Chapter 155 Protect Your Strength

The door opened, revealing Zhao Li's pretty face with chaotic temples.

I haven't seen her for a while, and Zhao Li has visibly lost weight.

Under the excited appearance, there is unspeakable bitterness. So much so that she gave people a feeling that strangers should not enter.

It seems that many things have happened to her, suppressing her cheerful nature, and thus developing a bit of cold and arrogant temperament.

Faced with this situation, Wu Tao, who has never been good at expressing his feelings, couldn't help but open his warm embrace.

Zhao Li felt sore, and just took half a step forward with her left foot, but stopped abruptly, tightly tightened the comic manuscript and brush in her arms and said, "Come in."

Stepping into the courtyard gate, one can see a messy and chaotic scene, even mixed with a stinky smell.

It can be seen that Zhao's family was originally very wealthy and decent.

Five large tile-roofed houses with corridors, plus bungalows in the east and west houses, more than ten rooms, spacious and bright, revealing the atmosphere.

In addition, the courtyard is even more spacious.

The antenna erected high in the yard indicates that there is at least one 21-inch large color TV in the home.

It is not uncommon to see such conditions in Binhu Town several times.

But now, the dignity and arrogance of the past are gone.

Sticks, bricks and tiles were strewn about in the yard, the doors and windows of the east and west houses were smashed, and the stains under the corridor of the hall were even more unsightly.

If Wu Tao's prediction is correct, the stinky smell comes from here.

In addition, the most conspicuous thing is the snowflake-like drawings, some were stepped into the mud, some were kneaded into a ball, stepped on footprints, and spit on thick phlegm.

Walking to the middle of the courtyard, a little girl with a frightened face ran out of the main room, about seven or eight years old, and her eyebrows looked very similar to Zhao Li.

"This is my sister, Xiaofu."

Zhao Fu ran to her sister, put her head on her stomach, and stared at Wu Tao with two big eyes.

"Sister, are they debt collectors?"

"No, don't talk nonsense!"

Wu Tao took out the only white rabbit toffee left in his pocket and gave it all to Zhao Fu. This was originally what Xiaojiang and Heidan wanted, so I can only let them down tonight.

Zhao Fu's padded jacket was covered with stains and hadn't been changed for a while.

Peel off a toffee and put it in your mouth. Zhao Fu immediately smiled, showing her neat white teeth: "Sister, it's so sweet, you can eat one too." Saying that, she peeled one and put it in Zhao Li's mouth.

Step on the corridor and enter the main room.

Finally, the room was completely pitch-black, and it was hard to see clearly, but Wu Tao still noticed that the inside was no different from the one that had been looted.

All valuable items were emptied, not even a table for eating was left behind.

There are only a few small benches left in the main room, and the doors at both ends have been removed, revealing an empty room.

Even the beds were temporarily set up with leftover boxes and large benches.

To put it bluntly, there are only four walls left.

Bang, Wu Tao clenched his fists and hammered them together heavily: "Why don't you call me?"

"The phone at home has been stopped long ago..."

Song Zhuang went to the side to turn on the light, clicked twice, and the first-class fluorescent tube was empty.

"Not only are there no lights, but the electricity has also been cut off."

Zhao Fu put all the toffee in her pocket, took out a candle stub from the room, lit a match and lit it.

"Where are uncles and aunts?"

"They hid in the community behind the house." Zhao Li explained, and then said to Zhao Fu: "Sister, go and call parents back."

Zhao Fu ran out of the door slowly, and went around to the entrance of the gable alley on the east side.

"Is there no one in the village to help?" Wu Tao really didn't expect that being asked for money would lead to such a situation.

Zhao Li's clear voice tried to interpret her strength, "It's too late for them to read the joke, so why would they come to help?"

"Then why didn't you inform me?" Asked the second time, Wu Tao looked directly into the eyes of his deskmate for many years.

Zhao Li knew that this time, she couldn't be fooled by the excuse that the phone was cut off.

"I think I can handle it..."

Carry it on your own again? It was like going on a hunger strike with my parents during the summer vacation.

What a stubborn woman!

Wu Tao was also helpless, and was about to say a few more words, but saw the two of them walking in the door with their bodies still covered in fine straw.

It seems that he hid in the haystack, otherwise there would not be so many straws on his body.

The middle-aged man who walked in first was undoubtedly Zhao Dafu, with a swollen face and puffiness from excessive drinking and meat, he did not look like a standard rural person.

However, apart from the puffy appearance and the edema from beatings, Zhao Li's appearance is 80% inherited from him.

Followed by Zhao Li's mother, Peng Xiaojuan, who is 1.7 meters tall, is definitely a tall figure in the countryside. Even though she was a little embarrassed, she still looked like a woman. It can be seen that most of Zhao Li's body genes come from her.

"Painting and painting! All day long, you know how to draw that old picture. You spent so much money to send you to high school, but you just made a painting to fool me?"

"...If it wasn't for your high school education, would our family be in this situation?"

"...You bastard star, you have harmed our family..."

Peng Xiaojuan also wiped her tears and said, "How can I live this year!"

Wu Tao wanted to get up and say hello, but when he heard Zhao Dafu complaining so much, he bowed and sat back, his face turned cold.

Zhao Li hugged the manga manuscript in her arms even more tightly, her knuckles were turning white, her pretty face was tense, and she was whitewashing her strength and persistence.

Seeing this scene, Wu Tao felt distressed for no reason.

This has nothing to do with feelings, more like a shock of admiration and incomprehension.

"Uncle Zhao, with all due respect, your business, even without the influence of Zhao Li's resignation, will be ruined sooner or later!"

"Who are you?" Zhao Dafu immediately turned his face and pointed at Wu Tao's nose.

Zhao Li, who had always been silent, stood up and stood in front of Wu Tao resolutely.

Wu Tao grabbed the persistent soft shoulder in front of him, pulled her to his side, faced Zhao Dafu and continued: "Since your business is so easy to be killed by others, it means that it itself has no value in surviving!"

"...You may be able to rely on relationships and resources, but they are not core competitiveness. The real core competitiveness is relying on yourself, which is the foundation of business!"

"...Speaking of which, just because the other party divorced, he can kill your business and put your family into such a situation."

"...The morality of the world is still very important, and the disaster is not as good as wives and children!"

"...This kind of people and families who have no morals, are vengeful, and are ruthless. If you marry your daughter, have you ever thought that she can be happy? Zhao Dafu?"

In the end, Wu Tao had already called him by his first name, because he felt that the other party was really not worthy of calling him 'Uncle'.

Zhao Dafu's face became suffocated, but he couldn't utter a word when he opened his mouth.

Peng Xiaojuan came back to her senses in a daze, shed tears of shame and murmured: "He's right, Lao Zhao, he's right. I really can't blame Xiaoli for this..."

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