This will put everyone at ease.

Sun Lan's face looked very ugly, first she was shocked and sad, and finally turned into anger.

She pointed at Xie Lin and said sternly, "Since you didn't believe me from the beginning, why did you keep asking me questions and asking me what I've been through all these years?"

Xie Linan said: "Because everyone is curious about what kind of 'good places' you have been to after leaving home, asking you is to satisfy everyone's curiosity."

Phew!

Some people in the crowd couldn't help laughing.

Sun Lan was furious.

"I feel relieved when I hear you say that you were really betrayed and treated like a dog for a year."

The crowd burst into laughter again, and this time more people laughed.

Sun Lan simply couldn't believe it and thought that even if her son didn't recognize her, he shouldn't say that to her.

"You're just teasing me like that? I'm your mother."

Xie Linan snorted coldly and said, "If you weren't my mother, I wouldn't just say a few words and do whatever I want. You should be thankful that I held back and didn't do anything."

Sun Lan's face turned pale. "What's the matter? Do you still want to hit me?"

"Yes, I do. I endured it because you are my mother. No matter what you come back for, no matter what your purpose is. I tell you, as long as I am here, none of your goals can be achieved. Go away, just pretend you have never been here. For the sake of our past friendship, I will save you a little face."

"You..." Sun Lan pointed at him, feeling both ashamed and angry.

How can a son talk to his mother like this?

He is just daring.

She recalled what Xie Lin An looked like when he was young. Although he had his own ideas since he was young, he was kind, well-behaved, obedient, diligent, filial, and never got angry with others.

It's nothing like what he is doing now, acting like a bully and teasing his mother.

"You are so uneducated. I am your mother. Don't talk to me like that."

Xie Linan sneered, "Yeah, I'm uneducated. It's not like my father died and my mother ran away, so no one cares."

"What about the old man? Why didn't the old man educate you well? I want to ask him why he raised you like this."

The villagers couldn't stand it, so she started to put the blame on Lin Xinghua.

"Hmph, you still have the nerve to mention Lin Xinghua? Did he love you or what? You didn't raise your children yourself, so others raised them for you. Just don't thank them. How dare you blame them for not raising them well? Besides, I think Lin Xinghua raised these children very well."

"That's right, they raised them very well. They are where they are today, thanks to Lin Xinghua. If you were to raise them, they would be the same as you and that would be the end of them."

"Hurry up and leave. Just be happy if people don't blame you for what you did."

"You have another family anyway, why are you back? Save yourself some face and go."

"Let's go."

Everyone started to chase her away. No one stood by her side. They just thought she was extremely bad and told lies all the time. They had no idea how much truth she was telling.

Sun Lan watched as the crowd became furious. She could not argue or scold them, so she wailed and said that the whole village was bullying her.

Then he rolled his eyes and fainted.

The angry crowd finally stopped and everyone looked at Sun Lan lying on the ground.

"Did we scold him to death?" someone whispered.

"Why? If she cursed a few times, she would be cursed to death. How dare she do such a shameless thing?"

"Is that dizziness?"

"That's not enough. Sun Lan is thick-skinned and doesn't care what others say. Otherwise, she wouldn't have stolen all the money from the family and ran away."

"So what is she doing...?"

At this time, Ye Xiaozhen was already squatting in front of Sun Lan, with her hand on her neck, and she could clearly feel the beating of her heart.

Fine, still alive.

Then she grabbed the skin on her neck and pinched it with her fingernails.

Just pinching the skin a little bit will cause more pain than twisting it.

Sun Lan groaned in pain, unable to pretend any longer, and woke up.

Ye Xiaozhen smiled and said, "I'm just pretending."

Everyone: “…”

"Oh, you actually pretended to be dead to deceive us? Sun Lan, you are too mean."

Sun Lan didn't pretend to be dead, but she was very angry now.

She rubbed her neck and cursed at Ye Xiaozhen: "You damn fool, who told you to pinch me?"

"No one asked me to strangle you. I just wanted to see if you were really dead or pretending to be dead, so I tried it. I didn't expect you were pretending."

The people watching the excitement burst into laughter at her ferocious look.

Sun Lan's face flushed red, she couldn't stand it any longer, she got up in a panic, swearing non-stop, and left in a rage.

The laughter at the back was even louder, mixed with various sarcastic voices.

Sun Lan was so angry that she trotted away.

She went straight back to their house in the village.

The house had been empty since the family moved to the city.

This is an old house built a few years ago, mostly made of wood.

If people had always lived there, it would have stood for hundreds of years.

Once no one lives there, it will decay in a few years.

Their house is well maintained, with Granny Liu from next door coming over from time to time to open the doors and windows for ventilation and occasionally clean up.

After Sun Lan moved in, the place became more lively and the atmosphere gradually returned to its original state as it was when someone lived there.

Xie Linan said that if she wanted to live there, she could stay there and he would just act as an extra housekeeper.

They came back today just to deal with Sun Lan's matter. Since she was scolded and embarrassed, Xie Linan also expressed his attitude, which was enough.

They also planned to leave.

Grandma Liu said, "My family has prepared the meal. We agreed to have dinner at my house before returning."

Ye Xiaozhen and Xie Linan looked at each other.

"Okay then, let's go."

"Hey, let's go." Grandma Liu called them back to her home, and then called one of her grandsons, "Jun'er, go get half a catty of wine."

"Why."

Xie Linan: "Grandma Liu, I don't drink. I need to drive."

"Come on, I know Xiaozhen is driving the car, not you. Besides, it's okay to drink a little."

At that time, there was no law prohibiting drinking and driving, or drinking and driving.

However, for safety reasons, people who drive usually control themselves and drink as little as possible.

They stayed at Grandma Liu's house for dinner. Next door to Grandma Liu's house was Xie Lin'an's old house.

Sun Lan was alone in the old house, boiling a pot of water to cook noodles.

After the noodles were cooked, she listened to the noise coming from next door, tears streaming down her face, and she couldn't swallow the noodles.

I also thought that I still had a family, a man, and children, and it was so lively...

Thinking about the purpose of my return this time, and thinking that this road was chosen by me, I cannot blame anyone.

She wiped away her tears and encouraged herself, "There is no turning back on the road I have chosen. I have to finish it even if I cry."