Rebirth: Those Years When I Was a Bad Student

Cheng Hao was the last one to arrive at the restaurant, and the food was not served until he came after school.

After all the dishes were served, Cheng Mingjiang poured wine and raised his glass to Grandpa Cheng and Cheng Sheng and his wife and said, "Thank you for taking care of A Yao over the years. I'll drink this glass of wine first."

Cheng Sheng and his wife looked at each other and felt that there was hope. At this time, Cheng Mingjiang said, "Let's forget what happened to Cheng Sheng before, but I will never forget your kindness. When Ah Hao goes to college, I will pay for his tuition and living expenses."

Just as Cheng Sheng was about to speak, Cheng Mingjiang continued, "Don't refuse. This is what we should do."

He turned around and said to Grandpa Cheng: "Uncle, you have worked hard over the years. You are A Yao's grandfather, which means you are my father. From now on, just treat me like your son."

After a round of greetings, Lu Cuiyun said, "Brother Mingjiang, you can see that our family's situation is definitely not as good as yours. But we have done our best to take care of Ah Yao over the years. We don't have formal jobs, and it is not easy to send two children to school."

Cheng Sheng felt his wife's look and said, "Yes, you don't know how difficult it is. Now I'm still in debt."

Cheng Hao thought that Cheng Yao's biological father looked quite rich, and he should have paid for Cheng Yao's tuition and living expenses over the years. His mother also said that he spent a lot of money from the family.

Cheng Hao interrupted and said, "That's right. Cheng Yao's schooling and living expenses over the years have cost my parents 70,000 or 80,000 yuan. You have to pay it back to us."

He originally wanted to say 60,000 or 70,000, but then he thought, when buying something, the merchant always quotes a price, and the buyer will bargain, right?

If I report this number now, he may think it is too much later. If I reduce it by 10,000 or 20,000, I will not suffer any loss and it will also make me look generous.

He really thought it through.

Upon hearing this, Cheng Sheng and Lu Cuiyun scolded their son half to death. Wouldn't this ruin their business?

Sixty or seventy thousand is too cheap. It will cost at least three or four hundred thousand in a few years.

They never thought about how much money they had taken from Cheng Mingjiang over the years, and how they treated Cheng Yao.

Grandpa Cheng said with a guilty look on his face: "Mingjiang, don't take it to heart. This is just nonsense from the child. Don't take it seriously."

Hearing this, Lu Cuiyun was not calm and took over the conversation, "Dad, you can't say that. Brothers should settle accounts clearly, don't you think so, Brother Mingjiang?"

Cheng Mingjiang understood what they meant. He put down the cup in his hand and said, "Sister-in-law, what you said makes sense. Tell me how to settle this account."

Hearing this, Lu Cuiyun smiled so much that her eyes narrowed. She was so delighted. She thought she would have to waste some time talking and maneuvering the other party, but she didn't expect the other party to pick up the conversation so easily.

So she began to talk about the difficulties of these years. "You don't know how difficult it is to raise a child. I won't talk about the hardship, but the main thing is the worry. When the child was young, I was just raising him with great care, fearing that he would get bumped into. I had to take care of the housework and the children. It was a lot of work to take care of a whole family, wash clothes and cook. At that time, I had to work in the fields in my hometown, but I suffered a lot..."

After a while of talking about the difficulties of these years, Cheng Hao felt embarrassed. He was one year older than Cheng Yao. He could not remember things before the age of six, but he still remembered things after the age of six.

Hasn't Cheng Yao been washing dishes and sweeping the floor since he started school? He also washes his own clothes. At that time, his mother said that it was to train him and for his own good, but his mother never let him work.

At that time, he asked the reason. His mother said that because he was the eldest son, he would live with them in the future, so he could learn slowly later and now he just needed to study hard. Cheng Yao would have to live alone in the future.

Cheng Sheng looked at his wife with new eyes. What she said made a lot of sense. If they had not lived under the same roof for so many years, he would have believed it.

Cheng Yao smiled bitterly in his heart. This should be about how to take care of Cheng Hao. He doesn't have such treatment.

Grandpa Cheng's face was filled with ashamed. He didn't know when Cheng Sheng became like this. His wife died early, and he had to support the family and take care of the children by himself, so it was inevitable that he would be negligent sometimes.

He also had his misjudgments. He really didn't expect that his daughter-in-law would be such a greedy person, and his son also became addicted to gambling and could not distinguish right from wrong.

If Cheng Mingjiang hadn't come here and seen the environment and heard something from the neighbors, he might have believed it. But it is undeniable that they raised Cheng Yao, so as long as it is not too much, he can accept it.

Cheng Sheng also realized that it was not appropriate for him to bring up the issue of money at this time, so he kicked Lu Cuiyun and winked at her to continue. Lu Cuiyun understood and said, "Brother Mingjiang, you bought such a nice house for A Yao in Yujing Hua Ting, so you must have money. We won't ask for more. A Yao has lived in our house for thirteen years, so we won't ask for more than 500,000 yuan."

As soon as he finished speaking, even Cheng Sheng felt that it was a bit exaggerated. In fact, Cheng Mingjiang had given him a lot of money over the years. His original intention was to ask for 400,000 yuan, and the most likely one would be more than 300,000 yuan.

Grandpa Cheng was so angry that he slammed the table and scolded, "You, how could you do this? What did you say at the beginning? Do you remember how you got the house you live in now? Check your conscience. Even if Mingjiang gives you this money, can you afford it? Have you forgotten how you treated A Yao?"

Cheng Yao patted Grandpa Cheng on the back and told him not to get so excited as his health was more important.

The house we live in now is an old house bought seven or eight years ago. The geographical location and environment are not very good, so it is relatively cheap. The house price at that time was also as low as 60,000 or 70,000 yuan, of which 50,000 yuan was left by Cheng Mingjiang at that time.

Ever since moving in, Cheng Sheng has developed a habit of gambling. It was just a small thing at first, but since Cheng Mingjiang started to send money to him regularly, it has been out of control.

Cheng Mingjiang agreed immediately. Just when they were overjoyed, the next words made Cheng Sheng freeze in place. "Five hundred thousand can be given. My sister-in-law just said that it's been hard for you to take care of A Yao for so many years. This is what you deserve. I won't count the money I have sent back over the years. Even if there is not three hundred thousand, there must be two hundred and fifty thousand. If you don't believe it, we can go to the bank to get a bill. I will go to the bank to transfer two hundred thousand to you later, and I won't care about you lying to me before." After saying that, he looked at Cheng Sheng.

Grandpa Cheng had never thought that his son had taken so much money over the years. Thinking of the contempt Cheng Yao had received at home over the years, he felt extremely ashamed and pointed at his son for a long time without saying a word.

Cheng Hao was even more surprised. He didn't expect Cheng Yao's father to be so rich, and he didn't expect his father to have received so much money before. His mother kept scolding him at home, saying that he was unwanted, a parasite, and a burden. He would have starved to death without them, and he also stole the money from home.

Now think about it, they are the thieves. Three hundred thousand is definitely a huge sum of money. It is enough to support all of them, let alone Cheng Yao.

His mother wouldn't even give him money for exercise books, let alone pocket money, let alone buying him clothes and shoes. The more he thought about it, the more he felt ashamed.

Cheng Yao did not expect that his father would send so much money back. It turned out that his father had always cared about him and he had never been forgotten.

Lu Cuiyun was speechless for a moment. They talked about transferring money two days ago, and she asked about it later. Cheng Sheng said it was just the monthly living expenses, so she thought it was not much money. Who knew it was such a large sum of money? She was cheated again.

He turned around and stared at Cheng Sheng fiercely, only to see that the other party didn't even raise his head. This confirmed what Cheng Mingjiang said.

For a moment, the only sound in the box was breathing, and no one spoke.

After a while, Cheng Mingjiang said, "Since there is no objection, let's go back." He looked at the watch on his wrist, "Banks are closed at this time, and ATMs can't withdraw so much money. I have to catch a bus tomorrow. Should I go back and continue to deposit the money into the previous account or should you give me a new account?"

Although she felt a little embarrassed, it was only for a moment. Lu Cuiyun thought that she would call Cheng Yao because the phone was blocked. So she ignored the others and took out a passbook from her pocket. "Brother Mingjiang, please transfer the money to this account."

Cheng Mingjiang took the passbook and wrote down the account number on his mobile phone.

Cheng Yao secretly thought to himself that he must study hard in the future and earn money to pay back his father when he gets a job.

Cheng Mingjiang put his phone on the table and said, "Since we have talked it out today, we are even on the same page regarding A Yao from now on. Is it okay for me to say this?"

Cheng Sheng and his wife said that there was no problem, as long as they got the money, it would be fine. However, they felt sorry for the hundreds of thousands of dollars that Cheng Sheng had lost before, and they felt pained just thinking about Lu Cuiyun.