Chapter 199

Song Jingzhou recalled every detail of that year and spoke calmly.

"They treated me as an enemy, as a leech that was clinging to them and sucking their blood for a long time."

"They treated me as a bandit who had seized their interests and exploited them."

"They started making a scene at my dad's funeral."

"They beat me, scolded me, divided up everything in my house, and wanted to drive me away."

"I was only fourteen at the time. Logically, children from poor families should be able to manage the household, but I was raised in pampered care. I knew nothing except using my father's reputation to bully my sister and aunt."

“I almost died that year…”

Su Qingci listened to Song Jingzhou's calm narration, as if he was talking about an unrelated person, and couldn't help feeling distressed.

You reached out and took his hand, "It's not your fault."

Song Jingzhou took a deep breath, suppressed the surging emotions in his heart and smiled.

He didn't know why the relatives who loved him so much in the last second would change their attitude and treat him as their mortal enemy in the next second.

Even if we don't share the same blood, could it be that all the affection we've had for so many years is fake?

Besides, since he is not Song's biological child, why is his father so doting on him?

If he really loved me, why did he reveal such a big thing before he died?

Old Master Song is not a foolish man. He knows to some extent how difficult his life will be after the news is exposed.

"At that time, the ones who started the riot were my second aunt Song Manye and my fourth aunt Song Manyu."

"How much did my eldest aunt truly love me? My third aunt died early in childbirth, and I never saw it."

"Those sisters would just stand by and watch me coldly with my Song Zaizhao and Song Juezhao, while the others would attack me."

"They emptied the house, kicked me out, locked it, and even stripped me of my cotton-padded jacket."

"It's like they want to vent all the resentment they've accumulated over the years on me!"

"Later, my eldest aunt found me in the haystack in the cowshed, covered in wounds and almost frozen to death."

"It was my uncle and Secretary Luo who stepped in and got the house back for me."

"I don't know what Secretary Luo and the team leader said to them, but they never made a fuss again, and they didn't ask for the things they had moved back."

"And I also started working in the fields with the team leader to earn work points to support myself."

"The first two years were really hard. I couldn't earn any work points, and my family had nothing. It was hard to even put food on the table."

"You know everything that happened later. When I was older, I asked Liu Siqing to steal my uncle's official seal for me and then go out."

Song Jingzhou took Su Qingci's small hand in his own palm and played with it, "She didn't come back until last year."

"By the way, what did you say about Wu Ping?"

Su Qingci pouted and leaned towards Song Jingzhou like a spoiled child. "She is very hostile to me. She is very sarcastic and mean to me in a roundabout way."

Song Jingzhou smiled and asked, "Where did your usual domineering and overbearing attitude go?"

"If she wants to provoke you, don't worry about me, just slap her in the face!"

"I am no longer the boy who was beaten by them."

"You don't have to give face to any of my relatives except my eldest aunt's family."

"Because I don't give them face either!"

Song Jingzhou seemed to have thought of something and said sarcastically, "After I came back, everyone saw that I seemed to have made some money outside and wanted to hang out with me again."

"Song Lai Di and Song Sidi were bullied at their in-laws' house, and they came back to me to ask for my help."

"They've completely forgotten how they almost teamed up to kill me."

"Now you know you need your mother's family's support? You came back to me with a gloomy face."

Su Qingci looked at Song Jingzhou, "You didn't care?"

Song Jingzhou laughed mischievously, "I said it was a good fight. That's what they said when their men beat me."

"You dare to come back? You really give them face!"

"What I hate most is them coming back crying and pretending to be pitiful. Some things can't be smoothed over with just a few words of apology."

"They come back to tease me once, and I turn around and beat up their men or their children."

"If that doesn't work, we'll beat their brother-in-law and father-in-law as well."

"After a few times, they never dared to mess with me again."

"As for those who came to me and wanted to affect my marriage, I threw them all away."

"I don't just beat men. Everyone in the team knows that I don't care about gender, age or status."

"My third aunt's eighty-year-old mother-in-law kept nagging me, so I carried her and threw her into the fields."

Su Qingci's eyes widened, "What?"

Song Jingzhou felt a little regretful for blurting out that it was too late, and hurried to make amends.

"That old woman is so mean and talkative, she's really annoying."

"After my third aunt died, those kids never had a good day under her care."

"I don't bully people casually. I look at people and only do so when I can no longer tolerate them..."

Su Qingci kissed Song Jingzhou on the face.

“Well done!”

“Sometimes, if you learn to say no to others and fight back, they will respect you and even fear you.”

"To bring honor to our family, there is nothing wrong with being a little ruthless in many cases."

Song Jingzhou's tense body suddenly relaxed, and he pinched Su Qingci's cheek with his thumb and index finger.

"He's not a big man, but he has a lot of little principles."

"Hey, it seems like I've gained weight again."

"Really?"

Su Qingci took back the hand that Song Jingzhou was holding, and held her chest with both hands and weighed it forward.

"No?"

Song Jingzhou curled his lips into a helpless smile and slowly moved towards Su Qingci, "Do you want me to weigh it for you?"

Su Qingci was stunned, her cheeks a little hot, then she made an expression that said, "I'm not someone to be trifled with," and looked at him with squinted eyes.

"Ahem, I just said that your cheeks have grown a little fatter."

"It can't just grow on your face, it has to grow all over your body."

Song Jingzhou held Su Qingci's small hand and played with it, counting the whorls on her fingers and reading her palm. The two of them stayed by the fire for a long time, and pink bubbles filled the whole room.

"Nine snails, ten snails, the result of begging, hahaha~"

"You're lucky! You have a snail on each ring finger of your left and right hands. You're destined to be rich!"

Su Qingci couldn't hide the joy in her eyes, "To bring honor to our family, is this considered superstition?"

"What? Do you still dare to report me?"

"That's what we say. Where we live, one snail is poor, two snails are rich, three and four snails are selling tofu, five and six snails are silver weights, seven and eight snails~"

The sound was covered by the sound of firecrackers outside the window.

Song Jingzhou looked up and out the window. "It's time to go. Those are the firecrackers announcing the start of the feast."

Su Qingci quickly stood up and said, "Come on, come on, hurry up and grab a seat. I want to sit at the same table with you. I heard that the women in the countryside are really fierce in grabbing food."

"Don't worry, don't worry. Logically, they should have reserved a table for us. After all, we are now considered staff members of the town."