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Chapter 2526 Blame-Shifting Backfires

"You're dreaming."

Sha Zhu suddenly angrily shoved Qin Huairu away, his face still showing disgust.

Qin Huairu's explanation just now was impeccable. If it were the old Sha Zhu, he would have been apologizing to Qin Huairu endlessly.

But now, this tactic is no longer working.

It's not a problem with Qin Huairu's explanation, nor is it a problem with Sha Zhu's rationality.

The real reason is that Qin Huairu didn't get to the point at all.

Yi Zhonghai didn't initially expect Sha Zhu to support him in his old age. He only used Sha Zhu as a henchman to help him establish his prestige.

Later, they used Sha Zhu as a blood bank and made him work like a workhorse for the Jia family.

After Jia Dongxu died, Yi Zhonghai had no choice but to take care of Sha Zhu as his caregiver.

Only after Jia Dongxu's death did Yi Zhonghai truly begin to teach Sha Zhu to be filial.

After four or five years of education, Yi Zhonghai finally confirmed that Sha Zhu was qualified to be a caregiver for the elderly.

This is also why Yi Zhonghai, when chatting with Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui, said that it was only in 1965 that Sha Zhu was chosen as the caretaker.

It wasn't until 1965 that Sha Zhu passed his test and became qualified to support him in his old age.

Before Jia Dongxu died, Yi Zhonghai also taught Sha Zhu to be filial to his elders.

But all of that was to make Sha Zhu obedient, so that he could control Sha Zhu as an elder.

At that time, Yi Zhonghai's education of Sha Zhu was more focused on helping others and not being too selfish.

He needs Sha Zhu to help him control the courtyard house and to help the Jia family, so he must make Sha Zhu act as a selfless person at all times.

Sha Zhu was deeply influenced by this ideology.

Yi Zhonghai did indeed portray Sha Zhu as a selfless person.

Sha Zhu would talk back to his elders, and even joke about Yi Zhonghai when Yi Zhonghai introduced Liu Yuhua.

But Sha Zhu wouldn't stand by and watch someone die.

Whenever someone in the courtyard encounters difficulties, they can always find Sha Zhu, and he will help them.

What Sha Zhu embodies most deeply is the spirit that one should not be too selfish.

This also means that Sha Zhu doesn't care about himself, but rather about other people's opinions.

At this moment, the person Sha Zhu cared about most was He Yushui.

The person responsible for He Yushui's death was Qin Huairu.

Qin Huairu gave a long explanation, but never once mentioned feeling guilty towards He Yushui.

Sha Zhu was filled with guilt towards He Yushui.

As a result, Qin Huairu's words about living a harmonious and beautiful life immediately ignited the guilt in Sha Zhu's heart.

The fact that he didn't slap Qin Huairu means that Qin Huairu's earlier deception was successful.

Qin Huairu looked shocked: "Silly Zhu."

She couldn't understand why Sha Zhu was still bowing down to her after she had explained everything so clearly.

Sha Zhu angrily pointed at Qin Huairu: "You murderer who killed Yushui, I will never forgive you for the rest of my life."

"You..." Qin Huairu was so angry she almost fainted.

However, He Yushui's situation is an insurmountable obstacle.

She just said so much, constantly pushing the blame and mud onto Yi Zhonghai, wasn't she just trying to get rid of suspicion?

“Silly Dad, Aunt Yushui’s death can’t be blamed on my mom. It was all because of Uncle that my mom was forced to do it.”

Seeing that Qin Huairu was somewhat flustered, Xiao Huaihua reminded her to continue shifting the blame onto Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai has already taken so many blames, he certainly wouldn't mind taking another one.

Moreover, this isn't exactly taking the blame for something that wasn't done.

It was Yi Zhonghai who got Sha Zhu to help the Jia family, and it was also Yi Zhonghai who kept Qin Huairu hanging on the Jia family.

Even the one who came up with the idea of ​​rationing He Yushui was Yi Zhonghai.

Qin Huairu realized what was happening and started crying again. She had cried even harder earlier because she thought she was about to succeed in shifting the blame.

There are no more tears now, only empty rumbles without rain.

“Silly Zhu, even if you didn’t ask, I would still tell you. I dare not say that Yu Shui’s death has nothing to do with me.”

But I dare say that I am not the most responsible for Rain's death.

The greatest responsibility lies with Yi Zhonghai, and with you.

Sha Zhu said coldly, "I know I've wronged Yu Shui without you reminding me."

This statement baffled Qin Huairu. Throughout her life, Qin Huairu had always been accustomed to shifting responsibility to others. She had never taken responsibility upon herself.

She was still quite unaccustomed to hearing Sha Zhu take the blame upon himself.

Then she started to complain in her heart, "You know you're the culprit, so why are you blaming her?"

After complaining, Qin Huairu could only make up lies again.

"Silly Zhu, I was really forced into this. At first, Dongxu and I both went to an old man for help."

An old man refused to help, so he led us to you.

I know your family has it tough, and I don't want your things.

But you can't just pat your chest and agree without your sister even asking.

Since you've already agreed, that old man definitely won't take care of our family. I want to survive, so I have no choice but to come to you.

Later, with the introduction of grain coupons, only Dongxu in my family received a ration.

We had no choice but to go find another old man.

An old man once said, "If you eat your fill, the whole family won't go hungry."

He said that since you usually eat in the cafeteria, the rations for two people in your family aren't enough, so he asked you to lend your rations to my family.

He told you to just borrow it without considering the rain.

When you handed the quota to Dongxu, what should we do?

Without your ration, our whole family will go hungry. Little Dang was still breastfeeding at that time; without food, she couldn't even last three days.

I had no choice but to swallow my pride and accept your quota.

But I have to tell you, I really want to borrow some grain from an old man.

I really don't want to contact you.

You took the initiative to step forward and lend my family the grain.

If I don't take it, the old man will say that my family doesn't lack food.

He wouldn't lend it to my family either.

You've blocked my family's path to borrowing grain from him.

I have no choice but to borrow food from you.

An old man even said that if you don't have any food at home, you can come to his house to eat.

I was thinking, the old man treats you like a godson, and Yushui is like your sister.

He couldn't possibly ignore the rain.

So I didn't pay any attention to it.

"If I had known he wasn't willing to deal with the rain, I wouldn't have taken your food even if you killed me."

"Pah. Shameless." Xu Damao spat a mouthful of phlegm onto Qin Huairu's face.

Since no one knows the inside story, they have no way to refute Qin Huai's slander against Yi Zhonghai.

But everyone has seen what happened to He Yushui.

He Yushui was as thin as a bamboo pole back then, and she wandered around the courtyard every day. Anyone who wasn't blind could see her.

Qin Huairu lived right across from He Yushui and flattered her every day, so it was impossible for her not to notice.

She realized that even half a cornbread would prevent He Yushui from going hungry.

But she didn't.

Not only did she not help He Yushui, she also borrowed all of Shazhu's food and money, leaving nothing for He Yushui.

"What are you doing?" Banggeng glared at Xu Damao.

Xu Damao wasn't afraid of him at all, and pointed at Qin Huairu with his finger: "Pah, you shameless poisonous woman."

Everyone in the courtyard knew that Yushui had no food. Where was she when Yushui fainted from hunger in the courtyard?

She hid at home.

Where was she when everyone brought Yushui to the hospital?

She still stayed at home.

I gave Yushui a few steamed buns, and she immediately told Shazhu to take them away.

She even had the nerve to say that it was all Yi Zhonghai's fault.

Yi Zhonghai is a bad person, but Qin Huairu is a good person.

You think that just because Yi Zhonghai is dead, you can shift all the blame onto him?

Don't forget, there are quite a few people still alive in the courtyard; everyone can see that.

Qin Huai lowered her head awkwardly. She'd gotten so caught up in shifting the blame that she'd forgotten about the situation. (End of Chapter)