Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

When Liu Haizhong's wife heard this, she was stunned for a moment, but then she angrily scolded: "Liu Guangtian, how can you talk to me? Is this what you should say to me? Tell me the truth, how did you run back? Tell the truth!"

Liu Guangtian sneered and said, "Of course we were released. If we had escaped, do you think we would dare to come back? I'm afraid the police would have been here guarding us by now!"

When Liu Haizhong's wife heard this, it seemed to make sense. However, she still did not let the door open. Instead, she continued to block the door and looked at Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu with suspicion, asking puzzledly: "Why did the police let you go? The kid from the Lin family didn't give you a letter of apology, so why did the police let you go?"

Liu Guangfu couldn't help himself at this time, and said to his mother: "Mom, don't you really want us to be released? Are you really looking forward to us being sentenced and sent to the northwest to eat sand?"

When Liu Haizhong's wife heard this, her face froze again. It seemed that only at this moment did her maternal instinct more or less revive. She then opened the door and said to Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu, "Then you come in first!"

At this time, Liu Haizhong also heard the voices of his wife and Liu Guangtian and others at the door. He was startled, put on his clothes, got up and walked out of the inner room. When he saw the disheveled Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu walking in, he did not feel much familiarity, but rather a little annoyed.

So Liu Haizhong asked angrily: "Why did you come back? Why did the police release you?"

When Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu saw Liu Haizhong, they instinctively felt a strong sense of fear. They immediately stopped and looked up at Liu Haizhong, timidly calling out, "Dad!"

Liu Haizhong pulled a chair over and sat down in a bad mood. He crossed his legs and ordered Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu to stand in front of him like he was interrogating a prisoner. He asked them coldly, "Tell me! How were you released?"

Before Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu came out, they made an agreement with Lin Geng in the morning on what they would say to Liu Haizhong and his wife after they came out.

So Liu Guangtian came out to explain: "Dad, we don't want to be sentenced to jail, nor do we want to be sent to the northwest to eat sand! If you don't care about us, we can only find a way out ourselves!

We asked the police to help us find Lin Geng and asked him to come to the police station to see us. We begged him to let us go this time. Each of us wrote him an IOU for 500 yuan and promised to pay him back little by little when we earned money in the future!

Lin felt sorry for us brothers because no one was looking after us, so he finally agreed, took our IOU, wrote us a letter of apology, and the police station released us two brothers!"

Liu Haizhong was upset when he heard this and asked sternly, "Who told you to agree to write him an IOU? Did you ask me and your mother for permission? You just made the decision on your own and wrote him an IOU!

How do you pay back the IOU? How long will it take you to pay back 500 yuan?

What's the point of you being in jail for a few years? Can you earn 500 yuan in a few years? Who told you to write him an IOU?"

As Liu Haizhong spoke, he became furious. He stood up and began to look around for his weapons, preparing to deal with the Liu Guangtian brothers as usual.

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu felt really cold in their hearts. The little affection they had left for Liu Haizhong in their deepest parts of their hearts completely disappeared at this moment.

Both men had fire in their eyes as they stared angrily at their father, this fat beast with a violent and inhuman temper whom they had called dad for more than a decade.

Liu Haizhong looked around and saw a broom placed by the wall, so he stood up and picked it up, pointing at Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu and yelling, "Kneel down! Today I must teach you two a lesson. You two rebellious sons didn't even discuss such a big matter with us, but just made your own decisions. You are so rebellious! I will beat you to death today!"

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu stiffened their necks and stared at Liu Haizhong with spitting fire in their eyes. Liu Guangtian was more eloquent and had a more flexible mind, so he stiffened his neck and stared at Liu Haizhong angrily, gritting his teeth and asking, "Dad! You said we didn't discuss it with you, so since we were locked up, who has visited us? It's been a few days since you and my eldest brother were released, who has visited us?"

You said we don't discuss it with you, so how can we discuss it with you? You think 500 yuan is too much, but you can't take care of us two brothers. If we are released from prison, how can we find a job and a wife?"

Liu Haizhong was stunned by Liu Guangtian's sudden question. He stared at Liu Guangtian, and his not very useful brain started to work.

Yes, it seems to be true. Although the father and son were arrested together, they were not kept in the same cell. He never asked his wife whether she had seen his two sons. He only asked her how much money Lin Geng had given and to whom he had written a letter of apology. After knowing that he had not written a letter of apology to Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu, he never asked about his two sons again.

After he and Liu Guangqi were released a few days ago, they were only concerned with recuperating from their injuries or worrying about Liu Guangqi's future, or just sulking. Unfortunately, because of the more than 1,000 yuan that Lin Geng had extorted from them, they really had never thought about visiting their two sons.

He just blamed Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu for writing two IOUs to Lin Geng without consulting him. He really couldn't blame these two guys. If they wanted to discuss it with him, they should at least be able to see him. He didn't even think of visiting them, so who could they discuss it with?

Thinking of this, Liu Haizhong did feel a little bit ashamed, but it was only a little bit, really not much.

Then he continued to ponder along the lines of Liu Guangtian's words, and it seemed to be true. If Liu Guangtian and his brother were sentenced and sent to jail for a few years, it would be difficult for them to find a job after they were released, and it would probably be difficult for them to find a wife too!

This was something he had never considered before. He was only worried about Liu Guangqi's future and had never considered this aspect for his two sons, Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu. Moreover, it seemed that Liu Guangfu was still in the second grade of junior high school and had not finished junior high school yet. He actually forgot what would happen to Liu Guangfu in the future if he did not even finish junior high school.

So he felt a little guilty again, but it was still not much, just a little.

But when he looked intently at the brothers Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu, when he saw their flaming eyes staring at him with no respect and even full of hatred, the slight sense of guilt that had just risen in his heart was instantly burned away by anger.

Liu Haizhong suddenly became even more angry. He pointed the broom at Liu Guangtian and his brother and roared, "How dare you talk back to me? You two rebellious sons, you eat my food and wear my clothes, and you dare to look at me like this! Do you want to rebel? I will beat you to death today! I will let you look at me like this, and see if you dare to talk back to me! I will beat you two little beasts to death!"

After saying that, he started waving the broom in his hand and hit Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu on the heads.