Capítulo 1342: Chapter 1338: A Miserable Fate
Wu Kexin listened to Chen Yang’s words, her expression slightly bitter.
She knew what Chen Yang said made sense. The contract was signed; no matter how much they argued, it was useless.
Blaming anyone would be blaming Widow Wei herself. Why did she seek immediate gain by signing a contract with the Gu Family?
Signing the contract was one thing, but she offended the whole village.
If things weren’t done so absolutely, today she wouldn’t be without a single person standing up to speak for her.
“Haha, Wu Village Chief, did you hear that? I think you better not get involved in this matter. We have a contract. It’s a legal demolition. No one can interfere.” Wu Dama’s face lit up with satisfaction when Chen Yang spoke like that.
He had suffered losses at Chen Yang’s hands before, so hearing Chen Yang speak like this made him so complacent.
Chen Yang did not respond to him but continued to advise Wu Kexin.
Eventually, Wu Kexin agreed, the matter couldn’t be helped.
“Widow Wei, you should pack up and move.” Wu Kexin turned reluctantly to Widow Wei and said.
Widow Wei’s eyes were swollen from crying, and upon hearing Wu Kexin’s words, she burst into sobs.
“Wu Village Chief, I can’t move. If I do, my family’s shelter will be lost. How can we live?” Widow Wei cried out.
“Move, concerning your housing issue, the village office will try to find you a solution, rent a cheap house for you to stay in,” Wu Kexin said.
Widow Wei, as a villager of Liuhua Village, once lost housing, the village office was morally and practically obliged to help.
Yet, Widow Wei heard these words and was still unwilling.
Chen Yang, seeing her behavior at such a moment, couldn’t help but become angry.
“How long do you want to make trouble? If you don’t move, when the excavator comes, everything in your house will be gone. Then you won’t be able to live! Hurry up and move! Stop dawdling.” Chen Yang yelled.
“Yes, Widow Wei, you’ve made enough trouble. You didn’t listen to the advice at first. Are you still going to ignore it now?”
“Yang Zi and Wu Village Chief are good people. Listen to them, and you won’t go wrong. Hurry up and move!”
“Ah, this is what happens when you deal with a tiger’s hide. You regret making trouble now, don’t you?”
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The villagers watching the spectacle couldn’t take it anymore and urged Widow Wei to move.
Eventually, Widow Wei agreed! Relocation!
“Alright… I’ll move!” Widow Wei gritted her teeth and agreed to move.
“Hehe, that’s more like it. Where are all these things? The contract is signed, and it’s not as if you can cheat your way out of demolition?” Wu Dama, seeing Widow Wei relent, was very satisfied, his face full of smiles.
No one paid attention to him, just silently watching Widow Wei, moving everything from the house.
The widow and orphan looked pitiful.
Chen Yang really couldn’t bear it, so he went up to help move some things.
With Chen Yang taking action, the surrounding villagers naturally came up to help.
In no time, everything inside the house was moved out.
“Alright! Start the excavators!”
Seeing everything moved out, Wu Dama ordered the excavators to start with satisfaction.
With a roaring sound, the house of Widow Wei collapsed, leveled by the excavator.
Watching the collapsed house, Widow Wei sobbed uncontrollably, overwhelmed with sadness.
It was unclear whether she truly regretted it at this moment.
Regretting that a single thought had led to such a miserable outcome.
Now, her family’s land, house, and money were all gone.
How her family would survive became a question.
It truly echoed the saying: if only she had known then what she knows now.
“Kexin, find her a house in the village to rent; certainly, they can’t be left without a place to stay.” Watching the house leveled, Chen Yang no longer intended to stay and watch but went directly to Wu Kexin and said.
Wu Kexin’s heart at this moment was mixed with emotions, indescribable.
She nodded at Chen Yang’s words and then left with Widow Wei.
Liuhua Village, being the center of the scenic area, had changed a lot.
Many houses had been demolished, and the local villagers barely managed to accommodate themselves.
Honestly, there were no extra houses available for Widow Wei’s family to rent.
In the end, contacting Ma Village Chief at Xiashan Village resolved Widow Wei’s housing issue.
“Widow Wei, I’ve found you a place in Xiashan Village. The rent is cheap, only three hundred a month. You can temporarily move there,” Wu Kexin said to Widow Wei.
At this moment, Widow Wei was like a person made of tears, tears falling down recklessly.
Hearing Wu Kexin’s words, she directly knelt in front of Wu Kexin.
“Village Chief, I know I’m wrong. I was momentarily bewitched, seeking immediate gain by signing that contract with the Gu Family. Now I know I’m wrong; can you help me retrieve the land from the Gu Family?” Widow Wei pleaded on her knees.
Hearing her words left Chen Yang and Wu Kexin speechless.
The contracts were signed; where was such kindness to simply return it?
Let alone it being impossible, even if it were possible, Wu Kexin wouldn’t want to help her.
People like her admitted faults and sought help when needed, but once things got better, she’d turn hostile and ungrateful, as demonstrated in past events.
Wu Kexin frowned, about to say not to even think about it, when Widow Wei continued tearfully: “Village Chief, Yang Zi, I know I’m unworthy of your forgiveness. I just want the land to ensure Xuanxuan’s future.”
“If you can help retrieve it, I absolutely don’t want any benefit, just ask you to keep it and pass the land’s earnings to Xuanxuan when he comes of age.”
Widow Wei, full of pain and regret.
Seeing the village’s development, she realized that all villagers with shares of Liuhua’s land would have a good future.
But her family would have no share.
All because of her shortsightedness, repaying kindness with betrayal.
Yet for her child, she could only shamelessly beg Chen Yang and Wu Kexin to help reclaim the land.
But with the land contracts signed, it wasn’t so simple to retrieve.
With Liuhua Village’s construction so critical, it’s clear the Gu Family would not return the land.
“Forget about the land matter; the Gu Family wouldn’t return it. You signed the contract yourself, so there’s no one else to blame! Instead, settle down now and find a job.” Wu Kexin, recognizing Widow Wei’s sentiment for her child, subdued her tone slightly, without outright ridicule of her dream.
Widow Wei, hearing Wu Kexin speak like this, didn’t insist further.
Bitterly standing up, she began relocating.
Providing her a place to stay, Chen Yang and Wu Kexin had already done their utmost; concerning setting up a household, neither went to address.
They too departed from Widow Wei’s house.
Having settled Widow Wei’s affair, time grew late, nearing lunchtime.
Being with Wu Kexin, they naturally didn’t dine separately.
Chen Yang followed Wu Kexin to the village office for lunch, joining Li Han, along with Yang Ruoxi and Dai Annie.