Chapter 8 Provocation
Hearing the shouting from the middle courtyard, everyone ran out of their homes.

Jia Dongxu and Jia Zhang also walked out of the house. Seeing the conflict between Li Jiandong and Yi Zhonghai's families, Jia Dongxu hurried forward to mediate.

"Master, what happened?"

"We are all from the same hospital, so let's talk it out nicely."

Li Jiandong glanced around and saw that the residents in the front and back yards all gathered around to watch the fun.

He pushed Li Huilan away and said:
"Dongxu, this couple is trying to sow discord between us, the master and the disciple."

Jia Dongxu looked confused.

"Ah? Master, what... is going on?"

Yi Zhonghai denied loudly, "Li Jiandong, please stop slandering me. I have no grudge against you. Why would you try to sow discord between you, my master and my disciple?"

People around also started talking about it, and some even gloated over the other's misfortune.

The two most powerful guys in the yard, one is a level six fitter, the other is even more powerful, a level seven fitter. It would be really exciting if they fought.

Li Jiandong sneered and said, "Yi Zhonghai, right and wrong are not determined by the volume of the voice."

"Let's not talk about whether we have any grudges against each other. I just want to ask you one question. Did you first take Qin Huairu to the Jia family for a blind date, and then turn around and bring her to my house to discuss marriage? Did you do this?"

When Jia Dongxu heard this, his brain buzzed.

He fell in love with Qin Huairu and thought the marriage was settled.

Unexpectedly, Yi Zhonghai was so despicable that he turned around and introduced the person he introduced to himself to his master.

"Master, is what you said true?"

"Master Yi, how could you do this? Is this humane?"

Jia Zhang started to curse directly: "Yi Zhonghai, you shameless man, isn't it because my Dongxu worshipped Li Jiandong as his master and not you? Why don't you take a piss and look at yourself? How can you, a level worker, have the courage to snatch Li Jiandong's apprentice?"

Jia Zhang cursed and exposed Yi Zhonghai's true face.

When the residents around heard this, they understood what was going on.

"This Yi Zhonghai usually looks righteous, but I didn't expect that he is so dirty behind the scenes."

"He tried to win me over before, wanting me to vote for him in the election, and I was almost ready to vote for him."

"Yi Zhonghai and his wife are so vicious that they even specially found a country girl to act in the play."

When Yi Zhonghai heard the discussions, he felt annoyed, thinking that he was shooting himself in the foot.

He never expected that the dull Li Jiandong would suddenly change his personality and not follow the routine.

Now that I have failed to gain anything, I can only accept my mistake and refuse to admit it.

Facing the insults, Yi Zhonghai remained calm and said,

"Li Jiandong, you are really a fool."

"Huairu is the daughter of a relative from my hometown. Her father asked me to find a good family for her in the city. Before, I did want Huilan to introduce Qin Huairu to Jia Dongxu. But Mrs. Zhang doesn't like Qin Huairu. Can't I find another in-law for Qin Huairu?"

Before Yi Zhonghai could finish his words, Jia Zhang on the opposite side started shouting.

"Yi Zhonghai, you old man, when did I ever say that I don't like Qin Huairu? If I really didn't like her, could I let Li Huilan bring her to my house?"

Li Huilan also said loudly:

"Mrs. Zhang, what you said doesn't make sense. You're picking on people in front of me and you don't like everything about them." "I know you despise country folks. If you despise country folks, why did you ask me to bring people here?"

"When she arrives, you say you don't like her. What can we do? We can only find another husband for her. We haven't even asked you for travel expenses yet."

Jia Zhang cursed loudly:
"You want money for your grandmother's travel expenses, Li Huilan, you are blind. How am I being picky? As the man's parent, I teach my future daughter-in-law some rules. Does that mean I don't like her? No wonder you can do such a thing as giving birth to a son without dermatitis."

"Tsk tsk~"

"Ms. Jia Zhang, you are really good at lying with your eyes open. If you don't believe me, let's ask Qin Huairu. If you don't like her, would a decent girl abandon your Jia Dongxu to date someone else?"

Li Huilan deliberately brought the conflict onto Qin Huairu.

Qin Huairu had never seen such a scene before. It was even more terrifying than the shrews in their village scolding in the streets.

Just when she was at a loss and didn't know how to answer.

Li Jiandong suddenly reached out and held her hand.

Li Jiandong held her hand.

Qin Huairu's face was burning, but she felt at ease and no longer so nervous.

Li Jiandong said, "Li Huilan, stop trying to divert the conflict. Qin Huairu is a little girl who was tricked by you from the countryside and came here. She is so scared. How can she have her own opinion? She just does whatever you tell her to do."

"Humph! Your kindness is really taken for granted." Yi Zhonghai snorted coldly, saying stubbornly,
"The Jia family didn't like Qin Huairu, so Huilan introduced her to you out of kindness. At most, we didn't think it through and didn't explain it clearly to the Jia family in person. But our original intention was good. We wanted to promote a marriage. Is that wrong?"

People around started talking about all sorts of things and pointing at Qin Huairu.

Li Jiandong knew that this couple was stinking dog shit. Arguing with such people would not only fail to solve the problem, but would only make it stink worse.

"Okay, in that case, I have nothing to say." He changed the subject and said to the Jia family, "Dongxu, sister-in-law, you haven't eaten yet, I asked Zhuzi to buy some pork head meat, come to my house and eat together."

"Some people have ill intentions and want to sow discord between us. The more they do this, the closer we must get to each other and foil their schemes."

Li Jiandong made indirect accusations and Yi Zhonghai and his wife left in anger.

"Bah!" Jia Zhang spat fiercely, "Old Li is right. We can't let some people succeed."

Jia Dongxu was crying when he saw Li Jiandong holding Qin Huairu's hand, but he still considered the overall situation and nodded:

"Master, I will always believe in you."

"Miss Qin, let's go. You can come with us." Li Jiandong let go of Qin Huairu's hand and said to her.

After this incident, the blind date was going to fall through and Qin Huairu didn’t know what to do.

After hearing what Li Jiandong said, I quickly followed him into the house.

At this time, Jia Zhang and Jia Dongxu also walked in.

Qin Huairu felt very embarrassed. She stood in the corner, pinching the corners of her clothes with both hands, looking like she had done something wrong.

Li Jiandong comforted her: "It's none of your business. You were also used by Yi Zhonghai. Find a stool to sit on first."

"Yeah." Qin Huairu responded in a low voice and stood there without moving.

"Sister-in-law, Dongxu, please sit down."

"Qin Huairu, come and sit down too."

Li Jiandong extended his hand and invited the three of them to sit down at the table.

(End of this chapter)