Episode 5

After the madness, I was able to sleep soundly, and slept until the sun came up. The next morning, my wife actually cuddled up to me for the first time, blinking her charming eyes, and speaking to me in a gentle voice, "Honey, you were so amazing yesterday…". Her rosy cheeks indicated that she had indeed been satisfied. If it weren't for my son's phone call yesterday afternoon, I would definitely be feeling like the happiest man in the world right now. However, there are no more "ifs" anymore. "Honey, I've been thinking. If you want to restart the company, you can. After all, this can't go on forever…" My wife noticed that I didn't respond and while circling my chest with her hand, she continued to speak to me. "Well, let's wait until we get the money first," I replied casually. I never imagined that my meticulous care for her couldn't conquer her and instead, I conquered her in a completely different way. Have I become nothing more than a tool to satisfy her needs? It's terrifying, too terrifying… Thinking of this, I couldn't help but shiver. "Okay, I'll go to the bathroom!" After she finished speaking, she took some toilet paper and went to the bathroom. As soon as she left, I immediately sat up and quickly installed the pinhole camera that I bought yesterday on top of the speaker. Although it couldn't be connected to the internet, the memory was large enough to record nearly a week's worth of video. Moreover, it was very inconspicuous, and even if you looked closely, you wouldn't be able to tell. For the next few days that I won't be home, I will rely on it to help me supervise!

I didn't want to come to this point, but I can't continue to be foolish either. If she really betrayed me, this surveillance camera will be the strongest evidence! After breakfast, I had planned to spend the day with my mother, take her shopping for some clothes and then go back tomorrow. However, my mother insisted on going back today; she said no one was there to take care of the chickens, ducks, cats, and dogs at home and the vegetable seedlings needed to be watered. So, I had no choice but to leave today, driving my Dongfeng truck to take her to the countryside. "Mom, just call me next time you come, and I'll come pick you up," I said earnestly to my mother on the way. "It's not worth it. The round trip costs at least 500 yuan in gas, and it will delay your work. Your daily salary is not five or six hundred yuan? This trip back and forth would waste more than 1,000 yuan. I'll go by myself. It only costs 100 yuan." My mother waved her hand and laughed as she calculated the cost. Years of selling vegetables have honed her excellent math skills. After that, I stopped talking and didn't know what to say. My mother had worked hard all her life and had always carefully budgeted for me, whether I was on the rise or the decline. On the second day of my company's bankruptcy, I didn't even have a chance to talk to my mother, and my mother handed me her bank card with one million yuan saved in it. No, to be precise, it was 1.12 million yuan. She handed over all her savings to me. As for my father-in-law and mother-in-law? They held on to two million yuan and said they wanted to buy a house for their youngest daughter as a dowry... That's the difference...

"Shuang'er, is there something on your mind?" My mother asked, concerned, seeing the solemn expression on my face.

"Nothing, Mom," I forced a smile and shook my head.

"My child, do you think you can still fool me? It must be a conflict with Xincun, right? Don't worry, as long as you have money, everything will be fine," My mother squinted her eyes and comforted me.

"Okay," I smiled.

It seemed like a smile, but it was actually a bitter one.

Indeed, everything will be better with money, but the scars left behind when there is no money can never be repaired.

I always thought that as long as I was attentive to her every need, she wouldn't find interest in other men.

But in reality, I was hit hard by the truth...

Afterwards, my mother and I walked in silence.

After nearly seven hours of travel, we finally arrived back at our rural hometown.

"Oh! Isn't this the boss Wu Shuang? You're back!" A neighbor greeted me as soon as I parked the car.

Yes, this neighbor happened to be my uncle.

He had a gambling addiction and was idle all day long.

Calling me boss Shuang was like slapping me in the face.

Initially, when I had money, my uncle constantly came to the city to borrow money from me.

At first, I gave him thousands and even hundreds of thousands, but I later found out that he used all the money for gambling, which led to a huge fight between us. Since then, I no longer lent him any money.

Therefore, he had held a grudge against me ever since.

My mom told me once that after my uncle found out my company went bankrupt, he celebrated by setting off firecrackers and banging drums right in front of our house. It made my mom so angry that she couldn't eat for three days.

I just glanced at my uncle's ridicule and didn't pay much attention to it. Then I helped my mom into the house.

"By the way, little brother, your dog came to my house last night and fought with my dog over food. I didn't hold back and hit it with a stick. It died instantly. This morning my wife and I spent half a day cutting it up. Do you and your mom want to come over and eat? It's braised."

Before my mom and I even entered the house, my uncle's sarcastic voice came from behind us again. I could feel my mom trembling when she heard what my uncle said.

However, my mom didn't turn around. She took a deep breath and continued walking to the house.

I know my mom doesn't want to get into a fight with my uncle because he's both a neighbor and a relative.

But I can't tolerate it.

That dog was the one I bought for my mom to keep her company!

And it was an Alaskan dog that cost me thousands of dollars!

My mom treated it like her own child, feeding it whatever she ate and even giving it a bath every day.

And now, my uncle ate it!

"You fucking..."

I got so angry that I picked up a wooden stick on the roadside and stormed into my uncle's house!

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