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Chapter 156 - 156 156 Wrongly Accused
Chapter 156 - 156 156 Wrongly Accused
?Chapter 156: Chapter 156 Wrongly Accused Chapter 156: Chapter 156 Wrongly Accused Ye Chuyi was taken aback, “I didn’t, it wasn’t me…”
Shi Youjin cut her off, fuming, “You still won’t admit it? If it wasn’t you, then who could it be?”
“Where are your mom and I supposed to live if you sell the house? We worked so hard to raise you, and this is how you repay us? You’ve utterly chilled my heart!”
“I wondered how you suddenly had so much money to buy me clothes and shoes and to give me so much spending money. It turns out ‘the wool comes from the sheep’; you used the money from selling the house to buy things for me!”
“The house is my nest egg; selling my nest egg means you’re after my life! You’re so unfilial, so selfish!”
He came up just to scold her furiously, not giving Ye Chuyi a chance to speak. After he finished his tirade, he interrogated her, “Are you mute? Speak up! Don’t think that by staying silent, you can muddle through this!”
Ye Chuyi was berated to the point of being drenched in ‘dog’s blood’, momentarily unable to recover her senses.
Memories, long sealed away, suddenly burst open, and the dark days of her childhood once again emerged before her eyes.
She had almost forgotten that actually, Shi Youjin had a bad temper.
When he drank, he would lose his temper and curse people, but he dared not scold Lin Yueqin, so she was often the one who bore the brunt.
But every time he scolded her, once sobered up, he would apologize, insisting it wasn’t intentional, it was the alcohol talking.
She was too young then, understanding nothing; as long as her father didn’t beat her like her mother did, she felt he was very kind. He even apologized to her, something her mother never did.
But today, Shi Youjin clearly hadn’t been drinking. There was only a pot of hot tea on the table, no alcohol.
So, the excuses he made in the past for scolding her when drunk were probably just a pretext.
Feeling like a heavy stone was lodged in her chest, the discomfort was intense. It took Ye Chuyi a long time to regain her voice, “Why do you think I sold the house?”
“Who else could it be? Could it have been me? Your mom would be even less likely; if she sold it, she’d be homeless!”
Ye Chuyi’s voice was strained, “Didn’t you transfer the house to my mom when you divorced? Isn’t the house hers alone?”
Shi Youjin’s forehead veins bulged with irritation, “I did transfer the house to your mom, but that didn’t stop you from going behind her back, taking the property deed, and secretly selling the house!”
“Is this what you think of me?”
Ye Chuyi’s eyes were red, and her hands clenched tightly, “You might have been in prison too long and are unaware that the legal regulations outside have become very sound; without the presence of the property owner, I couldn’t sell the house even if I had the property deed.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“What I mean is, the house wasn’t sold by me. I have no right to sell the house, and it’s impossible for me to do so. The one who sold the house was Lin Yueqin.”
“That’s impossible! Why would your mom sell our house just like that!”
“Because Wen Nianyou needs money to start a company, and lacking funds, Lin Yueqin sold the house to gather money for her. If you don’t believe me, you can ask her yourself, or if you still don’t believe it, you can inquire at the real estate agency next to our complex. She sold the house through an agency.”
“This…”
Shi Youjin hadn’t expected the truth to be this. His first reaction was that Ye Chuyi had sold the house, which is why he had called her to question her.
He found it hard to swallow his pride, “Then why didn’t you tell me earlier? Since the house had already been sold, why did you let me live here? The neighbors saw me and said I’d broken the lock to sneak in to stay here. I’ve lost so much face.”
Ye Chuyi felt a chill through her entire body, her voice somewhat cold, “Because I was afraid you would struggle with the big changes in the outside world after being released from prison, and might not be accustomed to living somewhere else, so I specifically rented this place for you.”
“I was afraid knowing the house had been sold would upset you, so I didn’t tell you. I wanted you to settle down first.”
Shi Youjin was left speechless, his gaze flickered as he lowered his head.
“Is this the ‘urgent matter’ you mentioned?”
“That… isn’t it. Actually, I just wanted to invite you over for a meal.”
“Really? Where’s the meal?”