"I just had a miscarriage, and you hit me and blamed me for not protecting the baby! I was getting an IV drip in the hospital while you were out singing, dancing, and going to hotels with other women every day!"

"You went bankrupt, and I go out to work every day to support the family, but all you do is play mahjong and drink. When you come home, you beat me and Tongyang! Are you even a man? Tang Yaoguang, how could you do this to me?!"

One after another, blood-red whip marks appeared, accompanied by the whistling sound of whipping, and Tang's mother's heart-wrenching curses.

Tang's father initially argued back, but later, in pain, he stopped and begged for mercy. Tang's mother showed no mercy.

"I'm asking you, are you getting a divorce or not?!"

No, no—

Snap!

A belt was lashed out.

"To divorce or not?!"

"Leave, leave, leave..."

Tang's father wailed and begged, while Tang's mother found paper and pen, threw them on the ground, and "forced" him to write a confession.

He cheated on his wife with a mistress when he was wealthy, causing her to miscarry; he evaded taxes and engaged in smuggling to make money; he cut corners in his factory by using substandard materials; he had a habit of domestic violence against his wife and children, even beating them until they broke bones and were hospitalized...

Tang's father lay on the ground, covered in blood and barely alive. Tang's mother held the confession and wept. In the spacious, abandoned warehouse, only her cries could be heard.

She wept as her twenty-year marriage finally came to an end.

I cried because of my years of forbearance, and I could finally escape the quagmire.

Tong Su gripped Huo Xuanxi's hand tightly and sighed silently. Huo Xuanxi reached out and pulled her into his arms, his low but firm voice ringing out above her head.

“I would never do such a thing.”

With the confession written, the rest became very simple.

Huo Xuanxi quickly arranged for someone to take them to complete the divorce procedures.

The divorce agreement had already been drafted, and all of the Tang family's remaining assets were allocated to Tang's mother, whose family was in a very distant province, and who also had a younger brother.

For years, Tang's father forbade her to contact her family. Now that she had called, her younger brother was so excited that he burst into tears and took the train to pick up his sister and bring her home.

"Sister, I want to kill that beast! How could he bully you like that? I'll take you home, let's go back, you haven't even met your nephew yet..."

As for Tang's father, he hadn't even had a chance to catch his breath before he received a summons.

Huo Xuanxi hired a lawyer and charged him with "intentional injury".

His domestic violence case had already caused a huge uproar online, with countless netizens watching closely. Upon learning of his detention, they applauded and strongly demanded severe punishment.

Besides spontaneous netizens, countless scholars and experts have also expressed their opinions, criticizing the current situation in China where domestic violence is difficult to be criminalized. Some of them are National People's Congress deputies and have even started writing proposals demanding that domestic violence be criminalized and severely punished.

Many netizens inquired about the Tang family's future and expressed concern for Tong Su's life. The lawyer carefully revealed some information.

If the Tang couple has divorced, and if DNA testing shows that Tang Tongyang is not their biological child.

Now, the Tang family and her guardianship have been terminated, and she has been adopted by someone else and is living a good life. We hope everyone will leave her alone.

Netizens are incredibly curious, and some are trying to find out who adopted her, but no matter how hard they try, they can't find any clues.

Anyone who tried to spy on them using illegal means would immediately receive a stern warning, and they would realize that they really couldn't afford to mess with them this time, so they would quickly back down.

—As an aside, the unscrupulous online media outlet that exposed Tong Su's personal privacy information was also sued by Huo Xuanxi.