Chapter 46: Peach Garden and Plum Orchard

  After having breakfast, Pong Da Hu drove to send Pong Guang to the downstairs of Lin Jun Yun's house, took out a bunch of keys from his pocket and handed them over to Pong Guang: "These are the new house keys, you go up by yourself, I'll go with your mom to the furniture city to buy some furniture, we'll meet at noon at the post office entrance on Xin Jie Street."

  "Alright, Zhou Pi...". Pang Guang still hadn't swallowed that breath of air, and irritably took the keys from Pang Da Hu's hand.

  "Hey, this kid, you say he's mischievous, but actually he's quite sensible. You say he's sensible, yet he always loves to cause trouble. Now with one more person supervising him, I don't know if it'll be any better." Pang Datou said with a bitter smile to Luo Lixiang after watching Pang Guang open the iron gate and go in.

  "Big Tiger, I've always thought it's not a good idea to let those two women move in with me. Look at that female classmate's mother, she's not quite right, I'm afraid she'll corrupt Pang Guang." Luo Lijiang finally expressed her concerns, which she had wanted to say for a long time but didn't know how to bring up, thinking that Big Tiger might just be temporarily excited and would change his mind. She kept putting it off until today, when she couldn't hold back anymore and said everything: "You think two high school students getting engaged is already ridiculous enough, now they want to live together in the same house? I don't know what you're thinking, but I just can't accept this."

  "Hey, don't be angry!" Pang Dahu was about to explain to Luo Lixiang why he had worked so hard to get Lin Junyun and her mother to move in when a loud and annoying car horn sound came from behind. Pang Dahu glanced at the rearview mirror, "What's all the fuss about? Are you going to die or something?" He ignored it, but his carefully thought-out words were completely forgotten, and he furrowed his brow, trying hard to remember what he was going to say just now.

  "What are you waiting for? If we wait any longer, my husband and son will be taken away by those two women!" Luo Lijiang scowled with anger.

  Pang Da Hu just wanted to explain, but the horn behind him sounded again like a death knell, and he suddenly burst into flames: "Son of a bitch, what are you making noise about? Make another sound and I'll slap you to death."

  "You dare to hit me?" Luo Licheng was furious: "Pang Datou, I've finally seen your true face. You're actually going to hit me for the sake of two women who are not even worth mentioning?"

  "Ah…… wife, I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about those bastards behind us." Pang Datou rubbed his aching head and thought that blocking the road was no good, so he stepped on the gas pedal and drove the car out of the alley. Only then did he manage to hold back his temper and finish what he wanted to say: "Wife, calm down, we've been married for so many years, when have I ever hit you? Trust me this once, this decision is definitely right. Pang Guang is a rogue with no one to discipline him, it's rare that Lin Junxun's daughter is willing to help us out, this is absolutely a great opportunity. The benefits outweigh the drawbacks, my intuition tells me that Lin Junxun's appearance must be a turning point in Pang Guang's life."

  "Don't tell me to trust you again, when have you ever kept your promise?" Lori's nose made a few sniffling sounds as tears streamed down her face: "Back then, I was deceived by you because I trusted you too much. For you, I almost had a falling out with my family. When we were together, our schools were just separated by a wall, and I was young and foolish to believe your nonsense, like a crazy woman climbing over the wall to see you. You told me to trust you, saying that you would give me a beautiful future, but have you kept your promise? Is this a beautiful future? I'd rather die! For at least five days out of seven in a week, my feet can't even touch the doorstep...I'm no different from being married or not."

  "I'm not out having fun and drinking all day, I'm really busy with work!" Pang Da Hu argued.

  "Fine, never mind. My former schoolmate sisters are envying me for investing in a high-yield stock and winning the jackpot. Now they're all laughing at me, saying I'm no different from a widow who's been left behind. Do you know or not?" Luo Li smiled coldly as she looked at Pang Da Hu.

  "I've been struggling all along, and in less than three years, I've risen from a small officer in the criminal investigation department to my current position. No one helped me, it's all due to my own efforts. Although I'm not wealthy or noble, at least I have no worries about food and clothing, and with that salary, I can fully support you and our child." Pang Datou sighed, thinking about the road he had traveled. In order to reach a higher peak in his career, he indeed spent less time with his family. His deep eyes gazed at the road ahead, slowly receding into the distance. Suddenly, he felt tired, and thought to himself, "That's it, from now on, I'll try to put more energy into my family." Over the past three years, through his hard work in the East City Public Security Bureau, he had achieved numerous successes, received many awards, and his career path was bright. However, he had paid a considerable price for this. Often, he would still be working at midnight, and by dawn, he would already be in a hotel room hundreds of miles away on some mission. This situation only slowly improved after he became the head of the bureau, but even then, his mind was always preoccupied with work. He would go to the office during the day, and hide in his study at night, rarely considering Lu Lijing's feelings.

  "Stop the car, I want to get off." Luo Lijiang saw that Pang Datou had been silent for half a day, with tears in his eyes.

  "Old... old lady, don't be like this, trust me one last time, I'm really doing this for our baby son." Pang Datou freed up a hand to gently pat Luo Lijiang's thigh, "Just consider it giving our son an opportunity."

  Pang Dahu didn't mention his son, and that was fine. But as soon as he mentioned his son, Luo Lijin's anger flared up again. She turned her head to the other side, her eyes welling up with tears like a leaky bucket, and she sobbed uncontrollably: "Pang Dahu, do you still know what's good for your son? Do you know that our neighbors on both sides are laughing at us behind our backs, saying that you're an official, but your future in-laws are...now the whole family is a joke. I have to put on a smiling face every day and explain things to this person and that person, telling them it's not as bad as they think. But do you know what people are really saying?" Luo Lijin covered her mouth with her hand and trembled: "They're whispering behind our backs that we're too close to those nightclub girls, who knows if we've got some kind of disease or not? They're all avoiding me like the plague, and you actually want to bring them home to live with us? What a joke! How are my son and I supposed to show our faces in public?"