Tao Zhiyun bit his lip and said, "It's not convenient for me to thank Section Chief Lu. I want my brother and sister-in-law to help me thank him."
The old couple became more and more confused.
Tao Ma said: "Although you no longer work in the factory, you and Section Chief Lu are still colleagues. Why is it inconvenient for you to thank him in person?"
Dad Tao frowned and asked, "Is Section Chief Lu's wife a jealous person? So you want to avoid suspicion?"
Tao Zhiyun was a bit dumbfounded: "Chief Lu's wife has passed away for several years, so jealousy can't affect me."
Tao Ma looked like she suddenly understood: "Oh, I understand.
Are you afraid that if one of you is divorced and the other is widowed, if you go to his house to thank him, people will gossip about you?
Then your parents will help you thank Chief Lu, there is no need for your brother and sister-in-law to come forward."
Tao Zhiyun said hurriedly: "My parents can't go, so it would be best for my brother and sister-in-law to go."
The old couple asked in surprise: "Why?"
Tao Zhiyun hesitated for a moment, then told her parents that Section Chief Lu wanted to pursue her.
Chief Lu was originally plotting against her, and Tao Zhiyun was very afraid of rumors being spread against her if her parents visited his home again.
She couldn't even come to the house in person, so it would be most appropriate for her brother and sister-in-law to go.
Tao's mother was very happy when she heard this: "Chief Lu wants to pursue you.
What does he look like? What is his family situation like? Do his parents get along well?
If these conditions are not bad, you can look at everything with him.
A man who is willing to stand up for you has a character that is at least beyond words."
Tao Zhiyun looked at his old mother dumbfounded: "Mom, why do you think the problem is so simple?
If someone acts bravely for me, does that mean his character is good?"
Tao's mother was very puzzled and said: "Am I wrong?
Not everyone has the courage to act bravely for fear of getting into trouble.
You see, Section Chief Lu acted bravely for you and used excessive force. He opened the gourd of that beast Ma Tao and even knocked him unconscious.
Fortunately, I didn't beat anyone to death, otherwise I would have been jailed instead of just paying a few medical bills."
Dad Tao nodded with deep understanding.
Tao Zhiyun took a deep breath and said patiently: "Dad, Mom, you can't look at people and things at face value."
After all, Tao's father had been a cadre for many years, so he immediately understood the meaning of his daughter's words.
He asked seriously: "What? Does Chief Lu's courageous motives have impure motives?"
Tao Zhiyun said word by word: "I suspect that Chief Lu acted bravely when he saw justice, not because he used too much force, but because he did it deliberately."
Tao's father and Tao's mother's face darkened and asked, "How did you see that?"
Tao Zhiyun said: "Don't say that Ma Tao didn't behave aggressively towards me at that time.
Even if there is, Section Chief Lu can whip him away with a few blows from behind with a wooden stick.
Is it necessary to hit him on the head and beat him bloody?
Doesn't he know that hitting the head can easily cause trouble?"
Tao's father and Tao's mother thought about it in their hearts and felt that Section Chief Lu had an ulterior motive for saving her daughter.
Tao Zhiyun continued his analysis: "I guess he did this to make me feel how much he cares about me. He cares so much that he loses all reason and doesn't know the severity of his actions."
Dad Tao said angrily: "This man named Lu is too insidious. If he comes here and acts bravely, it will definitely spread throughout the factory and the community.
When the time comes when he pursues you again, it will be difficult for you to refuse.
If you refuse, people will definitely accuse you of being heartless."
Tao Zhiyun said irritably: "That's what I'm worried about, so I want my brother and sister-in-law to come forward.
By thanking Section Chief Lu, I beat him so that he would not have any ideas for me."
Tao Ma waved her hand confidently: "There is no need for your brother and sister-in-law to go to such trouble.
As long as you go to meet the blind date introduced to you by Aunt Li, and the two establish a relationship, won't the person named Lu no longer be able to make plans for you?
Not only can people named Lu no longer have any ideas for you, but even that beast Ma Tao won't dare to harass you anymore."
Tao Zhiyun looked at his biological mother speechlessly: "Mom, you haven't given up yet!"
These days, Tao's mother no longer forces her to go on blind dates. Tao Zhiyun thought her mother had let her go.
Unexpectedly, she was still thinking about the man she thought was a quality man.
Tao's father said to Tao's mother solemnly: "Xiao Lin didn't come to our house and specifically told us that Zhiyun doesn't want to go on a blind date, so let's not force her.
Why do you want her to go on a blind date and confirm the relationship after just one meeting, so you are so anxious to get your daughter remarried?"
Tao Ma twisted uncomfortably on the sofa and said sarcastically: "Don't I want Zhiyun to be entangled with that scumbag named Lu?"
The more Tao Zhiyun listened, the more he felt something was wrong: "What did dad just say?
Maizi came to my parents’ house and advised you not to force me to go on a blind date?”
Tao's mother glared at Tao's father: "You old thing, Xiaolin asked us to keep it a secret, but you said it!"
Dad Tao scratched his head in embarrassment: "I...I didn't mean it, I just spilled the beans in a hurry."
He changed the subject and said: "Let's not talk about this for now. The most urgent task is how to solve my daughter's troubles."
Tao's mother rolled her eyes at him: "Didn't Zhiyun say that she asked her brother and sister-in-law to come forward and beat up the person named Lu?"
She turned around and said to Tao Zhiyun: "Actually, you don't need to ask your brother and sister-in-law for this matter. Your father and I can handle it."
"You must never enter the door of Chief Lu's house."
Tao Zhiyun stopped him and said, "If you two elders come to his door, you won't be promoting him!
And I'm also worried because you went to Section Chief Lu's house to try and convince him not to have any ideas for me.
What if he says later that you have taken a fancy to him and want to bring me and him together?
Doesn’t that give him more reason to pursue me?”
Tao's mother glared and said, "If he dares to talk nonsense, your father and I will confront him in public!"
Tao Zhiyun sneered: "So what about confrontation?
People won't say that you just came to propose marriage.
I don’t admit it now because I don’t agree.”
Tao's mother was silent for a moment with a dark face, and then said with a sad face: "According to what you said, it's useless for your brother and sister-in-law to beat Lu.
He can still spread rumors, saying that your brother and your sister-in-law came to his house to propose marriage, and they changed their minds because you disagreed.
Then you will still get poked in the spine."
"My brother and sister-in-law all know how to use a tape recorder.
I would borrow a small tape recorder from Maizi and let my brother and sister-in-law hide it on their bodies when going to Lu Ke's house.
Secretly record all the conversations between the two parties, and if Section Chief Lu dares to spread rumors, we will produce the recording."
Only then did Tao's father and Tao's mother understand why their daughter insisted on letting her brother and sister-in-law stand up for her.
It's because they use tape recorders to record.
And these old people, no matter whether they are literate or not, do not know how to use a tape recorder to record.
Even if he could, he wouldn't be able to record well, unlike young people who are so handy with electronic products.
Tao's father and Tao's mother agreed that the eldest son and his eldest daughter-in-law should handle matters in a prudent manner, and decided to leave this matter to the eldest son and his wife.
In the evening, Qiqi, mother and son stayed overnight at Tao's father's and Tao's mother's house.
When Tao Zhiyun was giving Qiqi a bath in the room, he asked softly: "Baby, tell me, tell mom, why do you lie so many times, and who did you learn it from?"
Although Qiqi lied in the hospital to help her, Tao Zhiyun didn't want him to tell lies at such a young age.
She wanted to correct his bad habit of lying.
Qiqi raised her little head and looked at Tao Zhiyun innocently: "I learned it from the little hero."
Tao Zhiyun looked at him with a questioning look on his face and repeated his words: "Learned it from the little hero? Which little hero is it?"
The little guy frowned: "I don't know which little hero he is.
I only know that he is a little hero that the teacher talked about.
This little hero was caught by the bad guys and asked to lead the way to the guerrillas.
The little hero lied to the bad guys along the way and tricked the bad guys into the minefield, where they stepped on the mines and were all killed."
Tao Zhiyun suddenly realized: "You lied to the police uncle to protect your mother, right?"
Qiqi nodded, threw herself into Tao Zhiyun's arms and choked with sobs: "I don't want my father, and I don't want my mother to cry anymore."
Tao Zhiyun hugged him tightly: "Mom has divorced dad. No one can make my mother cry anymore."