"Guess who they went to after they moved away?" As soon as she got off work, Yu Ting came over to have dinner with Song Xia and tell her some jokes.

"You wouldn't be looking for your ex-mother-in-law and ex-husband, would you?!"

“That’s true.” Yu Ting laughed heartily. “My neighbor called me specifically to tell me that Zhang Yuefang and her family only took them in for three days, mocked them for three whole days, and then kicked them out.”

"They're sisters, how could you be so cruel?"

"The sisters aren't close at all. When Zhang Yuefen and her husband were doing well, and Zhang Yuefang was doing well too, they barely managed to maintain a semblance of harmony. Now that Zhang Yuefen has fallen on hard times and there's nothing for Zhang Yuefang to take advantage of, wouldn't she have to drive her away?"

"Tsk... How pathetic," Song Xia said absentmindedly.

"I heard they've rented a house in the suburbs now."

Song Xia raised an eyebrow: "Even at this point, you still haven't gone back to your hometown?"

"Why go back? Their deeds have been circulating in our hometown for a long time. They used to look down on everyone because they were rich. Who still supports them now? I heard that some people who couldn't stand it smashed the windows of their old house."

"They're quite righteous and hate evil." Song Xia said sarcastically without any expression. It can only be said that Zhang Yuefen and Xie Chuancai were not good at dealing with people in the past, and they associated with a lot of treacherous people who would betray their principles for personal gain.

I remember when I used to return to the village, fireworks would be set off at the crossroads to welcome me. Now that I'm down on my luck, I don't even dare to go back.

“If they had funded the construction of a road or the installation of streetlights in the village before, they wouldn’t be without a way out. But they only care about building nice houses for themselves and encroaching on their neighbors’ land. These people used to worry about troubling Xie Yuan when their children were looking for jobs, but now they don’t have that concern anymore.”

Song Xia shook her head. Zhang Yuefen's personality made it difficult for her to get along with others.

"Do you know what's even funnier?"

"What?"

"Over the years, Zuo Shan has sent a lot of nice things to her family. Now she has nowhere to go and her bank card has been frozen. She wanted to ask her family for some money, but when she went back, they didn't even cook a meal for her."

"So heartless?"

"They were originally a family that favored sons over daughters, just like Zhang Yuefen and her family. They were planning that they would no longer be able to gain any advantage in the future, so how could they let go of what they had already obtained?"

Song Xia sneered. Zuo Shan must be kicking herself now. As far as she knew, when Xie Yuan was being prosecuted, she transferred a lot of her savings to her family. She wanted to leave herself a way out, but her closest relatives blocked her way out.

However, what she didn't know was that even if her family members were holding on tightly now, it was only temporary, and it was only a matter of time before they got their money back.

Unfortunately, Zuo Shan is unaware of this and is currently arguing with her family!

"Mom, that's all my money!"

"What do you mean your money? Who would put someone else's money in their account?"

Zuo Shan was furious: "Have you forgotten what you said when you transferred it to me?"

"I don't understand what nonsense you're spouting. If you have nothing to do, hurry back home. Your sister-in-law will be unhappy when she gets back."

"Why should she be unhappy? Everything she wears and uses was bought with my money."

"How could you say that about your sister-in-law? She's your nephew's mother. Now that she's married into the Zuo family, she's a member of the Zuo family. What's wrong with her eating and using the Zuo family's food? You're with Xie Yuan now. If you want anything, just go to the Xie family."

“You know perfectly well that this is a difficult time for Xie Yuan, Mom. Tianci is also your grandson.”

“You said he’s your grandson, so naturally I’ll take care of my own grandson first. Go back home and stop making a scene here. The neighbors will laugh at us.”

Zuo Shan never expected her mother to be so heartless. Before, when she went back to her parents' home, her mother would call her her good daughter and her dear grandson. Now that she couldn't get any advantage from her, her mother wouldn't even let her in the door.

Zuo Shan took a deep breath: "Then you and your brother and sister-in-law return the money I transferred last few times, and I'll leave."

Her mother put her hands on her hips and said, "How can you be so unfilial? Go out and ask around, who would ask for things back after giving them to their parents' family?"

“I said from the beginning that it wasn’t for you; it’s just temporarily in your hands.”

"When did you say that? I didn't know anything about it." Zuo Shan's mother said with a self-righteous expression. "Go ask around, who would have money and leave it in someone else's hands?"

"Mom...you..."

"Alright, here are some vegetables, all grown by your dad. Take them back for Tianci to eat." Her mother threw a bag of vegetables on the ground and then closed the door.

Zuo Shan almost fainted from anger. This was her own mother!

She chuckled self-deprecatingly. She should have thought of it sooner. When she was little, her mother had told her that everything in the family would belong to her eldest brother and that she shouldn't even dream about it. It was only after she married Xie Yuan that her mother's attitude became warmer.

The flattery she received over the past two years made her forget what kind of people her parents were. She truly regretted transferring all the money; back then, even burying it under a tree in some park would have been better than giving it to her mother.

Who are you trying to fool with these cheap vegetables? Do you think she's a beggar coming to freeload?

"Mom, don't regret this. Xie Yuan will be out sooner or later. Besides, his assets are far more than what's been seized right now," Zuo Shan said loudly. "My difficulties are only temporary. Don't even think about taking advantage of me again."

Inside the house, her family members whispered among themselves, "Is it true?"

"Whether it's true or not, I won't hand over the money once it's in my hands."

"We'll deal with the future later. She can't really deny us. It's always more reassuring to keep the money in our own hands."

“That’s true. This money is enough for us to live a good life. It’s not good for our eldest grandson to go to school in the countryside. Let’s buy a school district house in the city.”

The group decided not to help Zuo Shan. A married daughter is like water spilled from a bowl; even though Zuo Shan wasn't married, the situation was similar.

Dejected, she returned to her rented room. Zhang Yuefen could tell from her expression that she had been turned down by the Zuo family. She immediately said bluntly, "So you call yourself my parents? I told you you shouldn't have taken my son's money to support your family."

Zuo Shan lowered her head and let her scold her: "You greedy wretch, you'll get hit by a car or struck by lightning sooner or later, and you'll die a horrible death."

They were Zuo Shan's biological parents, and they still couldn't stand being scolded like that by Zhang Yuefen: "Auntie, would it kill you to say less? I didn't get the money back, but you did? How is your family any better than mine?"

"You little brat, you dare to talk back?" Zhang Yuefen had been in a bad mood lately, so she was particularly irritable. "It's only right for me to take money back to my parents' home. You have no status or title, so why should you take my son's money as a gift?"

"Those were all given to me by Xie Yuan willingly."

"It was you who shamelessly sold your body to get it. You're shameless. You're the one who ruined my son. If it weren't for you, my son would be living a good life with Song Xia, and we wouldn't be in this mess."

Zuo Shan was furious. Before the incident, she was praised for her virtue and as the ideal daughter-in-law. Now that she was broke, she was accused of being dirty and seducing people. There was no reason to be so vicious in her insults.