He suppressed his anger and sneered, "You're really wrong about that. It wasn't that I was coaxed into marriage; I pursued her for a long time before she agreed to marry me."

"Do you think it's impossible? Well, let me tell you, that one letter from you took all the money I had left."

"I went to the Northwest all alone. You didn't prepare anything for me. I had nothing to eat or drink when I got there."

“I arrived just in time for the busy farming season, and I almost died in the Northwest, you know? If it weren’t for the rural people you look down on, I would have died long ago.”

"How dare you talk about others like that?"

"Oh! I forgot to tell you, I became a live-in son-in-law." As he spoke, he gave Xie Daguo a special look.

Sure enough, Xie Daguo clenched his fists upon hearing this.

Seeing how angry he was, Xie Yan was happy.

He became more and more excited as he spoke, completely ignoring the murderous glares from the two people opposite him. "Also, I was raised by my grandmother since I was a child, not by you."

"When they took me in later, I was already grown up and able to work."

“Since I came to your house, what kind of work haven’t I done? The work I’ve done is already equivalent to all the food, drink and clothing I’ve received in your house.”

"Besides, we broke off all ties a long time ago. Didn't we buy it out for five hundred yuan?"

"What, you guys have such bad memories, you've already forgotten?"

"Now we are strangers."

"If you continue to harass me, I don't mind publishing a notice in the newspaper to sever ties!"

Xie Yan talked nonstop, like a machine gun, not giving Chen Guihua and Xie Daguo a chance to interrupt, and poured out all the words that had been pent up in his heart for so many years.

When the people around heard how cruel the family was to their eldest son, their attitudes changed instantly.

"Oh dear, could this child have been adopted? How could she treat her own son like this!" an older woman couldn't help but exclaim.

Another person chimed in, "Probably not. Didn't you see that the boy's features are exactly the same as that woman's?"

"Tsk tsk, so cruel even to one's own child, looks like they really don't like this kid!"

Hearing the discussions around her, Chen Guihua cried even more heartbrokenly.

She felt extremely wronged. How could this happen?

Why doesn't she like Xie Yan?

That was a piece of her own flesh!

Although it was her first pregnancy, her delivery of him went surprisingly smoothly, without her suffering at all. She has always been quite fond of Xie Yan, so how could she be misunderstood like this?

Sending him to the countryside was just a temporary measure. This child has always been the most obedient to her, so why can't he understand her predicament?

Xie Daguo was an extremely proud man. Seeing so many people pointing and whispering about them, he became so angry that his face turned red. He couldn't hold back any longer and rushed forward, raising his hand to slap Xie Yan across the face, wanting to teach this "disobedient" son a lesson.

However, the slap was only halfway through when Xie Yan firmly caught it.

Xie Yan sneered, a ruthless glint in his eyes, and said in a low voice, "If you don't want me to expose all the good things your son has done, then take your wife and get out of my world right now. I don't want to see you again."

Xie Daguo gritted his teeth in anger, his face turning as red as a pig's liver. His hand was held tightly by Xie Yan, rendering him unable to move. He was filled with anger and resentment, yet he was powerless to do anything about Xie Yan.

With a burning rage in his eyes, Xie Yan forcefully shook off Xie Daguo's hand, as if trying to shake off all the resentment that had been building up over the years.

He looked down at the two people in front of him, his eyes filled with disdain and determination, and said coldly, "Oh right, I almost forgot to tell you, Xie Yuanyuan and I have been in contact all along. I know everything about your shady dealings!" Every word was like a sharp blade, piercing straight at Xie Daguo and Chen Guihua.

Seeing Xie Yan become so tough and unyielding, and with the constant whispers and pointing fingers from those around her, Chen Guihua could no longer bear it and felt utterly humiliated.

Tears welled up in her eyes, and she didn't care about anything else. She turned around, covered her face, and ran away in a panic, crying. Her back looked so disheveled.

Xie Daguo was trembling with rage. He glared at Xie Yan fiercely, his eyes filled with resentment, as if he wanted to devour Xie Yan alive.

However, he could only turn away helplessly, his steps hurried, filled with resentment and anger.

Once the main characters of the story had mostly left, the people around felt there was nothing more to see and gradually dispersed in twos and threes, discussing the farce that had just occurred.

Yu Yue looked at Xie Yan with heartache in her eyes. She quickly walked to Xie Yan's side, gently took his hand, and asked in a gentle and concerned voice, "Are you alright?" She could feel the complex emotions Xie Yan had just experienced after the conflict, the aftershocks of years of pent-up resentment being ignited in an instant.

Xie Yan shook his head gently, a relieved smile on his face. "What could possibly happen to me? I gave up on them a long time ago."

"Without hope, there will be no disappointment. If I don't have any expectations of them, they can no longer hurt me."

Yu Yue breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he was indeed unaffected. "You shouldn't have pushed me and Chaochao away in that situation. We are family, and we can face anything together."

Xie Yan shook his head. "Other things are fine, but this is not."

"If they treat me like this, they'll be even less polite to you."

"Especially given the current situation, they'll only take out their anger on you from the place I've been dealing with. It's best to avoid people like this who are just being unreasonable."

Yu Yuehui knew she was the least capable and not very good at handling such matters, but she really felt sorry for Xie Yan and didn't want him to face his unreasonable relatives alone.

Chaochao blinked her big eyes, looking at her father and mother. Seeing her mother holding her father's hand, she imitated her, reaching out her little hand and tightly grasping Xie Yan's other hand, saying in her childish voice, "Daddy, don't be sad, you still have me and Mommy!"

Xie Yan felt a warmth in his heart, bent down and gently picked up the little one, holding him tightly in his arms. "Yes, I have you all, so Daddy isn't sad at all."

Fearing his wife might overthink things, Xie Yan explained again, "Wife, I'm really fine. In fact, I feel much more at ease."

“Ever since I came here, I’ve known that I would eventually run into them.”

"It's good to encounter it early and resolve it early."

"If she finds out who you are in the future and dares to make things difficult for you or say anything unpleasant in front of you, don't hold back at all. Just yell back at her. If she still doesn't know what's good for her, you can even hit her."

"Don't wrong yourself because of me. I have nothing to do with them anymore!"