It's true that Zhao Fang was a bit older, but she wasn't muddle - headed. As soon as Sun Qiang opened his mouth, she sensed something was wrong. Without saying a word, she was thinking about how to take Shen Nanyi away.
"Auntie, you've come here to enjoy life. You have no idea how hard it is to live in a big city. I'd like to borrow some money from you."
Since he had come, Sun Qiang had no intention of saving face. He simply blurted it out.
"… How much?"
Zhao Fang still felt a bit soft - hearted. She thought that if it was just a few hundred yuan, as they were from the same village, she could help. Deep down, Zhao Fang still retained the purest kind of kindness.
"One hundred thousand! I've inquired. The unit price of this community is almost sixty or seventy thousand per square meter. You surely don't lack this amount of money."
Sun Qiang said it so lightly, as if he was talking about ten yuan. Zhao Fang shivered and looked at Sun Qiang as if he was a fool.
Shen Nanyi in the stroller really wanted to laugh. What kind of strange thought process did this guy have?
Just because her family had made money and bought a house, they were supposed to lend him money?
"…"
Zhao Fang didn't want to talk to Sun Qiang anymore. Regardless of the fact that they were from the same village, she pushed Shen Nanyi and walked inside.
Kindness was one thing, but it wasn't an obligation. If someone thought that others should do everything for them, there was really no need to help such a person.
"Auntie?!"
Sun Qiang didn't expect Zhao Fang to just leave. He felt a bit embarrassed and grabbed Zhao Fang with one hand.
"Maybe we should just forget it."
Seeing more and more onlookers, a pregnant woman walked out from the corner. She stopped Sun Qiang, speaking in a very soft voice with fear in her eyes towards Sun Qiang.
"Get out of the way and stand still. If you hurt my son, I'll never forgive you."
Sun Qiang gave the woman a fierce look. His tone was far from kind.
"Sun Qiang! You've been having an affair outside?!"
Most of the older generation's thoughts were simple and straightforward. Thinking that Sun Qiang had a wife and children at home but behaved like this outside, Zhao Fang felt her blood pressure rising.
"Don't put it so harshly. I have three daughters. If I don't find a way, will I let my family line die out?"
Since there were no people he knew around, Sun Qiang spoke without any scruples, tearing off his disguise in the village.
"Security guards!"
During the argument, a crisp voice suddenly shouted for the security guards.
There were so many onlookers that no one noticed who said it. Shen Nanyi in the stroller looked around innocently with a bit of guilt. Shouldn't anyone have noticed her?
The security guards came quickly and immediately pulled Sun Qiang aside, preventing him from getting close to Zhao Fang.
"Come and have a look! This family has become rich and doesn't care about the lives of their fellow villagers. They're trying to drive us to death."
Relying on the large number of onlookers, Sun Qiang sat down on the ground and refused to get up, as if he had suffered a great deal of injustice.
The security guards looked at each other in confusion. They didn't use much force. Why did this guy fall to the ground?
"Everyone, come and see! My wife is more than eight months pregnant and is about to give birth. This family is leaving us with no way out."
In front of so many people, Sun Qiang suddenly turned into a drama queen. He lay on the ground, looking at the people around with pleading eyes, as if he was the victim.
To prove that what he said was true, Sun Qiang grabbed the woman from before and made her sit on the ground with him.
Because he didn't control his strength well, the woman's face turned pale with pain, but Sun Qiang didn't care at all. He just wanted to gain the sympathy of the crowd.
Getting closer, Shen Nanyi could finally see clearly that the woman following Sun Qiang wasn't very old, only about twenty years old, but the sorrow on her face made her look like a woman in her forties.
As Sun Qiang shouted, more and more people gathered to watch. Those who came later didn't know what had happened at all. They only saw a pregnant woman kneeling there and started to point fingers at Zhao Fang, thinking they were very compassionate.
Hearing the voices around her, Zhao Fang's blood pressure soared, and she couldn't say a word.
Shen Yi was on his way home from work. When he passed by the community gate, he saw a group of people gathered there. Out of habit, he took a look but didn't plan to stop. He just wanted to go home quickly.
After walking for a while, Shen Yi could finally see the people in the middle of the crowd. Without hesitation, he quickly walked over.
Zhao Fang had lived in a relatively simple and kind environment all her life. She had never seen such a situation before. Standing there, she felt that her hands and feet didn't belong to her anymore, and her mind went blank.
Sun Qiang still didn't stop. He continued to talk, trying to get all the onlookers on his side, completely unaware that the pregnant woman who came with him was getting paler and paler.
At first, Shen Nanyi kept telling herself to be patient and not to speak in front of so many people. But later, she couldn't bear it anymore. She really wanted to stand up and scold this guy.
"Sun Qiang?! What are you doing?!"
Just as Shen Nanyi was about to speak, Shen Yi finally squeezed through the crowd. Ignoring the footprints on his shoes, Shen Yi stood in front of his mother and daughter.
"Everyone, come and see! This family is dressed so well. They must be very rich, but they're not willing to help us at all. They've really forgotten their roots once they got rich."
Hearing that most of the people around seemed to be on his side, Sun Qiang thought he had the upper hand and directly grabbed Shen Yi's clothes and refused to let go.
"Sun Qiang, it would have been better if you hadn't said that. Since you've said so, let's make it clear."
After trying to pull Sun Qiang's hand away a few times without success, Shen Yi simply stopped bothering.
He stood there firmly, blocking Shen Nanyi and Zhao Fang behind him without taking a single step back.
Sitting in the stroller, looking at Shen Yi in front of her, Shen Nanyi truly felt the mountain - like love of a father.
It had nothing to do with being rich or poor. It was a man's sense of responsibility.
"It's true that we're from the same village, but we have no obligation to lend you money."
"If you were doing a legitimate business, it would be okay for me to help. But you have a wife and children at home and still do such things. I won't help you."
"Nothing is taken for granted. It's a favor for others to help you, and it's their right not to. Don't morally kidnap my family."
"It's true that the person beside you is a pregnant woman, but my mother is also nearly seventy years old."
Shen Yi spoke each word forcefully. The whispering voices around gradually stopped, and only a very small number of people were still talking.
"I don't expect you to feel the same way. I just want to ask, if it was someone from your own village who abandoned his wife and children and asked you for money to marry a woman outside, would you be willing?"
Shen Yi gave a cold look at the people around and spoke. Every word hit the hearts of the onlookers, and no one dared to say a word.
All along, Shen Yi had always shown a gentle side in front of his family. He had never spoken so firmly before. At this moment, Shen Nanyi only thought that her father was super handsome! She even wanted to lead the applause.
The sudden change of the situation was something Sun Qiang didn't expect, but he wasn't going to give up just like that.