My happy life in a courtyard house with triplets.

Chapter 67: He Yuzhu's Strange Behavior

While Qin Huairu was still in a daze, Sha Zhu turned around and went back to his own home.

Qin Huairu stared at his retreating figure, completely stunned. She looked down at the two yuan in her hand, a sense of unreality washing over her. Was this still the same silly Zhu she knew, the one who always granted her every request?

As soon as Sha Zhu stepped into the house, he saw his younger sister He Yushui sitting inside.

Seeing his absent-minded look, He Yushui asked, "Brother, what did Qin Huairu say to you again?"

Sha Zhu casually replied, "It's nothing, she just came to borrow some money from me."

He Yushui quickly pressed, "Brother, did you lend it to her?"

Sha Zhu nodded and said, "I lent it to him and gave him two yuan."

He Yushui grumbled with dissatisfaction, "Brother, why are you still lending her money? She hasn't even paid back the money she borrowed before. These days, who's having an easy time? And she keeps coming to borrow money every day."

Hearing He Yushui's grumbling, He Yuzhu quickly comforted her, "Alright, alright, I know, I won't lend her any more next time, okay?"

He Yushui stared at He Yuzhu for a moment, then, as if she had thought of something, continued, "Come on, didn't you say the same thing before? But you still lent it to her anyway, didn't you?"

He Yushui said with a face full of resentment, "Brother, what do you see in her? She is pretty, but she is, after all, a member of the Jia family. Even if you like her, she can't be with you."

At this moment, He Yuzhu said with some self-doubt, "Yushui, you said I like her?"

He Yushui looked at He Yuzhu with disbelief and waved her hand in front of his face.

He Yuzhu shoved He Yushui's hand away, saying, "Alright, stop shaking it. You said I like Qin Huairu, but I don't feel anything for her right now, I even feel a little disgusted."

He Yushui said incredulously, "Brother, really? Ever since Qin Huairu married into the Jia family, who in the entire courtyard doesn't know that you like Qin Huairu?"

He Yuzhu frowned, suddenly not quite understanding what He Yushui was saying.

He quickly changed the subject: "Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. What do you want to eat? I'll make it for you."

He Yushui waved her hand: "Brother, I'm not picky. I'll eat whatever you make for me, as long as I'm full."

If Zhang Lei saw He Yuzhu's current state, he would definitely be very surprised.

He could probably guess that this was a side effect of that disastrous kick.

Without the stimulation of hormones, a man is like a eunuch in the palace, losing his former attentiveness to women.

As the saying goes, men and women are together only to procreate, while men and men are together for true love.

Xu Damao returned home with a pig's head on his head, forgetting even to go to the toilet. He felt utterly ashamed to face anyone.

The hatred towards Zhang Lei and his family has reached its peak.

In the front yard, Jia Dongxu, seeing Yan Jiecheng's dejected expression, leaned over and teased with a smile, "What's wrong, Yan Jiecheng? Did someone beat you up too?"

Yan Jiecheng glared at Jia Dongxu and said irritably, "Jia Dongxu, what do you want? If you have nothing to say, get lost."

"Hey!" Jia Dongxu's temper flared up instantly. He retorted, "Hey Yan Jiecheng, what's wrong? You want to spar with me?"

Yan Jiecheng was also seething with anger, so he retorted defiantly, "Fine, let's practice then! I'm not afraid of you!"

Hearing Yan Jiecheng's words, Jia Dongxu felt a little scared and muttered, "What's wrong with you? You're acting like you've taken a gunpowder."

Yan Jiecheng looked at Jia Dongxu and said with a belly full of complaints, "You, Jia Dongxu, tell me, what the hell did I do to deserve this? The government assigned me to clean the whole yard for a month and empty the deaf old lady's bedpan for a month. I haven't done anything. Tell me, am I being wronged?"

Upon hearing Yan Jiecheng say this, Jia Dongxu immediately became interested.

He leaned forward and lowered his voice, saying, "Yan Jiecheng, I know about this."

Soon, Jia Dongxu launched into a long tirade, his words filled with how Zhang Lei had wronged Yan Jiecheng, without mentioning a single word of what Yi Zhonghai had said, and even specifically naming Zhang Lei to smear him.

Yan Jiecheng's eyes reddened as he listened, his face filled with disbelief. He asked, "Jia Dongxu, is what you're saying true?"

Jia Dongxu patted his chest and said with certainty, "It's all true. You can ask other people if you don't believe me."

Upon hearing Jia Dongxu's words, Yan Jiecheng became furious and slapped his thigh, saying, "No way, I have to find Zhang Lei and settle accounts with him, and ask him why he framed me for no reason."

At this moment, Jia Dongxu curled his lip and said with a disdainful look, "Come on, you think you can beat him?"

Yan Jiecheng retorted, his neck stiff, "How could I not beat him? We both have two shoulders and one head, what does he have that I don't?"

Jia Dongxu rolled his eyes and said slowly, "That's true, but Zhang Lei can even beat Sha Zhu. Are you sure you can beat him?"

Upon hearing that Zhang Lei could even beat Sha Zhu, Yan Jiecheng immediately backed down, his voice weakening as he muttered, "I didn't say I wanted to fight him, I went to reason with him."

Jia Dongxu sized Yan Jiecheng up and down, then scoffed, "Forget it. You think you can reason with someone like that? Even the three old men in charge couldn't out-argue Zhang Lei now, and you think you can? Didn't you see Xu Damao? He's useless if he gets angry. Can you take a beating or pull out some money to argue with him?"

Yan Jiecheng said angrily, "So I just have to swallow this insult?"

Upon hearing Yan Jiecheng's words, Jia Dongxu's eyes lit up, and he leaned closer, saying, "What, you really want revenge?"

Yan Jiecheng retorted irritably, "Isn't that obvious?"

Jia Dongxu lowered his voice and said, "Since you want revenge, you have to listen to me."

Yan Jiecheng looked at Jia Dongxu suspiciously and quickly asked, "Do you have a way?"

Jia Dongxu raised his chin smugly: "To deal with someone like him, we need to use our brains."

Yan Jiecheng scoffed and retorted without any politeness, "Use your brain? Forget it, even tofu pudding has a brain, and you're not even as good as tofu pudding?"

Jia Dongxu said angrily, "Yan Jiecheng, don't look down on me. Once I explain my plan, you'll be completely impressed by me."

Yan Jiecheng looked Jia Dongxu up and down, raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh, then tell me your plan, and I'll see if I can admire you to the point of prostration."

At this moment, Jia Dongxu glanced around, leaned closer to him, and whispered, "Let's go outside and talk."

Seeing Jia Dongxu's mysterious demeanor, Yan Jiecheng, though impatient, still followed him.

Soon, the two arrived at a secluded corner. Yan Jiecheng impatiently urged, "Jia Dongxu, is it ready yet? Hurry up and say it!"

Jia Dongxu lowered his voice and said with certainty, "If we want to deal with Zhang Lei, we can't do it openly."

Yan Jiecheng paused for a moment, then blurted out, "You want to put a sack over his head?"

Jia Dongxu glared at him with exasperation and spat, "You're so stupid! What are you doing with that sack? I meant to teach him how to gamble!"

Yan Jiecheng's eyes widened, and he repeated, "Gambling?"

Jia Dongxu nodded heavily and said, word by word, "Yes, it's gambling."