"Boss, please let me explain. That's not how it is at all. She's just talking nonsense." Qin Yuping was almost frantic, but in this situation, even if she wanted to explain, she couldn't. Moreover, Song Xia and her colleagues didn't give her a chance to explain at all.

Song Xia cried out, "Big sister, can you guarantee with your son's future that you and your mother didn't do those outrageous things to me?"

"I..." Qin Yuping really didn't dare to make such a guarantee. She was furious. "You're changing the subject. What does your affair with my mother have to do with me?"

"How can it not be related? If you hadn't been stirring up trouble every now and then, if you hadn't been trying to take advantage of me every week, if you hadn't been so jealous of my success, how could I be living like this now? And how could I have ended up suing in court when I had nowhere else to turn?"

Song Xia closed her eyes and took a deep breath: "Right and wrong are clear to everyone. You see that you can't win either legally or morally, so you provoke my mother. Do you want to force me to my death once and for all? Qin Yuping, I have a temper too. If anything happens to my mother, we'll all die together."

When she said this, her tone and expression were very resolute, as if she were about to take an extreme step. As a result, the leaders and colleagues present became anxious. If something happened in their unit, even if it was not their fault, there would be no shortage of trouble afterward.

Especially for the leaders, once the higher-ups blame him, they will only criticize him for not knowing how to manage people. So he immediately shouted at Qin Yuping: "From now on, I'm giving you a holiday. Don't come to work until you've taken care of things at home."

Qin Yuping became anxious: "Boss, this is clearly her being unreasonable, what does it have to do with me?"

"How can it not concern you? Were all the things you told us about your family a lie?"

"Qin Yuping, don't act innocent after getting the benefit. You bullied them, so why can't they seek justice?"

"Don't involve your workplace in the mess you've made."

"That's right, that's enough. If you really drive someone to the brink of despair, you won't be able to bear the consequences."

Her colleagues kept chiming in, making Qin Yuping's face grow increasingly ugly, so she could only glare at Song Xia with hatred.

Song Xia was not afraid at all. She said in a defiant tone, "If you don't let me go, don't expect me to let you go. I have nothing now, and I want to see if you can bear the taste of having nothing."

Her threatening tone was so obvious that Qin Yuping panicked for a moment: "What are you going to do?"

"What are you doing? Since your mother is trying to harm my mother, then I can only repay her in kind. Qin Yuping, I have nothing left anyway, I don't mind going down with you."

At this moment, Qin Yuping thought of her son, who was excellent in both character and academics. Could it be that Song Xia, that bitch, was planning to do something to her son?

"You're breaking the law! Song Xia, if you dare touch my family, I'll never let you go, even if it kills me."

“I’m not afraid of death, why would I be afraid of your threats? Qin Yuping, you must remember, if I really take extreme measures, it will definitely be because of you and your mother.”

As she spoke, Song Xia ran out, as if she really was going to do something.

Qin Yuping immediately panicked and, ignoring the chatter among her colleagues, hurriedly chased after him.

Song Xia actually went to the school, and then, under Qin Yuping's furious gaze, she was stopped and questioned by the security guards.

Qin Yuping ran over quickly: "Grab her, she's dangerous, she's going to harm the students at the school."

Upon hearing this, the security guards immediately became alert, but Song Xia quickly composed herself and said innocently, "Sister, what nonsense are you talking about? I just came to see Jiawei and Junjie! After all, I'm Jiawei's stepmother and Junjie's aunt!"

"What exactly is going on?" The security guard was confused, especially after recognizing Song Xia. She remembered this parent; she had attended parent-teacher meetings at the school before and often brought umbrellas, clothes, and meals to the students. She was more attentive than most parents, so how could she possibly harm the students inside?

“She’s slandering me,” Song Xia said, pointing at Qin Yuping. “We had a little argument, and she said I was trying to harm her child. Sir, I didn’t do anything. Look at me, all I have is a cell phone and a pack of tissues. How could I possibly do anything to hurt someone?”

"You're talking nonsense! You just caused a scene at my workplace!" Qin Yuping ran over breathlessly. "Song Xia, you bitch, you're just putting on an act again."

"It was clearly your mother who angered my mother to the point of hospitalization. I'm just here to get an explanation from you. Can you stop always playing the victim and accusing me first? Haven't I been bullied enough by you?" Song Xia shouted loudly, then leaned closer and said in a voice only Qin Yuping could hear, "You can stop me this time, but can you stop me every time?"

"You!" Qin Yuping was genuinely frightened at this moment. Could Song Xia really dare to do something to harm her child?

But she couldn't gamble on this; what if something really happened to her child?

What exactly do you want?

"How about that? I told you before, even honest people will show their fangs when they're bullied too much. If you dare to hurt my family for even a day, I'm ready to risk everything."

Song Xia said in an extremely cold voice, "You'd better keep your crazy mother in check, or you won't be able to bear the consequences. Qin Yuping, do you think I'm still as easy to bully as before? Originally, I just wanted some money, but since you are still so despicable, don't blame me for using tricks."

Qin Yuping trembled with anger: "If you dare to harm my child, I will not let your parents and your daughter off the hook either."

“I can send my parents and daughter to another city anytime, since we have nothing. But you are different…” Song Xia looked at her with amusement, “Can you give up your job? Can you settle your family as easily as I can?”

“Song Xia, you…”

"Shh..." Song Xia straightened up. "Qin Yuping, go back and tell your mother that today's incident is just the beginning. If she makes any further moves, I can't guarantee what might happen to her precious grandson, Qin Jiawei."

"Song Xia!" Qin Yuping gritted her teeth, "Aren't you afraid of ending up in jail like your ex-husband?"

Song Xia smiled faintly: "Even if it's not free inside, it's not as hardship and humiliation as I've endured these past few years in your Qin family, is it? I've endured it all, what else do I have to be afraid of? Don't talk to me about being tough. Just look at the attitude of your old neighbors, and you'll know I'm not as easy to manipulate as you think. I was willing before, but from now on... ha..."

Qin Yuping shivered. The person in front of her felt completely unfamiliar. Was this still the same submissive Song Xia from before? What had she been waiting for all these years?

If only I had known sooner...

Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs." It's all because that bitch Song Xia was too good at hiding her true feelings.