."

Gu Qianru didn’t fully trust him, "Have you really thought it through, or are you just trying to placate me?"

Luo Haotian coughed lightly, "Yesterday, she came begging, crying so sorrowfully. I thought, since we could afford it, why not lend it to her this time? Even if she didn’t repay, surely she wouldn’t have the face to come begging again. I just wanted to buy some peace with money.

But now I’ve figured it out. If we give in once, she might get used to it, and then it’ll be even harder to shake her off. Don’t worry, I’ll have someone take care of it. I was wrong before."

Seeing his sincerity, Gu Qianru let the matter drop.

Luo Qiao didn’t stay much longer. Seeing them reconcile, she got up to leave.

Gu Qianru urged, "Why don’t you stay and have dinner before you go?"

Luo Qiao waved her hand, "No, I need to pick up the kids anyway."

Seeing his daughter put on her coat, Luo Haotian finally said, "Yichen is likely to be busy lately, come home early and don’t stay out too late, it’s not safe."

Pausing her hand on the zipper, Luo Qiao thought to herself, "Indeed, my old man is something, he probably has another identity. Otherwise, how would he know about this?"

She smiled faintly, "Okay, I know."

The couple walked her to the small square, watched her drive away, and then returned home.

Gu Qianru looked up, "Luo Haotian, why did you change your mind? You wouldn’t have overheard my conversation with Qiaoqiao, would you?"

Surprised his wife knew he had gone back, Luo Haotian said, "Hearing what you both said, I felt a chill. How did you know I went back?"

Gu Qianru thought to herself, you came back fifteen minutes later than usual today, and although I heard someone enter the courtyard, no one came inside for a long time. But she kept silent and just quickened her pace home.