Siheyuan: Traveling through Sizhu, the scumbag father ran away at the beginning

However, after listening to Yi Zhonghai's vague explanation, He Yuzhu only snorted coldly: "Yi Zhonghai, do you think I will believe your explanation? I arranged this front-page news! And you want to exchange our forgiveness for just thirty yuan? Yi Zhonghai, I think you are a little bit fanciful!"

He Yuzhu had expected that Yi Zhonghai would have to pay at least 100 yuan in compensation. He had to make him feel bad and ruin his reputation. But in reality, he only got 30 yuan. What did that mean? Was it like sending away a beggar with contempt?

Listening to He Yuzhu's accusations, Yi Hai's eyes were filled with strong indignation: "So you reported this matter to the Beijing Daily? Why did you do this?"

"Don't you know that the consequences of your actions will lead to my ruined reputation?"

"Isn't it just thirty dollars? Why don't you just ask me for clarification? I'm just keeping it for you and I can return it to you right away!"

Yi Zhonghai really didn't expect that his scandal in the newspaper was actually orchestrated by He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu laughed and said, "Now please pay attention to your attitude and tone when talking to me!"

"Now you need to get my forgiveness instead of questioning me with anger!"

Yi Zhonghai realized his current situation and understood that whether his iron rice bowl could be preserved depended entirely on He Yuzhu's forgiveness.

So he took a deep breath and said without hesitation: "He Yuzhu, what do you want me to do to make you forgive me? You should know that you and I have already settled our grievances!"

"You should know that I, Yi Zhonghai, care most about my own reputation."

"Now that my dignity has been trampled under your feet, how else do you want to embarrass me?"

He Yuzhu crossed his arms in front of his chest and said with a smile: "I don't like your tough attitude now."

"Just change the way you talk to me first, and then we can talk about other things."

As the boss of the courtyard house for a long time, he has the final say. Yi Zhonghai is well aware of the hidden meaning of He Yuzhu's words - he wants him to apologize to him in a humble manner.

But there were so many people in the Xu's Tavern now, and it was impossible for him to compromise at this time.

"No matter what, you must get He Yuzhu's forgiveness." Director Yang's words suddenly came to his ears. Yi Zhonghai gritted his teeth, bent his knees and knelt down to He Yuzhu and said, "He Yuzhu, I'm sorry, I was wrong, please forgive me!"

The people around laughed at this dramatic reversal. Niu Ye took a sip of wine and said, "Tsk tsk, I thought he was quite a man! It turns out he is a useless wimp!"

Pianer Ye also laughed and said, "Master Niu, you are right. It is said that a man's knees are made of gold! It seems that some people are not worthy of being a man. I guess he is not even a man!"

The tavern suddenly burst into laughter again. Everyone was whispering, and their tone was full of sarcasm, which made Yi Zhonghai furious.

Faced with these sarcastic remarks, Yi Zhonghai clenched his teeth so tightly that it looked like blood was coming out of them.

The anger in his heart almost made him burst, but he knew that he couldn't fight back against the people in the tavern at this moment, otherwise his apology would be in vain.

He Yuzhu was somewhat surprised and astonished that Yi Zhonghai actually knelt down in front of him. In his heart, he looked at this old man who used to be domineering in the courtyard with a different eye.

But this alone is far from enough to earn his forgiveness.

"Yi Zhonghai, I am somewhat satisfied with your kneeling apology," He Yuzhu said, "but your face doesn't look very clean, would you like to tidy it up a bit?"

Yi Zhonghai didn't react, he just reached out and wiped his cheek, forced a smile and asked: "How is it? Is it clean now?"

However, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared. What He Yuzhu meant was not simply wiping his face, but... In an instant, he was slapped hard in the face by He Yuzhu. One side of his cheek suddenly became swollen. It was obvious that the force of He Yuzhu's slap was not small.

The moment he was slapped, Yi Zhonghai, who habitually fought back, wanted to stand up and hit back at He Yuzhu as if by reflex.

In the end, he suppressed his anger and retracted his hand because the person who slapped him was He Yuzhu.

The reason he stopped was not because he didn't want to fight back, but for two reasons...

Firstly, he could not defeat He Yuzhu at all, and rushing forward would only bring humiliation upon himself; secondly, he knew rationally that fighting back would only cause more trouble, and would have no practical effect in gaining He Yuzhu's forgiveness, but would instead have a negative effect.

The most important thing at the moment is that Yi Zhonghai urgently needs to get He Yuzhu's forgiveness, otherwise he will lose his position as an eighth-level technician in the steel rolling mill, and the consequences will be extremely serious.

He has already lost the dignity of a big shot in the Siheyuan. If he loses his status as an eighth-level technician in the steel rolling mill as well, his Yi family will fall into poverty and will surely become the object of ridicule by the people in the Siheyuan.

Considering that Qin Huairu was pregnant with Yi Zhonghai's child, how could he accept such an outcome?

Despite his anger, Yi Zhonghai still tried his best to suppress his emotions and calm his inner anger.

After a long time, Yi Zhonghai looked at He Yuzhu pleadingly and said earnestly: "Now I have knelt down to admit my fault to you, can I ask for your forgiveness?"

Yi Zhonghai has already admitted his mistake and was beaten by He Yuzhu. You, He Yuzhu, can finally forgive yourself, right?

He felt humiliated by what happened today, but he had no choice but to suppress his anger because he did not want to lose his job and he needed to raise his unborn child.

Seeing Yi Zhonghai pretending to be pitiful, He Yuzhu was still a little unreasonable. He raised his hand and slapped Yi Zhonghai again. It was not until the other side of Yi Zhonghai's cheek was also swollen that he nodded with satisfaction, "Yi Zhonghai, you should be grateful to me. Your face was asymmetrical just now, which affected the beauty of your facial features! Now both sides of your face are symmetrical!"

Yi Zhonghai, who had a tooth knocked out, cried out, "Thank you, He Yuzhu, you are such a good person! You even helped me with my disguise!"

Niu Ye at the side could not help but continue to fan the flames: "He Yuzhu, your technique is quite good, it's like you are helping Yi Zhonghai treat his rotten teeth for free!"

This sentence caused laughter from the audience around.

No one expected that they would come to the bar just to celebrate the return of He Yuzhu and Xu Huizhen, but now they saw a wonderful apology scene. He Yuzhu's handling was more exciting than eating dried fish with wine.

He Yuzhu smiled and said, "Yi Zhonghai, I am now relieved of my anger, but you have to pay me the interest on the thirty yuan I have deposited with you for the past few months!"