The highest-end five-star restaurant in Ocean City-the Sky-overlooking Gate Tower, was currently in a private room. It was very lively and full of joy.
There was a figure sitting in a corner that was particularly quiet and seemed out of place. The people around him also regarded him as a transparent person. Occasionally, when he passed by, there would be a hint of sarcasm in their eyes.
"Zhang Ping, today is Dad's 60th birthday. What birthday gift did you bring?"
Chu Qingping, the elder sister of the Chu family, asked the person in the corner with malicious intentions. Before Zhang Ping could answer, his father-in-law, Chu Haifeng, glared at him and scolded, "Why do you care about that good-for-nothing? He is a man who doesn't even have a job and has to rely on us to support him. How can he have the money to buy gifts?"
Zhang Ping, the son-in-law of the Chu family, was poor and couldn't work and make money because of poor health. He had been despised by the Chu family for four years, and his status was worse than a dog's!
Today was his father-in-law's 60th birthday party. The whole family gathered together to celebrate Chu Haifeng's birthday. Originally, no one paid attention to Zhang Ping. When Chu Qingping spoke, everyone's eyes were focused on Zhang Ping.
Having been a live-in for four years, not only did Zhang Ping not earn a penny, but he also had to rely on his wife to support him. He was scolded as a dog without saying a word. If he was not a loser, who could he be?
Chu Haifeng glanced at Zhang Ping and said with contempt, "I don't expect this good-for-nothing to give me any gift. You are the most useless son-in-law of the Chu family! You are useless. My daughter and you are simply suffering!"
Chen Yumei also chimed in. She pulled Chu Wanrou and said, "Wanrou, you're stupid. You were deceived by this guy's sweet words. Look at him, he doesn't look like a man at all! Why don't you listen to your second aunt and divorce him as soon as possible? You're still young, so you don't have to worry about getting married!"
Chu Wanrou didn't have a mother since she was a child. The only person who could help them most was Chen Yumei, their second aunt.
However, in front of Zhang Ping, Chen Yumei said that she wanted to persuade him to get a divorce, which made Zhang Ping feel ashamed.
Zhang Ping's face was livid. He clenched his fists but remained silent.
Chu Wanrou glanced at her husband and felt disappointed, but she still said, "Aunt, today is a big day. Can you not say such things?"
Chen Yumei gave up resentfully, but her eldest sister, Chu Qingping, would not let go of Chu Wanrou and her husband.
Chu Ziping tugged at Chu Wanrou's sleeve and said, "Wanrou, your clothes were old-fashioned four years ago, weren't they? No one is wearing them now! It's been four years since we got married. Didn't Zhang Ping buy you a new dress?"
Her voice was loud, and everyone's eyes fell on Chu Wanrou, which made Chu Wanrou blush and lose face.
Chu Qingping seemed to be trying to persuade him, but in fact, she was mocking him.
"Wanrou, you have to clean your eyes when you get married. Isn't it a hard life for you to marry a poor man who has no ability?"
Chen Yumei rolled her eyes at Zhang Ping, took Wanrou's hand, and said, "Look at your big sister, Qingping. Which one of them is not a high-class product? Ming'an dotes on her so much, and bought a big diamond ring two days ago. What about you? Did Zhang Ping spend a penny on you? You said that a man lives off a woman. Why don't you go to a rich family? It's so hard for you to live in such a small family."
Chen Yumei's eyes turned red as she spoke. However, when she said these words, she was not afraid of Zhang Ping's feelings. When she wiped her tears, she secretly looked at Zhang Ping, who was holding back, but her eyes were full of sarcasm.
"Aunt, don't be sad. I have no other choice. Do you think she doesn't want to buy good clothes? She has to save money to buy medicine for Zhang Ping!" Chu Qingping's husband, who was Zhang Ping's eldest brother-in-law Sun Mingan, spoke at this time. His words made everyone despise Zhang Ping even more.
In the eyes of others, Zhang Ping was not only a woman who lived off a woman, but also a money-burning medicine pot!
Over the years, in order to buy medicine for him, Chu Wanrou had spent a lot of money!
In an instant, the seven aunts and eight aunts all interjected.
"Zhang Ping is in poor health. No wonder he hasn't had a child for such a long time..."
"I heard that people with heart disease can't do that? Hahaha, isn't that just a disguise?"
"Ouch, such a good day. Why did you bring this invalid here..."
Everyone's shout made Zhang Ping's face turn red and he even coughed a few times.
"Zhang Ping, why are you so excited? What's wrong? Are you sick?"
After someone said this, Chu Haifeng snorted coldly. "If you find it noisy here, you can go home and don't come out to embarrass me!"
Chu Wanrou bit her lip tightly. It seemed that she was about to cry.
"Dad, this is the deer deer I asked someone to bring back from Tianshan. It is said that it is very effective and can prolong life!"
Sun Ming'an took out a box. Chu Haifeng's eyes lit up. "How much does such a big deer cost?"
"Not much, only 100,000!"
The crowd sighed again and looked at Sun Mingan with envious eyes. "It's so generous to spend 100,000 yuan in one shot!"
Holding the deer deer deer in his hand, Chu Haifeng couldn't bear to let go of it. He looked at Zhang Ping, who was standing beside him like a elm. He was not happy and snorted heavily.
"Dad, I've also prepared a gift for you today."
Everyone was shocked. They didn't expect that Zhang Ping, who had not said a word yet, had really prepared a gift.
Under everyone's gaze, Zhang Ping also took out a box from under his feet. The box was a little bigger than Sun Mingan's, and it looked heavy.
This aroused everyone's curiosity. Chu Haifeng even stood up to take the gift and hurriedly opened it.
The next second, Chu Haifeng almost had a heart attack. He shouted, "You b*stard, you are such a good-for-nothing. Look at what you gave me!"
Chu Wanrou quickly took the box and was also stunned. Looking at the mocking eyes of her relatives, she felt desperate.
How could she marry such a useless husband? She had lost all her face!
"Zhang Ping, can you be more serious? Didn't I give you 10,000 yuan to buy a gift?" Chu Wanrou lowered her head and pulled Zhang Ping's sleeve, whispering.
"Wanrou, I carefully selected this stone." Zhang Ping was still indifferent at the moment, and he looked a little sincere, which made people angry and hateful.
"A stone?" Sun Mingan didn't even look at the box. He said in a strange tone, "Zhang Ping, our Chu family has treated you well. We've raised you for four years. What do you mean by using a stone to repay my father? Are you trying to give my father a hard time?"
No matter how Chu Haifeng felt now, he was very happy in his heart. A one-hundred-thousand-yuan deer deer and a stone showed who was stronger and who was weaker!
"Get lost. Don't get in my way. I'll live less than ten years if I look at you again. Take your stone and get lost!"
Chu Haifeng waved his big hand and was so angry that he no longer looked at Zhang Ping.
Zhang Ping had already calmed down. Ignoring the mocking eyes of the people around him, he said lightly, "Dad, if you really don't accept it, I'll take it back."
"Get lost now!"
Zhang Ping took back the stone with a gloomy face.
No matter how good Sun Mingan's deer hair was, it was no match for the top imperial green jade stone in his hand.
If this piece of cloth was cut open, it would be worth millions! If he found another master craftsman to carve it, its value would be immeasurable.
Zhang Ping suppressed his anger and walked out of the private room step by step. There were endless sneers behind him.
"Zhang Ping is really a fool. How dare he take out a stone? Is he poor or crazy?"
"Look, he looks like he's holding a stone, as if he's holding a golden egg..."
"How could a dog have an egg? Haha..."
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Chu Wanrou followed Zhang Ping out with red eyes. Zhang Ping was stunned for a moment and said, "Wanrou, I'm sorry..."
"If you really feel sorry for me, you should work hard and put on a show for them!"
Chu Wanrou was angry. She was angry that Zhang Ping had messed it up at the birthday party. Although she only gave him 10,000 yuan, she didn't buy anything casually so that it wouldn't be like this today. But what made her angrier was that the Chu family had never treated Zhang Ping as a member of their family.
In other words, he had never regarded Zhang Ping as a person.
Thinking of this, she wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and took out 100 yuan from her wallet. "Take a taxi home first. I'll go home to find you after dinner."
After that, Chu Wanrou did not look at him anymore and went back alone. She thought that the time after this meal would be more difficult to hold back.
Zhang Ping looked at Chu Wanrou's back, stubborn and weak. He sighed.
Suddenly, a prompt came from the phone.
"Your bank card has been transferred into the account with a balance of two to two hundred and twenty-one yuan."